President Mugabe says the state of his health surprises even his
doctors, pointing out that he is still fit to lead both Zanu-PF and
Government as the country prepares for next year’s harmonised
elections. President Mugabe was addressing tens of thousands of people at Chinhoyi University of Technology at the fifth Presidential Youth Interface yesterday.
“There is an issue to say the President is going, I am not going; the
President is dying, I am not dying, and I thank God for having lived to
this day,” he said.
“I thank God also for giving me good life. I will have an ailment
here and there. I go to the doctors like everyone else; but body-wise,
maorgans angu ese —my heart, my liver, mukati umu — very firm, very strong.
“Vakashama vanachiremba kuti you have gone so strong, your bones,
your system. Ndikati ndiMwari. But, of course, muscles and bones also
must be assisted to be strong. For years, ndakangova munhu akangoramba
achiita exercise the body, from prison to this day. So, certainly the
bones are bound to be strong. Tinonamata kuti Mwari arambe achitipa
hupenyu.”
On unity in the ruling Zanu-PF, President Mugabe said he was aware
that some people wanted his position, and also castigated those bringing
tribal thinking to national politics.
“Vamwe vari divided tribally, vamwe vanoshorana. ‘Rwendo runo hatidi
vechiZezuru, takuda kuti tichipinda isu.’ Once you begin to talk like
that, you are not going to be a uniting person at all.
“I don’t have that kind of talk. I am happy; when I am in
Matabeleland or in the Midlands or in Manicaland; hapana vandinoti ava
havasi vangu.”
He added: “Vakuru vatinavo muPolitburo, muGovernment should recognise
that the principle that made us succeed was one of unity. Yes, there is
the aspect of discipline and self-sacrifice; but underlying those ones
is unity.
“Unity means we are together in mind, we are together in the way we
operate in our positions. We are together in mind also means we should
speak the same language. We should avoid speaking against each other,
kunyeyana, kuorganizirana.” sunday mail
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