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Parliament eulogises the late Republican President Michael Sata in first session after his death

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Opposition Members of parliament listens during the presentation of 2015 budget
Opposition Members of parliament

PARLIAMENT yesterday eulogised the late republican President Michael Sata as a gallant man who persevered and dedicated his life for the benefit of the Zambian people.

The House also praised former first lady Christine Kaseba for the demonstration of love and devotion to her husband in his illness and mourning him genuinely in his death.

Moving the motion for the House to put on record its profound regret at the untimely death of Mr Sata, acting leader of Government business Yamfwa Mukanga said the late head of state was a resilient politician who continued to fight for the Zambian people.

Mr Mukanga, who is also Transport and Communications minister, said Mr Sata was also a strong supporter of the parliamentary reforms which could not have been successful without him.

The late leader contributed to economic growth , infrastructure development, and promoted the rights of women and girls. The Foreign direct investment had also increased.

Contributing to the motion, Mazabuka central UPND MP Gary Nkombo condemned what he termed ‘shenanigans’ and the scramble for success by the ruling PF at the height of sorrow when the body of Mr Sata was lying in state at Mulungushi Conference Centre.

It was sad that Mr Sata never saw the full realisation of his potential and Zambia was in genuine grief for the PF to start jostling for power.

He called for the hastened enactment of the constitution to address challenges that had been affecting Zambia for too long. The Constitution would also address the public order act.

Mwandi MMD MP Michael Kaingu condemned what he referred to as ‘tribal hegemony’ and the jostling of power that characterised the funeral of Mr Sata.

He commended Dr Kaseba for proving that a good wife could elongate her husband’s life and urged the women of Zambia to learn from her.

Dr Kaingu was however censured by Speaker Patrick Matibini when he said PF ended up making á fool’of themselves in the organisation of the President’s funeral because the ruling party did not consult the MMD which had experience in handling the loss of a President.

Dr Matibini took Dr Kaingu to task over those remarks until he apologised. Dr Kaingu re-echoed the need for a new Constitution in Zambia before the existing one causes more serious problems to Zambia.

Kalomo central UPND MP Request Muntanga said Mr Sata had rare qualities which the PF would find hard to emulate and urged the ruling party members not to do wrong things as they tried to emulate the fallen leader.

Zambia should learn from its past experiences on how to manage a state funeral having lost two sitting Presidents.

PF should not jostle power and urged Presidential hopefuls to avoid using money to ascend to leadership.

Mafinga MMD MP Catherine Namugala regretted the passing of Mr Sata and commended Dr Kaseba for doing the best for her late husband and genuinely mourning him.

She called for openness on issues regarding illness of a head of state. Ms Namugala, who maintained that she was not racist, said there was need to allow an indigenous Zambian to run the affairs of the country in the run up to the presidential elections 50 years after independence.

Lubansenshi Independent MP Patrick Mucheleka described Mr Sata as a gallant son of Zambia who persevered for the benefit of the country. He called for the addressing of access to information bill and the Public Order Act.

Winding up debate, Finance minister Alexander Chikwanda thanked everyone for mourning with the Government and the first lady and first family on the death of Mr Sata.

He called for unity and integrity in the country even as the global economy was experiencing shocks. The PF has not yet endorsed a presidential candidate and in the meantime had a moral obligation to support Dr Scott in the run up to the presidential election.

14 COMMENTS

  1. What did Dr. Kaseba do? accelerate the husband death, If the husband had taken time off , he could have been alive today, women are greed sometimes. Ms Namugala is an illiterate, you can tell from her thick mouth, Guy Scott is a typical Zambian, What is wrong with our women? If you want to mourn do it with respect, and shut up, that is the best way to go, By the way PF died with Sata.

    • Why do people always find fault with anything and anyone. Dr kaseba is an excellent role model. Despite ‘ drinking more ink than water ‘ she still has more respect for tradition.

      She’s intelliget, hardworking, compassionate, humble and it was only death that managed to remove that lovely,proudly zambian smile from her face.
      I never thought I would ever see her cry.

      My daughter will emulate you. Keep the smile beaming. We’ve cried too much ! Ala !

  2. We are waiting for the election date.Stop wasting time with your hypocritical statements you hypocrites who could’t even wait for the burial to happen and were already fighting for the post.

  3. The only good Sata has ever done is in death where he has hastened the death of his evil creation called PF as seen in the current confusion in that moribund organization. We can’t wait to bury PF come January. Wish we had buried it Tuesday together with its evil creater.

  4. The PF Cabinet medicalised the death of Mr Sata. Mrs Christine Kaseba Sata is a medical doctor who knows how far a person with a terminal illness can be treated. She should have advised the government to let her husband die at home in peace. Flying his mortal body around the country was reckless expenditure.

  5. Liars! Remember how Sata re-aligned districts against people’s wish? You remember how Sata imposed Mchinga province on the Zambians? You remember how Sata gave jobs only to his relatives, concubines and friends? You remember how Sata publicly discriminated other Zambians? You remember killings and donchi kubeba by Sata in Western Province? And we are now saying enough is enough from these PF liars and thieves. We want political decency to come back to our Zambian politics.

  6. Maybe we should tell the opposition MPs who are being hypocritical that we shall revive Sata so that he brings back all his deeds and they should sing praise for him.
    Btw will they ask on my behalf what killed him as he only left for a medical check up and the way they are praising Kaseba for having taken care of the late, one would think he was sick for a long time and yet it was only for a few days; was it even for a week?

  7. Dr christine KASEBA being praised now!! when she snatched COBRA FROM ANOTHER woman? she even cried more than REGINA and MAUREEN, what a hypocrite she is , please make sure all the children of the COBRA must get a piece of his worthy meanwhile the presidential house is in the name of Mulenga sata ..Good on that part

  8. Wow politician and their hypocrisy indeed. A bunch of useless grown up men and women busy pretending and telling us nonsense, unbelievable. Be honest and call a folk a folk, you will be more happy. How honestly can these chaps who called Sata bad names today eulogize him in that manner. Is it a culture that you can say the truth about the departed or it is just lip service as usual? Pathetic roaches

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