[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Zim-bob-we's President Bob MuggsyMugabe
Octogenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case...
has rejected security sector reforms as proposed by his partners in the inclusive government, saying the Zim-bob-we Defence Forces (ZDF) was an exemplary and reputable force.
Mr Mugabe termed the proposals "nonsensical" and motivated by ignorance of the operations of the defence forces by the two MDC factions led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Industry minister Welshman Ncube.
"It is nonsense. Our security forces are well-established, they are reputable," Mr Mugabe said in an interview with The Herald published newspaper, The Southern Times.
The President, who is also the commander in chief of the ZDF, said the unit did not need any transformation as it had successfully fought colonialism and had been the vanguard of local independence for the past 31 years.
"What reform is required? They are a force that has a history, a political history. I am Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces; I know how they are organised," he said, adding that the ZDF was an acclaimed unit that had earned the respect of the UN.