EMBATTLED former MMD Lusaka Province chairperson, William Banda, has scoffed at the party’s national secretary, Richard Kachingwe, accusing him of abrogating the party constitution.
Mr Banda said the opposition MMD was headed for doom if Major Kachingwe remained chief executive officer as he was allegedly trying to hound out those challenging wrong decisions.
He said at a media briefing in Lusaka yesterday that he had resigned from the position of Lusaka Province chairperson because he did not want to be part of the “failed leadership.”
Efforts to locate Maj Kachingwe failed yesterday while his mobile phone went unanswered.
MMD acting president Michael Mabenga said: “I do not discuss issues affecting my juniors in the newspaper. I am the last person who should comment on the matter”.
Mr Banda said the MMD was now in a shambles; the reason the party was witnessing the emergence of many camps.
He said Maj Kachingwe should know that he (Mr Banda) was not an easy politician to break as he had been in politics for a long time.
Mr Banda said it was unacceptable and unfair for Maj Kachingwe to have held a “night” Press briefing to announce his (Mr Banda’s) resignation from the party when he had not consulted with him.
He said it was sad that Maj Kachingwe did not ask him whether or not he had taken leave from his duties before going public on the matter.
Mr Banda complained that Maj Kachingwe went as far as writing him a letter informing him that the party had accepted his resignation.
He alleged that most party members were against Maj Kachingwe’s “poor leadership qualities” which have caused confusion in the party.
Mr Banda also accused the National Executive Committee (NEC) of being behind the party’s loss to the PF in the September 20, 2011 tripartite elections.
The NEC members, he said, lied to former president Rupiah Banda that the party still had a huge following. He has since challenged NEC officials to resign on moral grounds for failing to re-organise the party.
Mr Banda refuted allegations that he has defected to the ruling PF assuring the MMD members that he would go on full-scale to campaign for former minister of Finance and National Planning Situmbeko Musokotwane for the party presidency.
Mr Banda condemned NEC for adopting the provincial conventions as a mode of electing a new party president stating that a national convention was a better forum.
He said the mode which the party leadership had used was illegal because there was no such a provision in the party constitution.
Mr Banda accused the Maj Kachingwe of trying to manipulate the provincial elections so that his preferred candidate could be elected.
[Times of Zambia]
MMD IS NOW DEAD AND BURIED BECAUSE THEY DONT HAVE ANY GOOD LEADER AND KACHINGWE IS NOT A POLITICIAN BUT AN ARMY MAN BUT THE ONLY MAN WHO CAN BOUNCE BACK MMD IN POWER IS NON THAT DIPAK PATEL. DIPAK IS A SENSIBAL POLITICIAN HAVING SERVED IN MMD IN VARIOUS MINISTRIES. LONG LIVE PF AND BA SATA
welcome banda mu chibwato
good banda,send me yo account namba on 0967-456028 i even give u a millon backs,,,welcome sir mu chibwato
Can we talk about something sensible than this sh$$t. People are dieing everyday in hospitals without medicines and lack of preventative medical plans. We have failed to revive science and technology and yet we still talk about sh#:t like this.
Chwechwechwechwe as they fade.
We cannot be surprised if William Banda joins PF. Because PF is MM PART TWO. IN FACT unip in disguise to some extent..no MMD part two makes sense because Sata mmd,guy mmd,etc etc.no william bad
No money for you in MMD thats why you have fled
PF does not welcome the likes of William Banda.Let him go elsewhere or form hisown party.Zambians have not forgotten his unip mentality which we don’t want in this hard fought victory and era.
Rubbish,is there nothing else to report?
I know Kachingwe. He is such a crook. He corned General Tembo during FDD campaign. The man used to collect money but never organized the party or campaigned. He pocketed the money.
William Banda style of politics belong to PF and his age is in conformity too. He should join Summer Kabimba
Major Kachingwe and other NEC members should equally seek a new mandate so that the incoming Party President can start afresh with new blood.MMD is still very strong as can be seen from the number of people who have defected to PF.In Malawi for example, DPP ( Mutalika’s Party ) has lost almost 85% of its MPs to Joice Banda’s PP. SO WITH A LITTLE BIT OF FINE TUNING,MMD has a bright future.
Atleast you guys can believe what Katele Kalumba was talking about. This is the same message Mr. Banda is repeating here, unfortunately you didn’t believe him. MMD is dead. The party was pronounced dead the very time PF was declared the winner of last years presidential elections. No matter how had you are going to perform CPR, MMD is dead and burial arrangements must be made as quickly as possible.
Distant drums #12, I concur with you – in fact the battering of this dead horse will leave us with nothing to bury at this rate…
PF cannot and will never welcome William Banda.
Aletola no bwapona. Ninkulungwe yalya umwaka umo.
PF should not even make the mistake of accepting William Banda in the party even if politics is about numbers, pliz not William, infact he is a negative number.
The end of MMD. It took longer than I thought, but it is finally here. Only the convention is remaining to completely burry it. You wonder why people are even fighting for it’s presidence.
At this point, it really doesn’t matter if Banda (William) resigns from MMD. I could careless if he resigns and joins the party of chimps at mundawanga botanical gardens. As long as PF doesn’t let this wanna be thug join it. I appeal to PF to not let this fool join the party under any circumstance. He recognizes that his future in MMD like the rest of them have, is dead. So, he now goes in and starts jabbing at the same party that brought him the infamous accolade of being a “thug”? Get tha f.u.c.k.o.u.t.t.a.h.e.r.e.
Banda, you’ve got cases pending and jail time surely awaits you. Better yet, a deportation order back to Malawi should save you just right. Remember what you did to those poor people in Chongwe last year?
Njala yamunyokola mambala. On a serious note – “Alabi’ when he comes back from Boston he will find a lot of changes, 1. his corrupt judges no more, half of his children arrested 2. 3/4 of his ministers arrested 3. constitution iyamano 4. his right handman William has abandoned him to lighten his court cases 4. ama reporters bakwe at Times of Zambia street kids oh I mean jobless 5. Mathani and Sangwa balibalekelako 6. utuma MMD cadre baletuma ukuma abantu nitukaili 7. ZAMTEL twalipokolola
8. Dora Chisusu ali nu kalyati
Abafyashi aba he is a bit mad. Is this not the man who was parading people on the then MMD ZNBC saying MMD is gaining ground in Lusaka? Is this not the man who was lying to the former president that MMD has gained popularity in Lusaka/kafue after giving few kwachas to poor women in Lusaka shanties and parading them on pro MMD ZNBC ? May he be delivered and indeed turn to God in genuine repetance. GOD BLESS ZAMBIA
#4 Mr. Zambia-can. I agree with you on the issue of Science and Technology which as been neglected. Having worked for the former National Council for Scientific Research,(NCSR) over two decades ago, the Instituion left by KK and its dream has been gone, has now become like a museum. sad that politicians just interested in scooping tax payers money but pay little attention to scientific research..like reviving the research and development and as an engine for economic development. No politician since the time of KK has shown science & technology agenda forward by improving funding and capacity building ! shame on the all the past president, Chiluba,( late), Mwanawasa ( late) Rupiah Banda (alive) let me not yet comment on Sata for now, perhaps something is brewing
Season 1 of William Banda in UNIP was characterised by harassment and violence against innocent citizens. During his deportation to Malawi and leave from ruling party politics, there was relative party cadre induced lawlessness and violence. In season 2 of William in MMD memories are still fresh of lawlessness and violence attributed to this man. It will be a sad day if this man was to resurface in any political roll in PF. NO to William, no to lawlessness.
william banda is a big fool.
PF should not be tempted to entertain the thought of accepting William Banda’s membership. He will destabilise the party.
awe ba mmd mwalubana mutati vs dora,kachingwe vs katele, banda vs kachingwe now it is kachingwe vs mabenga .welcome the down fall of chwelela
due to lack to a leadership crisi in PF William tekere Banda is very welcome..hahahahaha
Ba MMD please just go because you are no longer news worthy anyway. I hope William Banda really does not have any intentions of joining the ruling party. Rest in pieces big man. Of all things right now UPND and its HH are in collabo with MMD. Shame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!