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The Post Newspapers Says Emmanuel Mwamba Deserved to Be Fired
Emmanuel Mwamba
It is true that Mwamba used his position as permanent secretary in the Ministry of Information to serve personal ends.
It was not difficult for one to reach the conclusion that Mwamba, abusing the faith placed in him by President Michael Sata, followed a path that departed from the norms of the appointing authority. Mwamba organised things in the Ministry of Information to pursue personal ends.
Mwamba forgot the fact that he was a civil servant and started to operate like he was a politician. We saw more of Mwamba on television than the Minister of Information, who is a politician. Mwamba was more in the state-owned newspapers than any permanent secretary, deputy minister, Cabinet minister in this government. He was more covered by the state-owned media than even the Vice-President of the Republic.
Mwamba had no respect for any senior government official other than those who belonged to the political camp that he had joined. It was very clear that Mwamba had joined the anti-Wynter Kabimba group and treated everyone who he thought was not in his group with no respect. Mwamba could even order journalists working for state-owned media institutions not to cover the Vice-President and other ministers he was opposed to.
What Mwamba forgot is that all these other people in government were also appointees of the same President that appointed him. And most of these people he was fighting were much closer politically to the President than Mwamba himself.
Clearly, Mwamba took on too much and pushed his luck too far. He thought Michael Sata was Frederick Chiluba or Rupiah Banda. Who doesn’t know where Mwamba came from? He might have leaked a few things here and there to the Patriotic Front leadership in opposition to earn himself some appointment. But that’s not a ticket for one to become insolent and disrespectful of others. Anyway, mercenaries are for hire and once the assignment is completed, they should be paid off and kept away until the next assignment. Mwamba is a mercenary with no loyalty to anyone. We all know that Mwamba got where he got because of not being loyal. If Mwamba was loyal to Rupiah and others he worked with, he wouldn’t have gotten the job he got in the Patriotic Front government.
But mercenaries will always remain mercenaries. And Mwamba remains a mercenary and will always be a mercenary. To get their way around things, mercenaries have to be dishonest, have to lie. And Mwamba is such a big liar – he can lie about anything big and small. If you can lie, what else can you not do? If you can lie, you can steal. How can one explain Mwamba’s behaviour? How can a person who not very long ago was very close to Rupiah and the MMD, and posted all sorts of things on the Watchdog against the Patriotic Front, try and be more Patriotic Front than anybody else?
The other thing is Mwamba was too excited with his new appointment. And as the President correctly observed, Mwamba started to feel he was more intelligent than anybody else when he was nothing but a simple liar, crook, mercenary. But everything has got a time. We hope Mwamba has learnt something and will behave himself wherever he may go to take up a new job, assignment. We will not be surprised to see all sorts of things about this government and Michael on the Watchdog posted by Mwamba. We shouldn’t forget that Mwamba has a criminal case in the High Court pending judgment concerning his activities to malign people on the Watchdog. But as they say, ubuchenjeshi bwa nkoko pungwa tasakamana.
When you are given what you don’t deserve, there is need to be grateful to those who may be more deserving than you who have not been given what you have been given. Don’t try to belittle or undermine them. There are many deserving citizens much closer to the President, people who played a more valuable role politically and otherwise to enable the Patriotic Front to win the last elections than Mwamba. But they have not been that lucky to be given what Mwamba was given. They are not fools. Mwamba is not much cleverer than them.
In a very short time, Mwamba nearly turned the state-owned media to what it was under Rupiah. Yes, Mwamba was very close to the state media that Rupiah controlled, but we don’t think that is the media this government wants for this country and for itself.
Mwamba turned the state-owned media into personal property for promoting and executing his personal political agendas and those of his friends. This is not the way civil servants work or should work. But Mwamba doesn’t seem to learn. And because of this, he could not survive in the civil service. The things the President said about him were very strong; those were very strong words from a person who has appointed you, who has given you a job.
Mwamba did not push the state media forward; he actually destabilised it in a very short time. And the decision by the President to remove him from the civil service was timely. Anyway, that’s what happens when one is given power he has not worked for and has no sense of gratitude, humility or modesty. Power one has not struggled for easily gets to one’s head and can easily be abused. But also, power one has not struggled for can easily be lost, and Mwamba has lost it.
It is very easy for power to get to one’s head. And it doesn’t need to be a lot of power. Power does corrupt and it doesn’t need to be political power. It could be simple posts, functions or responsibilities. We have seen people change immediately they are given some important posts, important functions, important responsibilities, which is usually what is called power. Some people begin to change, to be deformed, as soon as they have a little responsibility – a little, not much, power – and we think that, the more power people have, the greater the risk; that’s a fact. We think it requires being aware of the danger and ever alert, ever vigilant against it. Power should never be viewed as something that is personal, that is yours, something that is to be enjoyed.
Rather, we should look at power – or authority, as some people like to call it, as the tool of a legitimate cause. Mwamba should look at the way the President uses the power he holds – the man has not changed in any way. He still speaks the same way he used to speak and still has the same friends he used to have.
He still wears the same old double-breasted suits he used to have before he became President. He has not tried to change himself by completely changing his wardrobe as many people do when their status changes. Power has not changed him. Instead of power changing him, he is actually changing it. He is still the Michael Sata one has known over the years and he still cracks the same old jokes of his – though recently he has added a new one that doesn’t seem to be going well with many people, that of mocking people for shaving their heads. We know he has lived his life carrying an Afro hairstyle, but not everyone has his type of hair and of course times change, Afros are out of style and fashion. This is his only new joke – everything else about Michael is still the same.
Power has not gotten to his head, yet this is the man who has struggled so much in his life politically and otherwise to be where he is today. Nobody made Michael President. Michael made himself President. It is not the little assistance that many people extended to him that really count for his being where he is today. It is his own tireless effort, persistence, focus, sense of purpose, tenacity, full utilisation of his God-given talents, personal discipline that made Michael be where he is today. We can all claim credit for having done this or that to make him President. But how many other people have received such similar assistance or even more but never became presidents? And all he does is to give thanks to the Lord for giving him the responsibility He has given him and ensure that he uses it to fulfil His wishes and those of His people, especially the poor and disadvantaged. Instead of having a victory party, Michael had a thanksgiving Mass.
Everyone today is laughing at Mwamba. Those he brutalised are laughing at him. No one sees him as being clever. Anyway, that’s how those who are pompous, those who lack humility are humbled. Mwamba today looks like a soaked chicken, tambala obvumbwa. And tambala obvumbwa alibe musika. Again, we should remind ourselves of the fact that the exercise of power must be a constant practice of self-limitation and modesty.
The Post
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Isaac
November 1, 2013 at 2:11 pm
Mwamab is a hard working man whichever department can be posted. Mwamba was a permanent secretary which meant that he was a civil servant and a civil servant does not engage or involve him/herself in politics which Mr Mwamba was fully aware. He was more of a politician than a civil servant. So the Post are spot on on this one.
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Proffessor Moyo
November 1, 2013 at 2:49 pm
‘Nobody made michael president”..end of quote..where does this leave us who voted for our beloved president?
Umwina Nswi
November 1, 2013 at 2:53 pm
Ati “ubuchenjeshi bwa konko pungwa tasakamana”. Mwamba thought was above board. It’s the hard way of learning how to live with people around you.
Mailon
November 2, 2013 at 11:47 am
When are they firing Anthony Mukwita?He has failed to get fat despite his huge appetite.They should take him back to Rhapsody’s where he belongs.
Yaba
November 1, 2013 at 2:54 pm
They are in two different camps. I hate both of them
Mark
November 1, 2013 at 2:56 pm
The Post are just pushing there on personal agenda. Who doesn’t know that they are biased?
Chanda ngosa
November 1, 2013 at 3:07 pm
Mwamba retired himself he thought he is stronger than his employer.go in peace.
Uwaku joburg
November 1, 2013 at 3:23 pm
Naya mukutomba ine….
Silu
November 2, 2013 at 11:49 am
Katombeni po mukwai.
Hamazulu Dabengwa
November 1, 2013 at 3:24 pm
What The Post has written about mwaice Mwamba is what The Post is, actually. They have written about themselves. Let us remember my words not long from now. They sound and present themselves as very sanctimonious, holy, as if butter would not melt in their mouth! But everyone now knows that The Post has self-interest in many matters, including the effort and strategy to escape paying the K18 billion DBZ debt, which debt will NEVER go away! They moralize and pontificate and behave as though they were Jon the Baptist, yet they are Pharisees, white washed graves, full of filth and other unmentionables. So, what they have written about mwaice Mwamba is an exact description of themselves- they will go to bed with the devil if it suits them!
Kalu
November 1, 2013 at 6:44 pm
Which K18 billion DBZ loan?Are you talking about Zambian Airways DBZ loan?
AUGUSTINE CARRASCO
November 1, 2013 at 3:49 pm
BA POST U RE USELESS PERIOD. U THINK KABIMBA WILL TAKE OVER FROM MICHAEL IF HE DOES ZAMBIANS ARE NOT FOOLISH WE WILL TEACH HIM A LESSON. THE FACT IS U THINK U KNOW ALOT ABOUT MICHEAL SHOULD THAT SHOULD NOT BE REMOTE CONTROL TO DO WHAT U WANT.
AUGUSTINE CARRASCO
November 1, 2013 at 3:55 pm
BA POST U RE USELESS PERIOD. U THINK KABIMBA WILL TAKE OVER FROM MICHAEL IF HE DOES ZAMBIANS ARE NOT FOOLISH WE WILL TEACH HIM A LESSON. THE FACT IS U THINK U KNOW ALOT ABOUT MICHEAL. YOU SHOULD NOT BE A REMOTE CONTROL TO PRESS HIM THE WAY U WANT.
LOL
November 1, 2013 at 4:05 pm
Mwamba you thot you were above everyone. One time you lied against my brother inlaw when he was in Kaputa and you were the boss in Northern Province. Thank God my inlaw was found with no case. His hand were clean and he still working in Mpulungu in the same capacity. Lelo mulikwisa mwebafyenga abanennu? Shame on you young man. I must confess am happy for you!!!!
HARRY
November 1, 2013 at 4:35 pm
mwamba deserves to retire.the president have tryide him but he has personaly falled!then wat else do you want apresident to do to you mwamba? look you are not alone who need a job,they are alot of people & some can do abeter.
uwakaele
November 1, 2013 at 4:35 pm
Mmembe thinks he is impacable and yet he is even worse than Mwamba. We know that you are running away from that debt, just wait your time is coming.
CHIEF TRIBALIST
November 1, 2013 at 5:03 pm
TUTOMBEKO WEEKEND LELO………
Silu
November 2, 2013 at 11:54 am
Ika leni fye naimwe mwaba aka kala ubuche mwalatusebanya fwe baume.
jocob zoomer
November 1, 2013 at 5:15 pm
but inkongole shibi,i never ever thought membe would sink so low and start kissing sata’s ass in this fashion.
chamusebanya
G
November 1, 2013 at 5:42 pm
Forbsure Sata fought for this Presidency but he has just RUN OUT OF FUEL and lets forgive him.
He has tried to run the COUNTRY for sure VAVUTA CHABE vintu
Phiri
November 1, 2013 at 6:44 pm
This is one of the stupidest editorials I have ever read. If I were Mwamba I would quickly look for a lawyer. I would sue for defamation and I would win because the entire article focuses on only Mwamba’s alleged ills and on nothing positive. Any judge would see it as extremely biased and therefore unfair.
Blame game
November 1, 2013 at 7:08 pm
The Post are not the right people to talk about this . They need to pay back that money to that bank. No amount of bootlicking will save them bcz we are watching . They remove specks from people’s eyes and forget that log in theirs. Days will come .
Tupac
November 1, 2013 at 7:15 pm
Fred mumbwe&wynter kabwamba matolefye bafikala.Look at this prick very ungreatful ati ‘nobody made satana president’.2016 will judge u harshly bafikala,sunday chanda nachinja goal post.Aleisa..Aleisa..HH.
real yellow jenalist
November 2, 2013 at 2:10 am
Mwamba was useless but so is Fred Mmembe. Mmembe is a coward who hides behind journalism when we all know he is a politician.
Pomboman Google
November 2, 2013 at 3:45 am
That is just one man. Why waste all your time and efforts on him, if he is gone, he is gone. You were supposed to talk while he was still on the post to indicate that he needed to be removed. Now after action has already been taken is when you get strong. Me i am active to kill a snake when it is alive and threatening. If someone knocks it right on the head and it begins to waggle, me i put my sticks down and go away. Not again hitting the dead snake hard. That is the game of children.
Prince bwalya
November 2, 2013 at 4:32 am
Mr Mwamba, hate people who want you to suffer,a poor is poor and a rich is a rich.
JH
November 2, 2013 at 8:08 am
Mmembe is an evil man.He attacks pipo in his editorials who cant defend themselvs.See the way he scorns HH,NEVERS&others.He thinks he holier is than others.Why shud he chuz presidents 4us?Zambia wake up!Fred wants his fellow evil men to be presidents of z
Ambassage
November 2, 2013 at 9:51 am
All this is aimed @ cleaning kamimbas image. Sory m’membe it is too late & @ a wrong time, u can’t make zambians blind.
Sir Jeff
November 2, 2013 at 1:05 pm
Eheeeeeeee! Awe namona ukuti bakolwe basekane fipato. Can post say that Mwamba said unprintables about PF n that Mwamba is a mercenary? What about them, where they not the ones that said unprintables about Sata n his PF so much so that Sata even refused be covered by them? Post short memory ,heeeeeee?
The pen is mightier than the sword
November 2, 2013 at 2:23 pm
Cowards! Why didn’t Fred say this when Mwamba was in office? Only fools will read the post from now
mayumbelo
November 2, 2013 at 11:02 pm
While speaking well of Sata, I sense a strong endorsement of dictatorship: “Sata made himself presido”? my foot! I am afraid there is a dictator in the making driven by purely selfish interest. God help Zambia.
KASEYA MUZO
November 3, 2013 at 8:21 am
Mmembe and the Post, as for me you are not different from Mwamba. Ba kolwe basekana ifipato.
JOHN PONDO
November 3, 2013 at 8:23 am
BA POST UKUTASHA SATAn KWATI TEBALEMUTUKA. MWALILYA 14 BILLION OLD CURRENCY EUKU KUTASHA SATANA. WHO ARE YOU FOOLING!
LOVE
November 3, 2013 at 3:19 pm
BE FARE BA POST