Sata will sell Zambia - Ronnie
Sata will sell Zambia - RonnieBy Chibaula Silwamba and Nomusa Michelo
Wednesday October 24, 2007 [21:20]
SATA will sell this country because he loves money, home affairs minister Lieutenant General Ronnie Shikapwasha has said. And acting chief government spokesperson George Mpombo has wondered why civil society and the Church have not come out to condemn Sata’s actions. Commenting on Patriotic Front (PF) president Michael Sata’s soliciting of US $50,000 from the Taiwanese government to enable him travel to the United States to discredit China, Lt Gen Shikapwasha said on Wednesday (October 24th, 2007) that Sata had been exposed as a fake person.
“First of all I am happy that you brought it (Sata’s soliciting for money) out for the rest of the nation to understand that Mr. Sata cannot be a leader to lead this nation. Sata will sell this country because he loves money,” Lt Gen Shikapwasha said. “It’s important for the nation to know that what The Post brought out was good and well researched.”
Lt Gen Shikapwasha commended The Post for exposing Sata.
“We commend the work of The Post for exposing people who are fake,” said Lt Gen Shikapwasha.
And Mpombo said Sata’s actions were humiliating for the country. He said Sata was not the kind of leader Zambia should have because he could easily mortgage the country out of selfishness.
Mpombo said the Church and civil society were always quick to condemn when the government did something wrong, but had remained silent on Sata’s actions.
According to his letter titled ‘Fight Against The People’s Republic of China Against Your Country’, to Taiwan’s Ambassador to Malawi dated September 10, 2007, Sata asked for US $50,000 to cover the costs of his travel and upkeep to the United States.
This follows Sata’s invitation by Harvard University for him to speak on human rights at a conference themed ’China-Africa: The Yin and the Yang’. He was scheduled to address the conference yesterday.
And Sata has justified his requesting for US $50,000 from Taiwan saying there was nothing wrong with that because other political parties also received funding from abroad.
Meanwhile, Sata – who was on his way to the United States - on Monday made a U-turn in London after a Chinese porter at Crown Plaza Hotel in London allegedly stole his passport.
Sata was given a travel document by the Zambian Mission in London to enable him return to Zambia. When he arrived in Lusaka on Tuesday, Sata managed to get a new passport and a visa for the United States and left the same Tuesday.
“I completed my mission, now I am going back to America specifically for the Chinese,” Sata told The Post before departure at Lusaka International Airport.
Labels: CHINA, SATA, SHIKAPWASHA, TAIWAN
posted by MrK @ 3:46 AM
1 Comments:
Sometimes I fear for Sata's life. If the Chinese porter could easily steal his passport just like phew…then what could stop them from assassinating him? The big man should be careful...You don't fu.ck around with the Chinese intelligence. Those guys can finish you off in seconds. They are highly trained from childhood just to kill through different methods. They are sent to the best universities in the world to learn everything and all the international languages. Just image how the passport missed in a split of a second?
Eh...Ine na yopa!? Ungafelepo chabe mahala pali Taiwan...
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