By: Qeko
Reports from Lusaka indicates that Zambia's opposition leader, Michael King Cobra Sata has put an end to the 20 years rule of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy party after winning this years Presidential election with 43%. This has been announced by the Zambian chief Justice, Ernest Sakala in Lusaka today.
The announcement from Zambia's capital said that the Zambia's opposition leader, Michael King Cobra Sata, who is also the leader of the Patriotic Front has won the election with 95% of constituencies votes counted where he has amassed 1,150,045 votes which represents 43% of the total, compared to Banda's 961,796.
Conceding defeat, Rupiah Banda said that his MMD party is a democratic party and they have accepted defeat and the outcome of the presidential election.Banda's Movement for Multi-party Democracy party has run Zambia since one-party rule ended in 1991.
Reports from Lusaka states that Patritoc Front supporters continues to celebrate the victory as they flocked outside the heavily guarded Electoral Commission headquarters, banging drums, beeping horns and waving flags.
As the Zambian people are celebrating the coming in of a new president, the question is what does Michael Sata's win mean for Malawi, Zimbabwe and the rest of SADC? As a business man himself what does Sata's win mean to the people of Zambia? Malawi from 1994-2004 was ruled by a businessman President, Bakili Muluzi, and should we expect the Sata Zambia to be the same as the Muluzi-Malawi we had? Zambias should wait a minutes and not rejoice too much coz time will be a judging factor for Sata.
2 comments:
I feel for Zambia - its one incompetant leader to another, the curse of african countries is that they do not have visionaries or highly educated individuals like the first world and hence will always be in the dark ages for another 2-300 years to come. They dont seem to recognise the value of foreing investment and the value of existing non black business community to drive growth, industry and employment. This is 2011 now and these countries have backward year after year. Just look at Zimbabawe a country called the bread basket of africa now a complete basket case. Every non black born in zambia that has left is very sucessful where ever they are out of zambia. Even the current president of Uganda has on several occasions begged the asian business who were expelled by Amin to return and restart business as every collapsed after the expulsion. Africa look within you on history and actions of leaders as the answers are balatantly staring at you. You are to blame for your troubles and incompetance
I feel for Zambia - its one incompetant leader to another, the curse of african countries is that they do not have visionaries or highly educated individuals like the first world and hence will always be in the dark ages for another 2-300 years to come. They dont seem to recognise the value of foreing investment and the value of existing non black business community to drive growth, industry and employment. This is 2011 now and these countries have backward year after year. Just look at Zimbabawe a country called the bread basket of africa now a complete basket case. Every non black born in zambia that has left is very sucessful where ever they are out of zambia. Even the current president of Uganda has on several occasions begged the asian business who were expelled by Amin to return and restart business as every collapsed after the expulsion. Africa look within you on history and actions of leaders as the answers are balatantly staring at you. You are to blame for your troubles and incompetance
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