Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Germany Hebson Makuvise has accused Stanford Biti, young brother to Finance Minister Tendai Biti, of bringing the MDC into disrepute by disseminating falsehoods in the United Kingdom and online.
Stanford is allegedly campaigning to have Makuvise recalled as ambassador accusing him of embezzling MDC party funds donated by members in the UK. Ambassador Makuvise was the MDC chief representative in the UK before he was appointed to serve in Germany by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
A furious Makuvise urged Finance Minister and MDC Secretary General Tendai Biti to discipline his younger brother.
“He (Stanford) is Biti’s young brother and I fail to understand why Biti is not telling him not to do that. In April when Prime Minister Tsvangirai visited London he organised demonstrations during which they booed him (PM) after he had told them to go back home following the formation of the inclusive Government,” he said.
Ambassador Makuvise said relations between him and the branch got strained when he travelled to Zimbabwe to witness the swearing-in of Mr Tsvangirai as Prime Minister in February last year.
“When I left the UK last year, they complained why I had travelled to Zimbabwe saying this was going to put their asylum status in danger,” Mr Makuvise said. He gave a brief account of how some political activists like Stanford survive in the UK.
“Every Saturday they gather at the Zimbabwean Embassy in the UK playing drums denouncing President Mugabe, Prime Minister Tsvangirai and the inclusive Government. They are then given some money by tourists who visit the embassy in the name of the suffering masses of Zimbabwe,” Ambassador Makuvise said.
He said he has tried without success to dissuade the acti-vists from carrying out such activities.
“There are a lot of things happening in the Diaspora especially in the UK. Varikunyara kudzoka kumusha as they have nothing to show for their absence. They do not appreciate the peace that is prevailing at home now.”
Meanwhile Ambassador Makuvise also claimed that Stanford Biti was dismissed from the party two years ago.
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