Mariah Salubusa, a media professional based in Zambia, surprised her father, comedian and politician Patrick Mwamba Salubusa, with a vehicle on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, weeks after his unsuccessful bid for the Matero constituency parliamentary seat.
The gift was not spontaneous.
Mariah had been quietly setting aside money from her media contracts, waiting for the right moment to fulfil a personal promise she had made to herself: to put a smile on the face of the man who had invested everything in her future.
Patrick Mwamba Salubusa, widely known as a comedian, contested the 2026 Matero parliamentary election on a Resolute Party ticket and opted not to petition the outcome after the vote.
What course did Mariah do in university?
His daughter watched from the sidelines and decided that, win or lose, her father deserved to be celebrated.
Mariah credited him with financing her university education and standing firmly behind her chosen path in Mass Communication and Public Relations, a career that has since enabled her to secure the media contracts that funded this very gift.
“I just wanted to put a small smile on your face,” she wrote, addressing her father directly in a post that has since drawn widespread attention online.
Mariah’s dreams for her father in future
The vehicle, she made clear, is only the beginning. Mariah said she hopes to one day present her father with the larger, more prestigious car she believes a man of his standing deserves, the kind typically associated with elected officials.
She referred to it as the “Honourable” vehicle, a nod to the parliamentary title that narrowly eluded him.
Mariah’s message to her dad
She signed off her message with unmistakable warmth: “I love you papa, my Rambo.”
The story has resonated with many who saw in it a straightforward act of love between a daughter and a father, made more poignant by the political setback that preceded it. Rather than waiting for a victory lap, Mariah chose to create one of her own, on her own terms and from her own pocket.
