Addressing journalists at the Harare International Airport, Mugabe said, "They committed crimes, colonial crimes galore – the slaughter of our people and all that imprisonment... I have a case, why was I imprisoned for 11 years? 
Akiongea na waandishi wa habari kwenye Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Harare, Mugabe alisema , " Viongozi wa nchi za Magharibi walifanya makosa ya kihalifu, makosa yaliyokithiri wakati wa ukoloni- kuchinjwa kwa watu wetu wetu pamoja na kufungwa gerezani... ninalo shitaka moja dhidi yao, kwa nini nilifungwa jela miaka 11?