Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe instructed the Commissioner General
of Zimbabwe Police Republic, Augustine Chihuri to arrest and detain the
whole Zimbabwean Olympic Team members immediately they arrived the
Harare International Airport on Tuesday, August 23.Zimbabwe which
is one of the countries in the Olympics without a medal presented a team
of 31 athletes. The closest any of the athletes came to win a contest was at the 8th position.
Mr. Mugabe who is incensed with the team’s performance told the Police Chief to arrest all the team members and detain them.
“We have wasted the country’s money on these rats we call athletes. If
you are not ready to sacrifice and win even copper or brass medals
(referring the 4th and 5th positions) as our neighbors Botswana did,
then why do you go to waste our money” he said.
”If we needed people
to just go to Brazil to sing our national anthem and hoist our flag, we
would have sent some of the beautiful girls and handsome guys from
University of Zimbabwe to represent us.”
He added that, the money
invested in the team to represent the country could have been used to
provide amenities and build schools.
“This situation is like an
impotent man who is married to five women, what is the essence? I will
make sure we share the cost across board for all of them to pay back to
government chest even if it takes 10 years to recoup, now it turns out
to be a soft loan we have given them to go and visit Brazil as tourist,
they are useless” he concluded.
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