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'Mugabe has surpassed the average airline pilot's flying time'
10 May 2015 at 11:39hrs | Views
MDC-T spokesperson Obert Gutu said Mugabe had surpassed the average airline pilot's flying time. Mugabe has been airborne for a staggering 140 000 kilometres, just five months into the year as the Zanu-PF leader's foreign trips continue to bleed the economy.
Now derisively referred to as the "airborne" or "expatriate" president in some circles, 91-year-old Mugabe has since the tail-end of 2014 been to the Far East five times and visited five African capitals in what could be a world record travel for a serving head of state.
Mugabe has made over 10 trips since his return from annual leave on January 21.
Opposition MDC-T spokesperson Obert Gutu said Mugabe had surpassed the average airline pilot's flying time.
"Robert Mugabe has flown more hours than the average commercial airline pilot in the world. We strongly condemn the reckless and selfish wastage of limited state funds on these useless foreign jamborees. Just imagine what $50 million could do to the provision of drugs in hospitals and rural clinics. Mugabe no longer stays in Zimbabwe but has become a constant visitor," Gutu said.
Zapu national spokesperson Mjobisa Noko was equally scathing in his reaction to Mugabe's frequent trips
"We are looking at a leader who has become a tourist in his country and who does not care about the suffering of the people. It is unfortunate that his ego and selfishness has blinded him to a point where he now fails to discern between wrong and right," Noko said.
Now derisively referred to as the "airborne" or "expatriate" president in some circles, 91-year-old Mugabe has since the tail-end of 2014 been to the Far East five times and visited five African capitals in what could be a world record travel for a serving head of state.
Mugabe has made over 10 trips since his return from annual leave on January 21.
Opposition MDC-T spokesperson Obert Gutu said Mugabe had surpassed the average airline pilot's flying time.
"Robert Mugabe has flown more hours than the average commercial airline pilot in the world. We strongly condemn the reckless and selfish wastage of limited state funds on these useless foreign jamborees. Just imagine what $50 million could do to the provision of drugs in hospitals and rural clinics. Mugabe no longer stays in Zimbabwe but has become a constant visitor," Gutu said.
Zapu national spokesperson Mjobisa Noko was equally scathing in his reaction to Mugabe's frequent trips
"We are looking at a leader who has become a tourist in his country and who does not care about the suffering of the people. It is unfortunate that his ego and selfishness has blinded him to a point where he now fails to discern between wrong and right," Noko said.
Source - standard
