Usihlalo wamanje we-COMESA - The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa enekomkhulu enhlokodolobha yaseZambia, iLusaka - umongameli waseKenya uMwai Kibaki, manje usephendule ngesaga esidonse isikhathi eside sokhetho eZimbabwe, lapho emasontweni ambalwa edlule ukhetho kungakabi bikho miphumela yokhetho lukamongameli. umphakathi. Umongameli weKenya, yena ngokwakhe engazi ngengxabano esanda kwenziwa elizweni lakhe, usekhulumisana lezinye inkokheli eziqakathekileyo esigabeni seCOMESA, ukuthi umhlangano wengqungquthela edolobheni leVictoria Falls eZimbabwe ngalesi sikhathi akwenzeki. , futhi akuzange kube kuhle ukuthi kudluliselwe induku yobuholi kuMnu. Mugabe, obonakala ezimisele ngokubambelela ehhovisi likamongameli ngokuphikisana nombono womhlaba ngesikhathi efuna izindlela zokubhuqa imiphumela yokuvota emasontweni ambalwa edlule ukuze avune yena.
Imithombo kaHulumeni eHarare izama ukubeka isimo sengqondo sesibindi ngentuthuko, nokuyinto eshaya kakhulu iZimbabwe kanye nokusungulwa kwayo kwezombusazwe kuyilapho kunobufakazi obukhulayo manje, bokuthi abaholi base-Afrika babeka kancane kancane ibanga phakathi kwabo nombuso kaMugabe. . UMengameli waseNingizimu Afrika ngesikhathi elindile, uMnuz Jacob Zuma, waphumela obala ngokungajwayelekile ezingxoxweni zabezindaba mayelana nesimo saseZimbabwe, ngokungafani nomengameli waseNingizimu Afrika uThabo Mbeki, osekungcoliswe isithunzi sakhe ngokuphatha kuka-'Chamberlain' omakhelwane bakhe ngokunganaki. ukwesaba okukhulu kanye nokuhlupheka okuthola kubantu baseZimbabwe ngombuso wayo.
