FORMER president, Rupiah Banda has said it is not fair for the Government to discontinue paying him his emoluments, insisting that he is not involved in active politics.
Mr Banda said he had retired from active politics and that he was merely holding the position of MMD president to facilitate a smooth transition while the former ruling party prepares to hold its extra-ordinary convention in April next year.
He was responding to a Press query through his administrative assistant, Mikatazo Wakumelo in Lusaka yesterday.
He said he was not supporting any of the MMD presidential candidates because he had decided to retire from active politics.
Chisamba Member of Parliament Moses Muteteka, former Zambian high commissioner to Canada, Nevers Mumba, MMD chairperson for commerce Felix Mutati, national vice-chairperson Kabinga Pande, and former Finance minister Situmbeko Musokotwane have applied to contest the party presidency.
On Sunday last week, Chief Government spokesperson Given Lubinda announced that the Government was suspending the disbursement of entitlements to the former Republican President.
This was after the MMD national executive committee resolved that Mr Banda would continue holding the position of party president until April next year when the party would hold elections at an extra-ordinary convention.
Meanwhile, Mr Banda said he would allow investigations into the Mpundu Trust account, which allegedly holds up to US$1 million (K5 billion) to conclude and would not engage in public debate over the matter.
The former president said he was not willing to defend himself in the public on allegations of impropriety, but would allow investigators to do their work.
He said there was no way he could start explaining details of the Mpundu Trust account and villas in Lusaka when there had been an announcement that they should be probed.
President Michael Sata recently directed investigative wings to probe Mpundu Trust that holds about K5 billion and how the construction of the villas was financed.
[Times of Zambia]
This Man loves money like no business. Just retire if u need the money
hunger, tala, njala ya gwila, yaba!
The new government yes should give him his entitles,It’s not like he is active in the political activities for MMD he is only holding the position as they wait for the next Candidate.
shut up!!!
just retire from active politics. you will get what is due for you. but you were easily dragged by dora who has a hand on party funds. Â
His been dull. Retire, as long as you are president you still in politics
Ok I fail to see the reasoning, how can one not be in active politics when he is the leader of a political party.
the cries of a dying horse. this country is not fair, when a civil servant retires he or she is there and then deleted from the pay role, now for those who are more human than others they continue getting there monies. sata is even quite on the increase of our salaries as civil servants and yet we campaigned for him, even giving him information but he cant appreciate. five years is not to farÂ
Just pay him.When we lost president Mwanawasa he took up the challenge to lead the nation.He served even though it was not his initial intention.He is an old man and would have been enjoying his retirement and young wife if we didn’t vote for him.Now we turn around and insult him day in day out.He only ruled for 3 years but we blame him for the things and systems placed decades before he took office.Leave the guy alone.Why do we always have to hate former presidents?Have you ever met a Zambian thats not corrupt in one form or the other? How did you get your passport so quickly?Lets change systems.
Thousands of civil servants wait for years to get their pensions, some from 8-10 years. He cant wait even 6 months? Greed…..!! Go make money from Chipata farm and business ons who have always been in business can support you. Whne you hand over presidency, that is retire from politics, u will get your money. Yamunyokola njala? Already?
Yes ino yes banda can be blamed for everything that went wrong in three years. and there’s plenty. UNIP vigilantes returned. And the end of MMD began under banda. So there. In just 3 years.
You mean even after what happened to him post 20th september the man still does not have advisors?Coz if he had this should not be an issue.
LOOK AT HIM…HE’S EVEN FUMING FOR THE MONEY WHEN HE HAS STOLEN trillions…RB GROW UP AND RELAX ON THAT SOFA BEFORE YOU MISS IT…SOON YOU WILL BE CAGED..
Rules are rules. Besides you’ve stolen more than enough.Â
Yamunyokola njala lomba Rupiah
oh good my best president u did your best when u where our president not kaponya in state house who wants to put civil servants retirement age 65 yrs
When one’s shell life in business. politics or any other career is so short termed that they can see the finish line, they resort to look at life there after.They resort to steal. That is why corruption, mendacity, uncaring selfishness is the order of the day
Zambian men are inept and have been born with the modicum of stealing from the poor Zambians
Heroes are not people that have stolen if the ex president has, Heroes in Zambia are people that contribute to the economy like myself who has endlessly sent my old clothes and this year alone up to £4 500 to my poor families and depending to what calculator you use I have made them millionaires
There is no precedence in Zambia of any one that is serving time for corruption related deedsÂ
So why care?
Thanks
FoolishÂ
you twat why not send new clothes after all you claim to have so much dosh that even your orrifices are ooozing with sctitish pounds.
RB, this is your career decison. Stay in politics and forfeit ur benefits. MMD lack of leadership planning should not constitute GRZ crisis.
Pamene apa yakonyokola njala? Your NEC said you are still the president of MMD, hand over the mantle to the next guy, & we shall give you your pay.
#8 – Ninja you seem to be missing a point just like RB. The constitution states that every former head of state is entitled to a state salary as long as they are not involved in active politics. In this case the guy is a leader of an opposition party, which is the highest position in politics other than being a president. Until he resigns the law will be upheld. It is really dull of him to even ask for it publicly.
A Banda aba ndiyo and Nshima. F*** yourself old fool
This is the most stup.id statement ever, and anyone who is even supporting this is either retarded or very retarded, and I quote “Mr Banda said he had retired from active politics and that he was merely holding the position of MMD president to facilitate a smooth transition while the former ruling party prepares to hold its extra-ordinary convention in April next year.” This is like saying I am not working, but I amonly working until someone else starts working. Akawalala awa ni azende ngako, koma azende ene ene ni ma supporters ao. Vipuwa ndithu. These are really cheeky and arrogant people.I hope we find enough evidence to cage them for a very long time. We just forgave HH for saying stupid things in parliament. We should treat these vermin from hell with the contempt they deserve.
gvmt give hime his money he is hungry n want to go to his farm its farming season. onivwisha cifundo lomba amudala aba tho he stole alot of our cash.
You know people there is God in heaven who presides over the affairs of men, this man whenever other wanted to correct him he would say, ” ah uyo musiyeni, njala yamunyokola”, so what can we say about his cries now, actually the money he is asking doesnt even affect his life, he has more than his belly can take, please let that little ngwee help an orphan imwe amudala.
true tha
#Bazungu icho chintu ni zooooona
It is simple. He should only be paid when a successor has been found. In the interim surely a party that was swimming in billions of campaign fundscan pay his salary.
# 19. I just read that one statement of Banda and stopped reading this article because i realized that RB is such an arrogant man. I think he deserves a prison life.
What does the law say?
That iz the price the MMD iz paying for “abolishing” the vice prezidency. The logik thing would be to let the party chairman Mabenga or secretary Kachingwe act until the mini convention, instead of the “retired” RB.
I’m disappointed with PF and Sata although I wish them well. I have never supported PF. However, please do me a favour by not showing this guy’s picture ever again. It makes some of us become physically sick…even with some of the positive things he did especially regarding the economy. He should be left to fade away quietly.
Rupiah Banda can now talk about FAIRNESS???? What about the innocent citizens in Mongu who were shot dead and some imprisoned without trial just for shouting slogans? What about the innocent citizens who were shot dead in Mazabuka for demamnding their rights? What about the innocent citizens who were shot dead in Mansa for demanding the government provides adequate security and safety?? Mind you, all these happened in less than ONE YEAR!!! What about the innocent children’s lives lost to disease and hunger while he and his ministers amassed so much wealth stealing from hospitals and clinics. Sata should have started with this guy instead of chasing some of the people who are clearly innocent…
#23, I’m with you. #24, I feel the same about seeing this guy’s pictures.
Mr Banda is a greedy and selfish man. Yes he is entitled to his emoluments but let him first tell the nation how much money he and his cronies ‘unknowingly’ stole from GRZ coffers. He talks of fairness but is it fair for someone to steal billions and wake up next morning to cry for more from the same source he robbed? This man is having a honeymoon of a lifetime in Zambia, the sooner his immunity is removed the better.
Who told you that RB stole??? You fools, I know RB will have the last laugh. Just give him his money i know you want to steal it.
Who is this thing called mushota
the longer this rb thief strolls the streets of zambia, the more agitated people he stole from become. what is restraining this govt from caging this man kanshi! he is quiet irritating. he is now making katele kalumba look like an angel when he is not. cage this man now.
Kaunda is Chilufya’s chola boy doing the work that hippo face Kambwili should be doing but still gets his benefits. Just give RB his money.
Talk about low level of integrity by a former head of state. Shocking evidence-based revelations are coming out about gross disparities in earnings-vs-accrued wealth by ministers on his watch, and all he can come up with is trying to wangle some money from Govt. (For an air ticket somewhere, maybe. It’s an addiction that can’t wait). Where is the salt in the man……… doesn’t think about the Country his grand children and their grand chidren will live in?
RB must be tied toa truck and drugged through out the streets of limulunga so the the blackbulls can trounce on his big face.he indirectly ordered police to kill pipo when he said’bazafela mujele’ now its yo time,we wait wait tosee how foolish you will look behind bars u old fool.
This is self-explanatory; President of Opposition Party = Active Member of Party = Influencial Politician in the Country = No Retirement Benefits = Nyama Soya Bwezani Bwelela ku Munzi Chabe.
NJALA YA MUNYOKOLA TO BORROW FROM BANDA’S OWN WORDS. WHAT A COMEDY, I LOVE ZAMBIA
Who let the dog out?
That’s like Leon Schuster answering a question on unemployment….when told that people are sitting around doing nothing he says they not unemployed, they are just waiting for work! So Banda is just a dormant president! He can as well be a dummy, he has no idea of what has hit him.
@37 umuntunse, you have made my day bro. a dummy he really is. he, he, he,
sorry, Sir.
Indecision continues to haunt RB, his holding party post even as a step-gap measure is indecipherable from active politics. There is a way that seems right at its beginning but there at the end of it leads to disaster. Plan and strategy is ignored at one’s own peril.
LOO-PHEO-NO, CHI-COLOUR-O YOU. HE’S TALKING LIKE HE IS IGNORANT. SINCE WHEN DID BEING A POLITICAL PARTY’S PRESIDENT CEASE TO BE POLITICAL?
PLEASE, PLEASE BA RB. DON’T PRETEND TO BE RETARDED. THATS CRIMINAL AS WELL.
#12 CHI-COLOUR TAPALI NEFYAKWEBA ATI ALENYA MENSHI. THATS JUST SOME LOUSY GIMMICK AT HES BROKE. WE AREN’T FOOLS, OK.YOUR WIFE WAS GETTING PAID FOR FREE AS A TEACHER AND YOU ARE ALSO REPEATING THE SAME TRICKS. DON’T BE CLEVER MUDALA. GUYS MWEBEKALA KU ZAMBIA, JUST BE ALERT TO SEE WHERE THIS I-DIO-TE WILL BE JAILED AND THROW A GOOD AMOUNT OF VIA-GRA TO EXCITE THE INMATES.
You can’t the cake and have it at the same time. I agree with the guy who says MMD should have had a vice president. Lomba a Banda mweo ise ti ibale lamulo just for you? A mudala wanga sure.
RB, Just lift your phone receiver, ring HE MCS and remind him of the nshima your mum cooked and you ate together with him
This culture of hate in Zambia should not continue but we should love one another as people of one country and thank God for all those who have ruled us in the past. These did a lot for Zambia. We should also remember that All have sinned even those who are condemning RB. If any one have not done any evil, please go ahead and keep on insulting. But remember God will bring every thing we have done in darkness and light into judgment. Will you all stand the judgment of the Righteous GOD?
Jesus Christ never condoned thieving did he? do you call stealing from the poor biblical? why is it that even wise religious men and women, with rich bible knowledge are calling for his arrest. why, why and why? ask yourself.
You can’t eat the cake and have it at the same time. Your Bweziness Mr Rupiah Banda. Until you leave the party presidency we will not pay you.
Ya chi nyokola njala sure. Nyama soya`s cheeks will soon deflate.
The Fact that you are holding that Position Mr. Former President means you are still MMD President with this regard, you are not entitled to the Mula SIR?????? You can’t eat both..
It is really sad that MMD has leadership crisis. Someone else can act Mr. Bwezani just go back to the land. Be like Kaunda, Ukulya Bwino Pabwikele??
No retirement NO Money BABA???
Ka Mushota should be a hooker. She’s always talking down Zambian dudes. I guess she is a mental retard who is is blinded to the fact that many Zambian’s including me are making waves in foreign lands and at home. By the way Mushota even if you werethe only girl remaining i would not even consider hooking you up.
Don’t give him even a cent. Whom are you bushittingg you were at the convetion when the decision was being made. Ukushitemwa indalama. Ichilufumo.
PLEASE HELP THIS BANDA FROM CHIPATA THAT HOLDING ON TO A POLITICAL POSITION IS BEING IN POLITICS. THAT IN ITSELF DISQUALIFIES HIS FROM THE BENEFITS……..
I wonder at the thinking of people who think that harassing RB is development, job creation, more money in pocket, lower taxes, K5m pay for civil servants which PF promised to the Zambian people. Just ask yourself a question how RB s harassment will bring food on the table or make money available for school fees of your children next month. Only a fool can praise someone who wants to shift the attention of Zambians from development to petty issues of harassing an individual. Shame on you guys!!!!!!!
No 3 Flavour boy.The law defines that should one continue holding a Political Position,then he will stop being entitled to his benefits! Even if he slept until February but as long as he holds the position,he is considered being in active politics!
Thats why MMD can never bounce back to power. how can a party be led by a president who is idle or inactive? he wont even be able to steer this titanic away from the iceberg even if he sees it 100 miles away
PF Mutale, walasa Mudala.People are so shallow minded and do not know that their Government is trying to buy time by harrassing the previous leaders.These crooks know very well that they cannot fulfil their promises and have no ideas on how to run this country and will always jump at every opportunity to accuse the MMD.I think they should just put their foot down and concentrate on the job at hand than harrassing their colleagues.They will not be in Government forever and their time will surely come and they will also go through the same treatment.FJT did the same to KK and you all saw what he got when his time came.
Zambians let us grow up and work for a better Zambia. – Let the government do its work foghting corruption but lets guide it so that it is not distracted from the real work ahead – we need to support it to do the right things, NOT TO CRY over spilt milk! As much as the fight against corruption is noble, PLEASE let us start discussing the way forward, enough is enough. Such attitude will never take us any where.
The Former Presidents Entitlements Act stipulates that any former president who is still active in politicis, would not be receiving their entitlements. It goes further to define being active as holding political office. Currently, Bambo banda is holding political office as the President of the MMD and therefore he is barred by that Act to receive his entitlements.
The PF does not bend the law as h often did, lets wait for april, then!!!
Uncle, “merely holding the position of MMD president to facilitate a smooth transition while the former ruling party prepares to hold its extra-ordinary convention” means active politics. Even a civics pupil knows that. I think blame his spokeperson Wakumelo, dull chap.
So this BUFF.OON here is telling us that he is just an empty suit warming the seat….move over…isn’t this the selfsame cockroach who said he will be president just 3 years to see our Mwanawasa’s term…wonder how that party can tolerate such a man with no leadership qualities whatsoever!!
So this BUFF.0.O.N here is telling us that he is just an empty suit warming the seat….move over…isn’t this the selfsame cock.r.oach who said he will be president just 3 years to see out Mwanawasa’s term…wonder how that party can tolerate such a man with no leadership qualities whatsoever!!
Just retire our old man, the money will be waiting for you…..
I not seen bigger fools than Zambians. You are celebrating at your former leader been abused. This man lead he country and with all his issues he did not leave us in a bad place. You can not see that PF just want MMD to rush into choosing a leader. Fools you Zambians are. The failure of our democracy is because of su foolishness. *****
Why, oh why  is LT deleting my comments??
Why should I sugar-coat a fact, there are no kind words to describe this chap RB, the selfsame chap who said he was just going to be acting President for 3 years to see out Mwanawasa’s term.Â
Ndipo Yamunyokola njapa…to use his own words against Mpombo. How things can turn round! I end here.
Ndipo Yamunyokola njala…to use his own words against Mpombo. How things can turn round! I end here.
a Banda, when you cease to be president, the leadership of the party falls in the hands of the Secretary General or National Chairman. Holding the presidency is hogwash!
Is this man serious? As long as he is president of the MMD, he is in active politics. How could such a dull man have been president, I beg????? He thinks being ‘active’ is going to rallies. Leave the title and quit the post. Let someone else act!! Oh, I forgot, you Banda worked for and made the MMD abolish the post of vice president because little hound dog George Kunda did not stand a chance at the convention. Lol
#44, right on ;)
#45, Some of us or not christians and we do infact believe in justice and equality before the law (just like some other christians do). If we were christians, we’d still say “give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar”. In this case, don’t give Caesar what does not belong to him. Even though I am not a christian, I can tell you, do not use the name of the Lord your God in vain by defending foolishness. This is not about condemning RB. the logic here is simple. If he is holding the seat of party president then he is active. It does not matter if he does not get out of bed.
#48: Mushota is probably an educated MAN who likes mind games. The language IT uses sometimes is too advanced for someone with such retarded viewpoints.
Tha shall not steal. No one is above the law, but in Zambia some people are above the law. Rb respect the law and do what is right in order for you to get your entitlements, remember MMD arrast Dr Kaunda over this same issue of remaing in active politics as former head of state. just retired bwana
A banda please grow up. You are in active politics till the day you will hand over the presidency. So it means no money from GRZ. Its self explanatory a RB na imwe.
NO MATTER HOW FULL THE OCEAN, WOULD BE, IT WILL STILL TAKE WATER FROM THE RIVER! RB is hungry? Give me a break!
And Mushota the problem is that your aunt keeps asking for more monies as soon as you have sent her some. Keep sending more love. £4500 you have sent so far is a tip of the iceberg. You ll probably need to sleep with more men to satisfy your poor aunt. Ichifungalishi (rheumatism) between your legs (because of sex for more) will kill you by the time you finish. Goodluck love!
Has he forgotten he is from eastern province, he thinks he is Bemba.no cash sell one hotel in Malawi if you are starving. Your wife kept on drawing teaching salary when he was not teaching any one in state house.pls R B we don’t want to hear’
Old horse RB it’s not our fault you married a young woman who at a very sexually active stage of her life, you just order more Viagra boy and stop trying to pretend to be very busy going to work at 9am so you can hide at MMD H/Q. Â
Latest RB has been named Director and CEO of zim-bank, he has agreed to take the position starting next january, what does the law say on former presidents getting Jobs outside the country? after losing an erection?
It is only in zambia where former heads of are mistreated and left to a shame,Rupiah Banda deserves respect and red carpet treatment,after that smooth transition of power the monkeys in the maize field still want to harass innocent souls,sata wont be president forever and i pity his exit!
Mushota shut up you are just in kalingalinga and you are cheating us that you send money to your relatives. Idioot.
What goes round comes round. RB was laughing at some former politician who was out of job..saying Njala yamu nyokola. Now its RB’s time to suffer the same fate and probably worse is yet to come for this thieving president.
What goes around comes around! This is what happens when you make laws targeted at individuals for selfish reasons. RB was not even entitled for all this, but George Kunda and his greedy MMD cabinet changed the Laws just to satisfy RB tenure of less than 3 years. RB should not blame PF, he should ask his MMD counterparts why they made such a law. African educated politicians are  the worst at making oppressive laws just to satisfy their greed for power. People like Mugabe and Malawian presidents are not the kind of people Zambians need.Â
Why can’t this man just give up the presidency of MMD? He just wants to make sure that he has influence on the selection process. Somebody else can deputise. Greed is an ugly trait.
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