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Kambwili: Presidents Are Born, Not Made
MINISTER of Youth and Sport Chishimba Kambwili has advised those with presidential ambitions in PF to note that presidents are born and not made.
Mr Kambwili said presidential aspirants will end up with the shock of their lives if they do not succeed.
He said during Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC)’s Sunday Interview programme that if a person was born to be president, they will become one no matter the circumstances.
“Just look at Mwanawasa, he had retired from politics and was doing his own business but because he was born president, he became one. The same applies to the former president,” Mr Kambwili said.
The minister said he will not waste time having presidential ambitions because if he was born president, he will become one and that he is currently concentrating on his ministerial job.
“When people understand this, they will never preoccupy themselves with presidential ambitions,” Mr Kambwili said.
And Mr Kambwili said it is government’s responsibility to create an enabling environment for the less privileged to have access to university funds.
Mr Kambwili said the current bursary scheme is not sustainable unless a loan scheme is introduced so that more money can be created for other students.
He maintained that it is not the responsibility of Government to pay for every individual who goes to the University of Zambia (UNZA).
“I do not know why it has taken long for the Ministry of Education to implement the loan scheme, it must quickly look into transforming the bursaries into a loan scheme,” Mr Kambwili said.
He further said the Commonwealth Youth Centre the UNZA is still being used for youth programmes and cannot be handed over to the university.
Mr Kambwili said National Youth Council and Commonwealth staff are still occupying the centre and it cannot be run by the students.
“The facility has never belonged to UNZA and will only be handed over when the Commonwealth no longer has use for it,” he said.
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Isaac
October 21, 2014 at 7:30 am
True, even if you retired, but if your were born president, you’re recalled. Practical example is Mr. Mwanawasa and Rupiah Banda these retired and never thought that one day they will be in politics again, alas they came back as presidents.
triple k
October 21, 2014 at 7:54 am
Retiring from politics and being called back on presidential seat is not the only way of proving one born to be a president,what about those who didn’t retire and have failed before they assume office like our curent president ? By the way kambwila can’t be the president unless he becomes deplomatic with his language and way of handling issues
Davidoo
October 21, 2014 at 8:13 am
In Zambian political setup Kambwili may be right.But his statement is very wrong. Kings are born but Presidents are , and can be made.Zambian Presidents act like Kings when they obtain the instruments of power and it is up to them to choose the persons to succeed them and utimately use the government machinery to prop there choosen ‘presidents’
Ndaseka Ine
October 21, 2014 at 8:56 am
Very poor analysis vomited by a loud mouth crook with presidential ambitions. You can fool them sometimes but not all the time.
humphrey
October 21, 2014 at 9:27 am
LEADERS ARE BORN AND MADE. BOTH OF THIS CAN BE KNOWN TO BE LEADERS ONCE THE BEGAN TO DEVELOP THEIR LEADERSHIP THEN THE PEOPLE WILL NOTICE THEM TO BE LEADERS.ANYONE WHO IS BORN AND SITS AT HOME WITHOUT TRAINING AND SHOWN TO THE PEOPLE THEY WILL NEVER BE LEADERS BUT TAKEN TO THE GRAVE WITH LEADERSHIP SKILLS. MWANAWASA AND RB DID PARTICIPATED INTO POLITICS THAT IS WHEN THE NOTICED THEM THAT THEY CAN BE LEADERS.SO LETS DEVELOP OUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND HAVE THE DESIRE TO PARTICIPATE.
Laso
October 21, 2014 at 5:01 pm
So Chimbwili thinks hes so smart we cant see through his little remarks. Let him just decalere his interests so we can quickly let him know that he needs to go and rest his naturally big skeleton that harbours a painfully small brain
IF NOT
October 22, 2014 at 4:03 pm
some are born while others like RB, Nevers and HH are made.