Human Rights Defender Fumba Chama popularly known as Pilato has described as primitive and not efficient the manner Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo is enforcing the Presidential declaration making the wearing of face masks mandatory in Zambia.
Pilato says the problem with the Bowman approach is not how he decides to whip or who he whips but how he thinks that laws or presidential declarations must be enforced.
He said statecraft is the art of managing the affairs of the country and this must be done through well-designed systems.
Pilato said these systems are collaborative in nature to ensure that there is efficiency and effectiveness in the management of the state affairs.
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Midnight rant
The Problem with the Bowman Approach is not how he decides to whip or who he whips but how he thinks that laws or presidential declarations must be enforced. I wish to submit that his ways of enforcing the Presidential declaration are primitive and not efficient at all and here is why?
Statecraft is the art of managing the affairs of the country and this must be done through well designed systems. These systems are collaborative in nature to ensure that there is efficiency and effectiveness in the management of the state affairs. If Presidential decrees or laws depend on an individual to whip people into obedience then the state systems have collapsed and we are all advised to call our grandparents in the village and tell them that we are in trouble. In Zambia we have 10 provinces and only one Bowman Lusambo. If he is in Cairo Road kicking asses then what happens in Kafue where he can’t be at the same time he is in Lusaka? Can Bowman be in Lusaka and be in Chinsali at the same time to ensure that the Presidential decree is obeyed? If he cant then his approach is primitive.
Government has structures weaved in what I called a system, if this enforcement of the law or decree was done through government established systems, we would have been assured of efficiency in making sure that those who have refused to be sensible in this crisis are dealt with righteously and by now they would have been gripped with the fear of the lord without paying tithes.
The problem we have been faced with in Africa for a long time now is the “powerful man syndrome” where leaders become very powerful than the system they are supposed to be guided by, we have powerful leaders but weak institutions. We have men of action but institutions of inaction. If the only way we can prevent the spread of this Covid 19 is by Lusambo’s whip then our problems are bigger than the red sea we would need Moses to strike the sea and Bowman to strike our bums for us to pass through this crisis. We do not need powerful leaders only but powerful institutions and systems that should guide all those that work for the government. Leadership of powerful men and women is not sustainable because when they are gone, everything goes back to zero. But systems remain.
I do understand some of you my friends have applauded this simple approach in dealing with a very complex problem. I understand this appreciation for him, it is because he is trying to fill a leadership vacuum that can only be filled in by an elected president. There are certain actions by the state that can only be triggered by the president and in moments like this you would expect that the president would make certain decisions to make sure that lives of the people are safeguarded in a very systematic order. Instead of these kangaroo jumps we need a more efficient approach in ensuring that lives are safe even in places where Bowman is not present.
Mr. Bowman Lusambo is daily moving up and down while we are told to stay home, what if he has been exposed to the virus in the process?
Has anyone checked his temperature yet?
Does he think that wearing the ECL hoodie is protection enough from the virus?
Be smart stay home, don’t be like Bowman.
Sometimes tough love is best!
Keeping whipping them Bowman.
They will thank you later.
The fear of a lockdown is sign that the ruling party has failed to manage the economy and turned it a Pamela economy, I was shocked when I visited one shop and found a 500 gram packet of sugar, I was like since when did Pamela packets start appearing on shelves, even under kk , Pamela packets were only found on the street tutembas.
Chitalu Chilufya is more dangerous than Bowman Lusambo. Democracy isn’t about anarchy and blatant styopet idyocy, when you begin to die by the gross that’s when you’ll remember Chilosha Lusambo. How can there be human rights when people elect to behave like animals? Pilato is just another foool speaking with food in his mouth
What are you doing about it yourself? It is time for action not ukulanda landafye. If no ideas imbapofye akalwimbo ka kovid kanshi. Not ifimanyimbo lyonse iwe kutukafye ba keteka.
Good advice from Fumba Chama ‘Be smart stay at home and wash your hands, don’t be like Lusambo’.
Bowman Lusambo for RUNNING MATE 2021, he is the best candidate to take over from ECL in 2026.
Be serious boy. Kovid te munobe! You get on the bus without mask , we sort out out. We find you locked in a pub socilasing without keeping distance we beat you. Simple stay home with you family boyi. Then you will keep yourself and your family?
Sometimes I wonder the sanity of most zambians. Pilato has clearly explained why the Lusambo method will never work but you still ask him what he himself is doing. For God’s sake Pilato has explained that you need sustainable systems in place and not Lusambo. Lets be serious and civilized for a change and may be..just may be our economy may start picking up. If systems were in place Lusambo would be doing his work as provincial minister instead of patroling the streets of Lusaka.
Pilato is right.
What’s unfortunate is Zambian’s don’t know or care about statecraft, even worse is most of them think Lusambo is statecraft improvised.
Things would be different if the country had a less clueless leader.
Zambians should keep those videos and pictures of Bowman Lusambo abusing his authority.
In the 2021 campaigns, we should remind all his victims of what happened to them. Who ever will stand for PF in Lusaka will have a tough time distancing themselves from Lusambo’s brutal actions.
Pilato writes better English than most of the ‘some of us’
@Independent the problem you are always thinking elections . Be aware that we may not even have elections in 2021 if we do not save the situation now. Be proactive now hid the advise.
Lusambo does not need to go enforcing the directive if Zambians followed the directive. The problem is people like @independent, @Dokowe ,Pilato and PM who just talk talk.
Fumba tawakwata umuchinshi. This is my province. We fight serious virus. U are fotunate that you have money to go to private hospito. My people don’t. So to protect them I don’t care about your human rights . Human life is important ukuchila ayo ama rights. All I say fumba is that insure you wear musk in my province or face consikwenseez
Pilate please shut up and learn to listen. You will end up drowning in your own mucus if this virus catches you.. Please don’t mess around with COVID 19.
And yes English is not my first langwage. I did not say that I was from UK
Wow! I’m impressed… what a thoughtful and articulate piece from Pilate! It’s quite encouraging that we still have people, albeit few, in this country who can still use their brains to think.
Anyone who can’t really hid this kind of free advice must have their heads checked.
I couldn’t have written it any better mate… kudos to you and good on you!
Lets accepts Bowman is not clever academically, I doubt he even reads reports (he relies on his PS) but remember Michael Sata was not educated either but was very effective in every Ministry he worked, Bowman is like Sata. Just listen to the way he handles inteviews and he is very visible while other Ministers are sleeping.
Bane Lungu is not seen anywhere in public, instead he decides to hide in state house. Bowman would be a very visible and effective President. Sadly the likes of Kampyongo, Jean Kapata, Joyce Nonde would be fired in a Lusambo Government.
BOWMAN LUSAMBO FOR RUNNING MATE 2021 AND PRESIDENT 2026.
BRAVO PILATO. ALOT OF SENSE! BOWMAN,DO YOU KNOW YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION? CZ,U HAVE NO DIRECTION. LOOK,AT THE PREMIER OF DENMARK-METTE FREDERIKSEN HAS LIMITS AND CAN NOT GO AND START INTERFERING INTO THE JOB OF QUEEN MARGRETHE. WHAT IS THE JOB OF THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS,DEFENCE?U ARE A TOTAL DUNDERHEAD. PLEASE,LET NOT POWER GO INTO YOUR BALLS BUT LET IT BE IN YOUR MIND.U ARE BELOW BEING DULL. THERE WAS SOME GUY WHO WAS A HOOLIGAN AT KULIMA TOWER BUSS TOP WITH DREADS WHERE IS HE? EVERYTIME,I GET TO FIND TIME TO SEE HIM HOW HE IS DOING. lUSAMBO,GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND START DOING GRADE 7 EXAM,9 AND 12 THAT IS WHEN U WILL LEARN MANNERS ,MORALITY AND SOME SENSE. EVEN THOSE WHO SUPPORT U LIKE KZ ARE BLIND AND U WILL LIVE TO REGRET. NOT WHAT U DID TO KACHINGWE. MULEIMWENAMO BOSS. I BETTER,WATCH…
By the way where did the PF get this mandatory mask wearing advice from? WHO and most of the civilised world have not mandated the use of masks. So where are they getting their advice from anyway? And those masks they are using made out of Chitenge material and not hospital grade that will not protect the people from the COVID-19. They will just get wet and dirty and people will be reusing them, increasing the risks even higher. This really is ridiculous!
“With great power comes great responsibility”!
Pilato reminds me of WCM (World Class of Manufacturing) and only a person with such a background will appreciate.Standards should be in place and of course be sustained.What happens in Lusaka should also elsewhere in an exact way.Why isn’t Dr Chilufya flogging people but instead offering free masks?
I don’t support Bowman’s actions and abhor his language but I equally don’t support and condone this upnd cadre Pilato who hides behind CSOs and human rights!!!
This guy is very misguided, and that’s why you hear things like in my province, there is nothing like in my province. Who told this person that you can only control corona virus by whipping people, I agree with Fumba, somebody must start helping him to plan. And planning will involve things like route plans, for patrol, how many state and council police officers will be required in certain area to patrol, it is too distant than just jumping in a vehicle to follow a tip from the public
Well done is better than well said.
– Benjamin Franklin
The truth is that Bowman Lusambo is a thug in a suit. He is behaving the way Kambwili behaved when he had all the power in his hands. One day he will be whipped by the same people he is whipping today, power usually doesnt last longer than life so it is almost inevitable that he will lose it in his lifetime and become like the rest of the zambians he us whipping.
The problem of thinking you are the alpha and omega in a province is killing this boy. Somebody needs to orient him, it might not be his fault. Remember he already confessed that he is just boot licker, that may mean objectivity is not there. He might think what he is doing is work and yet he is just exposing it
After loosing power Saddam Hussein was found in simple spider hole, not shaven and looking very frail, after loosing power William Banda was found in a ka cheap guest house near the welcome to Chipata tower in Eastern province , lets be careful bane…..Surprisingly even line Ministers who are senior are being intimidated to inform a junior provincial minister of what ever activity they intend to undertake in the province. How callous?
And very strange in Zambia that when somebody is joking, as long as he is out on the street acting people think he is working, meanwhile the economic indicators are all declining with no jobs. So finshi mule lumba? Has anybody ever bought mealie meal in Zambia at K200 since 1964 when the British Flag was brought down?
Hon. Lusambo sir that’s the way to go. I’m 100% with you on this one. Some people are so stubborn , they don’t listen. It is not about affording face masks. Even homemade cheap cloth masks can be used as long as they are clean. In the end believe it or not we are all going to pay tribute to Hon. Lusambo
Appears this guy does not know what is going on. The PSZ has said chitenge masks are not effective. The salary we pay should be doing the praise, there is nothing extra ordinary that the guy is doing to deserve praise, its just that as Zambians we are used to poor standards, so it appears as WoW to some people and yet it is just normal
@Funso compare the price in Dollar terms at independence and now.
Pilato is dreaming. Even in a home, a parent occasionally kicks his or her children in order to protect them. Fools who think that it is a human right to contract covid-19 and spread it all over are asking for a beating
Lusambo is just a stone thrower , he is in his element harassing people.
When other pressing issues that require ministerial leadership like floods or garbage collection are brought to the fore , you won’t see him……
The barometer to show how backward we are as a country, is the praise for things that are not even praise worth being praised.
How can you appoint a thug as minister for the province housing the capital? What you get is what you deserve!
Reading some of the comments here, I see the most tragic thing about Zambia today. Those who correctly use their brains for what they were designed to do are very few. You almost can count them by the fingers on your one hand; Pilato, Sangwa, Linda, Miti Laura and who else? Folks we are leaving the task of correcting the very many things that are f5k’d up in Zambia to only 4 people and you wonder why Lusambo is riding roughshod? We need 10,000 Zambians of Pilato and Sangwa or else shouting at the pulpit every weekend ain’t gonna cut it. Thank you Pilato aka Chanda Fumba.
This is the problem that zambia has, lack of strong systems. You might think lusambo is doing good. What he is doing is a result of failed enforcement and governance systems
If he truly wants to change the country, he should use his ministerial powers to strengthen our systems instead of running around and telling the police what to do. That in itself is a problem
CONTINUE WHIPPING THEM,THEY WILL THANK YOU LATER HONOURABLE LUSAMBA
Lusambo is just an idolatrous cadre spreading Corona around Lusaka. 2021 kuya bebele! They have run out of ideas and the people of Zambia have suffered alot from this regime of thugs.
Garbage In , Garbage Out.
This is what you voted IN, now this is the OUTcome.
Interesting that these very vocal activists are quiet when the nation is grappling with one of the biggest world disasters of recent times – but still fishing for something to fault. What have you, Laura, Linda and the group done for the COVID-19 in Zambia? Your sponsors are not interested and will not release money except when you want to paint the government as a dictatorship?
Bowman is a diet, Pilato is a talker.
Bowman saves lives. Is creative in finding a messaging system that gets the message to the people urgently. There is no system for a pandemic which the whole world was not prepared for. We are in an emergency. Bowman is firefighting, rolling with the uprising issues.
Pilato is a pompous fake musician turned ‘human rights,’ self representative…….since his music sucks and no one is buying his output.
You say I am thug but I am jentle giant
@Warlord , if only people could read and understand what you have written! Now is the time to entice Zambians in the diaspora to come home and help in developing this country. We cannot have kaponyas leading the country and running it cowboy style, mchew!
Lusambo can’t be everywhere but in Lusaka province. So if Lusaka is hot for you and you think there are provinces where people are free to go about their businesses as though there is no pandemic its better you migrate there until Lusambo calms down!!!! Idon’t think Lusambo is bothering law abiding citizens
We have a vacuum at the very top of the leadership – so thugs rule. They know no systems or processes. They employ jungle methods and in the end cause more strife than they bargained for.
There is no sane practical guidance at the minute. There are only three ministers who appear to be working but who are in effect just as headless in making proper constructive decisions that should be properly enforced without assaulting people. Have most of you realised how quiet it has become in the corridors of power? (apart from the daily coronavirus updates by the chipante pante Chilufya and Dora) A lot of the ministers, like ECL, are all hiding under their desks.
Be smart stay home, don’t be like that dull Bowman who will end up in quarantine alone!!
Is Lusambo the new Kaizer Zulu? It seems the quickest way to get popular in Zambia is to be consistent in doing STUPID things. This country has too many pressing issues we should be addressing than discussing this FOOL who chase to a minibus that ended up crashing into another vehicle on Saturday
Stay home, wash your hands before you put your hands anywhere near your mouth, eyes or nose. Self quarantine at home and wear a mask when in public. The idea of a mask is to prevent you from infecting others and not spread infection those with a weakened immune System. Don’t take healthcare advice m a Musician.
Stay home, wash your hands before you put your hands anywhere near your mouth, eyes or nose. Self quarantine at home and wear a mask when in public. The idea of a mask is to prevent you from infecting others and not spread infection to those with a weakened immune System. Don’t take healthcare advice from a Musician.
Our biggest crisis right now is not Corona virus! Let me explain.
Our biggest problem right now is not overzealous Lusambo. Our biggest crisis right now is we are lost lost in the wilderness of self-inflicted problems as a country and the Pilot is no where to be seen! The docile citizenry on this doomed flight have been applauding the systematic destruction of our institutions of governance! We are this co-authors of our very misfortune. For someone to get to the extent of wanting to Whip us without consequences tells us there is something wrong with the citizens! We are beyond crisis. We are a disaster that has been waiting to happen! These are the rewards for Wako ni Wako voting!
Mr Musambo is correct. Africans especially Zambians are failing to adhere to simple rules such as social distancing and applying masks against the Bioaerosols. In fact, last week he stopped one of you escaping from being tested against COVID 19. What was the intention of the latter escaping from Kafue lock-down? Spreading the virus?? hence making Zambian Government look bad not so or incompetent?
It is surprising that we have Lusambo as a minister, this guy doesn’t even qualify to be a ward chairman.
Guys ask me what we are going through in the buses, where we sit 5 people in a chair of 3 or 4. right here in Lusaka. and the conductor talks right in your eye while you have only covered nose and mouth, where is bowman to whip conductors and their drivers??? COVID-19 does not only infect people through mouth and nose, but also eyes. so bowman na chepa sana. let him use a system not force.
Ine indeloleshafye elyo napita