A former platform sweeper at Victoria train station in London, Michael Sata, was yesterday in a rare twist of fate elected as the President of Zambia defeating incumbent President Rupiah Banda in keenly contested election marred by pockets of violence.
There were huge celebrations from his supporters as the National Election Commission announced the results in which Sata won with 1,150,045 votes to Banda’s 961,796, with 95.3 per cent of constituencies counted.
The Patriotic Front candidate took 43 per cent of the votes in his fourth presidential bid. He lost by only two percentage points to Mr Banda, also 74, in 2008.
Referring to his humble life as sweeper in Britain working at Victoria station, Sata said: “I never got any complaints about my work. I want to sweep my country even cleaner than I swept the station.”
Wishing him all the very best.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Former Train Station Cleaner Elected President Of Zambia
A former platform sweeper at Victoria train station in London, Michael Sata, was yesterday in a rare twist of fate elected as the President of Zambia defeating incumbent President Rupiah Banda in keenly contested election marred by pockets of violence.
There were huge celebrations from his supporters as the National Election Commission announced the results in which Sata won with 1,150,045 votes to Banda’s 961,796, with 95.3 per cent of constituencies counted.
The Patriotic Front candidate took 43 per cent of the votes in his fourth presidential bid. He lost by only two percentage points to Mr Banda, also 74, in 2008.
Referring to his humble life as sweeper in Britain working at Victoria station, Sata said: “I never got any complaints about my work. I want to sweep my country even cleaner than I swept the station.”
Wishing him all the very best.
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