The Nation (Nairobi)

Zimbabwe: It's Total Failure, Says Kagame

Kezio-Musoke David

19 June 2008


Kigali — Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has criticised the current situation in Zimbabwe saying 'it is a failure'.

Addressing his second presidential press conference since the year began, Mr Kagame said: "First of all there is a failure by Africans and others to address the problems of Zimbabwe. I am saying this because of what is obvious, a serious problem in Zimbabwe."

Referring to Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, Mr Kagame said, "If somebody stands up boldly and says, whether the other side wins or not he shall still hold on to power, why make a fuss about elections then? Why don't you just say I am in power and I am here to stay and then try to justify that?

The whole thing is just a joke." The Rwandan president, Mr Kagame in his address to the press also questioned why Zimbabwe's current leadership is trying to give the impression that there is a democracy in the southern African country yet it has openly declared it won't hand over power.

According to media reports President Mugabe, while recently campaigning for re-election, warned he would not cede power to Western-backed opponents.

"We shed a lot of blood for this country. We are not going to give up our country for a mere X on a ballot. How can a ballpoint pen fight with a gun?" the Herald, a government mouthpiece, quoted Mr Mugabe as saying.

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Author: Peter C
Thu Jun 19 19:45:00 2008

Well said Mr. Kagame but we also hope your talking is not due to the long-standing vendatta with Mugabe going back to the DRC war. We're for the total liberation of mankind including Rwandans.

Mugabe's a lunatic and we should treat him as such. What we need in Zimbabwe is indeed, a Third Chimurenga (War of Liberation). A physical confrontaion with Mugabe is what's needed. War? Yes, war! There is no way this lunatic is going to bow out. Right now it's even harder to remove him by mere negotiations. Mugabe understands very well the 'workings' of these groupings like SADC, AU, EU, UN etc. They are toothless! Everyday that passes is eroding the chances that Mugabe will come to his senses and decide that he has caused enough pain. How Zimbabwe is going to conduct this war is beyond what I can write here.

How about those costs that come with war? We are already in a war. More than 1 000 000% inflation, people being tortured, starvation, lack of dignity and all those miseries you can name. This is worse than a war because in a war you can see where you're headed. It's the cost of freedom. We can't forever be at the mercy of Mugabe. We can't just hope good senses will catch up with him. We need to confront this man and this will send a message to other leaders in Africa including him Kagame who caused the death of may Hutus and Tutsis. Yes that's my vendatta with this man.

Author: ampsashepsu
Sat Jun 21 02:27:34 2008

To MR PETER C Why dont you and the zimbabwean opposition declare war and the world bank, briton and america, for the sanction that they put on your country. do you even know what a sanction realy mean or is it that you are one of those african that are totaly disconnected from your history and beleive that the people who once oppressed and enslave our people are here to feed and save you. the situation in zimbabwe are cause of external force, and any one who cannot see that, are just people who's eyes cannot see pass their mouth and belly.

Author: cmhill_05403
Tue Jun 24 18:40:09 2008

I find it funny when African's blame western powers. Now, i'm not saying that Western Powers didn't cause attrocities as colonial rulers, but we are sending people in to help with the suffering caused by your ruling parties and all you do is critize them. There are three things the Western Powers can do; 1. Put in place sanctions (like they are) 2. Wage war against the people committing crimes against humanity. 3. Turn a blind eye like they have in the past and remove all the assistance you people get. The only reason we have people there is because you can't seem to help yourselves. Personally, I think that the Western Powers should wage war against both government and militia forces in Zimbabwea, Darfur, and Kenya. Remove thier entire government and have the entire country start over with the help of surrounding peacefull nations. I'm not talking about invasion, I'm talking of cleaning house and leaving.

Author: ampsashepsu
Wed Jun 25 05:46:08 2008

africans got all the rights to blame the west, dont forget that all the problem africa face today is because of the atrasaty colonial europe impose upon us. and you should also know that it is the west that benifit fron all the blood shed on our continent. the west also make it hard for us to do for self because when ever we tried they interfare. and you talk as if it is god that oppoint your evil white nation to over see the world. western nations are the beast in manifestation, they cannot servive without war, exploitation,manipulation, and lies, yet still they got the cheek to give other nation moral advice.

Author: cmhill_05403
Wed Jun 25 18:23:04 2008

I'm not condoning what the rich in the West do, I think it is wrong. But at the same time you are recieving help and spitting in the hand that's giving it to you.

Author: ampsashepsu
Thu Jun 26 02:27:50 2008

It is not that we or spiting in the hands of does who trying to help us. the western nations are playing a deadley game where every action they take is well calculated. the west wear two hats and got a fork tongue, and should not be trusted. your nation alway work on the bases of epocrosy to stay alive, eg they say that they are fighting angainst the war in dafur and on the next hand they are the one supplying bout side with guns, they talk about the humanitarian crisis in somalia and the government that is causing the problem is being paid by them. This behaviour of your wicked white race is notting new, its just that people are blind to see it. you should remember that when your wicked race invade us they came with missionary pose as holy man to fool people, and guns and slave raiders to destroy people.

Author: cmhill_05403
Fri Jun 27 19:51:50 2008

Speaking of blind all I got from your post was BLIND HATRED and racisim. Racisim comes from idiocrisy!!! Again I ask what would your people do with out the help most average western people give to you? not the racist ones, not the ones with the money that supply the garbage; the average westerner. You know, what if we were to judge every African by the actions of your warlord type rulers? How would that be?

Author: ampsashepsu
Wed Jul 2 07:42:46 2008

why is it that you westurn people are so blind and naieve to see that your ways is destroying the world, and is the main reason for all the suffering that goes on? waht i said in my posts got notting to do with hatred or racism, its just facts you like other europeans fail to see. it sick me to see on tv white people rhetoricly speeking about saving humamity when it is them that are causing the rest of the world to suffer. before any westurn person come and talk about helping others, they should try and help them self from their greedy and glutonous ways. then the rest of the world will enough food to eat.

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