SATA’S KASAMA CENTRAL DIVIDE AND RULE POLITICS: ONLY HIMSELF CAN BE THE BIGGEST LOSER By Clementino Chibashe M. Mulenga I write as a founder member of the Patriotic Front (PF) and now washed my hands because my brother President Michael Chilufya Sata does not listen. When we fought for Independence, it was not to have the Zambia he wants to create today. We fought Welensky and his brothers so that Zambians can be free. Today, PF has dug its own grave. The master grave digger is President Michael Sata himself. Thanks to him, atleast he can be assured that PF will not outlive his lifespan. For starters, Zambia is not a Kingdom and Mulenga Sata will never become President of Zambia. After President Sata’s Presidency, Mulenga will spend most of his time looking for lawyers to defend him from prosecution and unfortunately, this is the scenario Sata has allowed his son to be found in. Away from his bad governance record, which some of us who campaigned with him countrywide regret, he has decided to fight the Bemba-speaking people directly on the Chitimukulu issue because he seeks to divide and rule us. The happenings in Kasama Central are all aimed at ensuring former Defence Minister Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (GBM) does not emerge politically to assume the leadership of PF and possibly the nation. Whether GBM is Presidential material or not, Sata’s persecution of his former Defence Minister and financier has made GBM into a leader Zambians never thought he was. GBM’s approval ratings have gone higher than ever before- all thanks to one Michael Sata The problem with our brother Sata is that he thinks he knows it all. He has decided to plant more confusion in the Bembaland by sponsoring a crook, who is using Chinese money to flash out gifts to Kasama Central residents. We have told our youths to do a ‘Don’t Kubeba’ on Kelvin Sampa. Whatever money or gifts he brings to Kasama central, we have told them to get them. We will teach him a lesson, together with my brother Sata when the day of reckoning comes. People in Kasama Central know GBM but who is Kelvin Sampa? Kasama residents have read about Kelvin Sampa and we are wondering if this is the same Kelvin Sampa who duped former Firstlady Maureen Mwanawasa of her properties after trusting him with some of their deals? Is this the same young man who has betrayed and turned against former President Rupiah Banda and turning around to become a State witness? Is this the same Kelvin Sampa who ran an expensive advert on Zambia National Broadcasting in support of Rupiah Banda? We are worried with our brother Sata’s judgment on this issue that he can trust such a crook? If my brother Sata thinks he will buy off Bembas with donations through Kelvin Sampa and the lies on his facebook page, here in Kasama, we will give him a taste of his medicine. We are Bembas and he will not buy us with gifts and empty promises. We made him President, gave him a base and he has turned around to spit into our face. We are watching the space! In the past few days, he has sent OP officers to come here and assess if at all Kelvin Sampa has made any impact. I want to challenge my brother Sata to publicly announce that he does not need GBM in PF and we will advise our son to withdraw the action in court. We advised GBM to challenge plans to expel him but maybe we were wrong. We are consulting with the churches and other stakeholders whether or not we should advise him to take a different cause of action, so that we bring this matter to its resting place. We will teach PF a lesson because presently, the party is more divided than ever before. There is the GBM Camp, which is the biggest, then there are those who are neutral or supporting some unknown individual and those who are eating with Sampa. It is not surprising that Sata has seen GBM’s potential challenger in Sampa. Sampa’s donations in Kasama Central are not new to Sata’s ears. They have his blessings as he implements his divide and rule politics here in Kasama Central. Sata is employing the divide and rule strategy in Kasama Central to weaken GBM’s grip and pave way for Mulenga Sata’s ascendancy to the PF Presidency. This is because he realizes that GBM’s stay within PF is not good for his anointed successor- Mulenga Sata. One does not need to be a rocket scientist to see that not even Wynter Kabimba is in Sata’s plan- he has been duped! Sata is implementing the divide and rule tactics in Kasama Central using pawns like Sampa, not because he thinks Sampa is any match against GBM. In Sata’s game plan, he would want to keep Kasama Central as unstable as possible and for some time to come. All of a sudden, Sata’s facebook page is promising development to Kasama Central. He will maintain this confusion until the electorate in Kasama Central are fatigued. He will bribe politically pivotal groups and individuals such as Sampa and other PF blind followers off the equilibrium path against the Chitimukulu issue here in Kasama and the Bembaland in general. His goal is to ensure that he exploits fragility of social cooperation among the Bemba-speaking people. The biggest question is who will be the biggest loser in Sata’s divide and rule game: your guess is as good as mine- Michael Chilufya Sata and PF!
Posted on: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:08:52 +0000