I don’t know whether or not to agree with Australia’s foreign Minister Stephen Smith that Mugabe’s presence at the World Food summit in Italy is obscene.

I am in a dilemma because you see, Mugabe is starving his people back in Zimbabwe because of several factors such as policies and political issues. I don’t know if his presence at the summit would suddenly change that.
But in the same midst of nothing, I am sure there is plenty of food to full Mugabe’s own stomach and those of immediate family, his minions and other allies where he lives.

The price of food in Zimbabwe is beyond the reach of many people, who are trekking to other countries in search of the survival. Although the cost of food is generally high world wide, Zimbabwe’s is on the extreme side.

Mugabe disturbed the agriculture system with his harp-hazard land distribution programme. All the farmers, black, white, coloured or Indian have no capacity to satisfy the food demand for the people of Zimbabwe.

I don’t know what Mugabe’s mission is at the food summit. I don’t know whether he is there to continue with his attacks and his backs at the USA, Britain, Australia and New Zealand. I am also not sure whether the man is there to pass time because it has been long since he last visited Europe owing to the travel restrictions slapped on him.

Maybe he is there to get connected with some sources of food supplies for starving Zimbabweans. But again, the Australians prime minister and his allies must be reminded about the sufferings Zimbabweans are going through. They have maintained a tight grip of sanctions on Zimbabwe, which are largely attributed to that country’s terrible economic terrain currently obtaining.

There is something better that they can do to help Zimbabwe. Condemning Mugabe alone will help the situation. Mugabe has proved to be adamant. I would like to say that even the Mr Smith’s comment about Mugabe at the food summit is obscene in itself. I think it lacks morality to some extent.