Obadiah Moyo

Moyo served as the Executive Director of The Zimbabwe Kidney Fund Association's Renal Services and worked to bring more dialysis machines to hospitals.[4] Moyo was involved in providing dialysis care for Sally Mugabe, Robert Mugabe's first wife, when she battled renal disease.[5]

In 2005, he was appointed as the chief executive officer of Chitungwiza Central Hospital near Harare.[6] He held the position until 2018.[7]

Moyo is a member of Zanu-PF. He ran for parliament in 2018 in the Zengeza East constituency but lost the election to Goodrich Chimbaira.[8]

He had previously run for election in 2005 as the representative for Nkayi but was not successful.[9]

Moyo was appointed as the Minister of Health and Child Care in September 2018 in Emmerson Mnangagwa's government.[10] He replaced David Parirenyatwa[11] after more than a decade at the helm of Chitungwiza Central Hospital. During his first year in the ministerial role, the country faced a cholera outbreak[12] and doctor strikes over hospital conditions, a shortage of drugs and wages.[13] In March 2020, Moyo was appointed to lead the country's Coronavirus Task Force.[14] Moyo's tenure as Zimbabwe's Minister of Health was marred by frequent and persistent complaints that he is an academic imposter; that he faked his medical qualifications; and that he is not, as he claims to be, a medical doctor.[15]

In June 2020, Moyo was arrested for corruption and abuse of office.[16] He was charged with illegally awarding $60 million in contracts, through the Health Ministry, without a competitive tender process to purchase COVID-19 testing materials and equipment.[17] Moyo was removed from office on 7 July 2020. Moyo was later acquitted of the charges in October 2021.[18]

Moyo was born in Gutu. As a young man he was known in local pubs as DJ The Mighty Biscuit.[19] He married Lucy Memory. They have four children together.[5]