Mugabe's war credentials questioned, he never killed even a bird during liberation war - Mavhaire

Former minister Dzikamai Mavhaire has reportedly rubbished President Robert Mugabe war credentials saying the 91 year old leader never killed even a bird during the liberation war.

According to an on-line publication, TellZim.com Mavahire said Mugabe's credentials are suspect.

However, the publication did not directly not quote  the ex-minister.

Mavhaire who has been in and out of government since 1980 due to his sharp tongue said he was no longer interested in going back to the revolutionary party describing the President as a man who shunned advice until he became useless to both the party and the country.

Although Mavhaire was very vocal in denouncing President Mugabe openly, he said it was not him alone who wanted Mugabe to rest while he was still commanding some respect from the people of Zimbabwe.

"It was not myself alone…a lot of people wanted the President to retire then. It is only that I had the courage to say it in parliament in 1998 and they perceived me as an enemy and I was fired from the government.

"I bet you that had he (Mugabe) cared to listen to my advice in 1998, today that man was going to be a small god on earth …look now rangova bepa (he is just a paper)," said Mavhaire.

Mavhaire said under normal circumstances, political life should be very short. People must have the habit of joining politics and pass on the button so that others can take over.

"We should not be concentrating on active political life without ending. Political life should come to an end so that we do other business... the major problem that we have is that we have politicians who do not have any skill or some kind of expertise hence these people fight to hang onto political positions for life.

"We should thrive to have politicians who add value to the country…we should discourage a situation where people campaign to be get political posts in order to earn a living," added Mavhaire.