Embattled MMD Mazabuka Central Chairman, Davis Bbilika has been suspended with immediate effect for allegedly de-campaigning President Rupiah Banda during the previous Presidential by-elections.
Constituency Secretariat, Roster Sholoka who confirmed the development in a statement to ZANIS in Mazabuka today said the decision to suspend Mr Bbilika was reached at during a heated constituency meeting yesterday.
Mr. Sholoka said apart from decampaigning the President, Mr Bbilika is also accused of having failed to account for the Eighteen million kwacha (K18,000,000) released for campaigns during the by-election.
Mr Sholoka said the suspended party official is alleged to have given an interview to Mazabuka Community radio station in which he publicly said he was not in support of President Banda’s candidature.
Mr. Sholoka also accused Mr Bbilika of having solicited undisclosed amount of money from a Minister without the knowledge of the committee to repair the broken down MMD party vehicle which he later diverted to repair his vehicle.
Mr. Sholoka also took a swipe at MMD district chairman, Trywell Himoonga for failing to take appropriate action against Mr. Bbilika for allegedly abusing party funds and de-campaigning the President.
But Bbilika when contacted for comment dismissed the allegations describing them as baseless.
Mr. Bbilika also said he will not accept the suspension because the party constitution does not give powers to his subordinates to suspend him.
He also explained that the K18 million was properly used adding that his constituency secretary and vice chairman, William Walimuntu are bitter because they did not receive allowances during campaigns.
Mr. Bbilika said he received instruction on how to use the funds from the Provincial Executive Committee.
He added that Provincial Vice Secretary, Emmerson Machila was in a better position to clear the suspicion by his junior officers.
He has since challenged the duo to publicly state how they abused campaign funds before he could expose them.
ZANIS
Balisungile akambala, mwachuleni ba David..
MMD think Nyama Soya is a demi god. Let me read nomba
Ooops!!! , sorry ba Davis Bbilika
As a nutritionist, I do not like people abusing the good term Nyamasoya, its a term reserved for a high energy/protein food good for all of us. To use it in derogatory terms or as a way of describing poloticians you hate is diservice to the good cause of fighting manutrition.
Zambian politics!
Good news and an eye opener to the rest of politicians about how politics in Mazabuka are done. It is not new for me to read or hear about MMD or parties’ officials decampaigning their own party in favour of the UPND in Southern Province following “Embattled MMD Mazabuka Central Chairman, Davis Bbilika has been suspended with immediate effect for allegedly de-campaigning President Rupiah Banda during the previous Presidential by-elections“.
All the non-UPND party oofficials do is eat money from their parties but campaign and vote for the mighty UPND which has credible leaders to form an alternative GRZ.
Careful you all parties are you do your stuff in the mighty Southern Province.
Continue bickering MMD so PF-UPND PACT wins in Maz
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Prevention is better than…
JANZA MBELE PADDLE HARD SO THAT UNOMUKU TWABUKE. CHACHINE TULE YABUKA. PABWATO NO RETREAT NO SURRENDER. NATAMPA UKUNFWIKA A MABIMBI MU BANENSU. KUYABEBELE AYISHA. AMWANGE MABEKE TWANDA KWINDA ABWATO BWESU. VIVA HH/SATA.
what MMD NEC are doing is like shooting oneself in the foot.iam a hardcore MMD supporter and i come from an area where people give the MMD the biggest vote in urban areas.but this time around iam disgruntled and people here have refused the candidature of RB and and come 2011 this vote is going elsewhere.we are the people at the grassroots and we have heard what the people are saying and if rupiah thinks what Tetamashimba and Mulongoti are telling him is true then he should go ahead and stand.
But he should know the consquencies of losing the election.
Zambia will never develop.
Nutritionist,we hear that Nyamasoya taste like chicken cooks like chicken,economically pafupifupi na mahala.But one thing is that its not real chicken.RB decampaigned himself in Southern pro. leave that man alone.As things stand now he has decampaigned himself national wide
This is coming from Mulongoti or Shikapwasha. To start sorting out those who didnt support RB. Bloggers no one is talking about VJ, the chap is busy drinking/taking top-up and will only resurface in 2011.
Is Nyama Soya president? People please answer me, Is Nyama Soya RB president?
Mulongoti get it in your think minds; its called freedom everyone is free to choose the person they want to rule them has it reached to the extent of suspending AWE , the nex thing we will hear is that you will start whiping people if they denounce RB
# 13 meant to say heads not minds
UBWATO this time around tabuleswa. No likage my friend. Plus kufakilapo na ba NJANZA MBELE ba chimwela nama puddlers ba KUOMBOKA. KAYA. Na nikenile mwa MUKOLO. Nikuyenda chabe pa mumsinje kopanda vuto. Ingileni bane UNOMUKU KWABUKA AYISHA.
zambians as usual moving in the same circles.disappointed by rupiah now some shallow minds want us to bring us another tired mind who has been around and is one of the source of the current circus we are going through.this one michael sata and his ubwato should and must never come anywhere near the zambian presidency despite it been cheap.they are the same people lok at people who surround GBM and you foolish zambians think such characters will move you forward.RB must go but sata must also f**k off.
And the beat goes on….!
Personally i believe the man has been vindicated.
# 15 MWANAMUCHENDE, I’m with you. I’m fed up with this RB guy. He is very quickly going the Kaunda way, and add to that the fornication abilities of Chiluba!!! We don’t want another presidential divorce… It’s time for serious politics. Where the hell is 2011????