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Impossible for MMD to win in 2011 without RB, Teta

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lt-teta00THE MMD says President Banda is the best candidate for the ruling party to contest the 2011 general elections.

MMD information and publicity chairperson, Benny Tetamashimba, said in Livingstone yesterday in an interview that it will be difficult for the MMD to win the 2011 tripartite elections without Mr Banda.

“President Banda has no choice but to accept the party decision to adopt him as presidential candidate in the 2011 general elections.

President Banda is wrong to state that he will consider accepting the party’s adoption because he is the only capable person who can lead the party to victory in 2011,” he said.

On Tuesday, Mr Banda said he will be ready to be adopted as presidential candidate in the 2011 tripartite election but emphasised that his adoption will have to be on merit.

Mr Tetamashimba said the MMD is banking on Mr Banda for the 2011 presidential election battle.[quote]

“The MMD has no any other candidate for the convention and for the subsequent general election in 2011. It will be impossible for the MMD to win the elections without President Banda.

“The President was wrong when he said he will consider accepting the party’s decision to adopt as presidential candidate.

As far as the MMD is concerned, he is the only one. He is the man we are going to vote for at the convention and we shall adopt him as our presidential candidate,” Mr Tetamashimba said.

He said it will not be a matter of choice or consideration for Mr Banda to accept the adoption because the party has “already” resolved.

Mr Tetamashimba said it will be difficult for the MMD to sell any other candidate other than President Banda.

He alleged that those aspiring to contest for the MMD presidency are only working at destroying the party.
Mr Tetamashimba said the MMD is happy that President Banda does not want the ruling party to adopt him without other contestants.

He said President Banda is a democratic leader who wants to be adopted on merit and not on the basis of being unchallenged.

“Whether the President wants it or not, he will be the one to lead the MMD to victory in 2011. The other people who want to contest the MMD presidency will just destroy the party.

For now Mr Banda is the most suitable candidate the party has and we are not going to risk by thinking of adopting someone else,” Mr Tetamashimba said.

He said every part of the country is looking up to President Banda to lead the party in the next general elections.

And Southern Province MMD chairman Solomon Muzhyamba said the party has made a thorough assessment of its members and is satisfied that President Banda should be adopted for the 2011 elections.

Mr Muzhyamba said the party has evaluated and assessed Mr Banda and is confident that he is the only suitable candidate.

He said the MMD is determined to see to it that Mr Banda is also elected as MMD president at the convention in 2010.

“Our declaration that President Banda shall be a presidential candidate in the 2011 elections is not from without.

We have assessed the President and we are satisfied that he is the only man who can steer the party to victory in 2011. So the revolution we have started will be sustained and by 2010, the whole country will be singing RB 2011,” Mr Muzhyamba said.

[Zambia Daily Mail]

103 COMMENTS

  1. Teta, it is time you moved from boot licking. Ulimukulu nangula naukula. RB for president again?????? You are kidding right?

  2. Teta you are contradicting yourself. RB is democratic but then you are saying any other contestant will just destroy the party. May you define democracy for us in simple terms even dadidida didida will do.

  3. I thought it was the other way round, Teta please we know who you people are, I guess you have realise that 2011 is near and you people want to continue eating from Gov coffers, hence these remarks. Id.i.ots spare us!!

  4. TETA just cant keep that diarrioa of the mouth in the rigrt place can he?..i cant wait to hear what chirwa,magande and katele will say .SATA said it ,this RB chap cant be trustd…from continuity of only three years was his massage for compaign,now he does not even mention the name mwanawasa coz his totally opposing wat mwanawasa belived in..he has even chased anyone who was close to mwanawasa….the mwanawas admin has been disband..i wonder wat continuity !!!!!!…..

  5. We await you in the battlefield Mr Banda

    2011 Elections Details
    =================

    FIRST ROUND: 28 Presidential Candidates
    ———————————————————–

    RESULTS; MMD-RB 36 %, PF-MC 30%, UPND-HH 6%, Heritage-GM 2%, Others 22%, Spoiled Votes 4%

    SECOND ROUND: Two Presidential Candidates
    —————————————————————-

    RESULTS: MMD-RB 36% , PF-MC 60 %, Spoiled Votes 4%

    That is the 2011 script people , enjoy the day Viva King Sata, VIVA Pabwaaaaaatoooooooo

  6. Once again, such statements only show that Zambian politics are mainly centered around the personality of a leader and loyalty towards him and not on his leadership qualities. This is unfortunate for the future of our country. It is about time young, dynamic leaders stood up to challenge the old folks.

  7. MMD is really taking Zambians for fool right! Last year they were saying RB was just meant to finish Levy’s term then it will be open to others now again it should be RB alone. The same insincerity they show in politics is the same they have about developing the Country. These folks are not serious and really believe Zambians are so docile that you can manupilate them anyhow….may be they are!

  8. MWISHO BA TETAMASHIMBA YOU ARE EMBALANCING US KAONDES HONESTRY SUCH REMARKS ARE BASELESS AND YOU KNOW IT THAT RB GOT IT BECOZ OF MWANAWASA AND THOSE WHO VOTED FOR HIM ARE REGRETING COZ RB HAS GOT NO AGENDA FOR ZED PLIZ REVERSE THAT STATEMENT ..NOT RB TRY K. MPANDE, MAGANDE OR PATRICK KALIFUNGWA IF HE IS STILL ACTIVE…RB IS THE WORST PRSIDENT ZED HAVE EVER HAD…

  9. Boot licking at its level best. Even a dog cannot lick its master’s boot like the way Teta is licking RB’s dusty boots. To h.e.l.l with long jaw.

  10. I have no doubt RB will be more popular if he were to announce that he’s not contesting 2011 elections. We can put him in the same league with the likes of Mandela.

  11. Chi Teta you are a disgrace to nation.Am sure ama ARVS tayalekuchita bwino they have impaired your thinking i.d.o.t.

  12. “Whether the President wants it or not, he will be the one to lead the MMD to victory in 2011….” hhhmmm Teta is so powerful in MMD eeeh! he can even order RB himself! “Whether the President wants it or not, ……” thats an order right? Is RB his own man or ????? am worried!

  13. I guess there are capable and clean guys in MMD to take over, the likes of Magande, Prof Chirwa, Bwalya Chiti, Mutati, Dr Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, Kabinga Pande, the list is endless..

  14. I think Mr Teta sir, you ‘re wrong like always to insinuate that MMD has no other credible leader to take over from nyamasoya. That mentality is wrong. Let Nyamasoya think about it. If he thinks he cant, please understand him and don’t pressurise him. RB is old and may need a rest. What kind of talk is that? Besides we have alot of work to do right now. Another MMD leadership crisis rooming..yeah?

  15. just the glasses this guy and kunda put on has much to tell what can come out of their mouth. if this is really a minister zavutha. God help Zambia in any way possible enough is enough.

  16. With RB at the helm these guys will continue looting without fear. By the way cant Teta himself stand? Is he telling us that he has no quality?

  17. Maybe RB is Zambia’s first Mandela. One term kwasila. Please Teta and your cliques grow up!
    Iam watching!!!

  18. Teta is a sick man just look at his lips. His thoughts are always ten years behind. Remember him in UPND he acted the same. He is just an oppotunist.

  19. the best discription for a man in teta’s senses is ‘I.D.I.O.T” who told you that zambia is R.B.’S faild farm”.F.O.O.L”

  20. What a shameful thing to come of that ugly man. Teta is an embarasement to all the pipo Kambwili Insulted.

  21. Infact this time around V.J shall be our baby to nurse come 2011, let the malawan rigging be the last or else he die a very painfull death should he try to do his dirty tricks.

  22. Am happy noone has supported this Teta thing which has become a thorn in MMD members but i think it will be good for RB to represent MMD why i say so is coz it will be the end of MMD and the begining of HP and Miyanda my only President…coz Mpande and Magande will be joining HP soon

  23. This teta character has become popular let him just contest the MMD presidency he is able to draw the attetion of the all world imagine..

  24. KELCHI
    Just go to this website below [ en.gravatar DOT com][and sign up. Sign up with the same email address that you use on LT. You can then upload a pic of your choice.

  25. The best for MMD is not the best for Zambia. SHREK is a failed economist, look at how he is spending our meagre resources when even common sense dictates otherwise. Then someone says only a degree holder should be President,ha!! What a joke these clowns in MMD r. What a circus they run. At this rate there will b no Zambia to talk about in 3 years time. On the brighter side, whoever they peddle as their presidential candidate will meet their waterloo in 2011 at the hands of King Cobra, the mighty Micheal Chilufya Sata!! Long Live Sata, Viva PF, Viva Post Newspaper. We Looooooove UUUUUUUUU soooooo muuuuuuch!!!!

  26. Teta knows what he is talking about.State machainery will come to play and Teta wants to use this.Expect to see more image builders from china this time.

  27. Yesterday I wanted to check the meaning of Booklicking.

    So, when I checked the Oxford Dictionary of English, I was astonished by what it said.

    “Bootlicking: The act of doing anything for someone else to gain a favour, see also 1.Tetamashimba, 2.MMD, 3.Prostitution, 4. plundering resources. ”

    Now I know what bootlicking is.
    Heheheee.

  28. Teta is a puffing frog in water. Talking about him is tantamount to building him. Lets blog on others issues that matter.

  29. Iwe ka Teta, why should RB lead the nation if he doesnt want to? That is why the nation is on auto pilot. The president was not ready to lead from day one. And he even stated he will just finish Levy’s term and let another take over. What has happened in the last 6 months to change his mind set? Can he point to anything he has achieved to deserve a second term of office? Politics is not just about winning elections. You must have a vision for the country and so far this has been lacking with RB. I am yet to hear him articulate a single policy of his. And stop being the chief procurer or fire the guys supposed to do thee job. Why duplicate roles?

  30. I am waiting to hear what Magande, Prof Chirwa, Mutati, Mpande are going to say to this teta nonsense. I cant believe that SHREK is better than all this people !!!! Guys wake up please for the sake of mother zambia!!!! Can they speak up!!!. As for VJ, he better keep his dirty evil tactics to himself. I pray he will be so intoxicated by ARVs in 2011 as we vote so that he wont rig. God help Zambia.

  31. One fun thing is that, Pipo like Teta will always be there and they are given prominence as news makers. Anyway its Zambia where Pipo with no Brains are always the most talkative. And whwn you look at Teta, since he took over from Madam Masebo, the guy cant claim to have done anything sensible apart from preparing to transport us to the grave with those Maruti like Manda Manda. God Forbid!!

  32. what an utterly *****ic statement to come out of tetas mouth. sorry to say but do we have to listen and read this mans opinions………I have never heard him say anything sensible. so he is in the MMD and saying there are no capable leaders, so he himself is not a capable leader…then what is he doing in the “ruling party”. We need leaders that are capable of seeing potential in themselves and this man just isnt it…..RB: Kwacha is down about 40% since he came into power, Thousands have lost there jobs. More than 5 corruption allegations have surfaced all connected to RB …..So really, MR RUPIAH B BANDA is not the right person….Maybe he is the right person to Run Tetamashimbas family affairs…or even his face reconstruction. but definately not This Country I call Home !

  33. Please please please…if i am to ask 2 things from your president Mr Banda…it would be to send tetamashimba as ambassador to Iceland with no connection to the rest of the world….and then resign to let the likes of mpande, magande, mutati and chirwa to lead our great nation………i’m tired of being bullied that our president is the ugliest. someone help our country zambia.

  34. Katele Kalumba-Kaka Wesu-has welcomed SHREK’s candidature and says he will defend each candidate’s right to stand for any position in MMD!

  35. We need leaders that are capable of seeing potential in themselves and this man just isnt it…..RB: Kwacha is down about 40% since he came into power, Thousands have lost there jobs. More than 5 corruption allegations have surfaced all connected to RB …..So really, MR RUPIAH B BANDA is not the right person….Maybe he is the right person to Run Tetamashimbas family affairs…or even his face reconstruction. but definately not This Country I call Home !

  36. Why is it such a sin for others to lead MMD? Whats wrong with others contesting against RBB for presidency? That is the nature of democracy and it should not be like its stabbing anyone in the back! RBB should retire and go to the village. He is an old man and lacks productivity. Find someone else to run for elections. I am sure even you chi TETA you want to be president but you just cant say. Anyway, we wont vote for MMD. Tired of you people. KUYABEBELE!!

  37. RB to win elections in 2011? Why has the Swedish International Development Coorperation Agency (SIDA) stopped its planned release of funds to the Ministry of Health following the alleged K10 billion scam unearthed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).

  38. I dont understand this manda manda odering nyamasoya to contest the 2011 election. i dont think this manda manda from china is normal and even for nyamasoya to succumb to his orders? am spuked!!!!!!!!!!! to hell kateta!! ulikamuntu kashani iwe??

  39. Iwe chi teta.you mean thats the most sensable thing that you can say???Am starting to wonder wat you are even doing in GOV coz you gat no brains at all….Kumenso Bati

  40. What a load of rubbish!! If MMD had to get an outsider to lead them and only that outsider can lead them in 2011, then they are a finished party with nobodies. I don’t believe that’s the case. There are more brilliant people who can lead Zambia surely!!

  41. God is not man that he should lie and he will not be mocked. He has allowed this president to gain power for this term only. If the president goes against God’s wishes, he will face judgement. Amen

  42. Bloggers u are missing the point unless you are MMD you should be happy because this is a sure recipe for the end of MMD.Our effort should be directed at uniting the opposition

  43. Teta is the quintessential a s s licking party cadre; No vision, no morality, no principles, no intelligence, completely devoid of any substance except faecal matter.

  44. I agree with LCC. My friendand I are reading the comments.LCC please send that message again.Opposition parties must unite.

  45. dont just say good thing Mr president Banda just because you have been that position. Muletina ati Ichito kuti yapwa. 2011 is for new president. people of Zambia wake up or else this country one day kaya

  46. This time we don,t want ama rabbish.RB has been just pushed around like a Toy his late president never did ama rabbish like this.If Its RB for MMD then the end of MMD.Am now processing RB’s Failure.Com

  47. KELCHI

    As said in #40, you can upload a number of them and then keep changing the gravatar the way Digital Smoke does.

    AS FOR TETA, ‘YOU CAN OPRESS A HUMAN BEING BUT NOT FOR A LONG TIME’ A HUMAN BEING IS LIKE A SPRING IN A PEN. ONCE PRESSED AND BY MISTAKE LET GO; IT WILL NEVER BE SEEN. WHAT IS IMPORTANT TODAY IS KEEPING LOYAL CADRES THE WAY I HAVE BEEN TO MMD SINCE 1991 JANUARY. I HAVE SINCE DECIDED TO LEAVE QUITELY AND NOT ALONE OF COURSE. MMD IN 2011 IS IN THE OPPOSITON. IT IS JOINING MCS AND KAMBWILI. WAIT AND SEE. I.D.I.O.T and COMPLTELY U.S.E.L.E.S.S. F.O.O.L NEW COMER IN MMD. ID[OT

  48. Insulting pipo wont help us. All we need is to work hard and organize our various parties. we also need to pray ernestly to God.

  49. ANWEBA BA TETA,MUJI NABUBELA.YOU THINK RB WILL WIN.THOSE ARE GRANDIOSE IDEAS,YOU NEED A PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT.

  50. #9. Nine Chale
    I couldn’t have put it better than you have.What a shame for our country to have such bootlickers as governors.

  51. Zambia, the real Africa. Continue fighting as we also continue making money in this beautiful country of yours. RB sitting next to corrupt people @ an important function. what a shame.

  52. I think Zambians will never learn from their past mistakes. Yes Teta, RB for President so that you steal more

  53. KA TETA, EACH COLUR! ARE MATTER CALL! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE COMPARED TO ZEDIANS YOU CHAP KA teta. YOU WILL BE SLEEPING AND ONLY WAKEUP WHEN YOU MANSA MILLING YOU BOUGHT DUBIOUSLY IS CLOSED. BE CAREFUL EVEN WHEN WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE A F.O.O.L. teta PLEASE CHANGE. F^CK SOME NOSENSE OUT OF YOUR .SS MAN. TRY BEING RESOLUTE.

  54. KA TETA, EACH COLOUR! ARE MATTER CALL! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE COMPARED TO ZEDIANS YOU CHAP KA teta. YOU WILL BE SLEEPING AND ONLY WAKEUP WHEN YOU MANSA MILLING YOU BOUGHT DUBIOUSLY IS CLOSED. BE CAREFUL EVEN WHEN WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE A F.O.O.L. teta PLEASE CHANGE. F^CK SOME NOSENSE OUT OF YOUR .SS MAN. TRY BEING RESOLUTE.

  55. No No NO, this will not work in this Generation. RB was in politics before Obama was born. Obama will retire from active politic and leave RB, VJ, Monkombwe and SATA etc in politics. Are we cursed as Zambia, ayi? BUBELA BWENU BA tEtA. KATENU KENU

  56. Teta ulimukulu. Uleikalafye. U fooled Mazoka. You fooled Levy. Now you want to fool Rupiah. When are you going to be a real man? You told Zambians that there was no any other leader better than Mazoka. You again repeated on Levy and now you are on Rupiah. Bootlicking at your age is not advised. you are a father.

  57. WOW what a shame, I am MMD and please ba spokesman differentiate your opinions from the party’s. Mwisho this is not your house so don’t speak for the MMD. The MMD needs rebranding and we know the people we are looking at to move us fwd and president Banda is not in the plan. Go to the markets and the bars and you will find out what i mean. You can’t scare people just because you need a job. Have some principles and we might respect you.

    Good luck selling Ba Banda, and even he said, please just let me finish the term when he was being adopted and I will go back to the farm, I guess power is indeed sweet. MMD 2011, Banda OUT!

  58. Its sad that the so called state machinery is used only for the advancement of a few individuals and not for the advancement of the nation.Zambia needs a Revolution,a total shift from this nonsense we pretend to call democracy.Since the MMD came to power all their leaders have tried to hang on like Kaunda even though they know people are tired and sick of their misrule and cult worship of personalities.

  59. Rocket Scientist Maestro Hhehhehhehhe - ndeezwa ku-musanza for Zambians in the 2011 tripartite National elections Rocket Scientist Maestro Hhehhehhehhe - ndeezwa ku-musanza for Zambians in the 2011 tripartite National elections

    Great stuff man of action Minister Tetamashimba and Southern Province MMD for your support for President RB Banda to go as presidential candidate for the MMD in 2011. This is very good news for it might easy the job for my preferred political party, the mighty UPND, to win the elections in 2011. Please, continue with the slow campaign for President RB Banda and let it succeed.
    As for the rest of the political parties, they need to find presidential candidates with university degrees before it is too late for them when the upcoming Constitution through NCC recommendations will be passed in Parliament by the Majority MMD MPs and UPND MPs including so-called rebel-PF MPs.
    This is about the best thing i have read from MMD in recent days.
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    Prevention is better than cure.

  60. Teta as a lawyer should know that you can not force someone to stand agaisnt their will. You can not hold them accountable thereafter. is he that deperate? i am a fan of Banda and my advice to him would be; Please fire Teta, for embarrasing you.

  61. A learned, sober and people’s President is what the ballot deserve to have for 2011.The only way to progress henceforth in democracy is to respond to the noble call of President Banda for competitive democracy. President Banda is constitutionally mandated to rerun in 2011.The best those who fill they can carry the day need to do is take him on the ballot. MMD as a party makes its own choices and those uncomfortable with the collective decision, have the space to leave MMD, form own challenging parties or join existing titular ones.

    Our mature and functional democracy dictates that out of the ballot, whoever wins carries the burden of responsibility and mandated instruments power to Govern.Congratulations to Malawi’s Dr.Mutharika 75 for a decisive victory against a Grand Coalition!

  62. # 83 Chintomfwa,

    When did you resign from PF???? My advise is that if you don’t believe in the party game plan, stick in PF or start your own parallel party.In Democracy it is as simple as that.

  63. Rocket Scientist Maestro Hhehhehhehhe - ndeezwa ku-musanza for Zambians in the 2011 tripartite National elections Rocket Scientist Maestro Hhehhehhehhe - ndeezwa ku-musanza for Zambians in the 2011 tripartite National elections

    87 Senior Citizen greetings and thanks for the nice contribution above. I hope President RB Banda will be motivated to stand for Zambian President under MMD if he wins at their convention following your “Congratulations to Malawi’s Dr.Mutharika 75 for a decisive victory against a Grand Coalition!“. My thinking is that President RB Banda is about 73 years old and will be 75 or 76 years old in 2011.

    May the good Lord God bless you and all the very old Presidents and world citizens across the Earth.
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    Prevention is better than cure.

  64. #88 Senior citizen, PF has shown no signs of democracy at all, it is being run like a family business. I have to admit I was wrong to not have read the PF manifesto before jumping on the boat, that manifesto will see the nation capsize. Either we build a ship or change modes of transportation. It is about time we matured politically and stop politics of intimidation when someone opposes you. Bless our nation!

  65. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is not an issue we should take lightly. If we Zambians don’t rise up and say NO to this foolishness, RB will rule again. It is time we consolidated our efforts just like during the UNIP err to remove KK. There are villagers back home that are always taken advantage of and eventually even the rightful winner seem to be a loser. MMD is up to something and only you and me can stop them and in the process put power back were it belongs, in the hands of the Zambian People. I mean all Zambians, not a few of the Teta caliber. It is time to realise that power is sweet and few will let go easily. The anger that ferments among people will one day lead to something beyond bare political change. It is time to change leadership.

  66. 90 Chintomfwa greetings. I am really impressed by your objectiveness regarding your “PF has shown no signs of democracy at all, it is being run like a family business. I have to admit I was wrong to not have read the PF manifesto before jumping on the boat, that manifesto will see the nation capsize. Either we build a ship or change modes of transportation. It is about time we matured politically and stop politics of intimidation when someone opposes you. Bless our nation!. This is about the best thing I have read the whole of today.

    Please, carry on with the spirit of sensitising all Zambians that we need to be “One Zambia, One Nation” and not One Family just to loot state funds. Personalising everything is not good.
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    Prevention is better than cure.

  67. TETA ALIPENA, RB IS NOT DOING ANYTHING IN ZAMBIA JUST TRAVELING WITHOUT SITTING IN THE OFFICE. I MISS BA LEVY. MMD IS TAKING BACKWARD ZAMBIA WILL NEVER DEVELOPED. RB WAS IN LIVINGSTONE, HE WAS SURPOSE TO TRAVEL BY ROAD AND SEE BAD THE ROAD IS BETWEEN ZIMBA AND LIVINGSTONE. WHEN FOREIGNERS USE THIS ROAD LAUGHING AT US AND IT’S LIKE THERE ARE NO LEADERS IN THE COUNTRY. RB AND MMD USELESS

  68. ndiye ubupa ubu….ka Teta,u doubt ur ability…too bad and I won der what ur children feel like when they are reminded of how dull ur public pronouncemnets are!!grow up man and let democracy prevail in ur party…RB is not ur best candidate wecipuba!!!

  69. KK advise RB to for once do the right thing.he dose not have the enrgy to last 10 years let alone 5 years.he was farming for Gods’ sake that is what he should go back to.He’s grand children need him and so do he’s children.He needs the rest TETA,dont take that away from him.you need as a party start looking for a capable young and energetic candidate,its possible,its doable and you can be rest assured it will be acceptable.just come down to earth and be parents with a vision.

  70. If there are no better candidates in the MMD to lead the Party, then the party is dead and burried coz no sane person can vote for RB.

  71. Teta don’t you know that even you can lead the MMD if you tried hard enough.Don’t be so daft as to think that the other pipo in MMD are as scared as you.Wait till the convention you shall receive a shock, your man will be left standing alone don’t think that just because pipo are quiet when u parade your pipo nothing is being planned. Friends of Magande have a plan brewing. We have experimented enough for mother Zambia now we want action. Sata ,HH or Magande any of the three is credible not chimbwi no plan our kids future is at stake.

  72. What Teta is saying is very true. Just look around yourslf and tell the nation who the next leader could be. No one apart from RB. RB has all the qualities of a leadership man may ever think. At least I am not a tribalist and I am showing a true patriotism. Chwe.Chwe..

  73. iwe starters cut that chuunsu!second RB is an inert leader whose riding on LPM’s coattails,all you are doing is pandering to keep your job…it’s time for a new dispensation in politics and life in our country,start preparing RB’s house and renumeration at the end of his term,if he is not voted out he will be smoked out like bees…

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