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Miles Sampa donates his midterm gratuity, tells other MPs that politics is not money making venture

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Miles Sampa donates his midterm gratuity, tells other MPs that politics is not money making venture
Matero Member of Parliament Miles Sampa has given up his K250, 000 his midterm gratuity towards helping jobless youths in his constituency.

Mr. Sampa said he will use his midterm gratuity which he is receiving from the National Assembly this September to offset a loan he obtained from Indo-Zambia bank for economic empowerment programmes for youths in Matero.

He has since created a company called Metro Cabs that will offer taxis to youths in the area who will be required to make K 600 weekly cashing to a revolving fund.

The fund will then be used to fund other developmental programmes in Matero constituency.

Mr. Sampa has since castigated MPs demanding higher pay saying politics is not a money making venture.

“To those that are in politics for money, I want to tell them that politics is not a money making venture. We go into politics to serve. They should try going into business if they want to be rich, some of us worked in banking for many years and we made our money there and we decided to enter politics to serve our people,” Mr. Sampa said.

He added, “When we were campaign in 2011 we promised jobs to young people and for the last two years we have not done much in that area. This year I was told by the Clerk at the National Assembly that they will be paying me 250,000 as part of my gratuity and I told myself, I surely do not deserve this package, so I approached Indo Zambia Bank for this loan which we will use to create jobs for our young people.”

Speaking at the same event, Indo Zambia Bank Managing Director Shankardas Gupta said commended Mr. Sampa for the initiative saying it will stimulate the growth of the SME sector and enhance job creation.

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100 COMMENTS

    • He is Just hoodwinking people this euro-bond kickback remember he is the one who went to negotiate for these useless loans. His midterm gratuity is safe

    • what do mean 600 weekly cashing??? empowerment programme for youth!!! my foot!! what empowering,,,,,, this is another donch kubeba,,,,,,miles simply bought cars to operate as taxis for himself like i did 4yrs ago…. i have 3 corrolas which operate as taxi and 2 mini buses which operate in matero,,,, so me as ndobo empowered youths earlier than MP miles sampa

    • Don’t buy this generosity….. stealing more with the one hand and donating less with the other. Who does he think he is fooling?

    • Better share the looting with your People, next is Uncle Chikwanda and when is Kabimba , GBM and Mulenga Sata sharing such donations with the people??
      As a serious Critique on this one and the many projects in matero Roads, water, police posts, bridges and recreation centres, Sampa thumbs UP!! Credit be given where its due…………..Zambia needs leaders with progressive ideas ,thinking outside the box.

      It’s not the gifts given, but the developmental mind-set and poverty emancipation attitude that moves me- THE CONCEPT!!
      To ALL MPS please share development ideas and implementation with your people. Selfishness will kill you!!

    • This kid has done a lot for matero,its a better compound now,no more pit Latrines there. Sampa for president.

    • The company idea is good enough. He should have invested his gratuity in the company, then company pays loan off-set.
      It will be in bad interest if HH decided to pay off some of Zambian loans, like those Euro-bonds, HH can pay in a year, he can make good calculations as usual. But we will all be after him with ACC.
      By-the-way, ECC should keep these stories when we petition Sampa in next elections.

    • Exactly at @Bwalya Chiselema! And Sampa himself has NOT said this was a DONATION.

      Quote: “…Mr. Sampa said he will use his midterm gratuity which he is receiving from the National Assembly this September to offset a loan he obtained from Indo-Zambia bank for economic empowerment programmes for youths in Matero…”

      I don’t see anywhere where Miles says this was a DONATION. Or are we mistaking the author’s words/interpretation of the gesture to be that of Sampa? This wouldn’t be the first misleading headline here on LT, would it?

    • Zambians are too dependent on govt for literally everything in their lives. There is very little or no individual initiatives……. as the best they know is sit back and complain.

      Sampa’s initiative for his constituency must be commended as its quite unique and probably unheard off in Zambian politics.

      We know of some opposition MPs that have been in the house for more than three terms, make so much noise but do absolutely nothing for their constituencies.

      My words are…let the selfless share and help uplift our people out of poverty and make Zambia a better place for all

    • Miles Sampa is a shrewd business person.The repayment period for these vehicles is just too long.Sampa tells us that each Cab has to cash K600 per week.Since there are 52 weeks in a year,this translates to K31,200 per year.If you multiply this by 3 years,each car will have given him back K93,600.SURELY one and half years would be ideal.By the way,who is responsible for the repairs and other upkeep costs for these cars during the three years.
      Be that as it may,at least some employment has been created.He should be commended for this.

    • That is more than he has stolen! He went to get a $20,000 certificate at Harvard on constituency money. He has just thrown dirt in your eyes!

  3. SAMPA FOR PRESIDENT 2016, THIS IS THE LEADER WE ALL NEED AS ZAMBIANS NOT NEVERS,HH,CHIPIMO MIYANDA NAWAKWI, AND FR BWALYA

  5. I know anti Sata minions won’t comment such as Wnzelu, Matipa, dobo or Ndobo, engineer Australia, Jay Jay etc. well done Miles Sampa. Continue what you are doing. Blessed is the hand that giveth.

    • Did you say anti Sata? The truth is Sata is his own worst enemy and his other enemies are those who surround him for favours even in his sick bed.

    • no body is anti-sata my friend. people just want to be told the truth. sampa is just playing donchi kubeba on the youths. he should’ve said “am joining transport business” I have been in that business before. abalumendo balebombela kamotoka. at the end of the 3years he will have reaped K1,126,000:00 after investing K250,000:00. and for your own information after the three years those vehicles will be too expensive to run in terms of spares and repairs

    • These are selfsame greedy people keeping the old man in State House even when he is too sick to even sign a simple letter. Imagine a scenario when Sata steps down his immediate family like uncle Fossil Chikwanda will go down with him…next it will be his small boy Miles.
      You are applauding someone who is stealing your money and giving it back to you in pennies. Ask yourself if this kid would have this wealth if he was just an opposition MP.
      Wake up!!

    • Tinkani, The engineer (Australia), Nostradamus & Wanzelu criticise even what makes sense 100%. These morons always make me take one step towards UPND and then two steps back to my neutral position. Miles Sampa is using money from a loan by Indo-Zambia Bank, which he will repay using his gratuity. The initiative of creating a company operating taxis to employ the youth of matero is very good and should be commended by all well meaning Zambians.
      If Miles continues with this approach UPND can forget about Matero and it’s more than 80,000 voters. Shameful critics with no vision!

  7. “Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed”.

    A quote from former Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki.

  9. What a hypocrite ! And yet he is looked after by tax payers. If he wants to be genuine, let him give up the Government salary and all the allowances. Then I`ll shake his hand.

    • I disagree with bloggers condemning Miles Sampa. My views on the thieving nature of this tribe from North-Eastern Rhodesia are well documented. However, when a sinner repents there is joy and rejoicing in heaven.

      Miles welcome to the virtues of the people of theSouth. And I am not surprised since you were schooled amongst the people of the South who abhor theft, tribalism and deception so common amongst your kinsmen.

      Well done kanabesa Sampa!

    • @Siamanengo
      How you bask in self deception. What virtues by Southerners are those when Jack Mwiimbu was the leading advocate for higher salaries from sitting in parliament?

  10. They are now intoxicated with the free-flowing Eurobond. The chap thinks he is impressing anybody by parading himself in front of cameras singing self-praise tunes. A day of reckoning will come.

    • Let them feel the pain, I am happy for the people of Matero who have a representative who thinks about them. Well done Miles, even the tribalist Tongas like Siamanengo on 9.1 are now claiming you.
      Ala shimwabombeni mwana wesu!

  13. Bravo
    This is the right step.
    We need a Legal framework whereby the hidden wealth should be either denoted or put to good internal use such as: rural development.
    Look at South Korea; Thailand, China, Indonesia: Those with Political Power eventually get rich; but they should be allowed to re-invest or donated

  14. Those with Political Power eventually get rich; but they should be allowed to re-invest or donated without questions being asked. Otherwise they put their money elsewhere!

  15. This guy does like publicity. Only last week he was showing pictures of him and Charles Michale Katongo. Katongo looked dazed and uncomfortable which didn’t look well. Why cant he just do things privately.

    • @Katongo Ukwa:
      “Stop Shooting from the Hip”. There is nothing wrong and there is No harm with publicity! We are in the media age – we should in fact be seeking attention of the media! That is the practice everywhere, USA, Britain, RSA, Zimbabwe, etc so why not Zambia!
      In fact UPND MPs should be sourting media too! Only Cornelius Mweetwa is sort of Media savy but everyone should be doing it to promote our Party! The UPND needs to show that we are open minded and welcome progressive political practices and developments!

  17. @Miles
    Well done my friend! I am NOT PF BUT I salute you, nonetheless, for a gesture of such a great magnitude! I wish only people like you should be aspiring for Leadership or at least follow example – so that we could the current divisive kind of politics behind!
    Your thinking is different from these other PFs fellas because you lived with Tongas – why dont you just join UPND! Is it true that your real name is Hasampa!

    Where are MMD MPs on this one! Ka Namugala (MMD) is the one leading the pack of MPs crying for money in their pockets – can she learn something from Hasampa! Where is that huge empty head Lusambo?
    If ALL MPs from all Parties did the same – our country would have already been Miles ahead!

  18. Good move the man he’s empowering the youths by creating employment.and there’s a mutual benefit since he is also investing e.g by the end of 3 years he would have generated 93,600zmk on each spacio.and there are issues of wear and tear which the end user will inherit

  19. The bible says it is more blessed to give than to receive , even if he may not be a believer one it works the same, Zambia needs such leaders out of the little they have they also give, well it is not every one who can give

    • Are you sure its out of the little he has? Have you spoke to his wife or girlfriends or children… Pull that wool over your eyes…maybe you are reading too many lies in the bible and not using common sense.
      Wake up!!

  20. MS. well done. at times we should take our hats off. good is good and Miles is one of the very few who have managed to act and work for the people. Well done my man keep it up. memeber of ZU64

  21. Cheque isssued to Miles Whilst Cabs are already paid for and painted. Very
    Interesting, also he has borrowed 250,000.00 and he will pay the same amount can the bank Please tell us about the interest he will pay.
    Thanks

  22. Where ACC when you need them….it seems this young man has suddenly stumbled in alot of disposable income, first he was offering reward money for info about ZWD reporters in dollars and forgoing his gratuity…..only a docile individual would buy this rubbish.
    People should ask themselves if he would be in a position to this before October 2011.

    • I`m sure you don`t have even a simple investment home. All you know is to sit on your lame a$$ and type crap on LT.So much for an arm chair critic.

    • If its of any comfort to yourself, yes I have investments and no I didn’t have become a deputy minister of Finance or Commerce or use family government contacts or contracts or dodgy Euro Bond dealings to grow the little I have….its from my very own sweat and my source of income is traceable to the very last pence.
      Genuinely wealthy people WHO BECAME POLITICIANS like the then Lusaka MP Deepak Patel PLEDGED their whole salary for five years immediately they were voted-in in 1991 they didn’t have to steal first like this kid…WHO IS giving PEOPLE their own money. What an insult to taxpayers….you wake up from your docility…its no wonder people in Zambia don’t even know what the TRUE role of an MP is..WAKE UP!!

    • Hater ! All you think of is “he stole” whenever you see anyone doing something you can only dream of.Chaps like you must be whipped.

    • Yes give credit where it it due son. You are not objective .You let your political affiliation get the better of you.

    • This is the kind of unbridled negativity and cynicism that has kept witchcraft and black-magic in business among African folks for millennia. STOP IT!!!

    • Jay Jay do not be so hateful. Do not allow the past disturb your future. Very few people are born with so much wealth that there are able to donate immediately. That is why in Zambia people do not give for fear of being told that they stole. Any charitable act of giving is suspected coming from stolen funds/goods. We like receiving and we remain poor. America does not care whether you tell them that they stole or they interfere in other country’s welfare, they continue giving and their dollar continues to rein in the World

  24. MILES, THAT’S A VERY GOOD AND PRACTICAL GESTURE. YOU ARE A GUY FULL OF INITIATIVE AND INNOVATIONS. THAT’S THE LEADERSHIP WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN ZAMBIA. OF COURSE HELL-BENT CHAPS WILL HAVE NEGATIVE COMMENTS. BUT, REALLY THE IDEA OF A REVOLVING FUND IS BRILLIANT. SEEING THINGS OUTSIDE THE BOX, THE YELLOW COLOUR OF CABS IS SAFE COLOUR TO USE BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC. ONE IS REST ASSURED OF SAFETY AS THE COLOUR IS PATENTED TO MATERO CAB BUSINESS. THE NEXT STEP IS TO INSTAL COMPUTERS ON THEM AND THERE WE ARE- ON THE SAME LEVEL WITH LONDON CABS.

  25. Way to go ba Miles Sampa. Your gratuity will be put to good use for the public. Creating jobs for the youth your constituency. Congratulations sir.

  26. Miles……you are the man. May God continue to bless you. This is the type of leadership that our generation should try to emulate.

    • What type of leadership is this? Africans are easily dubbed its no wonder the likes of Anil Agarwal are enjoying half a billion dollars a year in hard cash whilst you are busy begging for $20m in loans from IMF. Wake up why should God bless someone whose source of income and sudden wealth is highly questionable.
      WAKE UP!!

  27. Why should you get annoyed when some one donates, unless its coming from that guy who looted Zambian resources during privatisation. YOU HATERS.

    YO BLACK FRIDAY CAMPAIGN FAILED

    YO FRIDAY HONKING FAILED

    COME 2016

  29. Get the genesis of this publicity.
    Initially, Sampa got a loan from Indo-Zambia bank for economic empowerment for youths in Matero. (Uncharacteristic for a bank to give a loan on this criteria), was it personal loan or Matero Constituency loan?. Sampa is now pledging to pay it off with gratuity in September from parliament. Sampa has also ceated another company called Matero Cabs where drivers will be expected to cash in K600 per week as a revolving fund for further developments in Matero area. Who owns Matero Cabs is it Matero Constituency or Sampa? Answers to these basic questions will assess the character of Sampa. Remember Sampa is nephew to missing deceptive Michael Chilufya Sata.

    • Aquilla: Lets get another version here: Sampa got a loan from Indo-Zambia bank for economic empowerment for youths in Matero using the Matero Youth Committe as a beneficiary. Sampa has also ceated another company called Matero Cabs where drivers will be expected to cash in K600 per week as a revolving fund for further developments in Matero area and the fund account is being managed by the Youths in Matero who have chosen four signatories to sign on all payments for the youths salaries and repairs and servicing of the Cabs. The Cabs are owned by the youths in Matero through the youth development committee and Sampa as an area MP will be an ex-officio member to give guidance on the management of the Cabs and funds to ensure sustainability. Uh how about that for a response?

  31. Love is neva love until you give it away,and thats the way to go Mile blessed is the hand that gives than the one that takes it,thats a principal whether siner or believer.i see no reasonable person see a problem wen someone gives to the less previlege unless u ar abnormal thats undstndble.

  32. Wait a minute Miles. This generosity is going too far. Something is amiss here. To me this sounds like some sort of campaign trail. All the media hype about this donation to the youth Miles can you wisper what is it in aid of? Man I am watching you. I think you are up to something.

  33. I wish my MP can emulate the spirite. But it is easier to do evil than it is to do good. If Hon. Sampa was advocating for higher remuneration and allowances,he was going to be backed by his colleagues irespective of wether opposition or ruling.
    Nomba bamambala baumfwa ati lyashi lya ku donator baba na tondolo kwati menshi mu jo-saka.
    African politics!we are centuries behind. We say CONGRATS ba SAMPA those with the heart will follow suit.

    • Its YOU the ZAMBIAN Electorate who are centuries behind….when you wake up you will truly smell the coffee. Wake up from your passive state!!

    • Jay jay, you are a very annoying arsehole! Get a life you self righteous lumpen. What have you ever donated to the community rather than your family?

  35. Sampa’s sin is that he is publicising his “good did”. The bible says your left hand should not know when the right hand is giving.

    However, this is better than the UPND MPs (and MMD) whose bank balances have bulged by k250 000 and can’t remember the people who voted for the. As for Namugala, I won’t even say anything!

  36. I’m going to give him the benefit of doubt and assume he means well and his intentions are genuine. But this how bad this country has become. Praising an MP who wants to be praised for doing exactly what he exactly elected to do. And he doesn’t have to use his money because Zambia has lots of money. Where is revenue from tax payers, mining tax, euro bonds, govt loans, donor money, etc.?
    Also where o live, tax driving is regarded as a ‘job’ for people who can’t find ‘real jobs’… driving others who are going to work. What happened to apprenticeship, doing vocational training at technical college to learn some real skills?
    In whose name is Metro Cabs registered and who is collecting revenue? No praises here…unless I see a former NY mayor getting $1 salary.

    • The catch is the revolving fund, who will control that fund?.Or is it where Miles will recoup his money in the future. The narrative that he has donated his gratuity is merely a cover-up. These are my doubts but its a better initiative tnan nothing, except it is benefiting taxi’s which frankly just a bunch of dropouts and thieves.

  37. And just to add: rather than condemning his MP friends for self aggrandizing, if he really wanted to make meaningful change, why hasn’t he petitioned his fellow MPs and moved a motion in the House to scrap the so called gratuity in the first place? That would bring about real change and create better jobs than taxi driving. Imagine if every grauity paid to these use-less MPs was put together? He can use his influence to stop the rort and wastage right there in parliament… that what he was elected to do.

  38. Well done Sampa. YOU ARE THE MAN!! All the people condeming this move are satanists because onlt the devil does not appreciate kindly gestures lie giving. May God bless you abundantly. Dont worry about those diabolical criticisms, just do what is best for the poor and God will reward you.

  39. Wait a minute, my brother says he did not join politics for money. But as a minister he is on govt payroll, free fuel, vehicles etc. Why didn’t Miles do this when he was still working at the bank like HH has been doing even before joining politics, or getting a govt job?

    These people really think we are fools.

  41. That’s the way to steal Sam pa you are given a hundred you just steal ten and use ninety unlike some of these oppossition leaders who go round the villages of the south asking fellow tribes men to donate cows to the party but they end up in their beef firms with no proper accountability on how much was raised for the party and they call themselves presidential material

  42. Sampa Miles do something like Clement Tembo in Kabwata is doing. Removing gabage and cleaning streets of Kabwata while its MP Given Lubinda is busy with less beneficial tours in South Africa and talk shops. He has over stayed as MP and lost saltiness. Miles, your scheme is not so inspiring to the general public as only few youths can benefit from it and focuses on you making profit for yourself of K600 weekly cashing which translates to K185,000 per car before writing it off in 3 years. This is huge money for you if you have 10 to 20 Matero Cabs.

    • Where do you get the K185,000 figure boss…600 per week * 4 = 2400 per month >>>> 2400 * 12 = 28,800 per year…28,800 * 3 = 86,400…Let me understand your mathematics here…

  44. This is a good gesture! blowing a trumpet is not good sir! telling your friends to follow you is utter nonsense and bullish. you are all MPs fine but you are individuals with different circumstances. some without that midterm gratuity would have become bankrupt. ulo lubuli!

  45. You UPND guys you are totally lost.

    YO BLACK FRIDAY FAILED, cause no support from majority Zambians.

    YO FRIDAY HONKING FAILED , NO support from majority Zambian

  46. Ka Miles Ku pusa, repeating what HH said word for word. Except HH does not blow trumpets when being philanthropic.

  47. Guyscot started the programme some times back in chilenje.for guyscot he bought taxis give them to people then u agree on conditions that u work with a tax then agree amount for a certain piriod 2 be given,
    then the cab will remain yos

  48. fi upnd kwena muli fipusa sana mwendoshi mwe. everything is to criticize

    creation of districts mwabosa
    salary increase for civil servant mwabosa
    minimum wage mwabosa
    Eurobond mwabosa
    link Zambia 8000 mwaabosa
    wining Africa cup mwabosa
    miles sampa helping his people mwabosa
    finshi mufwaya mweba tonga kanshi.when are you going to appreciate some one doing fine

  49. I would like to commend Miles for at least sharing something with his electorates. The gesture is well come and I would like to urge the youths who have been given jobs as taxi drivers to work diligently.

    Remember if you are faithful God will lift you to a higher level

  50. Way to go MP Miles. You are one in a Million MPs in Zambia who has done this. You deserve more money as you are helping others. People like Namugala, Chituwo and JJ Mwimbu do not need to be in parliament as they are there for money.

  51. Fellow bloggers i have noted your overwhelming positive and negative comments… i know Miles Sampa personally and i have great respect for him. But this character has one problem…NIWAKASO. I have been watching him since PF came into power playing to the gallery pretending that he is generous man. When i saw this Taxi gesture on TV yesterday i was very moved. One thing that people ought to know is that all this is fake. The man is PLAYING TO THE GALLERY, this is just to build a fake image like he cares for the people. One should interview his workers especially his builders, his bus drivers and personal drivers how they have been treated buy this character. Ba Sampa ba kaso and has a history of mistreating his poor workers. The Hon. Flirtatious MP is just playing to the gallery!!!

  52. There is nothing to praise Hon. Sampa about, he is the highest earner in all this; look here he invests k250 to buy 10 spacios, then he loans them to 10 drivers…here is the logic:
    Cashing per week K600 x 4 weeks = k2,400 in a month
    Cashing per 12 months = 12 x k2,400 = k28,800 in a year per spacio
    Cashing for 3 years = k28,800 x 3 = k86,400 per spacio for the period of 3 years
    Cashing for 10 Spacios = k86,400 x 10 = K 864, 000 for 3 years for 10 Spacios
    Return (864,000 )- Investment (K250,000) = K614,000.!!untaxed.
    So who is the highest earner in all this?

    • Sampa is the earner here. I wonder the fuss about this silly business. Go to the copper belt drivers are empowered with vehicles over one year six months not three years. The publicity stunt was for the police to keep away. This will boost business becoz people will associate these taxis to not been interfered with hence having more business than other cabs. Sampa will make 614, 000 in three years while he’s laughing at his friends who want 500, 000 in five years. Zambians please lets open our eyes and see beyond our nose. lets not be myopic.

  53. I am very disappointed with miles Sampa, you don’t empower youths by buying then second -hand Sapcio cabs. Thats a mockery. Matero youths wake-up. How you celebrate noonsense. The best empowerment was for him to form a cooperative or a company and simply employ the youths as drivers. This is sustainable. He even calls it Metro Taxi. A very silly idea borrowed from cabs in big apple!!! and for him to call upon his fellow MPs to do the same is a sign that he is so immature. Where on Earth do you do so. Matero people elected a stupid, immature person. Its be honest going being a Politician is just like another job. Senator McCain has been Senator for the last 36 years. He doen’t do stupid things like this small boy , Miles Sampa. Even Sir Micheal didn’t such a thing.

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