Human Rights Campaigner Brebner Changala through his lawyers Makebi Zulu and Advocates has written to Acting President Wynter Kabimba to set up a medical board to investigate the health status of President Sata.
In the letter copied to all cabinet ministers, the Attorney General, the Speaker and the Law Association of Zambia dated June 26 2014, the lawyers said Mr Changala said it has become absolutely necessary, in public interest, that, a medical board be appointed to ascertain President Sata’s physical and mental capacity.
They said Article 36 of the Constitution of the Republic of Zambia obliges cabinet to consider the question of physical or mental capacity of the President when the question arises.
They stated that it is their considered view that this constitutional provision is intended to serve the greater good of the country and hat of his Excellency Mr Michael Sata as he will be relieved of the pressures of the Presidency much to the benefit of his health and wellbeing.
The lawyers said Mr Changala has demanded that Mr Kabimba performs the statutory function as enshrined in Article 36 of the Zambian Constitution failure to which they will process within seven days to compel him to exercise his statutory function.
“Whereas His Excellency Mr Michael Chilufya Sata was on the 20th of September 2011 voted into office as President of the Republic of Zambia in accordance with Article 34 of the Constitution of the Republic of Zambia, noting very well that at the time of the election he appeared to enjoy good health and was of reasonable healthy appearance in stature and coherent speech. Noting with concern that his public appearance in the recent past have raised public concerns and speculation as to his physical and mental capacity to discharge the functions of his office which include his appearance on May 1 2014 during the Labour Day commemoration at the Freedom Statue where he appeared frail and sounded incoherent.
The letter continued, “On the 9th of May 2014, in a public address to the ZAF commissioning parade for offer cadets in Livingstone, His Excellency Mr Michael Chilufya Sata, the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces is reported to have stunned a multitude of people when he alleged that his security personnel had thwarted a possible plot to hijack by suspected UPND cadres. His appearance was much more frail than that of May 1st 2014.”
The lawyers also refer to President Sata’s recent appearance at the High Court in the Daily Nation case where Mr Sata is said to have appeared extremely frail and unkempt and was almost uncontrollable during proceedings and ignored the usual courtroom decorum and etiquette.
They also state that Mr Sata issued expletives in reference to the defendant lawyer and stated that he thought Mr Sakala (Richard-Daily Nation owner) whom he had sued had died a long time ago.
“On the 25th of May 2014 being Africa Freedom Day, President Sata appeared in public and unusually cut the commemoration and did not attend the commissioning of the Heroes Stadium. On May 30 2014, at the swearing in of Mr Mumba Kapumpa as Ambassador to North Korea, President’s speech was less coherent and gave rise to speculation to his mental and physical health and the President appeared on national television where he addressed the Vice President of China and his appearance deteriorate and shocked every reasonable Zambian raising concern,” they said.
They added, “On June 20th 2014, in the still of the night, The President left the country for what government spokesperson reviewed was a working holiday in Israel at the invitation outgoing President Shimon Peres, since that travel, there has been a lot of deeper speculation as to the state of the President’s health. It is further noted that it cannot be denied that the President is not enjoying good health.”
They said an attempt to obtain a ministerial statement from the government on the exact health status through Parliament has proved futile as the Speaker left the discretion to disclose to the executive, which has since remained non-committal to the cause.
“It has thus become absolutely necessary in public interest, that a medical board be appointed to ascertain the Republican President’s physical and mental capacity.”
I think the Zambian government should sue the official who claim president sata is seeking medical attention
I doubt it is serious. It maybe flu. But either way why make such a careless statement ?
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Why not just prove people wrong by appointing a Medical Board. Sata is very ill and no amount of cover up can disguise this fact. It is time to own up.
@ mushota,
you very right, no sane person can believe the dung mouthed by this fake israel official sponsored by halenya halenya whose apertite to take over from dead pipo is unmatched.
this changala lunatic must stop smokin ganja to be taken serious. anyone falls sick one way the other. halenya halenya secretly took his wife to india for cancer treatment no one made a fuss. halenya halenya your yo success in politics anchors on good mobilisation as mazoka did not on falsehoods or wishing others dead yet you ll die also.
Sorry George Bush but your 15 minutes of fame is over.No amount of insults will save your sick president.Just prepare yourself for life after your coushy job.I hope you stole enough to maintain your ka newly found expensive life.What is interesting with you *****s is that first you have to deal with internal party strife before dealing with the nation.By the time you will be facing the nation your ka party will be oblitereted.Thank God Sata chose Kabimba for he is the right person to finnish the ka party.
@ Mushota – Are you saying the Israeli government official is in cahoots with concerned Zambians? Maybe you should also have your head examined.
My sister you are right,why should only a certain group of political losers always talk about the health of the president? The president is in that country correct,but while out of the country he feels ill he is at liberty to seek medical advise if serious be admitted. He is a Zambian and a human being and can fall ill ,but it is not only for the same people to be commenting about him. He was busy in his office working the same people were busy insinuating that he was so sick that he can not even go out of the country.Again he goes out they are at it paddling lies that he is admitted in a hospital,..maboza journalism.
While it is good for the Nation to be informed if the President is unwell, I do not think there is need for all this shouting, insulting and name calling. The important consideration should be: Is the Government functioning fully and appropriately in the absence of the incumbent President, in terms of continuing delivery of services to the citizens?
I take it if the President is terminally ill, we will know it one way or the other. Meantime, I wish we could all dig deep in our hearts for that bit of compassion and extend it in prayer for the President if/when he is sick.
All you people responding to Mushota should leave him alone.
It is very obvious he is a congenital IDI0T, and as they say “if you argue with a F00L it is hard to notice the difference”.
Ignore this miserable CL0WN.
MUSHOTA, MUSHOTA! You have never fallen ill yourself. Indeed it could be flu, but to go to Israel’s cancer hospital?
What I am saying is, It is incomprehensible and unprecedented to have any living president
Come out and say they are not well, it is equally disturbing to see that someone who let’s be honest
Could be Zambian, (and posed as an Israel official) and perhaps a UPND cadre be believed by uttering nonsense and destabilising the country
Please join all of us in condemning this official, he has brainwashed the masses of nothing but lies
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This one is going through very quickly after all it is in the est interest of the cartel to have Sata out of the driving seat now. that is why they have been exposing him to the public of late. Unless they will just fear that Kabimba may not get the support from some sympathisers of Sata in the north.
@ mushoto
What are charges? Telling the truth?
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What proof do you have that, he is saying the truth,
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it…”
You dummy
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@Mushota’s comments do not deserve responding to. All I can say is, “those that live by lies, will die by their lies.” Almost the whole cabinet has been caught with their pants down over Sata’s health, proving that protecting their status was paramount over keeping the Zambian citizens briefed on the presidents health. We were not asking for details to the minutia. Having to get the truth from a foreign government is nauseating. Does this govt expect us to trust and believe what they tell us in future? If this is the route it takes to get the truth then so be it. Thank you bo Changala.
Lawyers help me! [1] if sata dies will kabimba continue acting till the bye election? I remember Levy left power with Mbompo but RB was sworn in but since scott can’t act will they go for defense minister who is No3 in govt?[2] suppose sata stays away for 3 months abroad will there be a by-election? Is there any time limit to act as presido?
So many questions being asked. This is why you need a constitution that compels govt to be transparent (The current constitution is iadequate). Yet the PF govt says there is no need for a new constitution. Some treacherous bloggers have supported this position and even insulted those Zambians who demand for a new constitution.
Whether we like it or not, we cannot rely on the goodness of a person for good governance. Even God who is perfect wrote a code (the Bible) to guard our relationship with Him. Let us be serious guys.
Thank you Changala for exercising your civil rights. With your humble education you have done do much better as a citizen than some of us with chains of degrees. Proud of you. May God protect you.
@ganja farmer, the current CONSTITUTION, which is the absolute law of the land, states unequivocally and absolutely clearly that the VICE PRESIDENT will act as PRESIDENT in the event that the President is incapacitated.
There is NO DISQUALIFICATION clause.
Thank you, Bemba Bimbo!
That is civility and polity in public administration. But we dont see that in these PF mafians. What we see is what br Mbita explained . Gay Scou has the audacity to insult and fan violence. Zambians change government even if the one who wl come does not come drom yr region or tribe. This mingalato government must go. They must thank Zambians for giving them chance to serve them. Zambians to will relactantly receprocate and thank them. MINGALATO GOVT.
The Zambian style, in the eyes of the world! Too many things seem or are so abnormal unreal – whether from opposition or govt. If someone is looking over and above Zambia s/he would definately see a mass of confusion of thoughts among people. Something has gone wrong with happenings.
Its a known fact to all persons that sata is sick ,both to pf cadres and all Zambians home and abroad,the pf ministers and cadres are just keeping up with appearance as they know that mcs will be gone faster than expected.my biggest worry is how to block winter from holding on till 2016,the cartel of Guy Scott is of no good to Zambia ‘s democracy.we need to seek cia help to dismantle the mission of the cartel.with Zambians ‘ docility and fear of risks taking,we can’t stop the mission of mmembe.
halenya halenya thinks he can get his by exciting himself with rumours. as for you richard sakala stop publishing such treasonable articles now i even wish levy mwanawasa finished u off. HEMCS has never done anything to you yet you ve ganged up with that boko haram halenya halenya from the bantustan enclave to discredit him using your poorly printed newspaper.why richard why richard.
No wonder Sata has ended up in this situation because he has surrounded himself with sub-human mongrels like you.
Medical board my foot!!! when the same Doctors are incompete we prefer foreign Doctors, so don’t waste your money to pay those lawyers IWE Ichangala , instead donate that money to PF government
A clique of selfish persons, that includes Kabimba, Guy Scott, Mmembe and the entire inner-circle of the so called A-TEAM in the PF have endangered the health of their President.
It has now been reliably reported that Israel Medical Team has diagnosed Sata with ‘Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome = meaning multiple failure of several vital organs. The only available medical management will merely entail trying to sustain the respiration process of the body cells.
We can only speculate that a South African Hospital just avoided wearing on the reputation of an institution where survival is rare. Hence taking the blame to Israel.
Guy Scott was too close to his friend Sata. Indeed, there is some truth in the Bemba proverb which states that “ICIKUPEMPULA ECIKULYA.
@Mphangwe
That being the case it means he will be on life support machines until some one close to him sheds off their cowardice and plucks some courage to switch off the power to send the dictator into eternal rest, no? But I guess the evil cartel would rather keep him in this vegetative condition indefinitely so they could consolidate their grip on power. Are we in for a roller coaster ride!?
Questionable mental state: He promoted a graduating ZAF Officer on pass-out parade in Livingstone because she impressed with her energetic marching strides.
Awe aba ba tata balwele. It is unbelievable how a village of 13 million zambians (unrebased) can continue to cling to a “mental.”
You are misinformed or is it you who has a mental problem? The person who was promoted Joined Zambia air force as a non commissioned officer long time ago and after obtaining a degree from UNZA was commissioned as an officer, of course following the procedure. She was not a graduating officer.
@george bush,SATA CALLED MWANAWASA,GEORGE KUNDA,MAZOKA AND CHILUBA NAMES AND MOCKED THEM WHEN THEY WERE SICK,THIS IS HAUNTING SATA NOW BECAUSE HE IS ON THE DEAD BED HE JUST HAS NO WAY TO APOLOGISE TO THER PIPO HE MOCKED,HE IS NOT SPECIAL IT IS YOPUR TURN AND HIS TURN,CHIKUBABE IWE,SATA IS GOING WHETHER YOU LIKE OR NOT,JUST WASH TOILETS IN THE STATES YOU ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT.
Okay he is sick but why the fuss? Be remorseful *****s.
Some people hate Sata alright for their political designs but rest assured that even if today he joined the land of his ancestors PF would still win the presidential by election. Further there’s the possibility that the leader who takes over may not be as forgiving and humble like Sata which may spell misery for the same people who are today wishing him dead.
Changala is correct with this. FOLLOW THE LAW! This will be the REAL test of the integrity of the PF Government.
These politicians should refresh themselves with the provisions of our current Constitution, the one that they SWORE an OATH to uphold, and follow it to the letter.
If they do not, they will be committing the CRIME of TREASON against the People and the Nation of Zambia and should expect due consequences to follow.
But Brian Changala, who the fuss??? Are you not sick yourself??? Remember, we always meet at Kalingalinga Catholic Auspice where you and i queue up for makwala every three months. Last time you were even jocking to me that you want your review to be done every six months. Ala bonse tulanwa ama ARVs. If you have stopped, it is your own ndaba! Who is not sick and who is not going to die by the way??? The old and the young are all falling sick and some are even dying. Stop it, fuulusi Zambians!!!
Ala, Chankalle wa ndepula kunseko,kkkkkkkkk
Changala yamukola Chalk. Stop yapping changala kachelo kano.
From the observations by Changala, I think Sata is suffering from Dementia defined as a “severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain”. I doubt there’s a cure for that and any treatment will merely prolong his suffering and uncertainty in the country.
So this guy is better than all our opposition and a few PF sane MPs who are sleeping in Parliament. They should have started this move. Congrats Changala.
how are we going to survive with these PF lies, for how long are you going to hide a dying man, only a fool like Mushota will believe that lie that he is okay when the man is clearly missing in action, a healthy Sata will be all over the place
@eye noko litumba
Ifyakusabailasabaila pa zed! no wonder you cant just befriend any jim and jack from zed when you are in the diaspora. mwabashani??! you cant just work together? at the end of the day all we want is peace and prosperity for mother zambia, but ngatamulelyako ninshi bwaba bwafya… lets say sata is dead, new election new president , then wat ?wat does that do for you apart from satisfying your ego? development is not a one off event like mwakwata workshop and everyone is receiving free diapers the next day… learn form abanesu , even nigerians are more together despite been crooked.
Cha gala must be quite sick. Indeed Cha gala needs his sanity to be determined by reputable headshrinkers.
This this below of what happened to Mutharika $ we seem to be firmed on the same path: “It ended with the president’s corpse on a gurney, battered by futile resuscitation attempts, a diaper tied to his lifeless face to stanch the blood flowing from his nose & mouth as his supporters tried to convince a nation that he was still alive. These bizarre details were part of the evidence that led to the arrests of 11 powerful politicians & former officials in Malawi last week, accused of attempting a coup by pretending President Mutharika had survived a heart attack last April.
RIP sir…iyeeeeeeeeeeee
Let Kabimba give a Press Briefing about INVESTORS these guys they have NEVER PUBLIC called a meeting and PUBLIC WOO the Investors. It pains me alot the way we r GOVERNING ZAMBIA.
Over my GrandPa Sata, I will just COMMITTE HIM in GOD’s hands for Jesus KNOWS EVERYTHING.
whats the use of having a vice president, if any minister can act,why not just abolish the position , so the vice president is reporting to his junior, silly
An independent medical board should be set up .The law should not be followed selectively.We also need to push for a new constitution.We can not continue having such irresponsible and erratic decisions and lies coming from government. We need a constitution that will make government accountable to the Zambian people.where separation of powers will be upheld.Lets not wait for the situation to deteriorate till civil war becomes inevitable.Lets set systems in place in the time of peace and we will avoid war.
WHY NOT PROVING TO THE WORLD THAT THE MAN SATA IS WELL BY HIM BEEN SUBJECTED TO MEDICAL EXAMINATION BY A BOARD? FEAR NOT MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, IF THE MAN IS WELL HE WILL BE PROVED SO AND IF NOT, LET HIM REST.
Good morning my people,
Lets not wish others bad. if the president is not feeling OK, why rejoice. as Zambians, we are one family. the only thing which divides us is some political affiliations. What you have to know is that the health of a president becomes a security issue if not properly handled. let the people involved in seeing to it that the health of the president is al right do their job.
Fellow countrymen, I know that you are desperate to know what is happening be rest assured that everything is OK and I urge you not to panic, continue with your usual business. don’t listen to rumour mongers as they just want to distract your attention. Zambia is ours and we shall not allow any one to bring cold war over the health of someone.
Please country men, we are not saying we haet our president; no! all we want is him to continue his life after the presidency or after retiring from active politics. We cannot afford to lose him. What Changala has said is correct for interest of our president and the nation.
Hoo poor zambian!!!
Our dear leader can also help by posting a selfie on his facebook page of himself, a smiling fat Kasebanya, and the Israeli investors he is wooing (hopefully none of whom will have bald heads!).
please do not mislead us, the medical board can be formed under article 129 and not 36. 36 is about individual rights. in article 129 its 2 thirds of cabinet but who is changala to direct cabinet what do. let him go ahead it seem he has nothing better to do apart from taking politicians to court. am sure cabinet know the procedure.
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