Paul Nyathi|President Emmerson Mnangagwa will not be staying long at home when he returns from Rwanda but will immediately be up in the skies again on his way to Niger.

Flying in his very expensive hired jet, Mnangagwa will be going to the sub Sahara country to attend the Extraordinary African Union Summit (AU) which starts today.

The summit, which is running under the theme: “Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to forced displacement in Africa,” will end on July 8.

Mnangagwa appears to be the only person missing from Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube’s austerity measures list whose priority is to cut heavily on government expenditure.

Fellow cabinet ministers and other government officials have had their travel costs cut down tremendously but Mnangagwa appears to be having it easier as he enjoys the expensive trips willy nilly.

Mnangagwa has been attending every minor and major summit and invitation since coming into power in a military coup in 2017. His travels have won him the nickname Tongombeya Scarfmore from Zimbabweans who are infuriated by his bottomless travel budget.