The ManicaPost
Samuel Kadungure
Senior Reporter
FOR this couple, winning isn’t everything, it is the only thing!
Their level of gaming is phenomenal such that losing is unacceptable.
What matters is when they win, not how they win.
This aptly depicts the Rusape couple — Mr Clemence Muhle and Mrs Fatima Muhle — who last Saturday won their 10th vehicle since 2013.
Mrs Muhle was the recipient of a Delta Corporation-sponsored Nissan NP200 at the OK Grand Challenge last week.
While the nation was in awe, it was in fact an under achievement for the couple as they had their eyes on the grand prize – a Nissan Navara.
They haven’t given up and are already perfecting their skills in preparation for the OK Grand Challenge 2023 grand prize!
The couple believes in regular patterns to beat the odds.
Mr Muhle, a physiotherapist, is an astute disciple of the law of large numbers.
Using this principle, the couple has been heavily involved in wholesale and supermarket promotions and competitions over the years.
They say their trick in winning the promotions is purchasing as many products as possible in order to increase their chances of winning.
The Muhles, who run a private physiotherapy surgery and a number of grocery shops in Rusape and Nyazura, invested more than US$5 000 in this year’s competition alone.
To date, the Muhles’ eight children have won a car each.
Their one-year-old son is the only one who is yet to try his luck.
However, their astounding success in the competitions have left many convinced that their success is hinged on juju.
Mrs Muhle rubbished the allegations, arguing that they employ the statistical rule which says the more you enter a draw, the better your chances of winning.
Her hubby, who did Statistics at A Level, said he applies statistical and mathematical knowledge, especially the law of large numbers and the rule of probability, to win competitions.
As a result, the couple has bagged prizes worth over US$560 000 since 2013.
Last year, they landed $1 500 000 in the OK Grand Challenge’s Dendairy category.
“I am happy that I have won my first car after playing second fiddle to my husband and children for years. I recently opened a bottle store in Rusape and undertook to move huge orders to boost my chances of winning, which is the simple secret to winning in the competition.
“I have no emotions over the issue. This is not my vehicle, it is for the family, hence it is a huge victory for us,” said Mrs Muhle.
Mr and Mrs Muhle
Her husband said their eyes are already on the 2023 grand prize.
“In 2021, it went to Mutare, and this year it went to Ngezi, and I strongly feel it’s coming home in 2023. This is our prayer request. It was not answered in 2022, but it could be in 2023,” he said.
The couple is currently analysing and assessing their gimmicks, hoping to sharpen and strengthen their tricks.
“It’s game on in 2023. We will re-strategize and put Rusape on the map. We are going back to the drawing board to correct certain mistakes. We will not share much, many are becoming interested in the game and they will do it right ahead of us. We want to sharpen our horns in privacy.
“Look, the 2021 analysis showed that there were two million participants and this year, there were about 10,6 million participants. As people congratulate us, they will be copying our strategy and improving on it.
“Remember last time I would buy products that most people don’t buy and I had a greater probability of winning. But when people mastered that, they all scrambled for such products, leaving the common products.
“If someone could do data mining, they could actually confirm that the sales for those products that are rarely bought jumped this time around. The Muhle family wasn’t found much in those products and then we went and snatched a common product —Delta lagers,” he said.
The family first gave it a try in an Econet competition in 2001 and realised that it is possible to win. They then entered the Metro Peech competition and lost.
After learning one or two things from that loss, they corrected their mistakes and won a 1.5 tonne truck in the same competition the following year.
In 2015, they bagged a double from the same wholesaler – winning the 1.5 trucks at the wholesalers’ Rusape and Mutare branches. In 2016, they won another 1.5 truck from Metro Peech Murehwa before winning both the first and second prices ($10 000 and $5000).
They also won all the gadgets on offer at all the five TM Pick and Pay supermarkets in Manicaland in 2017.
In 2018, the family won three cars in the OK Grand Challenge and an assortment of prices at Panmart Supermarket.
In 2019, they won $50 000 in the OK Grand Challenge.
