IT IS not about becoming Cabinet minister that makes one a potential leader of a country but the manner in which that individual interacts with the people or conducts himself or herself, says Gallant Youth in Zambia (GYZ) executive director Henry Mulenga.
Mr Mulenga said he was shocked by remarks by former Commerce deputy minister Miles Sampa alleging that if President Michael Sata was still alive today he would be a full Cabinet minister by now.
Mr Mulenga said Mr Sampa was not ready to be a leader because a leader should not be bitter but instead have tolerance to save the people.
‘‘Mr Sampa resigned (from Government) because he could not stand being where he was without realizing that the presidency is God-given and it is not a guarantee that if someone is Cabinet minister, that can ascend him to the presidency,” he said.
He said Mr Sampa’s bitterness would take him nowhere because he had no patience, saying that more was expected to be heard about him following the memorandum of understanding he signed with the opposition UPND.
Mr Mulenga advised Mr Sampa, who is leader of the deregistered Democratic Front, to accept what he was and stop being bitter as that would show the type of a leader he was.
“It is surprising to see Mr Sampa coming out with such bitterness; and his claims that had his late uncle Sata not died he would have been made Cabinet minister shows the type of a leader he is, forgetting that it is not becoming Cabinet minister that makes you the next President, but the manner in which you interact with people or conduct yourself.
‘‘We wonder how UPND will work with him and what portfolio he would be given in the unlikely circumstances that UPND formed government, because he appears to be an individual who is only interested in being in big positions and nothing else,” he said.
Mr Sampa said at a press briefing on Tuesday that he was a hard working MP who deserved to be a full Cabinet minister but that President Edgar Lungu could not see his potential and sacrifice for the ruling Patriotic Front party, adding that after the January 2015 elections he was ripe for a full Cabinet position having agreed to campaign for President Lungu.
What an arrogant spoilt brat this Sampa is, very childish indeed.
Ba PF how dare you insult Sampa today when he was ho new how to negotiate for all the Euro bond you have borrowed and stolen.You have now built bigger houses and bought some in south Africa out of stolen cash from road contracts.Ba fi colour imwe.UPND is winning and sampa as youth will be given opportunity to work as minister to show Zambians that he is capable.Tell me what does Dora have or that ka Mvunga man at Finance have than sampa to ministers.even Kambwili(Copperstone) is he more knowledable than Sampa from UNZA.
“…had his late uncle Sata not died he would have been made Cabinet minister…”
THE WAY I KNOW THE LATE MR M C SATA, MILES SAMPA WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN A HALF MINISTER. SATA NEVER CARED WHETHER YOU WERE HIS NEPHEW OR SON. HE COULD NOT GIVE ANYONE ANY RESPONSIBILITY WITHOUT PRACTICALLY PROVING THAT ONE CAN DELIVER RESULTS. NOW, THIS DATE-STAMPS WHY HE MILES SAMPA WAS NOT ELEVATED TO A FULL MINISTER EVEN DURING THE TIME HIS UNCLE WAS PRESIDENT. HE SAW MILE’S UNDER 5 HAVIOUR OF IMPATIENCE, CHILDISH, LACK OF WISDOM, DAFTNESS AND JUST F00LISHNESS IN THE BOY. IN FACT, WITH THIS BEHAVIOUR, SATA WAS GOING TO FIRE HIM IF HE WERE ALIVE.
I somehow agree with the young leader.It doesnt make sense to campaign for the ruling party and after winning you give key positios to those from opposition.
Sampa is as bitter as his new found friends. Very useless and an *****. Who does he want to cheat this fool.he will die of heart attack after 11th August.
Should read:
“I’d be full Cabinet Minister if Sata was alive ”
@The Chosen One, maybe that is what Sampa said.
I have listened to this bloke on radio twice now (Kitwe and Tuesday) and I feel sorry for him. The first time I was trying to figure out which CB call boy the radio station had given the microphone to, only to hear that it was DF leader Miles Sampa.
Tuesday’s piece carried by Hot FM was laughable, to say the most.
If this lad is gifted in anything at all, eloquence and charisma are not one of them…
@Vizungu, I couldn’t agree more with you on thís one.
@3.1 QUITE RECENTLY, THE FIRST TIME I LISTENED TO THIS DULL BOY WAS IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN ON SUNDAY INTERVIEW. I COULDN’T BELIEVE MY EARS. I TRIED SO HARD TO CONVINCE MYSELF TO LIKE HIM AND MAKE SENSE OF WHAT HE WAS SPEWING, BUT I FAILED, ABSOLUTELY. A GRADE 7 OF BOTH YESTERDAY AND TODAY, AND FROM THE CITY OR TYPICAL ZAMBIAN VILLAGE WOULD HAVE MADE A LOT OF SENSE AND THIS IS NOT A JOKE. EVEN AFTER SO MUCH EXPOSURE THE BOY IS SIMPLY DAFT. HE HAS A LONG WAY TO GO FOR HIS PRESIDENTIAL DREAMS. HE SIMPLY HAS TO WORK VERY HARD. YOU MUST BE MAD TO MAKE HIM FULL CABINET MINISTER.
@3.1 I AM PRETTY SURE THAT’S WHY BA MUDALA BA CHIKWANDA FAILED TO WORK WITH THE BOY. I THINK HE JUST THOUGHT, ‘ICI MWAICE ICI CA FUFUTISHA. TACAISHIBA NOKWIKATE IGLASS LYA WINE. CILEFWAYA FYE NDECIFUNDA NEFYAKUNWA WINE. AWE KACILEYA FYE KUTI CANSEBANYA MUMA BULAYA’. I NOW SUPPORT BA MUDALA.
IT IS ONLY IN POLITICS THAT YOU ARE APPOINTED, NOT ON MERIT BUT SOMETHING ELSE INCLUDING INCOMPETENCE.
BA SAMPA IS LIKE A GRADE 1 FOR A SWEET WHAT IMMATURITY SHAME
IT WILL BE A GRAVE MISTAKE TO BRING THESE UNDER 5 CRY BABIES IN POWER. THEY ARE STILL WITH UTUMASHINSHI PAMATAKO. UPND CHAPS, PLEASE, RUB OFF ALL YOUR HUMAN DROPPINGS FROM YOUR BOTTOMS BEFORE YOU THINK OF BECOMING PRESIDENTS. IT’S A SHAME HOW ALL THE UNDER 5s HAVE CONGREGATED ON ONE COMMON KNOWN GROUND- UPND.
Sampa is really showing his own naivety, his uncle is gone and no more. It’s Lungu’s turn and Zambia isn’t a monarchy.
Ba Sampa….just wait you will be full cabinet Minister when you meet your uncle in heaven or hell…
Now I believe what I read earlier on. So it is true that he had sent ba shilubemba to ask ECL to promote him to full cabinet minister- after fighting ECL so hard and almost sending PF into oblivion ? Too bad young man, you have no patience. Leadership is God given.
Please tell us why you killed Ruth Mbandu
I have mentioned on this site that Sampa is politically immature.
ECL retained him where he belonged after the demise of MCS.
He was neither elevated nor otherwise.
What guarantee is he trying portray that he would have been full cabinet minister
had MCS still been with us? My guess may be as good as anyone out there.
He did Kaingu end up as a full cabinet minister after tearing Sata’s speech in parliament?
What cabinet minister? Youngman Kalaba got promoted from deputy to full cabinet during late’s mcs time.
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And for you Sampa, take notice that we with you.
By the way we are aware you once dated former Miss Zambia Cynthia Kanema. We shall not list Cynthia one of the concubines because she has already suffered enough at the hands of this useless boy.
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This the kind of chaff that UPND makes a lot of noise welcoming. Sampa only got his position because of Sata’s nepotism as did all of Kaseba’s relatives but all is forgiven now in the unprincipled UPND. I dont know how Sampa sleeps at night knowing what he allegedly did to Ruth Mbandu.
Lungu messed up, it seemed that reconciliation was only one sided. Remember the interview he gave in South Africa, saying Guy Scott was not his friend. How does forgiveness and reconciliation thrive with such attitudes? Sampa deserved a full Cabinet position for giving up on his fight and forging links with ECL, even if it was for acting only.
without realizing that the presidency is God-given and it is not a guarantee and so you think God gave us Wrungu then that god hate us. How can he give us something that destroys as far as i m concerned Wrungu is a satan given president tea car ra chobe mulenga iwe bulunyoko and satan upon you or star yo call.
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TO FRED M’MEMBE WITH LOTS OF LOVE
Fred M’membe,
In your latest editorial, you called us dogs. Though we do not really mind, we wish to
remind you that dogs are those who indulge in sexual intercourse with their biological mothers, lets say in two mansions in Mongu for ritualistic purposes. Does that ring a bell to you?
But note that you did not answer any of the issues we raised yesterday. You just decided to
start waffling. You boast of being rich. But therein lies the difference between you and us. You are in the
media for money; we are not. And please ZWD is a non-profit making entity. It is a forum for the Voiceless whom your have betrayed, for money. If we wanted to make money, we would have done what you are
doing: betray the people and…
I have been thinking it’s not good having Sampa in UPND. He is kind of pompous and misguided and I don’t like his talk of “UPND will now win in the first round because I have joined them”. UPND will win first round without you Mr. Sampa
Sampa is not only devoid of wisdom.
He is uncultured
He is ill mannered
He is stupid
He is an *****
He is reckless
He is childish
He is a loser
He is immature
He is not gifted in leadership
He is a poor public speaker
He is not a clever thinker
He is a poor decision maker
He likes posing on photos
He is very ignorant
He is a time waster
He is pompous
He is dangerous
He is a pretender
You are an angry man……eish….I wouldn’t want to be even 2%of that venom you are
Sampa is really childish , very immature , very backwards
Sampa is a tall young Boy.
Another Under 5 in UPND
UNORTUNTELY THE FACT OF T IS THAT HE IS FACTUALLY BLACKISTED BY GOVERMENT OF RPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA SYSTEM
BLACK LISTED EEN SATA SAW AND NEW THE FILE ON SAMPA NEVER A MINISTER
You see Sampa, I warned you already but to claim that your aucle was gonna make you full cabinet minister is a dark blatant lie. It is also surprising for you to claim that you got grown up and became fit for in January 2015. Mmmmmmh! stop acting like a kid and hey one can’t help but wonder how you turned to be a politician. Peace of advice though, think with ya brain not with ya emotions. In just a few months, you have made dangerous and vindictive decisions. You are really blunt.
The President of Tanzania, John Mufunguli was a deputy minister in Jakaya Kikwete’s Government, so what is Sampa’s problem?
The President of Tanzania, John Mufunguli was a deputy minister of Works in Jakaya Kikwete’s Government, so what is Sampa’s problem?
This is laughable! “Sata never cared whether your were his nephew or son. He could not give anyone responsibility without practically proving that one could deliver results.” Hahaha!
MILLIMETRE SAMPA UMWAICE CHIPUBA I THOUGHT WAMANO KANSHI NIMBUSHI FYE .HE IS NOT FIT FOR PF
ARROGANCE BELONGS TO UPND WHERE YOU FIND ARROGANT HH AND GBM.
Watch the space: “… Sampa now goes down in his political career!!!”
IS he saying his late uncle would have used nepotism? What has he really done differently to even deserve being full cabinet Minister? Is it that he challenged the current president? So, challenging the president in any race now becomes a way to being Cabinet minister? Ba Sampa kuleniko naimwe!!!
Sampa has ruined his political career by being over ambitious and i pity him because if he remained in PF,one day he was going to get it.Now people are losing confidence in him including myself who initially had ranked him highly politically.
THEY SAY PATIENCE PAYS. FROM MINISTER IN PF TO A CADRE … WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
Miles ‘Fyaba Yama’ Sampa has just exposed his childishness ! So all this time it wasnt about PF Government failing to deliver/ develop Zambia, it was all about him being a FULL CABINET MINISTER. As Zambians, we must be very careful of such individuals because they are only after filling their bellies. The implication of this is that even Guy ‘Muzungu Wopusa’ Scott’s endorsement of HH is based on Miles ‘Fya BA Yama’ Sampa’s petty selfishness