Leo Mugabe has confirmed that he fell out with Grace Mugabe and stormed out of a meeting just before his uncle’s burial. “We had a fa...
Leo Mugabe has confirmed that he fell out with Grace Mugabe
and stormed out of a meeting just before his uncle’s burial.
“We had a fall-out on Saturday around 11am before the
burial. We fell out because she said I took a bribe from Mnangagwa to influence
the decision to bury my uncle at the Heroes Acre. It is not true to accuse
chiefs of taking bribes. Those are some of the accusations.
“It’s normal to fall out. It’s not new really because I
don’t tolerate nonsense. My uncle knew that I would argue and put across my
point. I am a principled person. Can you imagine I did not eventually attend my
uncle’s funeral,” he told the Zimbabwe Independent.
Leo also said some family members expressed disappointment
during the meeting, accusing Grace and a small cast of family members, who
included her children and former mines minister Walter Chidhakwa, of making a
unilateral decision to take Mugabe’s body to Zvimba.
“The extended family was then left out, but it’s normal in
every family. It should have been properly communicated to others so that
people don’t feel they are being pushed out,” Leo said.
“This is why the chiefs never showed up. There was one
chief there. I think the situation could have been handled better. Certainly it
could have been handled better.
“The bigger council should have been informed because it is
the one that had gone to President Mnangagwa. It would have gone back to the
president to say stop constructing the mausoleum because of the new plans.
“So that communication was not there, it was very poor. We
regret that and personally I would apologies to the chiefs to say, we are sorry
for the miscommunication, it was uncalled for.
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