The food was meant for Mugabe and close members of his entourage but the security details consumed it after hunger struck.
Mugabe was in Manicaland last Friday to officially open the Chinese-owned Golden Peacock Hotel in Mutare. The Chinese are involved in massive diamond mining ventures with Zimbabwe government in the nearby Chiadzwa area. Sources at Mutare Central Police Station said eight police officers and seven soldiers were arrested.
The sources, who cannot be named because they are not authorised to speak on behalf of the police, said the soldiers and police officers had been assigned to guard the presidential helicopter but ended up helping themselves to meals in the aircraft.
The helicopter had been left at an airstrip near Mutare Teachers’ College, which is a stone’s throw from the newly-built Chinese hotel. “They devoured the meals and the offence was only discovered when pilots to the presidential helicopter returned,” said the source.
“Upon being asked by the pilots where the food had gone, one of the soldiers spilled the beans and implicated 14 others,” said a source. Another insider said the soldiers were held in police custody for two nights from last Friday and released on Sunday.
The policemen implicated in the food case were freed on Monday although internal disciplinary measures could follow. Acting Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Enock Chishiri said the matter was out of his hands and could only be handled by his superiors in Harare.
“I cannot comment on that one. Speak to Chief Superintendent Andrew Phiri,” said Chishiri. Phiri was not answering his phone when the Daily News tried to get a comment yesterday.
There have been numerous reports of soldiers and policemen fainting on national events due to hunger and fatigue, while army chiefs have routinely complained of food scarcity at barracks.
Daily News
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH INSALA KU ZIMBABWE!!!A person who works the fields also eats from the field.simple logic!!
4 real ubomba mwibala,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
INSALA WITH ALL THAT INFLATION…. ICHALO CHINO. KAYA
Iye ba mugabe should resin and leave power to the new blood…this is embarasn
Its an act of indiscipline of the presidential security personnel to help themselves to the food meant for good old Rob & his armchair comrades! But those whose responsibility was to feed the soldires must equally take the blame as no one can work over an empty stomach! Remember a hungry man is an angry man & certainly you wouldnt want to be gurded by angry soldires!!!
soldiers & police officers I thot they act upon given instructions frm higher authority? If so then wat cud have gone over their minds? hunger is hunger but waitn for the right time is better.
Too many stories from zim,wats up with that?
Ahoy soldiers bigup. Keep dem belly full
akapya kulya…wy starve wen thre iz food,kip up th gud wrk.eat as mch as u cn
First come, first save. uncle BOB kisses dust, insala teinobe.
hahahahahahahah insala,mugabe ni chula sana!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, Mugabe is a left hander!
If a dog can eat your food when its not given its own,what will stop the soldier from defending themselves from that enermy called ‘HUNGER’.Good job guyz maintain the spirit.
Tumfweko, please be professional! Presidents like Mugabe cannot eat leftovers, these kind of people are always looking over their shoulders to see if there is anything suspicious, how do you expect him to trust food guarded by soldiers he doesn’t trust? Please avoid hearsay stories they are demeaning your reports.
The food was likely not meant for the President but for the pilots and other fishes on the entourage. How can food for Great Bob be kept for hours on the chopper when he was officiating at the openning of a lucrative hotel? Wasnt good food there? The food was carelessly and negligently exposed, making it cheaply accessible by the men that can’t be wholeheartedly trusted-soldiers & policemen. The food was certainly a threat to the life of the leader and they did a fair job by devouring it.
The food was likely not meant for the President but for the pilots and other fishes on the entourage. How can food for Great Bob be kept for hours on the chopper when he was officiating at the openning of a lucrative hotel? Wasnt good food there? The food was carelessly and negligently exposed, making it cheaply accessible by the men that can’t be wholeheartedly trusted-soldiers & policemen. The food was certainly a threat to the life of the leader and they did a fair job by devouring it. Long live Robert.
The soldiers are lucky. That fought was to be poisoned just after the lunch event!
The Police and Soldiers were hungry so if they were given food they shouldnt have eaten Mugabes food.It shows how poor Zimbabwe has become leave them alone. Its like a hungry dog gurding food it must be a foolish dog not to eat the food.
WAKE UP CALL FOR MUGABE
Take good care of yo manpower idiots
They did a good thing,why keeping his security staffs without food? Initiative was not taught at bravo soldiers.
Next time they wil fuck hm up
as my good man dandy put it…’insala kapondo’
food for all
insala kapondo.LMAO
what do you expect ..you keep them hungry bob..!
lET THEM CONTINUE EATING HIS FOOD AND LATER OWN EAT HIM TOO HE IS OLD TO BE PRESIDENT.
Why should someone on hunger strike eat?
The soldier who disclosed the other need to be dealt with severely. Stupid idiot of a soldier.
BA BOB SHIVERING AT THE WEIGHT OF A SOON. SURE SOON TO MEET HIS ANCESTORS.
Bansala, fighting over food. It goes in one way comes out thru the other!
abeene Rob baume
Initiative is part of military training. Eating that food was sure sign of training well taught and understood. As for disobeying orders by eating without an order, perhaps HUNGER must be given its rightful place in this episode. ‘IT IS OF HIGHER COMMAND THAN ANY FORCES COMBINED ON EARTH’. Only the Son of GOD stood it. That’s what makes Him a conqueror.So careful how not to under estimate it. It has made some thieves, others hores, yet others drivers and footballers. The list goes on. Even you, you are and do all you do to keep steadily away from the same.
they2 are human,no food in the baracks,,n u expect pipo to guard you,,without eating,,,,kwena selfish leadership indeed,,