Mazabuka Town Clerk, Ekan Chingangu says his council will comply with Government directives that has nullified Mayoral elections.
Mr Chingangu told ZANIS in Mazabuka, Sunday, although the mayor elect, Shaderick Mwiinga had been given the instruments of power, his administration will have nothing to do but to ask him to surrender them to former Mayor, Edmond Cheelo.
He said the local authority will abide by the minister of local government’s directives to extend the tenure office for the Mayors and their deputies although official communication has not yet been issued.
Mr Chingangu said the council has not yet received official communication from the Ministry of Local Government but will follow what is in the Press.
But Mayor elect Shaderick Mwiinga told ZANIS, as far as he is concerned his election is not affected by the statutory instrument signed by Local Government Minister.
Mr Mwiinga said he will only accept when the council receives official communication nullifying his election.
Meanwhile local government and housing minister, Benny Tetamashimba has said the Patriotic Front (PF) mayoral elections held at Kitwe and Chingola councils are illegal .
Mr Tetamashimba said in an interview in Lusaka that the elections were illegal and should not be recognised.
He said the town clerk was supposed to have presided over the mayoral elections but that was not the case.
The minister wondered who could have conducted the elections because returning officers were not present to supervise the polls.
He said PF councillors were just trying to create anarchy in the country.
Kitwe Town Clerk, Ali Simwinga said as far as the council was concerned, there were no mayoral elections, maintaining that Divo Katete was still the mayor of the city.
Mr Simwinga said he was the returning officer and was not aware of any mayoral elections, saying the filed nomination papers were still valid.
“I am the returning officer and when I am not there, then the elections are illegal. As far as I am concerned, our mayor is Divo Katete,” Mr Simwinga said.
In Chingola, Musenga Ward councillor Steven Mubanga expressed disappointment at the behaviour of some PF councillors.
Mr Mubanga, who is MMD district chairman ,said he was disappointed because Government’s directive was clear.
ZANIS/HC/Ends/MM/Times of Zambia
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Can someone please decode the message in this story. I think my brain is jammed.
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why not going ahead with them….teta is really dulll ..fusekee.
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Nine Chale, your brain is intact. The problem is with Teta. He is arrogant for nothing.
:(( the world and the pipo pa Zed
Viva H H man who could have well organised local Government, piece of cake
That is wasting tax payers money especially this time we are in. I think there was no need to nullify mayoral elections after all peple got allowances for that, unless each and evey coin is surrendered back should such a move be justified.
you see, tetamashimba is pre-occupied with the fact that ministers go round installing newly elected mayors and they get big allowances for it. provincial ministers, permanent secretaries and provincial local government officers can do that. teta amano nayeminina kapala.
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Teta…. ni metal.
I am still waiting to har what reason the government has for not allowing the elections. The law is clear on when these elections should take place. Any delay should be on very serious grounds. Minister Teta please tell the people of Zambia what serious reason ther is for delaying the election of Mayors countrywide.
I think Chainama must be extended because a lot of rubbish going on in MMD government shows that we have a lot of people with undiagnosed mental problems.
LT can you fish out why the elections have been nullified.Chale you aren’t the only one groping around in the dark when it comes to this article. l-)l-)l-)
Tetamashimba is the MAN OF ACTION. Keep it up, Mr Tetamashimba, we are tired of loud speakers who failed to implelment any useful policies when they were Local Government Minister in the Chiluba Administration. Being an Undereducate is a problem because all the time one is preoccupied with trying to be equal with those who went to school by makin noise.
Meanwhie consider to vote the UPND to form GRZ in 2011 and president ecHi-ecHi for Zambian President at that time. =;
#17 you are very misinformed and dull too.Mayoral elections are long overdue in Zambia.
If people like you and Teta were the majority in zambia,there would be total Kafwafwa.
Masebo failed to perform as local govt minister becoz of such silly fights with Sata.I would use my Null hypothesis and predict that Teta is seriuos bound to fail to manage local govt system in zambia.
I say so becoz as things stands right now,major councils are in the hands of the opposition.There4,if Teta takes an antagonist approach,2011 will be at his nose without realising.
It is like now we are being ruled with people who don´t respect the laws and rules they pass. I wonder where we are heading. :((:((:((:((
18. Donovanosis, thanks for your rants on me. However, tone down and be realistic. We don’t need to have anarchy or unconventional ways of holding Mayoral elections in the country for their is protocol to follow.
Tetamashimba is doing a great job to remind all those, like you, who are behaving as if they are pumping blood in their system faster than there haertbeats to chill.
There is no need to do things in wrong ways. Do it the right way and all will be well for you and the great nation Zambia.
Have a blessed day my friend or whatever you regard yourself in relation to me.
We told Nyama soya that this Tentamashimba you have brought in will destroy MMD and the Government the way he did to UPND. He is a destroyer. He is arrogant for nothing
#9. HH would have done worse than this. He has just shown the whole world that his only interest is to be at Plot 1…….to represent the Tonga tribe. Please!!!!!!!
#20 Mahestro, i used to respect you but now i have lost interest in you because i have realized that you have a natural hatred for the opposition which i believe you are also. Did you hear a silly excuse Teta gave for postponing the Mayoral elections?
Good move Teta..wherever there is Sata involved, there is chaos!! Sata is trying to rule from the streets, it wont work!! Viva Teta MMD Rules!! The boat is still at the bottom of the ocean where it belongs.
I heard on Radio Phoenix that Kambwili is in the UK to look for investors for Luanshya mine. We all know he has gone to be with his wife who works in the UK for Xmas. These Chibwato people would’ve been worse liers if they’d gone into govt.
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I see nothing good in praising Teta on this issue. Teta and his boss are creating more problems for themselves and Zambia. He has been giving so many false reasons on why mayoral elections should be nullified. Having such dull people in parliament will lead us to disaster. MMD knows they have no chance to win mayoral elections and by extending the mandate for former mayors, they think they will gain favour.
Am not against MMD but I feel they are busy playing the game unfairly.
Teta and his goons are just full of themselves and have no idea of running this country. He is probably just realised that some sort of power lies with him and is putting that to a test. For starters they increase their pay and now want to blame the world recession for the country’s problems when the people who feed them(taxpayers) are losing their incomes? It shows just how far they are able to project.
Who is causing anarchy? Teta must accept that his MMD do not have enough numbers and therefore can not have a mayor in any town along the railway line. Simple as that.
Mr Simwinga I know why you want to maintain Katete. He is on the NCC
23. your flag Fide, greetings to you. On your “#20 Mahestro, i used to respect you but now i have lost interest in you because i have realized that you have a natural hatred for the opposition which i believe you are also,” I would like to assure you that I do not need to be respected for anything: good or bad. I am here not to oppose anything the MMD GRZ does but to appreciate their efforts in trying to make Zambia as a manageable country.
I will simply never support anarchy at the hands of the Undereducate, Micheal C. Sata. We have normal ways of doing things and why should the Undereducate behave as if he is a Zambian President. Let him continue learning to accept things in place.
#17 Are supporting the rubbish or you just want to provoke some dbate?
I am not here to appease anyone, but to offer professional advice and solutions to my country Zambia. I give independent positions on issues and that is why sometimes we agree while other times we dont. Have a blessed day.
# 34 I doubt your motive
#32 you are not serious.
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34. your flag Seen it Before, I am impressed by the way you referred to yourself on #33. your flag Seen it Before and so I will take it that you are doubting your motive to write that I as #32 am not serious. Later.
#35 Mahestro its good you came up but i still beg to differ with you on the excuse that Teta gave as a reason for postponing the Mayoral elections. The budget has nothing to do with mayoral elections and besides did he seek the a amendment to close no 16 on the mayoral elections from the Atoney General? Stay blessed and shalom.
Ba Meastro sometimes naimwe tamukwata amino.Don’t attack just a matter of attacking. If the Law says after such a period we have to conduct elections it as to be so. These elections are over due. It is good to have people like Sata who observe time. That’s why in Zambia we have only 1 Political party which fight for the People unlike your part which hibernate after elections.
MAESTRO,THATS WHY I LIKENED YOU TO TETA.LOOK,YOU ARE MYOPIC,DIMENTIC AND ABOVE ALL DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF HYPOTENSION VS HYPERTENSION? CONSULT YOUR NEAREST GP COZ I SUSPECT YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM SOME ENCEPHALOPATHY .
I STRONGLY FEEL YOU HAVE AN UNDIAGNOSED DIZ OF THE ENCEPHALON.
YOU WILL ONLY REALISE THIS PATHOLOGY OF YOURS ONLY WHEN YOU ARE 7 FEET DOWN.
IF YOU WANT TO RECOVER FROM IT,FIRST KNOW THE MEANING B/N NORMAL AND ABNORMAL.
CHEERS MY MAN.
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36. your flag Fide, thanks.
37. your flag JacK SparroW, you wrote “That’s why in Zambia we have only 1 Political party which fight for the People unlike your part which hibernate after elections.” Which part is my party? It is very sad to see exposure of ignorance by you. Go to Zambia and be in touch with reality. The UPND is providing help to people who are affected by disaster like flood problems and hunger by giving such food and shelter. Which other opposition political party has done such in Zambia except making noise like gongs?
I hope your indication on only 1 Political party for the People is referring to the UPND which is doing noble work for the Zambian community.
38. your flag Donovanosis, thanks for that hilarious combination of nonsense especially wishing me “CHEERS MY MAN” cheers.
Cheers too.
#35 TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A SLIP OF NO.? nO WONDER YOU SUPPORT TETA WITHOUT ANNALYSING THE SITUATION. SEE, SOME SITTING MAYORS ARE IN COLLUSION WITH MMD SO TETA FEARS THAT IF THESE GO OUT OF OFFICE THEN MMD WILL LOSE THESE FRIENDLY MAYORS. SAME REASON SEATS HELD BY REBEL PF MPS CANT BE DECLARED VACANT. IF YOU CALL THIS CIVIC WAY TO BEHAVE THEN MUGABE IS AN ANGEL TO YOU.
We have more important issues to tackle than discuss what is straight forward. We need new mayors and I wonder why Teta can be wasting our time. No Teta we need new mayors and need them NOW. We cannot afford to waste resources on simple issues. It makes me sick. :-l
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41. your flag Seen it Before, we had election in 2006 for the councillors who became Mayors in due course and since most of them are in the opposition, your contribution on MMD allies is utter useless.
The fact here is that you can not hold elections where the Town Clerk, as a ChiEf rETURNING officer, is not present. This is where the PF got it wrong!
That is why I am writing that Tetamashimba is a man of action for he is bringing sanity and sense in PF minds. Look at the UPND counterparts of PF in Mazabuka. They hve complied to the MMD GRZ because this is the correct way of doing things.
You are so behind # 39, UPND is just like a Rat,with no direction, your relatives in Southern Province are surviving on herbs and other wild fruits like amasawu, amabuyu, neusiga etc now which people is your party helping. Akachila kambushi kasengula apokekele, now your people are starving while your MPs are busy sitting on the NCC pocketing tax payer’s money, we shall see because the mines are closing in CB and we are going to see where you are going to get the money for your greedy MPs and your corrupt calculator boy.
I ment PF not this regional Political Party of yours. After elections your UPND party started supporting Government whatever they say. Where in Zambia there is Flood your People were crying hanger and a child died after heating roots, your party was no where to be seen. Where is UPND giving shelter in Zambia apart from FQML with Chikopa Surveyors who are building Shelters? C’mon iwe.
#45 is for No.39 Maestro Hhehhehhehhe!!!!!!
Maestro Hhehhehhehhe am disppointed with your contributions today. Is it really you writing such nonsense,almost everyone is disagreeing with you. What has come into your head today.
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44. your flag Nemwine, HHE HHE HHE HHE. I honour of Chewe and “Ackson?” Hachigabalala who used to appear on ZNBC TV adverts, I have assumed this new LT Username for the moment.
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47. your flag Anonymous, you know why there are disagreeing with me, it is because i offer independent ADVICE and COMMENTS while their sensations are bent on insulting president Hakainde Hichilema and the mighty UPND which approach is utter nonsense.
Do not worry for “I have never learnt anything from anyone who agrees with me always” – unknown source of quote.
Have a blessed day.
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45. your flag JacK SparroW, just keep your ears to the ground on Zambian news and also aks your relatives who are there on the work the UPND is doing for all Zambians.
This is not time for rhetoric when Sata failed us in his 10 years of being at the helm of the Chiluba MMD GRZ and also from the colonial GRZ, UNIP through to the MMD.
The only new solutions that warranty my concern are what are offered by the true opposition which acknowledges the efforts of the Banda MMD Administration in this trying time for President RB Banda – no wonder he cried at the Cathedral over late Mwanawasa even before the man died.
maestro you are simply a lunatic, always spewing sewerlike junk.