Nkulumane MP dies returning from parliament after vehicle rams into elephant

BULAWAYO
–
Nkulumane
MP
Desire
Moyo
(CCC)
died
early
Friday
after
he
drove
into
an
elephant
near
Shangani
on
the
Harare-Bulawayo
highway.

He
was
returning
from
parliament
in
Harare
with
four
colleagues
who
survived
the
crash.

Moyo,
a
first-term
MP,
former
teacher
and
acclaimed
poet,
was
confirmed
dead
at
the
scene.

His
colleagues
Madalaboy
Ndebele,
Senator
Rittah
Ndlovu,
Sethulo
Ndebele
and
Libion
Sibanda
sustained
injuries
and
were
being
treated
at
Gweru
General
Hospital.

Luveve
MP
Discent
Bajila,
who
said
he
last
saw
Moyo
in
parliament
at
around
8PM
on
Thursday,
said:
“Honourable
Moyo
has
been
confirmed
deceased
and
his
family
has
been
informed.”

Bajila
was
helping
the
injured
lawmakers
on
Friday.

“I
spoke
to
Honourable
Ndebele,
who
was
in
the
front
passenger
seat.
His
recollection
is
that
they
hit
the
elephant
on
its
backside.
After
the
impact,
he
remembers
the
elephant
turning
round
and
fighting
the
vehicle.
This,
he
believes,
is
what
did
the
most
damage
on
the
top
right
side
of
the
vehicle
and
ultimately
led
to
Honourable
Moyo’s
fatal
injuries,”
Bajila
said.

Moyo
was
a
popular
poet
and
culturalist
known
by
his
stage
name,
Moyoxide.

He
was
elected
MP
for
Nkulumane
in
the
2023
general
elections,
polling
9,880
votes.
The
second
place
finisher,
Phineas
Murechu
of
Zanu
PF,
had
2,402
votes.