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‘SATA Told Me He Would Be The Last Old Man To Rule Zambia’
“SATA told me he would be the one to close the chapter on the old guard ruling Zambia,” says Judge Ngoma, President Sata’s confidante.
And Mr Ngoma said the on-going differences in the ruling party are normal because it has lost a leader.
In an interview, Mr Ngoma said President Sata had a vision for Zambia which would have turned the nation into a paradise.
Privileged to have worked closely with Mr Sata, Ngoma said he was privy to some of his plans to develop the country.
“Sometimes we would be driving and the President would point to a mountain and say, ‘Judge, do you see that? What is needed is to cut a road through that mountain and the next thing you are in another part of the country,” he said.
He said the late President was always thinking of the next developmental plan for the nation.
According to Mr Ngoma, had President Sata won the 2006 elections, Zambia could have been way ahead in terms of development and other ways.
He remembers Sata as a man who never forgot where he came from and the people in his past.
“The President one day sent me to look for a certain man in the outskirts. I found an old man whom I took back to ba Sata. The President introduced the man to me as his teacher in grade five who used to knock the tips of his fingers with a chalk duster,” he said.
Mr Ngoma believes President Sata was successful in his political career because he was disciplined and observed time.
He said the late President would tell him that as a leader, it is important to be punctual.
Mr Ngoma also said Mr Sata was a very clean man who would rub his fingers on the dashboard and ask him how on earth he (Ngoma) could be driving such a dusty car.
“Concerning grooming, President Sata told me not to wait for somebody to groom me but to groom myself as I learnt from him,” he said.
Mr Ngoma said Zambians should remember Sata for the schools, hospitals, roads and other developmental projects he implemented.
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corinthians mkandawire
November 17, 2014 at 8:59 am
indeed sata was for people of zambia to hav decent life.michael sata will be remembered in many ways.look at imfrastracture in muchinga provincial district.look at the building.in him we hav seen serious development i zambia since i was born.look at choma,kafue ncz there all in full swing now.
Tb Joshua Con-men
November 17, 2014 at 9:25 pm
“Malawian prophet says Zambia will now have youthful president”
Never mind he is just another crook who reads the news before predicting the obvious…
kasantana
November 17, 2014 at 9:00 am
Thanks but no thanks.Why did he fill his cabinet with his bootlickers and Bembas,he has left the country with a huge which a bearing on the next generation.Develpoment must be carefully planned,not headless.Zig-zag
wisdom
November 18, 2014 at 1:57 am
Walasa
afcon phiri
November 17, 2014 at 9:07 am
WE NEED YOUNG LEADERS.
MILES, KAMBWILI, LUBINDA, HH, NEVERS, ELIAS
CORRUPTION FREE, GOOD HEALTH, VISSIONARY
Sikiza
November 17, 2014 at 12:23 pm
Kindly let me know the qualification of Miles sampa and where he workf before becoming MP in 2011
Analyst
November 17, 2014 at 3:10 pm
First tel the qualifications of Chiluba before becoming president. Bus conductor and trade unionist and yet you voted for him
DMC
November 17, 2014 at 9:20 am
yes our late president was a visonally leader who wanted zambia to be on the world map..any leader that is coming must carry it on and move our country to higher hieghts.
Trixy
November 17, 2014 at 9:40 am
People keep coming and saying Sata told me this, Sata told me that and Sata told me the other….how do we know if this is true or not coz the man is dead. People will now come and say things to suit their situations or motives. For sure we want a young president, but I hope this is not in reference to Edgar Lungu. Guy would have continued up to 2016 thereafter go to the polls and elect a new president. But since PF want to force a drunkard on us, we will meet them head on in 90 days.
council man
November 17, 2014 at 9:58 am
Rest well my gallant leader
wisdom
November 18, 2014 at 2:03 am
Get out you fool what gallant leader?
Greg Kadimba
November 17, 2014 at 10:29 am
Kasantana you are a stupid mathafaka!
This is a good one!!!
November 17, 2014 at 10:33 am
“Concerning grooming, President Sata told me not to wait for somebody to groom me but to groom myself as I learnt from him,” he said.
Mr Ngoma said Zambians should remember Sata for the schools, hospitals, roads and other developmental projects he implemented.
umuntu
November 17, 2014 at 10:37 am
Yes everyone is claiming something; Sata told me he was the last old leader, Sata told me I was the anointed successor, etc. Let us forget about what you were all told and do what the constitution states. why do even need a new constitution of you do not want to use it?
DIP STICK
November 17, 2014 at 10:59 am
ABOVE ALL THIS, HH WOULD HAVE TAKEN OVER WITHOUT ANY SQUABBLE HAD HE NOT PULLED OUT OF THE PF-UPND PACT.
MATE. A
November 17, 2014 at 11:01 am
IS OUR CONSTITUTION EFFECTIVE?
HAMPIBEDE....KAMWIBUZYA... HK
November 17, 2014 at 11:35 am
Ngoma is right we need pipo like HHHHH palyansa,pakuboko,parizoho,pakwanja,pachikasa,kumbele gogogogogogo HHHHHH fye for 2016…
Mubula Muchende
November 17, 2014 at 12:11 pm
The problem is with PF not any other party.
mum
November 17, 2014 at 1:17 pm
pf will only organise once they choose a leader
golden senator
November 17, 2014 at 11:20 pm
Long live Micheal Sata in our memories we will always love you.Sata marked the beginning of pressing towards the mark on realizing its potential. Zambia needs patriotic leaders.
wisdom
November 18, 2014 at 1:21 am
Useless Ngoma, what vision when the man didnt know what he was doing.
wisdom
November 18, 2014 at 1:29 am
Useless leader he was. I have never seen a leader who cheated his people like Sata. And he has taken us backwards coz he was depending on borrowed money than making money for the country.3.8billion dollars borrowed in 3years.
shiiiiii
November 18, 2014 at 8:24 am
galant leader indeed
IF NOT
November 18, 2014 at 10:09 am
for sure he was, MHSRIEP
hi mr ngoma
November 18, 2014 at 11:05 am
Call me back your friend by the name of george.
Ely Mwale
November 19, 2014 at 10:12 am
ok