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SATA Explains WHY He Avoids FOREIGN TRIPS
PRESIDENT Michael Sata says he avoids taking international trips because he does not want to waste the country’s meagre resources which can be channelled towards poverty alleviation for the benefit of the majority poor Zambians.
Mr Sata has said that he did not want to undertake costly trips abroad because he wanted to minimise on expenditure so that money could be channeled to helping ‘defeat’ poverty for which the Zambian people elected him into office.
Addressing a mammoth public rally at Chongwe grounds to drum up support for the PF candidate for the Chongwe parliamentary by-election scheduled for Monday, President Sata said he was an accountable leader who had rejected a number of recent foreign trips, including one to Australia and another to Malawi.
The president said he could have spent a lot of money already had he been travelling indiscriminately because all his trips required a horde of security and other personnel accompanying him, all of whom were entitled to allowances.
He said such expenses would be enough to build a hospital for the people of Zambia.
President Sata said his first trip outside State House was only on Wednesday this week when he travelled to Magoye in the Southern Province.
Mr Sata said he could not back-track on his position on expensive foreign trips, especially that he condemned and referred to his predecessor, Rupiah Banda, as a mobile president because of the numerous trips he undertook.
And Mr Sata has said that UPND president Hakainde Hichilema should not be trusted with the presidency because he allegedly failed to account for money from the privatisation process.
Mr Sata said when he was minister under the Chiluba administration, then Finance minister Ronald Penza invited Mr Hichilema to manage the privatisation of Luanshya Copper Mines, Kagem Mine and Intercontinental Hotel in Livingstone but that the UPND leader allegedly chose to become chairperson of the same hotel he had privatised.
The president said the Government had allegedly not seen money raised from the privatisation of the facilities to which Mr Hichilema was associated and warned that he would abuse power should Zambians make him president.
He said Mr Hichilema lacked experience as a politician, especially that he had never served at lower ranks but merely jumped the ladder to lead the UPND after the death of founder president Anderson Mazoka. The Chongwe parliamentary by-election resulted from the resignation of Japhen Mwakalombe as an MMD MP.
Mr Sata said he had decided to give Mr Mwakalombe a job as high commissioner because the former MP was a credible man who did not want to benefit from a corrupt victory.
Mr Mwakalombe won the Chongwe seat in the September 20 elections. Other candidates contesting the Chongwe seat are Adrian Bauleni of the UPND, the Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) has David Chulu while UNIP will be represented by Jahannes Mativenga.
The president said Mr Bauleni was appointed Zambian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo where he was allegedly rejected by the government of that country and later resigned to join UPND.
The president urged the people of Chongwe to equally reject Mr Bauleni to avoid poverty and underdevelopment.
Mr Sata also said his critics had been proved wrong after having had campaigned that his presidency would deliver Zambia into war.
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Name.
November 25, 2011 at 12:33 pm
But whats the difference between him going or the vice going? Isnt it the same resources being spent?i think he is still taking international diplomatic relation studies.
mtokofyompo
November 25, 2011 at 12:38 pm
he is a lier, i know he fears that he may die in an eloplane.
kasy
November 25, 2011 at 12:40 pm
mwe bantu tamwaba nachisuma!finshi mufwaya kanshi?
dot com
November 25, 2011 at 12:40 pm
sata u re cheating,,u re in a beta position of knwing why u can not travel.
pj
November 25, 2011 at 12:40 pm
Not its not the same becoz the president’s trips attract more personnel and allowances than Veep and ministers
mtokofyompo
November 25, 2011 at 12:40 pm
thers is no way he sends some people outside using government resources. let him tell us the truth that we deserve
kasy
November 25, 2011 at 12:42 pm
mtokofyompo walipena!! hehehehee u hv made laugh, bt death is evrywhere anyway, watever!
Ba Zed
November 25, 2011 at 12:42 pm
Tata ba Name you need to understand that sending the vice president is not the same as the president himself going. The entourage of the president is usually double that of the vice president. The advance party and security is supposed to be massive when it’s the president travelling. So tata ask before you post things.
kasy
November 25, 2011 at 12:44 pm
ba zed shed mor lights kuli ba mtokofyompo, ala umuntu tatasha.
Makaka Liobe
November 25, 2011 at 12:46 pm
I believe the entourage for the president is larger than that of the Vice President. So to say they are the same is being ****** amd myopic. The only thing that I would urge the president to do is to allow ZNBC conduct itself in proffessional manner. Let them allow other parties the platform to be heard and seen too. More especially during the campaigns for the Parliamentary elections in Chongwe, Nakonde and Magoye.
Lonti
November 25, 2011 at 12:49 pm
Mwema fontinimwe. Tamutasha. Kamo RB icalelya Breakfast ku South Africa,lunch ku Kenya and supper ku india. learn to appreciate. I concur with Ba ZEB. you people you dont know that happens when the President is travelling there has to be an advance party and allowances are hefty. Learn learn learn!!!!!!
messsi
November 25, 2011 at 12:50 pm
he is sick imwe heart attack kufwa….
Chalizdekino
November 25, 2011 at 1:07 pm
So then why didn’t you build the hospital?
Ndate
November 25, 2011 at 1:10 pm
Iwe Messsii na Mutokofyompo muli ba skwampapa sana.Lekeni kateka ateke.Teumo wine kateka uwaleya ku UK masoshi fye apa lintu tala ingila mu plot one.Te flying saucer ngailya ya le tuteka mailo iyo (ala bee).Namona ama priorities ukufwile kwaya impiya.Lesa wakwe alishiba ubushiku aka musenda umwine regardless of your ill concieved speculations.Kabumba mukulu
dnice
November 25, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Thats true there are some unnecessary trips that a president can avoid and HE MCS is doing just that. i am sure when an important trip abroad comes, he will travel.
I do agree the president’s trip attracts a lot of cost esp with security.
Framuka
November 25, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Sata came to Chongwe by Chopper and very fit.He remained standing for more than two hours. Sata is equally right that he does’nt want to waste money in the way RB did. Ala bane those who are wishing Sata bad luck, repent and talk good of others. Remember, do onto others as you would like to be done onto you. The Sata you are wishing of being sick may out live some of you.
Kamalengo
November 25, 2011 at 1:31 pm
Ba Mutokofyompo, u’ve med me crack. very funny!
One thing i’ve observed about ba tata ba sata is that he seems to be obssessed with gaining mileage by doing the opposite of what Bwezi and hi minions did. As much as this is fine, he should becareful not to overdo it. If his going abroad is for the benefit of the Zedians, why not?I pray and hope that his ego won’t get the best of him. God bless Zed, Long live the Prezdo!
diszhman
November 25, 2011 at 1:56 pm
HE HAS PACEMAKER TO HIS HEART.DOCTORS HAVE DISCOURAGED HIM MOVING ESP AT HIGH ALTITUDE/
HE HIS SICK.HIS HEART CAN FAIL THATS WHY TRAVELLING IS DISCOURAGED,HE MAY SUFFER HEART FAILURE IF THE PACEMAKER TO HIS HEART FAILS.
PONONO
November 25, 2011 at 2:03 pm
ba president is not excited about traveling abroad he stayed in the uk baliya na ku america ba be kata na ma dollars he has been to Taiwan where else.moreover he is a pilot so what can you tell him iwe ka mutoko—fyompo.muletasha mwe mbwamwe
Ba serenje
November 25, 2011 at 2:24 pm
The President will live long until God almighty the keeper of our souls decides to take him. Life is in the hands of the almighty God . Shame on you all witches, mwe mbwa mwe!
Maambo
November 25, 2011 at 2:36 pm
for tamwaba nachisuma mwe Bantu. Ba Mtokomfyopo ni mwe ba lesa kwika imwe tamwakafwe mwe mbwa mwe. Are u aware that death is everwhere? Pipo diagnosed with deadly diseases many years ago r still alive n going strong while strong energetic ones have passed on. If there’s an important trip like going to source for investors and other issues, the president will go. We chisushi wee. No one is immortal.
Itole bakamba
November 25, 2011 at 2:51 pm
When a president is going on a trip some people are send before him so when they declayer the place safe that when he travel in other words he travels with many peolpe
Andy
November 25, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Since he has avoided 2 trips…let him build 2 hospitals!!!
sir evol akapondo
November 25, 2011 at 3:08 pm
Why wishing the president to die?his time is not yet,God knows about his death,in bemba we say ipoompo lilashala ibonge lyashala.Learn something from this language.
diszhman
November 25, 2011 at 3:11 pm
YOU GUYS WE NOT WISHING HIM DEATH.NO .WE LOVE OUR PRESIDENT BUT HE SHUD SAY THE TRUTH.NO LIE THAT HIS HE DOESNT WWANT TO TRAVEL SO THAT HE SAVES MONEY .NO NO NO.
HE HAS HEART PROBLEM.HAVE YU FORGOTTEN THAT HE COLLAPSED IN MONGU DURING CAMPAIGN.
HE NEEDS REST
GOD IS WITH HIM.WE LOVE HIM.
BUT NOT TO LIE.HE HAS A SEROIUS HEART CONDITION WHICH DOESNT REQUIRE HIM TO TO TRAVEL ESP AT HIGH ALTITUDE.WE ALL KNW THIS.
praxade
November 25, 2011 at 3:48 pm
usually pipo with small brains owez reasons the way mutokofyompo and others ar reasoning,they owez think inside the box and not outside,can surely any reasonable person critisise the step our president has taken concerning foregn trips,chachine kumuntu takwaba kuwamya learn to look at issues with wider undrstanding,u socialmisfits demented people,maniacs of the centuary;SHAME ON U ALL CRITICS OF M.C.S
LONG LIVE UNCLE MICHEAL may the God u save curse those who curse u and bless those who bless u!!!!!
Lover man
November 25, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Keep complaining, MCS is the man of the moment period.
kalufyanya
November 25, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Dishman or whatever they call you. you are just a useless empty fool. if you hate our president go and hang you *****. Are you the doctor who certified him having a bad heart condition. MC is as fit as a solid rock. if you don’t know him well then go and ask the wife who is a Doctor. she will advise you best. we are tired of the shit from your mouth.traveling outside at the expense of national development is fantasy to own self and we don’t want to encourage that any more in this govt. Remember you laggard that the PF is calling SHOTS in this country.
PIKE
November 25, 2011 at 4:06 pm
MTONKOMFYOMPO CIKALA REASON LIKE ONE WHO HAS BEEN TO SCHOOL AND ONE WHO UNDERSTAND OPERATION OF THE OOP.WHEN A PRESIDENT MAKE AN INERNATIONAL TRIP WILL BE ACCOUMPANIED A LOT OF SECURIY WINGS WHO NEED 2 BE ACCOMMODATED, FOOD, FARE ETC. TAX PAYERS MONEY WILL BE USED.
Just Wondering
November 25, 2011 at 4:09 pm
How wonderful our country would have been if we had leaders in the past who had the welfare of the people at heart! Imagine the returns from K2.1 Billion if it had been well invested and not buried in the ground! Batata baSata, may God bless you and guide you. However, I think Mwakalombe’s resignation has unnecessarily cost Zambians their meagre resources that could have gone towards alleviating poverty, instead of going towards an activity which already had resources wasted on it -elections. And I hope his appointment will not send wrong signals to other opportunists(bamuselela kwakaba) in the opposition, who would be tempted to defect in the hope of being given good appointments. Your sacrifices so far will amount to zero if we continue spending on by-elections.
Mwakalombe’s reason for resigning was that it is difficult to produce results when you’re an MP in the opposition, why not prove him wrong and show that a good govt will work for the people even where they lost seats. If people see development in their areas, even those who didn’t vote for you will do in the next elections.Ninshi mwakwata landslide!
Vicious 5
November 25, 2011 at 4:10 pm
Umutokofyompo waba itole ! Pres SATA flies . He has flown to Nakonde today via Mbala. He flew on the Presidential Chalenger ! He flies in his early life Sata trained as a pilot briefly. Dnt lie umtokofyompo u faget nigger. Viva Pf !
Mwenya capetown
November 25, 2011 at 4:22 pm
It is ****** that this forum has to be used to educate idiots on the difference in cost of the president or the Vp trips.
Please don’t pot comments on things you do not understand.Bushe mwen mbushi what do u want? When that slow thinker was in office and galavanting allowed the world mukunyafye ifisushi on our money, you kept quiet.
Now you have a god given leader doing thru correct thing and u are complaining.
Igwee
November 25, 2011 at 4:43 pm
@Ba Serenje,God does’nt take people or kill them.In short you are saying God is bad?Read your bible
charles
November 25, 2011 at 4:55 pm
SATA be honest tel the truth coz if u wil not travel out of zambia how do u expect to sell yo ideas to donors u want them to follow u here u old man stop being a joker.
Please confirm the romours that u cant travel a long distance in the plane due to yo health, i beg u clear this romour the better than hiding in this story u gave in CHONGWE
Laila
November 25, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Am no PF and i dont suport Sata but on this one i have given hima credit. Keep it up big man.
kwekwe
November 25, 2011 at 5:11 pm
mwebena zambia tamwaba nacisuma. RB never rested was eva on the move. Sata says no u say he fears 2 die,zed pls ths man means wel.i lov u mr presidnt.
sgirl
November 25, 2011 at 5:37 pm
vice uses less money coz of his status so yes the president saves govt resources..man of the pipo …
Abene Bakasensa
November 25, 2011 at 6:04 pm
bafikala with negative points, let my president rule. mulipuneme ichakuti. who is sick? is it not yo goerge kunda. makandi yenu. viva p.f.
Simon Mfula
November 25, 2011 at 6:41 pm
It is wise and good saving as th ecost of sending the vice president is much cheaper that presidential team
Youngmecks
November 25, 2011 at 6:41 pm
lets give credit were it is due,the man is doing the best he can.2letasha kano ama missing 2.1 billion efyo mwinga tasha?let the man do his work lets plant the seed of love mwebantu love one another pliz napapata. Lets preach love in our mother Zambia, Zambia walipalwa i thank God for mother Zambia am proud bin Zambian…DON’T GET BITTER GET BETTER AM OUT
oaks
November 25, 2011 at 6:44 pm
dats my president y shud go out of da country nd yet dey prblms witin da country we knw da mmd y dey sayin dis kip it up mr president.
mundilekelele
November 25, 2011 at 6:47 pm
HH is the biggest threat to the pf.that explains why sata is jittery about the UPND strongman.watch out u bembaz
Sonsolo Nomuchelemo
November 25, 2011 at 7:07 pm
A TRUE PEOPLE’S LEADER, NOT PERFECT BUT DETERMINED, THE BEST IS YET TO COME. WE LOVE YOU MAN!
Ine Nadabwa
November 25, 2011 at 7:44 pm
Mr President you need to start thinking big otherwise we will no go anywhere with your kind of thinking. That kind of money you are talking about can not bring any meaningful difference in the lives of the poor.
Countries dont develop because of shallow thinking or thinking small. If you can grow the economy and create jobs, thats what will make a difference in peoples lives not your saving from your non travels after all those expenses are budgeted for.
Please tapapata start thinking about development and that midiocre way of looking at things
zitahkelly
November 25, 2011 at 7:47 pm
umuntu mubi awamafye nganalala,the president wants each n every zambian to hv 3meals in a day so y waste a lot of money insted of us having mo money in our pockets?lets b realistic guys
Mathiasngombe
November 25, 2011 at 7:47 pm
Dont kubeba,ili bad
AKRRAL
November 25, 2011 at 7:58 pm
NAME,YOU ARE USELESS,THATS WHY YOU DO NOT DICLOSE YOUR IDENTITY.YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH THE PRESIDENT ATTRACTS,LET ME TELL YOU PRESIDENTS OVER THE WORLD ATTRACT MORE ENTOURAGE THAN THE VICE PRESIDENT SO EVEN THE EXPENSES ARE NOT THE SAME.I THINK,NAME, YOU WILL FORCE TO PURSUED THE PARLIAMENT TO INTRODUCE COMP ZNS MILITARY TRAINING SO THAT YOU WILL KNOW THE IMPRICATION OF SECURITY
Ine Nadabwa
November 25, 2011 at 7:59 pm
@Mwenya capetown stop insulting Rupiah you ****** *****. The issue here is economic development not this ****** way of looking at things. Tell me how many people will be helped through this backward way of thinking? He needs to start thinking and talking about creating jobs and growing our economy by certain percentages and not for him travelling so that the money….. that wont create jobs. When jobs are created there will be more revenue for the government and fami;lies will have more money and him travelling or not travelling will not be an issue.
Talk about jobs and how u intend to create them to swallow the 5,000,000 unemployed youths then it will make sense.
And by the way he needs exposure
Ba serenje
November 25, 2011 at 8:18 pm
Ingwe,its either u dont understand english or the bible. Ask someone who undertands to explain. I didnt say God kills or God is bad. Its appointed once for a man to die and after that judgement! What does that mean to you? Does that mean God is bad? Read in context my friend!
hakaienda techilema iyooo
November 25, 2011 at 8:32 pm
eco mwebantu tamwakwata kuwamya only God will separate sheep from goats. Sheep will go to paradise and goats hell.Which one are. If you unthankful repent or you are a goat.