PRESIDENT Sata was a perfectionist, acting President Guy Scott has said.
Dr Scott said a number of things have changed for the better since the Patriotic Front (PF) formed government in 2011 because President Sata did not want to sacrifice high standards of education or health for anything.
“He wanted everything done in the most perfect way,” he said.
Dr Scott said this on Sunday night in his tribute to President Sata on Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation Television (ZNBC) television.
He also said Mr Sata was a radical as he did not think whites were any different.
“I even doubted whether I would be Vice-President because I thought it would be a political risk and I feel like I owe him so much,” he said.
He said he first met with President Sata at the first MMD national convention in 1991 and their friendship grew stronger each day.
Dr Scott said he has been left with the responsibility of keeping the PF and country together in honour of Mr Sata, adding that it will be “very difficult to fit his boots”.
He said President Sata was a complex individual who had a way of interacting with people and extended it to young ones.
Dr Scott said President Sata was a simple man who also loved living a simple life.
He said he will miss Mr Sata for a number of reasons, including the fact that he was like a father and a teacher to him.
“He was a much more experienced politician than me and I learnt a lot from him. He was more like my father and teacher,” Dr Scott said.
He said late President Sata had an exciting life just as much as he was an exciting man.
And Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) executive director Pukuta Mwanza has warned politicians against making provocative decisions that could cause confusion.
Speaking on Muvi TV programme The Assignment on Sunday evening, Reverend Mwanza said, “It is disappointing, why should people rush into debating on who should succeed President Sata. It is like they were waiting for him to die.”
We have to start a new era of politics with new and young leaders. Jubilee is a time of new beginnings. Lets start afresh and avoid old people from ruling us again. We need new ideas and new things.
Almost down to the last minute, Guy insisted that his boss was fit and OK. The opposite turned out to be true. Now we know Guy speaks in code. He means the exact opposite of what escapes his mouth. So when Guy says ba Sata was a perfectionist we can only surmise that he means the man was a screw-up.
Guy scott you lost it the moment you sacked edgar lungu all is left now for you is keeping up appearances.
Guy Scott, comments closed, as they say on ZWD when friends of Mahtani speak.
Really? Is it Sata being spoken of here? Perfectionist my foot! How can a simple man also be complex? It’s like people have run out of what to praise him for. Was he a perfectionist in oral health? Was he a perfectionist in leadership seeing the confusion as to who should take over from him? Was he a perfectionist in telling the truth?
Guy scott stay until 2016 . Only one year …
Perfectionist executionist!! Do not patronise our people !! More people lived in fear of the chaotic government where the rule of the Panga was the order of the day!! What perfection??? That is laughable sir!!