Jacob Mudenda

Jacob Francis Nzwidamilimo Mudenda is the current Speaker of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe and Secretary General of the Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF). A longtime schoolteacher and lawyer, Mudenda joined the Zimbabwe political scene after it gained independence from the British in 1980. Mudenda is well known for his relationship with former Zimbabwe president, Robert Mugabe, along with the rise and fall of his political career after the Willowgate scandal.