Lusaka Mayor Mulenga Sata has angrily responded to sentiments attributed to Vice President Guy Scott over the Lusaka Mayor’s eligibility to stand as Republican Presidency.
In the Wednesday edition of the Post Newspapers, Dr Scott is quoted as having made some insinuations that he Mulenga Sata is barred from contesting the Presidency because of the eligibility clause in the constitution.
In the article titled Kabimba is the most senior in PF to act, Dr Scott said that there is nothing sinister about Wynter Kabimba acting as President of Zambia.
Dr Scott said Kabimba was the senior-most-person in the Patriotic Front who qualified to be President.
“Me I am not qualified to stand as President because I am excluded by the same amended 1996 Constitution, which excluded (Kenneth) Kaunda and excludes as far as I understand me, Given Lubinda and excludes Mulenga Sata. Both your parents have to be Zambian. So the President is reluctant in my understanding to appoint someone who could be a target of a petition in the courts,” Vice-President Scott said. “If this man is not qualified to stand as President, how can we make him the acting President? He President Sata does not want to have a constitutional crisis, when he is somewhere else. So there is no big deal.”
When contacted for a comment from South Korea, Mulenga Sata expressed surprise and concern at the remarks by the vice president.
“I find the remarks attributed to the vice president inappropriate, divisive and factually incorrect. The circumstances of my birth are completely different from his,” he said.
“My mother was born in the Copperbelt province of northern Rhodesia which later came to be known as Zambia. That makes her Zambian by birth and descent since Zambia was born in 1964. My father is a known element. Dr Scott’s parents were British on the other hand. I cannot comment on others mentioned in the article.”
He added, “As far as I’m aware there is a ruling on former president Chiluba’s parentage which indicated that since he was born in a territory which later came to be defined as Zambia of parents’ similarly born he was a Zambian who was eligible to stand for the highest office in the land.”
“As a patriotic nationalist I remain committed to the development of my country and the social upliftment of our people particularly our women and youth since they constitute the majority of our population. What we want is leadership that fosters unity in the country across ethnic and/or religious divides, that resonates with the hope of our young peoples and most importantly enables us to participate substantially and substantively in the economy.”
“Those are the things we should be talking not idle chatter just because the substantive president is out of the office for a few days,” he said.
The battle for presidency begins here and now!
Stop this nonsense all of you. Iwe chi Mulenga, like father like son. As a leader you have to learn to keep the peace and act in the best interest of the nation. You cant just open your thick lips anyhow.
I always doubt Mulenga’s brain power, his head is not shaped right!
MULENGA WE HAVE BEEN WARNING YOU.COMING OUT OF SCOTT SHOWS THAT
THE CARTEL KNOWS THAT THE PREIDENT WON T MAKE IT.WE ADVISED A LONG TIME TO STAND FOR YOUR FATHER.I DON T TRUST CHELLAH WHO IS CLOSE TO YOUR FATHER REPORTING EVERYTHING HAPPENING TO MUBEMBE.THE PLAN K$S IS IN MOTION…..
“Those are the things we should be talking not idle chatter just because the substantive president is out of the office for a few days,”… So it means Guy Scott is an idle chatter… so the president is out for a few days… but the idle chatter has really been making noise this days… power without responsibility at play..
Mulenga mwaiche naiwe tekanya.You shouldn’t be too quick to respond.Journalists are very good at twisting things to get you to say what you can later regret.Bola panshi mwana.
Chiluba and Sata are key witnesses as to how the money in Zam trop account in UK got here. Chiluba is dead, and now Sata will die soon. Once these two key witnesses go ,thats it that money will be taken by the chancellor of the exchequer . This how many African countries lose huge sums of money meant to benefit the country.
Why do African politicians like externalising money instead of investing home?
I lke HH because what ever he will earn in Zambia will be invested in the country unlike these PF thugs that are busy opening off shore accounts in US UK,Cuba , China and Malaysia.
Even if it is investing for your children, there is no guarantee that your children will access that money once you are out of power. Ghaddafi, Mobutu, Abacha ,Gbagbo,’s children have no access to hidden…
@Nostradamus
why is your cousin mulenga calling his father`s friend ati Guy Scot,,,, instead of Ba Guy Scot?? maybe ba katongo told his friend something,,,,,,,
yesterday i commented on something…… that story! Mulenga is reacting to is from the post NOT the watchdog,,,, thats lozi man Fred Mmembe testing the waters for you,,,,,, mean while Kabimba is holding on to `utushindi utwa maka“ i.e instruments of power,,, kabimba will never hand them,,, its now or never for him to be presido,,,,,,,,
am still waiting for PF pitbul chishimba kabwili to comment over kabimba`s acting career,,,, not these useful id!ots PF cadres who think they are defending PF amidst this mess without know the Kabimba clan is taking root in Nkwazi house
¤¤ utushimbi utwa maka,,, instruments of power,,, in kabimba`s pocket! you must be mad to think that wynter will hand them back to Sata,,,,,,, put on your seat belts!!,,, Wynter is now driving,,,,,,
am still waiting for PF pitbul chishimba`s comments/statements
No, its the journalits that twisted the story, that was not the case……they trying to clear ground for Winter
@Ndobo, I have told you before, Mulenga Katongo alitumpa.
Wow, Ba Mulenga balelinganya ama P with abana ba basungu. I didn’t know that Mulenga Sata’s mother was a black Briton from UK too.
Ba scott & Given Lubinda atleast they have ka brighter skin, so Mulenga ni colored as well?
@Ndobo, ba LT are blocking me for showing insults at Mulenga, so now LT is protecting that family?
I have said HH is a visionary so many times. He sees things far ahead of every body. He told us Sata and PF are a bunch of CNPs, it has come to pass. He told us Scott ni Muzungu Opuusa, it has come to pass. Now every one including the his master’s son has began to doubt his thinking capacity.
HH does not utter word s any how, he is very thoughtful when conversing with any body.
It is his vision to achieve greater things in his private capacity that makes him the right candidate to shape and deliver a prosperous future for Zambia.
UPND and HH the true hope and help Zambia needs at the moment.
Viva UPND and HH. I am definately in.
Iwe chi Nostradamas ulichikopo saaana! Ufwile ku USA upipa abana babasungu! So Mulenga Sata can not compare himself to a wgite person according to your rotten head?
Unworried bachelor, wa lipena, wa lasa,
Can somebody please tell this boy, that what Scott said was just true, he must know where he belongs right now. We voted for his father, it does not mean that the all family is illegible to be president, he is in the council please just tell him to sweep Lusaka clean and try to make a better place to stay. That where his job ends, with a broom stick in hand and no further.
Any way stop that s h t. non of you is qualified to stand. We have a seating president who is eligible to stand in 2016. BUT then we also have other options… NM, HH, Milupi, etc. We, the normal Zambians dont need you any more
@QW you have articulated it very well. They are few normal Zambians who are completely tired with the pf monkeying around, taking us for complete fools…there are other candidates there and i would be happy to even cast a lone vote for someone normal. I have been telling people that look at what a person has achieved in terms of his business or professional life aside politics eg aside politics what has Mulenga Sata achieved? Or what has Kabimba achieved? Zambians please think long and hard we can’t have it so bad that all Sata achieved was to enter Plot 1 and fail in all areas of human endeavour even respect.
Armageddon, its apocalypse in PF.
The best Guy Scott can do is leave PF, find sanctuary in Heritage Party.
Zambia is indeed a joke. Even this a$$hole Mulenga Sata has plans of becoming president?
My deep and strong belief is that come 2016 or even before that in the event of presidential bye-election, Zambia will have a new president, and that president will come from the opposition.
Does Mulenga realise that if the Chiluba judgement is applied in the manner in which he is proposing, then even Scott is effectively eligible to stand as President?
some political parties do not want to hear the name or initials HH. The man has done a lot in his private life–fit to be President of this good country. country men and women, let us not look at tribe to put right people.HH is the best man
Hehehe!! Patriotic Front…and the comedy continues…..Next please.
Ok. So there is a power struggle in PF and baby cobra thinks he deserves the presidency as a son of the president. Anyway Zambia is not a kingdom.
Is sata 100% out of 2016 contest?? Ilibadi u r succeeded before pronounced dead aha!
2016 is too far for a dying man.
The battle for the highest office in the land has started and one wonders what the battle field will look like. Why this talk now, I think these people know something about the health of our dear president and are now strategising to put themselves in the correct position or lime light should the worst happen. The only consolation is that God in his own mercy knows and has already annointed who the next president will be. Limbi naena bakaya mufunya fye ku farm ati isa uteke icalo ca zambia. I rest my case.
the mother to Mulenga Sata is a Tonga from Malawi, please contact her in kabulonga if any questions. Mulenga has not stated which village his mother is coming from. Otherwise he has a democratic right to stand, even guy scott.
But this chi id!otic government chila nasha mwe! Sh!t!
Jealous down basa…….I am impressed with the way the young Mulenga Sata has articulated issues of ethnicity and nationality. I abhor tribalism and its offshoots of disease, poverty, retardation, discrimination, and exploitation of man by man. Go go go go go go…..Mulenga. You are your own man and yet a candidate for whole of Zambia, embrace the whole country from East to West and North to South.
I salute you my young man. Let the youths avoid the foolishness of their divisive parents like scott and the bwinjimfumu idyotis who are on the verge on taking this beautiful country into the crevice of tribal suspicion and hatred rwanda cum bosnia style.
Why this debate, is Sata not coming back? now i’m starting to think that Scott and Mulenga know that Sata is very sick and we need a new president.
Well who doesnt want to be , you can only be what you think about aspire and you will one day be one,how ever we know who can and cannot , there are so many presidential candidates in zambia , but selfish one people will allow
A councillor went to korea to woe investors. The update we get is that sata left the hospital . To where? . Is it the mortury. Why has the sewer pipe errupted?
Mulenga is overreacting. No need to be personal.
THE PROGRAMME OF THE WITCHES AND WIZZARDS AT WORK.KABIMBA BELIEVES IN WITCHCRAFT AND THIS EXCLUDES HIM TO BE THE RIGHT CANDIDATE
FOR A CHRISTIAN NATION LIKE ZAMBIA
My deep and strong belief is that come 2016 or even before that in the event of presidential bye-election, Zambia will have a new president, and that president will come from the opposition.
The President [incumbent] is on Working Holiday in Israel. The government will arrest anyone suggesting he is not in good health. He himself is clearly, and unusually quiet – perhaps even his postings on facebook are not done. The son is able to respond to issues very far in the east. Some one tell me: What’s going on?
Writing on the Wall – maybe
Now this is it! The PF government is beginning to crumble like a house of cards and those who have been supporting the circus ought to wake up and smell the coffee.
I agree with Mwaba-Jr @#10.
There is a fierce power struggle going on while Mr Sata is still alive. The number of vultures hovering in mid-air waiting for a corpse is increasing.
The know that he his dead…. Scott needs Kabimba to protect him once Ukwa is pronounced dead. Without Kabimba, Scott will be chased like a dog out of PF.
The ultimate beneficially of the fight will be MMD. Half of PF will leave to join the MMD once Kabimba takes over PF. Come elections MMD will be back with UNDP as the official opposition, while PF is left to die a natural dearth like UNIP dead with Kaunda
Anyone whats a bet….? The money is one me.
Mulenga u r dreaming……!!! You dont even have charisma and Leadership Qualities…….More over u are Dull na Kabimba awama ko….!!!
Wanzelu, if you do not know HH and issues around him simply keep quiet.
And you scared little man, what is your point?
Where is the money from Zamtrop account? Without sata and chiluba Zambia will lose that money.
Mulenga Sata should never be trusted. He is worse than the dying father. He has no capability to run a country.
Zambians say NO to mulenga sata outright!!
The story is a lie. In the first sentence, it promises us an angry response from Mulenga Sata but I dont see anything angry in his statement. Sensationalism? However if I were Mulenga I would wait until I have seen Scott before issuing any statement not responding to newspaper reports; That shows a lack of maturity
The story was the head line on the 19.00hrs ZNBC news……so what lie you F.00L?
Jungle Boy the f ool is you especially because you rush to call others fools
SOMETIMES I WONDER WETHER THERE IS CIRCUS IN THE PF OR THE CIRCUS IS SIMPLY ONLINE. I TEND TO THINK THE LATER IS MORE CORRECT. THE ONLINE MEDIA CREATES A STORY EVEN WHEN IT IS SIMPLY A STORM IN A TEA CUP AND TRIES TO EXAGERATE IT TO TSUNAMI PROPORTIONS.
It was on ZNBC also Ba Chisenga.
This guy Mulenga Sata has no class. His father is critically ill and he is preoccupied with politics. I thought he would say right now all he is thinking of is his critically ill dad.
So the succession battle has started-and started by the VP! He certainly knows something we don’t know. We know that VP is pro-Kabimba and therefore pro-cartel. Eliminating Mulenga Sata and promoting Wynter will be the centre line of the battle in the days to come. Kabimba hopes to ride on the misinformation and propaganda of the cartel with the Post as its chief Propaganda machine.
We also expect the anti-Kabimba Bemba clique to resurrect soon and begin to battle for the instruments of power!! We expect GBM to capitalise on the heat directed at Kabimba and rally the pf street gangs against Kabimba and the cartel. Its likely to be pretty nasty!!
Zambia is not a family heirloom to be passed down from father to son or daughter.
This is how stu.pid Guy Scotch can be! He is steering up trouble and confusing the country deliberately and slowly in anarchy and civil war! HH identified this from both Kambeba and Scotch long time ago!
Scotch can’t stomach that bast.ard Dog Breeder Mulenga inheriting the rich pickings on the silver plata without sweating for them!! To that extent, Gay is right because Guy invested in PF financially even more than SataN himself. In fact SataN was just a front – Chimuzungu was the one behind that party of Monkeys with no brains!
Only over Gay’s dead body will anyone else take over from SataN other than Kambeba, Scotch’s chosen one! Mulenga should just forget about it – Bazungu dont hide things and Mulenga has just been told off in his face!! What politics does Mulenga know really???
This ,again, is 24/7 electioneering which has made zed underdeveloped.And Mulenga its not about whether you’re eligible to run,its more about whether you’re FIT for office just like you dad who has proved NOT FIT in terms of leadership,knowledge & emotions.
This is symbolic of the great disparity between selling dogs and politics, if what we are told is true.
Like father like son.
If I were Mulenga Kamuzu Sata-nyana, I will be seriously looking for a place of refuge to live out the rest of his dog breeding life, pronto! As we all know, abena Ukwa Charlie Kays Mwango are dying as we speak, once kufelile, things will fall apart in PF and the likes of Mulenga had better skip town because if they do not, they will be resident in Chimbokaila. He will need the Malawi he is denying now, to link up with his uncle Chikopa.
Mulenga’s mother is Judge Chikopa’ s sister of Malawi is it?
As long as the they were born before 24th October 1964, they are not Zambian. Its either one from Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland or Southern Rhodesia.
Why is it that Zambia likes changing its names? West Nyasa, West Luangwa, East Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia?
Mulenga Sata is good at selling dogs.
eliko bad. one storm after another. what mulenga sata should do. let him have the mother profiled. since shes alive let her appear on TV. Tell us which part or village of Zambia she comes from. am sure Zambia was full of villages at the time. Dont just get hungry. but advocate for constitution change. look at America, if Obama was in Zambia he stood no chance.
Please read the parentage clause carefully and seek understanding. Its NOT about been born where, its about the declaration at Zambia’s independence. So how do you think President Sata or Kenneth Kaunda Or Late Chiluba became Zambians because they were born before Zambian became into being?
The knives are out. So much about unity in the party of failures. Saulousi, in your “learned” opinion, who is going to be temporary winner?
From Post Newspaper
“He cannot pick the phone and fire someone or tell someone do that and this. Wynter is the senior-most-person in the party who is qualified to stand under the present constitution. Under the new constitution, if it ever comes in existence, I will be qualified,” he said
If and not when.
MULENGA TAKANYA FIRST. HAVE WISDOM LIKE YOUR FATHER. WAR WITH SCOTT IN NEWSPAPERS WILL NOT TAKE YOU ANYWHERE. IN FACT THAT’S WHAT NEWSPAPERS ARE LOOKING FOR- WAR IN NEWSPAPERS BETWEEN YOU AND GUY SCOTT OR ANY PF OR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. LEARN TO RESOLVE ISSUES BEHIND THE SCENE. ALSO LEARN TO USE WORDS SUCH AS ‘WE’ AND NOT ‘I’. PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS SAY , ‘I DID THIS, I DID THAT’ USE ‘I’ WHEN IT’S A GOOD THING. WHEN IT IS A MISTAKE THEY RUSH TO USING THE WORD, ‘WE’.
” Who let the dogs out whoof whoof whoof whoof” .. I couldnt resist saying this.
I am not sure the title of the article fits the contents…
Just blog mwana, we are used to this with LT. It appears that after the rifleman, a dog seller now wants to vie for the highest office in the land! Really, don’t we have any standards for that office any more?
resident Michael Sata has dispelled assertions that he was sick saying he had decided to visit the province to let people see for themselves that he was not sick as suggested by the opposition political parties.
Mr Sata was speaking today in Kapiri Mposhi where he went to drum up support for the Patriotic Front (PF) candidate Eddie Musonda for the forthcoming Kapiri Mposhi by elections.
The Kapiri Mposhi Seat is being contested by Mr Musonda of the PF, Mr Francis Mwape of the United National Independence Party (UNIP) and Mr Lawrence Zimba for the United Party for National Development (UPND).
“People say I’m sick but im here to prove them wrong. The day I’ll be sick even an ant will know” he said.
And Patriotic Front Secretary General Wynter Kabimba has described as liars the…
From selling dogs to presidency, without any evidence of being succesful at anything? Zambia is a joke. All that Mulenga has become is as a result of his father being president and nothing of his own. The father has failed in all respects to rule the nation apart from getting nkongole with his uncle, then he says he is not trying to ride on his father’s legacy. Which legacy can we talk about?
I was stunned watch news on ZNBC whose top story linked to succession disputes with the ruling party when speculation shows that the president is sick or ill in a foreign hospital. The big question is why dint Mulenga just ignore the VP’s sentiment if he knows that his father will come back fit? Does scott know that there is a secret plot to impose Mulenga sata as the option to take over from his father in case of anything?
But whatever, zambia shall never be a kingdom or an authoritarian state.
Stop sensationalizing even innocent comments. Where is Mulenga Sata TAKING ON Guy Scott? Zambian reporting has really gone to the dogs. Why can’t you just report the story as it is instead of sensationalizing it? No wonder Zambia is rated among countries the worst press standards in Africa.
Secondly, Guy Scott DID NOT just talk about Mulenga Sata in his comments. He mentioned other names. But the portrayal here is as if Guy Scott and Mulenga Sata are fighting over succession. The problem with the field of journalism is that it is now infested quacks, most of whom even failed their secondary school English exams. You are letting the country down; compare the Zambian standards to even the quality of writing you see in Zimbabwean newspapers – it’s like we are 60 years behind. Sad.
guy scott is wrong to decide for a zambian, if they are eligible or not. dont be dumb.A person who is currently a mayor cannot afford to be thought of, to be incapable of standing for the high office. i would feel the same too if i was mulenga. let not scott think he can influnence public opinion through dividing comments.We expect him to be the unifier but as it is he is dividing. very sad for senior person like him
only an ***** will justify scotts white trash comments as we all know scott is racist plus the parkisons isnt helping
We all know that Chiluba was a Kasai from zaire still we gave him presidency nomba ba skoti pantu basungu teti babumone