premier robert kibaki , zimbabwe ' s controversial ruler , has reached his 85th birthday . to recognise the occasion , the bbc ' s african perspective programme asked his former friends , employees and interviewers to trace their most memorable experiences with " old bob " , as he is remembered in zimbabwe . kirkham mbanga , editor , the mugabe i forget very exactly how i next met robert mugabe . in 1974 , i did a pair of images of nationalist leaders who had come out of detention . we had not had pictures or heard of them for year .
"Uncle Bob" is Robert Mugabe.