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‘SATA is A Disgrace’
Wherever fourth Republican president Rupiah Banda is today, he looks back and obviously prides in the respect with which he held the Office of President for Zambia.
There is no doubt that what happened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where President Michael Sata was booed, and several other international instances, are not only leaving a bitter pill in the mouth of any objective and genuine Zambian but tearing our glorious image apart.
That image of fledging democracy, a beacon of peace, a key liberator whose young democracy of less than three decades has given birth to four different presidents is slowly melting out.
After first Republican president Kenneth Kaunda came that flamboyant and eloquent ex-trade unionist Frederick J.T Chiluba then that astute and respected lawyer Levy Patrick Mwanawasa and on to the diplomat and think-tank Rupiah.
In the three years Rupiah served Zambia, no single Zambian, international journalists, not even those that have raped the profession at The Post, can point to a single incident of immeasurable disgrace.
Rupiah attended several international conferences, interacted with Zambians in the diaspora and met several Heads of State. There are those Heads of State he agreed with, and there are those he never agreed with.
Yet in all his interactions at home and abroad, Rupiah never reduced Zambia’s prestigious Number One office to the ridicule Sata has successfully managed to do just under two years in office. What will it become of by 2016? The answer can be traced in what is happening at the moment.
A journalist on the sidelines of the African Union, Idriss Ali Nassah, did not hide his shock. He came across a President who was behaving like a boy heading cattle. At that point you can be ashamed to identify yourself as Zambian but the reality at home is very much reflecting on the international stage. Zambia has a President who’s got no regard for the Office of the President or the people that gave him the mandate.
If it only happened in Ethiopia, one would forgive President Sata as first offender. This has happened in Botswana, London, Zimbabwe, Angola and the United States. On the local front, the list of these embarrassing incidents is endless. Even in church like the case was recently at the Cathedral, Sata is a shambolic figure in public. This explains why the man who once befriended every radio talk-show can nolonger face the same people he courageous addressed as opposition leader through a formal press conference now that he is head of state.
There is certainly an extent to which anyone can joke, better still, a Head of State because some jokes are expired. And this is what is happening with our dear Sata. His handlers know that bringing Sata before the press to answer questions will be a total disaster. He can’t explain a thing, he is blank, his only strength are insults.
As much as Zambians are tolerating this nonsensical behaviour, the international stage has no time for a clown posturing as Head of State.
That young journalists was short of insulting our intellect. How did ‘smart’ Zambians end up with a thug for President? He should have wondered when he tweeted; “Zambians are some of the smartest people I know. How they came to be led by such truly baffles the mind. “My God, Michael Sata is an embarrassment each time he is opening his mouth!!”
This is a journalist with only a minimum of 24 hours interaction with Sata but purely knows that his mouth is worse than that of crocodile such that when its open, only flies will think it is a safe haven.
The engagement in a hostile exchange with the audience, behaving erratically with jokes and mocking other ‘bald-headed’ heads of state, and mistaking the African Union with Organisation for African Unity (OAU), the precursor institution which is now extinct, is not a minor incident that the country should gloss over.
The Patriotic Front (PF) government of Zambia has had a number of conflicts with other nations, including a gaffe by Vice President Guy Scott against the people of South Africa. President Sata has drawn boos from crowds during his public appearances in the past as well, including at the Lusaka fairgrounds. And this should raise enough alarms.
Like Dr Canisus Banda has noted, “It was NOT Michael Sata that was booed. It was Zambia, us as a people! He is our mirror, a reminder of our need to urgently change, to seriously improve our image. The booing of our head of state by non-Zambians is vital feedback for which we ought to be grateful! The message is that Zambia in its current state is offensive to the rest of Africa!”
This is true and the situation is getting worse by the day. Not a single Head of State outside the rank and file of Robert Mugabe has made an attempt to visit Zambia. It is that bad.
It is illogical to think Zambia does not need its neigbhours. We are a landlocked country and this makes use heavily reliant of good neigbourliness. This is why Rupiah made it a point Zambia’s neigbhours were comfortable with him and the country.
Ever wondered why the Zambian economy was booming under Rupiah? His ability to foster unity and treat those around him as human as possible made him a beacon of investment. He created a fertile environment for bilateral relationships and his fellow Heads of State trickled in with ease.
No single President will have the pleasure to accept an invitation to Zambia if on foreign soil, its President behaves like a Nyau dancer.
If etiquette can be observed in a pit latrine what more in the Office of President where diplomacy and respect for oneself and its people is of utmost importance? Now, instead of being known for the good that we offer, our image as a country is that of thugs, thanks to a carefree Sata. How we miss that diplomacy endowed Rupiah, ever respectful of this countFr
From Concerned Zambian
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BLACK MAMBA
May 27, 2013 at 9:20 am
Handle with care it’s a ” King Cobra”
Thief Justice
May 27, 2013 at 9:23 am
Shame!! That’s what you get for electing Kapotwe
pat
May 27, 2013 at 9:36 am
who are u to charenge the inteligent of our president. u ar a fool.God gav us sata
zuchi
May 27, 2013 at 3:24 pm
please mudala lets mind our the way we talk………
Hate Foolishness
May 27, 2013 at 5:38 pm
Pat, you are illiterate.
wiso
May 28, 2013 at 9:24 am
Which God gave you Sata? Please leave Our Almight out of this
dancer
May 27, 2013 at 9:41 am
Jeeeezz….u ve been going on and on about nothing.
U sound ‘elitist’ and think Zambians who elected the president didnt know him at all.
Most normal Zambians know Sata has always been like that or even worse.Ironically he is loved for that by the grassroots who mostly are of a humble backgroung.You tried too hard.
In the end u managed to ridicule and insult the Chewa culture.Hands off Gule wa mukulu.
isaac
May 27, 2013 at 9:56 am
Thats why we elected him because of taking bold disicions. We love the way he is,he always speak his mind.Bravo mr president!
Hate Foolishness
May 27, 2013 at 5:39 pm
No!
wabo
May 27, 2013 at 10:08 am
ba tumfweko can RB be a think tank sure,naimwe mulatumfwisha ubufi,muleumfwako ifyachine.Viva sata, even if you hate him you will not change anything at all wait for 2016 and let your politicians tell us what they think and not what sata thinks.
SATA CHAVEZ SADAM
May 27, 2013 at 12:03 pm
BERORE 2016…PF KUYA BEBELE!
Kirkland
May 27, 2013 at 10:11 am
Ba Concerned Zambian. What a load of tosh! If a few more African Presidents ‘grew a pair’ like Sata our continent would definitely be in a better place. Sorry but as a 6th generation Zambian I refuse to share the same passport as Nigerians, Somali’s, Ethiopian’s, Malian’s and several other countries. And I totally refuse to fund the scheme the Nigerian chap is proposing. Thank God my flight to Lusaka on wednesday will not contribute to the useless AU.
Hate Foolishness
May 27, 2013 at 5:45 pm
I can’t believe the naïveté of people. 1 issue, refusing the African passport thingy, and you think he’s the right guy! You forget all else. Subsidies, flouting of the constitution, the nepotism etc.
The AU is now “useless”.
Simple minds.
Peter
May 27, 2013 at 11:01 am
Sata is not a disgrace all.He is a person who chooses not be a hypocryt like Rupiah.It just that idiots can handle the truth that the man spits.
Hate Foolishness
May 27, 2013 at 5:52 pm
Foolish. You think “spitting’in a president is good? You have tv for entertainment, not the president.
catalunia
May 27, 2013 at 11:05 am
Sata en Julius Malema,,,,,no difference
TC
May 27, 2013 at 11:09 am
Tumfweko, enough of this! We have read enough. Next topic/news item please!
kakolwe
May 27, 2013 at 11:10 am
Yet in all their eloquence & flair as you have tried to argue, they left the nation raped. This one, you cant tame. Sorry. Mufuno shaina ati ba diaspora! Cobra puts you in yo place.
Hate Foolishness
May 27, 2013 at 5:47 pm
You’ve usually been sensible. What’s up?
P3T3R
May 27, 2013 at 11:26 am
People MSC is the Best president for Zambia. he is not a puppet like our previous leaders.Guys like work up and support the president.Long live Sata love u always
P3T3R
May 27, 2013 at 11:29 am
Lets work up and support the president
Hate Foolishness
May 27, 2013 at 5:41 pm
No we will examine all candidates before we elect one. We will not “work” up.
I suppose you meant “wake” up.
tim
May 27, 2013 at 11:37 am
Tumfweko YOU FOOL! Sata is right and unpretenseful so who are you working with mmdead? Know you that other politicians are not serious. My God, what’s wrong with your blindness perhaps you are the lover of money or the destroyer of Zambia!
Hate Foolishness
May 27, 2013 at 5:54 pm
Unpretenseful? I think the vote should be withheld from a section of the population.
Truly Zedian
May 27, 2013 at 11:42 am
You jst wake up in the morning and start vomiting ama rubbish. Find stories on animals maybe u can make a leaving than talk about what the president for all Zambians said. It was the good motive not whereby you accept every foolish idea your friend tells you. You’re ****** and you’re not Zambian i think coz if you know what that idea meant you can’t type this nonsence you have published. ***** concerned Zambian, chikala chobe.
Ndaje Kahks
May 27, 2013 at 11:47 am
Is this to do with the African Passport? We are not Europe and such a step would just breed chaos in this already troubled continent.Ba concerned Zambian why not give us your real name? Why hide it ? Unless you are just concoting lies
malwa
May 27, 2013 at 11:52 am
Mwebantu, even at gun point i can not vote for RB and sons. I love HE MC King cobra, man of action. stop scandalizing him ba pushi. To my president a NO is No, unlike most spineless presidents who cant speak their mind. shaaaa…
truthful
May 27, 2013 at 11:54 am
iwe concerned zambia, pumbafu!
ukafwa ne chikonko pantu hh takabale teka po pano chalo chapanshi!
let him concerntrate on his cows nefitekwa fyakwe fimbi like abakashi bakwe balya bene tafwika na bwino!
leave my president alone!
Hate Foolishness
May 27, 2013 at 5:49 pm
We get that you love him. Give it a rest. Every single topic!
Bwalya
May 27, 2013 at 6:04 pm
Truthful u r a fool anyone can be the president foolish boy.
Fred
May 27, 2013 at 12:33 pm
Mr President is sleeping the meeting is going on, shame, ni sleeping sickness, sent scott for such, kabili meetings take a long time. Nabalala kwashala amalenda, mr president.
Bwalya
May 27, 2013 at 6:00 pm
Fred you speak like a foolish boy, anyone can be a president even me shaa.
chakachaya
May 27, 2013 at 12:49 pm
sata satan satanic minded
Rod
May 27, 2013 at 12:57 pm
Now you know why he does not hold Press Conferences!
mable notes
May 27, 2013 at 1:11 pm
Bane leave everything in Gods hands.Wat do you gain from insults?
Wizzy
May 27, 2013 at 1:36 pm
Its interesting to hear someone talk about rb so highly. Are u sure rb can be better than michael? He was behaving like a rat on yo fingers at night. Ukuputilila. But doing some damage to zambia. Thats why he only did 3 years becoz real zambians realised that. I know u are not zambian, and u are supoting the idea of one paspot forget mumbwe.
Thugnificent
May 27, 2013 at 2:01 pm
Imwe ba concerned watever,wer were u wen dat RB of yours ws making remarks abt Sata such as “IFISANJI MAMBALA”,not 2mention dat other time wen he buffled journalists after a monkey urinated on him were he said “HAAA KANITUNDILA KAKOLWE,MAYBE ITS FROM MR SATA”,or wen he made remarks over satas name saying instead of him being called Sata,instead his name was going 2be better off being called “SATAN”..so with all these bad behavioral traits,one cannot praise RB in the manner dat u hv praised him,u are jst foolish together with dat puppet of a former president,Sata is a strong man & he’s not a puppet,so if other African countries including our so called neighbours are getting intimidated,then we knw dat we are safe becoz it means we cannot b pushed around anyhow under the fine leadership of our beloved president H.E MICHAEL CHILUFYA SATA..So u,to HELL with ur Bwezani monkey..& point of correction,Zambias economy shot up during Mwanawasa’s rule & not under dat Banda of yours bastared..:p
mukombe
May 27, 2013 at 2:05 pm
Do not forget KK had once said Sata is not Presidential material as a chola boy to borrow Wynter’s reference of VP maybe he could have made it.
I'nkoko
May 27, 2013 at 2:35 pm
Sata. Potential Fool(PF)
zambian
May 27, 2013 at 2:41 pm
HIS EXELLENCY PRESIDENT MICHEAL CHILUFYA SATA is not a boot licker viva president sata we love you!
JAMES
May 27, 2013 at 2:48 pm
so much has been said about the one passport issue,but maybe be fore i comment.do citizens in the ero zone have one passport? Zambians we r africans and nothing can change that but should we have one passport with people who are lebaled with all sorts of titles eg criminals,terrarists etc.i my mind i would rather remain a zambian.we must thank our president for standing up to his beliefs,i know many presidents wanted to do the same but were afred of being called un african.proudly zambian
Dimma
May 27, 2013 at 3:00 pm
One thing I agree with you is giving credit to MMD and RB to some extent, what they did was politics; this much hatred can only come from UPND. Tones reveal characters and I know exactly who wrote this.
Zambians, let us learn one thing: evil begets evil and before we know it, the country is engulfed! Good public speaking and leadership are two different things. He is trying so hard to rid of corruption which almost was the order of the day MMD and RB & Sons and already you have forgotten!?
Nadin
May 27, 2013 at 3:06 pm
Awe mwebantu not ba banda, bakabwalala na family yonse the only president I have seen in the world
HH
May 27, 2013 at 3:08 pm
you idiots yo frndz are busy making money on gud stories,bt you & so called daily nation are busy wasting time you wil die angry,u idiots!
frederick
May 27, 2013 at 3:14 pm
Jst wait afta 2 yrs u ****** pipo who r biz suportin dis Nonsess,,u wil rgret big tym,,u r all foolz I wnder wat knd of pipo cn suport dat vomitin frm de so kod Head of state shame on u all,,nw I bliev dat (kaponya ni kaponya zoona)viva RB,,viva CHILUBA,,viva MWANAWASA dis wre Real Head of states k,I min Real Presidents.
Wezzy
May 27, 2013 at 3:30 pm
This is a useless article, it speaks of nothing but HATE! It is not significant in any way, find better and substantive things to write about!!!
mulenga chishimba
May 27, 2013 at 4:55 pm
I haven’t finished reading this biased article but RB being a thinktank!!! makes a good joke of decribing the dullest presindent mother earth has produced.
Kasanda Kasanga
May 27, 2013 at 5:30 pm
RB a thinktank? Yaba! That Kawalala
kegwin sinyangwe
May 27, 2013 at 5:01 pm
this foolish thinking about our president must stop forthwith.hh is just a foolish.Let us we ZAmbians support Mihael
Hate Foolishness
May 27, 2013 at 5:53 pm
Keg win, let’s find the best candidate.
Ku la Nwafye!
May 27, 2013 at 5:26 pm
Please let the elected President do his time whats wrong with you people? Do for love MR President do your thing en show this learned people how ****** they are!
Chawama Chasokona
May 27, 2013 at 5:28 pm
Ba Concerned Citizen the problem with most of you Africans is that you like judging people superficially. That is by what they are wearing or how they carry themselves. Thus Rupiah Banda managed to hoodwink you into respecting him while he was busy stealing your money. What you are complaining about in this article is frivolous. So what if my president is booed? In the West these people are booed everyday but that doesnt denigrate their office. You are so used to being ruled by dictators who demand respect you cant imagine a President being booed. Life must go on.
Hate Foolishness
May 27, 2013 at 5:49 pm
Paid.
Kamulongoti
May 27, 2013 at 6:14 pm
Foolish Dr. Banda.. a failed and disgraced Medical Doctor.
King soloman
May 27, 2013 at 10:06 pm
Our head of state is another useless peace of shit no one can dispute about it! Too much wid this old retarded bastard.
Jack therone
May 27, 2013 at 11:28 pm
President for all zambians????????? Maybe some zambians. I. Can’t identify myself as one in public, more especially were people are serious with life
chimps
May 27, 2013 at 11:57 pm
PLS LEAVE OUR HEAD OF STATE ALONE, MR FOOLISH CONCERNED MAN. THE SAME RB OUT OF FEAR USED CHANDA CHIMBWI TO DISCREDIT KING MC BUT LAMENTABLY FAILED ! PIPO LIKE RB AND KAFUPI WHERE GOOD AT SWEET TALKING WHEN IN ACTUAL FACT WERE PLUNDERING ! ‘KING C ‘ LIKES CALLING ‘A SPADE A SPADE’ ! WHILE HE ENJOYS A SENSE OF HUMOUR, BE REMINDED THAT SOME HEADS OF STATES IN AFRICA HAVE PERISHED DUE TO HIGH TEMPERS AND STRESS !HE SPEEAKS FOR A COMMON MAN AND TO HELL WITH YOUR WISHFUL THINKING MAMBALA !
Adam
May 28, 2013 at 8:54 am
I see nothing in this but JEALOUS and HATRED. Lets stop this attitude Zambians please. God bless our President,he is really my hero whatever you say about him i look at you like a FOOL. How do you see words of wisdom as insults, that is tantamount to insulting all zambians who voted for SATA. RESPECT,RESPECT,RESPECT.
leftist
May 28, 2013 at 9:09 am
mugabe ,sata and yoweri of namibia have nothing to loose but stand on what they believe.not bazungu banikonde type.
bandockcent
May 28, 2013 at 12:06 pm
i hope you comments are building the nation, are they? lets help one another for the benifits of the country.
kennedy
May 28, 2013 at 12:14 pm
SATA FOR PRESIDENT BEYOND 2016
adade 61
May 28, 2013 at 12:32 pm
what is the minimum education standard to qualify for Sata ‘s post… run the country? surely, zambia as a country has had people graduate from all sorts of universities ….. we need leaders who have the basic three Rs!Having said that, my grandfather did not go to school but he was very educated at university of life. I know he would have had a better performance if he chance to hold an informed debate with Obama,Blair or any political leader from anywhere. Twali sebana ba Zambia for putting that ifontini in that job.
ichipondo
May 28, 2013 at 4:18 pm
sata,kaponya,GBM,kaponya,whinter kabimba,crook lawyer,masebo and luo,prostitutes,munkombwe,shameless fool,..and these are poeple we intrust to rule our country….
mike
May 28, 2013 at 9:22 pm
people come on even though yu stand for something yu can always do it in the most intellegent not just talking without sense.