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Mugabe Collapse, 27 Guards Suspended
Heads have started rolling as the fallout over President Robert Mugabe’s embarrasing fall at Harare International Airport on Wednesday begins.
Sources said up to 27 members of the presidential security and advance team who seemed immobilised as Mugabe tripped and tumbled after addressing hundreds of Zanu-PF supporters who had been bussed to welcome him on his return from the African Union summit, have been suspended.
According to the sources, the guards were handed their suspension letters on Friday.
Officials at Munhumutapa government building said an investigation was launched on the night that Mugabe fell at the airport on his return from Ethiopia where he had just taken charge as the new chairperson of the African Union.
But Presidential spokesperson George Charamba yesterday dismissed the reports of a shake up in President Mugabe’s security team as a fallacy.
“There is only one hand that shakes up and that hand has not shaken up [anything]. What is there to shake up? The last time you heard about a shake up it was from us and not from media reports,” Charamba said.
But sources insisted a shake up had indeed taken place and there were indications that some officials could be fired.
At the State House on Friday afternoon where President Mugabe was meeting newly-elected Zambian leader Edgar Lungu, new faces could be seen on his security team.
After the meeting that took almost five hours, Mugabe escorted Lungu outside the State House with both hands in his pockets. The two did not address journalists who had gathered.
When Lungu was departing in his motorcade, Mugabe stood for a few minutes outside before walking back into his office at State House.
Another official said although some people were taking the fall lightly, it was a serious matter that had to be dealt with thoroughly.
“There are many departments that are being investigated, from Air Zimbabwe, the advance team and the security. I doubt if some of them will come back,” said the official close to the developments.
“The issue here is simple. The security team was caught napping.
They were taking things for granted and failed to adhere to basics. It is protocol that the immediate proximity is, at most, three metres from the President. These are the bullet takers and in cases where he falls they are supposed to hold him either by the arm or by the shoulder and should never take their eyes off him.”
The official added: “He went on to touch the ground on all fours. That should never happen. What if someone pulled a gun? The immediate proximity team should have helped him up because those are the people that are allowed to touch him before anyone else.”
Information gathered revealed that the immediate proximity team was also there to prevent members of the public getting dangerously close to the President as happened when British gay rights activist Peter Thatchell attempted a citizen’s arrest on Mugabe in 1999.
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Jane Mulenga
February 9, 2015 at 11:02 am
Mugabe and Lungu are the most useless president.
Edgar Lungu will also fall one day.
Black Uhuru
February 9, 2015 at 12:26 pm
He is Chagwa so expect him to fall.
RB
February 10, 2015 at 1:20 pm
ANY NORMAL PERSON WOULD KNOW THAT THOSE GUYS WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT JUST WATCHED AS FELL DOWN. THE QUESTION IS WHAT WAS THEIR JOB IN SURROUNDING AND WALKING WITH THE PRESIDENT, TO JUST WATCH? I TOO WOULD FIRE SUCH PEOPLE.
Zick
February 9, 2015 at 1:45 pm
As for u Jane, you hate is the one making HH fail to go to plot 1. U tend to insult so much and think 90% Zambians will support u. If ECL is useless then u are the most useless woman on earth/Zambia for not making HH you president. @Black uhuru ECL is a successful person than u are, have your own focus maybe u will achieve in life.
Like someone said Jane chinkula, do u enjoy pipo insulting u for been negative? see now the voting competition is now on tribe and provinces. It is still 100% foreseen than HH will not become president if u continue insulting the president of the majority. I suggest u bring real issue on failures of ECL so that u slowly move Zambians attention towards HH. Remember the more u insult ECL the more the pipo loves him even without any good achievement bcoz they simply want to shame u.
Be positive my sister and u will go a long way, u are just a plane driver nothing much.
salaula
February 9, 2015 at 3:03 pm
Jane Hamulenga, looks like you have sleepless nights over EL’s victory!! But it is your HH has already ‘fallen’.
major chileshe
February 9, 2015 at 4:58 pm
Samwa nkakutombafye bwino
kapokoso
February 10, 2015 at 7:19 am
saaka lyaako ulyabane na HH.
Nshinwa Bwino
February 10, 2015 at 8:08 am
Jane!! Ba wiso balilufyana (assuming you were born from one)ngabakulekelefye uleshinguluka mwitole yabo. You are a waste of semen!!
mubita S
February 10, 2015 at 9:13 am
Jane u are a FOOL.how does Lungu come in this story.yo hatred for Lungu is beyond your own soul.i doublt u Bemba koz i hav alot of bemba friends and they are nice pipo.
tutu
February 10, 2015 at 10:42 am
@jane iwe wehule nikwata umuti wakukuposha ubuswembe walwala mubongo…ifwile ukukulasa ubukala muchikanwa chobe nokulasamo a litre of umupowe wandi 4 u 2 shutup!! d@s de only way
Kalulu
February 10, 2015 at 11:44 am
Iwe Tutu uziyopa!! she will bite off your manhood.
Laso
February 10, 2015 at 4:16 pm
if Lungu falls, hes falling straight into your mother. Elo ala banoko chikakalipa….
NON SATANIST
February 9, 2015 at 11:39 am
CINYO CHOBE IWE WHAT MAKES YOU NOT TO RESPECT LEADER DESPITE BEING CANCELLED ON THE MATTER OF RESPECT BY SO MANY PEOPLE. ULICINKULA WAMENENE AMENO PAMULU.YOU SHOULD LEARN TO CHANGE YOU OFF SPRING OF A MAGGOT
humphrey
February 9, 2015 at 11:44 am
Jane Mulenga, you can’t compare mugabe to Lungu.Mugabe is a great leader Africa has currently but when you talk about Lungu, he is the useless leader Zambia has ever had and Lungu is a playboy president just like his advise Rupiah was.How can a president sit like that on the chair in Mfuwe?It only represented childishness.So Jane Mulenga do not compare Lungu to Mugabe
Zick
February 9, 2015 at 1:35 pm
I think sitting is not a presidential quality, u are lost my brother. Unless if u have presidents sitting training whenever someone becomes president.
Mugabe is a president in Zim and can only make comparison in that country to his pipo. He gives nice economic policies to locals that is why they like him.
tutu
February 10, 2015 at 10:48 am
@humphrey amanofye ubupuba ngakanshi yobe jane,umuchishi kuli kateka iwe chikala!!!! ulitolesana atini
IF NOT
February 9, 2015 at 12:21 pm
Tongaz will never rule this nation, no matter how you insult. shame upon you looser supporters.
IF NOT
February 9, 2015 at 12:26 pm
Was it a fair deal to suspend his guards honestly?
KABASO
February 9, 2015 at 6:54 pm
yes….. they failed in their duties
Anderson Nkumbula
February 9, 2015 at 12:34 pm
Let he die…..he is old now and we can celebrate his death.
Mazuba J.
February 10, 2015 at 9:16 am
Nkumbula no one shud celebrate death.let us promote christian values.
Mundetelele
February 10, 2015 at 3:47 pm
Anderson the comments one make on a blog defines their upbringing. You have always posted negative sentiments, pointing to the fact that you are venting anger for being abused as a child or being a failure as an adult. You kno better. Seek counselling!
Now back to the topic. There is no need to fire 27 guards. Just do a thorough investigation & establish who ensurec the ramp was secure for the presidential climb& descent. Once these persons are found, fire them.
club zero
February 9, 2015 at 1:21 pm
All u ass holes taking shit about the king of africa mugabe.he will not die you fools and iwe chi jane chinena careful
mwela
February 9, 2015 at 1:29 pm
the rise and fall of gabriel mugabe
slim
February 9, 2015 at 2:12 pm
Old age
Aaron banda
February 9, 2015 at 2:52 pm
Edger Lungu must learn the ettiquates of leadership. Yes the way you sit talk manners etc in public tells a story of who you are. Can handlers please do something..
zega
February 9, 2015 at 5:37 pm
@ jane mulenga is there anything personal that u ve wth presdo ECLungu?
jobreaker
February 9, 2015 at 5:40 pm
iwe tumfweko Ba Mugabe is just dancing…
Sossa
February 9, 2015 at 5:42 pm
Seems he wants to show the world that he is still strong, at his age his govt should expect more fatal falls.
A warning to some other revolutionary leader who wants to rule until he dies!!
jobreaker
February 9, 2015 at 5:49 pm
@ Jane ,black and Humphrey hakainde hichinini..u 2inch diccks double cockk succkers sons of b!tches…u sick low life black moother fffucckers …u will forever hate on Edgar and we will forever vote….keep Ur black cloths on coz next year Hh will die of heart attack… and u punk asss screwed nut heads will cry him a river…ati aleisa aleisa…laugh out loud b!tch
Trixy
February 10, 2015 at 9:35 am
You shall surely know them by their insults….like president like supporters…..
Jane Mulenga
February 9, 2015 at 6:29 pm
HH does not drink carelessly, he only a humble man who only smokes cow dung which is similar to mtototo. He is a real Tonga Bull.
NATUYAKANGE
February 9, 2015 at 7:43 pm
Jane Hamulenga you are a female african dog from shang’ombo with rabbies.Cintu cobe iwe ulecindika abakalamba no kulandako ifya mano.TWANAKA NAIWE MUSULA OBE
joyce Lifuna
February 9, 2015 at 9:08 pm
Jane I think you enjoy the insult to say coz mwandi ……
buunda moto
February 9, 2015 at 10:11 pm
aaand that handing out his arm as though his saying ni chani mudala kkkkkkkk
ken
February 9, 2015 at 10:23 pm
You can see people arround HH. Jane Mulenga, husband snatcher Maureen (not anymore) Mwanawasa
john chilima
February 9, 2015 at 10:28 pm
Humphrey and Jane mule u are both fools who do not analyse before u act and to make matters waise Jane u are pretending to be a woman when u re man just wait “Tukakukolopa fye Bino” my dear
jane mulenga
February 9, 2015 at 10:39 pm
Never vote for HH.He is a fool.Edgar here I come.I will vote 4 u this time since voting 4 HH is a share waste of energy and time
Jane Mulenga
February 9, 2015 at 10:40 pm
.Never vote for HH.He is a fool.Edgar here I come.I will vote 4 u this time since voting 4 HH is a share waste of energy and time
The PF Tiger
February 10, 2015 at 6:03 am
jane mulenga u a fool have never seen a usless person like u. infact u a freemason just like your evil politic master HH. how can u wish for that? so if Lungu falls what does it mean to u? only a freemanson like you can wish for that.
chrissy k
February 10, 2015 at 7:10 am
abena jane mulaimweneshamo aini? insoni e buntu and i guess iwe ulimwaume we usosa ifyabola fyeka fyeka.
Sibongile Mulenga
February 10, 2015 at 7:42 am
I hate insults heee. these insults will never build our nation. Zambia is supposed to be a christian nation. I wish it were those days when God would act instantly, surely some of you would have been pillars of salt or something by now. Stop insulting.
KAMENGA D
February 10, 2015 at 8:39 am
your comments are off topic.
The guards didn’t do a good job on Mugabe there are suppose to be fired with immediate effect.How can the president failed down with all that security even that police behind him? shame
Trixy
February 10, 2015 at 9:42 am
Ba Tumfweko the heading should have read “Mugabe falls…..not Mugabe collapse…”. I thought he was in a coma or something!! Be real!
IF NOT
February 10, 2015 at 10:24 am
True quite misleading heading.
sena
February 10, 2015 at 10:26 am
Jane Belinda Nafwa Mulenga, your are definitely a prostitute and not a married woman becoz married women have respect. Your bitterness for Edgar will very soon kill you. Stop drinking human blood which is confusing your brain. You claim to be a pilot, NO NO, learned people do not behave like you. You are just a dander head and Satanist plus freemason.
Chely Breezy
February 10, 2015 at 11:01 am
Mmmmm pipo cn insult!! I ve seen dat insults ve a syllabus.@Jane, b careful nxt time.
matongo
February 10, 2015 at 11:33 am
Bafikala leave Jane alone! She is speaking her mind. Tumatole twenu ba kwindi.
fyness
February 10, 2015 at 12:21 pm
We all kwn that peaple of Zambia are verry jerours! By the way they also think that they are verry intelligent! Y hating some 1 heroo? Fyapasi mwe banesu….
mujuku
February 10, 2015 at 2:36 pm
In Zambia a very one has the right to say what he/she feels, we must respect each ones feelings, insults won’t take you anywhere. Be careful or they might turn against you=
ABOVE THE LAW
February 10, 2015 at 10:05 pm
ECL kateka wambwa, nefibantu fimofimo,ifishakwata amano.leave Jane alone,nakwata insambu ishakulanda ifyo alefwaya umwine.Ubupuba bwenu baice tamumfwa ifyomweba.Bafikala uyo nkomfwa alemutuka insele akaponoka ,tapakabe noukandamwina.
ERNEST
February 11, 2015 at 2:30 pm
Some pipo are still fools even when the sun is at 14hrs sure. how can you say you’re going to vote for ECL who is bringing in criminals in the country like Katumbi, RB, HB and many more????????? Can’t you see what is happening in the country now, are you blind or what? you even waste your energy talking about voting for Lungu, this hopeless man, play boy. You could have chosen a nice Bemba man and we could have voted for him because Bembas are nice pipo despite your insults and manipulating styles. Presidency is for Easterners now and you can’t retrieve it from them now, 4get and just come and join us Lozis here b’coz we still have vast land, we need pipo. Viva bembas, in total fail, ECL is for us all even though is proving to be a criminal by associating with high ranking criminals in the world now.
Galilea
February 13, 2015 at 1:31 pm
Mugabe is senseless. He should tell us who brought him down. He just fell alone.
God at work. Just a warning.
His days are numbered. Mugabe must repent or else he will have endless nightmares signaling his final destination.
By the way will Mugabe go to Heaven?
How can he investigate other people when he knows for sure that he fell on his own? Let him go to medical experts for investigation of his body.