Bulawayo(ZimEye)President Robert Mugabe has described the late Libyan leader Maummar Gaddafi as ignorant and as someone who failed to invest in Africa but splashed his money in Europe to please the West who killed him at the end, yet at the same time giving him only 4 Camels.
Mugabe told the Zanu PF 12th annual conference that the slain Libyan
dictator only managed to donate four camels which he is keeping at his farm.
“Gaddafi made huge investments in the West, but little in Africa,
“Just a few years before he died he made the undertaking on investing in Africa, but we saw him dishing out camels and we got four which are at the farm,” he said.
In his address before his party, the ageing leader spent over an hour talking about the NATO attacks in Libya and the Arab springs and strongly sounded fears that similar events could unfold in Zimbabwe soon.
He said since European countries and the United States were facing economic woes, there was a danger that they may end up attacking even Zimbabwe to get the diamonds. Zimbabwe has vast diamond fields in Marange which are said to be dirty because soldiers have been abusing civilians in the Chiadzwa area.
“Gaddafi tried to please them by taking his money to their banks. He even sent his children to Oxford University and accepted responsibility for the Lockerbie bombings. Gaddafi and the West were friends and we wondered what was happening but to our surprise he was killed in broad day light,” said Mugabe.
“Some of the things that Gaddafi was doing showed that the man was ignorant,” he said.
On Indigenisation, Mugabe said that there was delay in implementing the empowerment regulations in mining and other sectors as Government was still occupied with land redistribution:
“We left the mining and manufacturing sector to go on without application of indigenisation and empowerment because we were dealing with the land issue.
“For years now, even before I was born, our mining resources have been disappea- ring.
“We want to reverse that completely. We insist our people will not get less than 51 percent. They must pass the ownership to us,” President Mugabe said.
Mugabe also appeared to challenge Zimbabweans to use the opportunity presented by the indigenisation and economic empowerment policy not only to have shares in foreign firms but to also create new companies.
Signaling the end of the GNU, Mugabe said Zanu PF wants elections next year to end the shaky coalition government he formed in 2009 with his rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
“The inclusive government shouldn’t continue any longer. Time has come now for us to prepare for elections and we have got to have polls next year without fail,” he said.
He was backed by the ZANU PF chairman Simon Khaya Moyo who in a different speech said that corruption would be heeded out of the party as it prepares for elections.
MDC-T and the civil society are insisting that elections must be held after the implementation of critical democratic reforms.
Mugabe also preached peace and urged his supporters to shun political violence that has rocked Zimbabwe in recent months. Zanu PF militia stands accused of terrorising Mugabe’s political opponents. Mugabe has been blamed for serious human rights abuses but he said the West used the accusations to attack governments. (ZimEye- Zimbabwe)
18 Replies to “Gaddafi only gave me “four Camels” – Mugabe”
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Why always find fault with our President? Why always write about fears of unrest? Give us peace please.
This same Gaddafi is the one who said it’d be dangerous if Europe allowed millions of blacks to live in Europe. He also said that Libya must be paid $5billion a year to prevent Europe from becoming a black continent. The man was ignorant and racist! His Excellency is right.
He should have been appreciative as Mugabe did not deserve them. Mugabe thinks if you give him something you are investing in Africa.
Gaddafi should have given him four cockroaches.
Sober is misinformed CIO…he is only singing for his dinner…
leave the editors to do their job, little brain!
YOu Bastard Sober, you are obviously not sober at all. Were you in the hal when the HE said this?
Did you not hear this:
“Gaddafi made huge investments in the West, but little in Africa,
“Just a few years before he died he made the undertaking on investing in Africa, but we saw him dishing out camels and we got four which are at the farm,” ?
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YOu ZANU bastard, nxi!
Actually it is good to quote the exact words said by H.E. President R. G. Mugabe. He said and I quote,”… he (Gaddafi) only said he would send us four camels and that was it. The man had no other investments in Zimbabwe.”
So were did Zimeye get the ‘news’ that Pres Mugabe was given four camels? Where did Zimeye got the ‘news’ that the camels are at Pres Mugabe’s farm? This type of journalism leaves a lot to be desired.
Out of the two hour speech given by the President, Zimeye under the watchful eye of its editor decide to lie and misrepresent the truth. Why? Maybe your readership audience deserve an apology on these OPEN LIES.
SLOWLY – SLOWLY THE CAMELS ARE FOR TRANSPORT WHEN HE GOES BACK TO THE COUNTRY
And what did you give him in return for giving you 4 camels you idiot?
makwembere dont be silly president mugabe wasnt talking abt his family.he meant investment for zimbabwe.try to be objective…dnt just be anti-mugabe for the sake of it…..
at one time he was asking for fuel from his friend Gaddafi AND the next after firing his ambassador , he says they were never friends.He was a British gentleman who enjoyed cricket and was knighted and wife did all her shopping Harods way and even imitated Diana in her style.All of a sudden he is now anti British, thisa deceitful Nyasaranda should leave us alone and go to hell because he cant even reach his Malawi hom,e.
Its a shame how reporters manipulate the truth to please their masters. For the record the Gaddafi issue came under the African Union referrence on H.E. Pres Mugabe’s speech in which he was denouncing the A.U’s weak and weakened African position. The above words were said in direct referrence to assumptions by the private media, including Zimeye and Pres. Mugabe’s, that the late Gaddafi had big investments in Zim. So the President was defending the Zim position that Libya didn’t have SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS in Zim except four camels. In real terms can you call this a national investment? So the Pres was simply saying there is no Libyan investment in Zim.
Your first paragraph Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms Staff Reporter portrays the President as complaining on why no investments were done in Zim. The use of the word YET is so misleading and changed the meaning of the whole story.
Also from the whole paper presented by the President there is no referrence to the wording that you used that, “… only gave me”.
Please it is common knowledge that one word can change the meaning of the whole story and its unfortunate that you are deliberately misleading
In paragraph 3 of your misleading article, you also lied that The Pres spent an hour speaking about NATO attacks on Libya and Arab uprisings. His whole speech in an hour, yes NOT what you alluded to.
In the whole speech there was no element of fear in that fearless man, so again you lost it there.
Please get your facts and wording well for there are many analytical readers out here who don’t just accept any ‘news’. We like your online news but don’t lie to us, let alone manipulate the truth.
bloody Mugabe, so you wanted his to give 20 Billion Dollars of Libya money?
He should have given you 4 chickens – that would have been enough for you and your family, nxa!
U wanted him to give u a blow job
U got mashonabull,just breed those camels n u will hve shonacamel in future
There waqs no close friendship between Mugabe and Kaddafi. It was a friendship cultivated by the anti Mugabe media. I remember the defunct daily News reporting that Zimbabwe had given farms to Libya. Those of us in the know questioned how this could be possible when Libyans had no farmining experience in terraqin like our.
Sadly people end up believing their own lies. Mugabe and many African leaders rebuffed his idea of a United Africa led by Gaddafi, and that is on record.
Its funny how those who heroworshiped Gaddafi have suddenly turned against him.
A fool and his money parted.