Kitwe Mayor Chileshe Bweupe says there is nothing irregular with the motion to provide him with housing and 24 hours security.
Mr. Bweupe insisted that Mayors deserve to be accommodated in institutional houses and be provided with security in order for the Office of the Mayor to be respected.
He charged that the motion seeking to provide housing and 24 hours security to the Mayor of Kitwe has been politicized.
“This is not about Bweupe, the motion was meant to benefit even future Mayors. We need Mayors to be accommodated in good houses where they can host functions,” he said.
“We have seen functions been hosted at the residencies of the Nigerian Embassy, Botswana High Commission, why should the Mayor, the number one Citizen of the City host functions at Lodges and Hotels?”
The Kitwe Mayor, a close relative of President Sata said some political opponents want to gain mileage from the issue of the motion and bring his office into disrepute.
“I have never used the name of President Michael Sata in vain, people claiming that I use State House to abuse my powers are just been malicious,” he said.
He said he is fully aware that some people want to use the issue to distract him from performing his duties as the Father of the City.
Mr. Bweupe said he is focused on leaving a legacy of hard work and commitment to the City of Kitwe and warned that he will not be distracted in his course of duty.
Recently, Ministry of Local government and Housing Permanent Secretary issued a circular to Kitwe City Council not to enforce the motion to provide housing and 24 hours security to the Mayor of Kitwe failure to which appropriate statutory sanctions will be applied.
Mr. Namachila advised the council not to enforce the decision as it is against public policy and it is costly and attracts audit query.
He explained that moving a motion to provide accommodation and security for the mayor is in contravention of the current legislation and has therefore no legal; backing rendering it an ultra vires decision of no legal effect.
How does this Bemba shamelessly discuss himself? Pantu ba yama ebaleteka! God help us with this bunch of jackals.
MK – you can argue your point without injecting tribe into this. I am bemba and do not agree with his notions. so there you have it.
Ka mayor you are a faggot!
Bwana mayor go back to school so that you can have your own better home for such functions,
Ok security no problem. Now lets deal with the jerabos! Kick some aaa…..s
Chinoko was the head teacher at Mukuba High and was corrupt. Ubuule bwa banoko was known in nkana east and the entire kitwe. Elyo bukopo Ka Chileshe kusukulu. I was shocked to learn that you are now the mayor of kitwe. Sata alelya chinoko and she introduced him to you as your uncle, moron, and you still believe sata is your uncle.
# Cherry Kanka 5. you should have respect for elders. did she give in to you? We were at the same school St. Pauls from 1990 – 94 and the guy was intelligent.He actually did his degree at CBU. katwishi ubukopo ulelandapo.
# 5 Cherry Kanaka,have some respect for elders,how can you say such about an elderly lady whether your story holds any water at all ,imagine if that was your MOTHER we are discussing now,stick to the real issues and have some moral RESPECT FOR WOMEN at least,before you turn this blog into a market place to download new and trendy insults,if Bweupe can make it to the Mayor’s office,maybe you too should head home and try your luck at that game with the Bemba’s instead of posting such rubbish, Am disgusted
Chi cherry kanka ulekwata amano chik ala.You might have some reservations about his guy but please that shouldnt be a reason to insult an innocent woman.Wanunka pama tako chiwa iwe.
This is why i like zwd,cherry spill the bean mwana,chababa cause they are related.
Hope you are not taking about the lady 91-93 head teacher at Mighty…coz i will come over and knock you black siht to senses…coz that lady was good people…
I wonder why Lusaka Times hasnt deleted this comment. It is in bad taste
Please let this “number one Citizen of the City” host functions at his house, if he has one. Otherwise, let his uncle buy him a plot in Kwacha so he can do what he wants. People still think that public service means public enjoyment even without going to school. Yaba!
Instead of providing 24hr security for the community you want it to yourself..Some mayor no-wander we don’t develop many chaps just focus on themselves
imagine”!!!my jaw dropped when reading this nonsense, the man should be booted out of office with immediate effect. He doenst know that leadership is servanthood
iwe Chileshe, u are embarrassing some of us who supported HEMCS in the last polls….as some1 has put it already, go back to school & get a job that will see you build your own house….i remember you as a CBU dropout, correct me if i am wrong! Personally, I would prefer Christopher Kang’ombe to Chileshe for the Kitwe Mayor position; Chris is a young but very mature politician just like Elias Jr…lets go!!
There is precedent for what Chileshe Bweupe is insisting on. The first two African mayors in Kitwe were moved from the high density townships and given accommodation in low density areas. I remember this clearly when I was in primary school. Mr. Jonathan Mubanga who was Mayor between 1964 and 1965 and Mr. Albert Nkanda Kalyati (1965-1967) moved from Chimwemwe and Kwacha Townships respectively to better housing in Parklands. I know what I am talking about because the Deputy Mayor to Mr. Jonathan Mubanga, Mr. Francis Kapansa, was our primary school teacher, but he remained in Kamitondo Township. Even more recently, Mr. Simon Chishimba, Mayor between 1998 and 1999, moved from Miseshi Township where he was a teacher to a better house in Parklands.
That was a wrong precedent which planted the seed to this sorry attitude of entitlement.This is the reason why zambia remains poor because public officials won’t work hard for their daily bread if they can easily cream off the public coffers.It gives our kids the impression they don’t have to work hard.
Hmm. I am not sure your facts are correct.
This type of doofus mayor is the reason why Kitwe and zambia don’t look as spotless as they looked in the colonial photos we saw.He has become the focus instead of service delivery being the pillar of his tenure.Public service does not mean public exploitation which was invented & perfected by the likes of Mobutu,Moi,Mugabe & Mubarak.
Why is there so much anger in Zed kanshi? Dragging a parent and her alleged background does very little to the issue at hand, which is a discussion on housing provision for the Mayor of a city. Is this why the entire country seems to be running like one huge village? I suppose we think such resolutions can only come from the centre or what? Eish!
Get the point when resource are not enough we should try as much to distribute what we have equally. He should be saying this himself not me! Why are you offend ?
Chileshe Bweupe is just too childish and drinks too much, I have travelled and worked with him, he can be an embarrassment. I dont see his political career going very far!!
# 5 data iyo! In all honesty this boy should consider going back to school if he is worried about holding functions at his place.
Didn’t PF say something once about being humble servants to the nation? Well, I guess that’s another promise out the window….!
So, now that there is no need to bother with all that democratic man of the people stuff (…at least for the next four years!), perhaps the Mayor would also enjoy if the people were made to kneel and clap or throw rose petals before his feet wherever he walks? I bet some of the Ambassadors he envies so much could even be jealous of him when that happens!
Power sure is fun, right ba Mayor?
This chap has been linked with fraudulent activities in the past, he was fired at Barclays. He had a company which was derigesterd at the mines because of fraudulent activities with supplying umwela. It still appears on do not use list. His lifestyle is very wild as he drinks a lot and found muma night club with females at most, how can you have a mayor like that? He loves boasting a lot and that’s where people would never respect you. Majority of wealthy and elite people in kitwe don’t even talk or try to show their status he really needs to humble himself. this chap really needs to stop getting drunk carelessly. Without PF he would have lost we don’t need immature pople like this chap as mayor.
Concerned Nkana east resident ……….. This is constructive criticism and for real being boastful doesnt pay. Hope he will have time to look at these postings.
Rubbish Ka Bweupe grow up. Whats wrong with this chap? you go into public office to serve not to enjoy efyo tawambela. You friends give back to community while you want to be taking from the community foolish man!!
I wonser how such people have been voted in as mayor. Look at his office. No once Kitwe is another dirty place. iwe ka maice ka mayor come to my office and see how an office is supposed to look like. serve the people and what you eed will be given to you by your uncle. but don’t you get enought money to build your own house with security?
# 5 Cherry Kanaka,have some respect for elders,how can you say such about an elderly lady whether your story holds any water at all ,imagine if that was your MOTHER we are discussing now,stick to the real issues and have some moral RESPECT FOR WOMEN at least,before you turn this blog into a market place to download new and trendy insults,if Bweupe can make it to the Mayor’s office,maybe you too should head home and try your luck at that game with the Bemba’s instead of posting such rubbish, Am disgusted with your kaponyanese!!
Their is nothing wrong the mayor is asking for, imwe jealous people, and please dont bring parents issues into his discussions concerning his office, Number 5 u are cursed and please offer an apology. Makaka iwe
Why all this hate for Chileshe Bweupe. He is a qualified artisan and worked for ZCCM and Mopani copper mines. He has always been involved with PF since it was formed by ba Sata and its time for him to enjoy the fruits of his labour somehow while discharging his duties as a mayor. By the way he still need to fullfil the promiseshe made to the people and help grow Kitwe which has been stagnant for decades and is not on that position for a joy ride, otherwise come 2016 it could be a different story.
Time to enjoy the fruits of his labour? I thought people went into politics to serve, not to chew….. or is personal gratification what you expect and are happy with from our politicians?
Sadly, the truth is exactly what you say and politics has been all too much about “enjoying power” for decades! That attitude, however, is a big part of the problem and certainly not what is needed for PF to fulfill the promises it made.
the guy is there to serve and not to enjoy the fruits.If he wants to be treated like a king,let him work hard and still from the public.
banyina balebalya Kuli Sata. Iyi data from someone is too juicy. So Sata aletunga sana. Trespore Mpundu’s sister nomba ba nyina Bweupe.
Christine Kaseba should be a disgraced wife due to excapeeds of Sata.
Tawakwata amano iwe chiwa.Discuss the issue at hand not those baseless and nonsensical tirades.
Imagine the furore if these demands had been coming from somebody who is not from the chosen tribe!
STOP this tribal rubbish – have you not learned from other countries – it is one Zambia, one Nation. Make constructive points.
The mayor must be more serious than he is trying to show has us.He should not be putting pressure on the little resources around. we have a lot of issues in the city to solve than thinking about one person, the mayor.
I now understand why people get into politics or GRZ just to enrich themselves. These simply no HOPE! Period!
Awe that is so embarrassing. Are you that broke that you do not have your own house. When your teachers do not have houses in the rural areas you want a house for parties. Somebody have this man dropped.
What do you expect when you have such retards as mayors!
Very disappointing. Honestly we chinangwa weee, get to work. You were not given that position to be hosting functions. Kitwe town is very dirty, people in townships drink water and all you can think of is hosting functions.
to read dirty water
What about your House Mr. Mayor? How do we choose mayors that don’t even have a House?? Host those functions at your own Home. Zambia how can we move forward with such nonsense. Compare yourself with London or New York Mayors??
i had the privilege of meeting the gay Major of Brighton in Sussex UK. I didn’t see any security guards trailing behind him! Otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to take pictures together.
This is a typical monkey
you are a typical bonobos that eats rats
So what is wrong with what the Mayor has said? Nothing.
Will Mayors return to komboni at end of tenure of Office? That is the big question.
Chileshe is a Kitwe Jerabo, 3rd in command.
Provide us with service please the resources are not enough to please you with 24 hours security. Mr Sata stopped GBM from this careless thinking don’t you hear?.
Look at his face, such people never change, we give him one guard he will ask For another one for the home when he is at a night club with the other. What you say ba mayor speaks volumes of who you are and save.
Look for someone to fight for your conditions of service. You are shameless
These clowns we have for leaders clearly don’t understand what it means to be a public servant
Is this the same chap who was at St Pauls kabwe-louis bweupe?
This chap has lost it,soon he will ask for a Lamborghini kaili ni ba mayor…..Bushiiiiiiiiiit
Viva PF! No sacred cows in PF!
Moneni Kukanwa ka Ba Mayor mwati kuti balandapo nefya mano aba sure? Self centered twat!
With this kama chap as Board Member of the Nkana Water & Sewerage Company (NWSC) means that the management and staff of the water utility are in trouble. I suppose he’ll be asking NWSC to pay him a sitting allowance higher than the salary of the Managing Director. The problem with Bweupe is that he is too puffed up with pride. Just imagine the check of styling himself as ‘1st Citizen of Kitwe’…when his position is merely ceremonial?
focus on bring shopping malls…..if you achieve then you will be respected. its not a persons house or security that earns him respect…its his deeds….c h i k a l a
Chileshe Bweupe asked for it! The people were not going to spare a mayor who makes demands on the citizens resources before he has achieved anything for the great city of Kitwe! People in Wusakile and other high density areas live in areas with poor water supply and unsantitary conditions and you have the audacity to want a luxurious house for yourself? Really, Mr. Mayor, build your own house if you so wish to entertain at your own premises.
The guy is right full stop
I think that he is wrong. He is comparing apples with ground nuts. The High Commissioner’s or Ambassador’s residence is that nation’s property and land. A Mayor is just a chairman of a committee of councillors. It is not a full time job.
The mayor is just asking, why not do this or that to the office of a Mayor?a simple question asked but those that think they are too intelligent are so negative………just discuss to what the father of the town is asking for!policy can be changed after going through the discussions at a forum…..grow up boys and girls on this site, period!
Namba 31,, that’s the data we need to know! How do you have a mayor who is a JERABO? Can someone explain this. I am not getting it. And you expect a county to move forward. Heard these ff… Jerabos have been harassing innocent citizens out of nowhere! And you call kitwe a safe town. Maybe a gangsta town!
President’s nephew my foot! Zed people really deserve this circus since they voted a bunch of semi literate chimps into office. Fix up the mess in Kitwe before you start demanding things you’re not entitled to. I shall not comment on his mum out of respect!
ku africa, yalikosa. 24hrs security for a mayor plus housing. guyz finshi twabifya kanshi iwe bachifita? we do not think of anything or anybody else apart from ourselves. Continue stealing Copper and causing pollution.
#18 GP GP
akalitole ubunono. A whore is a whore regardless of the age. I just called a spade a spade and you have the guts to respond to me. I was not talking about your mother fool!! Ooh maybe china Bweupe is your mother and if so, i would like to inform you that Chinoko liule big time.
This role used to be a civic duty. He could learn a lot by seeking out some of those who have held the role before him. Particularly those that served prior to the start of the degradation of services. It is not the request he is making but the accompanying thought process behind it that appears to hold a certain ‘keeping up with the Joneses’ touch. Some of those past mayors already held jobs and involved their spouses in providing more than was made available to them for the civic role and in doing so set high standards you can emulate with a different approach.
This forum is not for people who are bitter. If you are genuine and you think what you are saying has substance why cant you keep that to yourself, approach Bana Bweupe and tell her dark side. We don’t want that nonsense on this blog. Get a life.
#49
Are you the moderator of this forum?
And when you say ‘we’, how many are you in youself? What an e.m.b.e.c.i.l.e you are. I dont even know where you got the audacity to respond to my comment. I will tell you s.h.i.t that will send you back to your mothers’ womb, fool!.
cherry kanka # 50 & 51…..I have better things to do than get into an argument with you. that explains where you come from and your upbringing. You are so ugly that when your mama dropped you off at school she got a fine for littering and that’s not the end, If you were twice as smart, you’d still be stupid.
#49
i have slowed my roll. You are lucky, but please don’t temp me.
cherry kanka # 50 & 51…..I have better things to do than get into an argument with you. that explains where you come from and your upbringing. You are so ugly that when your mama dropped you off at school she got a fine for littering and that’s not the end, If you were twice as smart, you’d still be stupid.
What’s the threat to your sorry ass, ichimulomo ububi, “hosting functions” you baboon, this is the wrong way to go about issues talking about expenditure before doing even any amount of work, bloody abortion, get to work Zambia needs serious leaders not this circus!
You are so ugly that when your mama dropped you off at school she got a fine for littering and that’s not the end, If you were twice as smart, you’d still be stupid.
#15 Concerned Nkana east resident ……….. This is constructive criticism and for real being boastful doesnt pay. Hope he will have time to look at these postings.