The Sinking of the King Cobra, the Death of PF Lessons from the Titanic By Rev. Canon Dr. Kapya John Kaoma Watching the Patriotic Front members devour themselves reminds one of the night of April 14, 1912. On that solemn night, the highly praised and admired RMS Titanic sunk in the waters of the Atlantic—just four days after its first voyage to New York. But the Titanic would have been saved had the captain yielded the numerous warnings about the bad conditions on the ocean. The mere size and popularity of the Titanic deceived the captain into believing that his vessel could conquer the Atlantic and her icebergs—albeit he was wrong! The iceberg destroyed the Titanic. We will never know the truth as to why the captain ignored those warnings, but we can surely avoid similar situations in life. Reading the signs of the time and yielding to initial warnings makes a good leader. If you have watched the Titanic or read Walter Lord’s A Night to Remember, the confusion that ensued when the Ship was sinking reflects what is going on in President Sata’s PF. As the waters filled the giant vessel, not even the captain knew what to do. All aboard the vessel rushed for mother life—creating untold chaos on the Titanic. Of course, many people would have been saved had the captain and his crew remained calm—indeed without a vision, people perish! The venom-less Cobra Within two years in power, the PF has become a party without a leader. Each passing day, President Sata seems lost and unable to bring order in his own party. Most of us thought that “King Cobra” would bring discipline in the nation—I guess we were all wrong. The Cobra has been tamed and placed in a zoo at State House—to an extent that even rats and kids can step on it. President Sata seems to live in his own fantasy world of 90 days. As his ichibwato sinks, the president is busy reshuffling ministers and campaigning for parliamentary seats rather than re-organizing his party and governing. Honestly, if President Sata thinks that the people who celebrated the PF victory in 2011 will do so in 2016; if he thinks that PF will win the 2016 elections; and if he thinks that his similar promises of development in 90 days will deliver him victory in 2016, then I honestly doubt his mental capacity. For some time, I have been wondering as to who is the President of PF. Is it Wynter Kabimba, GBM, or Kambwili? When will the President realize that GBM is an opportunistic politician using PF to feed his crazy ego? GBM endorsing campaign is meant to introduce himself to PF cadres and thereby preparing for his own attempt on the PF presidency. Yet, Sata believes that GBM has his interest at heart! Likewise, Kabimba has presidential ambitions hence the current feud between the two. Sata would save himself by getting rid of the duo but the cobra is too blind to see. Am I the only one who has stopped counting ministers and other senior officials? It seems that the only thing Sata does best is firing and replacing his cadres with new cronies. Sadly, when it comes to GBM and Kabimba, he treats them as untouchables. Yet these guys are out to destroy PF. Like the Captain of the Titanic, President Sata can still save ichibwato from sinking in the waters of Zambian politics. Many people want to see the King Cobra they voted into power in 2011; they want to see the Sata they believed; they want to see a president who leads by example; and they want to see the man of courage who can discipline imbeciles in his own party. Sadly, president Sata is calm while PF sails into dangerous waters—ignoring the early warnings. Unless he plans to use the Robert Mugabe way in the 2016 elections, President Sata won’t win his second term! The number of defeat PF has suffered in by-elections suggests major troubles for PF in 2016. Even in Northern, the Copperbelt, and Luapula provinces, PF is losing people to the opposition. I find it hard to believe that the president has not addressed the violence associated with his cadres in the nation. The beating of opposition cadres and now fellow PF members demands confronting. Unless the President sanctioned this violence, leaving his cadres to feed on the blood of innocent Zambians is indefensible, and a crime against humanity. Kabimba and GBM sinking the ship In case he does not know, Wynter Kabimba, GBM and their cadres are the ones who are sinking the ship. When the duo was implicated in corruption charges, the president remained silent. When his cadres beat opposition members in Eastern province, the President remained silent. Moreover, as Kabimba and GBM cadres continue to terrorize each other and innocent citizens, the president is even the more silent. One wonders why GBM, Kabimba and many other cadres are untouchable under the Sata administration! Is it because the president pocketed so many dollars from GBM that he is not courageous enough to confront him; is it that Kabimba knows something about the president that Sata is afraid to discipline him; or is it that President Sata is just an incompetent leader? Let me alert the president—once the PF ship sinks, Kabimba and GBM will jump ship and join other parties—just ask Kaunda or Rupiya Banda. If I am the member of PF, it is time to jump the ship rather than wait until the ship has sunk. I hope and trust that the opposition is capitalizing on this confusion to give PF a red card in 2016! Source: Lusaka Times
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 14:00:29 +0000
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