Sata made a string of appointments and dismissals that encouraged ordinary Zambians and key donors many of whom have been fighting hard for probity and a clean break with the disastrous legacy of the late former President Frederick Chiluba (AC Vol 52 No 21)...
Ex-President Frederick Chiluba made Scott Minister of Agriculture but he was fired in 1993 alongside a cabinet colleague accused of trying to topple the government...
Ex-President Kenneth Kaunda who ran in his first multiparty elections 20 years ago was far too willing to believe advisors who assured him that he was heading for an easy victory against the upstart trades union leader Frederick Chiluba and the MMD...
Voters also feared that a second Banda term would see a return to the blatant corruption of President Frederick Chiluba’s time...
In early 2009 contributing countries were applying considerable pressure for Lusaka to increase transparency and otherwise continue on the course adopted by the late President Levy Mwanawasa when he set up the TFC in 2002 to clean the Augean stables left by President Frederick Chiluba...
Another blow to Banda was the death on 18 June of ex-President Frederick Chiluba...
This is seen as depriving Zambians who lost their jobs at the height of the privatisation process led by then President Frederick Chiluba...
Vol 51 No 23 |
- ZAMBIA
- CHINA
To make up for this he depends on ex-President Frederick Chiluba who has plenty of charm and political savvy...
Part of the opposition seems to stem from nostalgia for his predecessor the late Levy Mwanawasa and part from suspicions about his relations with another ex-president Frederick Chiluba who has just won a judgment in Lusaka allowing him to keep assets which are widely seen as stolen...
