The inauguration of the Mayor for Mongu municipal council yesterday failed to take place after Community Development and Social Services deputy minister, Chinyanta failed to show up.
Addressing people who had gathered for the function at the council premises yesterday ,council acting Town Clerk, Frank Kalenga, said the minister failed to show up because he had not been cleared to travel by the president.
Mr Kalenga assured the crowd that once all necessary arrangements were in place, the mayor will be inaugurated.
Among those present at the council grounds was Western Province Assistance Secretary, Seth Muleya, some Mongu residents and MMD cadres.
Yesterday, Lealui ward Councilor, Shalala Simushi, scooped the mayoral seat in Mongu district after beating four other councillors who had contested for the position.
And Kande ward councillor, Fransisco Pereira, won the Deputy Mayoral position after beating five other contestants.
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Can Litunga do it instead?
Chinyanta probably had a hang over and could not travel. very poorly organized indeed.
Incomplete story by LT… Which party does the newly elected mayor represent?
What a country. A minister to travel on official duty needing a president to approve when he has travelled to his counrty of birth with his whole family? Somebody tell me, is there a state of emergency?????
Lame excuses!!!
So Ba RB can go were ever he feels like but not his people who has to do a job.
On “Addressing people who had gathered for the function at the council premises yesterday ,council acting Town Clerk, Frank Kalenga, said the minister failed to show up because he had not been cleared to travel by the president”, is the Deputy Minister the only person who needs to perform the inauguration? Does Zambia have to go on standstill until President RB Banda gives a clearance on evry matter? Let us have systems that will work for the benefit of all Zambians please.
Following “Yesterday, Lealui ward Councilor, Shalala Simushi, scooped the mayoral seat in Mongu district after beating four other councillors who had contested for the position”, I am glad that there is real democracy in some parts of Zambia under some political parties. For the PF, it is dicatorial tendencies.
kindergaten politics, can you imagine if the same were to happen during the Obama inauguration. This is a joke., this only shows that these pipo are not serious.
It is silly.
You don’t need the presence of a minister to instal a mayor. This culture of inviting politicians to functions should also change. Weddings, funerals, opening a school, hospital, church… list is endless, a minister must be present. I would think perhaps a Local Government minister would have been ok, but Community development? What for? The Zambian press are also to blame for this, because they tend to cover events only if a minister, VP or President is there. At the end of the day, the minister will only read a speech the invitors have written for him and the words are attributed to him!
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