{"id":448085,"date":"2011-06-27T03:53:06","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T03:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/27\/zimbabwe-mugabe-remains-in-asia\/"},"modified":"2011-06-27T03:53:06","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T03:53:06","slug":"zimbabwe-mugabe-remains-in-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/27\/zimbabwe-mugabe-remains-in-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe: Mugabe Remains in Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"35.8425369054\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestandard.co.zw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/zimstandard180.jpg\" alt=\"Zimbabwe Standard (Harare)\" title=\"Visit Zimbabwe Standard (Harare)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>26 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has not returned home from Malaysia despite his delegation flying back home on Thursday, sparking fresh speculation about the 87-year-old leader&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear if Mugabe was still holed up in Malaysia where he was attending the Langkawi Smart Partnership Dialogue, which ended on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Mugabe has this year frequented East Asia, particularly Singapore, where he has sought medical help for both himself and wife, Grace.<\/p>\n<p>Last month he admitted that he underwent surgery in the Asian country to remove a cataract in his eye. But speculation is rife that he was seeking treatment for prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Despite frequenting Malaysia, the president may not have fond memories of that place, as on one of the visits he reportedly fell and was pictured with a plaster across his forehead.<\/p>\n<p>While it was not clear why he remained behind, speculation was rife last night that he had again sought medical help in Asia. However, there was also speculation that maybe he could have gone to visit his daughter, Bona who is studying in Hong Kong. Insiders claimed Mugabe might return today, although they were not certain.<\/p>\n<p>Mugabe has made several trips to the East this year and when he last went to have his eyes checked it was reported that he demanded US$3 million from the Finance ministry.<\/p>\n<p>It is reported that for the last trip, about US$7 million could have been provided for the president and his bloated entourage. Within the first three months, Mugabe had spent half the budget allocated to government travel activities in 2011. This travel budget sums up to US$25 million &#8212; more than the government spends for health care measures for all its public servants. Higher civil servants are instructed to cancel all foreign journeys if not urgently required.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View the original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106270001.html\" title=\"Zimbabwe: Mugabe Remains in Asia\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zimbabwe: Mugabe Remains in Asia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 26 June 2011 PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has not returned home from Malaysia despite his delegation flying back home on Thursday, sparking fresh speculation about the 87-year-old leader&#8217;s health. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-448085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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