Central Intelligence Organisation

Central Intelligence Organisation
Agency overview
FormedOctober 1963; 60 years ago (1963-10)
Preceding agency
JurisdictionZimbabwe
EmployeesRestricted
Annual budgetNot subject to audit[1]
Ministers responsible
  • Owen Ncube
Agency executives
  • Isaac Moyo, Director-General
  • Dr. Gatsha Mazithulela, Deputy Director-General (Special Services)
  • Brig. General (Rtd)Walter Tapfumaneyi, Deputy Director-General (Operations)
Parent agencyMinistry of State Security in the president's office (OPC)

The Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) is the national intelligence agency of Zimbabwe.[2] It was conceived as the external intelligence-gathering arm of the British South Africa Police Special Branch in the early 1960s, under the Southern Rhodesian Prime Minister Winston Field, and later served as one of the secret police organizations for President Robert Mugabe's regime.[3]

  1. ^ Has Mugabe violated the constitution?
  2. ^ Off Budget CIO funding threatens democracy
  3. ^ Security Forces