{"id":25856,"date":"2022-07-04T22:09:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T22:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/no-not-for-me-james-ndambo-laura-miti"},"modified":"2022-07-04T22:28:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T22:28:32","slug":"no-not-for-me-james-ndambo-laura-miti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/no-not-for-me-james-ndambo-laura-miti","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNo, Not For Me, James Ndambo\u201d- Laura Miti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Laura Miti wrote: Watched the My Home Town Beauty contest, which I thought was as ostentatious as promised, but well organised and choreographed. It was James Ndambo himself that I did not enjoy. He came across as being a big man whose status is entirely predicated on money, for my palate.<\/p>\n<p>You see, I find that, when dealing with a powerful or very wealthy person, I always strip them, in my mind, of that money or position. I imagine who they would be without it. My kind of person would not change, fundamentally.<\/p>\n<p>I am drawn to character, intellect, humour, classiness, kindness that would clearly be there, even if an individual were a lab assistant, lawyer, teacher, stay at home mom or President. The person whose friends, s\/he views as equals, would remain the same in varying circumstances of life. One who does not thrive on hanger-ons.<\/p>\n<p>With Ndambo, it felt like all about money, money, money. The over the top praise from his people \u2013 making the whole event about him (monga Papa,) the flippant mentioning of mind-boggling amounts of money, the splurge. No, not for me, James Ndambo. That said, I am very happy for Choma and its economy. Good money was spent there this weekend!<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\">Zambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. Laura Miti wrote: Watched the My Home Town Beauty contest, which I thought was as ostentatious as promised, but well organised and choreographed. It was James Ndambo himself that I did not enjoy. He came across as being a big man whose status is entirely predicated on money, for my palate. 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