The President is entitled to undergo medical reviews and treatment whenever necessary-Kabimba
Secretary General of the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) Wynter Kabimba
PATRIOTIC Front (PF) secretary general Wynter Kabimba has spoken strongly against MMD and United Party for National Development (UPND) leaders wishing President Sata ill-health instead of concentrating on issues that unite the country.
Mr Kabimba, who is also Minister of Justice, said in an interview in Lusaka yesterday that it is sad that opposition leaders have resorted to discussing in the press the health of President Sata instead of offering solutions to the challenges facing the nation such as job creation and poverty reduction.
He said MMD and UPND leaders are exhibiting high levels of political immaturity by wishing President Sata ill instead of praying for him to remain strong so that he continues advancing the country’s development agenda.
“When President Sata was campaigning for the 2011 general elections, did they ever hear him say he is immortal?” Mr Kabimba asked.
“The President is a human being. It is, therefore, disappointing for leaders from MMD and UPND to wish the President death,” he said.
“You need to convince people to win an election and not to be banking on the death of someone else. As PF, we will leave this issue to the Zambian people to judge,” Mr Kabimba said.
Mr Kabimba said: “The UPND, when they came into a pact with the PF in 2008, were hoping that President Sata would die so that their leader [Hakainde Hichilema] could become president of the pact.”
He added: “Mr Sata did not die as they wished after the elections and they should stop thinking that the President will die soon so that they can win presidential elections.”
Mr Kabimba said it is unfortunate the opposition were staking their hopes of assuming office on an assumption that the President may die, saying this is tantamount to holding the wrong end of the campaign stick.
“You need to convince people to win an election and not to be banking on the death of someone else. As PF, we will leave this issue to the Zambian people to judge,” Mr Kabimba said.
He said President Sata is a human being just like any other political leader in the country who is entitled to undergo medical reviews and treatment whenever necessary.
Mr Kabimba has urged Zambians to stop entertaining opposition leaders who wish President Sata ill-health.
He advised all well-meaning Zambians against listening to opposition political leaders who are bent on criticising Mr Sata unconstructively when he is putting in his best to improve people’s living standards.
Mr Kabimba urged the opposition to desist from issuing statements in the media that have potential to divide the nation.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
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The question is,is he sick and wats the problem?
Mr.Kabimba should understand that his Government is the one that fueled speculation about Michael’s whereabouts.President Nevers Mumba was asking your administration to tell the Zambian people where their President was and what he was doing?Is this what you call wishing the President ill health?Next time do not hide vital information to the public involving where President Sata goes.
My feeling is that Michael Chilufya Sata should have been contented to remain as opposition leader.It is well known that while in opposition,he looked energetic and was able to move around in Lusaka while carrying Jerry cans looking for fuel.His persistence and eventual occupation of State House appears to be a curse on himself.Todate,he has not enjoyed his life in State House due to ill health.I wish him quick FULL recovery.
@ Sharma you are fun, that Sata used to walk with jerry cans (fibudiza) looking for fuel. That’s why Kabimba resorted to stealing fuel from transfugura, it was for his boss.
sata is just getting a dose of his on chloroquine, Sata mocked mazoka and levy so its just fair they fcuk him up too
YES , IS HE SICK OR NOT TELL THE NATION THE TRUTH, IF HE IS SICK PEOPLE WILL PRAY FOR HIM. IF YOU HIDE THE TRURTH, YOU WILL WASTEN THE SITUATION.THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU ARE HIDING THE TRUTH THATS WHY POEPLE ARE SAYING ANYTHING THEY WANT. SO KABIMBA PLS TELL THE NATION THE TRUTH.
Mr Kabimba, I think you are addressing a different issue here and maybe this explains why you have never won a single case in court as a lawyer, because you don’t sit down to understand the questions.
The question people are asking is to do with the secrecy. The president did disappear . We don’t know whether he went to India or UK. Address the secrecy issue here and not the entitlement rubbish, everybody knows that and appreciates that.
I wonder how he was admitted to the BAR!
I concur with you.Him and Sakeni are very useless when it comes to answering questions.Sata goes on these medical expeditions on tax payers account.It is important that tax payers know how their money is being waisted.Last time Sakeni was depending Sata for saying it is legal for the ACC to seek permission to investigate a corrupt minister.He started talking about protocols .Are these the types of lawyers we have in Zambia who do not understand a word in English?
what happened to “we shall make sure that our hospitals are equipped to offer expatriate services and save tax payers’ money?” Campaigns yaba
Thanks man. You are very correct and to the point !! How I wish all our so called leaders were like you.
Yes you are right Mr Kabimba but thats TaxPayers Money at work & me as a Tax Payer iam entitled to know when & where the President goes for medical treatment so that i can even pray 4 him, other than misleading the Nation that he has gone 4 a refreshment trip, who are u decieving ? Yourselves.
President Sata is no longer in opposition, he is the head of state and govt so his movements and whereabouts are of national interest.
We all know that he is not immortal but it’s the govt’s secrecy on his whereabouts that cause people to speculate on so many things including suspected ill-health
We do not wish to have a situation like what happened when the late Mwanawasa suffered a fatal stroke where the then MMD govt spokesman, Shikapwasha announced to the nation that President Mwanawasa was fine and even jogging in the streets of London when not true.
You claim to run an open govt, be open on issue of national interest to avoid proliferation of rumours or else blame yourselves
I do not think Kabimba is right on this (accusing the opposition of wishing Sata ill health). Infact he is saying exactly what the opposition have said “Sata is only human” and therefore susceptible to ill health like everyone is and therefore the call from the opposition is for Govt to remove the secrecy surrounding Sata’s whereabouts and to inform the nation of his health condition so that, in part, people can pray for him. Obviously there are Politics included in the calls from the opposition but unless I misunderstood the statement attributed to Mumba and HH, I think Kabimba is saying the same thing but trying to politicise the calls from the opposition. However, the secrecy is the issue here!
HOW CAN WE PRAY FOR HIM WHEN YOU ARE HIDING HIM OR REFUSING THAT HE IS NOT ILL. THE POST PAPER EVEN WENT AS FAR AS LYING TO US THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS ARRIVED FROM THE AU MEETING WHEN THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.
ITS YOUR GOVERNMENT WHICH IS MAKING US TO SPECULATE DUE THE INFORMATION GAP YOU ARE CREATING AND LIES FROM THE POST NEWSPAPER.
I am wondering also. You are right my brother.
Rewind a few years back when your leader took every opportunity to ravel in the sickness of one Levy Mwanawasa and one Rupiah Banda. It is because of that behaviour that people are curious as to what has befallen him. Mr Kabimba, you party hasn’t made things easy for your leader by witholding information on the Presidents health. His trip and condition has all been shrouded in mystry. Even in your statement, you havent said a thing but condemned opposition and all who have been asking for the truth. How can people pray for someone who they dont know needs their prayers?
Well spoken
yes its true zambians needs to know the truth, even if he went for a vasectomy. thats what it means to be a politician, to be paid by the public and so everything becomes public.
Correct
We surely have so many dull people in Zambia….. Even those who claim to be educated can’t critically think and respond to issues correctly…….
Like yourself or Kabimba?
I thought the president went to relax and reflect on national issues according to Sakeni so you mean to tell us Watchdog was correct and the president was sick? So who should the Zambian people believe these days Watchdog or the Chief government spokesman?
Good Question!
I wish Hon Sakeni can respond to your question. I think when people get into politics there reasoning becomes kind of weird.
to relax and reflect? hahahahahah,,, how possible would that be when he needed alot of diapers. Clearly kabimba is out of touch or is it confusion in PF
sata wished a LPM and Gorge Kunda death. He made follow ups to get updates true to his name short of an -N. Sadism is what made him popular among the vile. So be it…
Pf is shooting itself in the foot again! Lol this is funny….So you admit the president went for secret medical treatment?You are so evil why don’t you tell us so we pray for his quick recovery.We are after all the people who put him in power.The post even reported the president had landed of KK international airport when he was infact in some undisclosed location receiving treatment….Chellah was also busy sending statements to make us think the President was okey and still issuing commands.
Sad no direction and these guys are not even ashamed of their lies.
Kabimba, that is true but why should it be shrouded in secrecy?
Yes but don’t hide from us. Don’t even lie that he has gone to think.
What goes around comes around badaala.
AND WHY WERE YOU BACKING LIKE A BUNCH OF IDIOTS WHENEVER RB WENT FOR MEDICAL CHECK UPS? SOME ONE AMONG YOU EVEN SAID YOU WILL ABOLISH THIS NOSENSE OF GOING ABROAD FOR MEDICAL CHECK UPS, WHAT HAS CHANGED NOW……………..CAN YOU GUYS BE MEN AND WOMEN ENOUGH TO UPHOLD YOUR INTEGRITY AND STAND BY WHAT YOU SAY
If he is a human being like any other, why are you smuggling him in and out of the country like cocaine. I am a tax payer and I want to know where the money I would have spent on my children is going. Mr Kabimba, when you were in opposition with Sata did you stop him from ridicling those who were ill like George Kunda.
… ati smuggling him in and out like cocaine! kikikikiki!
Winter Kabimba has messed up on this one, Pressure..
What details do you people want to know? are you his doctors? the president is human he can get sick you will be told if it is very serious not everyone should know the details of a persons sickness except some close family members and friends it has always been like that.
not when you are the president!!!!!!
And not when GRZ foots the bill!
What details of Mwanawasa’s illness did PF want?
Uli chipuba man
Spot on Kabimba.Some people could be so heartless
What type of laptop did kabimba buy you?
3 packets of Chibuku only. Do you have to buy a laptop to win the support of the kaponyas??.
@ monk ,,, man it was 3 pacs chibuku shake shake and fuka ya mupuno.. thats it! bought!
UPND are just saddists who thrive on inheriting dead people’s political offices and for them it is the only hope they are looking for, sorry, you are pressing wrong button.
I have said this before, even it came to the worst, God forbid, UPND has no capacity of winning a national election in ten provinces and take the Presidency, never, its not possible.
Intsead of wasting time, you needed to be addressing these political short-comings and make yourselves visible in other provinces, but going your Zambia Watch Dog editorial policy, you are doing the opposite, making Party look even more tribal and regional, you are hurting a lot of people in your senseless insults and hate language, how will you go to the same people for votes????
You loser lddddiot!
The leader of Zambia’s main opposition Patriotic Front (PF) party is calling for a thorough investigation into the health of President Levy Mwanawasa to determine whether is he is fully fit to govern.
does that ring a bell!!!!!!!!!!
The leader of Zambia’s main opposition Patriotic Front (PF) party is calling for a thorough investigation into the health of President Levy Mwanawasa to determine whether is he is fully fit to govern.
Yes it does ring a bell. What goes round comes round!!!!
Sansamukeni I agree with you.zambians re ve the right to know how the president is.the upnd wishin him dead wil not win you votes,of the 10 provinces in zambia you only ve 2 were thers upnd mps that should worry you.if it was wrong for ba sata to wish Levy dead as you say. Is it right now for you to wish a fellow human dead.upnd self destruction party when formed the pact with pf and later pulled didn’t you see that your membership dwindled,thos that wanted the pact work joined pf. Your members re busy insultin the president everyday and those from luapula,muchinga and northern provinces. How wil u ask them to put you in govt after al the insults,kaya.
Where were you when your president mocked Levy about his sickness? where were you when he barked loud whenever GK went out for medical treatment. I have not sympathy this man called Sata he is simply ripping what he swore….even the bible states that clearly ….
if our president is ill its only right that we his people know.he is human and its not a crime to be ill…the problem is that everyone is saying different things about him in the end rumours will prevail simply because of poor public relations on govts part
Always such arrogance from PF! And this is our “listening government”? Eish!
Serious, Wynter – pull your head out from wherever you have it stuck …even for a moment… and consider that no one is questioning the President’s “entitlement” to see a doctor (…although some do question why this has to be done OVERSEAS!), but are questioning why this is done in secret.
The President chose to enter public life when he became a politician and his well-being is an obvious public concern! Surely, the Zambian people are “ENTITLED” to some answers without Kabimba’s insults and snide remarks!
Of course, no one said Sata is “immortal”, but PF did insist during campaigning that he is “fit and in good health”. I suppose that was just one more donchi kubeba no one is accountable…
WHEN sATA WAS CAMPAIGNING WE HEARD HIM SAY A LOT OF LIES IN THE SPIRIT IF DONT KUBEBA, AND WHEN WE HEARD HIM MOCKING LEVY ABOUT HIS ILLLNESS, WE DID NOT HEAR HIM SAY ÓR REFLECT THAT HE CAN ALSO BE SICK. THE MAIN POINT IS THAT HIS TRAVELS IS AT OUR COST AS TAXI PAYERS, IN ADDITION HIS DEATH WILL AFFECT ALL OF US, AND CAN COST US A LOT OF MONEY, SO WE DESERVE TO KNOW WHEN HE IS SICK, AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE HIM THE BEST TREATMENT – BUT NOT IN THE SPITIT OF SECRESY AND DONT KUBEBA. WINTER YOU ARE VERY FOOLISH, PLEASE AVAIL HIMSELF TO ACC INSTEAD OF RANTING
Thanks my brother for that wise advise.
GUD 1,I CAN SEE FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN.SOMETHING IS ROTTEN AROUND HERE BUT I CANT REALLY GET AND POINT WHERE THE SMELL IS COMING FROM.WINTER HAS PLIKED HIS ROTTEN ASS…
Ba MMD and UPND let me inform you that you will never rule this country may be HH will will rule animals like Ingombe shakwa .You are just waiting your time go back to church chi Nevers mumba
Its his time to waste not anybody’s.
ba kabimba what else can we expect from these hungry hyenas(hh).they only like hijacking political parties.after the death of the galant son mazoka hh hijacked upnd and chased the orignal founders like sakwiba,chisanga,bob and lubinda.and now nevers has chased kachingwe and namugala .thank God he wont allow these hungry hyenas to rule this country.GOD bless sata and the pf Govt.long live my annointed president sata.
URE A PURE MUSELELA PAKABA,FUK U.DONT INSULT MY PRESIDENT HH.
Ne nsoni taukwete tombah nokohh
The same God says do unto others as you would like others to do unto you. you’ll rip what you swore… Sata alesombola efyo abyele
Why didn’t you tell us before you sent him to the hospital? Why didn’t u send him to uth?
When you get paid for being a bootlicker, you go to bed each night feeling less of a man, like an anal rape victim.
Why does everything have to invove upnd and mmd, these guys can barely say anything without mentioning oposition the world ha moved on and so has Zambia…… just deliver on your campaing promises and stop lying to us its our right to know a zambians. Kabinda trying to say somthing about everything no one willl want to listen to you about anything coz eish so far so good pipo node there heads in diapointments when reading whatever you say!!!!!!!
Seeking medical attention and review, when he is reflecting? What are we saying now?
the presdo is fine for UPND you guys are fake, your wishes wont take you anywhere
HOW OLD IS KK?
HOW OLD IS KENYA’S KIBAKI?
HOW OLD IS CUBA’S RAU CASTRO?
HOW OLD WAS MAZOKA?
HOW OLD WAS CHILUBA?
HOW OLD WAS LEVY?
THE 3 R NOT ONLY LATE BUT WERE TOO LATE TO DO WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS DOING NOW – TO START REGULAR MEDICAL CHECKS…
UNLIKE OTHERS, OUR PRESIDENT HAS A 24HR PERSONAL QUALIFIED DOCTOR, HIS WIFE, WHO ALWAYS APPLIES BREAKS WHENEVER THE PRESIDENT TRIES TO GO FULL THROTTLE IN HIS WORK SCHEDULES!
THE SOONER MMD & UPND CAN FORGET ABOUT THE INCONVENIENCE CAUSED, IF ANY, BY THE PRESIDENT’S ABSENCE FOR MEDICAL CHECKS, THE BETTER…
You dont seem to grasp the implications of the ill health of the president.Se better you shut up or keep your stubby fingers in check instead of wasting space on the blogg with silly warped opinions.
Did any one at any time accuse you of being sane?
but we have the right to know about his whereabouts and health..if he’s ill let him resign..period..
@Katswiri and other fellows in the opposition
The President was merely poking fun at them for leaving it too late when their ailments could have been picked up earlier enough had they been clever enough?
Any man who attains age 50, needs regular medical checks or he will be LATE!
I’m now confused…when did MMD and UPND come out and say they wished for the president’s demise? All they and many other Zambians are asking for is transparency,
the same thing Mr Sata advocated for whilst in opposition. Going as far as lying that someone is in the country when in fact not is very irresponsible. A simple statement saying the president is attending routine medical checks would have avoided this whole circus.
Ala mulenya this year ba Kabwamba,you have nowhere to hide your dying thug.We have penetrated your useless government machinary.When even know when he’s on the dialysis machine and for how long.This year kaya????????????????//
kikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Nonsense!! Sort out our problems.
@Dr Christine Kasebana
That just wishful thinking! He will even go for 4th term unless his other half advises him not to?
I know what am telling you,Kabimba you only see him when am sure that he’s looking bright.Just wait and see Kabwamba.
I honestly think it is mad of Kabimba to think that by asking what is wrong with Sata is tantamount to wishing the President ill-health. That Sata’s health is in tatters is apparent for all to see. Instead of quiting on health grounds’ his continued clinging on to power is what is putting the future of this country in peril. His health and advise from doctors for him to work on three days per week when we contracted him for seven days a week is day light robbery, he should quit, pronto! If Kabimba or Zondwe himself are unsure of what’s bothering Zondwe, we can enlist some Sangomas to examine his heart and bollocks. Otherwise uno mwaka kuya bebele Zondwe.
We Zambians are to blame. We are so idle. The PF has lamentably failed. Here we are seated and watching.
SATA wanted to have a small govt but here we are with a lot of ministries and on top of that he has included some “rebels” as deputies. Chiwamina galu!
A President who does not hold a reasonable press Conference… Awe sure.
Kwena 2016 ba PF kuya bebele. Epo pelele.
Kabimba,
I leave it to god but I know like most Zambians who is busy kicking the bucket as we speak. You will moan but us the relatives of Levy that Zondwe pushed over the edge, tizi chiliza over when Zondwe expires! Uno mwaha mushabati wa kulimba!
@ wynter kabimba wat do u mean? He will go the 3rd at embassy pack
Iwe Kabimba who doesn’t know that. The problem with you is doing things secretly so that we as citizens shouldn’t know. When the president is going for medical check ups should tell the country rather than travelling incognito as he is not a public figure. Kabimba your lies are catching up with you. He are failing to manufacture more lies. You talk as if you are dealing with under fives.
kamimba uli mbwa iwe 2016 u will be polyomya nw and then in cells wait my friend,yo oral diarrhoea will be ku backside .Wat a **** of a justice minister .Are u a lawyer sure .U cant even win a councillor seat.Jealousy katata iwe.U re behind Lubinda,GBM.Muchima ,Pande.Using cadres like Masumba with no scope .Pipo laugh at u .Zambia laughing stock to have pipo like Summer who re so envious,jealousy.Tell your Boss to reflect what he was saying about LPM,GK men of hardwork.The wrath now is upon him.
I am STILL asking…
HOW OLD IS KENYA’S KIBAKI?
HOW OLD IS CUBA’S RAU CASTRO?
HOW OLD WAS MAZOKA?
HOW OLD WAS CHILUBA?
HOW OLD WAS LEVY?
THE LATTER 3 ARE NOT ONLY LATE BUT WERE TOO LATE TO DO WHAT MCS IS DOING NOW – REGULAR MEDICAL CHECKS!
UNLIKE OTHERS, MCS HAS A 24HR PERSONAL QUALIFIED MEDICAL DOCTOR, HIS WIFE, WHO ALWAYS APPLIES BREAKS WHENEVER MCS TRIES TO GO FULL THROTTLE IN HIS WORK SCHEDULES!
THE SOONER MMD & UPND AND DETRACTORS CAN FORGET ABOUT THE INCONVENIENCE CAUSED, IF ANY, BY THE MCS’S ABSENCE FROM OFFICE FOR MEDICAL CHECKS, THE BETTER FOR THEIR BP…
Kabwamba iwe tell the truth ,we never went for a checkup but cancer and heart treatment.why do like telling lies,am tired of this i’ll run away to Serenje again if you are playing and we shall see if Suba and Masebo will operate the dialysis machine?
Kabimba you are a misfit. Where were you when Sata mocked the late Mwanawasa, Mazoka and Tetamashimba? No one ever said the president is not entitled to medical check ups. Stop running away from the truth. When the president went to the summit he travelled on the presidential jet but after the summit the jet returned to Zambia without him, extra expenses were incurred for him to fly on commercial and vanish to an unknown destination. This is what really makes Zambians angry. Kabimba you are just a criminal.
Why I, and everyone from my chiefdom will always campaign for this man as long as he lives!
Besides the late Anderson Mazoka and HH the ‘plunderer’, he is the only one who has sought the presidency from an up market house and office of his own, at Farmers house.
The rest WERE kabonyas, who either lived in rented houses or operated from their houses or had nothing at all! He is my model….
Please Challenge me…
Kindly Challenge your self no body will challenge you on straight forward issues.It is either you use your common sense or what ever.
You have every right to support for whoever you want just like every Zambian has the right to support whoever he/she wants. So go right ahead and do so. Others will also do the same. That is democracy at work.
Nowonder this man called winter will never win a case. he made my cousin jailed due to his incompetence over a very simple case which I would have solved had I been given the chance. the point is straight forward here. Y utter all this nonsens?? if somebody asks u y u sneak wen leaving the country, just state the reason.
KABIMBA YES THERE IS NOTHING WRONG SATA CAN HAVE MEDICAL CHECK UPS
BUT WHY KEEP IT A SECRETE .MMD AND UPND DID NOT WISH SATAILL ,THEY JUST WANTED TO KNOW HIS WHEREABOUTSA AND IT NOT ONLY THE OPPOSITION LEADERS WHO WERE WONDERING EVEN ZAMBIANS. WHY DID MMEMBE TELL LIES THAT SATA ARRIVED IN THE COUNTRY ON TUESDAY ALL LIES.LEARN TO TELL THE TRUTH YOU PF FAILURES.
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HH and the UPND have run out of ideals to sell to the Zambian people and now trying to push the ideal that H.E MCS is dying. They first atttempted to lebel the president as Tribal when in fact UPND is the most tribal party in Zambia. Zambians have not forgotten ” ONLY A TONGA SHOULD SUCCEED MAZOKA” which propelled HH to the presidency of UPND.
Ba Pastor instead of praying for the presdo he is in the forefront wishing him death, Ba Mumba you will not be presdo you lack the characteristics of MCS that goes to HH as well.
@ mUNSHA
I AM IN SA. ZUMA EVEN KIBAKI GO FOR ROUTINE MED CHECKS ONCE IN A WHILE. HAVE YOU EVER, EVER READ ABOUT IT IN THE PRESS? DOES ANYONE GO BALLISTIC ABOUT IT? PUBLISH IT? NEVER EVER.
PERHAPS THEY WILL DO SO WHEN THEY GO FOR CRITICAL MEDICAL SCRUTINY.
SATA SIMPLY GOES FOR ROUTINE MEDICAL CHECK UPS WHICH ARE WARRANTED BY THE MAN’S AGE, HE IS PAST 50.
SO WHY SHOULD IT BE ANYONE’S ISSUE?
Tell ME….
Why was it an issue when it was Mwanawasa?
We are just giving sata his portion….. He started it and it shall end on him…
@ MUNSHA
ONLY MADIBA’S HEALTH ISSUE GOES PUBLIC BECAUSE HIS HEALTH HAS BECOME EVERYONE’S CONCERN.
HAVE EVER HEARD OF OBAMA’S VISIT TO A CLINIC? DOES HE NOT GO FOR MEDICAL CHECKUPS?
I WISH YOU COULD BE REALISTIC! WHEN SATA FALLS ILL AND THAT ILLNESS BECOMES OF SOME CONCERN, THE NATION WILL BE INFORMED TIMELY.
N0 one has a quarrel with HE going for routine check ups and the rest. That is normal and indeed a very healthy act. we need HE to be in tip top form all the time. the big concern and worry the voters have is the secrecy and lying around his whereabouts. what is the difficult is telling the nation where HE is is especially after coming from the AU????
Kabimba, like I have always said, you are an i.d.i.o.t! The money yo Ukwa is using to go for medicals is tax payers and we therefore, need to know how,where,when…….it is used! gosh, I cant wait for 2016 for u chaps to be taught lessons!
Michael Chilufya Sata, a tested pragmatist
BY TERENCE MUSUKU
Correspondent for Mnegi
NDOLA: Among Zambia’s pre-eminent political players, since Zambia attained independence in 1964 is Michael Chilufya Sata, whose much-vaunted political substance can be summed up in one word – conundrum.
No one seems to know who Sata is, politically, that is. What accounts for this man’s political staying power or ultimate destination is anyone’s guess. Everywhere he goes, he is greeted with the salutation of “King Cobra!” The 73-year-old ‘venomous snake’ is second to none among his political peers. Sata is every inch presidential material.
Though very much an enigma, what is ceratin about Sata is that he is a devout Catholic perhaps in the mould of another pre-eminent politician, the…
WE SEEM TO BE WASTING SO MUCH TIME ON MATTERS THAT ARE STRAIGHT FORWARD.
PLEASE LETS RESPECT THE PRESIDENT.
IF IT IS WINTER YOU DONT LIKE, PLEASE SAY SO AND LEAVE OUR BELOVED PRESIDO SATA, OUT OF THIS MISHANDLING OF INFORMATION. IT IS NOT PRESIDO SATA’S FAULT. IN FACT LETS JUST PRAY FOR HIM.
Did he respect Levy, Chiluba and Banda?
@Katendi Nkombo
My LEVEL of education forbids me from peddling in INSULTS
Just assist me with answers about Zuma, Obama, Kibaki etc They all use government budget.
Have ever read about them going to a medical clinic? Or don’t they go for routine medical checks? Again my LEVEL of education forbids me from peddling in INSULTS
I have already stated that should the President’s health become some concern, the nation, will be kept informed…
36. [Removal of President on grounds of incapacity]
(1) If it is resolved by a majority of all the members of the Cabinet that the question of the physical or mental capacity of the President to discharge the functions of his office ought to be investigated, and they so inform the Chief Justice, then the Chief Justice shall appoint a board consisting of not less than three persons selected by him from among persons who are qualified as medical practitioners under the law of Zambia or under the law of any other country in the Commonwealth, and the board shall inquire into the matter and report to the Chief Justice on whether or not the President is, by reason of any infirmity of body or mind, incapable of discharging the functions of his office.
the constitutional provision in 55 above is what the executive is scared of. once they start admitting that the president is sick, questions will arise as to whether he has the capacity to continue as president. This is what MMD failed to do even when the late Mwanawasa had a stroke leading to his death (june to august 2008). What is important to note is that the provision is menat to protect both the president and the country. in this period where the president is not exercising full control, some pipo may be using the president’s mandate to rob the country. then there is the issue of the infighting on who will succeed the president which further limiting the whole group to provide the much needed leadership
@ walasa
Mwaice walasa walasa.
Please dont throw insults at me like your Grate 12 colleagues on this site!
Madala will continue with medical checks as long he is above 50, until may be he turns 35…..the older he grows, the more frequent the checks will become.
I wish Levy and Chiluba had followed Madala’s medical check routine!
@ KABIMBA read the statements again and tell what insults i have thrown at anyone. the first post from (post 57) was copied directly from the 1996 constitution. the second post (58) is my opinion to which I am entitled. If you do not like because you are bitter that you can analyse simple things, then i respectifully suggest that you go to hell.
One thing that has come to mind is that, you guys are busy raping the constitution because you think its an insult.
@ Walasa
Walasa please believe me. The President is not sick!! Period. He is just doing what Levy and Chiluba had failed to do…regular medical checkup.
Yes, Levy never admitted that strokes had messed up his brain which caused his early death. I am speaking from experience. If Levy had opted to take an early retirement, he could still be alive today. I repeat the President is well!! Period. He is just doing what Levy and Chiluba had failed to do…regular medical checkup and they paid the ultimate price-death..
Oh sure, case closed – the nation is going to believe some blogger named “KABIMBA”.
If PF means what it says, show us! It’s that simple.
Me? I’m still waiting for more money. Get the point? Credibility has to be earned!
Btw – The deep concern you say Mr. Sata has always had for his predecessors’ health and routine medical exams is….. well…. charming?
you are mad
MMD & UPND never said the president is ill, all they wanted to know is the truth from GRZ on the whereabouts of their President. They also advised GRZ not to remain silent on this one as doing so will create rumours which had already started doing the rounds in cyber space.
WE HAVE A SERIOUS LEADERSHIP CRISIS IN ZAMBIA MOST OF OUR MINISTERS ARE OLD. Pave the way for we Younger ones hence these help issues. Also learn to work out. You just eat fight each other and sleep in parliament. To wish the President bad is wrong. ZAMBIAN POLITICIANS should learn to Unite and work together.
AWE – it is you Kabimba who is wishing our president dead. now we know the truth especially after accusing the ZWD of spreading malicious rumours about HE.
@CHISOKONE BANE
I WISH THE ZWD GUYS HAD BEEN THROUGH UNIVERSITY!!
CALLING PEOPLE “IMBECILES” JUST BECAUSE YOU DON’T AGREE WITH THEM OR THEY BELONG TO A PARTY DIFFERENT FROM THEM WOULD CERTAINLY BRING DOWN THE INTEGRITY OF ANYONE WHO PATRONIZES THAT SITE!
LT IS SURELY TRYING….
What a dull lawyer! Get out of my court! You embarrass the law fraternity. I.D.I.O.T!
@CHISOKONE BANE
I FORGOT TO ADDRESS YOUR OTHER ISSUE – THE PRESIDENT’S HEALTH..
PLEASE REST ASSURED THAT THE PRESIDENT IS NOT SICK. HE IS VERY WELL.
MY WIFE IS A MEDICAL DOCTOR. I AM 50+. I REGULARLY GO FOR MY MEDICAL CHECKS, SOMETHING THAT KUNDA, ANDERSON, LEVY AND CHILUBA MIGHT HAVE OVERLOOKED. MY DOCTOR ADVISED ME TO TRIM MY WEIGHT DOWN TO 70 FROM 90 OR I RISKED SUFFERING FROM A STROKE OR SOME NASTY DISEASE. MY WEIGHT HAD COME DOWN TO 75 JUST AFTER A MONTH. I JUST WANT TO ENLIGHTEN YOU ON HOW MEDICAL FEMALE SPOUSES TAKE SERIOUSLY THE HEALTH OF THEIR HUSBANDS.
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE PRESIDENT IS JUST FINE, SUPER, JOGGING AND JOKING AS USUAL…..
Did any one at any time accuse you of being sane?
ONLY GOD KNOWS
I AM NOT PF BUT I AM AN ADMIRER OF SATA FOR WHAT HE IS AND FOR WHAT HE STANDS FOR. LIKE I HAVE STATED IN MY EARLIER POSTING SATA HAD BEEN THE ONLY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN A LONG TIME BESIDES ANDY AND HH WHO HAD OWN MODERN HOUSE AND AN UP MARKET OFFICE AT FARMER’S HOUSE. THE REST HAVE LIVED IN RENTED HOUSES OR WORKED FROM HOME.
IF HH CAN TELL ME THE INVESTMENT THAT MADE HIM THAT RICH, UPND WILL HAVE ITS FIRST MP IN MY CHIEFDOM OTHERWISE I WILL ALWAYS REGARD HIM AS JUST ANOTHER ‘PLUNDERER’ IN WAITING.
Did any one at any time accuse you of being sane?
COUNTRYMEN AND WOMEN,
ASK ANYONE WHO ATTENDED THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY AT STATE HOUSE TODAY!
PLEASE REST ASSURED THAT THE PRESIDENT IS NOT SICK. HE IS VERY VERY WELL. HE IS AS FIT AS A FIDDLE.
LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT HE IS JUST FINE, SUPER, JOGGING AND PASSING HIS TRADE MARK JOKES DURING THE CEREMONY…..
Oh I see…. his “trade mark jokes”.
At whose expense was he having fun then?
‘Instead of offering solutions.’
I thought that is why you were voted into power because you said you had solutions!
The opposition offer solutions to the voter.
for me i dont want sata to die i want him to come and answer to the issues bishops and the zambians are asking including u kabimba i want u to come ad answer to issues at acc the tym will come wether now or in funture.
I see a lot of irrationality in the arguments of”Kabimba” the blogger . When Obama goes for meetings of OAS (Organisation of American States) meetings in Latin America, he doesent disappear in thin air after the conference. Air force one heads back to Washingtone with full public knowledge. The only time the White House will not give prior information about his travels, is when he is visiting his troops in a combat zone. Even then, the American people and congress will be informed immediately after that operation. Does Kibaki, Zuma and Obama announce their medical visits? Who cares? Do they make unexplained disappearing acts? If they do, there citizens will demand to know! Grow up “Kabimba” the blogger!
ignore the chap, he probably is blinded or is bribed to send the comments. We all know what has transpired on this one.
PF government keep on hiding facts about the Zambian president. We want to know where you hid our president only to inform the nation about his arrival. Arrival from where? We are also alive to the fact that PF senior cadres are viciously josttling for presidency of PF party among themselves. This may explain the mystification surrounding the disappearing of Sata. To serve Zambians from speculation those defending and involved in party president post should hide Mr Sata for keeps, so that the nation can have a direction of what next.
Kabimba, yeeeeee anyway I don’t blame u for your short memory. Coz if your head was working u could have remembered how . Levy ,Mazoka suffered on the hands of cycle mata. In regards to health. The Bible teaches us that those who kill using a panga they will also be killed by the panga. Cycle mata will also suffer what his friends went through.
@SEKELETI
OBAMA USES OWN PLANE OR CHARTERED PLANES LIKE RB’S SONS. OBAMA’S PLANE IS FULLY EQUIPPED WITH HOSPITAL & PERSONAL DOCS-ITS SELF CONTAINED. EVEN PRESS MEN TRAVEL WITH THE PRESIDENT. BUT THEY DO NOT ACCOMPANY HIM INTO THE PLANE’S CONSULTATION ROOM.
IN USA LIKE SA POLITICS ARE WELL REFINED AND DEFINED. THEY DO NOT MAKE CAPITAL OF HIS HEALTH. IN ZAMBIA SOME OF THE PLUNDERER’S (HH) LIEUTENANTS WERE CLEARLY CELEBRATING WHEN THEY RUMORED AMONGST THEMSELVES THAT SATA WAS DEAD. IN USA OR SA THAT IS TREASONABLE.
Did any one at any time accuse you of being sane?
First of all, It is certainly NOT treasonable in the US to “celebrate” the President’s ill health as you say. Better is to learn something about FREE SPEECH before spewing your lies all over this site!
Also, if you notice (…yeah right), Mr. Obama’s health IS a public matter. The President goes for an annual health check and the doctors ALWAYS share a summary of the results. Look at how Hillary’s recent hospital stay was handled. The public was informed what was going on, NOT KEPT SECRET. Even in the Royal Family, the public was informed about the nature of Kate’s recent hospital stay. What? Is Mr. Sata better than royalty?
Honestly, your outdated view of an African president’s right to secrecy is not only childish but a threat to modern democracy!
@SEKELETI
AMBULANCES AND SPECIALIST DOCS FORMED PART OF LEVY’S MOTORCADE AND ENTOURAGE. THEY WERE CONSTANTLY MONITORING HIS BLOOD PRESSURE.
IF IT WAS NOT AN ISSUE THEN WHY HAS THE YOUNG PLUNDER’S LIEUTENANTS MADE THE HEALTH OF SATA SUCH A BIG ISSUE?
THE MOMENT PEOPLE WILL MAKE OBAMA’S HEALTH AN ISSUE, HE WILL DISAPPEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.
PLEASE READ HISTORY ABOUT POST W-II WORLD LEADERS.
Did any one at any time accuse you of being sane?
@ Kabimba, I am waiyting for your response to mention anything insulting about my post at 57 and 58.
KABIMBA. With due respect to you my brother, your arguments are hollow and without substance. If Airforce one or indeed Marine one have provisions for medical facilities, doctors and news reporters, what’s it got to do with Sata disappearing to an unknown destination after AU? Do you really know the South African press? Its one of the fiercest watch dog press in the world that would leave no stone un turned if ever it suspected the South African people are being taken for a ride by the executive,over anything including the health of the President. This includes SABC which is government owned but not government controlled. The Kenyan press is equally vicious. So what is your argument Kabimba?
When I was in my early teens in the 70s and 80s, the years when Zambian professional boxers dominated Africa, when the prowess of boxers like Lottie “Gunduzani” Mwale (ba Jimmy) Chisanda Mutti and Charm “Shuffle” Chiteule, reigned supreme,there was a famous Zambian Boxer by the name of King “blowtop” Mwanza. Unlike the latter boxers I mentioned, “blow top” never lasted 2 rounds without being knocked out flat on the canvass! He was however popular with boxing pundits and the press and was famously coined “the King that never won a crown”, for “blow top” never won a single fight! Its true of Justice minister Kabimba. It is said he’s never won a court case. Neither has he ever won a political case because how come Given and GBM are still in the political arena despite a spirited…
This so called Kabimba is so dull and doesn’t deserve any attention from anyone who is normal. just ignore his posts guys. He is just one of those hired PF bastards
He makes a bunch of sense to me than yo silly comment.
DEAR COUNTRY MEN AND WOMEN, REASONABLE AND UNREASONABLE PF AND OPPOSITION BLOGGERS,…JUST YESTERDAY PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADES OF LATE PRESIDENT MWANAWASA WERE INCOMPLETE WITHOUT AMBULANCES, DOCTORS, NURSES ETC. THE OPPOSITION THEN LED BY MY PRESIDENT WHINED FOR MONTHS ABOUT THE SPECTER AND COSTS TO THE NATION. BUT GOVERNMENT NEVER RELENTED. THE OPPOSITION NOISE DIED A NATURAL DEATH. WHEN PEOPLE REALIZED THAT LEVY HAD A SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION, SATA WAS QUICK TO APOLOGIZE AND MAKE PEACE WITH LEVY BEFORE HE PASSED ON. SO WHY SHOULD WE CONTINUE WHINING ABOUT SOMETHING WHEN WE KNOW THAT THE LOUDER THE SHOUTING, THE MORE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY WILL ESCALATE THE SO-CALLED ‘SECRET’ VISITATIONS TO DOCS?
You have a short and selected memory. Sata olny made peace after he was evacuated to SA by Mwanawasa. in fact soon after he resorted to his hate speeches after getting better
NO ONE SOUGHT EXPLANATION FROM ANYONE ABOUT THE AMBULANCES ETC OR ON WHY ONE MAN WAS USING AMBULANCES WHEN HOSPITALS WENT WITHOUT THEM!
@ MUNA
SORRY MUNA, MY CHARACTER AND FAMILY VALUES DICTATE TO ME NOT TO PEDDLE INSULTS. I AM NOT A PF NOR UPND CADRE . BUT I AM A NUMBER 1 ADMIRER OF THE PRESIDENT.
I COULD, HOWEVER, CHANGE MY SUPPORT TO HH THE MOMENT HE WILL SHARE HIS WISDOM OF HOW HE HAS MANAGED TO ACCUMULATE SO MUCH WEALTH IN SUCH A SHORT TIME. ANDERSON HAD WORKED FOR IT. I WILL EVEN GUARANTEE HIM ONE MP FROM MY CHIEFDOM OTHERWISE I WILL ALWAYS REGARD HIM AS JUST ANOTHER ‘PLUNDERER’ IN WAITING – CHILUBA’S LIEUTENANT.
@ KABIMBA people like you are gullible. How many washed-up charges has HH been given since this govt came into power. If all what you and PF say about plunder even had a 0.00001% truth in it, you think your vengeful president would have let him loose. HH was managing partner of an international audit and consultancy firm, and that is not small job both in terms of position and money. He offered consultancy services to the Zambia Privatisation Agency and was paid for it. the final decisions on privatisation were made by cabinet which the currect president was part of. If there is anyone that has to be held accountable for the failed privatisation process, we must start with those that were in cabinet.
i thought he went for reflection not treatment??? now I am lost