Commerce, Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Miles Sampa has announced that he will stop issuing public statements for a month following what he called too much deliberate misquotations.
The Matero MP who has been at the centre of a number of controversial policy statements said he will keep silent for at least a month.
Sampa posted on his Facebook page that he has been misquoted for too long and he will now keep quiet for a month.
“So much deliberate misquotes out there and wondering why. Some private individuals plan to open a bank for SMEs and invite me to their consultative launch.
All I did is encourage and commend them for being proactive. Headline- Government to open a Bank for SMEs,” he wrote.
He continued, “Just one of so many distortions lately that go viral and believed by some. Will try a month long ‘silence’ of no interviews, no statements, no public functions, no talking (though paid to talk) and no addictive FB posting either.”
Recently Mr.Sampa was quoted as saying government had so far spent K17 billion on by-elections,and the funding was coming from the contingency line in the 2013 national budget, after the budgeted K5 billion was exhausted.
‘We put K5 billion and we have a line in the budget called contingency where we had put K50 billion for any unforeseen circumstances,’ Mr Sampa said.
This statement raised alot of questions as the Electoral Commission of Zambia had earlier announced that they don’t spend less than K5billion per by election.K 11 billion was used for Lukulu and Kapiri bye elections, Feira gobbled K7.7 billion.Without adding the figures from the other by elections held previously this was way above the amount purported by the Deputy Minister.
There have been calls from the different sectors in the country for Government to be open about how much is really being spent on by elections and whether the government has overrun its national budget.
I posted a Comment yesterday on Sampa’s Big Mouth, this was based on stories that reached me to say Commerce minister and his counterpart at Finance were fed-up with his rhetoric. Sampa has been warned strongly against his mouth diarrhea.. Watching the space!!
Whatever makes him think he won’t be misquoted four months from now?!! If he feels unjustified in the way he has been presented, let him pick out journalists who are professional and just-who will report exactly what he says…am sure there are plenty in Zed!!
Keeping quite is childish considering the kind of work you are supposed to be performing my good sir…serving a the nation as a loyal servant!
So look for people in the media who are objective…period.
@Dojo Do, “Childish”? I am not sure. someone us who have boozed with Miles in Lusaka, and in Boston, have advised him to “big-up” a little. The guy has an asset of his “body” to become even a President, but the mind is still soft. I mean what is remaining are Leadership skills, I think he is a good manager in my opinion, he is a good worker, not a leader.
Zambia will be a better place for a month without Miles comments.
One month is too short . Shut up forever including Sakeni. Go into hidding like your president who cant honour up.
How about your entire life time iwe Miles? To help you out, here is a big cup of Shut The F.u.ck Up!!!
He is surprised that even his fellow PF cadre at the Zambian Economist has questioned his intelligence or the lack of it! It is not a question of keeping quiet , dear Miles. It is about telling the truth whenever you open that cake hole of yours because there’s no point in keeping quiet now and only to come back with the same lies and daft statements when you finally remove the lock from your lying mouth!
am an *****!
Of course you are otherwise you wouldn’t be pretending to be someone you are not.
Miles will try a month long ‘silence’ of no interviews, no statements, no public functions, no talking BUT will continue drawing his hefty salary plus allowances at the expense of the taxpayer like our president who has not got the “balls” to host a press conference at State House. Sata will soon be included in the Guinness Book of Records. There just too much deadwood in this bloated gov’t.
Were you not at one time a diehard supporter of PF? What happened?
Correction I supported and campaigned for CHANGE not the PF like most neutral observers out there….please refer to the pre-election 2011 LT archives.
These are the kind of people you have entrusted your finances and the economy of Zambia. Shame. Bakolwe baleteka.
We shall misquote u even in you silence for a month.
PF is a SANGWAPO Government,where the likes of Miles Sampa,Masumba,Kampyongo,Moonde,Kansembe.David Phiri,Siamunene ,and the like find shelter-God help us before things get very ugly.Already things don’t look too good.
Nothing new or extra ordinary. Mr Sata has been quiet for almost 2 years.The bottom line is say the truth, nothing short of truth will help.Miles you and your boss cheated Zambians to get into government, today your boss is unable to face the people and explain himself on a number of issues.PF feels they are too big or too good to be accountable to people who elected you.Typical CNP style.
Mr.Sampa should recommended for the step has taken of shutting up his mouth for a month. Let him be like his uncle Micheal Sata who has gone into oblivion from the time assumed the Presidency.
Who cares?
Finally!!! We are tired of having our intelligence insulted. We certainly will not miss you.
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Miles, you better cage your so called advisor Hopper Hamiyanze or whatever his name is as well…
We will not miss you…. better keep your ignorance to yourself
ba UPND mwalikalipa but…kuti bakulya umubishi……….unfortunately u will never rule Zambia………..ba HH said over his dead body SATA shall never rule but HH is still alive and SATA is in State House as President…..hahahahaha…..mwalifulwa.kabili fweni ba HH
just shut your bick forever miles George compound..atase..we dont need to hear you..
Those who keep quiet just keep quiet without issuing any notice, and Sampa is not that type. What I can tell you is that Sampa will spend the next one month saying he’s not saying anything… And that in his view is KEEPING QUIET!
Those who keep quiet just keep quiet without giving notice, and clearly Sampa isn’t such a person. This guy will spend the next one month saying that he’s not saying anything – and to him, that is KEEPING QUIET!
Miles that is the best statement you have come up with since PF won the election. Any chance of an extension to the month, like forever..?
May His Mouth Rest In Eternal Peace!
Another reason why we should do away with these noisy empty tins we have as deputy ministers all together…..apart from politicking the PS and their deputies are highly capable of carrying out those duties.
Its annoying to read in that article Miles ignorantly bracketed the words “(though paid to talk)”….Miles for your own information you’re not in that position just for talking, please ask your son,daughter,niece or nephew who is at secondary school and they will enlightened you on the duties and roles of cabinet minister and the deputy minister in gov’t.
But his boss has instructed that they must explain to the people in there areas why subsidies have been removed.Why then say he will remain mute? May be he needs another Muhabi Lungu type of debate so that more Pf rhetorics are exposed.
yes………………BECALM AND EMBALM YOUR MOUTH SIR,just one kilogram of kidneys from ZAMBEEF!
This fella needs to grow up a bit. He cannot avoid the media, he’s a public official helping to govern the country on behalf of its citizens, shutting his gob won’t help him. If he’s misquoted he needs to be clarifying what he’s said or maybe he could delegate to his juniors or civil servants in his ministry.
This chap is POMPOUS. These are chaps who now think are the IT thing…end all be all of things because of their temporary tuma waving flags on their pajeros. The majprity of these chaps fail to make proper money by themselves and the only way out is through stealing from poor Zambians and being leaches (except GBM of course who was a who’s who anyway). Such low lives these politicians. Ka Miles shut up FOREVER and continue feeling you are now “Ba Mwine”…just look at Katele Kalumba getting on Kasalanga to at least keep in touch with what lies ahead. Can’t stand these childish mofos masquerading as leaders…not all Zambians are fools ba pompwe mwe
Wise decision Mr. Sampa!!! Well done.
Can you extend tat decision ad infinitum and spare us from “expertise” of failed “forex” bank clerk incompetent utterances?
Zambia will be a better place for a month without Miles comments.