The gathering, is the largest gathering of African heads of states and government.
Power-sharing talks are at the verge of collapse as President Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), continue to disagree over cabinet composition, configuration and allocation..
The opposition has warned that in case the talks fail, only fresh elections would resolve the dispute – a move dismissed by Zanu PF..
Pressure is increasing on President Mugabe from the Zanu PF ranks to form Cabinet without the MDC, but the MDC leaders say President Mugabe should make more concessions than the ones already tabled.
MDC Vice-President Thokozani Khupe, and Deputy Treasurer, Elton Mangoma, are currently in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
Khupe said yesterday that the MDC party wants the African leaders attending the summit, especially Sadc members, to rein President Mugabe in.
Mangoma said he was attending the summit to make sure that the MDC side was heard. This is where African leaders are gathering for the COMESA, SADC and EAC summit and we know that Mugabe will be here. We don’t want only his side of the story to be heard, said Mangoma.
MDC members will not be allowed inside the summit hall as they are not officially invited, but Mangoma said they will endeavour to meet different groups, including individual presidents, to put their grievances across. –talkzimbabwe.com