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PRESIDENT Michael Sata on Saturday personally paid lodging and food bills to Sun International Hotels Royal Livingstone for over an hours use of the resort.
After a closed-door meeting with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe who arrived by road from Victoria Falls Town, President Sata joked about President Mugabes security detail, saying he was better off sending an envoy.
A hotel worker who sought anonymity said the Presidents gesture to personally pay the bill was a sign that he was allergic to corruption.
What we used to see is that when president Rupiah Banda, Levy Mwanawasa or other senior government officers came for official duties, we were taking the bill to either the PS permanent secretary or the DC district commissioner and we saw a lot of inflations in the original bills being taken out to them and not come back. Sata is really doing the Dont kubeba style, the hotel worker said.
And President Sata when presented with two bills one in a brown envelope and another in a hotel folder queried the hotel staff over the authenticity of the bill.
What is this? President Sata asked a Royal Livingstone guest relations officer with the name tag Lydia Namukanda.
Can you please give me a bill? The problem is that when you young men take off your hair, you also take off your brains. Who is the manager here? complained President Sata
After a closed-door meeting with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe who arrived by road from Victoria Falls Town, President Sata joked about President Mugabes security detail, saying he was better off sending an envoy.
A hotel worker who sought anonymity said the Presidents gesture to personally pay the bill was a sign that he was allergic to corruption.
What we used to see is that when president Rupiah Banda, Levy Mwanawasa or other senior government officers came for official duties, we were taking the bill to either the PS permanent secretary or the DC district commissioner and we saw a lot of inflations in the original bills being taken out to them and not come back. Sata is really doing the Dont kubeba style, the hotel worker said.
And President Sata when presented with two bills one in a brown envelope and another in a hotel folder queried the hotel staff over the authenticity of the bill.
What is this? President Sata asked a Royal Livingstone guest relations officer with the name tag Lydia Namukanda.
Can you please give me a bill? The problem is that when you young men take off your hair, you also take off your brains. Who is the manager here? complained President Sata