A cross section of Lusaka residents have disapproved calls to forgo the presidential by-election.
The residents say it is a constitutional requirement for the nation to hold elections within 90 days after the death of the incumbent president.
In a survey conducted by ZNBC news, Monday, the residents said calls to forgo the Presidential election amount to abrogating the constitution.
The residents said the next president will not have people’s mandate if the elections are ignored.
The MMD has been trying to engage opposition political parties into discussions to forgo the presidential by-election.
The ruling party says it will be costly for the nation to hold the presidential by-election.
The proposal has been supported by some quarters but rejected by major opposition political parties.
And Southern Province Minister, Daniel Munkombwe, says the MMD should not be scared of subjecting acting president, Rupiah Banda, to an election.
Mr. Munkombwe says Mr. Banda’s chances of winning the forthcoming presidential by-election are very high.
He says the acting president has good credentials, which will enable him emerge victorious.
The minister says some opposition leaders who are suggesting that there should be no by-election may later start demanding for jobs from the MMD.
He told Journalists in Livingstone, Monday that although some of those opposing the holding of the election are genuine, most of them are job seekers.
Mr. Munkombwe appealed to Zambians to support Mr. Banda for him to effectively implement programmes initiated by President Mwanawasa.
[ZNBC]
THE PUBLIC HAVE SPOKEN. ITS FINAL. WE WANT ELECTIONS
Bravo #1. TIYE
Elo ba Munkombwe ba kambako va nzelu lelo we. Put RB through the election process, if the public want him, he’ll win. If not let the best man win.
Ehee natu soosaa.tule vota..mu november..wat funds wen u wnt to increase ur alowances kwati muli ku middle east ukwa oil..u js scard of ur candidate being a non-starter..
This is a constitutional matter which is straightforwrad and there is even no need for ZNBC to start wasting their time going round to get the views of the people on whether elections should be held or not.When are we going to learn as a people to be objective and to the point? Zambians please lets not allow the likes of TETA and others to be manipulating us in the morning, afternoon and evening.Surely MMD this time around should not push us into other useless debates like than one be suggested.That will be foolishness of the highest order on us if we get cheated to forego polls.It is the elections we want full stop or is it fools stop your monkey tricks.
Elections where always going to take place i fear what has been happening in the background while everyone was debating on something that even Kunda G assured we will have the elections in 90 days. Basically the opposition instead of raising important issues they have been busy saying we want elections in a greedy, selfish way if you ask me.
ALL ZAMBIAN POLITICIANS ARE JOB SEEKERS.
THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING TO GET ANY POSITION.
AND THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING TO GET THE SALARY INCREMENTS. GIVE US A BREAK!
#1 to #6….Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#6 please elaborate. Its MMD who started this ‘wahala’ about foregoing by-elections and not the opposition.
OPEN YOUR EYES!!!! VJ- CHRISTON- TEMBO- YOYO- Mabenga the Laptop Dude ( Kalumba) these are guys who never had a place in Da new deal Goverment. now they are Back.
What do they mean Costly? At least for once the zambian people will know were their money will be spent on something good and not their fat asses
US ZAMBIANS WITH VOTERS CARDS WANT ELECTIONS>>>>
GOGO SATA DES TIME YAPAMBALE…NIWEFYE WEKA RULE US..MORE MONEY IN POCKETS
the bible says fear is the begining of wisdom but the fear that rb has is the begining of failure.
Ku Vota. Nomba let them not confuse people in rural areas where they got support that RB is Levy’s replacement. Zambians should Unite and Vote people of integrity. RB has lost it to allow VJ,Tembo, Mabenaga, Mulongoti, Mbita, Teta and Katele to back him. These people have failed us and I think if Levy was around RB would have been fired because of his association with these people. Let us not allow them to plunder more. Can the courts put Katele behind bars for his corruption cases before he could confuse the people of Zambia. It seems everyone is following what he says. The man still has the steam despite the cases in court soon the cases will be dismissed.Let us not allow bantalamisoka
Naifwe Zebiggie tulefwaya ama elections. Trouble is bamambala when you vote for them ninshi bamilaba.
We have spoken.No need to negoatiate
#13 The Bibile says ‘the fear of the ‘LORD’is the begining of wisdom’ RB fears man, hence the route to failure
BANGWELE NINSHI BALETINA. ICHINTU, CHINTU TUMWENE. LEKENI SATA ATEKE NOBWATO BWATO BWAABUKE. UNO MWAKA TAKULI NJUKA, IYI YENA TULEWINA.
This is ridiculous!how can one evn start to think about not having an election,pipo shud not take the zambian citizens 4 granted @they r peacefull things change pipo get tired there’s only so much any persom can take.Wat kind of a goverment is this going to be if it ignores the constitution & the people’s wishes evn b4 they r established?my heart aches wen i see pipo think this way cos things change so fast in afew day’s there can be violence elo tayambo dabwa @ we were peacefull.GOD BLESS ZAMBIA & PLIZ LET THE RIGHT LEADERS RULE!!
Bane no ‘gymnastics’ this is not zimbambwe or kenya were goal posts can be shifted .we are an emerging democracy.balatumona shani? ifyabupuba…
Good response Zambians, money issues should not be the lame excuse not to hold the election. I just urge my fellow Zambians to vote wisely, and pray to God Almighty that peace prevails in our mother land, Zambia. Even a household normally keeps some reserves to use in case of emergencies, so I don’t accept that BOZ and the Treasury have not maintained placements in resrves with all the funds being collected from the mines and duty,if not then I guess it is poor planning. In this time, we could also be asking for donor support which the UK has already said they may cnsider, so then what is the problem. The consititution must be respected-within 90 days.
Vote wisely.But does it onle that its just HH,Sata
and RB?
OK, IF THEY SAY WE SHOULD NOT VOTE, CAN THE SECOND PERSON TO LEVY BE PRESIDENT – SATA
dammm Ben Kangwa wassup with that znbc streaming online live? fix it we wanna watch whats going on in zed.. it worked smooth for a few weeks…fix comeon!!
Can someone please mention a shadow cabinet if HH or SATA had to win
Princess, london
politics is also about smoking mirrors and Sata is one to fall for this because he has made it his destiny to be President if he could he would even go and stand in Zimbabwe if he thinks he can win.
If you are not prepared you turn the situation around to focus on other issues by the time you opponents realize you have done your home work.
For once our leaders should at least pretend to respect the zambian people and uphold the law!!. . . . . Twapapata.and katele why the noise now them levy was around you were mute.
Where was christon Tembo all this time.
Some people are so shameless they amaze me.
This man is just broke and must be ignored.He was once number two under Chiluba’s filthy regime and wants to come back. To come and do what? Bane, let us be serious.
Like many other job seekers, Tembo has no principles and should have kept quiet like Miyanda.
Tembo is joining boot-lickers like Chitala, Nevers and many more.
The people have spoken.Lets have by-elections.
baice ku zed ngamwa voter ifyabupuba mukesa ponoka.
Thanks #26, come to think of it whats Sata’s manifesto anyway?
What has happened to the Rule of Law ?
the people have spoken,,let go for an election,what is mmd is scared of
ATLZEDIAN #24 HOW AND WHERE DO I STREAM ZNBC?
Since when did MMD get concern over electro costs.it was the Sangoma’s ideas; let PF offer their sata to be president without elections if MMD will accept. The president needs people’s mandate.
This picture taken from mandahill makes me think of home now. Lets go for election its constitutional
prediction(s)
sata will rule for the next 2yrs then he will die
hh will take over for 1 yr then he will fail 2 win re election.
magande will b president in 2011
#34 go to africast.tv
the constitution is very clear on this matter. after all we were told the donars are willing to pay for the elections. seems as if RB and MMD are scared.
NO 35 thats great thing .at least sata was number 2 let them swear him in without election no RB elected by 42 pipo.bane lets be serious.
Taxed
Politicians,dnt js yap abt foregoin elections.ask
Ur selves hw cnflicts n africa start smal,eg rwanda,kenya,zimbabwe.pliz respect us zedians and stop tinkin we are folish lyk u..evn mr sikatana has wnderd y MMD ar so afraid
# 36.Mwiponta Mukabwela ha ha ha!! home sick ka? Come back home and atleast vote mwanaa.
The Hour has come for change and on this occasion to depart from the political scene for now.First it was UNIP,then MMD and we shall see who is next.
Zambia shall be saved!
LSK represent, represent, represent!!!!!!!
tiyeni ku vota
Did u c znbc news..thy ar campaigning for Rb.whre is ECZ.no wnda i cn neva pay tv license
Zambians wake up and demand to know the date of elections, otherwise VJ,TEMBO,NEVERS,KATELE,MABENGA,TETA,MPOMBO,MULONGOTI,CHITALA AND VERA WILL BE THE CORE OF RB’S CABINET!GIVEN A CHOICE I WOULD RATHER PUT MY VOTE ON MAD MICHAEL SATA THAN BAKWA LOLA UMWELA!
come on people do you really think the mmd dont want to hold elections these are just kateles games he wanted the opposition to ackowledge his idea so that they stop campaigning then he would abruptly call for elections to catch them unware because we all know foregoing elections is unconstitutional
Forward forward Zambia. these rapists of the constitution have no place in a country where democracy prevails. I am impressed by Mr Munkombwe’s insight. He stated correctly that if Mr RB is well prepared, there’s no way the MMD can lose, thus no need to fear. on the second point, the cheap political prostitutes are enticing the ruling MMD into courtship with abrogation of the constitution, yet the bulk of them are opportunistic little devils who will be demanding jobs from the MMD soon after elections. ba shetani.
Now, like i’ve stated before in many of my other controversial postings it’s Go go forward ba Zambia and boot out MMD
If they will be no polls SATA SHOULD TAKE OVER BY DEFULT Since he was second in the last polls. RB has no mandate from the zambians.
People let go vote. If PF and Sata lose the election then it was meant to be. We going to vote. And my vote is not on RB.
Hear!! Hear!! The people have spoken! Vote no to RB!! PF Natwende – Ubwato!!!!!!!!
The international community has already pledged to sponsor these elections so what’s the big deal?
Elections wil b held afta the grade 9 and 12 exams,tht means we ar voting anytyme afta the 20 th,so lets js campaign ryt nw,neva relent mwe bantu.RB has no desire to be presidnt,he cnt js take us like this..we ar goin to vote.
WEll said Gentlemen and Ladies. We need to vote no one should disenfranchise us.Africa has a tendency to allow leaders to bend rules whenever they feel like.This is a constitutional matter.we need a system of stability and predictability.The constitutions says we go to vote …let us go to vote.
I pray HH and Sata are talking seriously so that they can field one candidate and then the other will take over in 2011.
I will continue praying for that day to come when we will be told that PF and UPND have signed an MOU to field one candidate. I still propose that Sata should be that candidate then HH be appointed by Sata to the position of VP so that he grooms him in readness for him to take over from him in 2011. God save Zambia.
bushe cha chita shani kanshi? aba le landa pa lyashi i lya ku kanya abantu uku vota ba le tontonkanya inshi? lupiya lwa chalo, na constitution yesu, eya sosa fyonse.
Lets talk about life after the election and Rb has lost. What next. . Who will be Government ? We know Sata we Know HH then who?
Analogism,MMD will scoop the public choice of a person for office.
Follow the constitution.
Let PF and UPND go it one one. We do not need problems of cheating each other obnce an election is won. If PF andand UPND merge, let HH be the President so that Sata, who is unreliable, can be appointeed VP. This is the only way a merger can be sustained for both nPF and UPND. After all, Sata does not need to be pressured with Republican Presidential work since he has had one haertattack.
Can someone among the lawyers tell us as to how qualifies to be a Republican President of Zambia according to our constitution.
All the best to the oppositon.
Iam starting to smell a rat. . . . .no a skunk. . . . Actually i think these are the workings of the “political engineer”. Zambians WAKE UP they should not dribble us. lets demand an election.
Sometimes i feel like not blogging because some us the way we contextualise issues, is really a bogus.How do campaign by stating a merge?
The two in opposition are power hungry none of them wants to give the other and thats what you are depending on.Merging for three years?No opposition so far,lets just wait for 2011.
you cannot trust a person or people that say,”let us not have elections when they know that the constitution say’s (we should). this just shows what kind of a leader they are. Fellow zambian’s. we need a leader who is after Gods own heart. Pray about this. Whatever you decide will have a payment you will have to pay and at the end,it won’t having your needs met. We need a leader who feers the Lord. Don’t vote only to put someone in office and have them live a happy life while you not having your needs met.
The things you guys argue about are some mind boggling irrelevences.
No wonder Africans and people of african heritege are the poorest were ever you go. Even put aliens from mars in africa they will be richer than folks there. May be genetics has to do with it
From a Christian perspective, I would say you need to be careful with what you say about man who is made in Gods image.
Where is all this nonsense of not going to the polls coming from? Surprisingly this nonsense is coming from those people who one would consider to be learned. Shame on them ! It is for certain that they have an agenda. If anything they should be pushing of having Presidential candidate debates, in an effort to showcase their preferred candidates. The constitution states that “elections should be held within 90 days” and within 90 days it will be. Nothing more, nothing less.
It makes sense, if no elections, SATA goes to plot 1. He is the most popular presidential candidate after the late president, based on the prevoius election results.
#24 are you the only jew in jerusalem who doesnt know that Ben Kangwa is no longer at ZNBC….press fimo fimo in washington now….
Dr. Mumba, A man after Gods heart. We need a president who is a Chritian and fears the Lord.
What do you guys think of Dr. Mumba?
After by-elections, Next unity government will be: Sata president (PF), Vice-Presido Nakatindi Wina (MMD), Foreign Affairs HH (UPND), Finance Minister Magande (MMD), Defense (PF), Government Spokes Lubinda(PF).
– R. Banda Very much retired
– Shikapwasha = Diaspora- Russian Ambassador
– Tetamashimba = Ambassador- Togo or Guinea Bissau.
# 67 support your statement “No wonder Africans and people of african heritege are the poorest were ever you go”. Don’t stereotype.
I can give you a whole list of Africans and those of African heritege who have made it big time and I mean big time !! Am African and am proud to be.
I agree with you Whistler. I don’nt think Mpandamano knows what he is talking about.
I do agree that Mumba should be our next President…Come back Doc.
#67 You are definately not African because Africans construct better sentences than you and seeing you are not African, eat this: USIKUBA AHULU NJA TUWE, NJOKO!!
67. Dont insult your people. You may have a valid concern about the quality of debate but you have the choice of not reading it. We will definitely have elections and the peoples will shall prevail. Even my flag will be green come November.
Born in Africa Princess and one that supports Christian leaders of which i don’t think you are one.
Lt.wats hapenin to my msgs.wats ths nw.
HOW MUCH PROFIT IS THERE IN DOING THE RIGHT THING?HOW MUCH HONOUR DOES ONE GET IN DOING WHAT ONE WRITES DOWN FOR HIMSELF?AND HOW MUCH RESPECT DOES ONE GAINS BY HAVING DONE THE RIGHT THING?IF WE SPEND 400 BILLION ON AN ELECTION TODAY BECAUSE IT IS WHAT THE CONSTITUTION SAYS AND WHAT WE SAY OURSELVES HOW MUCH INVESTMENT ARE WE LIKELY TO HAVE?HOW MUCH TRUST ARE WE GOING TO GAIN?AND HOW MUCH RESPECT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE AROUND THE WORLD?DO NOT BE SIMPLE MINDED.
Debate regarding the same issue on ZNBC(21:11).The interviewer, Faith Kandaba, seems to be siding with the MMD with the way she is asking the questions.
By the way who has prepared the budget? Who has checked the budget to ensure that it is not inflated so that the MMD can find ways to start saying let’s avoid the elections because it costly?
LT tell me something. How come whenever I say “One Zambia One Nation”, you don’t accept my submission?
What are they scared of? The money issue ísn´t an issue cos the same guys wanted to have some increaments just recently?Let the peoples wish prevail,how could you be a leader of people you don´t even have any mandate with?
#78 PRINCES. Wahesu ubulezi,kimwana mani yakona kubulela cwalo,things of Africa should concern all of us who love our continent,i guess he is not African maybe as he said he maybe an alien from whatever planet he maybe. BRAVO KEZELI
67 takwata amano.thank you.
To those who are not watching ZNBC as I write, MMD minister and ULP member are saying if the opposition wins they will find it difficult to run the government because they will be in the minority and risk to be impeached.Total MPS for both PF and UPND are less than MMD MPs. YOUR THOUGHTS?
Elections should be held,money is there,those thieves just increased their salaries,why bautwa kaso,its not their money,let us use our money in electing leaders that we want,no excuse bane elections are coming
After all is said and done, the people hold the power to elect. Let us turn up and vote for the right man. after all we have awakened and can no longer accept nothing less. When this tenure of office ends with the one elected but does not prove himself, we shall not hesitate to change the course of ACTION in the next election time. Not even the master dribblers can cheat the zambian people. Time to take the nation forward is now..Go Go Zambians
Iwe CHI #73 In his image. . . .we think NOTHING of nevers because he is nothing politically. He blew his chance to lead this country the day he got himself fired as veep.he can make himself useful right now by praying for the nation.
Iwe #67 nimwe bakabolala who come to reap from Africa and then you say we are poor. Africans are rich because what they have is theirs not owned by any institutions. Respect to Africa.
#89 ITS OK MWANA,LOKO BANGONO,AS LONG AS ELECTIONS ARE HELD,MAY THE BEST CANDIDATE WIN,DONT WORRY ABOUT IMPEACHMENT, 4NOW THE PRIORITY IS ELECTION,THE WINNERS WILL WORRY ABOUT THAT LATER
Tiyeni kuma elections…come November, we wont allow these greedy MMD thiefs to rule this country!!Viva democracy…..
#94 lack of forward thinking. wake up!
89. That would make it more interesting because the Parliament may have some power over the president. Impeachment only comes as a result of misconduct. Dont forget that MMD started with less than 70 MPs during LPMs first term. He neutralised their potency by dishing out jobs and ended the term with nearly 100.
Kuvotela fye Sata, fipwile mo. These MMD crooks have take the nation for granted. the dogs even want to preach abrogation of the constitution. Dont think this is s acoincidence these guys must have planned it from as soon as LPM was suspected to be dead. If we dont put our foot down, the parrots will be all over the trees singing against holding of elections.. Let us kick them out soonest..And Sata is obvious option for next three years. Let us use the period to evaluate his ACTION man Label.
chaps u better begin to accept reality that the MMD is winning the elections. PF is weaker than it was in 2006 and they will be lucky to do as well as 2006.
#96CHIKO Are you one of those crooks who are scared of elections? the country has said elections after 90 days,whats your reason for standing against that
what man of action??? ba sata has failed to perform in the councils since 2006. and this is after he’s promises of 90 days. kwisa! just crap.
#99 we still dont care,let elections determine your COBRA to win,if he loses this time,he is the biggest fuilure on zambian politics
Luninda the Spokes person for PF appeared on 19:00hrs ZNBC news appealing to the “label PF MPs” who want to reconcile with the party to go to the secretariate and do so. Don’t you think the PF is trying to be proactive on the issue I mention in #89?
WISCONSIN. these same attitudes of we shall worry about that later are the reasons we are in this position in the first place. People were warned about LPM’s health but people ignored. Please debate maturely instead of calling people names. And make sure u vote in November.
Those who think the MMD will have it easy, think again. The MMD just lost the Central province Votes to UPND. The Western Votes will be Split, and MMD cant bank on Northern, Luapula votes, they are as elusive as a fish in Banweulu. Lusaka is a dead heat, status call remain in favour of Sata. The CB is no go area for MMD. The NW is battleground area from UPND and MMD.. Southern is already Sealed for UPND.
Just where are you going to get the votes..From VJ we guess.
Shadow Cabinet
President HH
Vice Kapita
Youth & Sports Kalusa
Education Musokotwane
Finance Haachipuka
Tourism Mrs Mazoka
Local Government Sejani
Defence Major chizyuka
Trade & Commerce Matongo David
Legal Jack Mwiimbu
The rest add so Vote wisely
Imwe ba Chiko,are you going to be home in time for eletions in november
I FOUND THIS ON SATA’s Web Site: “Alot of submissions and complaints have been received by us from supporters and the general public calling for a pact between PF and UPND to field one presidential candidate. The ball has always been in UPND’s court but we have today read in the press that Mr HH will go it alone. We consequently would like to wish Mr HH well as we meet in the battle front. Statement by the MCS Campaign committee”
I say lets have elections. Without them RB has no mandate from the people. I would have said no elections if he had been voted by parliament, at least those are people’s representatives. We cant change the constitution everytime it appears inconvinient.
#107 Am due to arrive on thursday.
President Rubiah Banda
Vice Akashambatwa mbikusita (Nominated)
Trade Mbita Chitala
Foreign Affairs:Venon Mwaanga
Local Governement Chieftainess Nkomeshya (nominated)
Home affairs: Tetamashimba
Information: Mulongoti (Nominated)
Health Katele kalumba (nominated)
Presidential Affairs Micheal mabenga
Legal George Kunda
Women Mavis Muyunda
Special Advisor for politics Dr. Kenneth Kaunda
Lusaka Province Minister Chrsitine Mulundika
The rest Add Vote wisely
GO to Sata website and download his campaign song
Shadow Cabinet
President Sata
Vice Lubinda Given
Health Katema
Local government Winter kabimba
Agriculture Guy Scott
Transport Willie Nsanda
Education Mumbi phiri
Local Government Jean kapata
Transport sampa Bredt
Youth &Sport Faustina Nanyangwe
Legal machungwa
The rest add vote wisely!!!
HH pliz humble thyself, and go and strengthen yourself with King cobra. Allow him to stand now. Learn from him for the next 2.5yrs. Pa 2011 pepisana you will have matured and ready to lead mother Z. He wont dribble you, he is old and cant last 7years. trust him. pliz pliz make a pact with him. otherwise we shall be stuck with the plunderer. If you think you can do it along, then dont waste tax payers money, let RB start ruling without a by-election.
Its even sickening to hear that the MMD are contemplating not having elections. Please how can they say it will be costly when they found the money to transport LPM’s body all over the country.(which was not necessary)Lets call a spade a spade, elections have to be held as its clearly stated in the constitution. All that nonsense talk should be done away with. Zambians please vote and this time for change
It surprises me that we are even debating whether or not to hold the election when the constitution,supreme law of the land,clearly states that elections must be held within 90 days and gives no any such manipultive selfish alternatives.If we dont honour what the constitution says then whose is it for and who do we expect to honour it?There is nothing disheartening than this clear deliberate intent to undermine the constitution.How does the MMD expect the Zambians to respect them as aparty when they dont respect the Zambians.We have seen from Zimbabwe,Kenya,Liberia,Sierra Leon etc the results of such irresponsible acts.No Zambian would want that to happen to our beloved country.ELECTIONS PLZ
#89, a sitting President normally has power to dissolve the whole Parliament and call for new elections. So don’t worry yourself. Elections must be held according to the Zambian Republican Consititution.
#115 spot on.They can actually freeze their allowances and wages for 5years.Wage freeze has been used against the civil servants in to raise finances so why cant it be used against other Zambians like the Ministers,MPS etc.Even the parastatals like ZESCO,ZAMTEL,BOZ,ZRA can experience some wage freeze of some kind to raise the said k400billion.Democracy is not cheap and we haveto accept that maintaining the instruments of democracy could be just as biting.LPM lost his friends in a bit to uphold democracy.Lets uphold democracy by holding that election at all costs.
Pipo in the streets are willing to vote for the opposition pact with HH as President & Sata as Vice and not vice versa.I did m survey.Pipo r saying Sata is old,sick & cnt be trusted by any1.Comment
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE OLD PEOPLE,WHY DONT THEY WANT TO LET YOUNG ONES RULE FOR A CHANGE ,WE ARE HAPPY THAT YOU GOT US INDEPENDENCE ,LET HH TAKE CARE OF THE COUNTRY WHILE SATA JUST GIVE TIPS TO THE YOUNG MAN
#119 check your flag and then tell us how you did your survey on the Zambian streets!
Great stuff #119. It is the only sensible way to go. Sata has had his time. Let the young and fit HH take it up now.
Hon. Sta loses nothing in this deal of letting HH be President and him Veep. He can do his stuff of moving up evryone as he did when he was Minister of Health as Veep while HH will concentrate on International and important national matters only.
All the best to the best man of the presidnetial moment HH as he seeks to assume the highest position of authourity of our Land and Govenrment Zambia.
#121, some of us left Zambia some one or so week ago. I was personally home for exactly 3 three weeks and I talked to people in Lusakam, Mazabuka and Livingstone – even in buses as i commuted from town or city to town or city.
So #119 could have data as much as I have.
People are the ONES who advised HH not to go into a PACT with Sata because of many reasons. One of which he can not be trusted after his Sakwiba Sikota issues of 2006 and then his current health status. Go to Lusaka in particular or Zambia in general and experiece the mood for yourself.
They should suffer from chronic clinical insanity to even think elections could be waivered!
ni pa bwato bane ni pabwato fye. ichikoloko chaliponena mumenshi na batili yalipwa nipa bwatofye,ifyakutalikana tefyo bane.
okay ,nipa bwatofye.
who the hell is saying no elections? pliz MMD spare us this nonsense,i thought pipo we educated in MMD but am disappointed. and may somebody tell me why VJ is kaming bac? we dont want wat happened in zimbabwe, WE NEED ELECTIONS SOON
Power to de people!
MYSELF,FAMILY AND CLOSE RELATIVES ARE VOTING FOR SATA,96 OF US,SO FAR BA SATA YOU HAVE 96 VOTES!! PA BWATOFYE MUKWAI!!!
#129 you are right,people,lets vote for SATA,WE ALL KNOW HE IS THE MAN,OF ALL THE PEOPLE CAN RB WIN? UNLESS THEY RIG,OTHERWISE POPULARITY POLLS SHOW THAT KING COBRA IS THE MAN!!!! chipo vote for sata please
get lost with lupiya banda, you just want to get the presidence on the silver plate , walishiba ifyo ba sata ba chula iwe, walitumpa.VIVA cobra.
Ba sata ngabawina Teta ukembe ubwendo ukwa kufisama na mulongoti,na mutumpa sana.
LT organise popularity polls for all the participating party candidates to see how king cobra shall perfom.mubwato.
imwe ni ca mwagona?
Yes!!! akulandeni bane. Ndeufwa bwino sana ama pointi mule bika.
the kaunda era is gone,look at pipo supporting RB,abana VJ,muselele kwakaba TETA,mulongoti,munkombwa,some need jobs and some want to protect their jobs,insansa kuchinjana bane,NI PABWATO FYE. kanofye muka RIGNGE,azawise efwe NI PABWATO FYE,BA MONK MWALALA?
This is not a debatable issue, when selecting the MMDs prezido candidate their constitution was followed to the letter ignoring the wishes of Membe (the post), Maureen, LPM and Masebo.
Zambia has a constitution though doctored at some point but is very clear on succession of a prezido, this must be followed just the way RB and company have presided over their bedroom affair.
Rigging.
LT, “IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE SAID THAT ALREADY-OR WHATEVER”. THIS IS CRAP. STOP THE ROT. DONT START TAKING US FOR GRANTED. MAKE THIS BLOG USER-FRIENDLY. AND NOT A TIME WASTER. I CANT TYPE MY CONTRIBUTION JUST TO HAVE IT TRUSHED. DONT PREPARE YOURSELVES FOR GOING DOWN THE I HEAR THE POST IS LOSING THE READERSHIP.
#139 The LT site has a Filter. If you included bad words,then the whole comment won’t be printed !
#127 CHINGA. VJ is coming back to supply Zambians with mandrax. He carried out a quick survey and concluded that Zambia has run out of it coz you have become too sobber. Remember he was a chief supplier in the Kaunda days though he left the business in the hands of his son! So mwadizimuka, again.
#140 Iced Mosi. There was no bad language. I never use bad language at all. I was only informing #114 that HH may not even be a patron of this blog. I ve served it and i ll keep trying to post it, anyway. Thanks 4 ur response anyway.
#114 TEXAS, I dont think HH even reads this blog. He is too arrogant and ultra pompous. His young age blinds him. If he came to his senses everyone would support him in Zambia for 2011 because by then he would have gain a lot of experience. Meanwhile Zambia would have been served from the plunderers. I wonder if at all he is working for the pipo of Zambia or Southern province, as they datestamped regionalism themselves. Elligible zambians, pls, vote wisely. Dont let unip back. Otherwise it will again be sit-down-stup#d-id#ots.
# 109 Kamwendomunjila, where you patronizing Chikoleka?
Imwe bafyatile kuvota finshi muletina bamakaka
# 43 Pachulu i will definately come during elections, kabili this time nipa bwato.we can only liberate our selves from poverty if we vote wisely. so lets vote wisely. lets have courage like Obama.
country men and women its our responsibility to save our only country from leaders of yesteryear, they are ganging up to come and finish what our late president did for mother zambia,RB and his old kluks are kaming for nothing but enrich their pokets,what legacy did RB left wen in power in kaunda tym? HE just allowed big pay for cabinet ministers,while millions of zambians cant even aford three meals a day,the contnuity they are talking about is with their jobs not development,they are interested in enriching themselves nowander they want to do anything to hold on to power,IN JUSES”S NAME LETS STOP THEM,DONT VOTE CARELESSLY,THINK,EFWE NI PABWATO FYE.
why should we ignore the constitution.let the pipo decide who they want.not evryone is MMD.
LET THE SHOW BEGIN.
It seems Sata is very popular on this blog. This is a man who has not held any form of elections in the 7 year life of his party. He supported FTJs third term bid in the MMD. He organised Bobo and other thugs to intimidate voters during the Kanyama by-election of 2001. He only campaigned and had parliamentary representation in 107 of 150 during the 2006 elections. Most of his policies are populist but may not be economically viable.
Looks like another good political season 4 the MMD rats unless Zambians unite in one sensible voice to outcome the ruling party. The MMD know that Zambians are not decided with what they want and this is were they take advantage…..just like always in the past elections will be rigged again and again to their advantage if Zambians don’t get organized as voters.
ati how people
I AM GOING TO SAY THIS AGAIN….. UNLESS HH GOES THROUGH ATRIBAL TRANSPLANT HE WILL NOT LEAD THIS NATION…..OR UNLESS WE ALL BECOME TONGAS..
the most important thing is to start campaigning in the rural areas otherwise they will blindly vote for the MMD
#123 that is the problem with Tonga’s (Southerners)when you talk to people in Mazabuka, Livingston and Choma you think you talked to people in Zambia. HH cannot rule Zambia because you people give everyone the impression that with a Tonga President the Nepotism we saw with LPM government will seem like child play.
HAHAHA..
kaya mwe
#150 – the fact that many people and bloggers on this site are in support of presidential by elections instead of UNCONSTITUTIONALLY adopting RB does not mean everyone wants Sata !
I think the rantings and ravings of Sata are well-known but at the end of the day, it’s up to the people of Zed to vote for the lesser thief, the lesser fool, etc Otherwise in this race, no politician stands out from the rest. The fact that RB has been quiet, ‘sleek’ and no doubt hutching up something does not make him any better than Sata or HH !
MMD appears to be highly vocal when it comes to foregoing the nation-wide presidential by-election for the sake of “saving” money!!! If your claim is genuine, why can’t you forego your seeking of the presidency as well?! If you are truthful, then throw the ball to the two main opposition players, i.e. HH and Sata; let them sit down and provide us with the next president [which can be an unconstitutional process]!!! Reading between the lines, the main thing I see is that the MMD is scared just in case RB does not make it when he is put through an acid test!!! Tell the nation where you stand. It is not good to manipulate the whole nation to promote your course!
WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH MMD IS DYING WITH MWANAWASA,HENCE THEIR PANIC.RESPECT THE CONSTITUTION POLLS MUST BE ON .VIVA SATA
it is important to give credit where it is due. well done our late president. but we shold not turn away from the truth. Levy is not RB, so we should not make a mistake and elect RB and think that he will implement every thing that the late implemented. let us elect a leader who has a vision for this nation and who hears the the cries of the Zambian people. I know that every time change is forth coming we become very scared. Just like we got scared when Levy became our President. it is time to possess our land. it is time to get what belongs to us. it is time to run some of these companies. lets live by faith and not by sight.MICHAEL SATA is the man for the JOB
OF COURSE THEY DO! THAT’S WHAT THE CONSTITUTION STATES, ISN’T IT?
The day before yesterday, I was watching some program on Nation Geographic on DSTV and these 2 guys on motor cycles where coming from Malawi going into Zambia. They where in shock at the state of the Zambian roads. Malawian roads where far much better. When they got to Botswana, they rejoiced like little new born babies.
Can somebody please do something more permanent about the damn embarrassing Zambian roads
Kalumbi wake up Micheal Sata cannot run this country. He will mess it up. He like Flip flopping look he has just apologised to the post and yet we though initially he had a strategy….. This country needs a better leader.. than the PF President. Look at the in fighting in PF. Sata himself caused it
This is the only solution, we need to go for elections, this country is not a kingdom where pipo should just asend to positions with out the endorsement of 12 million pipo. If the NEC had their own elections to chose the succesor of LPM why should they not allow us to also do the need full.
Elections must go ahead to teach politians not to make stupid laws. Under normal circumstances, the veep was supposed to take over but we made the law, which call for elections if the incumbent dies. Elections please.
This country we have chancers they want to ascend to powere kwati balenina mu abwato.
Let GO for Elections Guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!
#161,totally in agreement with you. the reality is that people are always scared of change.
Mwanawasa is gone for re- ever and it remains for us to find a way forward. Our decision should not be biased towards what the deceased did, but be on what shoud better our lives.Remeber that not all was ROSY , what about the THORNS that we suffered ?
Lets face reality as it is, do not forget about the closiure of UNZA by the acting President who failed to make a decison at that time.
Lets look around and find a way to redefine our future and that our children.
OPEN YOUR EYES AND LISTEN HARD TO THE VOICE OF GOD IN ALL THIS?
do not live by sight, but by faith, ibeleive in my heart that President Michael SATA is the man for tha JOB
Sata is now a tired politician.
Guys be reasonable.why should you force things to work in your favour?respect what the republican constitution say about the death of the incumbent president.election will be held you want or not.
Besides do we need Another by election.
Bana Mwana, Let us open some of these peoples eyes.
LETS FACE IT IF SATA AND HH DO NOT JOIN HANDS THEN FORGET ABOUT WINNING THE POLLS. THE TWO OPPOSITION LEADERS ARE TOO SELFISH. PLEASE SAVE MOTHERLAND. PF AND UPND SUPPORT BASE IS WEAK AND MOSTLY ALONG THE LINE OF RAIL. COUNTRYMEN STOP PRETENDING. TAKE MY ADVISE OR RB WILL BE PRESIDENT WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. POLITICS OF POVERTY.VIVA CONSTITUTION.
for lower taxes more jobs and money in your pockets.PF!!!!
In this global village of the 21st century, despite the advancement in technology where basic knowledge can not only be obtained in school but by a press of a button,we still have a primitive (barbarian) race to which no.67 belongs to with an average IQ.
Viva Africa,
Its not only balusaka,naifwe ba zimandola tifuna ku vota.
OUR COUNTRY IS A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY. THEREFORE, MMD CANNOT IMPOSE A PRESIDENT ON US. WE HAVE TO CHOOSE THE PRESIDENT BY BULLOT PAPER, NOT OTHERWISE. MMD GUYS STOP PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK, YOU WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS IN OUR PEACEFUL NATION.
Let sata and HH come together and form a strong opposition coz if they think that MMD is simple to win then they are wasting thier resources. Let PF & UPND concentrate thier campaigns in rural areas bcoz thats were MMD won very much in the last elections so let them not concentrate much in urban areas(copperbelt & lusaka).
Goodmorning to you all. Aba bangwele are trying to be funny. we are the majority and if we the people say we want to vote, so be it. Mwe ba fyashi ba RB shake and tremble while you can i can assure you ichipuna techenu and please can somebody pump some sense into these people. Its plain and simple we want to VOTE period. I love you all!!!!!!!! PEACE.
ichipuna chakwa sata
RB,bet u watched ZNBC yesterday,zambia doesnt want you bigman.MMD is full of fat job seekers like Liato.Big up SATA,LUBINDA.Someone dis ULP pliz!!
To the polls all the way. Saki is sick just like others saying no to the polls. Zambia is a constitutional republic. Saki should continue confusing his ego. He is a political flop after all.
We shouldnt be taken for a ride, we want elections because the constitution demands that we do it. We know its costly but if we forego the elections we are setting a bad precedence. This is not the only tragedy that has befallen us or will ever come to pass. We cant determine our future and for this reason we can only prepare for it. Our descendants knew this and they understood what would happen in cases where the president dies. This was an ultimate solution they came up with.
How many thing are we ever gonna evade if we keep saying this is expensive. Democracy aint a cheap thing.
Lets go for it. Tiyenifye nayo! Ifi kuvotafye…
Why cant the MMD not field a candidate!
Mr Katele all that money you wanted to pocket we need to use that money for the ELECTION!
Even ba Nkana tulefwaya uku vota!
Go Sata Go…….
tembo and mwanga you have saved us it is time to look after your grands now thats the problem you are now broke you have started showing your fun faces around go to your farms rains are about the corner
HH for presidency and SATA for vice it works well,Sata hard worker tested whilst in MMD,HH good policies.
tiye mukuvota tikaone…sata wawa!
MMD, Please just rule. Viva and life continues. afterlo life ilisoche.
Gentlemen and Ladies, it is not subject to debate. Elections are on. Save yo energies. U have the power to change things thru the “Ballot.”
Well Guys mwakamba maningi,especially imwe bangwele mu diaspora,i hope you will come home and vote otherwise your ideas are very brilliant.Don’t just eat cheese out there and be in comfort zones.Home is home.Mukabwele mwanvela.
Thanks for letting Zambians know RB’s cabinet.Its a cabinet of cohorts,Genetic thieves,Women screwers and wife as well as economic plunderers. Go Go Pa bwato!!!
i see no point of talking things over and over, the people have spoken, let elections be held. kwapwa.
makoto
I hear PF presido MC Sata is embracing the chinese now, so thats one hell of a turn-around.I’m waiting for the next one.Countrymen and women, its very easy to talk when in opposition, so lets wait and see PF manifesto coz he wowed pipo for his rage over chinese business in Zambia.Will pipo still have faith in this man.Next on, HH, I hear he wants to go it alone, as long he still dorminate in a province, he is dreaming of winning the pplot no. 1.He lost an opportunity with PF, this could have added provinces he would never dorminate, again I ask can you trust a man like Sata, common, on a normal day, can this marraige work? MMD will get a sympathy vote come nov08.
This is an open game.No need to partner with madalas # 193
sata for president,HH for vice.Those supporting RB lack vision,mwalipena ba stupid.
Give us chance to vote pse. This is not a Monarch State but a Democratic Republic.
Constitution is constitution, whether with funds or without funds bye elections should go ahead.
190, all these people you are seeing here are in zambia and i am very sure they have already made a wise choice. Those flags mean nothing. like for me. i am very much in zambia, i am withing town
190, most these people you are seeing here are in zambia and i am very sure they have already made a wise choice. Those flags mean nothing. like for me. i am very much in zambia, i am withing town
KATELE Y
yaba ba Levy mwansha mundoti.. see what is happening now.
lets vote.lets not wait time talking about election because we set the law as zambians according to the consitution and we spent money for it and why not follow it .We don’t want shortcut.We are a christian nation and let the true prevail.
Why talk about money ,the money is there that’s why the selfish MP’s wanted an increment.
Even if we save the money who’s going to benefit because we are not benefiting as citizens we can’t improve our medical care system instead we allow our honrables to go get treatment outside the country ,while innocent souls are suffering
Danny masiku onse can u tell that brother of yours if truly he is to keep his mouth shut,just what is his problem?Is he a lunatic,job seeker,psychiatry patient or what.His calibre leaves much to be desired.
He is always making irritating noise,if he is so much in love with particular parties why dosent he join them instead of operating in parallel.Does this guy even have followers,if they are their,these are signs that democracy is weak and sometimes dosent give you the best as is the case in Zed now.
I DID NOT LIKE THE SHOW OF IGNORANCE AND ADAMANCE EXIBITED BY THE PANALISTS ON ZNBC NATIONAL WATCH PROGRAM. ITS SHAMEFULL TO SEE POLITICIANS LIKE LIATO FIGHTING AGANIST HIS CONCIOUS FOR THE SAKE OF MONEY. BOLA PANSHI WE ARE VOTING BESIDE LIFE IS ABOUT SHARING SO MMD HAS HAD THIRE TIME LET OTHERS RULE ALSO.
MR HH PLEASE LISTEN TO PEOPLE YOU CANT WIN ELECTIOMS NOW YOU ARE STILL UNPOPULAR YOU NEED TO COMBINE EFFORTS WITH SATA. LET HIM SALE YOU TO OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY IN THESE 3YEARS. I DONT WRITE ON THIS SITE BUT AM COMPELLED. EVEN IF YOU HAD 100% SUPPORT FROM SOUTHERN PROVINCE YOU CANT WIN AT THE MOMENT. I LIKE YOU BUT AM AFRAID YOU MAY JUST WASTE RESOURSES FOR NOW BECAUSE YOU CANT STAND AGAINST MMD ALONE. THIS IS MY PEACE OF ADVISE BROTHER. ALL THE BEST.
much as i voted for sata, but this more money in the pocket concept i dont understand it. i swear i wil try HH for now i think i wil spare bashikulu for now maybe 2011.
Ba Znbc mwatampa ukuba biased. Faith Kandaba be careful or else we shall deport you where you will be getting trillion Zim dollars.
Each time PF or UNDP rep spoke you cut them, including caller supporting them were cut.That is why MUVI tv is the best. Ba Oga is neutral. Viva MuviTv.
In zambia it seems people become presidents by fluke. First Levy…and now Rupiah. People please give HH a chance. He’s a young intelligent man, who can have an impact when he’s attending International confs. He can represent us well. He appreciates education (UNZA will become one of the best Universities in Africa!) Ba Sata ama penalty can annoy everyone. My appeal to zambians : Give HH a chance. His chances of winning very slim. But I want him to be next president. Goodlooking enough for a president! ha. And won’t allow hefty salaries for his cabinet. Can someone tell me what happenned to the proposed hefty salaries bill?
Faith You should respect the oposition how much were you given? Gulugufe iwe ala you go back to your home Zimbabwe were you be getting trillions. We are going to vote.
IWE #67 WHAT CHINYAMA ARE YOU?
#207 YOU ARE RIGHT. WE DO NOT WANT SUCH UNPROFESONAL CONDUCT FROM THE STATE MEDIA. GUYS THERE AT ZNBC WE PAY YOU, SO NEVER AGAIN SHOULD YOU MODERATE ANY DEBATE OF SUCH IMPORTANCE IN A BIASED MANNER.
i hope sata and hh do get to read these msgs and heed the advice, otherwise the master rigger will make a day for rb
even in solwezi PF is more popular than last time ine natina
Poor MMD, no one is panting their old mudala.But he will win come the day.People in rural areas are trustworthy, they will remember the man who talks like them and thinks like them.They will put matter like fertilizer grants, relief food, etc. And Mudala is the man who distributes the relief food.I’m still keen to hear Sata’s message this time around. Pipo loved him coz he could insult Levy, and Levy is gone.These are very interesting times in Zambia, I won’t vote though but will follow the events very closely at home.
MR HH PLEASE LISTEN TO PEOPLE YOU CANT WIN ELECTIOMS NOW YOU ARE STILL UNPOPULAR YOU NEED TO COMBINE EFFORTS WITH SATA. LET HIM SALE YOU TO OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY IN THESE 3YEARS. I DONT WRITE ON THIS SITE BUT AM COMPELLED. EVEN IF YOU HAD 100% SUPPORT FROM SOUTHERN PROVINCE YOU CANT WIN AT THE MOMENT. I LIKE YOU BUT AM AFRAID YOU MAY JUST WASTE RESOURSES FOR NOW BECAUSE YOU CANT STAND AGAINST MMD ALONE. THIS IS MY PEACE OF ADVISE BROTHER. ALL THE BEST.
The guy is damn good ‘the snake charmer’ no other than the only awesome Dr Guy Scott.
He has simply perfected the art of snake charming.
When you are crossing the river in a bwato with a snake in it, what is the immediate instinct to do the moment you discover that you have a snake in your little bwato? I leave it to anyone to answer.
Now if you discover that the snake is a cobra, mai mai!
How does ‘the charmer’ manage, he is very very calm.
This is democracy, the people are to choose who should rule them, RB was appointed by Levy Mwanawasa not by the zambians as such he cant be the president just like that. This is power we are talking about. Can they leave us along to vote, please.As for Katele can u please stop wasting your breath and energy on this issue cos we are not goin to let this issue go your way. We’ve got the constitution to follow.
I am just joking I actually envy ‘the charmer’ pa bwato fye!
when is the due date for voting?
Lets hope HH and sata will come together. Then we can kick MMD out and biased ZNBC staff
#209 i agree with you, kuno kustone batushupa ba zim women, they are all over the streets selling everything and anything! we should avoid the Zim sitaution pa Zed. Imagin MMD was given enough time to rap up during National Watch last night but ka Faith cut the others from finishing, that is why she was almost beaten kuno stone! ZNBC be fair
Right now MMD is suffering from political diarrhoea. Know like the one you get before the exams.
even in sata’s rule, the government will continue providing ARV’S. therefore, MWANGA and TEMBO should not get worried.We ALSO FELL PITY as public to see those two falling tragic heroes faces.
Pliz we need elections fye no other way it’s just elections we need
Mr Sata,cant win the elections he is too arrogant.
We dont another state so soon.
I have seen one snake charmer from the oriental them chinese kiss 56 no.venomous cobras on the the head just to drive home a point:
That cobras are freindly creatures
The want to save the money for elections so they can use it for their alowances increase. What a strategy??? This is naked light robery…
Elections have to go ahead. thats what the our constitution says… no saving money for plunderrers…
Mr Sata cant win the elections,he is too arrogant.
We dont want another state funeral so soon.
As much as i want elections, i am afraid Sata and HH can not form Government, they are the minority in Parliament, otherwise they will end up poaching MPs from MMD
THE COMING OF ABENA VJ AND THE REST OF THEM SHOWS YOU THAT WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE,THESE GUYS HAVE SEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH WHAT THEY STARTED.BAKA BWA**LA BAISA.
we should remember the story of NOAH and the FLOOD.
Who survived? If you know the answer then you know where to Vote.
Who died during Noah’s time? if you know the answer, then you know where not to vote?
Vote wisely and save our nation.
Utu tuma flaki to chinga chinga pamenso.
Kabili sekuru ku simbabwe na kana.
Yaba..kwempe fye na constitution ngaa yali rigged..na nombafye…teti wishebe amapange ya ba satana aba
Naku Kitwe Ze Biggey ni Pabwato. Let HH jump into the boat and learn from Sata how to steer it, as his Veep for 3 Years then he can take over after that! Otherwise, HH will never rule this Country. Lwakwe!
Us the pipo have spoken……….we want to vote period
Ba SATA naba HH naimwe pliz y dont you pipo work 2getha.
SATA bravo for apologizing to the post even if you ewre right..
VIVA PF
Iyo bane ba COPRA na be shiba ifya kuchita. Tule abuka.
ndeti COPRA togeza with ‘the charmer’ muye muku mona ‘sekuru’ pa simbabwe.
Can we pls change the topic. Do you believe in conservation farming where you use COW DUNG
They know that one we go elections…no money for them will be dispached to their pockets
Ba COPRA naba charmer have too much sence between the two of them!
Leti them lead we follow, pa bwato fye.
Iyi nchito yesu yabu tamanga naikosa sana. Nni nkwata ka consignment apa pa bota.
Lekeni bone nga nakafika.
Chisuma nomba
Anonymous
Dear all, instead of debating through and through let us come to an understanding once an for all. Who can we vote for? We are a good number on this blog let us put our ideas together and come up with one name to back. I personally dont know who I should vote for now since MMD is out of my cabulary. Please help.
SATA NI NOAH WA MU BIBLE
BANDA NI YONA WA MU BIBLE
This excitment for a party which has failed to Run Councils?Gentlemen
are you out of your minds.
Failing to run councils even after 90 days it’s similar to
Failing to run a KATEMBA and you want to run a big shop like Game Stores,Ma Rubbish.
if this failure makes sense to you Guys go ahead…. you see whats going to happen to mother Zed.
You know what, the days of ruling as president by appointment are over! Let us go to the polls and make the mistake of choosing whichever leader and live with it. Not some party choosing a leader for us pantu when things go wrong with the chosen one, tukabalilila.
#243 IT SATA MY BRO
#245, TIME WILL NOT TELL. YOU ARE TALKING NONSES AND YOU ARE NOT FIT TO BE ON THIS BLOG. FOOLISH MAN.IFWE NI PABWATO NA NOAH WESU, NOT YONAH MMD, OR JUDAH OF UPND. WATCH OUT.RUBISH BOY.
Its pipo like #248 I do not understand, how do you want every1 to think like you? Pipo have different values, origin, views, taste,etc.If you want to sell PF to pipo tell them what PF will do for them, not calling names when 1 does agree with you. This is a discussion blog, you might have realised that, and not PF campaign.Sell your party.#243 does know who to vote for, these are pipo you should be selling your ZANU-PF, sorry PF to.You just demean this whole discussion by trading insults and vernicular attacks.Be mature, debate your case.Goodluck.
LET US PRAY!
MWELESA TWAFWENI UKUSALA KATEKA WESU
LEKENI BONSE TWISALA ULUPIYA MWANA BANDA PANTU ELWALILE YESU.
LEKENI TUSALE PA BWATO PANTU NAPALI NOAH EFYO MWACITILE.
LEKENI BONSE ABO ABASHILEFWAYA UKWINGILA MU BWATO BABE.PANTU AMABIMBI NAYAPALAMA.
TUPALENI.
AMEN!
#245,In your opinion, who is the better candidate?
#248, Everyone is entitled to their opinion. All presidential candidates have flaws and your suppport of them depends on much infromation you have on them and how much confidence this info gives you. So since you have confidence in SATA why don’t educate #245 instead of blowing up. That reaction is just so like SATA! I don’t hate sata i respect the man but reations like that are just one of his flaws.
Looks like Mulongoti and his thugs have once again managed to sweep some important relevant facts under the carpet and most of you Zedians here have missed the point.
Costs? What costs? Donors have already pledged to for the elections!! Monies from outside require more accountability on the behalf of government, which is the real reason they are talking of going around the poll so they can use, instead, GRZ cash to sway people into a deal.
RB cant fill the shoes at plot one. They are way too big.
SORRY BA #251. FORGIVE ME. #245 YOU ARE MY BROTHER IN THE NAME OF CITIZENSHIP.
I do not see the excitement about this by-election to be honest. No one planned it. So any sensible person, like the rest in MMD thought, would simply want to see the ship steadied up to the shore – which 2011. Then, those who have a proper vision for Zambia can rise to the challenge, mobilise the parliamentary team and go fo it. Butwith the current crop of MPs in parliament, even a bulldozer will fail in three 3 yrs. Just let RB complete the term and enjoy stability. But yes, he must be voted in now and then vote CHIRWA in 2011 and you will be smiling – Razor sharp intelligency.
people please wake up,look at hh why should you vote for people like hh,hes never even gone to provinces like copperbelt,nothern,luapula to campaign for his presidenceship,why vote for such,hes just concerntratin on his tonga land
VIVA SATA IFWE NI PA BWATO
ZNBC people have started with their schemes. Mu 2005/6 kwali Ben Kangwa nama favour yakwe, now its Faith Kandaba. What is this nosense? We have to start writing to ZNBC like what we did with the Post last week. Wicked woman she is.
Mwebantu katekafye ni SATA mwaumfea?
ZAMBIANS DO WE REALISE THAT WE DO NOT OWE MWANAWASA ANYTHING AND SHOULD NOT BE SEEM TO BE PLEASING HIM IN ANY WAY. IT IS VERY DISAPPOINTING TO KEEP ON REFERING TO THE DEAD PRESIDENT AND USING HIS WILL AS A CAMPAIGN STRATEGY FOR MMD? A WILL SHOULD NOT BE PLAYED LIKE A SONG , WE WANT TO FORGET AND MOVE ON WITH OUR LIVES LET HIM REST IN PEACE.
BALANDA AT PAFWA ABANTU, PASHALA ABANTU.GOD WILL OPEN SEVERAL DOORS FOR US. LETS NOT BE STATIC AND WANT TO DIE WITH LPM
LIFE IS ABOUT RISK TAKING; LET US VOTE AND BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR CHOICE; WHETHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE
BUT REMEBER TO PUT GOD IN CONTROL IN WHATEVER DIRECTION WE SHALL TAKE. FULLU STOP…….
#245 it is true, there are more rifts in the council now than was when MMD was running them. So nipa bwato fye indeed but please carry enough life jackets when the boat sinks. #255 please get your facts right before blogging from the flag you are not even based in zambia but you speak with a sense of finality. Sata in 2006 never went to western, southern and north western provinces what does that say about him. Please reduce on the overtones about tribe or retreat to the stone age.
#250 good prayer. One thumb up from me.
THE COW, THE RAT AND THE MONKEY. NO HUMAN BEING SURE.
Ba ka bwanga tulemuteka uno mwaka. RB is the man pa zed
THE COW, THE RAT AND THE MONKEY. WHO IS CLOSER TO US. CHOOSE WISELY
# 258, Ala bana mwana mwalasa! #254, what tha F**k!
Maybe you ought to elaborate. 3 years is long time for a country to get ruined eh. We cannot just let RB reign because he is acting now. C’mon! Let us decide as a nation given what we individaully know of his capabilities and put him in power. POLLS!!!!
Mwe bena Zambia muzi chenjela, ntawi yo vota nafuti yabwela… Let the will of the people be heard this time. The Germans are willing to lend a hand with election cost… So, what’s the problem? Unless am mistaken! Besides our budget should provide for such… unless we have such a dis-organised lot in power who have no contingency planning.
People I did not mean to cause more arguments what I wanted was just someone to help me settle for one party like others would surely need. 249, there is no ZANU-PF here this is not Zimbabwe. Am an eligible voter if you want sell your party to me as well instead of blowing up. May God Help Our Mother Zambia and Guide all Voters.
its not costry,if they can manage to give themselves 300% salary increament,why are they failing to fund the by election.
Iwe #67, be mature in your comments, me I dont like chaps who demean Africans in preference to other races. Do you know what Africa has gone through? Go back to yo history and get some facts from there. Otherwise you owe Africans an apology, before you talk you should organise yourself. You are better off just reading other people’s comments than bringing in yo disregards kind of comments. ala iwe!
NGA MWAKANA UKUNINA MU BWATO, ELYO AMABIMBI YAKESA
MUKESHA UKUNINA PA KATELE, AKALUMBA KA KAMUPUNENA,
MABENGA AKAMUBENGA,
UMULONGOTI UKAKONTOKA,
IMPOMBO SHIKABUTUKA,
SHIKAPWASHA AKAPASHIKA
ELYO MWANGA NAO AKAMWANGASHA.
Hey provoker, a monkey is closer to a human being and the rest dont qualify.Big thinker lets go for the monkey
MUMWEBE FAITH KANDABA ATI AZISUNGE; SHE LOOKS LIKE AN ELEPHANT FROM BEHIND. LET HER BOTTOM NOT BLOCK OUR ASPIRATIONS. WRONG CARD?
AKASABULA KABULE NUMA.
MMD shud not engage the Nation into a useless debate. The constitution is clear and if they have to win let them do so through the ballot. My advise to MMD is that they shud just concentrate on cleaning their house because come November 2008 we shall usher in new occupants.
HH NEEDS A LITTLE MORE WEIGHT TO STAND AGAINST MMD THUS A CALL TO COMBINE HANDS WITH SATA.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO FACE THE RULLING PARTY?
HH IF YOU CANT COMBINE WITH SATA THEN TRY 2011.
YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL BUT YOU NEED BACKUP BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT POPULAR.
THEN TRY TO BE A BEAT AGGRESSIVE YOU ARE TOO REVERVED FOR ZAMBIAN POLITICS. GOOD LACK
forgo elections? ni malubbish!!!
Does the Zambian constitution even allow RB to stand for presidential elections.
Why was Kaunda BARED from contesting elections in the not so distant past. Beacause MMD put in place a constitution amendment that disqualifies any presidential candidate who’s parents are not indiginouse zambians .
Lets ask our selves where was RB born , who is RB’s Farther , who is RB’s mother.
For one correct me if i am wrong please , RB’s Mother was Zimbabwean , a Ndebele at that.
Do you think the same law will exempt RB… i dont think so .
who was the master mind behind that constitution amendment…….FJT .Chiluba and dont you think he knows that all too well , whois camp is he …PF.
.EXACTLy
#269 PROVOKER go! I’m enjoying your Bemba proverbs.
I didn’t want to mention this yet, but I think that we’re now getting closer to the crossroads and every Zambian has to make a choice, who should be their leader.
I am a revolutionary and so far, the only true warrior I see is Sata. He goes for everything or nothing, hate him or like him but you have to admit that he is a magnificent example of courage and valor, a true revolutionary. I think he deserves my voice.
ITS for this reason we have courts of law in zambia
Why do you think no one to date has realy publicly come up in the media to discus this topic of RB’s parents to see if he can stand … because the MMD knows all to well that that is a big hurdle they have to over come if it indeed got airplay , so its in there intrest to keep quiet about it and hope it just blows on by .. but alas the opposition are not stupid iether , infact SATA and MUgabe are good friends i would not be even surprised if 2 weeks befor the election day RB”S zimbabwean copies of birth records become public .. then what what would MMD do field mangande … it will be tooooooo late for them , watch all this play out .
I recently read a rather detailed profile on RB and despite the fact that the man is well educated and experienced enough to take plot one, he still needs to let the people choose. its only the fair thing to do!I agree with an earlier comment that the opposition leaders who are supporting that we shouldnt have by elections are simply job seekers – a sign of utter selfishness if you ask me! Zambia needs a new breed of Leaders right now but one thing i believe is that God has NOT forgoten about us. it shall be well…I BELIEVE !!!
FAITH KANDABA TOO MUCH HIPS TO BE SHARP. AMANO YASHALA MU MUSANA.
#274 I MEANT HH IS TOO ‘RESERVED’ FOR ZAMBIAN POLITICS BUT HE HAS THE POTENTIAL
#249, unfortunately maturity does not come with having a beard or ‘mavuzi’ if I am to be blunt about it. And that has lacked on this forum many times because we have in the majority single dimensional thinkers, there is something called objetivity which can easily be blinded by tribe, ethnic inclination, brotherhood etc and sometimes it reigns supreme on this blog.
Zambians brave yourselves for another TYRANNIC RULE, if not, the Retarded Development! Kukosa.
#249 PROVOKER ULI CHISHUSHI, NICHIBWATO CHOBE WIL SOON CAPSIZE
JUST WAIT.
#249 Thanks teach this boy some manners.
#277, this is what I think, Sata is okey, he was a Minister of Health in 1994 and he did very well, the issues he needs to address first is his members which include Chiluba, Sampa, sympathisers such Faustin Kabwe, Samuel Musonda, unfortunately he is associating with the wrong crowd if you like. Secondly he should tell us why he keeps reneging on issues, ZANACO, Mineral Taxes, NCC, his lack of consistence is worrying, otherwise bulldozer or not I think he has what it takes to be a revolutionary leader, but revolutionaries have one major weakness, disctatorial tendency. Rupiah has to explain to us about the alleged 4million he misapplied at the council, what is his position on the salaries…
MICHAEL IS A BLESSED NAME
JESUS WAS MICHAEL
THEREFORE, ANY TRUTHFUL ZAMBIAN CHRISTIAN SHOULD FOLLOW WHAT MICHAEL SAYS AND GET INTO HIS BOAT IF WE WANT TO CROSS THE NILE RIVER TO THE PROMISED PARADISE ZAMBIA-THE LAND OF BEAUTIFUL NATURAL RESOURCES TO BENEFIT ALL CITIZEN
contd 285… what are the issues that surround the closure of namboard, can he point to one thing he did at the UN, what about the commission of inquiry that was assembled when he was Minster at Foreign Affairs, what did he do as MP for Munali. For HH, he needs to expplian the luanshya issue about RAMCOZ, he needs to explain the tribal issue, it does not matter how many times he has to explain because it means people are not convinced about his ascendancy to power. After all these have been done 19 November or before some of us would have made up our minds.
#284 TIME SHALL NOT TELL ME WHEN I SHUD PROKE YOU BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A FRUSTRATED PERSON. LIMBI TAWAKWATA WA KUVOTELA.
IF YOU WANT TIME TO TELL ME, WHO DO YOU SUPPORT BY THE WAY?
#284 TIME SHALL NOT TELL ME WHEN I SHUD PROVOKE YOU BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A FRUSTRATED PERSON. LIMBI TAWAKWATA WA KUVOTELA.
IF YOU WANT TIME TO TELL ME, WHO DO YOU SUPPORT BY THE WAY?
On another note, where is the opposition going to find the time to raise money for the campaign?
I know of people who when campaigning for a parliament sit spent over K50 million.
A lot of misguided chancers will be broke after this bye elections.
Common sence will tell you that if you havent done your ground work, you must not go ahead.
Any how, supporters pressure Political leaders to go ahead despite the writing on the wall.
When by chance such leaders become elected, they spend thier whole term trying to recover thier monetary losses.
The uninformed general supporters dont care the costs that the leaders individually incur. The leaders also once in power justify..
It is a well known fact of who is going to be Zambian next president. Lets not even waste time by going round asking PATRIOTIC residents of Lusaka on the issue of elections for they have done it once and I am confident that they will do it again by WISELY voting for a true son of Zambia, MICHAEL CHILUFYA SATA. pa bwaato fye.
Bane, stop provoking yourselves. In as much as you can talk and insult each other, God has already prepared the next candidate, he planned all this, he knew that at one time we would loose our leader and he chose who should be there. Let us just make a fulfilment of voting, God even knows the voters that would put his chosen one in place. Pray.
THE PUZZLE THAT IS CHALLENGING MUST HOLD YOUR INTEREST. THOSE CRITICIZING ME, MAY MICHAEL THE GREAT BE WITH YOU ALWAYS.
OPEN YOU MIND GUYS AND FIND THE TRUE SENSE OF WHAT I AM CONTRIBUTING. NOT UKULOLESHAFYE PALUPIYA. AWE TWAKANA.
HH IS AN INTELLECTUAL GOOD MAN WITH DISTINCTIVE PERSONALITIES TO BE THE PRESIDENT. VIVA HH 2011
#292 VERY GOOD IDEA. IT IS TRUE GOD HAS PREPARED OUR LEADER AS HE PREPARED MICHAEL TO COME AND DIE FOR US IN ORDER TO SAVE US. THUMB UP MAN.
#290 you completely wrong and misguided. And if you continue with such reasoning, you are destined for unreversable disaster! Lobe!!!!!
HH Listen to the pipo,please form a pact with P.F and 2011 is yours for now let the old man rule and you shall be his vice,we dont want thieves back.
#295
Explain how wrong I am?
Guys beware of the ‘DOG’. Bakabwalala are bouncing back in two months time in sheep’s skin, if unchecked. They are fielding RB by force with clear conditions that he supports their abnomally high perks and aquits FTJ and others unconditionally at courts when there. For details visit this site more frequently.
I think Sata can make a difference to our country. we really need someone who can push us to work for our country. he may not be very intelligent as HH but will make things move for the betterment of our country.Look at Museveni, with a humble educational background and try to compare the economy of Uganda and Zambia ruled by the learned. The man produces results which people see and not management theories.
WE DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW IN ZAMBIA BECAUSE:
OUR FOUNDING FATHER MOSES WHO BROUGHT US INDEPENDENCE IS OLD.
OUR SECOND FATHER ZACHAEOUS IS SICK AND IRRELEVANT TO OUR EQUATION
OUR THIRD FATHER WISE SOLOMON IS GONE.
THE ALL POLITICAL FAILURES WANT ULUPIYA
MAY BE HIKAINDE CAN HELP US BECAUSE HE HAS RELATIVES IN THE BIBLE WHO ARE THE WISE CLAN OF HABAKUKU
PLEASE OUR LORD SEND US MICHAEL TO SAVE US.
Let the elections go ahead, obviously, as the law stipulates.
A lot of people have no idea how much money individually candidates sacrifice in the campaigns.
The kaponyas to do thier work need fuel and motivation. The villagers need money and food and in some cases clothes.
You have various teams that need logistical assistance in terms of money for fuel, transport, food, accommoadation etc, etc
No one these days would want to sacrifice themselves without reinbursement. Allowances for body guards etc etc
On top of that vehicles, rally fees, delegates accommodation and so on and so forth.
Elections or not, Zambians need a credible person for a President. If we still insist that Zambia is a christian and democratic nation, then its time we started looking a God fearing person and not a dictator or a plunderer
Mudala, let’s vote, its not a negotiable matter. Hola!
Please mwebantu advise HH to support SATA so that he can be introduced into politics (CABINET/PARLIAMENT). HH needs to learn the political leadership B4 assending to the throne. Lets read history, even Obama hasnt come from business cycles or whatever you may call it but he has been through the system. Lets just PRAY that HH will find time to reason with KING COBRA for wisdom to be passed to him(HH)
Now, when the first results start coming in you rejoice when you see that things are going your.
But afterwards when things start going sour, you start calling for victory even when the results are not all in. Why/
Because you see your money gone and no hope of recovery. At that stage anything goes, committing suicide would be a disgraceful way of existing.
Many do very desparate things at stage, High blood pressure, hypertension and so on and so forth.
The geopolitics of Zambia will be the core factor in winning the election
A PERSON WHO DOES NOT KNOW THE SITUATION OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH HE LIVES IN, SHALL NEVER BE A FREE MAN. IT WILL BE AN EASY GAME TO MISLEAD HIM TO VOTE WRONGLY.
NATURE HAS PROVIDED YOU ZAMBIANS WITH VAST KNOWLEDGE TO CHOOSE YOUR LEADER WISELY. BESIDE THAT, THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT TODAY IN THIS COUNTRY SHOULD DIRECT YOU.
BE WISE!
Afterwards, you hear about them running in the streets of Joburg with no apparent reason to be in hurry.
Let he who has an ear hear. Kapish
Forgive my broken english, Iam just a kaponya/tamanga
Whats Rupiah afraid of. ALl those MMd pipo want o protect their jobs. Rupiah is just making himself unpopular. Zambians are no longer the sheepish pio they used to be. The constitution is clear… we want a date and we want to vote…. …… abash unconsitutionlaism. Mwanawasa himself said he upheld the rule of law now is RP wants to start breaking the law so early…. what confidence do we have in our futures… guys this man is dangerous
Sorry out of topic.
Pipo those of you who are talking about flags this is what LT said and I quote.
So the flags do not necessarily represent the location of a comment poster. They instead show the location of the proxy server of an ISP or company the poster is using. For example, if your ISP or company in Zambia proxies your internet traffic through India, you will be assigned an India flag as your identity on the internet.
Others have sold thier houses to fund election campaigns believing that their sacrifice will pay off.
Others have traded their wives and children just to win an election.
As I blog right now others have sold thier souls to the tefal to have winning chances.
vote wisely a bag of milmeal is now costing K55,000.00 and we want to continue with the selfish leaders ,Why?Not ba Zed.
#310 Its off topic
Those advocating that Sata leads a possible PACT between PF and UPND with HH as Veep to be initiated as President in 2011, please think again.Time to dribble and fool one another is gone. Look at how Sata was driblled in 2001 by his friend Chiluba. Check how Magande has been sidelined by the MMD over succeeding Levy Mwanawasa (Deceased). Look at how Sakwiba was immediately thrown out of a PACT with PF and ULP. HH your best option is to go it alone as UPND, unless Sata is willing to accept being a Veep to you (HH) as President. Otherwise, Hon. Sata can never be trusted. In fact, if he were to die in Power at plot 1, new characters in the PF would arise to dismiss any agreements in PACT.
There goes the hood
Now who is the wise man/woman. Spent 1 billion kwacha now and lose and yet in another 3years come to spend another 2 billion and lose again.
That is why Politics is a cause of war. Kapish. MONEY
Why not prepare for the big one in 2011.
See abena Mmembe, his is gasping for dear life. 3 MILLION DOLLARS down the drain and you think he will be quiet. No way!
Sata is sick why putting high position as president plus he is a recycled politician why wasting time to vote a person who is sick. we don’t want to go for another election. His doctor metioned that Sata is fit, he just trying to blind ford Zambians. Low pressure is even more dangerous than high blood pressure any time the heart can stop functioning, Sata is not fit, he should live the possible to healthy people. He is just looking for power as president. what development can Sata bring to Zambia, he has failed to develop the land he bought in Mpika afuminafye ati nimpanga yandi.
I think right now as a nation we don’t have a choice but to go to the ballot. Yes it’s a good idea to avoid the by-election and save money, yet we can’t sideline the rules the govern us. We have the NCC that is sitting and working on our new laws, the death of Dr. LPM sc is a lesson. We may not have a President dying in office in another 100 yrs but let us still learn from this experience.
I know there is a lot of uncertainity with what happens if the MMD loses the Presidency. Well I guess lets take one day at a time until we get to November.
At the end of it all, I want a leader who make Zambia a beta place and build on what Levy had started.
if the burial site for the late president consumed ZMK 2 billion then how do we fail to to bring another great president by involving the people by franchise
tu vote please Democracy is expensive
Plunder of resources partly occurs out of sheer necessity.
Felix bwalya (the late) was beaten to death in an official match with all things in place. The referee could not stop the fight despite the opponent, a briton,repeatedly protested.
The guy was so hammered with direct punches and upper cuts and was simply coerced by his corner to continue fighting.
It was well known that Felix had had a bout of sickness before that match. But, greed above anything else that day prevailed.
Felix died. The trainers got thier share.
#319 and #320 are you the same person.
I MUST FIND MY VOTERS CARD AND EXCISE MY RIGHTS
Yes 25 is right let HH,SATA and the rest present their SHADOW CABINETS,MANIFESTOS ETC .
If they will be no polls SATA SHOULD TAKE OVER BY DEFULT Since he was second in the last polls. RB has no mandate from the zambians. i 100% agree with u…
Viva PROVOKER, HH is a thief and selfish, Him and Kafupi starved the people of Luanshya after stealing the money they got from the sale of Luashya Mines and other companies, He should have been targeted by the task force as well.
67 ala chipuba. Y comment on things that do not concern u. Just shut up and mind your f**ken business. viva uku vote.
67, Balimuponya lintu afyelwe..He’s brain is upside down..I bet he a white ass kisser.UKUTUMPA, F$ck off.
Tatulefwaya Eya ba Kaunda eya kwininana With a Flog. RB is trying to bring the UNIP style of election where Kaunda was unoppossited for twenty seven years. Kamulongoti you will learn a lesson in this compaign uzaya fire. Naiwe Chi Tetamatuvi Tetamashimba ileke ubufi
Ba fikamba ba znbc dont you know that you are just wasting your time and resoursces?No wonder you dont have anything to tell the pipo on whats happening.Why waste time on asking for the pipo’s views onthe By-Elections.The constitution states that clearly we are supposed to vote so why even bother.and you even call that News.If i were your bosss i would fire all of you especially BEN KANGWA what kind of pipo are you?atase you make sick.
lets give 100% vote to SATA and u will c the difference now zed pipo if its true that VJ IS BACK then the MMD and LPM did not win the last presidential election coz the writing are clear at the WALLS.B
Why all this noise about HH joining Sata, why not Sata joining HH?? Sata has got more to benefit from HH than HH. He should also understand that he cannot go it alone. Sata will never rule Zambia, the olds are against him. HH’s chances are brighter than Satas. Those who say HH can only be President if all Zambians become Tongas should brace themselves for a tribal transplant. That is myopic thinking at it highest. God save us from rascals. Viva HH, we want a young and vibrant leader not those from the stone age.
#150 walasa! Kanshi ninshi mulefwaila ba Sata??? Ala pa Bwato tukabunda!! Lets give someone YOUNGER a chance. Ba Sata had a heart attack recently – are we looking for another funeral?? Lets give HH a chance MWEBANTU! Lets not gamble with people’s lives!! What makes you think that Sata would be the best president for Zambia now?? Its time that us the young ones took over otherwise there is no saying that imiti iyikula empanga!!
Ba 305 hypertension and high blood pressure are one and the same thing.
#151 I totally agree with you.I think the reason for this is that the majority of the voters are the unlearned…an old farmer in shangombo district and those kinds of pipo.The intellect dont vote,they think its time wasting.Ifimeko!