Mugabe ropes in own troops to coordinate campaign

President Mugabe has reportedly roped in the DRC and China to sponsor his glitzy campaign amid reports that the veteran leader has also turned to his innermost circle - the Presidential Guard– to coordinate his campaign.

Highly-placed sources said that early this year, the veteran leader clinched a deal with the DRC in which Zimbabwe supplies the war-torn country with ammunition in exchange for campaign material, which includes T-shirts, berets, bandanas, caps, wrappers, manifestos and calendars.

In exchange, the sources said the DRC is receiving arms of war from the Central Ammunition Distribution just outside Harare.

The campaign material is being dished out at Mugabe's rallies, and questions over the source of the material have been raised especially given that Zanu-PF is reportedly broke and unable to pay its employees.