Almost two months after exiting power, Robert Mugabe’s family members are complaining of “ill-treatment” under the current government led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Mugabe resigned from office in November last year after a military takeover ending his hold on power in Zimbabwe for decades.
His nephew Patrick Zhuwao had told Voice of America (VOA) in an interview reported on by Daily News that the Mnangagwa led government is “ill-treating the old man”.
Zhuwao claimed “they went to prophets and traditional healers and were told the same that they are ill-treating the old man but they failed to change, they continue to ill-treat the old man,”
Zhuwawo was also quoted as saying that “We must respect him (Mugabe) he went to war; he was jailed fighting for the people.”
Last month, local media also reported that Mugabe’s wife Grace also complained about the kind of treatment being meted out to her family, businesses and allies since the exit of her husband from power.
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Despite these claims Mr. Mugabe will be receiving a first class air travel on four foreign trips per year; private houses and an army of aides and domestic staff as part of the deal that led to his exit.
Details of the package for Mugabe’s exit were published in a notice sanctioned by Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
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The official notice also revealed that “There shall be employed in connection with the residence of the former President (i) three domestic employees, and (ii) two gardeners, and (iii) two cooks and two waiters and (iv) two laundry persons.”
“The ex-president will also get security staff, office workers and aide de camp officers,” said the Herald in Zimbabwe.
Already Mugabe’s sons and other former allies are being investigated for alleged corrupt acts and potentially facing trials.
Source: Africafeeds.com
