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Jonathan Moyo defends Baba Jukwa suspect's appointment
04 Jul 2014 at 07:35hrs | Views
Information Minister Jonathan Moyo said Thursday he hoped more 28-year-olds would be appointed to head the country's leading media organisations after a Zanu-PF legislator challenged Edmund Kudzayi's take over as Sunday Mail editor, the Herald reported.
Kudzayi, bailed at the High Court this week on charges of attempting to subvert a constitutionally-elected government and undermining the President's authority, was named editor of the country's best-selling newspaper in April.
The surprise appointment is believed to have disconcerted many in Zanu-PF with President Robert Mugabe - no less - publicly excoriating Moyo for allegedly hounding out editors considered party loyalists and replacing them individuals previously critical of his rule.
On Thursday, Zanu-PF Makonde MP and former journalist, Kindness Paradza, asked Moyo about Kudzayi's appointment as the minister addressed Parliament's committee on Media, Information and Broadcasting Services.
Kudzayi, bailed at the High Court this week on charges of attempting to subvert a constitutionally-elected government and undermining the President's authority, was named editor of the country's best-selling newspaper in April.
The surprise appointment is believed to have disconcerted many in Zanu-PF with President Robert Mugabe - no less - publicly excoriating Moyo for allegedly hounding out editors considered party loyalists and replacing them individuals previously critical of his rule.
On Thursday, Zanu-PF Makonde MP and former journalist, Kindness Paradza, asked Moyo about Kudzayi's appointment as the minister addressed Parliament's committee on Media, Information and Broadcasting Services.
Source - The Herald
