Chinese are far more intelligent than you are. So be careful, Sata tells new appointee

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President Sata swearing Ms Getrude kasuba Mwape as Ambasador to China
President Sata swearing Ms Getrude kasuba Mwape as Ambasador to China
President Sata swearing Ms Getrude kasuba Mwape as Ambasador to China

President Michael Sata has urged newly sworn in Zambian Ambassador to China, Getrude Kasuba Mwape, to be cautious as she serves Zambia in that country.

President Sata said that the Chinese were intelligent people hence the call for Ms. Mwape to be careful during her discharge of national duties in China.

“The Chinese are far more intelligent than you are. So be careful,” President Sata advised.

And speaking to journalists shortly after being sworn in, Ms. Mwape pledged to work towards enhancing the existing relationship between the two countries.

She said Zambia has enjoyed 49 years of cordial bilateral relationship with China adding that she will further enhance these relations.

The Ambassador told journalists that she will aim at building from where previous ambassadors have left in a bid to sustain the interests of the two countries.

Ms. Mwape noted that the interests of the two countries were key to spearheading bilateral relationships.

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112 COMMENTS

    • inferiority complex..kaa!! you are defeated even before the assignement starts,,yaba some black africans.

      As country, Zambia has been producing engineers for 50yrs now,, yet because of inferiority complex you still believe that chinese enginneers are bettter your home grown!!!,, when are going to believe in your own and support then!!!

    • Well number 1.1, Zambia has produced engineers who can’t even build a bridge. While china has produced engineers who design and implement. It’s very true Chinese people are intelligent. One of the things I like about Sata is his frank talk. This is got nothing to do with inferiority complex but simply warning her to be cautious in her discharge of duty. Maybe you don’t know the Chinese people as you Zambians think writing and speaking English is being intelligent than those who can’t.

    • What i dont understand is why are you appointing a dull person?
      If you appoint the right and qualified people you wont need to worry!

    • She looks out of her depth and needs to be put back in the kitchen, where that body structure surely belongs
      .
      Pointless appointment

      Thanks

    • Tje The President is right chinese or whites are generally moee clever than blacks denial makes you . live in.a false world

      Not all but yes most.and therefore then president is right

    • Ba ndobo too much dobo

      An engineer or profffesor dont make someone clever

      Money can buy you degrees nowadays

      Of course . There are some smart zambians who are not engineers
      You don’t need eduction tonbe termed clever ask business mr

    • @ndobo, and who told you,you were black? Take a good look in the mirror and tell me if you see the color black at the person you see there.
      @peter – have you been to the university of zambia and seen the piles of well documented project reports,research papers in engineering from garbage collecting trucks, road sweeping trucks equipped with water dispensers,cheap smart grid technology to be used by zesco, electrical transformers specifically designed by zambians for zambian condition etc. But zesco opts to buy their machines from norway,sweden kaili nishi ba procurement officer will get a larger percentage in cuts if they are brought in from outside rather than local,perfect and similar example of this is chikwanda,the cuts he got by borrowing money.

    • @peter
      so are you telling me that black africans are the relatively dullest race? Sata being frank talk or otherwise,this is inferiority complex at its worst period, other races who are reading this now are `laughing at how monkeys from the jungles of the dark nations govern themselves`

      ,@ joe- ukraine flag
      if chinese and whites are generally clever than blacks like you,, then am not black like you because i have a different take and experience

      @ joe- euro flag
      i guess that statement coming from the president is a clever one.. because to you he hasn`t got a degree

    • Former UNZA lecturer in Psychology and VERY close friend to Dr. Christine. She has a major say in diplomatic appointments. If you are not their relative you have to be their friend otherwise, tapali ichobe nangu wali ishiba ifintu.

    • the Chinese are more clever than SATA himself. let him not generalise these matters. some of us never voted for this expired illiterate, so let him speak on his own behalf and his cadres.

  2. We know why she has to be careful: to religiously serve the interests of the individual few within the PF echelons. Ati donchu kubeba.

  3. What are Ms. Mwape’s credentials (education, work experience, political exposure etc). Anyone with information. Please no rhetoric comments.

  4. Isn’t it the same fool who disliked chines a few years ago?Where has this love come from all of a sudden?Sata is indeed a chameleon.Now i have proved.

    • But Zambias being Zambians dont even remember that this is the man who called Chinese people ‘infestors’ and was apparently going to send them packing to Beijing instead he invited them to a feast at State house soon after being elected. It is the same ‘man of the people’ whose penchant for travelling in minibuses has been replaced with a penchant for travelling in fuel guzzling choppers even for short journies. bet he now even bathes in bottled water which at some point he very publicly refused to drink!

    • Iwe, that is when you believe? Remember how he said the Barotse Agreement was valid and Lozi’s voted for him only for him to change like a chameleon. Ala bwafya.

    • It hurts to hear such words coming from the Head of State. Some one tell me. If the President know that Ms Kasuba is dull and he goes ahead and gives her an appointment, what does that mean?

  5. Sata was seen Dull by the Chinese when he cooled down not to chase them when he won..Thats why he said like that

  6. Sata should not insult Zambians. Instead of motivating the citizens, he is busy telling us that we are inferior to the Chinese. The man should try to understand why China is where it is today.

  8. Tribalism at its play.
    In the morning,in the aftnun and in the evening when u hear to the news the appointing authority most likely will appont a bemba.
    Wako ni Wako chachina.
    From today hence forth i have stopped labeling HH has a tribaliast.
    Mr Sata is a perfomer but it seems he cant unite zambians.

    • Good you have come to your senses..it is just a political ploy! A truly educated person like HH wouldn’t practice tribalism to the extend that people have been made to believe!

    • No shame these people all the time….Same people, same gender, same tribe…why?
      Zambia is Bemba and Bemba is Zambia…Shame

  10. This chimudala is an embarrassment to our race. I’m sure if the likes of Malcolm X and Steve Biko could hear this, mambala anga sebanyike.

  11. The Problem most of you have is taking statements out of context or failure to inter prate what the president meant. In my understanding he meant that she should watch out the way she deals with them so that she the won’t be used at the expense of Zambians by the Chinese.

  13. If she is not intelligent why appoint her boss. There are many intelligent Zambians out there who can do this job!

  15. PF TO MAKE SECRET CHANGES TO THE FINAL DRAFT USING A
    SECRET COMMITTEE, RECORDS TO BE BURNED
    Highly placed government sources have revealed that the scheme by the PF leaders to temper with the Final Draft Constitution before
    Presenting it to the Public and Parliament for Adoption is underway.
    The new inclusion will state that for one to stand for president, they should have been at least a ward councilor or MP before and that people whose court cases were disposed of by a nolle prosequi do not qualify to stand for public office.
    Further, Justice minister Wynter Kabimba has ordered that all records relating to the current and past drafting of the constitution held in whatever form and anywhere in the country be destroyed and remain with only ten physical copies.
    The Technical…

    • Very quickly True and original Technical committee, give us the soft copy on line before they change the closes in the draft…..Winter is proving to be a threat to Democracy as well as the PF itself…….He is not useful to anyone so far! If we managed to sort out KK with his dictatorship what about these small timers…….

  16. A another member of the FAMILY Jungle. I am told The President has a problem pronouncing names of people belonging to other tribes. Therefore he can not appoint them. Full stop. So change your name and tribe to be appointed by DONt KubeBA.

  18. How do you say that in public? It is disgraceful. Were it not that she was in it for a job, she should have declined the appointment there and then.
    Her moral or professional or diplomatic authority and recognition in China has been undermined and destroyed by President Sata. With the so-called advice he has given her, is he also insinuating that he himself is more intelligent than the appointee?

  19. THE NEW MANSA MP
    WAS REPORTED TO BE ADMIRED MY THE VOTERS BECAUSE HE WAS FOND OF USING ‘AMAPINDA’ OR ‘INSOSELO’ DURING CAMPAIGNS.

    MADALA PRESIDO WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE USING INSOSELO SUCH AS ‘BA KAPULI (MEN’S BALLS) ‘, ‘BA MWISA’ AND SUCH AS THE ONE JUST QUOTED HERE.

    TO NON BEMBAS AND FOREIGNERS, THE PRESIDENT’S LANGUAGE WILL ALWAYS SEEM TO BE ALIEN OR INSULTING, AND YET THEY ARE ‘AMALUMBO’ MEANT TO ENCOURAGE OR INSPIRE SOMEONE….

    • Luapula, my dear man, in your case even if u found Sata on top of your wife, he wouldn’t need to defend himself. You would do it for him.

  20. Zambia under sata is on a dangerous parth ,am sure majority of pf members share this view,he has sown very bad precedent especially his regionalism mentality.they sure come a time that a none northerner will rule Zambia & he/she the same sata mentality of appointing from his region or tribesmen .if this is to happen then Zambia will be very divided and leaving the possibility of war.this is a primitive way of handling a nation.kk and sata will go soon but the results of their actions will be severely felt by the young generation.its very sad indeed.the only medicine is the opposition should remove the selfish tag and put the country first.kk is regretting that he didn’t empower his tribesmen hence his failure to advice wisely.

  23. Blinks uncontrollably, buries head in hands and battles with dismay, embarrassment, shame and hastily suppressed giggles. Too funny for words. Spin doctor points out there are more educated people in China than Zambia before shooting down statistician who is about to point out the population difference. Walk away from the grenade as the guy slowly slides the pin out… all in a day’s work at Bloop Central.

  25. @ Inaluya

    WE SAW REAL AND SERIOUS CHANGE
    COMING THROUGH THIS MADALA AND
    HIS PARTY.

    SO WE BECAME AND ARE STILL FUNDERS
    (BIG TIME) OF THE PARTY FROM OUR OWN
    MEAGER RESOURCES!

    POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS ALWAYS FOLLOW
    THAT PATTERN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD….

  26. Peter ..you dont like engineers ka?…is that you are in the street…never had the brains to be an Engineer…failed simple maths ..like fractions..lol

  28. Having Sata as Zambia’s president is a very serious misplacement for Zambia. Look now, another Bemba illiterate is made ambassador! Shame!

  29. The consequence of thinking in bemba and trying to express oneself in english. He was probably trying to say “aba ba chinese bali chenjelesha sana”.

  30. Why not appoint someone who can match the Chinese in intelligency? The only way to end this madness is to exclude illiterates from the electoral system. Kabimba is advocating that only ward councilors and MPs should stand for Presidency. He is effectively saying that no one who has gone past grade 12 should seek the highest office in the land. For too long now, we have been led by illiterates because its them who appoint government because of their numbers. We should exclude them from voting or otherwise introduce upper and lower vots. Why should my illiterate grandmother’s vote carry the same weight as mine? This way we will avoid governments like PF, who go to the masses and promise them heaven on earth in 90 days. Would and educated person buy that?

    • Every Zambian has an equal share in the Zambian enterprise and every Zambian knows what they want from this enterprise. Therefore each Zambian is entitled to an equal vote that determines the destiny of this enterprise. To say you should have a higher vote is to disrespect the collective wisdom of the people and to insult the blood of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for universal suffrage. This kind of arrogance can not be supported by any political party in Zambia.

  34. What a stupid thing to from a president. I study in china and one of the smartest in my class.
    been selected to study biomedicine PHD only two candidates
    have been accepted into this program A Chinese doctor andI.

  35. Yaba! So Sata’s aim is to make the Bembas richer and better by the time he leaves sate house! Anyway, There’s God!!!

  37. Another Bemba appointment iyo if Zambia will be ruled by a Lozi or Tonga i see Bembas crying foul play….but this is pathetic indeed why Bembas only

  38. You are very right my friend. MCS usually thinks in Bemba and speak in English. This is were the problem is especially if it is not written speech.

  39. African Presidents! one fool in South Africa told his people not to think like Africans
    Another nincompoomp in lusaka thinks his people are not intelligent. in the 60s Nkruma Kaunda Biko Nyerere instilled in their fellow Afrcans the thoughts that we aren’t inferior like the colonialists had told us so as to justify their ruling us . Now the African leadership is undoing all the work of the freedom fighters to lead us back into mental slavery. ironically both Sata and Zuma took part in Africa s 60s struggle against European colonialists whom we all know used mental enslavement to physically enslave us. who will now save us?

  40. At the rate these appointments into government service are going one thing is certain, by 2016 all bembas will be holding GRZ positions.

  41. “The Chinese are far more
    intelligent than you are. So be
    careful,” President Sata
    advised.

    Well Mr. President, does it mean there countries where we should not worry about the way we conduct ourselves because they are not intelligent?

  42. Ukwa has a point! The Chinese are our new colonial super power… Taking ownership of our natural resources and exporting the profits back to China… They are too clever!

  46. What would be most helpful news in ALL these cases of swearing in reports, would be a short resume of the appointee. It is in public interest to know where these people come from, what are their qualifications for the job, IF ANY, and if related to HIM then we should also know. Atase!

  47. The President’s advise is not meant to demean Zambians but to alert them of the challenges and how to be at the level of Chinese. For your Information the Lady appointed can speak Chinese and she has an added advantage to be appointed to that country. Zambians are not known of uplifting fellow Zambians but are good at PHD syndrome.

  48. This Sata should be President of a collective of illiterates association not a country. Awe ine nakana ichi chimuntu teci President chandi ( and I am full fledged Bemba).

  49. I seriously think Sata should start using “Bemba” when articulating issues and employ the services of a well qualified interpretor. Most of the things that he says lose their meaning when he is quoted verbatim. This man has a deep rooted inferiority complex which is beyond redemption.

  54. Wisdom is not the exclusive preserve of the Chinese, the Indians or the Whites.
    First man to be born on earth was in Africa. Men black, men white, men brown, men yellow, all are descendent of BLACK- MUNTU-AFRICAN.
    Uncultured, uneducated and men with low self-esteem resort to cheap talks and looking up or down at other human beings.
    The Divine Power created human race with superior brain and the power of reasoning. Every human being has his own strengths and no human being is SuperHuman, NO, not any single one. A weakness in one faculty can be easily compensated and complemented by strength in other faculty.
    What makes a person or a group of persons in their thinking, work attitude, drive to achieve and perform is place and circumstances driven. A white man, an Indian or a Chinese…

  55. What makes a person or a group of persons in their thinking, work attitude, drive to achieve and perform is place and circumstances driven. A white man, an Indian or a Chinese settled in Africa for long time will develop different mindset, attitude and focus, while a Muntu migrated to Sweden, USA, Australia, India or China will develop work culture and outlook very different from the country he was born in Africa.
    Overall personality of a person changes with time, circumstances and challenges. A Zambian living in Zambia for whole of his life behaves with local culture, relatives, opportunities, politics and overall environment + lack of challenges or too much challenge and adapt his day to day life accordingly, and another Zambian Engineer migrated to USA starts rising and utilises his…

  56. A Zambian living in Zambia for whole of his life behaves with local culture, relatives, opportunities, politics and overall environment + lack of challenges or too much challenge and adapt his day to day life accordingly, and another Zambian Engineer migrated to USA starts rising and utilises his potential and enhancing it in line with local circumstances and drive to survive and excel.

  57. Mushota, leak ukukuwa, if don’t know her well, don’t just open your mouth, she is a very intelligent person, former returner at UNZA, mushota, you, are the one who belongs in the kitchen. Ulichpumbu sana

  58. Please Mr. President have shame, how can you openly deny other 8 millions Zambians jobs just to give your relatives, in laws and tribes mates jobs. Are these the only people that voted for you. Now I belive my father when he told me that a snake can never change.
    I know this lady that you have appointed as Ambassdor, she have failed Grade 9, but because she is Ms. Getrude Kasuba Mwape is a daughter to First Lady Christine Kaseba’s elder sister.
    Please God save our nation.

  59. Kansi mwebo bata ba Chilufya teti musoseve mu Chibiza? Chikoboneka ivintu viko onaukila mu translation. Uku chenjelezia na intelligence vyalipusana. Ati ukupunkuta!

  60. Dull kateka thinks everyone is dull like him. Speak for yourself… . .the Chinese are smarter than you Ukwa…..they are laughing all the way to the bank even after your mad rantings of booting them out once you assumed power. Who owns Chambishi Mine now? They outsmarted you bwana, so speak for yourself!

  61. Whatever the president wanted to say, this is not the way. Embarrassing government officials, ministers, MPs, by shouting at them publicly and telling them that they are less intelligent than others, I can not defend that. China is a country full of illiterate peasants. The development that China has recorded is based on a few elite treating everyone else as slaves. China is a slave labour country. I am beginning to think that maybe my president is the one who is not very intelligent, or at least not civilised or well groomed/cultured.

  62. Generally as a nation-family we get along very well and this fortunate..It truly is an asset to us as a people. It has many benefits for Zambian society, it promotes harmony and the peace that we as Zambians are well renowned for globally. Very few other societies the world over have historically managed to live with each other peacefully and without conflict. In some places like Europe, the different tribes have had many vicious conflicts and battles among each other, such as the English and French war which lasted 100 years, or the more recent WW’s 1 and 2. And this just 2 or 3 tribes failing to live together in harmony, whereas in comparison were more than 70 tribal groupings but yet live in harmony.

    90% of us- our tribes- really came from the Luba-Lunda Empire, and this includes

  63. and this includes some Lozis…leaving the remainder migrating from Mwene-mutapa and the Kingdoms of the south…therefore we are all one people, closely related. Consequently, we must assess the APPOINTMENTS CRITERIA, and if we find that there are disproportional selections in favour of one tribe or clan, then we must urgently sit down and resolve this situation using Legislation. In my humble opinion we must introduce Equality or anti-nepotism laws to stop disproportional appointments in the future. As the Bemba saying goes; “Ta’ fi kosa kubili” meaning its Never hard both ways, which can be interpreted for this discussion that there is another way…if we find difficulty in one aspect, lets agree to explore another way. And overall lets carry on maintaining a good National mood,…

  64. But she wasn’t going for an examination in Cantonese !missplaced jibe once more again but thats our Boris Yelstin.Hmmm! Dull voters vote for low IQ president who appoints not intelligent ambassadors.

  65. SOME OF THE TRIBAL, PERSONAL COMMENTS AND INSULTS BY SOME BLOGGERS HERE ACTUALLY PROVE THAT SOME BLACKS OR SOME ZAMBIANS ARE ACTUALLY DULL COMPARED WITH THEIR CHINESE OR WHITE COUNTERPARTS. SO SATA IS PROBABLY RIGHT.

  66. Funny how no one has read between the lines. This guy is talking about the craftiness of the Chinese. Why warn someone to be careful because of another person’s cleverness?

  67. President Michael Sata has appointed his wife’s niece as Zambia’s new ambassador to China. President Sata has since sworn in Ms. Getrude Kasuba Mwape.

    Ms. Getrude Kasuba Mwape is a daughter to First Lady Christine Kaseba’s elder sister.

    And speaking when he swore in the relative, Sata said Chinese were more clever than Zambians so she should be careful. Former Zambia National Broadasting Corporation Director General Joe Chilaizya has been acting Ambassador. Chilaizya is also married to the first lady’s niece.

    President Sata openly practices nepotism which is a crime in Zambia under the Anti- Corruption Act. With the Zambian parliament probably being the most dormant in the world, nothing will happen.

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