Moyo wants Charamba fired from government

Moyo wants Charamba fired from government

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By Staff Reporter

ZIMBABWE'S embattled Information Minister Jonathan Moyo has fired an angry letter to the Chief Permanent Secretary in the President's Office demanding that disciplinary action should be taken against George Charamba, New Zimbabwe.com can reveal.

Moyo is furious after Charamba, his subordinate and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Publicity rebuked the State-run Chronicle and Herald newspapers for their "zealous advocacy" for Moyo and "being aggrieved on behalf of a private party member".

"Until Professor Moyo, strictly as a member of his party, expressed public dissatisfaction with decisions of his party (to expel him from the politburo and central committee)," Charamba said in a press statement, "newspapers had no right or reason to invent a grievance for him."

Moyo who is currently on holiday in Mombasa, Kenya, was so angry with Charamba's comments that he asked President Robert Mugabe's chief of staff Misheck Sibanda to take action.

Moyo's letter was also sent to the editors of the Chronicle and Sunday News who, however, buckled and chickened-out of publishing it, New Zimbabwe.com was told.

A source who saw the letter said last night: "Moyo said Charamba had no right to criticise him so publicly for allegedly impairing the line between civil servants and politicians."

The latest spat between Moyo and a top figure in the President's Office could mean that Moyo will never be able to work with some of his Cabinet colleagues and senior civil servants should he return from his long holiday.

A source said: "Moyo has effectively thrown two challenges to the government. He wants to be allowed to stand in Zanu PF primary elections for Tsholotsho constituency and he wants Charamba disciplined, and possibly removed from his position. If both requests are rejected, then I think he will make a major political decision, and that may mean he will resign."

Moyo's latest troubles came as Zanu PF debated his petition to the party's national election directorate challenging his disqualification from running in primary elections which get underway next weekend.

New Zimbabwe.com was also told last night that Zanu PF national chairman John Nkomo was going to Tsholotsho on Wednesday to dissolve the Zanu PF district cordinating committe which is thought to be aligned to Moyo.

Tsholotsho has been declared as one of the constituencies reserved for women. It is believed that of the five women who have submitted their CVs, Zanu PF wants Bulawayo governor Cain Matema's wife to be the candidate to represent the party in the parliamentary elections in March. However, party chiefs believe the Tsholotsho DCC is sympathetic to Moyo and might seek to disrupt the primaries.

Meanwhile the government was last night said to be investigating a case in which it is alleged that Moyo's mother who was corruptly allocated a farm, abused ARDA equipment and staff.

Government sources say Moyo's mother who is married to a Zambian and occasionally makes forrays into the country used over 150 000 litres of government diesel ploughing her farm.

Sources say she would go to ARDA and shout instructions to terrified staff. The government has already repossessed a farm which was registered in the name of Moyo's cousin under its one man one farm policy.
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