President Robert Mugabe
Hmmm.....President
Robert Mugabe who celebrated a lavish 93rd birthday party which took
place last Tuesday (21 February), has reportedly gone abroad in an
emergency medial trip.
World’s oldest leader, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has travelled to Singapore for a medical checkup.
The medical trip came few days after he had a lavish 93rd birthday
party during which he vowed to add to his 36 years in charge of the
southern African nation.
As Mugabe flew to Singapore, nurses at public hospitals joined
junior doctors in a two-week strike that is meant to pressure Mugabe’s
government into paying 2016 bonuses due in December.
Increasingly frail, Mugabe now struggles to walk and is seldom far
from the arms of an aide. His public speeches have become meandering and
repetitive.
“His Excellency the President left for Singapore for a
scheduled medical review. We expect him back in the country early next
week,” spokesman George Charamba said. He did not give details.
Mugabe frequently travels to Singapore for medical checks, with
aides saying he suffers from an eye cataract. But reports in private
media suggest he has prostate cancer, something Mugabe’s office denies.
The veteran leader’s critics say his overseas medical trips testify
to the collapse of Zimbabwe’s public health system since the economy
started to fall apart in 2000.
The issue of succession to Mugabe, the only ruler Zimbabwe has
known since independence in 1980, has divided the ruling ZANU-PF party
into two camps, with one supporting Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa
and the other Mugabe’s wife, Grace.
-NAN
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