Moyo officially joins Tendai Biti's renewal team

MAKOKOBA legislator and former Bulawayo MDC-T provincial chairman, Gorden Moyo, is officially part of the breakaway MDC Renewal Team.

Moyo resigned from his provincial post in June saying he could not stand the incessant squabbles and leadership failures in MDC-T.

He opted to be an ordinary party member and dismissed speculation he might be heading off to join the breakaway MDC renewal group led by Tendai Biti.

MDC Renewal Team, Bulawayo Province Chairman, Kucaca Phulu confirmed Moyo had joined their stable.

"After all the speculation and rumors regarding Gorden Moyo's political affiliation. The Renewal Team would like to announce that he has joined our team and will be part of the key speakers on the 19th September at the MDC renewal provincial structures meeting," Phulu said.

Initially, Moyo dismissed any links to Biti's renewal team, after it announced its national executive committee members and 16 working committees in which the former cabinet minister had been appointed in absentia to head the diaspora and international relations committee.

MDC-T Bulawayo acting provincial chairperson, Dorcas Sibanda, came out guns blazing, accusing Biti's team of desperation to a point of incorporating members who did not belong to them.

"As far as I know Gorden Moyo is still a member of MDC-T led by Morgan Tsvangirai. This is a show of desperation on the part of Biti and his team who now want to incorporate people who don't belong to their grouping,"  Sibanda said then.

It has been said Moyo is an asset because of his alleged strong links with the donor community.

Moyo also reportedly controls civil society groups in Bulawayo like Bulawayo Progressive Residents' Association and Bulawayo Agenda which have been accused for openly campaigning for MDC-T.