Is it Kabimba, GBM or Chikwanda who is acting as president?
Confusion has arisen on who the acting president of Zambia is following president Michael Sata’s departure for Zimbabwe on Wednesday.
Finance minister Alexander Chikwanda has always acted as president whenever Sata travelled outside the country even though there is some one in the name of Guy Scott who is paid and referred to as vice president.
But this time it is not clear who is holding the symbols of power. It is not even clear if Chikwanda is in the country at the time.
About two weeks ago, Sata signed a new protocol which made PF secretary General Wynter Kabimba third in government hierarchy and a member of cabinet.
Sata left the country on Wednesday quietly and the country was not told who will act in his absence.
Unconfirmed reports indicate that Sata left the symbols of power with Kabimba. And why not? Sata and Kabimba are buddies. When Sata was minister of local government, Kabimba was town clerk for Lusaka, that was during the construction of the Merzaf flats in Chilenje.
Maybe it is Geoffrey Mwamba, the defence minister.
The normal hierarchy of the Zambian government before the PF regime has been in this order:
President, Vice-president, Minister of Defence, Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Finance then the rest of ministers at same level.
During Chiluba’s time, minister without portfolio was second to the vice president though when Michael Sata was holding this position and Levy Mwanawasa was vice president, he told Mwanawasa that they were on the same level.
But sources at State House say Sata can not appoint minister of defence Geoffrey Mwamba as acting president because he does not fully trust him and also because Mwamba is almost illiterate.
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let kabimba act he has bin with sata in hard tyms.wait for your tym to act also if you dont die. jst work hard frnds.zambia ios ours with or without kabimba acting.
lubinda kelvin - April 28, 2012
13:52
A weakest gvt ever in the SADC region. How can all the leaders travell at once? Why cant they give each other space? I blame MMD!
Matsa - April 27, 2012
06:13
@ESU..My earlier comment was supposed to read,”Including you Esu,your working culture is also bad “Sorry it is because I am still working from 16hrs,fatigue is taking toll.
Hutakununka Sibandilwaabana Mukuliwatwaambo - April 27, 2012
01:54
@ESU..Including you,your culture is bad.My opinion.
Hutakununka Sibandilwaabana Mukuliwatwaambo - April 27, 2012
01:44
Chikwanda is in the UK unless he left for Zambia today.
Zambia my country - April 26, 2012
23:43
At least the weather is Winter in Zambia now isn’t it? You are all f***ked!!
Haakasata1 - April 26, 2012
22:00
Zambians please the acting Presidents are Rajan Matani and Fred M’memwe these two are the ones really running Zambia
Truth - April 26, 2012
20:54
A future made of of virtual insanity…
Crazyboy - April 26, 2012
19:34
Instruments of power ar not 2b changing hands lyk Salaula pejamaz! Let those intrusted wit power b very handle it wit lov nd kr! Thy owe us goodleaders.
Omar Trulis - April 26, 2012
17:53
thre is a report that the president left summer kambimbya to act as president so that it can start flying allover before the on set of the rains.
nawiko - April 26, 2012
16:02
May be there is no acting president – it is NOT important!! What’s the point of acting if you CANNOT take a single decision anyway!
Fellow Zambians, forget this idea of Acting President – there is nothing in it and we are on auto pilot if you like!! That’s why the clever muzungu Guy Scott is not even bothered………and has left it to the miserable Monkeys to appease their egos!! I mean Monkeys feel important when “ACTING” even when they themselves know that they are not.
Haakasata1 - April 26, 2012
16:02
Our leaders what work are you doing that can’t be seen?Take your duties serious and do what is suppose to be done at the right time and stop enjoying adventures.
Dede - April 26, 2012
15:55
is it summer kambimbya,hippopotamus f.albelt or the chikwama account to act as presindent?
nawiko - April 26, 2012
15:53
@Amin
Sorry blogger, I need not pick it tha Fat Albert is the acting Presido. Did they organise a gym for him at the ‘Acting State House’? The man will create a big problem if he collapsed; no standard for his casket!
I think what worries is not who you appoint as acting president but how often you change and the quality of the person. This is not a simple matter because you talking about National security and instruments of power. Unless we have diluted the importance we attach to plot 1, we can not allow the President to be leaving the country nder the control of any Jim and Jack. The acting President takes over in case of the Mbingu disaster in old age these bodies and organs have done enough and can cease to operate anytime. May be we have to wait until the waste knocks on our doors to learn to be serious with issues.
One day the man will be over thrown like Mobutu while away on these trips because of putting these at times unelected chaps. All we want is the President to know that it is him who was elected and he should ensure he does not do the Kaponya gyminastics at State House.
Tisa - April 26, 2012
15:23
All you fellows do is sit and blog. What time do you work? And i am sure most of you are civil servants. You chaps get paid for doing nothing. Very bad working culture, including you parastatal characters. Go to work and ask for more money in your pockets, shameless citizens!
Eshu - April 26, 2012
15:01
PF government has shown the sign of confusion.the spirite of dont kubeka is
nswana - April 26, 2012
14:49
Terry Boy
You and many non PF Bloggers find a need in themselves to make intelligent arguement in their posting every. But for our PF brother and sister that need it not in them. Their minds are set on how best they can insults other blogger and not on making sense.
PF bloggers pliz be kind to senses.
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Blindman - April 26, 2012
14:21