Friday, March 29, 2024

President Sata does not love us

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An image of President Sata in Israel

Not once did I picture the president in the presence of Shimon Peres seeping kosher wine and laughing in chivalry. Nor did I envision him and his wife enjoying the serenity and basking in the ambience of Tel Aviv by the Mediterranean. I tried to visualize him touring Jerusalem, but not in the state he was before he left. The only thoughts that made a closer approach to truth were thoughts dumped on the base of my mind by speculators. They showed a critical president, intubated to a ventilator, with his doctor and family by his bedside. Yes, I had believed in them because I had not heard from him.

So, each time I retired to bed I feared for the worst. As soon as I awoke, I dashed to the stand to buy a newspaper or nervously accessed my computer for any hint of his condition. I didn’t believe a word Guy Scott and Mwansa Kapeya said. These two men were the reason a plague of speculation blanketed the entire nation. Incredibly, they swore by the Holy Bible to tell the truth “nothing but the truth, so help me God” and yet they turned out to be straight-faced fabricators and virulent propagandists who had made it impossible for the nation to send him roses and get well cards. They made it difficult for the clergy to conduct national prayers for him as he received treatment at Sheba Medical Center. Given a grain of power, I would charge them with the worst type of perjury in the land.

President Sata does not care

But of course the fault falls squarely on the president. It should mortify him greatly for not coming to our rescue; for not correcting the wrong impression created by his own cronies. For the two weeks he was gone, he left us gloomy and emotionally spent. Not once did he bother to taper our emotions, anxieties, fears, suspicions, and distress. He showed not an iota of love—not a word, not a picture. Like a heartless, insensible, selfish, and unloving father he forsook his subjects and cared less how we felt. This is his deadly weakness—lack of love. Another is lack of honesty. It is possible he is the one who ordered his confidants to give the impression all was well and his vacation was well deserved.
How can the president conceal his life from us? This is the same man who more than once rose from the ashes of defeat, persevered to the bitter end and won. He so badly wanted to become president he took the oath of office and vowed to rule with honor and dignity. The words “honor” and “dignity” are synonymous with love. It is on the pedestal of love and not power that presidents thrive. A president who loves his people will keep them well informed at every stage. When his health fails, he will release a press statement and let his people know the cause even if it is cancer or a heart defect. When he takes a vacation he will inform his people as to the exact location and when he would be returning.

Treating Zambians like kids

Not surprising, Sata has lived up to his PF slogan “Donchi Kubeba (Don’t tell them),” instituted by his vice president Guy Scott. The slogan is built on the principle similar to that of a pitiless father who does not tell his children what is going on around him. Sata treats us like kids who are yet to come of age and who cannot distinguish between right and wrong, truth and lie. He camouflages in the PF slogan to torture us mentally. Without our knowledge he can leave us with men skilled in lies, cover-ups, manipulation, and the machinations of power.

When we indulge in gossip and rumor mongering due to lack of credible information, he and his men employ threats and intimidation to suppress our right to speculate. He and his men punish us for their diabolical talk, dirty tactics, and blatant lies.

It is close to three years and this is how Sata has ruled us, with foul play and little honor. He has deteriorated in character and gained only contempt on account of his lack of love and respect for us. With stubbornness and concealment incomparable, he has impaired the veneration which is necessary to preserve our love for him, and instead, driven our country to where it is now—in a precarious state of uncertainty. It is his recklessness that in the past two weeks has made people become fearful of possible divisions and bloody battles within his PF party. Some have feared a revolution. And many others have, during this period, visualized a very dark future for Zambia ruled by unruly men.

Sata’s return has done nothing to beset rumours

Even when he has returned, he has not showed us love. Why? It is because insensate power has got the best of him. He does not care. He has mellowed in imprudence and dropped the little love left in him. It has become imperative for him to acquire as much power as will satisfy his life-time ambition. It is this unlimited power and not love that gives him prestige. That’s why he got into politics in the first place. It is in the presence of power that he breaks the laws of the land with no regard to the feelings of his people. He can capitulate on his responsibilities and sacred oath, abuse the instruments of power, and entrust our souls unreservedly to the demerits of other people. In as far as he is concerned, we are obligated to follow his orders, ask no questions, and love him even when he does not.

But President Sata must know that in the state he is, power is not, now, so important; love is. He needs our love more than before. The past two weeks of his absence have been a litmus test; a clear indication of where he is as a leader. He must now know that the power he is brandishing cannot open the gates to our hearts. During the period of his absence, millions of people, including some members of his family and close friends, showed little remorse. Some diverted their attention to succession while others didn’t care whether he lived or not. Now the underbelly of his party PF has been exposed and a possible rift is in the offing. Some of his own members fear he is preparing his son to succeed him and revile him for that. As I write, numerous ripples of negativity are floating through the heads of too-many-a-soul.

Zambians ready to love Sata if he reveals the truth

Now that he is back, the fiend Sata should sit on the balcony of State House and seriously reflect on his life. He must understand that the power from which he draws weakens with each passing day. It is therefore not the time to reflect on how to siphon as much money out of our poor souls. What will this matter when he is old and gone? He must instead reflect on the worst of the worst of himself; his most vulnerable self and ask himself several questions, among them: Am I being fair to the Zambia people? Do they really deserve this? What is wrong with telling them the truth? What is wrong with loving and respecting them? How do I serve as a role model for future leaders? What legacy do I want to leave?
Just like the King Cobra sheds its skin, he too must shed his unethicality. He must publicly proclaim his love for us. If he does, he will see how we shall open our hearts and love him with our inner-selves.

That’s who we are as a people. We are naturally meek, loving, and peaceful. Our ancestors ran away from the jingoistic rulers and found solace on the land that is our beloved country. Our parents taught us love. We love easily. If president Sata confronts his demons, goes on television and addresses us his people truthfully and with love, we will love him back, as simple as that. If, on the other hand, he fails to lift himself up and continues to bring us down—to lie, and keep us in perpetual distress, we shall not send him best wishes, but shall leave him to molder in solitude. It is with these words I pay homage to a president who has robbed our love for him. The past two weeks have been a tumultuous horrible ordeal, a deliberate one caused by one man. For that he gains no honor.

Field Ruwe is a US-based Zambian media practitioner, historian, author, and a doctoral candidate. Learn more about him on his website www.aruwebooks.com. On it you shall access his autobiography, articles, and books. Contact him, blog, or join in the debate. ©Ruwe2012

33 COMMENTS

  1. Sata and PF have missed a great opportunity here all he needed to say is bane ine ndi mu lwele mulempepelako. Then when things got bad just tell the nation ati shikulu tali bwino you could have seen these pastors trying to out do each other with overnight prayers you know how Zambians like prayers. nomba mwaiyelawila! Mubisa matenda malilo muzalila mweka athakati!
    Good work Field!

    • That Field Ruwe… what do you mean by “Us”?
      A Zambia can not call his “father” that “he doesn’t love them”. Field Ruwe, if you hear such from your children don’t expect Zambians to cry the same “awe tamwatutemwa”. Sata is just a elder we criticize, but not insult him.
      Even if your father lishilu, you can’t go to his extent to say “You don’t LOVE us”. Just ask or demand that where have you being, we have been looking for you, and Kabimba has been sleeping in the bedroom without permission…

    • Field Ruwe umvelela kuti? (umfwila kwisa?) May be your hole is too big coz gays have enlarged it!….For once can you leave Zambia & its pipo alone. Its you, UPND,HH & some Tongas + SDA’s fanatics (majority of them) who don’t love asssss or sorry meant us…!

    • @ Wise Ngwenya

      The DONKEY standing in the middle of the road is Sata! And he is not going to move until we find him an ANIMAL DRIVEN CONSTITUTION!

    • i just saw a picture of president sata celebrating his 77th birthday with family at state house of mwebantu facebook page. It is not more than a day old this picture.

  2. which zambians are you talking for????? Don’t include me us your selfish articles,
    we are not selfish and heartless.

    • You want to bewitch our beloved president, HECMS. We don’t want and please don’t include us! we are all happy with our hard working president.

    • Sata just bewitched himself when every word that came out of his mouth became a lie. e.g more money in pocket, chase chinese, jobs for all.

      He should repent fast then kick the bucket quickly. Liers wont go to heaven wether anyone likes it or not.

    • When you are semi-literate or illiterate you become like a donkey that stands in the middle of the road and refuses to move no matter what. There are some bloggers on this forum that are simply donkeys. They are the reason Sata is leader today. This is Zambia’s greatest pity. Countrymen we are not going anywhere. We are overwhelmed by half-rained people who can’t see beyond their noses. Wake up you donkey!

    • Naine ukunfumyako…..Sata loves me and I love him too..Why talking on our behalf as if we highered you. Kutumpa uko.

  3. Indeed! Which Zambians is he speaking for? When was he last in country? He thinks writing articles to the watchdog makes him famous and gives him capacity to speak on behalf of Zambians? Which part of Zambia does he come from? I have always known him to be a Zimbabwean

    • @ Grim reaper, if he really does come from Zimbabwe maybe he knows what he is talking about! Just go and see how they are doing after 35 years of Mugabe!

  4. “Zambians ready to love Sata if he reveals the truth”

    I am not ready nor will I ever be ready to love this malicious and cantankerous evil man. His name, Chumbu means he will forever be inflexible and arrogant and impervious to reason. Praying for a such vindictive and vile character is a waste of precious time.

  5. Jus for short…SATA is a LIABILITY to Zambia. Let him just Book off to pave way for development. It is the Law of the jungle. is the single biggest wastage of zed resources

  6. Field Ruwe is very foolish,how does he expect sata(lassa lassa) to love Zambians when the chap Sata has so many concubines and children to love.

  7. UPND started spreading malicious rumours that through Watchdog that he colapsed and was in comma. Field Ruwe where were you possibly sleeping just to wake up to write useless and heartless article. If Sata does not care about you this does not many Zambians.
    The Pace at which UPND conduct its politics is a clear indicattion that they do not care about Zambia. Their trigger happy makes many to wonder especially the business community. The president is a key to stability, business confidence and many more .

    • Where is your relative, chumbu cobra? It is you who wants to continue plundering Zed under the guise that we have a functional President.

      Field raises legitimate issues on the disapperance of a man who we are still made by pf that he is fit to be President and threatening us with arrest if we question his health status!

      UPND must do the honourable and demand for a medical board now!!

  8. Views expressed by Field Ruwe is a true reflection of how Zambians have been subjected to perpetual distress of uncertainty in the nation. Mr Sata as president has robbed us of his fatherly love to a nation and treated us as outsiders deserving to know nothing about his health except through rumours, lies and half truths hard to rely on. Zambians are unable to pay appropriate respect to Mr Sata while sick in and out of state house. On the flip side of fate Mr Sata made political mileage when late president Levy Mwanawasa was ill and ridiculed him with derogatory names, so it was with late president Fredrick Titus Chiluba. This turn of events now appear to Mr sata as reaping what he venerated. He deserves little sympathy from Zambians as trubute to a man who has muted himself into a god.

    • “Sata made political mileage when late president Levy Mwanawasa was ill and ridiculed him with derogatory names”

      And Levy was the best President Zambia ever had! So now Sata can experience a dose of his own medicine.

      I want to donate some of MY OWN PERSONAL manure to help fertilize this “cabbage” we have at Plot 1.

  9. Who ever wrote artical is not true zambian if he is one then he is uncultured demagog , he wished the president of evil now he has seen him back he is greatly dissaponted we would wish this guy to go and hung , he means no good for our beloved zambia , this guy made people believe that the president was dying in bed now he has turned around to twist his words surely this guy is a witch who doesn’t wish zambians well

  10. You guys mean you only copy what athers said are copycats who can’t build their own image , we zambians were all here when the late lived as for me what you populalising was not there I never heard that even if he did two wrongs do not make any thing right just forget don’t duplicate any wrong unless you are a retard that you keep repeating others

  11. Suppose one is critically hill do you expect that one to be shown in public? think twice.Suppose he has been advised by doctors to have a good bed rest do you think he will do the opposite?Tamwalwalapo bane that’s why you are talking like that.Talk to mr president first ask him why he is not showing love.if not satisfied with the answer then one can write an article like this.it is not alright to make conclusion without hearing facts to the other part.

    • Critically hill is MUCH BETTER! Leopards HILL???

      If this “Swine” that wants an ANIMAL DRIVEL CONSTITUTION cannot do the job of President he should do the honourable thing – RESIGN! The Nation of Zambia cannot be treated with such disrespect and indifference like this!

      Otherwise I expect him to give a PRESS CONFERENCE, with immediate effect, to update the Nation on his state of health. That is his job that we, as taxpayers, are paying his salary (with three increases) for!

  12. believe me sata is not alive if is, is unconscious where have you seen someone acting on behalf of the owner who is present

  13. A friend of mine here’s father is a medical doctor at Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in Israel and was one of the doctors that attended to Mr Sata. He was in Israel visiting when Sata was admitted there and if what I heard is true then we are in “maningi” trouble. And it makes more sense why Sata has not reclaimed instruments of power from Kabimba because his dementia has reached a stage where he cannot recognize even his own wife and children. I wonder why they are still not removing him from office, people will go to jail to allowing a mad man to still be president.

    • @Tommy Sankara
      What did you hear? Tell us, all Zambians now depend on their own imagination, rumours, ZWD, ZR, theories, assumptions, innuendoes, speculations and every little scrap of information to get an idea of Sata’s condition. Don’t worry about threats of being arrested by Mwansa Kapeya. Me thinks Sata is dead but I could be wrong. One thing is certain however, if he is alive he is on life support machines. During this time the minions are falling over themselves emptying the coffers.

  14. FIELD REWE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SAYING US. DON’T INCLUDE ME AND MY FAMILY IN YOUR STUP!D TALK. I LOVE MICHAEL SATA AND AS A CITIZEN OF ZAMBIA I KNOW THAT HE LOVES ME. SO, DON’T EVER INCLUDE ME IN YOU STUP!D RANTS BEFORE ASKING ME AND OTHER MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY. DO YOU EVEN KNOW ME?

  15. You say Sata does not Love Zambians? How can a person who is sick express love? No, the people that don’t love Zambia are or is the PF. The PF has no love for Zambia. How does such a party hold the country at ransom with a sick president. If Sata suffers from dementia,then that’s dangerous. He can send the country to war in his state. The people to blame in the Sata debacle are Dr. Kaseba, Mulenga Sata, Chikwanda, Guy Scott, Kabimba, Mmembe, Mwenye, Nchito, Chibesakunda, Matabini, The Service Chiefs, Dr. Msiska and Kaunda.

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