“It is business as usual when the president is out of the country,” said party spokesperson Rugare Gumbo. A Zanu (PF) politburo meeting Mugabe chaired before his most recent Singapore sojourn resolved to eject party stalwarts who had been allotted 25-year leases in the Save Valley Conservancy in Masvingo, but cabinet could not ratify the decision as he was away.
Gumbo’s insistence that Mugabe was “as fit as any other human being could be” was received by most Zimbabweans with utter disbelief – particularly after the screening by UK Channel 4 of footage showing him walking with some difficulty into a hospital for a medical attention.
During the GNU, former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was not allowed to chair cabinet meetings when Mugabe was away. Zapu spokesperson Mjobise Noko said no decisions were taken in his absence.
“Such leadership is not healthy for a country, especially Zimbabwe which has serious problems,” Noko said. Kurauwone Chihwayi, of the MDC led by Welshman Ncube, said Mugabe “travels with the country in his pocket”.
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Amazing that ‘Prime Evil’ takes a 737 to Singapore on taxpayers expense to see his doctor. No Zimbabwean doctor is good enough to touch him (God forbid, never a black doctor!). We accept this abuse like obedient goats.
… Quote: particularly after the screening by UK Channel 4 of footage showing him walking with some difficulty into a hospital for a medical attention.
Well, if the President had skipped into the hospital there would have been more than raised eyebrows! Obviously there were no free wheelchairs – which some will find to be a bone of contention and irritant now blatantly obvious at Dubai Airport when embarking on long-haul flights, since their second airport has opened nearby. Am telling you this so that you remember to book that essential wheelchair for your elderly or infirm relative, preferably before paying for your ticket – in advance. I watched a heavily pregnant woman have to walk all the way to Gate 46 because she had not booked a wheelchair in advance. She thought, that in her condition, she could easily slip into one on arrival at Dubai!Wrong…