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  • Ronan Kelly
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    Thousands bid farewell to Senator Gombami
    By Letters to the Editor

    Published: December 30, 2011

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    A family representative, Mr Samuel Gombami said Hon. Gombami died of bird flu.

    ?We were finally given post mortem results and they show that she was taken away by bird flu,? he said. Hon Gombami died after complaining of dizziness. According to a relative, the moment of illness and death took place in less than 20 minutes. She was travelling home to Bulawayo from a funeral in Gokwe.

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    ZIMBABWE NEWS ZIMEYE ZIME LIVE NEWS ZIMBABWELIVE NEWS

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  • Ronan Kelly
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    more from the article;

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    The Mabutweni senator was buried at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and dozens of MPs and senators attended the funeral.

    Gombami-Dube, 48, died after complaining of disorientation and dizziness while travelling home to Bulawayo from a funeral in Gokwe on Boxing Day.

    She was rushed to a hospital in Kadoma where she died. The senator was the deputy chairperson for the parliamentary select committee (Copac).

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    26 December 2011
    Zimbabwe Prime Minister's MDC Mourns Lawmaker's Sudden Death
    Senator Gombami-Dube died on Monday after complaining of disorientation and dizziness when she was on her way home to Bulawayo from a funeral in Gokwe.

    Violet Gonda | Washington

    .....The Movement for Democratic Change formation of Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is mourning the sudden death Monday of Mpopoma senator Gladys Gombami-Dube, an outspoken critic of President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF.

    Gombami-Dube died early Monday after complaining of disorientation and dizziness when she was on her way home to Bulawayo from a funeral in Gokwe. She was rushed to a hospital in Kadoma where she died.

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    Searching the name "Gladys Gombami-Dube" gives a lot of news results, but in a language that I don't understand and Google Translator can't identify.

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  • Gert van der Hoek
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    Re: Zimbabwe: MDC-T senator died of bird flu

    The pandemic H1N1 influenza sometimes is called "bird flu".

    We'll have to wait until more confirmation.

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  • Zimbabwe: Family reports that MDC-T senator died of bird flu - conflicting reports

    Family spokesperson Samuel Gombami who is brother to Gladys? husband Fanuel said that postmortem results released on Tuesday in Harare shows that she died of bird flu.

    ?We were finally given postmortem results and they show that she was taken away by bird flu. We still can?t believe this as a family, we are in still shock,? said Fanuel Gombami.

    Bird flu also known as avian influenza is a contagious disease of birds, caused by influenza (A) viruses. The outbreak of avian influenza of most concern began in poultry in South Korea in mid-December 2003.

    The Mabutweni senator was buried at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and dozens of MPs and senators attended the funeral.

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    BULAWAYO - Gladys Gombami-Dube the mainstream MDC senator for Mabutweni died of bird flu, a family spokesperson told journalists at her house in Mpopoma high density suburb on Wednesday. Family spokesperson Samuel Gombami said that postmortem results released on Tuesday in Harare shows that she died of bird flu.
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