The MMD has suspended Lusaka Provincial Chairman Geoffrey Chuumbwe for stating that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe should be removed from leadership by force.
The suspension of Mr. chuumbwe was arrived at after the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) met today to consider the matter.
Acting National Secretary Geoffrey Kande announced the suspension of Mr. Chuumbwe in a statement released to ZANIS in Lusaka today.
Mr. Kaande said the MMD cannot and will not encourage any change of leadership by force in any country.
He said the MMD found the statement attributed to Mr. Chuumbwe to be highly inimical as it would restrain relations between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Mr. Kaande said the ruling party regrets the irresponsible statement issued by Mr. Chuumbwe.
He said the statement was not sanctioned by the party and was an act of an undisciplined individual.
Mr. Kaande has since said the statement must not be attributed or viewed as an official position of the MMD.
ENDS/VP/AM/ZANIS
one wonders the calibre and political astuteness of these so-called leaders!! how can he allow his mouth to start shooting off before the brain engages?? what he said is not necessarily wrong but some things are left to others to say especially the zimbabweans themselves!!! he has got what he deserved.
Fine chumbwe is gone. What about shakafuswa and Moonga. I hope no one touches monga pantu alelanda ifyamano but shaka should find his exit. Bushe namuleka ukutontonkanya pa zed to be thinking of Maureen succeding the husband. Who is she but ifi mwaba no tulo you are blinded by the brown envelopes you will find maureen in state house and the couple will have led 20 solid years. Wake up zambians. Forget about that chap Teta is useless.
i really echo with number 2==Fine chumbwe is gone. What about shakafuswa and Moonga.Levy always gets tough with people who are not related to him,let him also sort out his relatives.Levy should not run this Country like a zoo.Let Maureen not shield his relative,today you are in State house tomorrow will be a different story and all those thugs you are protecting will run away from you.Long Live Zambians.it is a shame for this ruling Family,it has now come to my attention that it is not the Party ruling Zambia but the Mwanawaasa Family.we shall sort you out after your tenure of office
No, he just cannot be suspended, he has to be dismissed and not by the MMD but by Chuchu! Chuchu dismissed Derrick Chitala saying that was not the position of gvt that he had taken. If this is not your position please take action otherwise we think that you are either impartial or not consistent.
yangua mwebantu ubupuba bwaba MMD. How cld you fire honest pipo for saying the truth.Now chuchu plz fire your nephew shakaz
SONG FOR CHUCHU
-muleti mwanona chuchu
-lyatona
-wemwana kakolope ilenda
-lyatona
-chuchu nomba plot1 yapaka nelenda
-SATA eee sokolope ilenda pa state house weee!!
Selective justice seems to prevail in Zambia anyway its better than having no justice at all.If its possible that chap should appoligise as we dont believe in the use of force in Zambia
I agree Levy has done and could have even done far much better but the problem is he is now tired and his failure to come up with a team people he would have liked to work with.Its a lesson to the young Zambians that leadership is team work.I wonder who his political friends are.In general the Man has the best interests of the country at heart.
The word “chuchu”, what does it actually mean and where does it originat? I’ve been reading this word for quiet sometime now, is it President Mwanawasa’s real nickname?
chuumbwe is correct.i feel sad that there have suspended him.if you look at zimabwe today and compare it with 15 yrs ago and the way people are living,it is terrible.african leaders (sadc) and(un)should not wait for something to go bad thats when there should act.eg Dafur.its a shame for africa to ignore what is happaning in zimbabwe because it ‘ll haunt us, like the Luanda issue.it frustrates more even to see mugabe when he is shown on tv,worse his picture.
I stand to be corrected. “Chuchu” was a funny looking character is a Mexican TV series entitled “No one but you”. This is where the name stems from…. not a very pleasant personality to be equated to
Zambian its no accident why you are not developed. Failure to think even slightly critically is endemic. For example this issue of Shaka, Chuumbwe & Moonga. Let me make it clear that I believe deep down that Shaka said those things and deserves to resign on his on. But you cannot ignore the technicalities especially since he has refused to step down. Now what is needed is to prove he made those utterances and take action. Moonga & Chuumbwe, VJ & Mbita etc on the other hand talked directly to the press for all to see. There can be no mistake about their utterances. And this is why action followed swiftly. Lets dissect matters critically regardless of personal affiliation.
To write advocating for the United States of Africa which we all yearn to see one day, a matter that has been under discussion by African leaders for sometime and consequently to be fired was insane. To speak of toppling an independent nation’s president by a ruling party’s leader minutes after the departure of President is gross violation of another nation’s sovereignty. The two incidents are not similar and just to regret the leader’s comments is not enough. It may show to us and to Zimbabwe that that is the govt’s stand despite the denial. Many govts, after all do that. If this matter is serious, it is not just for MMD, but Chuchu. Remember the Vice President Nevers Mumba?
Chuumbwe deserves what he got. What is so funny is that he is quick to suggest the use of force against Mugabe BUT totally numb about LPM. He should first fight the battle at his door step before he attacks Zimbabwe. Zambia has a lot of questionable issues about our President that need to be addressed.
#10 The truth i suppose you meant ‘Rwanda’ and not ‘Luanda’? Mulilo, i share your view and i have argued on this blog that Shakas must be given due process if he does not go on his own because the circumstances are disimilar, plus Chitala, VJ,Nevers and now Chuumbwe all meddled into sensitive foreign policy issues touching on sovereign states – i dare argue that the gravity of their utterances was more serious than Shakas’ alleged remarks about women even though they were despicable
Profiler could you please elaborate your insinuation here? what battles need to fought and what questionable issued need to be addressed? shade some light please
im sorry i meant issues above
#16
Nepotism, Selective persecution, Poverty, Corruption, Incapable leaders, use of Government Resources to propel Maureen as Presidential candidate, etc. These issues need to be addressed before we go to war with Mugabe
Ok i see what you mean, i think enough Zambians must be concerned about these vices to express their displeasure through the ballot, dont you agree? I understand though that Maureen has already said she is not standing for plot one, is there a new scheme afoot to still float her candidature?
Why waste so much time cursing Politicians and getting annoyed with their actions? You will end up having a heart attack but these guys will never change. This game is dirty wherever you go. I personally think Russian or Nigerian olitics /politicians are even dirtier than Zambians.
Glad to see you all expressing your selves. Zambia is basically a finished country we are too timid. Two (2) Universities after 44 years. The country scores less that 2 on a scale of 10 in all human endevours.You can not get admission into Universites unless you have 10 points!The country has one referral hosipital. You have switched off many youngsters but we do not feel it unless it is Rodney Sisala switching off power on his load shedding rampage.There are many who can bring this great country out of it’s doldrums but all of us must stop being tribal/regional and look at individuals who can do the job regardless. We are there just waiting!
Takaunda eee sosa sosa echalo chilekumfwa. This is the same thing Chuchu and his govt.They talk but no direction at all.
Its bad lets heed from the Zimbabwe fiascal
“Levy counsels MMD MPs over dangers of 50%+1”
RESIDENT Levy Mwanawasa yesterday cautioned MMD members sitting on the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) over the 50 per cent plus one majority presidential vote .
#21. Zed has 3 public universities now. There are also a number of private one of which Zambia Adventist University owned by the SDA Church is one.
#9. Zulu 83. Chuchu is a short cut name for Chuma or Chuumbwe – all being Tonga language names. You also find names like Chichi for Chitalu (Something in one of the northen province languages), Chisulo (Tool in one of the eastern province languages) and Chipo (Gift in Tonga).
Therefore, I reckon it must be a short cut name for someone. This is not to take away the fact that CHUCHU was some interesting pawn of some kind in the TV series ‘No one but you’ as already pointed out by someone above.
#21.In the heat of battle its the real men who stand up to be counted.That surrender attitude shows lack of character and unfortunately its something common among our intellectuals.They are very happy to go to the West and stoop to the muzungu all day while enjoying the meticulously constructed environment.Friends believe it or not Zambia is a gem.But it is said that every state is built on FORCE.If the thinkers in Zambia want to take the country to the next level through serious engineering of the economic then they must be willing to get their hands dirty with oil.They must pack a punch.Otherwise thugs will continue to rule your copper,emeralds,oil&uranium. Africa wake up
NEVERS,VJ,MOONGA,SIKATANA,CHUUMBWE or what about shakafusex its all POLITICS.
yangu tata ubufontini imwe bachifita! i think recolonising the intire continent would be the only best solution. mwaifilwa mwe!
#21, this shows how detached you are from mother Zambia. That is the danger of being an arm-chair critic without a solution. Do not ‘hide’ in the same Western countries which you keep exalting day in, day out and compare Zambia to them. Real Men AND Women, some even more qualified in the jobs than you, have risked to stay on in Zambia to assist in the development of the country, no matter how slow this development comes. This is at the expense of their professions. They would have chosen to ‘run’ away like you did, but they have hang-on to fight the economic war to the bitter end. I call these Zambians the real men and women of intergrite who would suffer now and have a four square meal per
cont’d
day later in an economic successful Zambia than ‘bolt’ to another country and make noise from there! Rodney Sisala would is definitely not happy either to be given names because of the outages and load-sheddings. If he had a quick solution to outages, iam sure he would have applied it so he too rests from the name-calling. Do you #21, have a solution to the ZESCO saga? I am sure ZESCO can engage you as a Consultant if you have a solution. ZESCO’s problem is Regional and you cannot isolate one country from the mess. RSA with even a better infrastructure is no exception to this.
work out fools dont say publicly things without sense watchout another person on the way suspend them foolish person
MMD are cowards. Levy talks tough against rigging in Zim, yet he is eating in statehouse due to his rigging with Chiluba in 2001. The suspension of Chuumbwe is nothing other than a smoke screen. Soon Zim will ensure that the opposition in Zed are supported against the mmd as a quid pro quo! Chicken will come home to roost!
When Teta was with UPND, l thought he was quite a straightforward,senseable and reasonable guy.But now he has also turned out to be ichi wele wele fye.Maureen Mwanawasa is not Presidential material, Come up Zambians wake up.
This time it is chuumbwe, who is next on the list? is it Musosha? why is chuchu sheilding him for ambuse of office?
And to those who bashed LPM on chuumbwe or chiimbwe, its called “pie in the face”. Common guys lets be gentlemen, give credit where its due. Its an MMD issue, but coz MMD is in power such actio was taken.And why can’t we deal with the issue at hand … not ma iirele.
what about shakafuswa?
I suspect Chumbwe’s suspension is window dressing on the part of the MMD. It is good to show Zim that we are detached from that statement. But Levy and many other well meaning Zambians Know that what Chumbwe stated is seeming to be an option, considering how things are going in Zim, just that Levy has to adhere to political correctness of foreign relations. Chumbwe’s suspension will soon be lifted and i am sure right now, he is receiving pats on the back with people saying – you spoke a lot of sense.
Our Father Mugabe,
who art in Harare ,
how bad is your name that it can be hated in all corners of the world?
Thy kingdom is no more,
Give us this day our poll results
& 4give us 4 voting you out
as we 4give u 4 trying to rig the votes.
Lead us not into stoning u, but deliver us from your policies.
4 thine is da cruelty, da poverty and da shame.
Amen
Is shaka is utterance on record? And who did he offend? I did not really get to the bottom of shaka’s issue. The pipo he offended should ask him to resign. Was he speaking as a person ? Or as a govt employee? etc, etc. Looks judge a case by its merits and not similarities/differences to other cases.I’m not an MMD sympathiser anyway, I just like dealing with issues and not tissues.
People let us be serious. We are about to witness another Rwanda in Zim, and we go ahead to suspend honest people like chuumbwe for speaking the truth, except for the use of force. Tho that doesnt warrant a suspension, Mugabe must be told in no uncertain terms that we dont like what he is doing in Zim. I miss Nyerere.
What is happening in Zim can not be left to the Zims alone, it affects all of us, and as such we should all speak out and take action.
Chuumbwe will be proved right very soon when we see Zims scampering in all directions. African heads of state wake up pls. Levy must be saluted on his stand.
Pharoah received double for what he did to Israel, so shall that man.
Ba LT moderator
How come you`ve deleted my comments countering the individual who keeps impersonating me in #23 and yet you left such a flawed posting.
Are you the one impersonating me?
#23 Bamashina!!!What`s up?
Do not have a slave mentality or an inferiority complex.Have the courage to present your own views under your own ID.No one is going to eat you alive.
Confidence BABA!!!
If using my ID is going to give you some courage then please be my guest.
Ignore #41
My apologies Mr MODERATOR
You are right with the logic but you may need to work on the correct spellings