By Farai D Hove| The United Nations has appeared to ignore former President Robert Mugabe outbursts against President Robert Mugabe.
The visiting Administrator for UNDP United Nations Development Programme, Mr Achim Steiner visited several government officials and was snapped on camera smiling ad engaging all the way without a single mention of Mugabe whose video was beamed worldover on Thursday while complaining saying President Emmerson Mnangagwa is illegitimate.
Steiner even spoke of Zimbabwe’s recovery. When he met Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa.
When asked to comment on Mugabe, Steiner told the state owned Sunday Mail: “I have no comment on the specific statement that former President Mugabe has made. I have come to Zimbabwe in order to help people of Zimbabwe, its Government and its citizens to take the next step towards the journey in its future.
“I think as the Government has said, every citizen in Zimbabwe is free to speak up and also make statements.
“At this point in time, our focus and priority is to help Zimbabwe elect its future Government and above all to enable the nation emerge from a period of economic deterioration, suffering, poverty. And that is all I have to say on that issue.”