Opinion / Columnist
Sleeping, a natural effect of President Mugabe's busy schedule
09 Jun 2015 at 11:20hrs | Views
Hullaballoo about President Robert Mugabe's sleeping during the inauguration of the new Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, is a fuss worth dismissing with due contempt that it deserves.
The most critical component that we need to consider is the fact that, he is the busiest personality on the continent at the moment. He is endowed with overwhelming state matters for the whole of Africa.
After a special consideration, African leaders named President Mugabe as the African Union (AU) Chairperson. It followed the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) which chose him to be its Chair after they were satisfied that he was the only competent candidate that leads ahead of all in the region.
In view of this natural enthronement based on his traceable track record of statesmanship, he was naturally tired when he attended the Nigerian occasion. It is a folly to terrorize him for feeling tired as a biological human being who is subject to natural processes like any other being.
Let us stop abusing President Mugabe as he is a fellow human being, hence, he cannot behave supernaturally.
The definite sure case on the contrary is that he is proficient enough to execute his core responsibilities as an African leader. However, can this be the case of the old adage which goes, "A prophet is never popular in his home village?" Its only Africans making noise about their chosen leader, while internationally he is a renowned decorated and an accomplished post independence leader that achieved total independence for his people. He managed to consolidate economic and political independence for Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is currently a hot case study for the rest of Africa to emulate in order to shrug off the damaging effects of neo-colonialism
It is an indisputable fact that President Mugabe is a true Pan-Africanist that champions African values and visions. The misguided reporters of the so called 'Sahara News' need to be schooled for them to appreciate this fact. It's sad to note that it's only us in Africa where we stone our own heroes. This is an acute deficit that needs to be corrected for us to restore our true African identity so that we can see the stardom in President Mugabe.
In spite of all these odds, it is a living fact that President Mugabe remains popular amongst his people for his stern measures against western domination. Even independent researchers from Afro-Barometer declared that President Mugabe is gaining popularity ahead of all in the contemporary times. The country is proud to declare that it is one of the few states that rely on 100% local funding for its budgets as compared to some nations in Africa whose government budgets are over 60% donor funded.
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The most critical component that we need to consider is the fact that, he is the busiest personality on the continent at the moment. He is endowed with overwhelming state matters for the whole of Africa.
After a special consideration, African leaders named President Mugabe as the African Union (AU) Chairperson. It followed the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) which chose him to be its Chair after they were satisfied that he was the only competent candidate that leads ahead of all in the region.
In view of this natural enthronement based on his traceable track record of statesmanship, he was naturally tired when he attended the Nigerian occasion. It is a folly to terrorize him for feeling tired as a biological human being who is subject to natural processes like any other being.
The definite sure case on the contrary is that he is proficient enough to execute his core responsibilities as an African leader. However, can this be the case of the old adage which goes, "A prophet is never popular in his home village?" Its only Africans making noise about their chosen leader, while internationally he is a renowned decorated and an accomplished post independence leader that achieved total independence for his people. He managed to consolidate economic and political independence for Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is currently a hot case study for the rest of Africa to emulate in order to shrug off the damaging effects of neo-colonialism
It is an indisputable fact that President Mugabe is a true Pan-Africanist that champions African values and visions. The misguided reporters of the so called 'Sahara News' need to be schooled for them to appreciate this fact. It's sad to note that it's only us in Africa where we stone our own heroes. This is an acute deficit that needs to be corrected for us to restore our true African identity so that we can see the stardom in President Mugabe.
In spite of all these odds, it is a living fact that President Mugabe remains popular amongst his people for his stern measures against western domination. Even independent researchers from Afro-Barometer declared that President Mugabe is gaining popularity ahead of all in the contemporary times. The country is proud to declare that it is one of the few states that rely on 100% local funding for its budgets as compared to some nations in Africa whose government budgets are over 60% donor funded.
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Suitable Kajau <kajausuitable@gmail.com
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