It is disheartening to note the kind of treatment
the Former First Lady Madam Dr. Christine Kaseba Sata is being subjected to by
the Patriotic Front (PF) Government and Party only about 225 days after the
demise of her husband one of if not the most celebrated Presidents of the
Republic of Zambia.
As Operation Young Vote and young people
generally have hearts left profoundly bleeding at this episode of subjecting
Dr. Christine Kaseba Sata the widow to late President Michael Sata the sole
founder of the PF party whose benefits and outcomes are being enjoyed by those
who are allowing this taboo happen on the former First Lady. The eviction of
Dr. C. Kaseba Sata from 8 Reedbuck Lodge to go and leave with her mother in
Libala is not only unacceptable but must also be immediately reversed.
Our questions are: Where are our mothers; the
current First Lady Mrs. Ester Lungu, the Vice President Madam Inonge Wina,
Women in Cabinet, Widows Association of Zambia and right thinking Zambians.
What the PF is subjecting Dr. Christine Kaseba
Sata to is a precedent that will erode our respect for widow and Ubuntu.
Regardless of the shortcoming of Dr. Christine Kaseba Sata if any, there is no
justification under the sun to embarrass and humiliate her in such a manner.
The current First Lady should remember (if she
cannot should find out) that at some point between September, 2011 and October
2014 these same people who may be misleading them (the President and Herself)
praised President Michael Chilufya Sata and the First Lady then Dr. Christine
Kaseba Sata who today they are seen as a lesser human being going by the
humiliations she is being subjected to.
This kind of attitude and treatment of widows let
alone the Former First Lady has no place and should have no place whatsoever in
our society.
The Republican President and Government in
general should take responsibility and account for this embarrassment and make
amends.
As a people we must stand together is stop this
rot in our society. It is inhumane and sends wrong message to the ordinary
citizens who may take this as normal practice.
This but one issue is
evidence enough why the New People Driven Constitution is needed sooner than
later as the Bill of Rights in the Final Draft Constitution is protective of
women and any other citizens who may find themselves in similar circumstances
as Dr. Christine Kaseba Sata. Such issues of people’s fundamental rights cannot
and should not be left at the mercy of any individual. If the Former First Lady
of a party the late husband can be subjected to such humiliation (225 day after
the death of her husband by the party he formed), how about an ordinary
citizens, what kind of humiliation would they be treated to?
People Driven Constitution adopted
through a Referendum before 2016 Elections is the way to go and only way to
have our Rights Respected and stop this rot.
Guess Nyirenda (Mr.)
Executive Director
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