Divorce case reveals Mugabe’s daughter owns Ksh.11B Dubai mansion, 21 farms and 24 residential properties

According to court papers seen by BBC, Bona filed for divorce from Simba in March 2023, and the former wants assets including 21 farms and over 25 residential properties split. 

The residential property in Dubai is valued at $80m (Ksh. 10,911,200,000). 

Simba has also cash, companies and movable properties worth millions of dollars as matrimonial property that must be shared if the divorce is granted.

“Defendant contributed to acquiring the properties through his savings from his former jobs as a pilot and the farming venture,” Simba filed in response to his wife’s application for divorce at the High Court.

The respondent added that he also contributed to the wealth from donations from his father-in-law for work, jobs and special assignments done on behalf of late Mugabe. 

However, a source close to Mugabe family told BBC that the former Zimbabwe president had no property in his name when he died. He also questioned whether Bona owned the property claimed by her estranged husband. 

Bona and Simba got married in 2014, a lavish ceremony that was attended by several Heads of States.