President Edgar Lungu has has nominated former Barclays Bank Managing Director Mrs. Margaret Mwanakatwe as a Member of Parliament and subsequently appointed her Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry.
President Lungu has also nominated His Worship, the Mayor of Lusaka, Mr. Mulenga Sata, as Member of Parliament and appointed him Deputy Minister at State House.
This is contained in a media statement released by his special assistant for Press and Public relations Amos Chanda today. The appointments are with immediate effect.
Mrs. Mwanakatwe has an illustrious career in the banking sector both at home and abroad. She has served as managing director for Barclays Bank-Ghana and as United Bank Africa Director for Business Development among others. The President says he will appoint as many women as possible to senior positions in a bid to make gender equity a reality in Zambia.
President Lungu has also appointed Mr. Boniface Chimbwali as Permanent Secretary for Luapula Province. In a pre-appointment brief, the President urged Mr Chimbwali to quickly accelerate the delivery of services to the people because the Patriotic Front Government owes the people of Luapula a lot.
“For the people I know personally I have a strong message that I will not hesitate to remove you from office for non-performance or mal-practice. We want you to go and sail the boat and rock it. People have given us unwavering support and we owe them delivery,” President Lungu said.
Meanwhile, the President has appointed Registrar of Societies, Mr Kakoma Kanganja to the position of Deputy Inspector-General of Police taking over from Dr Solomon Jere whose appointment has been terminated. Dr. Jere will be re-deployed into the Foreign Service. The Head of State has also terminated the appointment of Ms. Brenda Muntemba Sichilemba as Commissioner of Police and re-deployed her into the Foreign Service.
The President has transferred North-Western Province Commissioner Mr. Eugene Sibote to Eastern Province swapping with Ms. Grace Chipalila while Police Commissioner for Western Province Lombe Kamukoshi swaps with Central Province Commissioner Stanwell Lungu.
The President has promoted North-Western Province Deputy Commissioner Auxensio Daka to Commissioner for Muchinga Province and transferred Mr Bonnie Kapeso to Southern Province in the same capacity.
The President has terminated the contract of Commissioner of Police for Lusaka Province Remmy Kajoba and replaced her with Mrs Charity Katanga who moves from Northern Province in the same capacity. Commissioner of Police in-charge of operations at Service Headquarters, Mr. Fanwell Siandege has been sent on leave pending the expiry of his contract on 15th February 2015.
The President has informed the Inspector general of Police Mrs Stella Libongani of these changes, which take effect immediately. The President spent most of the morning meeting all the affected individuals and calling those from outside Lusaka to inform them of his decisions.
Why does the F@#K state house need a deputy minister? Please save us that crap and make meaningful appointments. Again, Lungu missed a great opportunity to nominate people from other regions of the country. Common, is Mulenga the most qualified individual to be given such a position?
so what about Miles Sampa,, mwebantu??,,, i hope Miles Sampa finishes the project of renovating Mr langson Sata`s house somewhere in muchinga province,,, please
What’s your biggest problem and why lament? Next time around be wise and give him enough MPs from your region to choose or pick from.
Which region? I can see people from other regions. His mistake is he has not appointed someone from South Province. If that is the point being communicated here it is valid because he performed badly in that region and needs to embrace every one.
Lungu is afraid to crack the whip and complete the cabinet appointments why?.
Ayopa chaani mambala? He has the power to appoint those in MMD why poaching from UPND?
Does it mean that only UPND has men and women of substance to join PF ‘s reckless government or what.
Only poor and hunger stricken UPND MPs who can not survive without government handouts can accept to be co-opted into PF’s mess.
Anyway clever ones will serve now until July next year when they will resign and ditch PF.
Lungu is 120% Mugabe’s proxy via RB.
These appointments are more of a legacy enhancements
Good appointments
Thanks
BB2014
Those who did not publicly campaign for Kaminamisa Lungu like Bashi Nono are losing their jobs
I can only comment on one or two of the above appointments and disappointments.
1. Jere is good ridance as he was not fit for purpose with all the excuses he accorded to violence and political favourtism. Sad thing is that he continues to live on the public purse regardless.
2. Mulenga Sata is a sad appointment as there is noting to this guy other than the name. I cant stomach how he can be propelled to a ministerial role for?? Nothing really.
3. Charity Katanga and Stella Libongani should have been dropped. Their names are synonymous with the “PF Police Force” as opposed to Zambia Police Service which we desperately need.
I do not know much about the rest and therefore reserve comment except to say, I wish it is on merit that they have been appointed.
@Ndobo, don’t ask me about official PF president Miles Sampa, he has been swindled in day-light. But you can ask me about Willie Nsanda & Kambwili…
Was it not under Margaret Mwanakatwe’s reign that Barclays bank sold off some of it’s branches and within a year or two they realised the mistake they had made only to come back with makeshift ‘tuntemba’ branches? I hope she won’t make experiments which will be fatal to our economy. Wishing her all the best.
If I’m not mistaken, Lungu and Mulenga’s mothers are sisters or cousins… So why is anyone surprised that he would want his cousin close by him at State House? In short, make Inonge Wina a ceremonial Veep, while Mulenga does the substantive work. After 2016 when Inonge (hopefully) delivers the Western vote, fire her and make Mulenga VP. Stage is set, the players are ready! Game on!!!
Why from police force to foreign service? Can we have career diplomats please? In the past diplomats went for debriefing before leaving for their post. If it was a high commissioner the spouse also went for lessons on how to behave. We have mediocrity in the embassies now due to lack of training.
I guess the Bembanization of government continues.
And I thought we were moving forward ? SATA of all people ! This ***** should have been fired because he is a product of Nepotism!
Lungu be careful of your appointments you are making. Remember we voted for you, we can vote you out, especially we can see that Lupiya is the one who is ruling here. We did not want him we gave you a chance knowing very well that you did not have a vision. Be warned not to be used as a stooge to Banda.
A Mr president please clean up Hospitals and ZRA
There, people were appointing friends into positions. and they wanted to turn into a regional dominated company.
Boss, clean up the mess there, starting with………………
Margaret Mhango Mwanakatwe girlfriend to RB . Every Jim and Jack knows that RB Margaret is the girlfriend old sweetheart.
Ministry of State house.
No he is not but he is a thank you for Sata..kaikulike
AND THERE ARE NO TONGAS TO BE APPOINTED WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECTS. FANWELL SIANDEGE (a Tonga)IS DISAPPOINTED BUT AUXENSIO DAKA (from eastern) IS PROMOTED. WAKO NI WAKO CONTINUES.TRIBALISM WILL NOT END IN THIS COUNTRY AND SO FAR LUNGU HAS SIDELINED SOUTHERN PROVINCE IN HIS NEW APPOINTMENTS.THIS IS PARTLY THE REASON PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA HAVE STARTED VOTING IN A REGIONAL AND TRIBAL MANNER. RIGHT NOW IN SP.THE PROVINCAL MINISTER AND COMMISSIONER OF POLICE ARE ALL FOREIGNERS FROM OTHER TRIBES AND REGIONS THAT VOTED FOR LUNGU.THIS VERY SAD INDEED,,AND WE ARE WATCHING FROM THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.
Lungu can only work with those who share his vision. So you have to be PF first or at least share his vision, tribe doesn’t come in mwe bantu imwe.
…what the hell is Stella still doing at force headquarters?
We of North Western Rhodesia stand by our young lady..Stella Libongani. She did a perfect job during the elections. Maintained law and order.
We appeal to President Lungu to be careful not to pander to tribal hoodlums. Respect professionals.
Margaret has 2 qualification to ministerial post:
1. She wears a skirt
2. She has right name= Musokotwane.
IT APPEARS OUR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICES HAVE BECOME A DUMPING GROUND FOR THE UNWANTED CADRES IN GOVT.
Haaaah u shetani. Wait and see. Good move if it was obama thinking
The Post got wind of this ages ago. It seems they’ve got another Chella at State House. Surprise surprise what a week can do to the Post. Not long ago they Pangard Lungu with visionless status, Panga Chief and all sorts. Today, their Headlines are all showered with His Exellency, chakuti, President Lungu Chakuti, lunshi apita, His Honour Lungu chakuti. Iyee mwebanti twafweniko.
I can bet that there is nothing Lungu is going to do to the Post. During campaigns, he was just breathing hot air. The reality on the ground is different. The Post has already showered him with praises and he has forgotten what he said. But we need our K14 billion kwacha. The Post must also pay the tax. Here is where we’re going to judge whether Lungu meant what he said or not. If indeed he stands with the people, he will not go against his word. We are waiting and watching as things unfold.
No comments are sometimes better comments.
am shocked with Meembe kwena Meembe you are a coward .
Coward of RB or its Edgar who is scared of Meembe
kaya now its Edgar this Edgar that nabalaba na Rainbow party
Kambwili will be next to be shown the exit door
Kambili is not a minister.Cabinet was dissolved and Lungu is merely constituting his cabinet.UPND for life!
Please not Kambwili,Mulongoti,Mulusa,Luo ,Miles,Simuusa,Chenda,Taima,Masumba,kopulande,Emmanuel mwamba,Shamenda,Forrie tembo,Monde,Siamunene,Willie nsanda,muhabi,Dora,Chinghimbu,LubindaNamulambe,Mwaliteta these have no substance at all none at all even cockroaches can beat them in 2016.
kambwili is just a disgrace to society ,Mulongoti,Chintala and Masumba full of insults to RB so given a chance can insult again ,Belittle others when they are nobodys
Mulenga Sata shunted to state house partly to please Sata but in reality to block him from organising councillors as a mayor he has power to influence councillors for 2016 presidential bid and being trashed to statehouse he can be monitored in his day to day activities
For the first time am getting to like the appointments that HE ECL is putting in place to ran his government effectively. Without being partisan, i find the recent appointments as a good indication of a good government in place.
Hope that as he completes his working team, he will be mindful that meritorious appointments are all that matters in a good management programme, this includes running of government.
He must be mindful that government management must balance social economic and political demands.
Rock it ECL
Thumbs up Lungu !! This woman surely deserves this position. I like how he is appointing people on merit. Reason why lawyers makes good presidents.
we need politicians in cabinet who does not look at the budget when it comes to implementation of project. To much educations brings problems in politics. Let the president mix his cabinet
HE SHUD ALSO BE REMINDED THAT SOUTHERN PROVINCE IS STILL PART OF ZAMBIA
ON MERITS INDEED, MY FOOT!
It must be quite agonising to be told of termination of your job over the telephone, just like that!
Lungu will be the most hatefull president who have aver ruled Zambia.he disappointed all Tongas in police and every were they seem to exist.this is a blessing to UPND and Minus to PF.He will also disappoint many Bembas who voted for him.He will not pull through next year.Bembas and Tongas will just decide to work together,just like they did in 1991 when they removed Kaunda.
Going to work with a job and coming back as a nobody.
Coming back as “munthu wamba”.
That is politics. Polytricks.
So Bashi Nono is gone?
Just like that. Here today, gone tomorrow.
So what happens to your life when your contract is terminated like has happened to Dr Solomon Jere at Deputy IG or even Kajoba??
Politics is a cruel game!!
Ala mulesekesha! The way you all miss Bashi Nono’s gossip. Kekekekeke, LOL! Now he can spend most of his evenings backbiting with kana Nono! Yaba, LMHO!
I thought Mulenga Sata was a dog breeder according to ZWD. Lol.
Mulenga Sata is a graduate of the school of Engineering – YUNZA! Watch Imbwa are just like their name, scam rollers, always pouring scorn on others. They deserve an encounter with a brutal force.
MR PRESIDENT BUSY SORTING OUT HIS ENEMIES, SCORT, MUNKOMBWE, SICHINGA, NEXT IS SAMPA MILES,CHENDA EMMANUEL,SIMUSA,KAMBWILI the rest will be just reshuffles. we know all these but why wasting time MR PRESIDENT.
waiting for my appointment as …………………. chapwa
Mmm I like this commerce minister apointment. Sorry Bashi Nono its time up for you…..
Robert bashi Nono Sichinga should never ever be resuscitated into political leadership again!
You are right 100%. Phucked up one farming season. Sata should have fired the chap
These are picknick appointments! When are the real ones coming?
Magarrete and mambilima are easterners.Wako ni wako.Tisiyeni nase tinyopoleko.
Appointments can be made I itch on how they will be managed
Mr president please clean up Hospitals and ZRA
There, people were appointing friends into positions. and they wanted to turn into a regional dominated company.
Boss, clean up the mess there, starting with………………
Mr President, please go and clean up ZESCO.
There, people were appointing friends into positions. anf they wanted to turn into a regional dominated company.
Boss, clean up the mess there, starting with………………
…and embassies too!
Mr president please clean up Hospitals and ZRA
There, people were appointing friends into positions. and they wanted to turn into a regional dominated company.
Boss, clean up the mess there, starting with………………
Mwe bantu nga ba shi Nono? Ninshi pafita mwa? Ba shi Nono, in 2016 please do not wait to be ‘invited’ to take part in campaigns. Free advice.
Good so far. Kudos!
(HH) has started betraying his own weak members, one of the UPND chaps complained bitterly on TV 1 about the hatred (HH) and his watchdog are spewing
& where does all this saga leave Given Lubinda sure….? even if that man did something wrong,honestly shall we opt to just forge ahead without thinking of how much effort he put in to secure Mr Sara’s victory in 2011…come on,we can do better than this.this man’s case is quite rational…. he needs a high profiled position in the current government.yes,one might argue for all I care but the fact still remains…. he’s one of the best this country needs,period!
This is were Dora siliya got her change of govt wrong,all these people going /recalled from foreign service is costly.appointing mulenga sata is a bad move because its another ward by election.there are alot of non upnd affiliate educated tongas lungu should appoint.
Why tongas and not luvales or mbundas or even kundas. Thats why people are calling you names.
appointing mulenga sata is even long over due. he deserves better. he is very qualified and a patient person. mulenga sata is less bureaucratic and intelligent. why do bantustans complain each time appointments are made? they gave sata/ lungu zero votes yet they want pipo who toiled for them get nothing. even in the USA, things dont happen that way. yes there will be new comers here there but it doesnt wholesomely change and everything given to bantustans,no! no! no!. bantustans tell HH next elections, he shouldnt board flight bantustan enclave, let him board international flight, it doesnt crashland.
@ Planso
There we go again!!!!!!What’s so special about tongas?
@ Cristal Clear
All you want is for him to appoint tongas, as if you would do that, the way you are shameless in yo practice of tribalism you would appoint tongas only
Kanshi what so special about Tongas that we can’t rest? If appointments are on merit it doesnt matter the tribe and one has to be available for such an appointment. Bushe we have to be asking what tribe before the appointment?
Mwanakatwe is by far a better appointment that Bob Sichinga, simple as that. Lungu means business.
@cleastal clear.am not tonga but nsenga from kasonde village in petauke same as EL but the victims in tribalism are tongas.thats why i use rational mind in my comments.
Planso Zambia has 72+ tribes how do justify that the tongas are the victims when Dr Simbyakula a tonga is occupying one of the top 4 positions, where are the Mbundas please. Remember EL has limited nominations the rest must be appointed from his pool of MPs. There is the party vision/ manifesto to be implemented and only those who share that vision are better placed to implement it and explain it.
Crystal Clear, Dr. Simbyakula is not Tonga but some tribe (Lala or something) from Mkushi. Sorry! Thank you
@Sorry the doc is a tonga from monze, from his own mouth I got it.
In the last 3 years what has Bob Sichinga actually done? Please someone?
Planso, mukwasu, start thinking rationally and critically! What makes Tongas victims in tribalism? Just because their prefered candidate, chosen freely by them doesn’t make it into state house doesn’t make them victims. This kind of hallucinative analysis is extremely dangerous and should not be condoned by all right thinking people. Their are no victim s of tribalism in Zambia except a few wrong thinking scondrels like Jane Mulenga and her/his friends whi are peddling hatred on social media. In the big scheme of things, Tongas are working in government departments, the corporate world, in banks, shops, industries, farms and factories and they are fairly competing with other Zambians for positions.
Sory Cristal Cltear I meant @ Planzo
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT TONGAS BUT WHAT IS WRONG IS LUNGU FAILING TO APPOINT A TONGA ON MERIT,BECAUSE THERE ARE ALOT OF TONGAS WHO ARE EDUCATED AND QUALIFIED.SO LUNGU IS TAKING A REVENGE ON THE WAY SP VOTED..ANY HE CAN GO TO HELL WE TONGAS WILL NOT BEG HIM BECOS WE ARE NO BEGGERS
Tongas are Zambians.Check your history most Schools are in southern.This province has produced one of the fine brains in Zambia.Most of them are abroad because of the tribalism in job appointments in Zambia.Its not fair bane.then you turn around and acuse them of being tribal,when infact its us the Ngonis and Bembas who are tribal.Zambia united is the only way.Let the Luvales,lozis,Kaondes,Bundas ,Kachokwe,Saalas,Ila,Toka leyas,Lenjes and many more also enjoy.If this wont be done then forget 2016.Byee byee PF.
Better? Kaya. Go and ask RB and the late John Mwanakatwe.
Good appointments. So far so good.
I think Dr Kaseba should also be given some senior GRZ position.
No, let her stay away from politics, this is not a monarch. Let her join vera and the other former first ladies and work on community centric projects.
The time for such politics is over. Edgar Lungu reminds me somewhat of Levy Mwanawasa. Look, there is a very high chance that people like Kambwili will not be offered any government positions. Lungu is very intelligent. Frankly, there are many friends of Sata who have performed terribly in office. The list includes Kambwili and Bob Sichinga.
The persistent mentioning of tribalism and regionalisation is boring. This is the theory behind the people advocating tribalism or racism:
1. They lack maturity and are either threatened by the other individual’s perceived ability to progress in life.
2.Lack of intelligence- inability to form arguments coherently or express themselves so that they can be heard-this inadvertently leads to some one using insults or derogatory words against the other tribe.
3.Lack of ability to articulate the thoughts in one’s brain- again similar to above,the person can’t process their God given intelligence,they become angry and take their frustration on other tribes.
For those of you who are tribalists/racists, check which category you belong to.
Lady Mwanakatwe’s appointment is a great move for our mother Zambia. A very smart and educated lady. Plus it is a field she is trained for. Putting Mulenga Sata as deputy at State house is good, for a Lusaka Mayor carries a lot of power. This way Mulenga Sata shall not be able to talk to the grass roots and weaken president lungu’s vision for the Capital.
Justice Mumba should be given her ECZ back. Great lady.
too many appointments wont do him good because by the time these people settle down the year will be gone.The period is too short to make too many reshuffles.
The issue is not even time he is preparing a team to fight in the 2016 battle, but keep cadres Like kambwili & nkhandu… Mr President.
waiting for big guns Lubinda , kambwili, Fr Bwalya, Sampa and other gaints.
No Kambwili! No vuvuzela Bwalya if you please
Who told you these are big guns?
I like how ‘on point’ the appointments have been so far. Its high time we as a country moved away from the ‘wako ni wako’ and ‘politics of the belly’ syndromes to appointments which add value to the welfare of Zambians. I believe that such appointments have clear and well vested interest of all Zambians at heart….way to go Zambians….way to go
Dudu Lupiya has a hand in this appointment, this woman Mwanakatwe has been Lupiya’s girlfriend from our time at Vasity. She was appointed deputy governor during Lupiya’s days as president but raised eyebows was then put under cover. Kabudula is in play here. Lungu be careful here
Dr Solomon Jere was a disgrace to Police professionalism. Good riddance.
The real problem in the current government is Alexander Chikwanda. In my opinion, he is unfit to be finance minister in a new administration.
Chikwanda is a very good Finance Minister, He knows his work
Ya lungu is been used he will regret some of these appointment,friends and relatives,Zambians its high time you wake up,you act shallow wen pipo are appointing there galfrnd and enriching themselves, enhalf is enhalf same pipo zambia is big for same pipo
What hey are you saying? Are you drunk or high on something? Don’t use your text speak here!
So far so Good. Keep up with the Good Work Your Excellency Mr President.
Mr Lungu says, ” We want you to go and sail the boat and rock it “. Was he misquoted or has mixed up the idioms?
Why is Chagwa tinkering with minor appointments instead of forming a cabinet first? Swapping junior cops and appointing deputy ministers and deputy ambassadors!! Has he got a problem making a cabinet of his choice and which can deliver?
President Lungu repeated nor emphasied the point for Payment of taxes owed to govt in his inaguaration speech saying let me say it again because some people do not understand.
Has that named tabloid paper paidup it’s taxes?or taxes are now being paid inform of showering praises.
Just during the campaign time membe realized President Lungu was winning and started to service his debt while putting management at half pay then he hiked the price of his tabliod twice in two months to remain afloat..
The President should not major in minors like appointments of police officers before constituting his cabinet. Appointment of a nominated MP as deputy minister is a waste of nominated seats. Better use such cards for full ministerial position unless he had exhausted his full ministerial appointments. Management skills!
Illustrious career my foot! Margaret run down Barclays Bank Zambia
It’s not her my dear these decisions are cooked far away in the world HQ in London . they saw the results and discontinued the projects while transferring the project implementors to Ghana a bigger market..
@be serious
Exactly my thoughts. what a wasted opportunity. He would have used the chance to appoint the best brains the country has–8 great men and women who will add value to his cabinet. What a leader!
@Choma..
Take your frustration some place else please! Just because your relative has not been appointed, you want to call it a waste?
So being a president is same as recruitment officer for the country. This will take a long time to finish and may even go into next elections in 2016. If he wants to change everyone then we should as well have voted for the opposition UPND. Just imagine within the same political party he decides to make such changes! One thing is very clear, Edgar Lungu is a liar. He promised people that they were going to keep their jobs but he has fired them after campaigning for him. Given Lubinda campaigned better than Lungu, he talked more sensible things during campaigns than Lungu and should have been the first to be rewarded. Chikwanda has been retained becUse during campaigns money was being released to finance Lungu’s tours without Guy Scott knowing. Eastern province has taken over PF.
What is new President Edgar Lungu doing? He first appoints to cabinet 3 members of UPND and leaves staunch party members guessing on cabinet posts!!! Whois more loyal a UPND member or long-standing PF member?
UPND members are also Zambians. A lot of them have great ideas, they are only held back by their top brass not wanting to have a convention or to dialogue. Well done president Lungu.
These are excellent appointments , BEMBA affiliates in charge of the money foreign affairs and mineral wealth. Lozi should be happy with a Ceremonial VP. all the accusation that UPND is a tribal party are now counterbalanced with this tribal domination of the decision making of the country. This is an excellent campaign for UPND
@ Ngambela
Your reasoning is puzzling! I thought for one to be a Ngambela, at least, he ought to a bit of some wisdom? Mwanawakwitu has answered you I guess.
The storm is slowly cooling down, be mindful Mr President you need political soldiers in a year plus, balance them with these technocrats for balanced results at election time. Wishing you well…
All these guys know that their new jobs are only good for about 20 months or thereabout. So in typical Zambian fashion they will prioritize looting above all else.
Sad but true.
So you suggest there shouldnt be any appointments. By the way it is an offence to accuse people unless you have evidence
You must be a criminal to make such a deduction. How about a sense of national duty for people of Margaret Mwanakatwe’s standing? Margaret has made her money and this is simply service to the nation. Deja Vu, go get a life!
One UPND MP (Solwezi) is almost crying that the Zambian Watch Dog has reported that he has accepted a ministrial post from Edgar. He says that he is an avid reader of the ZWD, but now he has doudts on this source. No wonder these guys believed they were winning. And Gary Nkombo is at tears denying that he intends to take over HH.
Eddy Chagwa seem to be doing well here the names are so diverse unlike in 2011,Sata has replaced Musonda wth Mwansa as N/western police commissioner,meanwhile the president has transferred Chilufya from Western to replace Mutale who moved to Southern in the same capacity,Mr Sata has also appointed Jonathan Mwewa as an ambassador to Norway,it was confusing it really sounded like the bemba kingdom.
You retard is obsessed with Bembas! Do you sleep over the Bemba tribe? You are worse than the devil because the devil atleast does not about the bembas all the time. But you, eish! Three quarters of your brain is preoccupied with bembas. Don’t you have anything to posts, like sex, school, engineering, farming or just anything apart from bembas? Kkkkkkk ati Bantu botatwe. Ukokwine
@ BBC,
The dogGGSs deserve your point. They hate bembas as if banina naba wife enjoyed sex with bembas.
Truth has to be told about Sata’s tribalism. It is as clear as the nose on your face. Why live in denial?
What about Lubinda and Sampa,,.Mr. president, plzz do somethng,. Sampa z a young leader wth great visions for our mother Zambia..Lubinda has worked very hard for the well being of PF, don’t let him down plzz,.Send him to Canada or France as a diplomat
No we need Lubinda here as a full cabinet minister. He is a solid guy indeed!
Bambas or sole Bembas are the worst tribalists.Shame on these ticks.They survive by sucking the country,s economy.Bapombo Fusake.Go back to your poor country leave our Barotseland.
What is a pit coat govt ?
Mr president please clean up Hospitals and ZRA
There, people were appointing friends into positions. and they wanted to turn into a regional dominated company.
Boss, clean up the mess there, starting with………………
The new minister of commence is a cousin to Mrs Chikwanda. She is from Malawi and one wonders why EL has appointed her. She is also a long time girlfriend to RB. When she was in Ghana RB immediately upon becoming president openned a zambian embassy and visited Ghana. RB and Chikwanda are the ones ruling now
No vision Lungu be careful of your appointments you are making. Remember we voted for you, we can vote you out, especially we can see that Lupiya is the one who is ruling here. We did not want him we gave you a chance knowing very well that you did not have a vision. Be warned not to be used as a stooge to Banda.
A phiri ana bwela anachoka ku Canada, anapenza atu weka onse anamwalilakudaala! You are truly lost!
Hmmmmm,Dudu Mhango,long time babe of Lupiya just when she was a young beautiful girl at UNZA.Lupiya was then Forein Affairs Minister.Dudu would be flown to UK for shopping,classic case of Sugar Daddy.she lived in comfort at UNZA.this relationship hurt late Lupiya’s wife,the graceful,beautiful Hope Makulu Banda.
Yes,Margaret Dudu Mhango Mwanakatwe is intelligent but she also knows how to use her beauty .Sugar Dad Lupiya may have a hand.
@ Sarina
I can smell jealous a mile away!!! Typical PHD syndrome! Imwe tamunyengesha olo tamunyenga?
Institutional heads in the civil service should be swapped or cleaned especially in ministry of agriculture and livestock, ministry of local government and housing and health.
Everthing should be new.
Political appeasement at the expense of political support will be disastrous for President Chagwa. He must come to terms that keeping his colleagues
the former ministers who supported him during the elections guessing weather they will be re-appointed will prove disastrous. He even takes leave without constituting a full cabinet. This is betrayal of the highest order. An appointment like this will not earn any political support. The madam must have been appointed as advisor to the president. She is not a politician.
We know you want your relatives returned. That era or error of Zambia’s past has come to an end. It is time notable people and capable individuals are elevated. We the people shall vote, not you thr PF cheerleaders.
No, BKB, Margaret is a politician. Otherwise why would she accept a ministerial position?Obviously she’s fully aware of what to expect in such positions.She’s an intelligent woman,wishing her the best in her new career.
Margaret Mwanakatwe is a political animal or she wouldn’t have survived the corporate politics that made her MD BBZ & later Barclays Ghana. Some of the comments you make expose your social level in society. I am in the corporate world and I am as good a politician as any.
A president should not be a puppet to all who sponsored his campaigns. This will be against the wishes of us zambians who voted for pf.
He should know how he come to power. It is because of one Sata and even himself admitted that he never had ambitions of becoming President. It was his colleagues choice then the Zambians.
Inclusion of women in the corridors of power is an excellent move. From Ministries to Police service et.al. I am glad some recycled politicians have been excluded with the exception of ABC…we all aware that nepotism is at play here & will never die in Africa!!
Mulena’s appointment on the other hand is welcomed with mixed feelings…great infusion for the younger Gen to be involved in front line politics but how can he cope with the many portfolios under his belt? Its simply an elevation to groom him for MP or future Presido…(SATA Legacy to prevail) Watch this space!!
Sory Uncle Bob…u’ll live to fight another day..avoid being caught out again…next time it maybe on Candid Camera
…..why piecemeal appointments….??…just give us the whole bouquet all at once man…making people become anxious for nothing…..I’m just hoping this is not one of the legacy he has adopted of appointments and swearing in every other day for three year running….and I hope that shunning of the presidential aspirant’s debate is not another sign of starving us with press conferences….anyway signs are already there when he avoided the press on his return from AU gathering…..
It is Government heads he is appointing, not prefects or class monitors. Calmness and tact are very essential.
@Mwawakwitu….
I guess you are in your early Twenties……the only cabinet you have witnessed being constituted in your adulthood is that of MCS…..
…usually a ‘new’ president announces a ‘new’ cabinet almost all at once except may be for 1 or 2 posts…..ask those who were adults during the KK, FTJ, LPM era…
….all the 11 presidential aspirants including Mulyokela took note of who they wanted to work with when they were going round campaigning….it was matter of giving himself 3 to 4 days to come up with atleast 90% of the list..
…not such kind of appointments as if it is a re-shuffle….VP today. two ministers tomorrow, even appointing deputies before ‘full’ ministers……after that he can take his time on appointing Diplomats and heads of govt wings, security etc..
Lungu be careful of your appointments you are making. Remember we voted for you, we can vote you out, especially we can see that Lupiya is the one who is ruling here. We did not want him we gave you a chance knowing very well that you did not have a vision. Be warned not to be used as a stooge to Banda.
Please bring back our Prof at FRA
This woman Mwanakatwe …or rather MARGET MWAPE for she does not desrve to use the noble surname of Mwanakatwe (the late great John Mwanakatwe must be turning in his grave )…. stole from the West African Bank where she was for some time …..CHECK THIS AND YOU WILL SEE HOW CROOKED AND MORRALY LOW THIS PERSON IS …NOW SHE GOING TO MAKE DEALS AT MIN OF COMMERCE WHAT A SHAME …………Zambia you allowed a crook to steal and rig elections so what do you expect ……RB IS NOW YOUR DEFACTO PRESIDO
Cops being moved from civilian roles back to ZP and cops being sent into foreign service just like when is appeasing going to end…so we start training seasoned diplomats like the Mainza Chonas and VJs of this world
Get over it, VJ and Chona are no more.
ama Lungu be careful of your appointments you are making. Remember we voted for you, we can vote you out, especially we can see that Lupiya is the one who is ruling here. We did not want him we gave you a chance knowing very well that you did not have a vision. Be warned not to be used as a stooge to Banda.
@ Bantu-Botatwe/Barotse independence,
You belong to a failed tribe chiiikkkkkaaaaallllaaaah. You are full of hatred for bembas.
DID THEY THEY GIVE GOOD SEX TO YOUR LADIES AND WIVES?
@BBC
Why do i have to think so much about a failed tribe which rejoices in immorality?stealing from people who feeds you,the tribe that celebrates poverty and ignorance,a tribe that bases its superiority on illiteracy.The only thing i think about is how to protect our riches which is being plundered by people who have nothing to offer on the economic table of a failed(Zambia) project coined to help others survive,I only think of N/Western Rhodesia and its future generation Kwamana
@Bantu crap…
Just shut the f**k up with your N/Western rhetoric! Love Zambia or gellout!
Mr president please clean up Hospitals and ZRA
There, people were appointing friends into positions. and they wanted to turn into a regional dominated company.
Boss, clean up the mess there, starting with………………
#33 the Dark Lord, Chikwanda is okay for the job provided he works with intelligent ministers who can guide him. In the last cabinet the ministers did not whether they were coming or going, leaving Chikwanda to poke his nose into areas where he had little or no expert knowledge. Just take for example the Mines & Energy portfolio, minister blank and Chikwanda fills the gap created with his pretence to experience and expertise. The likes of Margaret can now advise ba Mudala ba Chikwanda to do the right things.
@ Bantu-Botatwe/Barotse independence,
You belong to a failed tribe chiiikkkkkaaaaallllaaaah. You are full of hatred for bembas.
DID THEY THEY GIVE GOOD SEX TO YOUR LADIES AND WIVES?
We warned you, E C Lungu and Mulenga Sata are brothers from one maternal lineage. However, monkeys are under ‘Donchi Kubeba’ in this PF/MMD RB led government. As they would say ‘Baikata panshi’ all is gone with Sata. Good riddance, lets hear how they will react.
Their reaction will define PF in 2016 elections.
Bembas vs Tongas threats to national unity unfortunate they are the largest ethic groups in Zambia.How can we cure this deepening tribal hatred between the two largest tribes?
It is Bembas v North Western Rhodesia (Barotse)
They are not largest. They are the noisiest and most selfish.
This is the return of RUPIAH BANDA!!!!!!!!!!!!
The man people did not want.
Bwana Lungu this time govt ni yetu ma easterners.Weka watu wetu zaidi na kutoa ma Bembas kama Mulenga Sata.
Bembas hawakutupenda kwa serikali yao and besides,its our time to eat ndugu yangu.
At the rate Lungu is going its becoming clear that the government should prepare funds for the importation of maize for the 2016 fiscal year. We all know the state of agriculture in our country and you would think he would be taking the plight of our farmers and food security more seriously and would have appointed a credible and competent minister of agriculture by now. Truth be said if anyone in the PF can be effective at being minister of agriculture I would propose Guy Scott.
Stella libongani should be fired! These are indeed good appointments I just hope Mr president consider Kambwili and Lubinda thanks
Touch Libongani, you touch NWR (full stop)
Zambia also, I thought we would Change. Bemba, Bemba, Bemba.
Every important appointment is Bemba.
Can’t we look beyond Bemba please for the sake of One Zambia One Nation?
Many factors unchecked will lead to PF government downfall. They need an overhaul of Sata legacy of appointments which were regionally dominated. Time is of essence.
The President has terminated the contract of Commissioner of Police for Lusaka Province Remmy Kajoba and replaced her with Mrs Charity Katanga who moves from Northern Province in the same capacity. Commissioner of Police in-charge of operations at Service Headquarters, Mr. Fanwell Siandege has been sent on leave pending the expiry of his contract on 15th February 2015. poorly written. Remmy has become HER
thumbs up for Mulenga Satas appointement , am sure his father is Happy in his Grave and am proud of that appointment too……….please dont leave Given Lubinda in your cabinet , he is a great substance we need plus remember he toiled and worked hard for the party while in opposition , we all make mistakes and lets learn to move on please give him a ministerial position…………by the way how far have gone in pushing for our 14 bilion money from the Post Newspapers ?? we need that money mr. President remember you promised us duriing campigns that you will recover that money.
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bravo mr president good appointments .right profesionals and right positions