Patriotic Front Secretary General Wynter Kabimba has said that the PF as a party in government has nothing to do with the dismissal of journalists at the Times of Zambia.
He has since advised UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema to desist from commenting on issues he does not understand.
Mr. Hakainde Hichilema stated that the early retirements slapped on the six journalists at the Newspaper amounted to infringement on press freedom in the country and demanded for their immediate re-reinstatement.
Mr. Kabimba said he is not aware of the grounds on which the Times of Zambia journalists were retired adding that the contract was between Times management and the journalists involved.
He however, noted that Times Printpak just like any company has a right to terminate a contract with employees they feel have not performed well.
Last Friday six young but senior journalists were retired by the government controlled and funded Times of Zambia.Many see this move as politically engineered by former Post Journalists and staff who now hold key positions in the PF government.
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Where these 6 Tonga stooges working for Diffikotti at the times, why is he Diffikotti so worried?
We shall flash out his stooges from OP, all govt depts and armed forces, let us see where the tonga WD will get its propaganda from
u should also have not commited on the matter since u dont know anything galu
Kabimba in this case you know nothing aswel then keep quiet for once.
@ 2 Zulu
How has anyone committed on this matter? Clarify please so we know and understand instead of calling others Galu!
@HH is difikoti ndiwe galu indeed.I dnt see any sense in ur comments.
I will graze you HH is Difficult
The comment by No.1 is an indication of the blood shed this country will soon witness. It wont be long before we witness burning and running in this country. Its time people realized that despite coming from different tribes, we should treat each other as equal partners. No politician will ever descend to power just by being voted by their tribes men and women.
For the first time people are now identifying themselves more with tribe than nationality. This is a danger to our country. Just a few days ago, a Mr. Mumba I knew at UNZA 10yrs as being bemba has suddenly started introducing himself as a Kaonde. To this is a a sign of worse things to befall this land.
This is the chap who not long ago was telling his cadres to assert themselves wherever they are working. So the guys fired are not pf otherwise he would have been releasing hot air from his backside already. Winter summer waba shani kanshi iwe kamuntu??
hahaha Kabimba…, when did you stop micro-managing your mouth piece boss??
Kabimba like his boss Sata is an incorrigible and does not have a character of his won. Sometimes he wants to behave like his boss but even then he fails.He has very limited knowledge over most issues including legal matters where he is supposed to be an expert. I am therefore not suprised at his utterances which only make sense to PF followers. Any way time will tell how far and long PF goes in their scheme to politicise institutions of good governance including the press.
no hh is there to provide us some check outs ingovernment since GK is gone.ad kabimba stop talking on behalf of the government,u ar just a party secretary not a chief government sporksperson…shut up ur mouth..HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH is there to talk 4 de voiceless
Irritant chap,has been vomitting stuff in the media lately.
Summer Kabimba, you shouldnt discuss this issue as well since you dont have the facts. Is it so difficult for you to understand you own advice?
aweeee mwandini twakulaumfwakofye ifwee, these politicians are damn the one n the same pipo, big word for them … FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLZZZZZZZ
Even if Pf were involved in retiring these young media personnel, I dont expect Kabimba to admit publicly that it was the work of the party and its govt. In fact, Kabimba is just troubling himself explaining these things because as far as I know, Kabimba is not accountable to the Zambian people. He is not an elected official nor does he occupy any govt position. So why is he labouring so much every day on behalf of those we have elected? Let him concetrate on organising his Poor Finishers’ (PF’s) club
# 1 you can hang yourself. You will never defeat me. You will just break your neck
Why were they fired? HH should have taken up the matter with Times of Zambia management . And what has become of ZUJ? Is it so toothless that it can not stand up for journalists? Zambian trade unions are very useless.
Surely there iz a lot of Wynter Kabimba around. Rather unprecedented and looks like even more poweful than the dreaded “party and it’s government” of the late UNIP.
HH is right.
The people running the newspaper were appointed by the PF government. Which means they represent the PF government. You can’t run away from your responsibility. You’re victimizing those young people because you think they supported the MMD. Instead of “retiring” younger people, retire older people like Malama and promote the younger ones.
This is not a big deal HH how many people have lost their jobs in Zambia what so special about them They have a right to go to court if they feel they are wrongly dismissed HH you are not right to make such a statement no wonder why you are not making progress
THe PF promised free and independent media.. A week later , not a word from MISA, not a word from the Times of Zambia and not a word from the Minister of Information. Where is this country going to. Surely the dismissal of six senior journalists should be a matter of serious concern to all journalists in Zambia and yet there is deafening silence. Shame.
# 1 HH IS DIFFIKOTTI. Have you read how desperate Kabimba is?, he acknowledges that PF members are being victimised and yet they are in govt. This tells you PF is not and will not be in control 100%. If they believe eliminating all those with a different political view from PF will fire everyone including their cabinet members. That’s how bad it is. Info comes from cabinet members, senior civil servants, perm secretaries, OP staff and other security wing members, including relatives. How will they get rid of everyone of them?. Checks and balances is a MUST and so far PF is in negative governance and leaks and definciencies will be exposed for the sake of Zambians to benefit from good governance that they were duped on false promises.
Kabimba who are you to comment on governance matters. Let the people in govenment defend the move. Why is it that sick people talk too much. Tetamashimba,Chibombamilimo,kabimba,e.t.c
@20 Chidakwa, very good questions.
in modern zambia ,name tag especially the surnames are being misapplied on tribal tag,MUMBA can be kaonde,bembe,easterner.miyanda can be tonga,ngoni.nyambe can be bemba.the point here is we are seeing the results of intermarriages that took place 20 years or so ,we have HH bemba chief.so lets go beyond name tags in our society.iam LUPENGA and 95% of the people think iam bemba.but iam from KASONDE village in petauke.of course i have bemba blood tracing back 100 years ago.
thank-you Mr. Kabimba…ala u continue to speak & represent for the MMD was a worse of party yet people r praising it today! how many people died of persecution under the MMD??
The jopurnalists had contracts with Times of Zambia, we are not privy to their contracts, neither do we understand circumstances behind the termination of their contracts or early retirement as you are calling it. But the interest and passion shown by HH also rings bells, could it be that these were your stooges, or people running your so called Watchdog providing you information??? I personally knew Patson Phiri and he is not worth his sort, infact he has only been at the Times for less that three years!!!!
In the next two to three years will be running the most sophiscated and prudent intelligence service because this is the backbone of any strong and succesful nation, this is just the start of restructuring and i know at the end of this project you will be the first to thank his excellence MSC for the foundation he will leave behind.
That was coming after the erection
If Obama’s Agents can lose jobs for misbehaviour, what of those MMD cadres planted at Times?.It seems those Guys have been planted and were being paid up by HH and some MMD thugs to infiltrate the PF Government, otherwise I see Mr HH crying foul in most decisions. Previously, HH and Sata had a common cause, to remove the corrupt MMD but now it seems HH is a very good friend of the corrupt MMD and they have both teamed up to try and bring down Sata, isnt this strange?. I hope HH is clean.
Kabimba, was it really necessary for you to comment on this matter? Nr 1 HH is Diffikotti, l know you are joking but your joke is unnecessarily crude and inflammatory, really. “Blessed are the peace makers”
Yeah Watever Kabimba