WESTERN Province MMD chairperson, Simasiku Namakando has said he does not recognise the decision by MMD national secretary Katele Kalumba to dissolve the provincial committee.
But Dr Kalumba said yesterday that his decision was final and he would not respond to Mr Namakando.
Mr Namakando said in an interview yesterday that he was still Western Province chairperson and that his entire committee was intact.
He alleged that Dr Kalumba as national secretary had no powers to dissolve a committee except recommending to the National Executive Committee (NEC) if the provincial committee breached the party constitution.
The MMD had laws that should be followed when dissolving a committee and Dr Kalumba did not follow the party constitution because he had no powers to dissolve a provincial committee.
He wondered why his committee was dissolved because it only demanded for a convention while other provincial committees had said it should be postponed and had not been dissolved.
On Monday, Dr Kalumba said he had dissolved the Western Province executive committee and the Serenje Central Constituency committee in order to streamline discipline, organisation and mobilisation interests of the party.
Meanwhile, MMD youths in Livingstone have reaffirmed their support if the NEC’s decision to have the party national convention postponed to allow President Banda contest the 2011 general elections.
The youths have, therefore, dismissed assertions by district youth publicity secretary, Paul Sensele which were in support of the national convention as reported in The Post yesterday.
Livingstone MMD youth chairperson, Fennix Liandisha said in a statement yesterday that Mr Sensele’s remarks were personal and did not reflect the views of the youth leadership of the party in the district.
“The statement made by Mr Sensele is his own and has no blessings from the youth wing,” Mr Liandisha said.
The youth wing was in full support of the NEC’s decision to postpone the national convention and rallied behind Southern province party leadership under chairperson Solomon Muzyamba.
“We are in full support of the endorsement of our Republican president as our sole candidate for 2011 tripartite elections,” he said.
Mr Sensele was yesterday quoted in The Post as saying the MMD youths in Livingstone did not support the endorsement of Mr Banda as the sole candidate for 2011 and insisted that a convention should be held where a presidential candidate should be picked for the MMD ahead of the 2011 polls.
[Times of Zambia]
The circus continues. Indeed how come those calling for the suspension of the convention are not deemed to be indesciplined? The MMD should just come out in the open and say they are undemocratic and put an end to this nonsense. What is good for the goose must be good for the gander
There we go….
Efyoili kanshi? you oppose you are disolved and when you support, you are praised/rewarded, yabako tripatite, yabvuta pa zed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wapya munzi… Katele akosa with his own rules.. thinking he is the boss, wanting a favour from the man in the sit…
That is zambia for us, we put rules, and anytime we can change them..to suit one man.. and soon we will hear FJT kawalala has his immunity…
We support the decision katele has made.
The baptism of RB appears to be set in stone. The will of the people of Zambia however cannot be overridden. Perhaps it is time for new blood and a whole new party comprising of all the people who feel RB does not deserve a coronation. Would I be wrong to think this party would be a teensy weensy bit popular.
As for my Lozi brethren – there is a reason they are dragging the constitution and delaying difficult decisions. The Barotseland question remains unanswered and sweeping it under the table for another generation to deal with is like watching Zimbabwe ignore the land issue until it was politically expedient. Many may not like it but Zambia is a “creation”. It is to our credit that we as people make it work. These politicians will never be honest about it…. just in case…
Luapula chiefs’ stance on acquittal Written by Elias Lee Tembo from Lusaka in todays post my friend Ellias,Mmembe,Ba Post u may hate chiluba but u should not forget that there are people who also lik him respect pipos opinion dont question our chiefs integrity all there are sayin is there opinion thats all based on th Acquitall from our courts of law justice should not be when it suits u and ke Mmembe.
It is amazing what is happening in MMD. Anyone with opposing views is deemed to be an enemy. Can someone define to these guys what democracy really means? I used to respect Katele but after this action, I am sorry man, I quit…Katele had presidential ambitions but now he realizes all is lost and he is trying to protect his job by flowing with the RB thugs….You have lost it man…
Katele wants the big boss to direct the courts of law to quash his sentences!!!!!!!! So he wants to please the boss.
these guys have B A L L S…… we all need to support them… i’m a MMD surporter and we do need a convention… its not only the presidents position that will be voted on its the whole NEC… those positions will also be up for grabs if mmd does go to a convention… i think thats the reason all these people keep saying OHHHH RB for president what about your position katele..???? are u scared
# 9 Katele has been the CEO of the party he does what he wants to do # 10 we have adopted RB based on internal strategy of the party coz Bane Mpombo,Mangande wants to cause problems after the convention But this wont happen.
It started with 3rd Term bid, nominating persons for MP who had not served 2 years as MMD members, appointing Nevers Mumba as VP when he had just lost an election. What am trying to say is that MMD have no respect for their and National constitutions. What is required is for Zambia to be born again if we ever think of progress.
I’ve always admired the Lozis for standing by their principles and Integrity as well as honesty. The moment RB embraced ‘masholi’, he declared a cold war against them. These guys don’t like thieves and anyone who associates with them becomes their enemy. Don’t blame them for their stance on the convention. They just want change as is the case with the grassroot members. I thought Katele, having married a lozi lady would understand the rationale behind their stance. We all know that RB has promised Katele a controversial acquittal just like ‘The littles’ but man You are a Doctor!! Think beyond temporal gains. RB will be gone soon but you are still young.
Iam not MMD hence my support for MMD not to have a convention, we want to face RB in the next election VIVA PF/UPND PACT
I like your conspiracy theory- katele has been offered an aquital, sounds lust out of a James Bond movie alderman # 13, You have a fertile imagination and should consider a career in creative writing. . Ok now back to reality, MMD and the other political parties have never really embraced democracy ( especially the PF) so this does not come as a surprise to me. All these parties are based an patronage or better put butt ( ar se) licking. And I can assure you that right now they are lots of good calibre western province MMD members lining up to take these position. I detaste this politics but I have now come to accept that it dominates our politics and I try to understand it. If your hope is based on democracy in MMD, forget it >just look at them from 1996
At this time inmoment I want to advise MMD to start tellng truth.1. Buffalo stampede cannot cause that death toll[35plus].2.NCZ in Kafue can produce good quality fertiser than one and can run profitable without Govt interference. 3. The British [all donors]are not happy as well as 72% of the Zambian population bcoz of FTJ acquital 4.Dola Siliya and RP Capital case is not over.
IG # 5 uli mbwa sana kolwe iwe nawiso nankwe chipuba sana
MMD are R.A.P.I.S.T.S. How surely as a ruling party you sink so low and difile your own constitution? Im for the convention. Rb can use the GRZ machinations and still win the MMD Presidency. BaKAKA nimwe, biKa biKa! biKa biKa bikapo Yewe biKa! Donot start behaving like Sata when he was there during the third term. This is real SH!T
I think this man would make a good president in my opinion
tamumfwa zoona.is my observation .correct.the tongas realised MMD was facko.the bembas realised MMD was kak,now the lozi are saying facko katele kalumba.what more do you need .the people have spoken.to suspend a committee for airing different views not only makes democracy a misnomer in zambia ,it only brings to light what leadership we have.katele should allowed them and stick to the lies where they say the majority of provinces have endorsed banda,but they cant take a chance and you say ,it is democracy maybe if u say it is katelemocracy i would agree.
politics and tricks all day,ish LT ,pass us some real ish,this ish is ish
The other day Katele was quotated as saying MMD was headed for Third Term like situation concerning those who are sponsoring anti MMD convention. Now that Western Province has its own views on the same Katele has been fast into dissolvimg the Provincial EC. Its appears this not the same Katele who used to focused and vibrant. It appears the knock down effects he sufferred while eluding the security services during Levy regime are still with him. This man is better to join the likes of Traditional Healers Association of Zambia. Katele has no integrity left in him. He has become a blind praise singer at the expense of Democracy. This man is catalyst in the destruction of the MMD. Just wait and see he doing everthing to buy off his aquital. Just wait and see the next move and Katele & others
Death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down. The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you.
Love is just a system for getting someone to call you darling after sex
When a person has sex, they’re not just having it with that partner, they’re having it with everybody that partner has had it with for the past ten years
I feel so sexy today
And so it is, that as in the MMD Constitution, there will be no presidential candidate to qualify for national elections because none will have been elected by the mmd itself. hoory! the MMD is out of the race…
Ghost Dog, what’s up, brother? Let’s talk. You seem to be depressed like the Zambian economy, its politics and all its Kateles – that kettle of Luapula fish. The good thing is the MMD have disqualified themselves from the national Presidential Elections. So, whatever RB has promised to do for or give to puppets like Katele, Mabenga, Mlongoti and all those other nigger baboons won’t be there to be dished out, because RB won’t be at Plot 1. The system STINKS.
And so it came to pass that they all sat down and one of them said, “Let’s come up with something to ensure that you, Sir Rupiah, remain as President forever, provided you give us the following…” The list was examined, and it came to pass that Rupiah said, “Go thee and intimidate.” Then came a son of the soil, Simasiku, from the Barotse side of the family, and he and his brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles and cousins and fish, they sat down and said, “The laws of the family shalt be respected.” And a brother from another fish-eating branch of the family, whose name was Katele, or Tizzy of UNZA, used the spear from Rupiah to intimidate by fishinh wrecklessly and in murky waters. MAP! Masipa A Poho = BS.
Has anyone done any background check on Katele, Mabenga, Mlongoti and Mangani? These jokers should be arrested.
#25 Ghost Dog. How is Chainama? Can see the treatment is not working. LOL
Anyway as for MMD, its all about survival. This is what poverty does even to educated people like Katele. We saw it during 3rd Term bid when FTJ, Sata and their henchmen Christopher Chawinga and Esther Nakawala dismantled the MMD consitution.
They might as well join you know who in Chainama.
Please forgive Katele. He has just adopted teh UNIP way of politics. This is unaccceptable.
Can u leave our brother once an for all he is jst doin what a national secretary has to do an bring Bread and Butter on th table to the family jst lik urself u cn do.
Politics of poverty and appeasement indeed. Next we will hear the 2011 general elections have been cancelled to save money for RB and his puppets. And the sad thing is no one will do nothing…
#30 UK-Zed Observer you are right on Ghost Dog, he surely must be one of those chainama guys. Katele is buying out his acquittal. If you have an opposing view in the MMD, then you are its enemy. Katele has also joined the bootlickers.
#14. Being an MMD supporter. Come November 2011. MMD will scoup elections with a LAND SLIDE!
#14. Being an MMD supporter. Come November 2011. MMD will scoop elections with a LAND SLIDE!
Vi ma politics vachilamo mwe! Sata moved from UNIP to MMD to PF . Nothing wrong!!!But for me UNIP to Farm to MMD and pipo are saying UNIP is back…..For Sata its Ok for Rb not ok. stu pid zambians
In my humble opinion people join political parties to make a difference in a country. They may not have a govt position but the greatest contribution they can make is VOTE. MMD PARTY forgets it is their duty for Zambia to closely scrutinize, debate ideas , analyse and confirm they have put their best candidate forward. Even school children vote for their school captain. It does not matter if you are short , tall, green you have relevance in the class when you vote. What is the use of having party members if they can’t vote. They may claim that they want RB but the proof is when they put each single name in the party to the ballot. As long as no convention is held what proof is there that every single beyond the shadow of doubt have chosen RB (Democracy is lacking).
president Rupia banda is the first sitting Zambian president to try to avoid the the convection during kaunda’s one party rule unip always went to mulungushi rock of authority to elect party leaders and the MCC.During Fredric chuluba’s crooked rule he attended three conventions the first being in 1991 which brought out so many contenders the likes of Humphrey mulemba ,Arthur Winna, Edward Shamwana all of them died mysteriously before the second convention was held in 1995 where chuluba’s own VP challenged him, in 2000 chiluba went for the convention but he blocked all the challengers.Levy Mwanawasa ascended to the president without the anointment of the due to circumstances which prevailed in the MMD before his rule.In 2005 he went to the convention and he was anointed by the grass root
but even before was a senior member of the MMD who won the party VP at 1991 convention and challenged the presidency in 2005.Bwezani has never held any Senior party position in UNIP later alone in the MMD he wants to rule Zambia for 8yrs without going to the convention.Shortly after his election he said he has come at the most difficult time because of the financial crisis and he says there is no money for the convention because of that.My fellow country men i challenge you to tell me which Zambian president inherited good times talk of Kaunda there where no schools no hospitals no roads etc look at chiluba the economy come to a stand still no money food shortages no fuel poverty was at the roof top etc mwanawasa no maize corrupt system no money chaos after election, but all these…
This nation will only have direction when it will be ruled by someone born in the 1980s. And that will be somewhere in 2021. Our current crop of politicians are lacking behind, its not an insult but just the time, believe me. Meanwhile 1980s generation, pull your socks and make 2021 your time.
#38, 39, etc, do you think they’re dull? No. Like the other brothers/sisters sais, this is all about acquittals and food on the table. Katele may be a Chief Wizard in the Traditional Healers Association of Africa, but he’s a brilliant guy. So brilliant that he knows which side of his little slice of bread is buttered and jammed with kalilozes and PCs. As for Ghost Dog, leave the brother alone, man. he’s made my day. I needed that laughter. Let sleeping dogs lie, even if they’re ghostly.
#28 you are absolutely right. Am I reading about Zambia or North Korea, where “The Dear Leader” reigns supreme? Zambia has become a joke, and it is really nauseating to read about characters like Mangani, Shikapwasha, Mlongoti and all those clowns. Why can’t people tell it like it truly is? We have had enough charades and facades. Honk if you hear me.
Time to go to bed, and I’m still a worried Zambian. The time has come for us to be selective when we push people into positions of authority. We’re wasting too much time with these mongrels posing as Dobbermen, German sherpads,pitbulls, etc. Time lost is never regained. Zamba is a laughing stock in the world. So wealthy,and yet her people so poor. Shame on Rupiah, Shkapwasha, Mlongoti, Mngani, Mabenga and all the rest of them, like evil Sata who’s now posing as a good man. As for the Barotse Provincial Committee, honk for them positively. Let others follow in their footsteps. Long live Barotseland!!! Long live Zambia!!! Abash MMD!!!
#5,35,37, muli tubwa sana. Warning to Katele,remember that its rain season again! Go to your village and secure you laptops coz they might get socked and you’l loose all your data.Thumbs up to Western Province MMD executive committe for ther stance. To hell with Mabenga,Kaingu,Mulongoti(kantondi),Mangani, Shikapwasha and Mangango MP!!
I totaly agree with the Lozi’s.The MMD talks about a convertion .A forum where Zambians go chose there leaders.Its for thise reason therefore that no one should stop them to to talk about the conversion.Katele should just arrange for a conversion so that who ever is not fit will be voted out of power.
Tukonkote wa mwa Nongolo.Muyoyange malozi.
Sir Knox Cunningham (South Antrim)
“Did not President Kaunda undertake, on Zambia’s becoming independent, to reconfirm the independence of Barotseland? Instead, has he not made it a local Government province of Zambia? And are these the people who talk about moral principles in Rhodesia?” SOURCE: UK PARLIAMENT DEBATES ON BAROTSELAND
What i would want to say to ALL Tonga’s, zambians and to His Most ‘Wise’ Chief Macha is that he is well within his rights to say what he pleases but what i extremely doubt is whether he or most zambians are aware of the above information. I believe it was the late Her Ladyship Gladys Mutukwa who once said , “ Having very little knowledge is…
banyandule mwaononga ziko!!
Mr President, go for a convention. all those advocating for a postponement do not love you and the party MMD. if you perform or have performed i am sure the people in your party will elect you as a party leader, RB, katele and group dont like you. what they are doing is exactly the FTJ third term tactic. BA RB please hold the convention. these opportunists will run away from you once the game becomes hot for you for failure to hold a convention