Mimi sio mgonjwa, na sio mzee - asema Mugabe!
I'm not ill, says Zimbabwe's Mugabe
2011-05-19 13:51
President Robert Mugabe says Zimbabwe should have fresh elections this year, once the country holds a referendum to adopt a new constitution, a report says.
Harare - Zimbabwe's 87-year-old president scoffs
at speculation over his health as "misplaced" and says
he and his wife are fitness enthusiasts.
Mugabe on Thursday dismissed recent reports that his wife Grace, his former secretary who is half his age, was also ill.
President Robert Mugabe told the state media they were both in "sound health".
In excerpts of an interview published on Thursday by the state Herald newspaper,
he said he exercised regularly and recently only had an eye cataract operation. He said his wife was undergoing physiotherapy for a dislocated hip which may have been made worse by exercise
Mugabe's quotes:
"It is not an ailment. It is a physical dislocation,"
He told the newspaper he did not use gym equipment but used
common exercises he began in a colonial-era jail cell.
"I fall sick if I don't exercise. For now I am as good as my age says I must be," he said, adding that he also takes a calcium supplement to help strengthen his bones.
"I am not old. I am 87 but my body says the counting doesn't end at 87, at least you must get to 100," he told the newspaper.
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