Confusion is reigning as a tussle between the family of late former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the country’s government becomes apparent.
The two are at loggerheads over the arrangements for Mugabe’s funeral.
In a statement, the family has raised concerns about what it says is a lack of consultation on the programme and burial which have not taken into account his final wishes.
Mugabe died in a hospital in Singapore on Friday at the age of 95. His body arrived on Wednesday at the capital Harare at the international airport which is named after him.
While the family says it is willing to work with the government it insists that proceedings must conform to the late former President’s final wishes.
Among these it stipulates that his wife Grace never leave his casket until he is finally buried. This raises questions as to which parts of the proceedings she was to be excluded from.
[PIC] MDC leader Nelson Chamisa seen comforting Grace Mugabe.
He arrived about 30 minutes at former President #RobertMugabe‘s Blue Roof home in Harare.#RIPMugabe#sabcnews pic.twitter.com/my68d0n1jt— Chriselda Lewis ™️ (@Chriseldalewis) September 12, 2019
[WATCH] We have just been brought closer to the entrance of the home of the late former Zimbabwe President #RobertMugabe in Harare where MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has just arrived.
The front is draped in flowers with the writing ‘Gushungo’, his clan name. #RIPMugabe#sabcnews pic.twitter.com/vBJMF0AteE— Chriselda Lewis ™️ (@Chriseldalewis) September 12, 2019
[WATCH] Service Chiefs have arrived at the home of former Zimbabwe President #RobertMugabe in Harare.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is also expected shortly.#RIPMugabe#sabcnews pic.twitter.com/kXITvTlZoo— Chriselda Lewis ™️ (@Chriseldalewis) September 12, 2019
[WATCH] MDC leader Nelson Chamisa comforts Grace Mugabe, the wife of the late former President of Zimbabwe #RobertMugabe at his blue roof home in Harare.#RIPMugabe#sabcnews pic.twitter.com/Y2GAqMnxKb
— Chriselda Lewis ™️ (@Chriseldalewis) September 12, 2019