Robert Mugabe: 'Jamaicans are drunkards and pot smokers who don't work'

Robert Mugabe and wifeat John Paul II Beatification Mass

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe reportedly said that Jamaican men drink, smoke dope and sing all day.

Mugabe, 88,  allegedly made the controversial remark during his speech last week at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare. According to the Zimbabwean Daily News, Mugabe said

"In Jamaica, they have freedom to smoke cannabis, the men are always high and universities are full of women." Adding  "The men want to sing and do not go to colleges; some of them twist their hair. Let us not go there."

This comment did not go down well with the Caribbean country. The comment has sparked off fierce debates all over the country.

 

The foreign minister of the island, AJ Nicholson in an interview with Jamaican Gleaner newspaper waved off the comment insisting that "Jamaican men and women from all walks of life have made valuable contributions to our development and have made their mark on the world stage,"

Christopher Tufton, the opposition spokesman on foreign affairs urged Robert Mugabe to return the Order of Jamaica conferred on him during a state visit to the island in 1996 if has such a low impression of the country.

 “I think that he should be called on to provide an explanation as to what he meant. It's inappropriate and rude. He should apologise to the Jamaican people," he said.

While Mugabe’s comment  infuriated many, some of the island citizens believe they should do soul-searching.

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