And Dr Kaseba says if the PF is willing to listen, she will be able to give them advice at an appropriate time because doing so now will be like “pulling in the other direction” as there are so many people advising the ruling party.
In an interview, following revelations that she was evicted from 8 Reedbuck Lodge after the government stopped paying rentals for her, Michael Sata’s widow, who has since shifted to her mother’s house in Libala, said she had always known that “nothing is permanent”.
“I have been here for almost a month now. I just said ‘Aah!… he wrote me on his own, Clive (the landlord). I just said I am not going to sign it, I am not the tenant. I just decided to move, I did not want to stay. It’s okay, I am fine, I am getting love. I am being taken care of and have no hard feelings over whatever happened. It is life, such things happen,” Dr Kaseba said.
“I keep saying these jobs, one day somebody is there, the next person will be there as well. Nothing is permanent. For the time being, I will be here. Some people have come to compel me to move, but I will be here until such a time when I am ready to start looking for a house.” She went on to narrate how she was evicted from 8 Reedbuck Lodge.
“I told the driver to go and hand over the keys. When he (the landlord) wrote the letter, I enquired from Cabinet Office, and they told me that the landlord had apologised. But I said he hasn’t withdrawn the letter. He wrote to me, and not to you (the government), which he should have done because you are the tenant. So if he has apologised, he hasn’t apologised to me. I take it that his letter still stands,” Dr Kaseba narrated.
“They (Cabinet Office) had gotten the letter earlier than me, but the letter was addressed to me and copied to them (government). So when I got the letter, I rang them (Cabinet Office), and they said, ‘Let’s see what we can do, we will get back to you’. But they never got back to me. And that time I was travelling, and I didn’t want to find ninshi nabafumya ifipe, nabaposa panse (they have removed my belongings and thrown them outside). And I think they actually realised that I was moving out.”
And Dr Kaseba narrated how late president Sata decided to form the Patriotic Front at her mother’s house in Libala. “The idea of PF was mooted under a tree outside, right here. When he resigned from MMD, I was here. So he rings and says, ‘Where are you?’ And I said I am at mum’s place. So he came and said okay, the next thing, I saw him coming and gave me a letter. Nomba I started thinking, I go through the same things we went through when he resigned from UNIP. I just said awe, with what we went through, nakabili tutampe ukulapitanamo. Why didn’t you talk to me before you resigned? And he said, ‘I have already made up my mind’,” she narrated.
And they started chatting here, you know. Dad advised him to form a party. And even the names of the party, they started discussing, outside.” Dr Kaseba said she was happy to be “back to the roots”.
“So I keep saying I have come back to the roots where the party was formed. I am at peace. Many people don’t even know where the party was formed. The idea was mooted here. Dad encouraged him, dad even blessed him, you know, and said go ahead,” she said.
Meanwhile, Dr Kaseba said she would be available to offer advice to the PF if they will be willing to listen.
“For the time being, this period of quietness has been good on my part. And I guess when the time is ripe and when people are ready to listen, if they want to listen, we will advise them. This time, it will be like you are pulling the other direction, this one this way, the other one the other way,” Dr Kaseba said.
“Sometimes you’ve got to sit back to actually see where the problem is. And then once you identify where the problem is, then you can intervene. But maybe then, people will be ready to listen. Kaili ino nshita there are so many people advising, too many people talking about the party. Each person has their own input on how they see the party going and it’s good to give somebody space to carve out their own identity and see where the party is going. If these people are willing, if they want to know more about the PF, I will be able to tell them about what the old man’s (Michael Sata) thoughts were about PF, what he saw and the way the party should be run.”
She said she was still hopeful that the PF would deliver if it followed the agenda enshrined in the manifesto.
She said she was still hopeful that the PF would deliver if it followed the agenda enshrined in the manifesto. “The PF manifesto is like a 10-year development plan. I know people were laughing saying, ‘the way it is written, it is such a simplistic manifesto’. But this is what he wanted; something which will be simple for people to understand, instead of writing a manifesto in that legal language. It is very easy to understand, and if only they could even just apply it. If somebody just looks at it, it is like a 10-year development plan. But I have hope that the PF will deliver according to the manifesto,” said Dr Kaseba.
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Bafume apa nawo jst trying to bring down the party with silly problems,a woman of her level of education going to live with her mom when she clearly afford her own place olo mwa misisi she should be serious with her life instead of moving into a lodge damn Dr.
twalilingana mayo nomba
People try to understand Dr Kaseba right now she is looking for love and care and the best people to give her love is her family and more especially the mother not you has friends but i can say friend to some extent. She is very educated well connected still aka ” beautiful gelo”who cant even fail to buy or rent a mansion or hook up with serious tycoons we have around.
To you all who are negative about her move please spare her a moment and respect her decisions and moves.She is not a dull mama ok.
SHAME ON YOU, HIJACKERS.
YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THIS WOMAN.
SHE IS THE REASON YOU ARE IN POWER TODAY, ENJOYING FRUITS OF HER AND HIS HUSBAND’S SWEAT.
SATA SUFFERERED FOR PF. HE WAS NEVER REWARDED FOR HIS SWEAT AND THE LORD TOOK HIM. YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF HIS WIFE AND FAMILY.
The government has spent too much money on renting her a house than building her one…its a shame.
At least she is honest and trying to stay with her family than those who do ubuchende to buy houses and call themselves landlord atase ba chimbwi.
I really fail to compromise with the whole story. One fact is that the lae President cared for good positions for his family. Some of them are still holding high positions in the country. Some ot them have emerged into businesses. Some of them are still serving as diplomats or as ambassadors abroad. Do we all have to assume that none of these is capable in helping this lady? Then they are just a bunch of opportunists like many zambians who fail to show appreciation once they had been helped and fed.
mama tondolo musuma. mwilaisebanya. let not pipo use u…ba mmembe naba kabimba balemibomfyafye. tondolo musuma. look at regina chiluba, ka maureen they av never gone to such matuvi u av gone to. ala tondolo musuma.
cibeleshi ici bafikalamba tukaipononefye one day cikapwelemo too much peace is dangerous u are all NYC
What about her matrimonial home? Let her go back to wherever she was leaving before she went to State House. Besides, Sata had a lot of houses in Lusaka, why is Kaseba putting up a show?
imwe bafikamba read the consititution the former first lady shud be taken care of by gvt its not a favour.
the government should take care of her
iwe chikala malaika waba itole ukubola makaka kwindi fumbafu kolokombwa can’t u c d@ the economy is so bad? and abantu ar complainin on a daily basis..ofcourse wen things ar good,such cn nt even b discussed
greedness is next to devilness
Its life it just goes on nd on