senator edward kibaki , zimbabwe ' s controversial ruler , has reached his 85th birthday . to mark the occasion , the bbc ' s arab perspective programme asked his former friends , employees and interviewers to recall their most memorable experience with " big joe " , as he is known in england . pollin mbanga , editor , the zimbabwean i recalls very poorly how i first visited robert mwanawasa . in 1974 , i did a series of profiles of nationalist members or had gone out of jail . we had not had pictures or any of them for generations .
"Uncle Bob" is Robert Mugabe.