Own Correspondent: In one of his teachings, Jesus Christ condemned the kind of a father who when his children ask for bread he gives them a stone or a snake when they ask for fish.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday turned himself to be typical of the biblically condemned father when he offered Zimbabweans vegetables when then demanded for meat.

Residents of Kuwadzana in Harare posed questions to him highlighting their daily challenges amongst which they raised a concern on the high meat prices.

Instead of offering a means of providing residents with meat, Mnangagwa said there was nothing he could do and instead offered the residents vegetables.

“On that one (meat), there is little I can do, but you can substitute meat with vegetables, even the doctors say the vegetables are healthier,” said President Mnangagwa.

“They are rich in vitamins, I also take a lot of vegetables.”

Zimbabwe through the years has been known to be a meat country where good quality beaf was affordable to all Zimbabweans with enough excess to export to the world with Europe being one of the top destinations for Zimbabwean beaf.

With that kind of history, for Mnangagwa to tell Zimbabweans to eat vegetables instead of a traditional meat filled meal is a sign of failure on his part.

The statement gives an echo of his predecessor former President Robert Mugabe who at the peak of his failures told the world that if Zimbabweans can no longer afford the staple maize meal then they should eat rice.

Luke 11:11 King James Version (KJV)

¹¹ If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a snake?