Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was a dictator, Professor Makua Mutua has said.

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In an opinion piece, Mutua said that there is no reason to paint Mugabe as a good man when he made the people of Zimbabwe suffer during his reign in power.

Mutua, who is based in the US, said that the three-decade leadership of Mugabe was defined by brutality and human suffering.

He reiterated that he will be remembered because of his bad deeds, adding that it was unfair for Kenya and other world leaders to praise him.

He also said that Mugabe will not see the gates of heaven for those who understand the true meaning of religion.

He compared his actions to Uganda’s Idi Amin, Congo’s Mobutu Sese Seko and Libya’s Muamar Gaddafi.

“Let me give it to you straight – if you are a believer in the gospel, rest assured Mr Mugabe will never see the gates of heaven. He’ll get a one-way ticket to hell to join Mobutu Sese Seko, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Augusto Pinochet, Winston Churchill, Francisco Franco, Muamar Gaddafi, Idi Amin, Ferdinand Marcos, Josef Stalin, and their ilk. He was a freedom fighter who ironically fought for, and against and freedom,” Makau Mutua said

Mugabe died at the age of 95.

Several leaders attended his Memorial service on Saturday including President Uhuru Kenyatta. Uhuru urged leaders to embrace unity in memory of the fallen liberation hero.

“The onus is now on us, to keep the hope alive, and deliver on the dream of a truly free and prosperous Africa. That is the most befitting tribute we can to departed Africa’s statesman,” Uhuru said.

Source/news.sky.com