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SATA’s PRESIDENTIAL Security PANIC As He REFUSES To Use Vehicle Organized For Him, OPTS To Use A BUS
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PRESIDENTIAL Security personnel Saturday 12/3 panicked at Harry Mwaanga Nkhumbula International Airport in Livingstone when republican President Michael Sata refused to use the vehicle that was organized for him.
President Sata was shown the vehicle he was to use on his private visit to the tourist capital but refused.
Southern Province Deputy Permanent Secretary, Alfred Chiingi then showed the President another vehicle which he also refused to jump on.
Mr Sata later opted to use a minibus that was part of the motorcade.
The President was in Livingstone for a private visit and had closed door talks with Zimbabwean Leader, Robert Mugabe at Zambezi Sun Hotel.
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chellah katushe
December 3, 2011 at 7:33 pm
bana babakulu.i mean abakulu balesa
Matanga
December 3, 2011 at 7:34 pm
leading by example!!!!!he is a true leader.
Educated
December 3, 2011 at 7:34 pm
Well, he is human & he has a choice. I dont there is anything wrong. It’s not worth reporting.
Educated
December 3, 2011 at 7:35 pm
Well, he is human & he has a choice. I dont think there is anything wrong. It’s not worth reporting.
Donald
December 3, 2011 at 7:35 pm
Hi,
I wouldnt call it panic, SATA has always been like this. WHy should he change bcos he is republican president, he has always opted for the normal conditions that normal citizens are exposed to! He once queue with us to fetch petrol when there was a fuel crisis, I mean queue and himself with a 5litre jerry can!
kaya
December 3, 2011 at 7:36 pm
ok my president can dramatise things at times.bear with us zambians.we are still getting used to the fact that we won.Hope we wont hear he is going to south africa on inter city bus.
jhalala2007
December 3, 2011 at 7:37 pm
i noticed he even refused the red carpet, true democrat
T k
December 3, 2011 at 7:37 pm
Thats impressive!
Bige
December 3, 2011 at 7:40 pm
Mwalacula nabo bashikulu.bacabe.mwakulapibafye lyonse ngamulekonka protocol.hard luck
tabalayi
December 3, 2011 at 7:59 pm
Imwe uyo muntu ni ng’wang’wazi! What did you expect?
Chikalabwamba (original)
December 3, 2011 at 8:02 pm
mugabe js scated of bush’s visit. he thinks he might go gaddaffi’s way. don’t worry bob, sata believes in zed and nothing else. he wants to raise the stds of zedians and has nothing to do with foreign politics like what kk did.
Govt of Monkeys in a Maize Field
December 3, 2011 at 8:04 pm
behaviour not disimilar to a spoilt child.
Chikalabwamba
December 3, 2011 at 8:04 pm
1.mutati has been advanced to stay away from mmd presidential race otherwise someone is able to peel the beans.
2.peter daka had a fight with his wife over nilsal (nickname girlfriend)
3. chishimba kambwili live a clean life please.
4.liato suspected to have to be diabetic.
5. Namungala has switched off all her mobile phones.
Stay tune for the latest.
NB* please stop using my id
Govt of Monkeys in a Maize Field
December 3, 2011 at 8:05 pm
abaleya! abaleya! town centre!
ba president sit down twapapata!
Zibwidi
December 3, 2011 at 8:07 pm
Yes he has the choice but he doesn’t need to compromise security. Being simple does not mean even your gate at home can be left open. Security need to just put at least three optional vehicles which the President can have a choice to get on. But for this one, the best was to get on with the Permanent Secretary.
I BURIED IT ALL!!
December 3, 2011 at 8:16 pm
that’s our president.,..pabwatooo (fist) atleast he is not high and mighty, i hope he stays like this who would want to kill him ha liato, kunda, dora or iris cmon.
Chikalabwamba
December 3, 2011 at 8:21 pm
1.peter daka had a quarrel not a fight with his wife as earlier reported. the wife has shifted into her son’s bedroom that is where she is sleeping.
stay tuned to the latest.
2.mutati jets in the country from south korea this next wk.
anold final chapter
December 3, 2011 at 8:49 pm
Its not surprisin thats the behaviour of Sata,othawise thats very much normal he felt gettin into family minibus wit those kids.bein a president its more like bin in jail cuz all things u do ar on paper always,so if u wana enjoy do off paper smetim
KOLWOKOLWO
December 3, 2011 at 8:50 pm
THIS PRESIDENT IS A REALLY PRESIDENT,WHO DOES NOT WANT TO SHOW OFF.HE IS LIKE THAT SINCE HE JOINED POLITICS.
TUFWEKO SELECT THINGS TO REPORT,DO NOT BE LIKE ZAMBIA WATCH GARU.THERE IS NO PANIC
State Machinery
December 3, 2011 at 8:54 pm
Presidential security is not meant for Michael Sata BUT for the Presidency of the Republic of Zambia. If I was the one in-chage of security, I would request to resign than be fired when he comes under threat. Allocation of funds to State She incldes personal security so stunts like this are a waste of taxpayers money !
publico-pinion
December 3, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Sata should learn to respect the office he holds. He should now know that its the office he olds that needs to be protected and not the individual. Some of these decision are just plain reckless!
Mbaya
December 3, 2011 at 8:58 pm
Let us to lose sight of the fact that he is now Republican President. He is an institution and thus he should start moving away for acting like an ordinary person. Given he is trying to dis-stigmatize the office of President but this is an institution and we need to guard it without lives. That us why he is supposed to travel I armored vehicles. I just don’t envy being is his security detail, it must be a nightmare.
kamenga D
December 3, 2011 at 8:59 pm
its true our president has been like that,we understand him,when he was buying fuel RB was thinking was politicing what about this one?
OrgasmTembo
December 3, 2011 at 9:10 pm
If a president cannot feel free in his country, where would he? We are used to seeing these guys hiden from the public in the name of security; fuseki. In developed countries, felas move with the people; we need to tear these barriers; efilenga ati baleiba bankusa. Red carpet when 98% of Zambia is dust; ba kolwe
candid
December 3, 2011 at 9:17 pm
ulalowa mwacuso yu. Mizimu ilamukatazya, ono mizimu ilabeja tata ofwa
mbuya
December 3, 2011 at 9:17 pm
I hope this attitude continues. It’s early days!!!!!
SOSPOWER
December 3, 2011 at 9:22 pm
U can take someone out of the bush but you can’t take the bush out of someone.That is clear in our dear President MC. Sata…..
dnice
December 3, 2011 at 9:35 pm
True he is leading by example but there has to be a line drawn. He is the republican prsident and he has to be treated like that. The president has to be protected at all costs. he must also understand that what being a president entails. He is still a good leader by the way
dnice
December 3, 2011 at 9:52 pm
@ publico pinion, u r so right. i think president sata needs to understand that he rprsents this national position and should respect it fully. he should put his personal beliefs aside and recognise that the office he occupies needs protecting to maintain its itegricy. He has no choice i think
Chikalabwamba
December 3, 2011 at 10:03 pm
@ k2.1 billion: you spend much of your earnings on accommodation, medical insurance and food and maybe children education. you may drink beer with them and share food with them as longer as you are an african and not a nigger you’re nothing to them, (watch hotel rwanda). the only professional that is respectable in eu is medical dr. others are regarded as economic refuses. life is hard there for africans unless you are a sponsored std then you can enjoy life by doing some pj like washing plates in hotels.
Fred Ngulube
December 3, 2011 at 10:34 pm
Sata ni muntu wa bantu, i met ian khama in mogoditsane pa filling station driving an odnary pajero. Wts wrong with sata using the private vehicle? Hs nt thr 2 cmfrt hmslf bt 2 save u full stop
INDUNA MASIPA IMUSHO
December 3, 2011 at 10:36 pm
LEKENI BAKATEKA BATEKE
Wanu Ngwee
December 3, 2011 at 11:37 pm
That’s so humble of the President, but he must allow his security personnel to do their work. Whether on a private or official trip he remains the President of our country who presides over ALL matters and secrets of the country, and for which reason he must ALWAYS be protected. And because he’s the most powerful person in this country evil people, both locals and foreginers who feel that Sata’s stance on certian issues may threaten their interests could be out to harm him.Obviously that minibus did not have bullet proof windows. But on a lighter note, he’ll have had more fun on a normal mini bus rather than one that was already part of his motorcade! Hey I really miss that KUSOGOLO experience on Zambian minibuses!!
Wusakile
December 3, 2011 at 11:54 pm
I like this guy. Let his set the standards that a president is just another human being. Yo El Presidente!
Sharp Shooter
December 4, 2011 at 12:43 am
What do you expect from a head kaponya?
Smooth Chomi
December 4, 2011 at 1:21 am
Bloody reporters, learn to put where u quote your news, u just copied Muvi tvs status and pretended as if ur giving news, ala.
chairman.
December 4, 2011 at 1:42 am
Some people are truly unreasonable, what there to even condemn here. Yes security needs to perform, but as a human he too has a choice. Realistically, most presidential assassination are linked with the so called security. The security you see is not even security. The real security is the intelligence. You wont notice them but they are there seeing what u cant see and directing the president. Obama was run away to a park at night with his kid, now there was
Chairman.
December 4, 2011 at 1:49 am
Real panick, but he said he needed some time with family without security, of course the intelligence searched the park before and were watching him from a distance. Sata is president we love him. He is not a prisoner, even on the campaign trail he warned that as president he will live normal to cut down cost. If you didnt hear this you were not part of us so shut up. We know our president.
zamcab
December 4, 2011 at 4:17 am
Interesting,i can say.I have had the privilege of spending time with this man,and his personality is unpredictable.One element i noticed in the two or so hours i spent with him,was his down to earth character.
wamuza
December 4, 2011 at 5:44 am
NO NEWS HERE
walid
December 4, 2011 at 6:02 am
Even a N”gwan”gwazi or kaponya is a human being,so dont think you are more human than others just because you have a better job or you are living better.
Shooter type hater
December 4, 2011 at 6:07 am
Sharp shooter mar polo ya call
Madony
December 4, 2011 at 6:40 am
u ar yet 2 c our presedent on a true public transpont jst hatez hunger n agone wil kill u faster thn u povert bafikala sata ewabako period
Honda
December 4, 2011 at 6:44 am
Sata’s supporters really surprise me! They see anything the president does, even awkward stuff, to be normal. Ati ‘humble president!’ There is nothing like that. Boarding a bus is not ordinary. Even police officers-who are lowly paid-drive cars. What’s so ordinary about jumping onto a bus? One day someone will eat faeces & the same chaps will be saying, oh he wants to eat the ordinary stuff the rural folks eat. That’s rubbish! When you are a president you’ve got to behave like one. There is no need of playing to the gallery & trying to please your kolwestan brothers.
Lebo lida
December 4, 2011 at 6:54 am
Sharp shuta and those condeming the mov of da presdo mwaba ama (tall lay)bushe ba fikala nga waba presdo kuleka nokula cheza nabanobe?nomba ba misula shenu nishi ukulanda landa pali ba mwine atase imwe.patu balifikafye bwino bwino.man of action very gud next tym pliz mukakwele oxcart nangu filya mwaninine aka njinga wen u came ku chipata.ba presdo twalimitemwa saana elo takuli umuntu wawama umutima so keep it up we ar waiting for yo visit ku eastern block we love u.elo ba mafi mulandepo ifyabupuba mu le sunsana na masele try me star nyo call.nichizungu chabe but sound like an insult te?ba fee coulor.
Madony
December 4, 2011 at 7:05 am
u ar yet 2 c our presedent on a true public transpont jst wait, hatez hunger n agone wil kill u faster thn ur povert bafikala sata ewabako period
Sunta sunkutu
December 4, 2011 at 7:29 am
When nyerere unexpectedly disembarked his motorcade just to shake the hands of pipo cheering him on the roadside this left his security in dissaray. His senior security officer told him that he was in breach of security and it was their duty protect him. Nyerere famously responded ”you want to protect me frm my own pipo? When these pipo rise against me wil you manage to protect me? These pipo are my protection” . What a president he was. Sata u are on the right course. Never loose touch with the pipo. Tongas are here to condamn everything, the next thing their president wil turn this into an issue. They are swines.
Katmur
December 4, 2011 at 7:35 am
Humility at its best. Non of his predeccessors ever did that. Benangu benzo gula nama LEXUS. Big ba Cobra.
Framuka
December 4, 2011 at 7:37 am
Jumping on a mini-bus is also part of security. How do you tell whether the mini-bus he used is bullet-proof or not? By the way, the best protector is God through prayer.Some Presidents have been assassinated in full view of presidential security. For your information, whatever the Republican President does, there is an element of Security and in whatever the situation Presidential security must be alert.
mutanda yembe yembe
December 4, 2011 at 7:43 am
thanks ba sunkutu for the reminder about nyerere!! people should learn that the best security one can ever have is good friendship not armed guards. remember Gadaffi could not be protected when people rose against him. it was the same with Ben ali, Hosni etc!! never worry about death worry about what people will remember you about.