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MDC leader names his 9th child after Fidel Castro
13 Mar 2012 at 12:07hrs | Views
CHINHOYI - Admiration for former Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has led the MDC 99 leader Job Sikhala to Christian his newly-born son after him. Sikhala revealed that Friday Fidel Castro was his ninth child from his polygamous marriage.
"Today (Friday), my first wife Ellen was blessed with a baby son, who becomes my ninth child, whom I have named Fidel Castro after the Cuban leader, although there was resistance from my family," said Sikhala.
He accused President Robert Mugabe of destroying the health delivery system and challenged the octogenarian leader and the First Lady to use local health facilities to get medical attention instead of spending millions on medical bills incurred at foreign health centres.
"The next time Grace thinks of having a baby she must go to the same 24-hour clinic where my wife delivered today. Why do they (President Mugabe and Grace) want to go to Asia? It is because they destroyed the local health delivery system," Sikhala charged.
Sikhala's role model, Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, born August 13 1926, was one of the pioneer leaders of the Cuban revolution.
Castro, a Mugabe ally, currently serves as first secretary of his party.
"Today (Friday), my first wife Ellen was blessed with a baby son, who becomes my ninth child, whom I have named Fidel Castro after the Cuban leader, although there was resistance from my family," said Sikhala.
He accused President Robert Mugabe of destroying the health delivery system and challenged the octogenarian leader and the First Lady to use local health facilities to get medical attention instead of spending millions on medical bills incurred at foreign health centres.
Sikhala's role model, Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, born August 13 1926, was one of the pioneer leaders of the Cuban revolution.
Castro, a Mugabe ally, currently serves as first secretary of his party.
Source - newsday
