Speaking in Bulawayo on Monday, Makone said she doesn’t even know what is happening, as she has not been given any single update by police since Mujuru's death.

“I have not been told anything about this issue, I am being sidelined, I don’t even know at what stage police have reached with the investigations. So I think the only option left for me is to ask Vice President (Joyce) Mujuru about this issue, to find whether she has received any results of probe from the police or not,” said Makone who is also chairperson of the Women Assembly in the MDC-T.

Mujuru died in mysterious circumstances at his Beatrice farm in August, and it is not yet known whether he died before an inferno at his house or was killed by the fire.

Police recently said they had finished the first part of investigations but are yet to make their findings.

Last week Zimbabwean legislators demanded that government invite foreign police from countries such as China, Russia and Britain to investigate the death of General Mujuru saying they don’t trust the country’s police.

Despite the calls by the MPs, the police have so far rebuffed suggestions of incorporating any outside investigators to join its investigating team.

General Mujuru’s widow, Vice President Joyce Mujuru has also demanded answers. She poured her heart out days after her husband’s death saying she could not understand how a military man could have failed to escape a fire in a house which had so many easily accessible exit points.

Although national police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Wayne Bvudzijena confirmed completion of the probe last week, the police have kept results of their investigation under wraps, fuelling speculation and public anxiety.

The Mujuru family, including his widow Vice-President Joice Mujuru, have also been kept in the dark on developments, but police insiders disclosed they now preferred an inquest amid reports the preliminary results pointed towards foul play.

Last Saturday, VP Mujuru told villagers in Rushinga, Mashonaland Central, during a tour of community projects she was still waiting for the report on the cause of the death of her husband.

“Thank you for coming in your numbers to mourn your son-in-law seven weeks ago before we knew what really happened to him,” she said. “I am still waiting for an explanation.” 

VP Mujuru has also questioned the circumstances under which her husband died and said she would not find peace until the questions she has are answered. 

She questioned how the general, an accomplished military man who distinguished himself during the liberation struggle and in the Zimbabwe National Army after independence, could have failed to escape the fire through low windows in their bedroom and why it took a long time for the fire to be noticed, among other things.

Parliamentarians and ordinary Zimbabweans have demanded the urgent release of the results, saying the delay had generated a lot of speculation and conspiracy theories.

Bvudzijena said investigations had been completed but the police were waiting “for the next stage”, which he refused to reveal. 

The police investigation included interviewing witnesses and conducting a post-mortem.

Police sources told NewsDay the law enforcement agents were now considering giving their findings to a third party, possibly a magistrate or a judge, who would then determine whether there was a possibility of foul play and whether or not an inquest would be required.

By Radio VOP