Kutesa mourns fallen Zambian President
Oct 30, 2014
The President of the General Assembly, Sam Kutesa, has mourned the fallen Zambian President Chilufya Sata.
By Vision Reporter
The President of the General Assembly, Sam Kutesa, has mourned the fallen Zambian President Chilufya Sata.
“This is a great loss for Zambia. President Sata was a remarkable man of peace who leaves a memorable impact on his country and world affairs,” Kutesa said in a statement issued Thursday.
On behalf of all Member States and on his own behalf, the President of the General Assembly expresses his heartfelt condolences to Michael Chilufya Sata’s bereaved family and to the people and Government of Zambia.
The General Assembly has held a tribute in memory of the late President Sata, in the morning session.
Sata died in the British capital where he had been receiving treatment for a long-rumoured but undisclosed illness.
For supporters who voted him into office in 2011 he was a no-nonsense man of action. For critics, the former policeman, trade unionist and taxidermist was an authoritarian populist.
What is undisputed is that he seemed to revel in scorched earth politics.
Detractors, political foes, the media and even allies frequently came under attack from a man who earned the sobriquet "King Cobra".
He once publicly upbraided his whole cabinet, threatening to collapse his own government if they did not do a better job.