Mugabe caught in nepotism storm

MDC-T spokesperson Obert Gutu has condemned the appointment of President Robert MUgasbe's son in law Simba Chikore as a Chief Operations Officer of the AirZimbabwe.

He said the appointment of  Chikore as the Chief Operations Officer at Air Zimbabwe (Private) Limited is a very sad and tragic development for the country.It just confirms that the Mugabe dynasty has virtually privatized the State.

"Zimbabwe is now equivalent to a private limited company whose majority shareholders are the Mugabe dynasty and their cronies," said Gutu.

"The MDC would like to condemn,in the strongest terms possible,the Zanu PF regime's continued plunder of State resources as well as the regime's utter and complete disregard and disdain for the dictates of good corporate governance."

He said as a party,we very much doubt that Simba Chikore was subjected to a transparent interviewing process before he landed his new job as the Chief Operations Officer at Air Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd.

"More importantly,we have serious doubts concerning Simba Chikore's suitability for this high profile assignment at the State - owned airline," Gutu said.

"This whole case smacks of crude nepotism as well as patronage.We challenge the Air Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd board as well as the Minister of Transport to furnish us with full details of Simba Chikore's professional qualifications as well as work experience.In addition,we would also like to know when,where and how the interviewing process,if any,was conducted."