The government has blocked all inquiries about the health minister Obadiah Moyo who has for more than a quarter of a century been claiming that he is a medical doctor when he is not.
While a Health Minister does not necessarily have to be a doctor, Obadiah Moyo has for 26 years to date been making false claims that he is a medical doctor and that he has the educational and professional training for it.
A recent investigation has revealed he is not at all a medical doctor contrary to his long-held claims. Obadiah Moyo’s claim to medical fame only goes as far as being the late First Lady Sally Mugabe’s dialysis technician and he presided over her deathbed for the whole duration of her hospitalization, as the US embassy exposed him in 2008.
Furthermore, a peep into the database of medical practitioners reveals Mr. Moyo is not at all registered with them, he has never at any time been registered with them. The pile of fake academic papers is even higher as his medical master's degree is nothing but fake. Further investigations reveal that the man was at one time just a disc jockey, as even the state media reported this week.
Speaking in parliament Wednesday, Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi shot down demands by MDC MPs. Ziyambi said Obadiah Moyo was appointed by Emmerson Mnangagwa and the constitution says the decision for job suitability rests with Mnangagwa not with parliament.
By Jeff Kurai Chakanyuka
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