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SATA Will Meet Perez – Scott
VICE-PRESIDENT Guy Scott yesterday told Parliament that President Sata is in Israel for a working holiday as announced by acting Minister of Information Mwansa Kapeya.
Dr Scott said Israeli President Shimon Perez is aware of President Sata’s presence in that country and will definitely meet him when it will be convenient for both presidents.
“His Excellency President Sata will be combining sightseeing, relaxation and business meetings while in Israel,” Dr Scott said.
The Vice-President was responding to the deputy speaker Mkhondo Lungu’s directive that he gives a position on President Sata’s whereabouts following a point of order by Monze Central member of Parliament (MP) Jack Mwiimbu on Tuesday.
Dr Scott further said President Sata is not on a State visit but on a private working holiday.
He said the statement issued by Mr Kapeya, who is also acting Chief Government Spokesperson, confirms that President Sata is on a working holiday in Israel.
“This is all I can say without entering into the fantasy world of the Zambian social media correspondents and editors,” Dr Scott said.
He said even though Mr Mwiimbu did not give verbatim quotations or specified media sources on his point of order, he (Dr Scott) did his best to respond.
And Mafinga MP (MMD) Catherine Namugala, in seeking clarification, said the majority of Zambians wish President Sata well.
“Zambians have the right to know everything about President Sata because he is our President,” Ms Namugala said.
And Kalomo MP (UPND) Request Muntanga asked why the nation was only informed after President Sata had arrived in Israel.
“Why was it difficult to tell the nation that President Sata was leaving?” Mr Muntanga asked.
Dr Scott said on Saturday, he was extremely tied up with other duties but immediately drew up a statement together with Mr Kapeya on Sunday.
And Katombola MP (UPND) Derick Livune caused laughter when he rose on a point of order after Roan MP (PF) Chishimba Kambwili passed a comment that the opposition MPs are wizards.
“Mr Speaker, is Mr Kambwili in order to refer to us the opposition MPs as indoshi [wizards]?” Mr Livune asked.
In making the ruling, Mr Lungu said Mr Kambwili was out of order.
“Let me reiterate that passing running commentaries is not ok. You passed a comment and these people heard. You were not in order,” Mr Lungu said.
And Dr Scott has challenged organisations concerned with issues of human trafficking and migration to be compassionate when dealing with offenders.
Dr Scott said that stakeholders such as the International Labour Organisation (ILO), International Organisation of Migration (IOM) and UNICEF should resolve migration problems amicably.
He was speaking in Lusaka yesterday during the 4th National Symposium on Human Trafficking in Zambia where he launched the tools for the protection of vulnerable migrants in Zambia.
Dr Scott said that stakeholders should also look at the root cause of migration, adding that some of the migrants such as women and girls could have genuine reasons such as economic hurdles.
At the same function, Home Affairs Minister Ngosa Simbyakula said that the Zambian government is committed to tackling human trafficking and issues of migration.
He said it is also necessary to promote the prosecution of perpetrators of human trafficking.
Meanwhile, the European Union (EU) said it has contributed K14 million to combat human trafficking and exploitation among some 10,000 migrant children and asylum seekers in Zambia.
EU head of cooperation Aad Biesebroek said that women and girls are particularly affected with the former representing 56 percent and the latter 98 percent of victims of forced economic and sexual exploitation.
Acting UN resident coordinator Simon Cammelbeek said the complexity of population movements, often including refugees, asylum seekers and economic migrants, is increasingly becoming evident.
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MM
June 26, 2014 at 10:46 am
Lol, soon? Just the truth Gay Scrotum.
Sata will come back horizontally and not vertically.
jungle kiswa
June 26, 2014 at 11:47 am
Wishing MCS well and a good trip. He was created in the image of God. I do not want to politic.
lemm
June 26, 2014 at 11:58 am
Vertical in maths is upright, E.g like this |
Horizontal is flat, not upright. E.g like this -
I voted for sata, but no longer like pf, I wud like them out of power even today.
But I wud want to see sata come back and usethe passenger door of the plane vetically |, not using cargo door in horizontal – position….awee
Chilufya Nkamba
June 26, 2014 at 12:08 pm
The bad health to the president has been due to smoking. This affected his lungs. And I just hope that he does not have lung cancer. This is for us in Israel already known.Tests are going on and at the same time he is receiving necessary treatments.Let us tell the truth. The truth can strengthen him psychologically and help him to combat the sickness.
Then he shall be aware that his people are behind him.
Isreal
ChiKA
June 26, 2014 at 12:59 pm
Let them come clean on the President’s condition as this will help us to support him.
jamakudi
June 26, 2014 at 2:36 pm
WINA AZALILA
Trixy
June 26, 2014 at 3:47 pm
WINA AZALILA ZOONA….YEMBEKEZANI….
Chisha Kambole
June 26, 2014 at 2:41 pm
Pf is full of liars, thieves, crooks and swindlers. sata’s illness is much worse than pipo know.
GIFT
June 28, 2014 at 11:16 am
someone will come as cargo!
ME
June 26, 2014 at 2:51 pm
Chisha Kambole above you are a liar. You are not Chisha Kambole
yellow mellow
June 26, 2014 at 3:06 pm
My mother is 82yrs old en very ill, she is bed riden, it is real turf going for my family seeing a once active mother lie there in bed helpless. Plse let’s respect our privacy, ill or not. I see the looks on people’s faces wen they leave my mother’s bedroom afta a visit,I cry everyday en it realy hurts. so does H.E’s family.
Chisha Kambole
June 26, 2014 at 3:11 pm
@ME, I m half bemba and half lungu. Does it hurt u coz i tell u the truth?
Ashmail
June 26, 2014 at 4:06 pm
lets follow wat our leaders r saying coz no one knws wat de truth is.
James
June 26, 2014 at 6:15 pm
How old is Guy? What color is he? His answers were the patronizing ones. He sounded life a person with racist superiority complex where a black man was undeserving to ask him sensitive questions. Zambians wake up and smell the coffee. I believe that considering his age he should also be evaluated for dementia. He surely displays the symptoms.
likutu lwapola
June 26, 2014 at 8:26 pm
The guy is frm scott being a white I think we black are brind we. Kno the head of state is very old bed rest kabimba is contro not the scott pf lie guy
joo
June 26, 2014 at 9:45 pm
get well soon our president. God loves u.
Chibesa
June 26, 2014 at 10:27 pm
Lets All Pray For Our President To Recover,mind U,Umweo Wamuntu Onse Waba Kuli Cibinda [Yesu Kristu]so Wat Eva U Say,Its Just Yo Opinion & Not Reality.Mind U:Ifilebela Ilingiline Tafipona,so If U Wish Yo Pal iIl,wewakosa We Mutuntulu Can Die Nomulwele Ashala.mind U Just Realities Of Life, Get2no God & B Served. AMEN
Trixy
June 27, 2014 at 10:29 am
Please write properly so that we are able to read what you are talking about. As if it is a text message where one has to be economical with words to lessen the cost?
eddieque
June 27, 2014 at 2:37 am
Lem u enjoy math. Get we’ll sata
tutu
June 27, 2014 at 3:11 am
kateka pamo na zed wandi namibika mumaboko yamfumu…bushe sata ngalitushile bushe ninani ukapyana Scott or kabimba? nshilimu lesisiti but kwenafye Scott ena talefwayikwa. eicho ba sata 2016 namilomba peliniko umwaiche hh nakalimo kuti akontololako ubwikalo nokutafya chi Scott mu chalo
wisdom
June 27, 2014 at 3:38 am
As long as our good lord lives sata is coming back very fit. There is no disease Jesus cant heal or problem too difikot for him. 0pen your eyes God’s plan for you and sata.
Netanya
June 27, 2014 at 6:11 am
This man is merely being punished for all the wrongs he did to mwanawasa,chiluba and tonnes of lies that he cheated to the people of zambia.he swore to uphold ten commandments but is protecting crooks who stole the K14Bn and instead persecuting those who handed him power on silver plata.
Trixy
June 27, 2014 at 10:39 am
Yes he is being punished. God cannot be mocked where you even talk about the ten commandments and then go to the contrary. The people of Zambia are suffering and reduced to nothing. All the essentials commodities have gone up and are still going up. It was even better if he lied and not talk about upholding the ten commandments. I saw his picture on Watch Dog and I felt sorry for him as a human being; but not as a leader of this nation. If he is still alive, please let him just step down while he still has a bit of dignity left.
TATA
June 27, 2014 at 10:46 am
I HAVE COME TO LIKE THE PRESIDENT’S STYLE OF LEADERSHIP. MASSIVE PROJECTS GOOD ROADS SALARY ELEVATIONS OF CIVIL SERVANTS NEW UNIVERSITIES AND PEACEFUL POLITICS NO MORE AXES AND MACHETES. I AM ONLY WORRIED ABOUT THEIR STANCE ON MAIZE SUBSIDIES. NEVERTHELESS, I WISH OUR PRESIDENT EARLY AND GOOD RECOVERY
Jim Gagan
June 27, 2014 at 11:10 am
I want to Wish Sata well, and that he should recover soon.Because if he dies us poor Zambians will be in trouble with these thief’s and con men roaming in the streets of Lusaka, they want to set their dirty hands on the 1 Billion Dollar and that will be the end. The roads,clinics,stadiums,schools and all the developmental projects will come to a sudden halt and they will squander the money,these vultures in waiting. PLEASE GOD SERVE US, HEAL OUR PRESIDENT or else we are doomed.
Trixy
June 27, 2014 at 11:34 am
Sata is not indispensable please. The road projects were there even during RB’s reign. Infact that is what I can give RB credit for: The ability to put ideas into practice. Sata just continued on the projects as well and he deserves credit for this. Even when he goes, another president can continue with the projects. If he doesn’t we will get rid of him. I will tell you the reason Sata is unfamous to some of us right now: LIES!! It IS as simple as that…LIES.
immigrant
June 27, 2014 at 11:47 am
Come wat may, people of Zambia will vote according to their wish!
Ndoza
June 27, 2014 at 1:58 pm
I wish him to step down.
Tandiwe Phiri
June 27, 2014 at 4:18 pm
Lets not talk about death or celebrate someones illness. Because all of us shall one day become old and sick but in the end answerable to God. Like one Zambian prominent writer Dr. B. Mwansa Kapika once mentioned in one of his articles and once published in Tumfweko and I quote,”political leadership must not be regarded as a profession, but must be regaarded as a temporary occasion to safeguard the lives of the present genereation to a peaceful and wealthy future”.This is achievable if the generation from Kenneth Kaunda political era can relinqish power to the new generation in a democratic way.They must spend their last days relaxing and keep themselves away from politics. Rather than suffering and dying in office.They must realize that by resigning, they would leave a legacy. That is why Mandela or Castro gained respect.
simonmfula
June 28, 2014 at 5:53 am
MMD AND UPND ARE NEOCOLONIALISM AGENTS THRU CAPITALISM.BOTH MMD AND UPND IMPLIMENT FREE MARKET AND MIXED ECONOMY CAPITALISM FORMS.ONLY PF AND UNIP ARE SOCIALISTS.AN ATTACK ON WKABIMBA,SATA,PF,IS AN ATTACK ON ZAMBIAS AS THESE VALUES STAND AND REPRESENT ZAMBIA.
simonmfula
June 28, 2014 at 6:01 am
LEGENDS DO NOT DIE AS THE LEGACY AND WORDS ACTION LEFT GROW ON AND ON AND ON.ECONOMIC BATTLE IS ON AND PF IS HONESTLY REPRESENTING OUR NATIONAL RESOLVE.
conus
June 28, 2014 at 7:20 am
wow!! is how evil zambian can become wish our leader to die shame.
GIFT
June 28, 2014 at 11:07 am
Am not ready for a state funeral