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“I stand for transparency, accountability and no dodgy dealings. This is why I have survived in business because I am an honest man.
“Those who think they can come to Highlanders and fleece the institution should know that they will be exposed without fear or favour,” said Moyo.
He said he is an accountant by profession and as a self-employed businessman, he had ample time to serve Highlanders.
Moyo was diplomatic in his approach to his campaign saying he did not want to commit much on what he was going to do if re-elected because Highlanders had its vision which was being complemented by its members.
“I do not want to talk about what I will come in and do because Highlanders as an institution has its vision which is set and driven by members. Rather, I want to state the things that I have done for the club which I love most.
“When I was elected into office, I helped Bosso financially, donating to the club but all that was kept away from the media because I was serving the club.
“At times my company donated to the club and at others we advanced loans to the club which were repaid later. When the year starts, at times because we have low cash inflows, it is difficult to get money to organise or book training facilities and I paid for that at times,” said Moyo who has been supervising the Manwele Beer Garden enterprise which has performed beyond expectations in just four months.
He said part of his responsibilities as the vice-chairman included focusing on the club’s business units which included the clubhouse and Manwele Beer Garden.
Highlanders secured the Manwele franchise from Ingwebu Breweries last year and within four months, it had generated $112 000 in revenue, recording more than $10 000 in profits.
At the weekend’s annual general meeting the auditors hailed Bosso for coming with such a business venture and encouraged them to widen their scope in order to widen the revenue base.
“The other thing that I have done as the vice-chairman is to turn around things at the clubhouse and spearheading the Manwele project. Like you heard in the audit report the Manwele venture gave us more than $100 000 in four months. My duties as the vice-chairman included directing operations and that is why you discover that through my accounting background, I managed to plug loopholes at the clubhouse where four people were fired for misdemeanours.
“Running the business side of the club means that one has to be hands-on. I go to Manwele everyday to make sure that everything is in order and do the same with the clubhouse,” said Moyo
He said Highlanders debt was worrying but was confident that the debt could be cleared once the members were united.
Moyo said as an executive they had been working on ensuring that they reduce the operational expenses and set up more income generating projects.
Mid-season last year, there were reports that Moyo “grabbed” his money from the club which he denies.
“That one is a thorny issue which was blown out of proportion. I lent the club $3 000 to meet expenses for a match against Monomotapa in Harare after the Hwange game. Some people decided to be mischievous and falsely said I was grabbing money from the club.
“The truth of the matter is that we learnt that we were supposed to go to Harare for the Monomotapa game late and faced with a possibility of a walkover, I took funds from my company and gave them to the club so that we fulfilled the fixture. Imagine what would have been said had we failed to travel? Actually everything was done above board,” he said.
Moyo said he was committed to serving Highlanders again in the same capacity and was encouraged to seek re-election by Bosso members.
“People who saw and appreciated the work I did for the club during my term are the ones who asked me to seek re-election so that we finish the work that has started. Please note, all the success stories I am talking about were because of team work that we had. I am a team player and fit well in the executive.
“I want to thank the Highlanders family for their unwavering support that they gave me and the executive during my tenure. It has been a great experience serving the Highlanders community,” said Moyo.
Online Reporter