Assembly Mkondo Lungu when he arrived at Parliament.
If Vice President Guy Scott were president, he would be no different from other ruthless African dictators. He too has embraced authoritarian rule and is furthering a legacy of repression of liberties and promoting the culture of deceit. It is difficult to forget the lies he has repeatedly told about the health condition of President Michael Sata.
Also, Scott’s recent wish for the Zambian Watchdog to “commit suicide” is an indication that he harbors hatred beyond redemption; that he is callous, ruthless, vengeful, and is obsessed with the guillotine. If he became president he would relish in cutting off the tongues of all those with dissenting views.
When Scott was appointed vice president many, including political gurus around the globe, thought he would show Zambians, and indeed other African nations, how to build a strong democratic society. As much as he is a Zambian, he also represents a society in which democracy has been one of the guiding principles of development. The success of his native country Scotland which is part of the United Kingdom is based on a structure in which the rights of the citizenry, their lives and pursuits, “are protected from any human agent bent on violating them.”
The reader must be reminded that Scott was once a strong proponent of democracy in Zambia. It is the reason he joined the Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) back in 1990 and led implacable attacks on Kaunda. His dislike for dictatorial rule is evident in his 2010 review of “The Musakanya Papers,” in which he writes:
“In particular there is nothing that does justice to the process whereby one Kenneth David Kaunda took over a prosperous “high end” underdeveloped nation in 1964 and turned it, over 27 years, into a bankrupt, disease-ridden, police state in which the public were constantly invoked by “national guidance” to regard him as subordinate only to God.”
What boggles the mind is how a man who witnessed Zambia reduced to a “bankrupt, disease-ridden, police state” would fall into the same trap. Today, Scott is part of the system that is spearheading the same undemocratic and inflexible structure of power. He is busy manipulating the Zambian political system to suit the autocratic agenda of the PF party. Like the Kaunda he so much despises, he too is stifling the country’s fundamental freedoms. And by virtue of being a leg up, he is doing it with impunity.
Let me take a swipe at Scott for his recent comments on the Zambian Watchdog in parliament because it is in such frenzies that narcissistic and absolutist symptoms are embedded. The reader must revisit and closely examine Scott’s statement “If it [ZWD] suffered from suicide tomorrow, we all would be happy.” Notice that what stands out is the word “suicide.” While the quote refers to the self-destruction of the medium, it could also figuratively mean that Scott would cherish in the self-destruction of the ZWD editors.
The quote therefore qualifies as “hate speech” for it not only disparages the editors but also wishes them the worst. Hate speech is synonymous with ruthlessness. In politics, ruthlessness is associated with authoritarianism. Scott ends his statement with “we all would be happy.” He cleverly poisons the atmosphere in his effort to seek public support and sympathy. He wants everyone to agree with him and see Zambian Watchdog editors as devils unworthy a life.
What is perhaps more upsetting is making such utterances inside a consecrated sanctuary like parliament house. I will say this; on October 18, 2014 the Zambian Parliament, however its goals and aspirations, was tainted by Scott’s poor choice of words. When the second most powerful man in the country expresses a sick desire to see someone or something “commit suicide” it is a situation of grave disorder.
Parliament is where honorable officials deliberate over matters of great concern. “Honorable” is the apotheosis here. It is used to indicate eminence, prudence, and judiciousness. A leader of Scott’s caliber should live by example and avoid hate speech. He may have a bone to chew with the medium for washing his dirty linen in public and calling him names like “muzungu wo pusa,” however, parliament is the wrong place for such ghastly desires. MPs from both sides of the aisle should admonish him the same way they did to Michael Kaingu over his HIV remarks. I imagine this is how he would be treated in a British parliament.
I mention the British Parliament because Scott knows that for years its members have been victims of salacious, libelous, melodramatic, and most titillating revelations. The British salacious papers and web sites are masters of intrusion, harassment, and hounding. They have been the destruction of many for decades—prime ministers, cabinet ministers, and celebrities. Even the monarch has not been spared.
There are hundreds of British tabloids and cyber sites, some which are partisan and anti-monarchical. Most are undetectable, and can be openly seditious and more virulent than the Zambian Watchdog, Zambia Reports, or Lusaka Times. Often they use fictitious stories to attract public attention, and yet, many thrive in a country that have has been the seat of modern democracy and the land in which free speech was born.
In fact, it can be assumed that in his spare time, Scott reads, with pleasure I might add, some of these British salacious sites. He does so while repressing and intimidating Zambian journalists who are merely emulating their counterparts in England. In as far as he is concerned journalists in Zambia do not deserve the same freedom. It is not an essential prerequisite. They do not have the right to write or speculate about his public and private life. As he stated, he would rather have the Daily Nation which he can easily sue.
Such are the sentiments of a man whose father founded the Zambia Daily Mail and advocated for its freedom. It is a great shame, really. Since he has become a stakeholder in the PF party, he has denied Zambian journalists the power of the pen. He has denied them their right to freely gather information, and report it in a befitting manner. The two official government mouthpieces, Times of Zambia and Zambia Daily Mail, are as good as dead. They cannot reveal government scandals and malpractices. This kind of censorship is the reason online information outlets like the Zambian Watchdog are in existence.
It has become abundantly clear that after three years, Scott, driven by the want for power, has sold his soul to autocracy. If he became president he would be no different from his predecessor. So far there is no indication that in his capacity as vice president, he has attempted to champion democratic rule. We have not heard him talk about Zambian citizens being equal before the law and enjoying freedom of speech and assembly. He has not made efforts to salvage us from bankruptcy and disease. Instead, he has become part of a team that has created a police state similar to Kaunda’s.
As soon as he was appointed vice, Scott became quiet on matters of political pluralism, civil liberties, and human rights. He failed to provide personal and political protection to those who were being harassed by his party for their opinions and beliefs. He instead watched with gratification as citizens were dragged to court.
And as is now clear, Scott has continued with the practice of misinformation and distortion, and continues to encourage skewed media coverage. His behavior the past three years gives the impression that a Third World “bankrupt and diseased” country of susceptible and untutored people can only be ruled with an iron fist.
Note: I join the country in wishing President Michael Chilufya Sata a speedy recovery. God bless.
By Field Ruwe
just let him become president, he does more work than Sata and far less embarrassing.
There would be no corruption, British aid to zambia would increase , debt would be written off because white men are more friendlier and, let us be honest this is a whiteman’s who are the protagonists.
We, you and I merely fill in the gaps
So in summary the country would be way much better off.
With ym white fiance I know most whites have great heart and this might mean we benefit from this abundantly, no more tribalism, envy, none of all that.
Hope the constitution makes this to come to pass
Thanks
Almost all the worlds wealth, power economics and nuclear armament is controlled by the predominantly white western cultures of the world. So, yes I would say it is still a white mans world and we would greatly benefit from dr Scott taking over the reigns in 2021, when President Sata decides to leave
Jesus was white, and I of course I am black but I am merely agreeing you with the fact that Guy would improve zambia and take us to another level, I hope it happens
He is a great man who is frustrated by the beauractric data unfairly input in the constitution
Thanks
The problem with Guy Scott is that over the years he has started thinking in bemba the common language he associates with.
In fact social anthropologist would find him as a good spacemen of studying how evolution works. In short human beings no matter how educated they can be… the social environment shapes their day to day thinking. Scott is classic of a PhD whose brain as adapted to the level of street thinking. His years with Sata has reduced him to a grade 7.
So that Field Ruwe still sell articles? Where are those guys who call Ruwe at midnight for empty threats.
Ba LT please leave such articles to underdogs at Zambiawatch-something.
I think we deserve decent articles than this copy-paste from “Tumfweko”.
After hearing Ba Sata will not attend Jubilee, I decided to cancel my trip to Lusaka. Because I know the country is in sorrows.
Lost $300 in cancellation fees. Sucks.
Instead I will join my fellow Zambians, and I hear Ruwe will be in attendance. I hope there won’t be a fight eruption there!
Ati Jesus was white!!!!! White supremacy at work, we think white people will solve our problems and no doubt we should think like this. we are just responding as we should, the program encoded into our brains by a vicious cabal of an insecure minority group makes us think and act this way. You can free a slave all you like but unless you free his mind, we will always go back begging to the slave master, colonial master for alms. they knew this very well and that’s why they could afford to give us an illusion called freedom, independence etc. why do you think, they only let go of Hong Kong less than two decades ago? White supremacy and their quest for world domination is real people, and they will do and have done unspeakable things to achieve it.continue believing they’re your friends!
Ba Mushota! “Jesus was white” haha!
Guy Scott, was the guy pre-2011 that we thought brought some intellect to PF. The truth is Scott has turned out to be just one of them. The PF. Intolerant, uncouth, disrespectful with racists tendencies. Scott is just like Munkombwe, he is in this for the belly. It is a great pity that someone that had colonial privileges at independence will be leading us for our Golden Jubilee. Pathetic!
More garbage from the failed career comedian. I wish i can get back my 4 minutes i spent reading this trash.
Mediocrity on full display here. There’s nothing special about the white guy and he has not sold himself as viable politician, apart from being the elusive chola boy who can not even answer questions in parliament. He diverts from issues. To hell with y’all thinking his skin makes him a better candidate. Zambia has younger, smarter, black people who can lead this country
Put color aside, Guy Scott, He would be a better Leader than our Current House Snake – (Former King Cobra). Because he has lost all the venom. It is sad but we just have to let our (M.S) Musweema SATA Rest.
For those in diaspora like Mushota?? : Musweema is a harmless snake found in most parts of Zambia. Sometimes even found in homes. Especially in Villages.
Put color aside, He would be a better Leader than our Current House Snake – (Former King Cobra). Because he has lost all the venom. It is sad but we just have to let our (M.S) Musweema SATA Rest.
For those in diaspora like Mushota?? : Musweema is a harmless snake found in most parts of Zambia. Sometimes even found in homes. Especially in Villages.
As always, Brilliant article by Prof. Field Ruwe. This man is a thinker and has a brilliant mind for our times. I believe he can make a better president than Sata. Sory for comparing you to Sata, Bambo Ruwe, but thats what we have at the moment.
Muzungu wo pusa. That about sums it up. This is a cockroach in white skin. We will surely live to curse the day we made Sata president. I think by and large, the bemba nation has really been exposed. They talk more than they can think. To think that this stup!d caucasian is the VP of a country is really beyond me. Whatever happens from here, Zambians only have themselves to blame. You celebrated Donchi kubeba now time to suck it. Sata and his family are chilling in the UK, world class facilities at his disposal!
We dont want Guy Scott to be president. The reasons are all there.
My people don’t worry I will be with Field Ruwe this Saturday at the independence celebrations. I will take as many pictures as my phone can store, of just Ruwe. You will Judge yourself.
I can’t believe that Ruwe has become a destitute… side effects of divorce I guess?
Pliz do that for us Nostradamus
We will appreciate he has been hiding behind the scene.Thats why he can’t come home to Zambia Aline nyumba azayambila pati he will die poor and buried like a pauper.Sorry did I say that pliz God 4give me.
Kanshi balimutamfya ku cupo ? Yes he has been feeding off his wife’s fortunes for too long. I`m not surprised.
@Nostradamus
This guy is a mad man. I have just come from visiting Ruwe. The Ruwes are as happy as ever. I have known them for years and nothing of that sort is happening. As Ruwe’s friend I have observed that this gentleman makes up sick stories about him. Ruwe does not know any one in New York this mad. All I can say to him is that he must stop alarming people with his untrue stories. For those in doubt get in touch with Ruwe on his website http://www.aruwebooks.com.
Ba RUWE, while we should all push for media freedom, it is equally important for the media to self police and even try to stick to ethics. Please let us know honestly if some of the news reporting we get from ZWD even comes close to meeting those standards.
You have rightly quoted the British media where some news outlets are publicly and at times embarrassingly biased, but that has not meant that the government just keeps quiet all in the name of press freedom. While you are at it, it’d be nice to bring your mind to some British Journalists who’ve recently been found guilty for breaching acceptable media practice. Highest profile is David Cameron’s former communications director Andy Coulson. As you disect Scott It’d be nice to hear your views about Memmbe’s hacking of Chikwanda…
I wrote to editor to delete this Ruwe graffiti. But still there..
So damn annoying.
What will happen if some of left this website? We have invested alot of time in it… since 2007.
Average cost of our time is $12 per hour, multiply with 1049 people who clicked on it. Somebody will be sued for this….
Delete Ruwe that’s all. Let him stay at watchdogs.
Do not judge Scott by his “wish” but by the collective revulsion at the new phenomenon of disregard for human dignity that the media in Zambia is displaying. Ruwe, in the USA where you are you have adequate protection as an individual and litigation is like a bag of sweets; there is no such luxury here. It is important to note how disconnected you are when you make some of your commentaries. You always try to shake off the dust from the potato before you start speaking about the soil in which it was. It is a darn shame!
Everyone shallow and racist picks on Guy Scott because he is white. Even in the PF, if Guy Scott spoke his mind he would be fired. He is under pressure, under siege. His only weakness is being white. Even the black people in PF have failed to challenge the cobra, what more a guy who can be told to shut up because he is a colonialist even when he is not? Leave Scott alone. He has had enough even within his party.
If not senility,Scott must be either an sycophant comfortable with his position enjoying benefits from it or an intelligent timer waiting the appropriate moment to revolt and take over as Gorbachev did,
Is the article talking about our Gay Scott Wina? I wont comment kanshi
Field Ruwe go and stay in America.If you have failed we shall show you the way.We have so many re-settlements here in Zambia.
These comments are pathetic. Guy Scott is a Zambian and fit to become the country’s president. Ruwe you are a racist. The colour of our beloved Patriotic Vice President should not be used to think that he is a colonialist. Grow up and right objectively period.
Ruwe is a prime example of why Zambia remains backward despite the efforts of heroes like Sata and Scott. You think sitting on your back side and churning out bitter essays counts as a job. Do something constructive like join politics to change the way things are, or shut your trap. How many man-hours do you think Zambians have wasted reading your chain of useless non-sequiturs?
People please do not blame Dr. Guy Scott for our own failures. His participation in politics as a white man in a predominantly black government is supposed to be a catalyst to all of us. We know how a Muzungu runs government, however, we have failed to emulate and improve upon the administration skill of a white man. Evidence of our failures is all over Zambia for anybody to point at and say this is wrong. What is needed here is for us to grow up and focuss on developing the country. One Zambia One Nation.
@field ruwe..you have a distorted view of things and a highly biased viewpoint of epic proportions to think your beloved ZWD has anything reasonable to say, last I read that pathetic website it had a false story saying The President died in NewYork. Again like 90% of their shallow and outrightly pro UPND stories which no one would be surprised if they came from the mind of another coward and corrupt chap, the likes of chi Corneius Mweetwa, a lackey that has shown time and time again to be a remote controlled brainless zombie that jumps like a clown at every whim of his satanic master the hungry hyena.
FELLOW ZAMBANS, LEND ME YOUR EARS OR IS IT EYES? DO NOT PANIC. ZAMBIA IS A CHRISTIAN NATION, THE ONLY ONE THE WORLD OVER, WHICH IS OFFICIALLY DEDICATED TO THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST. AS JOJO MWNGWAZA WOULD SAY, “RELAX GOD S N CONTROL.” WE ARE VERY MUCH IN SAFE HANDS.
DO YOU THNK GOD DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE DISASTROUS FALL OF THE PF GOVERNMENT? OF COURSE HE KNEW. WE ARE NOW ALL WONDERNG WHO WILL TAKE OVER. DONT WORRY. RB WAS REMOVED FROM POWER NOT BY PEOPLE BUT BY GOD BECAUSE OF THE MANY WRONG THINGS THAT HE ALLOWED, LIKE THE SHOOTING OF INNOCENT PEOPLE IN BAROTSELAND AND HAS NEVER EVEN BOTHERED TO APOLOGIZE. ITS GOD WHO REMOVES AND APPOINTS LEADERS. HE HAS ALREADY PREPARED ANOTHER MAN WHO HE PREPARED A LONG TIME AGO. WATCH THIS SPACE.
Article 33 (1) states that “there shall be a President of the Republic of Zambia who shall be the Head of State and of the Government and the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Force”. Article 34 (3) (b) states that “A person SHALL be qualified to be a candidate for election as President if ‘both his parents are Zambian by birth or descent’ ”
why cant the watch dog and lusaka times exercise patriotism when warranted? cant you ever support what is yours? already turning your paws on Dr Scott. you have nothing good to say about everything zambian. you obviously are not zambian and i wish the op can do more in shutting your good for nothing little filthy mouths, from little men with small brains, with extremely bad education. you should blow yourselves! you re not good for development, you assembly of foolish men and women.