Former Chiengi Member of Parliament Katele Kalumba has praised President Michael Sata and the Patriotic Front (PF) government for according the Zambian people an opportunity to be part of the constitution making process through conventions.
Speaking in an interview in Mansa today, Dr. Kalumba said President Sata has supported the constitution conventions because he understands people and listens to sentiments of ordinary Zambians.
He said since 2001, the President has been talking about the need to provide basic needs to the people.
Dr. Kalumba, who was yesterday elected as Chairperson for Luapula Constitution Convention, noted that the current constitution making process has been a consultative process with well prepared documents in place.
He said the process has also taken on board ideas that Zambians have had over the years.
Dr. Kalumba further noted that the success of the constitution making process will depend on the willingness of the people to respect the rule of law and the bill of rights.
And speaking during a live programme on Radio Yangeni in Mansa last evening, spokesperson for the technical committee on drafting the Zambian constitution, Ernest Mwansa, also commended the PF government for allowing the people of Zambia to comment on the constitution.
Mr. Mwansa was hopeful that people of Luapula province will be able to submit their resolutions fully by the end of the convention.
The convention has also attracted participation from Members of Parliament (MP) in the province.
These include Mansa Central MP Kennedy Sakeni, Pambashe MP Ronald Chitotela, Kawambwa MP Nickson Chilangwa, Bahati MP Harry Kalaba and Mwense Central MP David Mabumba.
Others are Chembe MP Mwansa Mbulakulima, Chiengi MP Benard Kapaya, Chifunabuli MP Mutaba Mwali, Mwansabombwe MP Rogers Mwewa and Bangweulu MP Chifita Matafwali.
ZANIS
Dr Manda where are you?
Only a free manson hh will object to this…
Your hate for HH is going out of control. Leave the man of the Zambian people, the visionary Chief HH alone.
WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM A BEMBA THIEF LIKE KATELE KALUMBA HE DOESN’T HAVE A CHOICE BUT TO SING PRAISES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY
IN 2016 NI HHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHH
CHABE
IS THIS NOT THE MAN WHO WAS HIDDING IN AN ANT HOLE?THIS GUY IS A WITCH.BIRDS OF THE SAME FEATHERS MOVE TOGETHER.AM NOT SURPRISED THAT HE IS PRASING SATA THE SATANIST.THESE ARE PIPO PLANTING COVONS AROUND THE NATION WHICH ARE CLAIMING INNOCENT SOULS.ZAMBIANS BE PRAYERFUL ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE TRAVELLING.THE DEVIL SATA HAS COME TO STEAL,TO KILL AND TO DESTROYE.THE BATTLE IS THE LORDS…..
HH is SDA.
leave HH from your stupidity
I AM VERY PROUD OF KATELE. HOW MANY OF US DEGREE HOLDERS CAN LEAVE THE LIT TOWNS, TO SETTLE WHERE YOUR FOREFATHERS CAME FROM? SHAME ON ALL OF US.
KATELE CONTINUE THE GOOD JOB. MOST OF US WILL EMULATE YOU. EISH PEOPLE!!!!!!!
Remember the computer and the good doctor in association with ZP?!! The love for ‘physics and chemistry’ (or rather slavery) must have compelled him! Once you join, you can’t quit morena!!! If ‘they’ say come and live here, you have no choice…death follows otherwise!!!
Katele is the new dean of medicine at chiengi school of fine arts.This is the real reason he went back to his roots.
Please give us a break man. This guy just ran away from cases in Lusaka. He is just keeping distance from the police and courts.
Alinamilandu katele computer man indoshi
You are proud of a thief who plundered national resources and he is only praising Sata as a way to have Sata quash his case that is still in court. You Zambians tend to be very naize and simplistic in analysis…I don’t know why. That is the very reason why foreign employers always doubt the ability of Zambians at management levels because they watch and read how people analyse things sometimes in a shockingly childish manner.
Ubufi
how many constitutions review committees has ernest mwansa attended? if i may ask.
aka kalilofye…. same old faces year in year out without giving us a constitution….. NO THIS IS TOO MUCH. please give us our constitution now!!
Yamunyokola
It depends what you did in town. Dont forget Katele is a corrupt man and was fund guilty.
Its sad to learn that Mr Sata personally evicted Given Lubinda from PF NEC meeting at the instigation of Kabimba. A quarrel ensued there after between Given and Winter at statehouse while other NEC members watched in horrow. Democracy of PF by PF for PF- Laughable,
Where did you get this nonsense from ? ZWD ?
typical indoshi . . .sad for a man who wasted years at school
@Kalu, since Lubinda has been accused of leaking information to ZWD. It might be true cause its him who leaked the infor again.
THE FALSE STORY CAME FROM ZWD. WE READ THAT.
Were you there in the meeting?
never mind he usually comes to town at night. so he is in the village during the day. thats how they do it man. wiz kalumba is a genius
uko!yaba ndipo ka mudala aka ka ma niwamiza!!
WHEN R U GOING TO KISS MR. SATA’S SHOES AT A RALLY? IT WAS SHAMEFUL / EMBARRASING/ UPSETTING TO SEE A GROWN MAN LICK ANOTHER’S DIRTY SHOES WHEN U LICKED MR MWANAWASA’S SHOES SO THAT HE COULD FORGIVE U FOR STEALING FROM THE ZAMBIAN COFFERS ALONG WITH FTJ. ARE U STILL USING THE VOODOO LAPTOP NOWADAYS?
Mutasha kali kwitobo has been rewarded remember last month his wife joined a party which he termed a progressive party and now he is chairman for luapula constitution convention and praising MCS next his court cases will be quashed, arzryt.
I hope people sometimes takes Impartiality and not accuse him of job hunting, AT times we ought to respect and admire persons of as much high esteem, experience and judgement as this man. I don’t really like him, but it will be refreshing if people here believe in what he is saying and take that as substance over their flawed judgement. It is thus pleasing on what he thinks about the constitution.
Thanks
@Mushota. Am beginning to appreciate your positive contributions.
Sister Mushota it was nice for you to go to zambia a christian nation you have come back as a repentant soul, may the good lord continue blessing you and Nick
@Mushota, i have been following your comments, you always sound childish. it is deliberate or thats how far you can go in your reasoning. I would advise that u try to find out the background of certain people before u expose your lack of good judgement on most of these political matters. Katele has once defrauded this country and some of his cases are still in court which makes him not ideal for the job of overseeing anything to do with the constitution because as zambians we will be setting a very bad precedence when we tolerate known criminals be near Tax payers money again. i wonder where u where when katele’s drama of trying to use dirty tricks in trying to elude police and justice was happening. u perplex me when u accuse objective blogers of being judgemental on this boot licker ..
MUSHOTA FOR A SO CALLED EDUCATED PERSON YOU REALLY SURPRISE ME “REALLY” THIS MAN HAS LOST ALL CREDIBILITY TO STAND OR HOLD ANY OFFICE THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE. IN YOUR SO CALLED SCOTLAND OR THE WEST, A MAN LIKE THIS WOULD NEVER APPEAR IN PUBLIC OUT OF RESPECT FOR HIMSELF AND HIS FELLOW CITIZENS….MUSHOTA WHAT REALLY BAFFLES ME IS THAT YOUR THINKING MIGHT BE LIKENED TO THAT OF AN EDUCATED FOOL REALLY….SOMEONE WHO JUST READ BOOKS TO PASS AND NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY WERE READING..
LAPTOP MAN…LOL!
Mwanga mwalenga Katele to go to the village mind you
The corrupt MMD gang is slowly finding itself in PF. Actually it is all PF.
Lets bet the next person to commend SATA will be Dora Siliya…..PF The Haven for corrupt Pipo…!!! thats why they want to expel Given, the guy is clean…Shame bafika…..nda!
Katele was a full member of the National Constitutional Conference at Mulungushi Hall representing MMD as its National Secretary. Again he said the same thing about LPM he has said about Sata. Is there any truth in his mouth? And they chose Barabas!!!
the computer man..awe..we can’t trust you anymore as a plunderer..!stealing is a normal way in Luapula ka..?
Thief, thief, thief.
Katele is no longer useful in the Zambian context. maybe in Luapula where thieves are honored. Not in southern,real Zambia where we do not tolerate thieves for leaders. Let him continue running his brothel in Kashikishi.
Your under five president chewed monies realized from from privitization of mines. He is a real Lazo. Leave my Prsident alone.
When something similar was happening during Mwanawasa’s time, the Post Newspaper of those days ran a headline which read “Wolves, Hyenas and Jackals are regrouping.”
WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM A BEMBA THIEF AND CONVICT LIKE KATELE KALUMBA HE DOESN’T HAVE A CHOICE BUT TO SING PRAISES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY
IN 2016 NI HHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHH
CHABE
Sata will give 51+1 which MMD. failed. thats an a+
PF didn’t win by a landslide majority in the last elections and are busy acting with the ghost of opposition in government. They are not sure if they are a government, hence recrutiment of ministers from other parties. PF ordinary members are not fit to be in responsible posts as things appear and none has the spine to raise the issue to the dictator and his minions. How shallow PF members can be?
Just wait for turn to rule zambia in 2032
@12 Mushota u are right not to debate personalities but issues.
JERE YOU AND MUSHOTA STOP BLOGGING PLEASE. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE ISSUE HERE WAS CAUSED BY THIS “PERSONALITY” SO HOW NOW DO YOU WANT TO SEPARATE THE TWO…SO YOU ARE TRYING TO TELL US THAT ISSUES CRATE THEMSELVES…??? YOU LIVE IN AMERICA MAN USE YOU HEAD AND LEARN PLEASE..
@12 How are u Mushota? From May 6 last year when i expressed a different view from yours this is the second time and I want to say you are in what u have said. Commenting on the issue and not personality would be the best approach.
Mature by avoiding talking about your personal life. Otherwise u ar getting somewhere.
Which
I could take him seriously if he didn’t change his tune to fit in with every government ever since he was brought to court. As a Shushushu, he will always toe the line because he is under oath.
job seeker or is it freedom seeker
Bakatele are your cases over? Or you are solisting for forgiveness?one tends to wonder
What good you ve seen in your fellow economist who cannot put the experience he claims to have acquired the time you were minister of finance to good use.
A trash hard core corrupt element Katele Kalumba barking like a dangerous dog. Katele has lost all his self esteem and respect like a sugar cane which has been dried and crushed and thrown on faeces.
Katele is supporting Sata as he he is related to Sata and because Sata is promoting satanism in Zambia which Kalumba has practiced.
Sata is the face of a devil.
I miss the man who finished Muhama Khadafi of Libya, he was just so fearless. Can we find such a man in Zambia to free us from these devils who are practicing their evils publicly even in the court of law trying to instil fear in people?
@ least Mushota is growing up now. Great improvement.
Katele lightening . MD for Chiengi Computers.
Katele before you open your month just google yourself. You will be ashamed at the inconsistencies of your statements. Where’s your Laptop these days? Enjoy your life in the village as Village Induna?