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Jonathan Moyo claims absurd — UK embassy

Politics
The British Embassy has dismissed as absurd allegations that its Deputy Head of Mission Tim Cole was involved in the MDC-T’s bribery allegations against Zanu PF. Tsholotsho MP Jonathan Moyo last week claimed Cole worked with the MDC-T in fingering him as being the brains behind the alleged bribery scam designed to ensure MDC-T MPs […]

The British Embassy has dismissed as absurd allegations that its Deputy Head of Mission Tim Cole was involved in the MDC-T’s bribery allegations against Zanu PF.

Tsholotsho MP Jonathan Moyo last week claimed Cole worked with the MDC-T in fingering him as being the brains behind the alleged bribery scam designed to ensure MDC-T MPs voted Simon Khaya Moyo as Speaker of the House of Assembly.

The Tsholotsho MP denied the allegations. Khaya Moyo lost to Lovemore Moyo of the MDC-T in the election last Wednesday, the same day that the MDC-T accused the former information minister of trying to bribe its legislators to rally behind Khaya-Moyo.

“The British Embassy totally rejects the absurd allegations made by Prof Jonathan Moyo linking Tim Cole, the Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy in Harare, to bribery claims made public by MDC-Tsvangirai in advance of the House of Assembly vote for a new Speaker on 29 March,” said the embassy in a statement.

“Mr Cole’s role at the embassy is to manage the mission and represent the ambassador in his absence. It is unacceptable to have his role deliberately misrepresented in this way.”

The British Embassy said United Kingdom was in fact a committed friend of the people of Zimbabwe.

“This year we have provided over $110 million in aid, our largest ever package of support, to support the provision of essential basic services, protect the livelihoods of Zimbabwe’s poorest people and to support economic stabilisation,” said the embassy.