Mugabe blows $10 million on foreign travels

President Robert Mugabe has so far spent more than $10 million on foreign trips since January at a time his broke government is battling to pay its workers and grow the stunted economy.  

Mugabe who has been in and out of the country no less than seven times in the past three months spends at least $2 million for the duration of the chartered Air Zimbabwe aircraft wherever he travels and allowances of his staff.

Well placed government sources said Mugabe alone receives $600 000 in allowances on each trip with each aide travelling with him getting a minimum of at least $500 per day on the destination.  

Besides the travel allowances the government pays for the President's hotel stay, where he is booked with at least 60 aides including a medical doctor in top class hotels.