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Kabimba blasts Nevers Mumba for accusing President Sata of travelling with people who were not important.

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FILE: President Sata honoured PF Secretary General Wynter Kabimba for his professional legal advice regarding various bodies and local government authorities as well as his contribution towards the first Draft Constitution

PATRIOTIC Front (PF) secretary-general Wynter Kabimba has charged that MMD president Nevers Mumba has run out of political ideas for him to allege that President Sata has become a tourist. Mr Kabimba said yesterday in an interview that contrary to Dr Mumba’s insinuation, President Sata has only been attending important international meetings.

On Saturday, Dr Mumba alleged that President Sata has become a tourist for attending international meetings. “Dr Mumba should realise that President Sata has not made any maiden visit to be introduced as Zambia’s new head of State because he wants to tackle social and economic problems and save taxpayers’ money. My first reaction to Dr Mumba’s statement is that the man has run out of political ideas,” he said.

Mr Kabimba said there is a package for every new head of State to make maiden visits but President Sata has not done so because he is more concerned about saving costs.

He said President Sata wants to attend to social and economic challenges caused by the corrupt MMD administration under the presidency of Rupiah Banda. Mr Kabimba said the PF and Cabinet have a lot of problems to solve because of the culture of maladministration that the MMD left.

He said it was important for President Sata to go to Angola last month to attend the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government extra-ordinary summit where he met Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos.

Mr Kabimba said President Sata’s travel to England, like many other heads of State, was purely out of respect he has for Queen Elizabeth as head of the Commonwealth. “Does Dr Mumba need to be in the first class of civics for him to understand that the Queen is the head of Commonwealth and the President had to attend that important meeting?” he said.

Mr Kabimba said President Sata has gone to Rio de Janeiro because Zambia needs to be part of the discussion on global development. He said the Rio+20 Conference is an important meeting which needed the attendance of the head of State.

Mr Kabimba wondered whether Dr Mumba was alleging that all the over 100 heads of State who attended the Rio+20 meeting are tourists. He said Dr Mumba should realise that President Sata has not travelled at the high rate that former President Banda did. He said Mr Banda even attended meetings that only required the presence of permanent secretaries.

Mr Kabimba said the PF operates an open door administration and it has extended an olive branch to opposition parties willing to serve the well-being of Zambians. He said National Restoration Party president Elias Chipimo Jr and Forum for Development and Democracy president Edith Nawakwi were invited by the President because they have recognised that they need to work with the PF as the party in Government in contributing to economic development.

Dr Mumba accused Mr Sata of travelling with people who were not important.

And the Judicial Allied Workers Union of Zambia (JAWUZ) says Dr Mumba should not politicise the appointment of Supreme Court judges Lombe Chibesakunda and Florence Mumba as acting Chief Justice and acting Deputy Chief Justice, respectively.

JAWUZ president Peter Mwale said in an interview in Lusaka yesterday that Dr Mumba should instead support the appointment of Mrs Justice Chibesakunda and Mrs Justice Mumba.

He was commenting on Dr Mumba’s statement that the appointment of the two judges is meant to frustrate the MMD. “People should be objective because these appointments are one of the best we have ever had in the Judiciary. The appointment of judges should not be made to serve the MMD or any other individuals but Zambians,” Mr Mwale said.

He said the Judiciary should not be dragged into partisan politics because it is an institution meant to serve all citizens. “People wanted Justice Ernest Sakala to go and he has gone. We all have been given the new Chief Justice and new Deputy Chief Justice and some people are still politicking. What is this nonsense?” he charged.

Mr Mwale said judicial workers are happy with the appointments and will be meeting Mrs Justice Chibesakunda today to raise their concerns. He said the experience of justices Chibesakunda and Mumba is well-documented as Supreme Court judges.

On Saturday, Dr Mumba alleged that the appointment of justices Chibesakunda and Mumba is meant to weaken the MMD. But Government spokesperson Fackson Shamenda said the Patriotic Front administration is eager to have an independent Judiciary without invisible hands, voices or instructions.

[Zambia Daily mail]

86 COMMENTS

  1. Does he have the brains to blast anybody other than brasting instead? That is all this dimwit knows to do in life to do the so called blasting till some day he disintegrates into his small useless particles.

  2. They are all the same animals. Greedy, without a sense of remorse or history. I honestly think I hate politicians. Those who were defending RB are busy criticizing Sata, and those who were criticizing RB are busy defending Sata for exactly the same thing. Nothing has really changed, just names. Same trips but different faces (Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Angola, India, UK, Switzerland, Zimbabwe, Brazil all in 9 months). Now Winter says all these trips are important. Really? It is the same Scene, the only new thing are actors! Poverty is still everywhere, corruption is still everywhere, poor pay still present, roads still in bad state, power blackout still the older of the day, the list is low. The only winners are RB and Sata. The rest of us are just pawns in a game where win nothing

    • I dont know if this is what PF meant wen they said they will reduce costs, even RB was better because his actions matched with his words not this hypocrisy!!!!

    • this so true sir/madam.the same scenes with only new actors.am beginning to think that maybe as africans we are just cursed.look at the leaders throughout africa thoroughly and you will understand my point!!it’s simply a mess.RB,SATA they are just the same.IFE tikali tivutika

    • Well said. And all those traveling by Sata in 9 months are before the maiden flights Wynter is talking about. Wherever he is going on those maiden trips!

    • Well said mate.that is why we need to hire a professional president.Tripple we can put you on the list hahahah well said bro

  3. Mr. Wynter Kabimba should understand that as a Secretary General of ruling party he should concentrate on the matters of policy instead of matters of here-say of the oposition. In so far his contribution to the wellfare of Zambians has been equal to the rest of its party (0.00%).
    It will be highly apreciated if PF comes in the open and define its policy. The performance of the Rulling Party should be the concern. Up to now, Mr. Kabimba and his associates are still campaigning instead of governing. Useless words from yestrday man.

  4. People even started complaining that Sata always sending Scot and wondering why he was not travelling abroad.but we know it was because Sata was busy attending to urgent issues at home and also trying to save govt resourse unlike RB who travelled at every opportunity even when he did’nt have to. Nevers has lost integrity and decency. He has fallen from grace. A genuine man of God can’t lie shamelessly like this. Even a grade 3 can see that Nevers’ cheap lies

    • Kabimba ran away from the real issue – travelling with people that are not important to national development. That is relatives and opposition leaders with not even one MP. how are theses people representative of the Zambian people? What contributions are they going to make to national advancement after benefiting from tax payers’ money on such expensive trips? The only reason I can see is creation of PF cadres of the vulnerable opposition leaders. And can Kabimba say any thing progressive when the whole idea looks like his invention?

    • @WISE WORD:

      I think you are been a little “conviniently forgetful” here! Follow what the so called “important” opposition leaders have been saying since PF took office. From the sart they resolved never to cooparate or work with PF. Infact, if you remember, not very long ago Sata was willing to appoint some opposition MPs as ministers. And I think you recall the kind of reaction Sata got from these same people who are now busy complaining about him taking “Unimportant” opposition leaders on his trips.

      If MMD or UPND think that they are the ones who are important then, for goodness sake, let them start acting like it. You can’t have it both ways! You refuse to work with the president/PF and when you are ignored you then turn around and complain about it. How childish is that?

    • By the way @WISE WORD, HH just said a few days ago that he would not have accepted the invitation from the president if it was extended to him. So what else do want the president to do if certain people do not want to work with him? The president can only invite or work with individuals with some “common sense” when it comes to important national issues. Not people who think being in the oppositions means opposing everything the party in power does. Let the so called “important opposition” grow up!!!!!!

  5. All Presidential trips are important. Can Kawimbe tell us which trips RB made which needed a Perm Sec? Such a blanket cover-up for Mr Sata’s u-turn will not wash. We all know that the man who has been married THREE times, fathered children with at least FIVE women can not stick to one thing. No matter what Sata says, his women tell of his fruits.

  6. Accusing leaders is not Christian….Mumba clearly you have put God aside….you need to be obedient to Leaders alas dirty political ambition has made you lose Crowns in heaven and you’re making it for some of us very difficult to criticize you as we still regard as a clergyman….. from a great man of God to a disappointing lost Shepard…… God help you

  7. AKA KA KABIMMBA NAKENA?WHY DO U TALK ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT?WHY IS THE  GOVERNMENT SPORKSPEARSON QUITE?CHIBWE NO PLAN CRITICISED RUPIAH BANDA AS A TOURIST…WHT NOSENCE AR U TELLING US?WHAT GOES AROUND COMEZ BACK…POLITICINZ NEEDS TO CRITICISED SATA AS HE DID 2 OTHERZ …ITS CHIBWE NO PLAN…….

  8. Nevers Mumba has a point.You can’t say that you won’t travel alot in order to save money and on the other hand when you travel you cast aside concerns about costs by bringing a bunch of hanger’s on.

  9. Kabimba’s statement is hollow and not worthy our time. Can he tell us what Fred Yamba’s wife, Sally went to do at the Rio Summit using tax payers’ money. Sally is a young sister to the First Lady and married to Fred Yamba, the Secretary to the Treasury. Kabimba behaves like he has never been to school. Shame.

  10. Obama has not travelled as much as our …. so what is this nonsense that the trips are beneficial to us !!!!

  11. Demented Kabimba should realize that every patriotic Zambian feels humiliated the time we start noticing that our beloved sick head of state with a fragile health is being forced into a Johnnie Whalker, indisputably aimlessly everywhere wandering from place to place when the country is sinking into abyss of poverty, hopelessness under a self created tempo of polarization and uncertainty. We don’t want our head of state to be leading an unsettled, irresponsible, or disreputable life only synonymous with vagabonds known for moving from place to place without a fixed home.

  12. As patriotic caring Zambians we understand the bad health of our president and that risk management dictates that guard against seeing our President with serious medical complications as President Sata are never over exposed to the stress he is going through right now. We could learn from the resignation of “U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson” who has respected his health that taking the risk of his poor health.

  13. We will hold Kabimba accountable for forcing our dear President to the life of “Johnnie Whalker”, indisputably moving aimlessly everywhere wandering from place to place when the country is sinking into abyss of poverty, hopelessness under a self created tempo of polarization and uncertainty. 

  14. We don’t want our dear head of state to be leading an unsettled, irresponsible, or disreputable life only synonymous with vagabonds known for moving from place to place without a fixed home or vision.

  15. Rubbish! 9 countries in 9 months. Can you explain why Sata is again going to England after Brazil? How important is that and why was he in India or Switzerland … Dint you think a PS cud hav gone

  16. As patriotic caring Zambians,we do understand the bad health of our president and have strong  risk management skills clearly dictating that we collectively guard against seeing our President with serious medical complications as President Sata is, ever get over exposed to the stress he is going through right now. I think Kabimba is a suspect to watch over the health of our President. He knows that patients cannot sustain the shoes of Johnnie Whalker.

  17. What cost saving with GBM’s wife and a whole bunch of family tree and desperate opposition as face savers. What value will the opposition add after the summit, does PF share the same ideology (Manifesto) with FDD and NAREP?. At what point will the opposition parties that attended the summit implement what was discussed in Rio? Bunch of liers!!!!!!!

  18. If Wynter stands as PF candidate for president of Zambia, that will be the end of PF. This chap is simply hopeless! He should stop being a Sata’s chola boy and speak like a real man…how do you defend this Brazil wastage and stupidity?

  19. So imwe ba Mumba you think you r more important than Elias Chipimo & Edith Nawakwi?? jes because u were not invited does not warrant u to belittle others!!! & u cannot judge President Sata & label him as a tourist when he has not even served 1 year of his 5 years! you should learn to hold your tongue…wait & observe then comment, 1 yr isnt enough time for u to label him a tourist like our former tourist president rupiah!!

  20. Winter Kabimba is liar. The Rio conference was not attended by 100 heads of state. All European countries were represented at ministerial or deputy prime minister level. Obama did not attend neither David Cameron of UK. Liar Kabimba is that Sata and his close relatives think Zambians are so dull not to know their ‘dont kubeba’ deceitiful mantra. Zambians by now realise Sata duped them and have changed their support like any sane person would do. Protests and demonstrations greeted Sata in UK and damaging the image of our nation at the expense of personal pride. The entire southern region is wondering what next to Zambia when our head of state is differing with almost all neighbouring states. Sata eventually will become a liability to Zambia as his friend Robert Mugabe is to Zimbabwe.

    • You are the liar, infact its 108 heads of state that attended the conference and prominent names that attended the conference inlude the new french president, President Tao of china and President Zuma of south africa. you are just a liar like RB….

  21. Kabimbi, is it going to Angola to attend SADC meeting or going there to “pambiri ne ZANUPF”? Let’s be serious gentlemen. You were voted in to change the wrongs of MMD, not this nonsense we are subjected to, day-in day-out.

  22. Are these the checks and balances that the opposition is offering? Where was Nevers when RB was globe-trotting, such that when voted out he even said he’s going to miss traveling… Who’s the real tourist here, and what did “Nervous” say then? Hypocrite. Bring Sata down by saying anything provocative is not what will bring you in office. It is presenting your manifesto. You’re telling PF to outline their policy. Do the same. 

  23. Opposition politics is not just about criticizing or seeking fault in the incumbent. It is about suggesting alternatives to things that are not working and supporting the things that are. A country is not a prize for political parties to fight over like children competing for a chitumbuwa. A country is about the people in it. Sacrificing the people’s stability for political expedience is worse than selfish.

  24. Iwe ci Senior Citizen we all thought you were died together MMD in any case you should be last person you empty head to call our President John Walker. Your father RB never slept in his bed for a week after being sworn in but today you’ve the nerve to critize our beloved President for attending 3 very important international meetings in 9 months, how fo0lish is that?

  25. Very ugly and dull people yaping , who cares? I will never come back to zambia iam changing my citizenship and i will call the whole village to join me in the diaspora

    • why are you commenting if you do not care?in the diaspora ,you still zambian and African if you forgot hahahaha

  26. Can Kabimba tell us why Sata took his relatives and how this will benefit us as Zambians? Kabimba is a moron Chimpanzi who does not deserve to be a where he is because he has reduced his office to a. USELESS irrelevant & irritating thing! Sata’s travel can not be justified in anyway because Zambia does not even have a climate change ministry. Kabimba should not forget that Zambians voted out MMD because of such behavior! Shame on Kabimba!

  27. ZAMBIANS have we lost our values? To insult elders?? In your true senses insele ati Ba President went to India mukusaka ama.b.olo sure?? KADANSA @15.1?? Have manners. You are cursed don’t get surprised if you have bad luck? On the topic, Some Zambians have serious problems. When the president did not travel they accused him of being sick and scared to travel. Now calling him a tourist is just disgusting. Mumba should grow up and repent. A fo.ol who will bring down MMD.

  28. MA SHILU BA OPPOSITION. IN FACT, THEY DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT SUMMITS ARE IMPORTANT TO ZAMBIA. SATA HAS ATTENDED VERY IMPORTANT SUMMITS ONLY EVER SINCE HE BECAME REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT. IT AMAZES ME WHAT COMES OUT OF THE SO CALLED EDUCATED ZAMBIAN PEOPLE. DON’T JUST BARK BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE HEARD BARKING.

  29. Spring Kabimba, please be careful when dealing with Pastors. Brave Mumba may hold overnight prayers for you.

  30. Winter, the know it all, mr deceitful. What is your Boss saving,you cheated the Zambian people that you will reduce the cabinet and the deputy ministers but alas Ukwa is busy appointing his relatives. We now have a high number of ministers and deputies compared to Chiluba,Mwanawasa and Banda’s administration only Kaunda’s MCC and Cabinet can surpass that of Sata.Is this what Winter call saving. Mahakabe.Malengwami pula ya katose imilenge.

  31. Zambia the banana republic. Is Kabimba the GRZ spokesman or the president’s spindoctor? How much was spent (actually wasted ) on the trip to Brazil?

  32. Sata’s lieutenants never cease to vex me!. The Angolan “Pamberi e Jongwe, Pamberi e ZANU-PF” outbursts were an embarrassing howling of an erratic lunatic. SantaKlauzing fuel to a dead wa Mutharika while Zambia ran dry was an act reminiscent of a stinking Chimbwi no Plan. Appointing Chibesakunda & Mumba leaving a serving deputy Chief Justice Mambilima is not an oversight, it is plain stupidity. Kabimba should realise the PF has made a suit for Sata that seems only visible to those unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent. Whenever Sata parades before audiences donning his “new clothes”, they should start getting used to hearing expressions of, “But he isn’t wearing anything at all, ali chintako, ubwamba or njenje!”

  33. We declare Psalm 91 over Dr Mumba, his family, MMD over HH, his family and UPND and over every Zambian who believes in righteousness.May Dr Mumba move under the unction of the Holy Spirit, Lord keep him safe, keep HH safe too.

  34. Why should Wynter Kabimba be making Noise on behalf of Govt.,? Why is he busy anwering things that concern Govt., when he is Not in Govt.?

  35. Kawimba fuseki, you still think the majority of Zambians are still sleeping ka? What Important meeting is in London now, that he can’t come home. Please talk about something else, live Mumba alone

  36. there’s alot of rot in the country that the president can address..why tour other nations at the expense of your countrymen n women..

  37. Special welcome to my dear little twiit Msana Wanzili. where have you been hiding my little worm. should say i missed your postings and would want to welcome you back on this thread. you have not missed much though. abena senior citizen are still around and shooting from the rear as usual. we have new entrants such as the dumcell who wants to relocate his entire cursed family to the Diaspora and quite a number of interesting illiterates such as Mpangula Mputyu ( actually this means he who has false teeth) still blogging. hope you wont disappear again mwaiche

  38. There was nothing wrong with Tanzanian Premier Pinda telling Mugabe to behave like an elder statesman. We cannot understand Mugabe’s wickedness; he must grow up & for once think of what is best for Zimbabwe, not just himself & Marufu. Pinda’s were words of reason & the interjection by Sata with “Pamberi ne Zanu PF’, ne Jongwe” was vile. Even hardcore Zanu PF cadres of Mnangagwa, Chinamasa & Goche were embarrassed by the Sata-nic chants. If this is what Kabimba qualifies as representing us overseas, he can go to hell & wed Lucifer! The stinking toilet acrobatics in Gaborone left a vile taste in Khama’s mouth, just where & when is this all going to end?

    • What do you know about Pinda? His problem is that his “words of wisdom” are always followed by acts of “grand corruption”

  39. how many trips as compared to what has come in the country. Address UNZA strike now Mr president and do not be selfish.

  40. Kabimba blasts Nevers Mumba for accusing President Sata of travelling with people who were not important.

    Seems Kabimba’s rant went off track. May be I read the wrong article.

  41. Clearly the real character of the people we have in power is known. So, one for the roller coaster!

  42. zambian politics. Can we have some productive criticism? a GOOD OPPOSITION LOOKS AT THE WEAKNESSES OF THE OTHER , WEAKNESSES THAT AFFECT MOST THE ZAMBIAN PERSON.. EG HEALTH, ROADS, WATER AND SANITATION, SCHOOLS, JOBS..CRITICISE AND GIVE THE SOLUTION AS IF YOU WERE IN GOVERNMENT AND THE PIUPO WILL GIVE YOU THE VOTE NOT JUST OPPOSING FOR THE SAKE OF BEING HEARD …….TELL US HOW u can address the challenges that pipo are going thru and not just talking withoit solutions. PIPO WILL ONLY TRUST YOU IF YOU OFFER SOLUTIONS AND NOT OPENING YOUR MOUTH ANY HOW

  43. What about the india, zimbabwe and botswana trips, what are the benefits? When are investors coming from these countries?

  44. Wynter is attending the queen’s celebrations more important than the commonwealth meeting Sata failed to attend in Australia? Why should he have more respect for the queen than for the commonwealth? Stop insulting our intelligence and just accept that your PF obtained our votes through false pretenses. 2016 is not very far, we will do to you what we have done before to other parties. After his incognito Indian trip, he came back rejuvenated and wants to be every where in a record time.

  45. People you have been told is second from the President, Why not making noise. And I read that the President has been nick named “Johnnie Walker”, pa zd pa ma Nick names.

  46. Useles travelling with the whole bunch of relatives.Have u ever seen Obama making all those trips?stay at home and develop the nation the youths are dying mu tugilili u are busy travelling bullshit help the youths .

  47. the problem is that sata always condenm RB but does exactly the same and sometimes the worst. in 9 months sata has travelled more than RB in 3 years.

    • Isn’t this what you “id!ots” wanted? In the begining you were accusing him of not traveling because he would die on the plane. You made quite a stink about it when he sent his VP to some of these meetings, and now you complaining that he is traveling too much? Can this guy do anything right in your eyes? I doubt it!!!!!

  48. @Ngindi and Conman
    am still alive and enjoying fruits of our hard work.
    @no.58 Maskat
    You are Pinocchio and if you dont stop telling lies your nose will kill you very soon.

  49. Donchi kudabwa mwebantu, what else did you expect from the PF? This is a family vacation under the pretext of Rio+20. Zambians should work harder (longer hours), we need to support our first family’s efforts to tour the globe!!! MORE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS, thats what was promised, not your pockets!!!

  50. you guys I pity you, you will die with hatred coz 2016 Sata is scoping it. Change your childish behaviour and oppose with wisdom. Not like f00ls .

  51. Mr Winter Kabimba, you have five years in office, isn’t it too early to start counting excuses for these trips? There are many more coming ka, many times more than President Banda’s trips in a fraction of the time!

  52. At least with Banda it was Kakwendo Munjila, but with CNP, is it not the entire Clan Great Trek we are seeing here? Look at the Rio trip, if Sata had his way he would have loaded the entire Northern Alliance Janjaweed Kolwestan in airbuses to join him dance Brazilian Samba carnival under the Christ the Redeemer statue. This he calls sustainable “sansamcation Pamberi e Jongwe”.

  53. How shallow can the opposition in Zambia get?

    First it was; why is Sata not attending some of these important meetings abroad? And I remember quite well how vocal some of you were accusing him of being too sick to fly. Now he does exactly what you wanted him to do and you complaining about it!? This exactly reason why some wise people have said before that: “Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it!” And Sata is simply giving you what you wished for to begin with. So just shut it and enjoy the ride—LOL!

    Some of you really behave like “Imfwiti” (witches) that you are—-for you can never do right by Imfwiti if they are dead set for your blood! No wonder some of you don’t even hide the fact that you would be glad to see Sata dead—-all mfwiti mentality!!!

  54. @21 senior citizen, oh! my dear chinya citizen; you are also chocked with jealous,envy. Surely can you compare mcs’s travelling to rb’s. anyway pipo with the diarrhoea of the brain,thats there reasoning. They cant even c the importance of these foreign engagements by the president.

  55. Looking at the picture in the Post were Ukwa is with the tourist attraction below the statue of Christ the Redeemer confirms his status as “tourist President”

  56. My view is that the PF supporters on this blog are missing a point.The answe they should be giving is to what relevance was Yamba and Mwamabas wife to the nation.I doubt if these people defending are tax payers otherwise they would not condone money being wasted in such a manner. I n as much as you would want to condemn RB s trips please give us evidence that Thandiwe ever carried her relatives on a state trip.May God open your eyes.

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