President Michael Sata has warned Members of Parliament from his party, the Patriotic Front (PF), against laziness and lack of patriotism.
Mr. Sata warned his parliamentarians that they risk losing their seats to other competitors if they become complacent while in office as electorates will choose other representatives instead of the lazy, uncooperative and selfish leaders.
He warned that he will work and develop areas where Members of Parliament have shown dedication to duty in line with their mandate of facilitating the delivery of development to their constituencies.
Mr. Sata sounded the warning during a rally held at Muchinka basic school grounds to drum up support for the PF Mansa Central candidate Chitalu Chilufya yesterday.
The PF has chosen Dr. Chilufya to contest the Mansa Central parliamentary constituency by-election which fell vacant after its MP, Kennedy Sakeni died in September this year.
President Sata, who castigated Luapula Members of Parliament for not doing enough to foster development in the province, also warned the PF candidate Dr. Chilufya that he too will not be voted into office if he fails to deliver to the expectation of the electorates in his first term of office.
The President warned Dr. Chilufya against being complacent and inaccessible to his people after he is voted into office.
He instead advised him to take advantage of the party’s goodwill to nominate him so that he could replace a member from within the party as opposed to losing the seat to the opposition.
And Luapula Province Minister Benson Kapaya urged the electorates to continue with the peace that has exhibited since the campaigns started.
Brigadier General Kapaya added that the by-election was a formality for the PF since there were a number of development projects the constituency has witnessed from the time the party assumed power over two years ago.
Earlier, PF Provincial Chairman Nixon Chilangwa, who is also the party’s campaign manager for the Mansa Central by-election, said the region was peaceful.
Mr. Chilangwa, who is also Home Affairs Deputy Minister, thanked Mansa Central residents for the manner they have conducted themselves during the campaigns for the by-election slated for Friday, November 22, 2013.
Mansa Central constituency is being contested by five political parties which are the United National Independence Party (UNIP), the PF, the Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD), the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) and the United Party for National Development (UPND).
What a great leader you are sir
Please do we pray for your your stay in 2016
All us in diaspora
Kaunda mwanwasa chiluba banda could not have warned parliament in the way mr sata is.doing
Surely all the haters will agree.with.me that we need to leave him.until 2021 that way discipline and continuity will be installed
To.be honest . there is.no.one better to lead us forward than mr sata
This kneeling nonsense now is annoying me. Any way ati sebana wikute
@Membe post…Kneeling has always been part of our tradition.Our people have been doing it before their superiors from time immemorial.Do not allow your westernization take away the Ubuntu in you.
Pathetic you are you creature. This culture of kneeling down is pathetic too. Anyway they can fool those villagers who vote for town people who kneel down before them.
Looking at his jacket it’s like he is carrying a battery pack around his waiste, l only hope they last that long my man!
hahahahahahah HA!
@Zambiano well spoken.
This kneeling Rubbish is back? They all look stupid. Whom are they fooling, after winning; they will be the first to insult supporters. Bugging for voters to let them get rich. Kneel even when in Power, than pretend like Luo, busy interfering with Traditional rulers. MANSA Voters, Do the Repeat of Mkaika. PF should be taught a lesson. They have killed Zambia in many aspects.
@Jo, hw old re u? Read about wat Kaunda used to do wth officials who nevr performd. Mwanawasa’s MPs wekd, so ws the fresh republican MPs under Chiluba. who nids 2 warn his workrs if they ar all hard weking? Only the opposite applies and we ar seeing it only in ths govt – why? Bcoz its a bandwagon, free to ride on, no checks and balances internally and all the gret leader can do is fire blank shots. Why not fire????
Mere rhetoric to fool some foolish villagers. Let him warn and discipline Mwansa kapeya for his extreme lack of progress in Mpika central, only then will I believe he means well.
@ Zambiano, ubuntu is ok not ubu foolish. this is idiocy at its worst.hoodwinking people with desperate acts.these buffoons dont even visit their constuents,why should be pretending
Yes Micheal tell them ! Good call right there.I still remember from watching parliamentary debates how one MP from Luapula was mostly shown on TV dozing.Timely warning…no going to parliament to drink at parliament motel and ofcourse taking the infamous prostitutes there.Spearheading development is the way to go.Aluta continua !!!!!!!!!!
Well said man.Truth be said.
HE ALWAYS SAY RHOSE THINGS DURING CAMPAIGNS U IDOTI
thats why am forced to refer to you as a child Saulosi boyo. As Mwangala has said, he always says this pama campaign and by the time he gets back mu chopper, he would already have forgotten what he was blubbering about. Even you know that. Zambiano on the other hand is your ka groupie so anything you say is gospel truth.
@Saulosi, please stop the “Aluta continua” , are you UNITA? You people everything is fight-fight-fight-aluta- aluta-aluta… ne fimakofi mumulu.
And tell your Sata, to stop insulting female MPs to kneel in from of him, she a married woman that one he is staring at.
its that time again…kneeling for votes,dont vote for
these bar.stads after voting for them they will dissa
pear,just advising.
This kneelin must be making General Ben Kapaya very uncomfortable, he is not used to this sort of thing. Being from the military, it’s not part of the culture, but since he chose politics maybe he has adapted.
This makes me lough. In Malawi, there used to be a King who used to mistreat his ministers by calling them Bush ministers given jobs over his people. For one to approach the king must knew down and salute the king by rolling one’s belly on the floor. Women were considered special where even marriage was scary to men.
@idah, i guess you’re trying to bring out a good point, but the grammar and some misspellings makes it abit difficult to get your explanation. I wish i could understand you.
first photo…sata spoted looking and admiring the
brown young lady.just look at the way he is looking
at her mmmmmmm,i smell something thr.
This is the most stupid picture i have ever seen of old people kneeling… Africa is still in the stone age…
And yet people think they can develop…
Stone age ? You must be a very confused chap.You call something stoneage just because that white man who taught you how to draw those curves and angles in your engineering courses told you so? People like you with a western centric indoctrination disgusts me.This is part of our Ubuntu my friend.Probably explains why you ran away from Zambia because you are not a proud African at heart.Smh
@the engneer(australia).sata is being idolised in pf.this is because in pf there is almost none who has reached grade nine.except miles sampa doesnt register the kneeling down.
The stone age is actually even much better… this must be the cannibal era. I can not see some one with five senses in his head with a wife and children kneeling like that. I doubt if these men are normal.
Very true. It would not be nauseating to look at those images if indeed Panga and Fist was indeed a party of humble men and women. Ukwa himself is the most arrogant buffoon around – whatever happened to his man of the people escapade which has moved from riding in minibuses to using expensive helicopters for short distances and to salary increments whilst asking ordinary people to tighten their belts by the removal of subsidies!
@Engineer…they are normal its only that your western oriented education has taught you to look down upon everything African as backward,stoneage,primitive or cannibal era.We have really lost our identity as abantu(Africans) as well as the true spirit of ubuntu.We are but living the whitemans idea is what a normal lifestyle ought to be.
K!ka1a iwe TheEngineer(Australia)..ninshi mulanda. nimwe ba PHD????? I WONDER what guts u have in your heads …anyway empty tins……………….GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE YOU ********…these PLUNDERERS NEED SUCH WARNING FROM H.E. SOME OF THESE MINISTERS ARE A DISGRACE TO THE PRESIDENT & INDEED VOTERS…THEY SHOULD RESPECT YOU AND I….AS THEIR EMPLOYER…THEY ARE TOLD TO KNEEL DOWN SHOW RESPECT TO THE ELECTORATES SOMETHING THEY DONT REALISE…..& cant do from their own thinking.
Can surely an Engineer talk such ru.bish?? Mmmm….I wonder!!
My brother, watch out for indoctrination and mental slavery!!! It is clearly manifesting itself in the way you despise the rich African culture of kneeling. Getting educated does not mean you throw away the rich African culture. Your attitude is the worst enemy to African development and progress. Remember Marcus Garvey once said “While others can free our bodies, non but ourselves can free our minds.”
Culture my as.s!! kneeling in front of parents or elders is culture and not this hypocrisy we are seeing in this photo! Kneeling in front of a politician,and worse still that politician is Sata? atase! all your people supporting kneeling in front of a politician are sick in the head!
@Gumu gumu as long as he is a leader they have too.Just because you dont like him doesnt mean others have to do the same.Grow up and accept individual differences and preferences.
Atase! Warnings that has only come at a campain rally. Nosense! Its like a father who has failed to perfom his fatherly duties and constantly blames it on his children. Why not warn Winter and GBM for causing death?
Nafuchi nafuchi 2016.
kneeling and laughing at the dumb electorate. don’t take advantage of the illiterate voters in my home land. it pains me to see such blatant lies being dished out to my people.
K!ka1a iwe @DREAMBOI…..ninshi mulanda. nimwe ba PHD????? I WONDER what guts u have in your heads …anyway empty tins……………….GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE YOU imbecile…these PLUNDERERS NEED SUCH WARNING FROM H.E.. SOME OF THESE MINISTERS ARE A DISGRACE TO THE PRESIDENT…
Let it continue paining you!!
Can you call Mansa voters illiterate voters? You must be very illiterate yourself!!
why is it that sata always detaches himself from pf failures?does he only see under-development during a by-election campaign?is this man attached to the happenings on the ground?does he even allow his ministers to make independent decisions without threats of dismisal?is he aware that he is on the driving seat?does he follow any program in doing or saying things? EDUCATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN MODERN LEADERSHIP.
Even when you are the head of department in the company you work for and you see that your juniors are not performing…..wat do u do? Kubasoka!!
And Alaise Alaise is taking advantage of your weakness ba president
Aleisa Aleisa ninani??
This is a new approach by ba Sata after realizing that things are not well with him. Or could this the last kicks of a dying horse. Does he need to wait for campaign period to take to task his Ministers? Don’t they have weekly or monthly review meetings where to brainstorm developmental issues. The treatment these innocent MPs were subjected to is pure mockery and not a sign of hard work, period!!!
It’s time the President realized that the failure of his members of parliament is his personal failure. They work at his direction, though voted into office by the people.
StJude, Its not true that the poor performance by members of parliament reflect the failure of the President.
Zambia had great men like late Hon Kalenga of Mwinilunga, late Hon Mufaya Mumbuna, Hon Katele Kalumba, Hon Dipak Patel and HE Michael Chilufya Sata. These men worked very had when they were Members of Parliament.
@St Jude That’s nonsense. Though the are accountable to the president, MPs take full responsibility for development in their constituencies. Credit should be given to whom credit is due.
just the face illustrates that this man is sacarstic in his language.wa miponto full of vulgar language
@ Chloroquin, can you tell any one ati wamiponto?? Sure …….with those insults you have in your mouth??
Their bodies are kneeling but their hearts are full of pride and hypocrisy. After they vote for this man, he will disappear and reappear in 2016 to seek their vote. If you listen to some comments by Sata’s ministers, you will not believe that they are the same ministers who were kneeling in 2011 to get votes.
illiteracy is a disease because it’s very easy to be cheated and manipulated all the time owing to limited understanding of things so, the simplest answer to give is ”Yes” in everything as everything is beyond your understanding. Here on earth, no politician shall ever tell you the truth, not even Michael Sata who has been lying from birth until now. it has become his way of life. The first pronouncements were made on a 90 days promise. What is he promising you now ?
Sata has called Luapula people with all sorts of names and has come back to be knelt before as King. Lambasting them as children. This talk has been heard before and now includes BUFI of developing areas where PF mps are coorperating with him. What pathetic lies this old man says betrays respect we have for elders in Zambia.
Lusaka times has been bought by the Panga Family. Why cant they tell us he called his MPS foolish and that “after 49 years chli mulenyela mu pit latrine”
i hope Mr simusa of Nchanga is listening . the man is useless.
Just what is going on in the second picture where some men in suits are kneeling on the dusty ground? Am struggling to understand what is happening. Are these guys running a country on their kneels. This is rudiculous behaviour what ever it is they are doing it for. Who are they kneeling for anyway?
They are kneeling for the electorates.
They are being sincere by acknowledging that they are running the economy to the knees!
this is worse than comedy,its a pity these villagers can go on and buy such cheap antics.
Which villagers?? In Mansa??
of course where else are they going to buy such feaces not even in tanzania can an MP kneel down even if ordered by kikwete
I love seeing guys kneeling down…This shows the MPs are ‘down to earth’.
This is embarrassing. Just look closer to home, Africa, I have never seen or heard of a Head of State command his MPs & ministers to kneel before the electrorate & yet we have similar cultures of respecting each other. President Mugabe, the longest saving president probably in the entire world has never embarrassed his MPs of ministers in front of his people. Where are we going with our leadership bane? I rest my case.
My brother, they are simply acknowledging that the economy is on it’s knees!
Mansa voters emulate ba Solwezi Central,Mkaika, Chipata Central and Kafulafula by voting for the Opposition.Vote wisely for the new slogan……..HALEISA- HALEISA…H.H.HAISA…..HAISA.for 2016 as Don’t kubeba was buried in 2011 by the PF.VIVA HAISA………HAISA all the way bane ba Mansa.
Woodman above, you should learn to do unto others as you would wish to be done for you. I have said it before and wish to repeat that historically the opposition reigned supreme in Southern and North-Western Provinces. Western Province where most learned and intelligent people by ratio come from always wisely votes for both Ruling and Opposition Parties. Northern, Muchinga and Luapula are the highly populated Provinces and usually supports the ruling Party of the day without tribal considerations. Therefore Woodman, Mansa belongs to PF. As for 2016 results, on going development projects would do the campaigns. It is too early for wishful thinking for the Opposition to win the way they have remained divided with more new Parties being formed!
@Innocent
According to the 2010 Census Luapula Province and Northern Province (Muchinga) they have 1,181,555 combined registered voters while NWP, SP and WP have 1,422,193 registered voters. So what are you talking about?
In top picture the bespectacled man in a greenish chitenge shirt has a clenched fist ready to strike, I hope he hit the target.
Prevailing situation at KCM:
1. They are selling all inventory including sensitive spares without leaving any spare to support the operations
2. Scrap is being sold like nomans business
3. They have started closing all the running contracts especially under projects
4. Konkola Deep Mining Project (KDMP) has been stopped and no contractor to be on site after 30th November 2013
I’ll keep updating you…..
This kneeling is really irritating because it is not spontaneous; it is political deception meant to hoodwink the people that these people are humble, yet they are arrogant and behave as if they are our paymasters.
Such silly electioneering rhetoric is only possible if the electorate is ignorant…its not up to him to decide where to take development, its no wonder we are heavily in debt due to misuse of presidential directives and such Unipist mindsets.
Three years down the line and this president is still cowering from hosting a press conference at State House…he is surely going to be entered in the Guinness book of records.
We deserve better effective leadership.
Wake up Zambia! !
BA ZAMBIANO MULI CHIPUBA, KNEELING FOR AN 18 YEAR OLD CHAP BECAUSE HE/SHE IS A VOTER IS RESPECT FOR THOSE OLD F.O.O.LS?
@Jo there is nothing disciplinary by making them kneel it is just a dont kubeba gimmick. Where was sata all this time only to remember that they are not working because there is a bye-election. If sata was such a disciplinarian, we would not have had this fighting by Panga welding cadres, he could have already dealt with it. You cant fool all the people all the time. All this Bufi theories are not taking us anywhere. Tell your President to also leave the Chitimulu installation process alone.
@KACHEPELE walasa mune.
It is not only MPs who are answerable. The president too. He talks as if him is life president. Kneeling down does not guarantee anything.
MPs are the most arrogant and big headed of public servants- they are’ little celebrities’. What we see in this picture is not humbleness, it’s men scared for their jobs while others like Chilufya Chitalu pleading for one. They are kneeling because there is no other option. In Sata rule, they have prepared to be humiliated, insulted, talked-down on or even lick the ground to fill the belly and pay debts not to serve the electorate. I hope voters can see through this trash. But I doubt it. If anyone still wondered what dictatorship looked like, this is it!
Kwacha is at K5.7, lowest it has ever been since february 2009 and this has been attributed mostly to the uncertain political and economic climate mu zed. we are right now in a trance bane. PF is our purgatory as we transcend to depths of total despair or ascend to political and economic maturity which will only happen once we get rid of these guys mu 2016. People must admit that the experiment has failed. Sata has failed. He is NO leader. He is not visionary and has no strategic plans. He is a petty little man that thrives on non-issues and is an expert at keeping mum and cowering away like a small little snivelling child when things escalate to levels were only a true president can step in and make things right. I have tried to understand the rationale of his fans. I have failed.
@Dudelove
See the number of votes Saulosi gets on every tipic? they are cheating . LT doesn’t show the true picture anymore about what people say. they only give saulosi false votes Kikiikikikik! LT is control by PF cadres. the leader is Saulosi kikikikikiki
and please bene Zambiano and Nine chale, it is a total insult to some of us for you to try and justify the kneeling of grown men in front of the mostly kids that were ku rally. What you are saying is that it is okay for your dad to come and kneel in front of you??? Please, please i beg of you in your mission to defend all the nonsense perpetrated by your nonsense president and equally nonsense government, kindly ensure that you maintain a semblance of intelligence. How do you justify elders kneeling for children? Please reflect on this. Assess your level of reasoning before you became cadres and your levels now. Admit it or not it has depreciated. How do you justify a leader who runs away from the press, cannot hold a press conference and would rather tosha nama chiefs?
absolutely right, our country is devoid of thinking people. The politicians know it and take good advantage of the lack of analysis, self hate and that we are so cheap, we are easily bought by money and positions. The current generation is devoid of principles, integrity and the moral characteristics of the Martin Luther Kings, Ghandis, Mandelas, men of virtue. Tell me one current politician in Zambia, that you would wish to emulate. Some people dont think any more, mere vuvuzelas. Kneeling I have knelt, in my Lunda culture you kneel if greeting a pongoshi for instance but not for every Dick and Harry,. No no, this is not ubuntu.
all of them their votes are always high Saulosi, jo, Zambianao, nine chale always many people vote for them? no LT is a joke bcoz Pf are controling from the back end Kikiikikikik Saulosi says amafi and they give him 10 points kikikikikikikikik
Come off it guys “ubuntu” is not about kneeling to politicians, it has its place and not this political nonsense we are seeing. If you are willing to kneel to these people then that is your right but dont shove it on us based on fallacies. Dissing “The Engineer” because he is in Australia, just shows ignorance or is it ….? God lots of people outside Zambia may be love Zambia more than some of you so called pathetic nationalists, the world is inter-dependent and this crap about patriotism based on your location belongs to those that are irrational and ignorant. The internet you use, is a result of other nations making the research, jobs in Zambia are based on foreign investment, and nothing strange there?? The Engineer makes more sense than some of you ….., my God learn to have…
It is really stupid to think that kneeling in front of voters is ubuntu. This Sata tactic of fooling people during campaigns is not new. He does not raise any worthwhile issue but issues cheap threats to his MPs to sound like he really cares for the people. Listen or read his entire speech and you will notice that there is nothing significant in what he says. We need to do better and time has come for fresh leadership.
Engineer would rather bow to the queen of england!!! Don’t let you fake engineering degree take away from who you are, bro. Neither the clothes you wear nor the food you eat make you a man. Just saying.
Bowing and kneeling are two different actions. Those people in that picture have been made to look like complete id1ots.
If only this kneeling culture could have brought development. These people only kneel for votes, so that they can be driving expensive cars here in Lusaka.
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