BREAKING;Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo fired

Obadiah Moyo has been fired as Minister of Health and Child Care with immediate effect. President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired the embattled Minister after he was implicated in a coronavirus equipment procurement scandal which has since been termed Covidgate.

Moyo was arrested on Friday night and charged with 3 counts of criminal abuse of office. However, he was released from police detention and allowed to sleep at his home. He appeared in court on Saturday, where the state alleged that he had awarded a tender to a company linked to a terrorist group. Surprisingly, however, the National Prosecution Authority did not oppose bail despite the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (ZACC)’s recommendation that they do so.

Moyo was released on ZWL$50 000 bail and the matter was remanded to 31 July 2020. His aides made a spectacle at the courts yesterday when they attempted to pay the ZWL$50 000 bail in cash which was in huge boxes.

Moyo has since been fired from his position. This was revealed in a press statement which was released by the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda.

REMOVAL FROM OFFICE OF CABINET MINISTER

His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Cde E D Mnangagwa, has in terms of section 340, subsection (1), paragraph (f), as read with section 104, subsection (1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe removed Obadiah Moyo from Office of Cabinet Minister and Minister of Government with immediate effect for conduct inappropriate for a Minister of Government.

Dr M J M Sibanda

Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet

Read Below the Press Statement of Removal From Office of Cabinet Minister in which 263Bulletin is publishing in its entirety;

***Obadiah Moyo Fired As Health Minister***

After his appointment as Health Minister in 2018, Moyo was exposed by different publications to have fabricated his education qualifications. The exposes revealed that he had not received medical qualifications. The scandal around the qualifications eventually died down after no action was taken.