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Kabwata Member of Parliament GIVEN LUBINDA
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State House has issued a statement to the media saying that Foreign Affairs Minister Given Lubinda will not represent the country at next week’s 20th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia because he has taken his annual leave.

The statemenent further stated that Hon. Lubinda has been on leave since December 21, 2012 and another Minister has already taken his position as acting Foreign Affairs Minister.

“However, it should also be borne in mind that Hon. Lubinda is facing serious charges against the party, which will only be resolved at the forthcoming party Central Committee meeting,” concluded the statement.

The Central Committee of the Patriotic Front (PF) is this weekend expected to deliver judgment on the disciplinary case against Kabwata member of Parliament Given Lubinda among other party members.

A full central committee meeting is scheduled to sit on Sunday, January 20, to act on the report of the disciplinary committee which determined cases against Mr Lubinda, who is also Foreign Affairs minister, and others.

Mr Edgar Lungu, who is chairperson of the disciplinary committee, said according to a notice, a meeting of chairpersons will be held on Friday January 18, 2013 while the full central committee meeting is scheduled for Sunday.

The disciplinary committee which heard cases against Mr Lubinda and suspended Eastern Province chairman Lucas Phiri, among others, sat from January 4 to 6, 2013.

The committee then forwarded its recommendations to the PF central committee for action.

Mr Lubinda, Mr Phiri and other accused party members appeared before the committee.

Pressure has been mounting with party members calling for the expulsion of Mr Lubinda from the party, accusing him of working with opposition parties.

PF secretary general Wynter Kabimba gave Mr Lubinda a seven-day ultimatum to exculpate himself from allegations that he was leaking confidential information to the media and opposition parties.

And Mr Phiri was suspended from the party with five other officials for allegedly sowing seeds of division in PF.

Mr Phiri and other suspended officials were also accused of working with former Chipata Central MP Lameck Mangani to propagate division in the district.

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85 COMMENTS

  1. I will take this as an early sign that things are not ok with Lubinda.I bet he will not survive the chop come saturday.

    • Good riddance.Lubinda is not as loyal as you think.Those close to him have stories of how he talks ill of the president once he has taken a bottle too much of alcohol.Last time i heard his close acquaintance of many years how he bitterly talked about cobra at one of the social function in Lusaka.

    • Ala ubwalwa ni nsokolola twebo.Umufyashi nomba kamutalala.Bushe ena taishibe ati kwaliba bashushu mwa ? Awe kwena chakupapa.

    • Lukas must be brainless. Is there anything good to talk about a confused dog like SATA? Please spare us your stupidity.

    • Kiluba.The fact that you can fail to articulate your point without insulting just shows how a low life creature you are.Anyway i blame your upbringing.Much as one can’t agree with the president Atleast common sense should show us our limitations.Biting the finger feeding you has always been lethal in more situations than none.Above all these are just politics you can insult each other while the same people causing you to do that are maybe even enjoying a beer together at state lodge.Lets us not lose our sense of level headedness.

    • THE SATANIST SATA, HAS FEAR EVEN OF HIS OWN SHADOW.THE BIBLE SAY FEAR IS FOR THE DEVIL.VERY SOON SATA WILL SACRIFICE HIMSELF.THE BATTLE IS THE LORDS….

    • Kiluba…Politics aside: that is the President of the Republic of Zambia you are talking about. Disagree all you like, that is your Constitutional prerogative but respect the Presidency.

    • CALL A SPADE ,A SPADE.SATA IS A SATANIST WHO HAS COME TO STEAL,TO KILL AND TO DESTROYE.AM SURE GIVEN NEVER WANTED TO JOIN THESE DEVILS IN HUMAM SACRIFICES GOING ON AROUND THE NATION.THE BATTLE IS THE LORDS

  4. Like lubinda, but bane royalty is important , for me I agree with Kabimba lubinda has not been royal to PF just from the time he was replaced as SG of pf when it was discovered that he had a soft spot for UPND.

  5. Yet GMB and Kabimba who are facing even more serious corruption investigations are allowed to report for gov’t duties. When are we going to have consistence from this gov’t…where is the president? Isn’t this serious enough for him to annouce via a press conference??

    • This goes to prove what many people have said about tribalism in pf. Lubinda does not belong to the ruling tribe (as cheelo put it: a goat can never be a cow), so they want him to leave. Sadly, that is the problem with tribalism in countries with several tribes.

    • @ Jay Jay – what do you mean where is the president??? The president is the one making these decisions. We know his plan of putting Mulenga Sata to contest Kabwata constituency, and if Mulenga wins Kabwata whoever stands as President of PF next time will have to promise Sata that he will put Mulenga as Vice President. We know where the scheme is going. Already Mulenga is Deputy Mayor, jumping all the poor councillors who have worked their arses off for PF all their lives. It is a sham, and to see old adult men and women being dribbled like this makes me think okay may be they deserve it for being fools.

    • Jay Jay…spot on! Politics of character ‘killing’, tribalism and blind loyalty…while the country suffers…what a master piece of a book one can write on current Zambian politics covering the last twenty years!

  6. Well , this is a no brainer, he is out. He has been on UPND ticket, been on PF ticket, time to start on new rebased and reborn MMD ticket and given us a first Lusaka Seat in years. We look forward to working with him. People with brains and independent minded people are welcome in MMD and that is their true home. You never belonged in PF in the first place, you were like an eagle among chickens.

    Thanks for the sanity you provided to every ministry you went to and am sure you hold the record of most ministries served within a short period of time. That says a lot about your current bosses.

    Time to start a new life Mr Lubinda

    • How can you commit suicide twice? We all have only one life! You committed suicide on 20 September, 2011! MYSRIET. T= TORMENT.

    • IWE ITS BECAUSE OF LUBINDA DIG! ITS GOOD YOU EVEN HAVE EVIDENCE FOR LUBINDAS USELESSNESS. HIS GOING..I CANT WAIT TO VOTE FOR PF.

    • @ CHEELO — YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY VOTER IN KABWATA. WE WILL MEET AT THE POLLING STATION. WE ARE NOT ALL FOOLS IN KABWATA, LIKE YOU.

    • @ CHEELO —– FROM YOUR WORDS, IT IS LIKE YOU ARE CHOKING WITH ENVY FOR WHAT LUBINDA HAS ACHIEVED IN HIS LIFE, COMPARED TO YOU WHO DOES NOT HAVE EVEN A WHEEL-BURROW, APART FROM THE OVERALLS WHICH PF PAID YOU FOR SINGING HARD AND THE T-SHIRT YOU WERE GIVEN BY YOUR PARTY PF FOR PRETENDING TO BE UPND AND RANSACKING THE MARKET TO BESMIRCH THE UPND. WE KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING. WE WILL SEE WHO WINS BETWEEN SATA AND GIVEN IN KABWATA AT THE NEXT BY-ELECTION. IN 2016, YOU WILL BE ALL GONE BACK TO WHERE YOU COME FROM WHERE YOU RESPECT STEALING AS A TALENT AND PROFESSION.

  8. it looks like Given might be given if not properly given space, But politics can be so trivial sometimes especially with our level of maturity

  10. Given did a good job and saved the face of PF. People can listen to him more than Edgar Lungu.
    When he goes, I am sure he has no equals in PF to replace him. This is the reason ba PF have not immediately fired him. He is an asset that cannot be fired immediately.

  11. For GOD’s SAKE why is SATA…..NISM continuing to escalate in our peacefull nation like this!!! no development at all but bickering party levels. Please state house is not party house but a nation. Distinguish between the two legislative form of governing.

    PRESIDENT NO PRESS CONFERENCE TO TELL THE NATION ABOUT ISSUES AND PROBLEMS THE COUNTRY IS FACING, THIS IS SAD!!! I MISS YOU KK, FTJ, LPM AND RB. THIS IS THE WORST LEADERSHIP AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL.

    • @Mweol. A COUNTRY IS NOT RULED BY PRESS CONFERENCES. THERE ARE A LOT OF POLICY ISSUES THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE AND THAT IS ENOUGH. HE WORKS THROUGH HIS MINISTERS AND ALL THESE HAVE BEEN GIVING US GUIDANCE. THE BEMBAS SAY “USHUMFWA MUTUNONO, NAMUFINGI TAKONFWE.” I THINK CALLS FOR A PRESS CONFERENCE ARE NOT GENUINE. WHAT DO YOU WANT HIM TO SAY THAT HE HAS NOT SAID? WE KNOW THAT YOU JUST WANT A SHOW DOWN. THAT IS NOT IT. MY FRIEND. NEVERS MUMBA HAS BEEN HOLDING A MULTIPLICITY OF PRESS CONFERENCES. BUT THAT HAS NOT HELPED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IN HIS POOR PARTY.

  12. I just admire the way Given Lubinda has handled this issue: with great maturity and integrity, no raising alarm and yapping in the media like the that fool Kabimba. The maturity we see in Given is what we need in politicians, and certainly Given has no match in the entire PF. Losing him will be a big blow both to PF and Govt.

    • Well said. PF is shooting itself in the foot by expelling wise, articulate and intelligent people like Lubinda. What value can ingrates like Kabimba add to the PF. Kabimba has no capacity to lead PF, if that is what he is aspiring to. PF will die as a party the moment its reigns are handed over to him. For the man is, to put it mildly, simply uninspiring!

    • BUT WHAT IF THE “SMART GUY” HAS ACTUALLY BEEN PASSING BAD, SILY COMMENTS ABOUT THE PF AND SATA? IS PF UNDER OBLIGATION TO KEEP HIM JUST BECAUSE HE IS A “SMART GUY”. IT IS SAID THAT “YOU CAN FOOL SOME PEOPLE SOME TIMES, YOU CAN EVEN FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE SOME TIMES, OR YOU CAN ALSO FOOL SOME PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. BUT YOU CANNOT FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME”. I SAW GL ON ZNBC YESTERDAY. HE LOOKED GUILTY. HE DID NOT SOUND LIKE THE VIBRANT, ENERGETIC GL WE KNOW. I AGREE THAT GL HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO SOME OF US. BUT MAYBE WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT LIES UNDER HIS SKIN. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH MR LUBINDA.

  13. spare given for diginity of the party advise him where he went than expulsion he fought for the part in gvnment especially the time of rebels i pf party him and others as to serve the party by beoing royal than others.

    • I agree with you, all that was needed was for the party to displine him and maybe drop him from his position than punishing him this way. He played his part in making PF win and credit should be given for the role played. I think PF is losing it.

  15. This statement from State house shows how PF believe they are running a country full of children.Why lie to us that Lubinda is on annual leave.Or are our ministers so irresponsible that they would go on leave when they is an important AU summit this month.What is a guy in acting capacity going to say about issues Zambia is concerned about in relation to foreign policy.Anyway Lubinda too bad for your wasted effort in PF.Ps.Has anyone seen the president lately-no swearing in ceremonies?

  17. i think to be straight forward,the issue of confidetial information as an excuse is rubbish,rupiah had the likes of masebo who were leaking information to the media and a lot of things came out,so Given must be bold enough not to leave the government so that useless information might known,they want to be engaging in corruption, useless Government

  18. Why are you doing this to our tourist attraction. Please spare him. If has committed an offence please forgive him. After all you are accepting defectors. Forgive you own.

    • hahahaha mwati ni boza. we the youths of kabwata know him well. his such an image builder for selfish gain. Ayende we dont want him

    • Personal Doctor???? How about personal galu? See, it does not mean one should be ostracized if they have HIV, not to mention you don’t know if he has it for you to come to such a conclusion. I thought ‘Dr.’ are supposed to fight against stigma not add to it. Shame on you! Yes get back to the real issue of buddy being expelled from PF.

  21. PF disciplinary and central committees are toothless bulldogs. We all know that the boss has already passed judgement and that is, Lubinda is already fired and finished with PF because he has never been accepted as PF in the first place from the begining of the separation of the marriage of inconvenience with UPND.

    Lubinda made his fatal mistake by believing that the PF boss and Kabimba would accept and trust him by crossing over to PF and keeping Kabwata constituency for the party.

    Goodbye Lubinda. You tried but failed and I hope you have learnt your lesson not to trust the COBRA. It can srike and really hard. The whole nation knows about deplomatic appointments of relatives, girlfriends and their offsprings, Kabimba’s son and so on and so forth.You should just have kept quiet…

  22. The things we should not forget is that even in our homes there are roles to follow when our parents said everyone should be in the house by 18 hrs it’s role so mr lubinda if he thinks that he is untouchable let him leave the party period.

  23. Lubinda did not add value in PF. He is not strategic that is why he is being hounded by his perceived enemies in PF. The point is Lubinda wanted to be a political hule, flirting with UPND and exposing PF. He should know that e in PF are not stupid not to realise his trecherous schemes.

  24. He wanted just a job becouse you remember lubinda in the first place he was secretary general for UPND busolola chikala actuary he wanted to be appoited us vice president nomba akumana nasata

  25. this a pf melt down. First victtim of Pf nosense. all the brains will be ejected from PF. Dipak. dean mungomba. derick chitala.nkumbola were the first victims of chiluba nosense

  27. In what gives a glimpse of the source of his crookedness,psychopathy and bitterness , Hakainde Hichilema has disclosed that he grew up a poor boy with no shoes and used to walk for over thirty kilometres to get to school, while carrying containers of chibwantu and Mabisi.

    • @ KOLWE —– what is your problem with HH?? Are you one of those extremely poor people still waiting for money into your pocket from Sata ???? 90 days have passed – wake up and buy new shoes, there will be no money into your pocket….how dull are you ma-pf cadres kanshi? Awe, it is like dullness is the new fashion in PF!! Start working hard. Sata worked hard and is now enjoying himself, although at the expense of the country, that is why PF is out in 2016. If you are still waiting for the free money, you will either steal very soon or you will eat s.h.i.t. Don’t hate HH, he didn’t cause your poverty. Go and groan somewhere else. IN the opposition parties we only tolerate intelligent people, all rejects keep to PF. When 2016 comes we will all banish you to Muchinga and DRC.

  30. In all honesty, this is the last nail in PF’s coffin. This is a one-term party. No self-respecting Zambian will vote for this PF joke in 2016. If they push to rig the elections in 2016, Zambia will erupt into a ball of fire. We are watching them.

  32. Given if you are reading these comments please listen to me. Just resign and leave these people. I am confident you will return your seat. You are decent and well respected individual who does not deserve this kind of mistreatment. The reason you are not fitting in with these people is that you are different, in that, you are genuine and honest individual. REMEMBER THAT DECEIT ONLY GOES SO FAR.

  33. Okay: Kabwata By-Election is coming. Given Lubinda will be the first Minister ever to be fired and expelled by the party in power. However, let me tell you all you PF monkeys, the real fight starts now. Given will tell us the truth about what has been going on in PF, we will get to know the truth. If you touch him, we will touch you.

  34. Given has been giving Pf/government information to watchdog and UPND He deserve to leave PF. Discipline is very important to every organization. He is a sell out.

  35. I like all the observations here, only coz we can converse in a collective language. Considering am Namwanga, when English will be relinquished as a language of communication in the next few months or years, hope everyone will be able to translate in Namwanga for my sake other Namwangas who enjoy reading your postings.

  36. I know why that ka Winter wants him out, its because of his girl friend, i wont mention her name you all know which one, she couldnt resist the fire from Lubinda!
    By the way, since i started bloging, my laptop has been tempered with, kuli chi hacker somewhere at LT, or you blogers, i will catch you wait and see how you will be rebased!

  37. Chitap-meno-ngwe muti and wynter masebo, Thats what the watchdog wrote about Andeleki. Chill ba Monko before you get a stoke

  38. pf, it will work well for us to secretely council lubinda on his mistakes and remain united. Firing lubinda will leave a MARK or a DENT on pf. Hez our brother who campained for pf in hard times

  39. Sata should remember better things that Lubinda and him enjoyed. These guys that are busy championing Given’s departure are the same guys that will be the first ones to desert him. Has H.E forgotten how Nsanda treated or is it beaten him at Radio ichengelo together with the interviewer Fr. Bwalya? Ichikwanka bacimwena kumampalanya. Lubinda, never mind, we’ll vote you back

  41. mhmmm we are just watching…shame cos personally i liked lubinda ..now what is left in PF to like..im sure kabimba is besides himself and pissing his diapers with excitement…anyway noone writes a script for the future and pride comes before a fall..ba kabimbas behaviour is like the kicks of a dying horse..we saw similar behaviour with the late teta mashimba ,na bayashi ba george kunda!!i digress ..

  42. Hounding Given Lubinda from the party will be signalling nothing but intorelance and if such is the premise of the so called inclusive party, then God save us from hyprocricy of the worst kind. What is more damaging to the party, having two ministers caught with thier hands in a candy jar (Kabimba and GBM) and one who is just complaining about the wrongs and directionless of his party? The corruption charges levelled against the two ministers merit expulson from the party than the frivolous allegations that are nothing but a personal witch-hunt for those who feel threatned by his presence in the party. Jesus knew Judas’ evil intentions, but did he fire him from being a follower? No! Why? Jesus knew that Simon will deny him, but he did not fire him. Why? Let the discerning HEAR and HEED!

  43. @ Sana, I agree with you. Rumour has it that these guys Winter and Given are fighting over some lady. Rumour has it that this lady is Sylvia Masebo. olo lwanya. Ndeloleshyafe

  44. The trouble with Lubinda is that he has a pin of the Zambia flag on his lapel and not the PF canoe.

    You have to put party before country to survive with these so-called “patriots”.

  45. Lubinda is paying for what he did to the Lozi pipo. How on earth can you go and bribe the Litunga and Lozis do nothing about it. Its a curse from Lozi pipo. This is his downfall,

  46. Let the traitor go and go to hell. Who is he ? B4 de elections de *****s did tell 0 sorts of lies from hell and dey continue 2 do so but Jehovah God does not dink like dem. U embacils upnd chaps if u don’t kno de fearless with yo’ll idiocy u know .

  47. It appears that Given Lubunda has fallen on his own sword. Beer is for young people, he should have stopped drinking long time ago. Now, he will soon be jobless!!!

  48. Loyalty does not mean agreeing with everything. It does not mean failing to air your opinion in a group if you have a different one. We are talking about a democratic government, not an absolute monarch. It is easy for an intellectual minded fellow to run into this sort of problems when dealing with people who cant see further than the slogan. I can easily see how a guy of Lubinda’s calibre can be frustrated working with certain levels.

    • LUBINDA PLEASE GET OUT OF THIS GREAT FAMILY OR CHANGE YOUR NAME FROM GIVEN LUBINDA TO ATLEAST GIVEN MULENGA, CHANDA ETC
      AND YOU INONGE WINA YOU ARE THE NEXT. AND WE WILL MAKE SURE.

  49. ITS DONT KUBEBA MOVE: we managed to clear there so called NGAMBELA who looked to be a bit strong, and now we can go ahead reducing the power of litunga as we complitely not going to include the BAROTSE AGREEMENT in the new constitution. this other side Given lubinda is already going, we want to show them that they are not clever at all.

  50. very good of our presido to appoint kabimba as head of the AU delegation..he is the right man for the Job..3 cheers for kabimba..ba sata twatotela..this is the Donchi Kubeba we wanted!!democracy is over -rated anyways..atleast i am now satisfied that the herbs my yama kabimba bathes with on ur desk every morning at 5:30 [without fail] are working..

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