'Mugabe protecting corrupt Jonathan Moyo', Temba Mliswa says

Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has described President Robert Mugabe's Tuesday State of the Nation Address (SONA)  which avoided key economic issues and rampant corruption as 'disgusting'.

Mlisa said Mugabe was protecting corrupt members of his inner circle.

He said  he was  surprised to see Higher Education Minister Jonathan Moyo in parliament as he has been routinely boycotting sessions in fear of being arrested on corruption charges.

"Corruption is happening at Mugabe's doorstep and it appears the president is protecting corrupt people like Jonathan Moyo," said Mliswa.

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission accused Moyo of siphoning more than $400 000 from the coffers of the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund to finance chiefs and traditional leaders in his Tsholotsho constituency.

Moyo has however defended himself writing on his Twitter account that he was the "Robin Wood" of Zimbabwe.  

The president, whose health is increasingly fragile, faced a surge of opposition street protests this year against his authoritarian regime.

The demonstrations were violently put down by the security forces, which have often suppressed dissent since he came to power in 1980.