The body of the late former president Robert Mugabe was embalmed in Singapore before being flown to Harare on Wednesday last and the embalming is said to last for the next five years.
Despite arriving last Wednesday, the body has never been taken to a local mortuary for safekeeping in a cold room yet it has been on public displays at Rufaro stadium for two days and then at the giant National Sports Stadium.
According to reports by Zim Morning Post family sources said the body was embalmed to last for five years without being taken to a cold room.
The body was prepared and can last for five years in that state,” said the source.
“We knew it was going to take long to determine his final resting place so we had to be ready for that.
“We also knew that we wanted the body to lie in state at his Blue Roof until the day we are going to lay him to rest.“
The source also said the family has requested that his wife, former first lady be next to his coffin until he is laid to rest.
“That is why the body has never been taken to a morgue or local funeral palour,” the source said.
Mugabe will only be buried after the mausoleum is erected as demanded by the family and reports suggest this may take up to 30 days.
Embalming is the art and science of preserving human or animal remains intact by treating and making them suitable for public viewing for years.
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