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COWARDICE Of Our Heads Of State
Dear Editor,
I would like to pass my humble opinion on the speech by Robert Mugabe on his 88th birth anniversary, a speech that was critically condemned by some and appreciated by others. In his speech he calls some African leaders as “coward and sellouts”. Let me quotes some of his statements in his speech:
“Not only have they become cowards, but have become sellouts of our own people. Betraying, betraying the nations of Africa. That’s that AU thing. “They just think of money, money, money. Material things!
“If I speak against Britain and Britain is paying part of my budget, it is providing money I need for my hospitals, where shall I get this money?
“If I talk against France and I need French money to pay soldiers, to pay my civil servants, ah, where shall I get the money? That’s the consideration.
“You go and kneel before Sarkozy, you go and kneel before David Cameron, kneel before Obama and say yes we shall do all you want us to do.
“All these leaders, and when you are kneeling, you are making your nation kneel before these young imperialists.”
Guys, let us forget just for while what is happening in Zimbabwe and see sense in what uncle Bob is advocating here. This speech from my humble opinion has a very positive impact on Africa as a whole.
Africa like the man in the parable of the Good Samaritan has been attacked by “robbers”. They stripped the continents of its clothes, beat it and they have gone away, leaving it half dead. They have done it in cooperation with our own people especially with most of our heads of states. Africa is viewed by some as a victim to exploit.
Africa like this man is being avoided by “priests and Levites”, religious people. Unlike Mugabe some of us are cowered, we are afraid to stand voice up and act in the favor of our people and of our beautiful continent. We are silent when horrible things are happening to our people; we are silent when Africa is being torn apart by our imperialists.
In both our cowardice and self centeredness we are so concerned of what will happen to us if we are to stop and help the vulnerable people of our countries and of Africa at large. In the name of so called religiosity we avoid the involvement in national and continental issues. When commenting on this parable Martin Luther Jr. said “The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: “If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?” But… the Good Samaritan reversed the question: “If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?”
So dear fellow Africans, may we reverse the question: “if we don’t stop to help this continent what will happen to it? If we don’t stop, confront and address in a non violent way the exploitation and imperialism of the west to Africa, what will happen to our people?
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. Why criticizing Mugabe on things that make sense that we all know but keep silence because “If we stop and help these people what will happen to us” kind of approach?
Pastor Paul Wise Lumbu
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nshendi
February 23, 2012 at 7:15 am
Nice observation
Rigman
February 23, 2012 at 7:22 am
speech from a wise man for africa,lets learn something from the humble leader of zimbabwe.good observation indeed!!!
Zebige
February 23, 2012 at 7:28 am
Mugabe lit ole.Boasting na njala si isebenza.Look at how his countrymen are suffering.The bemba`s say “akansoni kafwilile mwibula” which roughly means the one who didn`t ask for help died from hunger.Pride ukokwine bane.The world is now a global village…we can`t do without those Obama`s and Sarkozys atleast not now.We gat a lot to do before we can bite that finger feeding us now.
believe7
February 23, 2012 at 7:28 am
I love Bob,he is not a hypocrite,thats one thing best about the man!
Tonga Bull
February 23, 2012 at 7:40 am
mugabe is the only real son of africa among all the african presidents. the rest of them are a joke especially our president , the man does not know what he is doing, by the time 5 years are up zambia will be a 100 times worse than zimbabwe. sata is destroying our country. viva mugabe!!!!!!!!!!!!
nabi
February 23, 2012 at 7:47 am
Zebige…Sorry but i think you need to learn something from what Mugabe has said…i think you can do anything just to beg…look at what these so called big nations are imposing on poor countries Gay rights are we going to allow that just because of a dollar…Zambia is a Christian nation and if we are a christian nation we therefore say come what may we shall not sale our diginty for a doller..long live Mugabe
I wnt change
February 23, 2012 at 7:49 am
Apart frm bein silent, African leadrs r selfish. Dey only care abt demselvs. Dat speech is gret. Da outsidrs r powrful n nw hav da gats 2 4c Africa 2 suport homosexuals in da nem of human rights. Ama rubish.
Mpangula Mputyu
February 23, 2012 at 7:52 am
He is 88yrs Old and he should retire. Zimbabwe is NOT short of leaders after him. He said currently no one is capable of standing and he is not grooming any one as that can bring instability. This is Nonsense. Bob has seen better days, he needs to step aside and be an advisor. what else can he achieve which he has never achieved before at 88yrs Old with severe mental lapses he has now.
nabi
February 23, 2012 at 7:53 am
ba tonga bull you are useless the man you are saying does not know what his doing is the best friend of Mugabe…Zambia is in good hands i can see development in this country before five year come to an ensd
Pius
February 23, 2012 at 8:24 am
U’re right & mugabe a.k.a Bob z very corrct BUT d questn z, “DOES SURVIVAL BEING APPLYD HERE?” i dnt thnk so…ba guy u thnk we cn cop witout thir shit, we dnt evn export shit we import shit nama apples yonse ni shit we import. & 4 ur own info zimbabwe z USED WIT D SUFFERING zed cnt do witout them 4 nw. Evn in d bible its writtn ISREAL had to get aid 4rm egypt. D only shit i dnt agree wit z d gay & lesbian bulshit brought by ba UN. Dats BULLSHIT.
Jason chakwaba
February 23, 2012 at 8:40 am
Wat president mugabe said is vry true,luk at how bad our minerals n wildlife hv bin exploitd by thz westen nationz,it is our own money we ar recivng frm th thngz they get frm here n it comz in th name of help,they ar not actualy helpng us bt we ar helpng them
Kaliz
February 23, 2012 at 8:52 am
My Mbuya Mugabe speaks in accordance with his experience. Gadafi is gone due to this cowerdance leaders who could not even speak out.The NATO killed Gadafi not the Lybian people. Wise thinking…
sifa in kiwayu
February 23, 2012 at 8:54 am
to some extend i agree with the comments made by passy, our current crop of leaders are surely a sellout if only we had a couple of strong leaders who could stand up for our continent.
sando
February 23, 2012 at 9:03 am
Iwe chi Zebige, you surprise me the way u contribute to issues. You telling me you can not see sense in that powerful,honest speech by uncle Bob? You must be an international ***** born from continental fools u call parents
Because of fools like u, africa will never have an independent economy
Grow up Chikala!!!!
feligo
February 23, 2012 at 9:13 am
We need people who can speak out there minds in the midst of want,without considering your pockets
Pombwe Mwasimu
February 23, 2012 at 10:44 am
Good observation by the pastor, much as we need help from those so called super powers we should also try and make our continent a better place not to be a dumping place or an experimenting ground for evil things. Let us stand up and surport each other on issues of substance.
HOST
February 23, 2012 at 11:01 am
Good observation feligo, poverty or no poverty! we shud protect our resource, use them wisely & leave some for our great grand children whom we expect to do the same.
Temporal manufactured material gains we exchange with alot of our raw materials should be controlled.
These people who only think of what to eat next and not how to sustain their food supply for the next generation as well are a danger to this continent.
Where are our future generation going to get raw materials to exchange with manufactured goods.Let’s learn how to manufacture now & use our raw materials wisely.
Davies
February 23, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Just to responed to Zebige, its a shame that you can’t see what is happening on your continent. The Man is full of facts and if you fail to interpret what the old man say then i’m afraid what kind of a peron you are. If you have nothing to contribute then you better zip up your lips, you cant see that the whites still have great envy for africa. thats why the have targeted the big strong guys in the world so that they remain with people like you who will just be saying yes bwana.
Dododo!
February 23, 2012 at 1:01 pm
Pastor Lumbu thanks for the wisdom, i pray it sinks into some of ba nkosamitwe commenting just for the sake of it. Like i said yesterday “do not look too much on the wrongs of the incumbent or you will miss the very point you are supposed to look out for to make the difference” Bad leadership or not Mugabe is right in his speach and UNLESS YOU ARE COWARD, YOU WILL LIKE IT. Zebige, Love and the like; you are embarrassing.
Mo taim
February 23, 2012 at 1:33 pm
Mugabe might be right but his point belongs to the utopic world not this real world we are living in.
Sitting Bull
February 23, 2012 at 1:56 pm
Worshiping an egomaniac…wonder will never end!!!!
At 88, Mugabe is still so power crazed that he can not even entertain the thought that Zimbo’s can get on perfectly well without him!!! He still wants to stand as presido in the next election
I miss the days when hero’s were not zero’s like this egomaniac!
Dododo!
February 23, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Mo taim, you are a robot!
COLD
February 23, 2012 at 2:47 pm
Tonga Bull,
I can not take you seriously, because by virtue of you being tonga, there is literally nothing good you can say about MC. U must be an adent supporter of HH.
KK
February 23, 2012 at 2:50 pm
The west is playing the same old trick; divide and rule. Blind us to the really problem and make us believe that Mugabe is the problem. Mugabe might be the problem, he is just part of the problem, and so are we, the general/regular people for allowing this to continue happening.
dnice
February 23, 2012 at 2:54 pm
Its very true, Robert Mugabe is one of the few intelligent african president abd i know he has meant no harm to his people in reclaiming what is rightfully theirs from the white settlers. My only problem with Him is that he has overstayed in power. He needed to maintain his dignity by actually stepping down and hand over power to the young generation, even picking someone from the ZANU PF party to continue from where he will have ended. But hey, he wont do this because he wants to only be stopped by death. Just what does it take to have someone like Mandela Eh!!!!.
kafula
February 23, 2012 at 2:55 pm
Tonga Bull your bitterness about MCS is appaarent. Leave out dear Leader alone with your hh. Great leaders like Mugabe and Sata can not be compared to small Kwacha miilioners without brains like you and hh.
Thanks Mugabe and shame on you tonga ngombe
Sadi
February 23, 2012 at 3:05 pm
Mugabe may have a point but he is not perfect either. What currency are they using in zim? why is he not ready to handover power at his age of 88yrs? we need each other to survive in this world and as at now Africa cannot do without the west.
Mo taim
February 23, 2012 at 3:48 pm
Dododo naiwe wine boyi waba ifyofine.Hey lets looks at the bigger picture.Aslong as we can`t stand on our own then dreams of us being independent from western could aswell be a pipe dream…boasting na njala as one said it.
Dododo!
February 23, 2012 at 4:10 pm
awe tensala ba mudala ba Mo taim, kutudelela becoz they know our leaders will bend to almost anything, and whats worse is they loot us thats why you will see a civil servant becoming a bilionaire overnight. do you even have a clue of the 2000 chines that were sent back to china from drc for example? do you know why mine like Frontier halted in drc? thats what the opposite of the cowards do, not boot-licking benting to any word! mukese nwako naka castle bakaamba.
Musonda
February 23, 2012 at 5:49 pm
Mugabe is an old fart!
kazanga wakazanga uko
February 23, 2012 at 6:23 pm
tonga bull you are as useless as the people who are cheating you that one day they will rule this nation for your information that guy will never rules us, tribalism will not take you any where my dear bulu.SATA is for the pipo of ZED
Abene Bakasensa
February 23, 2012 at 6:55 pm
Abena Bob bena ninshimbi. if only we kud’ve ten african leaders like Bob Africa kud ‘ve been economically independent by now. Let them keep their money we’ll keep our zambia and not bend on gay for a dollar.
mike
February 24, 2012 at 4:51 pm
Now thats the true son of africa talking…