Cabinet office is disorganised- Sata
PRESIDENT Michael Sata was yesterday angered at the decision by Cabinet office to arrange presentation of a report on National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) in the absence of the chairperson Sebastian Zulu.
Mr Sata asked Finance and National Planning Minister Alexander Chikwanda where he got Mr Chibiliti and Mr Mulonga as the two stood mute side-by-side.
“Mr Chikwanda, where did you get these two people? There is a lot of dust which is swept under the carpet,” President Sata said.
President Sata said Cabinet Office was “disorganised” and wondered why the presentation of the report was delegated to Home Affairs Deputy Minister Ngosa Simbyakula.
Referring to Dr Simbyakula, the President said; “I did not appoint any one of these to be chairperson of this committee.”
Mr Sata expressed disappointment with Secretary to the Cabinet Evans Chibiliti and his deputy Teddy Mulonga who were present at State House.
President Sata cancelled the presentation ceremony as members of the committee and invited guests stood ready in the hall.
The technical committee was constituted to probe NAPSA’s bid to finance the Zambia National Building Society (ZNBS) development of Central Arcades and refurbishment of Society House to the tune of US$98 million.
Mr Zulu is in Durban, South Africa attending a meeting on the African Peer Review Mechanism.
Speaking after the deferment of the ceremony, Permanent Secretary for administration at Cabinet Office Annie Sinyangwe said the ceremony would be held when Mr Zulu returns from South Africa.
“We have to arrange another day. The President was supposed to receive a report on the acquisition of Farm Number F/382/A/B15 and the financing of ZNBS Central Arcades. But that could not happen because the chairman is not here,” she said.
The technical committee was constituted to probe the suspected financial irregularities in the previous administration which started in 2009 when various potential investors, both local and international approached ZNBS to finance the refurbishing of Society House and Central Arcades.
An invitation to consortia was issued and 11 bought the bidding document on August 11, 2010 but there were allegations that the whole transaction was politically-driven in disregard of the law.
[Times of Zambia]
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Jokers around
Ukwa drama as usual.
Mr. Sata, are you really sure it`s Cabinet Office that is disorganized, and not your PF government or your leadership?
i think President Sata has already shown all of us what is expected of people that he appoints…seriousness towards work! now if u tell me that the President has to baby sit these people then you & them are one & the same people that cant think! its doesnt take a genius to figure out that the President is the CEO of this country & the report should not be presented by anyone else other than the chairman appointed by the President to head the commission!!
Pixxy, and those kaponyas at Cabinet office did not know that after they scrambled and lobbied for jobs?????
Its people like pixxy who make sata go looney 200%
Zulu is in Durban therefore he delegated, should things come to a standstill when someone is out? thats ukwa kingdom of monkeys for you
MCS doenst want half baked reports coz he is a hard worker himself…so ministers and the other chaps in government pull up ur socks…Viva MCS
Hard worker my foot! All he has is verbal diarrhea! Shiki yapa kanwa and full of rubbish!
yaba..!
“Mr Chikwanda, where did you get these two people?” – classic lol
Its good that you cancelled it Mr. President. people should begin to realize that its not a kantemba you are running & they should give respect for who you are. not even the Queen would accept such undermining of authority from her subjects! you appointed someone as head & that someone should not deligate presentation but respect you as the president & present it themselves as its their duty to do so. we can blame the people that organised it. they should have waited for mr. zulu to return…lack of seriousness on their part!
The Queen is a ceremonial head and I am sure if Cameron knew that a Chair would not be present at a report presentation ceremony, he would gladly receive the report because presentation does not mean question and answer ceremony but that the President would go and read it. The person presenting it was the Deputy Chair a very senior person. BTW, even if SC made a mistake shouldn’t the President cautioned them in private? Would that have been an insult on the pert of HE MCS to admonish them in private. Let us respect people we work with. It may have even been the President who may have insisted on the ceremony and then U-turned immediately. Can’t put anything past HE MCS.
Always dissatisfied about trivial issues. Was he interested in the details of the report or in the figurehead that presented the issues? 1. Decided to ride in a bus in L/Stone so as to “conserve” money 2. Refused to eat in Botswana because President Khama was supposed to have also been there 3. Lambasted the Zambian guy in Botswana for not starting the meeting with a prayer (as laudable as that might be, it highlights a certain trend). 4. Reacts to everything Nevers says 5. Says nothing in response to the Barosteland issue 6. Refused the COI report because the commission chair was not there (what is the job of the deputy chair?)
How I wish SATA was younger, energetic and an extrovert he was then, when he was Governor of Lusaka Province, he bulldozed his way through many obstacles and against all odds to have the contruction of the two fly-overbridges we have in Lusaka over the railwayline, how he made Indipendence avenue a duo carriage, how he beautified the State House soroundings, how he made the Lusaka City concil make extra cash by aquiring commuter Buses operate freely with the private sector, the list is endless. Today unfotunately, he has slowed down due to ill-heath and age is catching up, can only talk tough even wanting to replace Cabinet office. He feels let down by the Zambian way of work-culture; thieveing, stealing from the poor, looting Govt coffers, corruption, tribalism, nepotisim, drunkeness etc.
well said number 8, ala thats what keeps dragging people back wards, its so frustrating how the government institutions operate full of corrupt activities. if you dont join them then you become their enemy bwafya.
Iwe, which two bridges??? It was only the one at ZESCO the one at Findeco house was there long before he came on the scene. Then he never made Independence Av into dual-carriage, it was the Brenton Wood Drive (later renamed Saddam Hussein Boulevard by KK) between Lusaka Golf Club and State House (whatever the name now: Los Angeles???). What of the MERZAF money he put into his personal bank account?
No anzanga, Sata can work. But Zambians especially politicians and civil servants have no work ethics. They do nothing but expect a salary at the monthend. Sata should prune the civil service. For a small nation like ours we dont need so many civil servants. Certain ministries like Information and Broadcasting should be scrapped and the nation can save money
Mr Sata asked Finance and National Planning Minister Alexander Chikwanda where he got Mr Chibiliti and Mr Mulonga as the two stood mute side-by-side. kikikikikikikikiki – U made my day. This is comedy at state house. Look at the picture.
Zambia one Comedy,Minister is out of the country on Official National duties and President is not aware??????
Theres a point there!
That is why the president was angry with people at Cabinet Office
A bad carpenter always blames his tools.
Sata is ****…….he is very undiplomatic
the MANDATORY **** IS U
my friend be careful with your free opinion use of language it will get you in trouble for nothing
Sata is right, first of all, Sebastian Size Zulu should not have been appointed Minister. He confessed to having received bribes to disorganize UNIP. How do you get a corrupt chap to investigate corruption activities? He is scared of being caught in the corruption web. Probably he may have been implicated!!! Sata has a big problem!!! As long as many members of his cabinet carry a corruption tag, Zambia will sink faster than the Titanic!!!!
You are right, they should have appointed you or me since we carry the right surname RIGHT?
So the president is not aware of where the Minister is/ Drama indeed. Thank God I did not vote.
Were you busy coding on the material day?
You can tell the contributions that are coming from the paid up govt agents. If you dont want to blow your cover dont make contributions that sound like they are coming from Comical Ali for God’s sake – we are not children ba Pixxy and Mwape Mbokeme.
I agree HE is a hard worker and tough guy but he should mind the way he addresses his ministers coz they aren’t kids.
If economics is the measure of productivity, consumption and distribution of goods and services; then one can tell why Zambia is such a poor economy. Laziness starts from households where energetic young people would only wait for their parents and guardians for basic things. When you remind them of the “over dependancy” they rebuke you; with a high sense of entitlement to things they are not even entitled to. Surely, if your job is to chair a committee, would you be AWOL at the time of presenting the results? And you expect to be paid a full salary or a full allowance? And when a person points this out to you, you claim vindictiveness? And when we comment, you say we are paid up? Well, your laziness is our market.
well put
I salute your sentiments, Solution2030. In fact it tells you a lot about a country that is only pre-occupied by the strengthening of their currency so they can continue consuming foreign-made goods… those of working hard and earning an honest day’s work are paid up agents allegedly!
I am tired of this president. Where is TB Joshua? Anymore prophesies?
Mr Zulu feared to present another useless report. LOL
Comedy Central!!! The Prez wasnt aware his minister is in the country? The report is half baked because the Minister didnt present it? Is it going to change when the minister presents it??? Awe mwandi!!
Can we invite John Steawart or colbert to do their shows from here i bet they would be hilarious!
At times I wish these people could be brought to the European Union even for a week to shadow our work schedule; then they will realise how lucky they are that they can put in 48% effort and get a 150% benefit. Imagine, the cars the drive as ministers or MPs cannot even be given to an MP in this part of the world. When they say development, they mean getting serious, objective and pragmatic about issues. So far, I can only see one Grade 2 working as hard to remind everyone; the rest are but sitting in the boat expecting the old man to keep puddling the boat. Zambia, a blessed country, a country full of people who are not aware of their blessings. God, why did you give this beutiful nation to these lazy sort? Bless you Lord, you may answer me in prayer one day.
At times I wish these people could be brought to the European Union even for a week to shadow our work schedule; then they will realise how lucky they are that they can put in 48% effort and get a 150% benefit. Imagine, the cars the drive as ministers or MPs cannot even be given to an MP in this part of the world. When they say development, they mean getting serious, objective and pragmatic about issues. So far, I can only see one Grade 2 working as hard to remind everyone; the rest are but sitting in the boat expecting the old man to keep puddling the boat. Zambia, a blessed country, a country full of people who are not aware of their blessings. God, why did you give this beutiful nation to these lazy sort? Bless you Lord, you may answer me in prayer one day
But even me as president i would be upset. Sata is right here mwe
@#15 Ba Kaponya Still Waiting For Whatever…if your are not kids then why dont u comprehend the situation accordingly! if you were CEO of an organization & u delegated someone to do something & that person hands it over to a junior to present it to you & your secretary quickly organizes a meeting for that…how would u take it?
You’ll develop an ulcer seeking a change of opinion from the daily lynch squad. Agree to differ. Those who don’t like him wouldn’t credit him with a thank you if he personally carried them out of a flaming building :)
I would think that someone screwed up and be quite angry – but what I wouldn’t do (especially if I were representing the Republic of Zambia!) is to throw a temper tantrum in public.
Pixxy, you will not lose anything by keeping quiet. Silence is golden, my fellow bread-seeker
So exactly how much are you being paid by Satan and his agents? Does Ukwa not know that Zulu is out of the country attending to other matters? Your CEO was away for nearly two weeks but you did not complain. Why was he not attending to the pressing issues in the country such as BA and the depreciating kwacha if he is so ‘hard working’?
I imagine the room full of mute people had some interesting thoughts running through their minds:)
The president should call all ministers and stop playing around.We want PF govt to perfom.Some PF cancellors are not even working.In Kamwala South nothing which is going on.We wanted to vote a local cancellor but Lubinda hijacked da process and brought in the woman from Hibex.She doesn’t stay there and doesn’t knows anything.We just voted 4 her coz she was chosen by Lubinda.Zaoga road should be tarred.MMD atleast tarred it upto Zipas school.Where is Lubinda and his consellors?we won’t allow PF to die like that.We know the president has a vision but it seems consellors are useless who can’t even report anything to their MPs.We had faith tht Zipas road would be tarred immediately Lubinda is in govt.Please PF members don’t let us down coz we suffered to put u in office.
Winter kabimba should start monitoring PF consellors in lusaka coz we don’t want people to start loosing hope so early.If possible let PF make a web site where people will be reporting MPs and cancellors who are not perfoming especially in Lusaka and CB.It seems CB Mps are more seriours than Lusaka PF MPs.I can see CB will be much better place than Lusaka coz MPs from CB are serious.Please Mr.Kabimba help da president and vice president coz some MPs,cancellors and Ministers are not seriours especially lusaka MPs.
One thing I’ll give him . He has high expectations of those working around him and is not afraid to tell his own to pull up their socks. Too blunt to ever grasp diplomacy but I hear people are showing up at their jobs on time if not early as to be caught not at your desk is to face some blunt criticism :) I’d put my money on him in a diss fest up here. Pity he has a day job :)
Allexanda: Boss i got these two people from chisokone maliketi, remember those chaps who supported you during you campaigns?
Sata: Stupid did i tell you to tell me all those details????? can you ask these chaps to go home until this Zulu comes.
Is it Cabinet Office which is disorganised or its our dear UKWA?Zulu served face by avoiding to be called useless again by one un-diplomatic UKWA
This is strange. You mean the President was not aware that Justice Minister was out of the Country? The President’s asking the Finance Minister where he got Secretary to the Cabinet and his deputy is interesting. I thought he had facts with him regarding the two before he considered appointing them. This is the reason why we keep saying the Civil Service should run professionally. One statement the President made is true, for sure there is confusion at Cabinet Office because the people given responsibility do not have what it takes. You need experience civil servants at Cabinet Office to make things ticks.
CABINET,MINISTRY OF LANDS, AND OTHERS,ALL RUBBISH DISORGANISED
“Mr Chikwanda, where did you get these two people?” This is a strange question. Is it Mr Chikwanda who appointed the two (Chibiliti and Mulonga)? Were the two not appointed by the President? Or has he forgotten that he is the one who appointed them less than four months ago? This is amazing? And the lack of diplomacy is shocking!! This man is more of a low rank military instructor than a president.
#2. SATA IS RIGHT. HOW CAN THE PAPER BE PRESENTED BY ANOTHER PERSON RATHER THAN A CHAIRMAN? DID HE GO TO HEAVEN? IS HE IMPLICATED IN IT- THE CHAIRMAN?
MWAFIKAKO! THAT’S NOT RB WHO CAN ACCEPT ANYTHING. THAT’S SATA. THIS IS THE LEADER WE WERE WAITING FOR WHOLE THIS TIME. PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY SLEEP TOO MUCH IN ZAMBIA. WAKE THEM UP, SATA!
Foolish Peter!
UKWA Must be MAD. MAD PRESIDENT.
UKWA, the mad president of…………………………\:d/
Cabinet office is disorganized
The President controls and appoints Cabinet ministers & officers.
Sata is the President
The President takes ultimate responsibility for the people around him. Period! This problem clearly self inflicted.
#33 PETER – Lol! Are you serious this is the leader Zambia has been waiting for? A leader who doesn’t where his senior Ministers are, even when they travel abroad? C’mon let’s be serious. Zambia deserves better than this, let’s respect our country please. Not everybody enjoys this childish drama, we want a serious President. Maybe some of you really want to enjoy the chilsdish comedy at the expense of national development. The rest of us don’t, and don’t find this to be funny to be honest.
This is very disappointing. First of all, even before the presentation Sata should have known and I’m sure he knew who was coming. The President doesn’t just recieve guests without knowing in advance what his diary is. This on the part of Sata is clear stage-managing a scene hoping to make some political points especially among the ignorants who voted for him. We know how government works and he can’t dupe us. He planned this to publicy embarrass his own Ministers. We will get to know what exactly transpired after this government gets out of office. Zulu can’t delegate and travel without letting the president know first of all, and that is standard protocol. So to Sata, he thinks this is a powerful political point he has scored – not knowing that to the majority it is looking foolish.
excellently analysed dude. Only a kid wudnt see thru this acting.
Much as Sata would like to stand apart from his govt, we all know it is HIS GOVT. He is the appointing authority. If Mr Zulu goes to South Africa and Sata is not aware, who is to blame? Didn’t he see the day’s program? Does he even have a diary? Didn’t he read the list of attendees? Poor managers always expect things to be perfect, in which case why should they be there as managers? In Zambia, the President is the CEO of the govt and the republic. He is not a ceremonial figurehead. Even if Mr Chikwanda recommended Chibiliti and Mulonga, Sata himself should have ensured that they were fit for purpose. This is mere posturing to cover up his incompetency.
Your blogging name is insulting and disrespectful. Change it!
I agree with your comment otherwise.
Iwe pixx
You are fun how does a minister leave the country without the knowledge of the president
That is Ukwa for you. I didn’t know the comedy was this long. It seems endless.
Imwe anzanga, Sata can work as #8 says. But Zambian civil servants have no work ethics. They don’t turn up for work at 8 but at 12 and knock off before 15h00. Some dont even go to work at all but do get a salary at the monthend. Most are at work only to use govt facilities for their own businesses. Others work only when there’s per diem involved. Sata should prune the civil service. For a small nation like ours we dont need so many civil servants. Certain ministries like Information and Broadcasting should be scrapped so the nation can save money for electrification of rural areas
Diplomacy, respect, humbleness and ubunthu are very essential for team-work and good results…usually.
Praise in public and chastise behind closed doors!
What has happened to simple etiquette?
Cannot picture Obama behaving that way.
I cant believe that people still think that Simplify Ukwa is hard working when he has been absconding from work for the past two weeks and could not explain his sojourn to India for the two weeks prior to that. Why is the so called CEO not explaining to us his employers what he was doing for the past 4 weeks?
“There is disorganisation at Cabinet Office”. Is this true? I thought it was state house that is disorganised.
Ukwa at his best. Do something about it then!
I see presumption here; I have not seen anywhere that it states Sata did not know where Zulu was. He did not expect to have a report presented in his (Zulu’s) absence, however. I think that is the gist of the matter in my opinion. I also sense the usual expectation that a PRESIDENT will be responsible for the nitty gritty of running all the things assignable. This indicates to me why Zed has failed lamentably at implementing important development programs.
Sata is a drama king!!!. He swore in those two guys at state house, why didn’t he ask them where they were coming from before doing so?
First of all, the Pres is the appointing authority and therefore can not ask H his brother in marriage where Chibiliti and Mulonga came from. We lack seriousness as a nation and you can tell from some comments that ignorance prevails in Zambian minds. Unless our Pres has a short memory so much so that immediately after studying his appointments for the day, she forgot that a Commission whose chairperson is away on Government business is presenting a report.
In any case, he has aides to provide guidance on such things and save the country from this comedy. Prof. Ndulo had once said referring to the RB Govt, it a comedy of errors. Lol, talk about change!!!
MCS’S LEADERSHIP STYLE IS VERY DETRIMENTAL TO THE NATION. PUT YOURSELF IN ZULU, CHIBILITI, MULONGA OR LUO’S SHOES … WHAT WOULD BE YOUR WORK ATTITUDE AFTER BEING ANTAGONIZED PUBLICLY? COFFEE AFTER COFFEE AND LEAVE WORK TO HIS ‘ALL-KNOWING’ EXCELLENCY
I watched it on TV and hoped for a replay!!
Pa Zed we like working hard when the boss is behind us, in absence of the boss job yabola. What a bad image.
Ba mwine:) where makamaka did you get them?? tell me ba Chikwanda! ba mwine ni zii. Pull your socks ministers mwapya!!!
@ Doctor No He is more like a drama queen!
Ill judged forays have continued to embarass PF govt with Mr Sata as the chief actor. Even basic protocol of informing the president of the absence of teh COI chairman is complex to PF to master. May be in retrospective this mediocre display is meant to embarass Mr Sata himself because his comprehension of reports is above his intelligence. Let PF put their ACT together before they parade themselves miserably to the Zambian public. This is now next to NEDS.
For sure if Chibiliti & Mulonga can run Cabinet Office, then there is extreme shortage of smart Zambians. Maybe Sata should consider employing Arabs in such positions.
Fire Chikwanda with immediate effect for proposing Chibiliti and Mulonga.
that is not write its the report we are after not the minister thank u, plz give this president only one term …..one term
It is a curse to have such a man for president. What were those people doing at State House? They left their offices just to witness the presentation of the document. In Zambia everything is ceremonial. Why did the president rant? He knew that Zulu was away. The latter cannot go out without informing the appointing authority. The man who was delegated the duty was adequate to hand the stuff to the president.
For sure I agree with my friends over the counsellors of Lusaka. In Makeni we voted for this man Mwanza, today when you meet him, he will say no its not my duty get intouch with your chiarmans. He wants to behave like a king now. Pse Mr Mayor and Hon. Gerry Chanda watch over this man, he has become very stupid. I don,t think he is PF, he is MMD trying distabilize PF.
I meant Jubitus Mwanza, very stupid counsellor who does not know what he is doing. Ba Honourable pse investigate this person. Its like here in makeni we don,t have a counsellor. Alebendelela mumayanda yabantu time for campaning, now he answers that he only belongs to linda. Chipuba sana uyu muntu.