We
all love events, parties and all hence there are some invites you get for an
event that would get you excited and also there are some you hear and you are
like “is this invite for real”?
Let’s
analyze this circumstance together. For instance, in a place where there is
severe drought with more than 90% of the population hungry, the President of
such a country decides to have a party that gulped as much as $800,000 with an
expected guests list of about 50,000 people yet all around you, that President
is hunger and then you get an invite to attend a lavish 92nd
birthday party of such a leader who has not only ruled for about 36years but
has not also made mention of a successor so far inspite of his failing
health.
How
would you react to such an invite?
In
Nigeria we’ve had problems with past administrations and even now, we still
have our own share of problems with the government of the day but then it is
nothing compared to what is happening with Zimbabweans under their current
administration.
Their
President, Mugabe who is without any comparison the world’s oldest
President/leader, has just turned 92 and reports had it that inspite of the
hunger all around him, his loyalists planned a huge party with concerts,
street parades and parties in Masvingo in the south-eastern part of Zimbabwe.
More
heartbreaking, according to Local media report was that teachers and villagers
in the rural regions of Masvingo were put under pressure and ordered by party
activists to make cash donations regarding the party.
Did
you expect the citizens not to react?
Of
course all of these led to protests on the Tuesday leading to the event as
young placards carrying supporters from the main opposition party Movement for
Democratic Change (MDC) took to the streets with their placards which read “No
birthday when children are starving” and “We want jobs, not bashes.”
Anyone
could deduce that, going by the words on those placards, the people were not
asking for too much. Every able-bodied youth need jobs and will not stand to
see so much money go to waste when there is hunger on the prowl.
So
one would ask, “How comfortable is it for a leader to go to bed at night
after such a lavish party when the people all around are in dire need of food”?
I really don’t get it!
Imagine a child, who was born 36 years ago, don’t you think he/she is eligible enough for government?
Imagine a child, who was born 36 years ago, don’t you think he/she is eligible enough for government?
Now,
it’s time for the matter at hand and away from the party/jamboree issue. The
question on the lips of many is “where is President Mugabe”?
As
at the time of writing this, many people were just speculating and wondering
where Mugabe is at the moment. There’s been conflicting reports about his
whereabouts.
On Monday the official Herald Newspaper
reported that he, Mugabe, left Harare for India however about three hours ago,
News24 reported on the contrary as his former information minister Jonathan
Moyo was quoted to have tweeted on Thursday: "[Mugabe] did not cut short
the visit in India but cancelled the trip to India!" adding that "Not
being in [Zimbabwe] does not mean he is or was in India!"
Hmmm!
So where is Mugabe?
Zimbabweans
have also taken to social media asking the same questions on his whereabouts
and some of the even comical with hashtags such as #BringBackOurBob. *laughing*.
More amusing is the tweet by a popular
Zimbabwean blogger @CynicHarare, which read: "MISSING: Elderly man
who left home on Monday saying he's going to India, but was still to arrive
there by Thursday!".
African
leaders, the time for change is now. And when I say ‘change’, I do not mean in
the negative but positive change is what I’m talking about to better the lives
of the citizens. Being President shouldn’t be for a lifetime.
Lest
I forget, I think Mugabe should come out from ‘hiding’ and get a successor!
It’s time!!
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