President Mugabe deserves celebrating the birth of his grandson

The news of a newborn arriving in a family is an exciting one and it definitely brings smiles and cheers along with it. The idea of celebrating the joy immediately pops up, hence parents and family members began to plan about the future of the newly born baby.

However, there has been much hullabaloo in the private press about the visit to Singapore by President Mugabe. Firstly, President Mugabe had a busy schedule which did not permit him to go and welcome his grandson, Simbanashe Chikore in the month he was born. This is the reason why he had to follow the First Family in Singapore to meet his grandson.

Some sections of the media were imprudently attacking First Lady, Dr Amai Grace Mugabe saying she was stuck in Singapore. What surprises most is that those authors in the private media were quite certain that the visit to Singapore by First Lady was meant to provide moral support to her daughter, Mrs Bona Chikore, who had gone there for her maternity delivery.

In the African culture, whenever a new baby is born family members, relatives and friends get together to honour and welcome the new baby.  Baby welcome is one of the most exciting occasions as it simply means celebrating time for everyone.

There was indeed nothing wrong for President Mugabe to meet face-to-face with his grandson Simbanashe Chikore as well as joining his family in celebrating the life of the new baby. Isn't it normal that like any other grandfather who would be naturally excited about welcoming his grandson, President Mugabe had to go to Singapore to meet his new grandson? President Mugabe has every reason to celebrate the birth of his first grandson.
Psalms 127 verse 3 says 'Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him'.  This means that every child is special; hence his/her arrival must be celebrated.

Unfortunately, some sections of the media and opposition parties fail to realize and appreciate the pleasure of celebrating the birth of President Mugabe's grandson. As it stands, it seems all those who associate with President Mugabe are opponents of the private press.

For instance, the private media and opposition parties were criticizing the choice and decision made by Mrs Bona Chikore to go and deliver in Singapore. Surely, this is a matter of choice. Was Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of MDC opposition party not rushed to South Africa for his treatment recently? Why then the private didn't condemn Tsvangirai on his foreign trip?

To say First Lady was stuck in Singapore is a like an insult to the First family. Whilst in Gutu President Mugabe revealed that First Lady was attending to their grandson in Singapore.  Additionally, President Mugabe highlighted that doctors in Singapore had said that the new baby should reach at least one month before he is flown back home. Why then should they rush to travel back with the baby who had not yet reached the stipulated time frame given by doctors? Doctors should have a final say in recommending that the baby is now fit to travel.

Some online websites were nonsensically saying that the baby was adopted. Surely, why should people move around spreading false information that the baby was adopted? People should just mind their own business and leave the First family alone, celebrating the birth of their bundle of joy, Simbanashe.