Solwezi East Member of Parliament, Richard Taima has with immediate effect resigned from the Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) and joined the ruling Patriotic Front (PF).
Mr Taima who, is also Commerce, Trade and Industry Deputy Minister, said he has decided to join the PF so that he could push for more developmental projects within the government unlike what he termed wearing two jackets.
Mr Taima announced his resignation during a press briefing held at his Hill View Lodge in Solwezi today.
He said by resigning from the MMD party, he has consequently relinquished his position as Member of Parliament for Solwezi East.
Mr Taima has since called on all political giants and traditional leaders in the province to consider getting close to work with the Patriotic Front for the common good of the province.
He said it is sad to note that during the September 2011 general elections the whole North-western province emerged as an opposition province as no single seat was given to the Patriotic Front.
Mr Taima said it is, therefore, unfair to expect President Michael Sata or the Patriotic Front in general to include people from a region of the country that did not provide him the primary source of human resource from which he can pick people to include in government.
He said Solwezi East Constituency has lagged behind in development because it has had more opposing members of parliament than those working with the government of the day thereby, resulting in having very little trickling in the constituency in terms of development.
Mr Taima, who was accompanied by over 150 people from his constituency who have defected to the ruling Patriotic Front, said the entire constituency is in support of his decision to join the ruling party because they are interested in seeing development.
Former Solwezi District Commissioner, Frobisher Fulayi and proprietor of Food 24 Restaurant, Frederick Foloshi, also announced their joining the ruling Patriotic Front.
In received, the defectors, PF Provincial Treasurer, Richard Kamboyi, assured Mr Taima the party leadership’s support to him and that they will offer massive support to him even during the campaigns so that he retains the seat.
Mr Kamboyi appealed to the party leadership in the province to be accommodative to all those that join them because they are contributing to the party’s growth.
Mr Taima becomes the second Member of Parliament in the province to resign from the opposition and join the ruling Patriotic Front after Mufumbwe Member of Parliament, Stephen Masumba, who did the same late last year.
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… integrity??
BE CAREFUL,,,UPND MIGHT SCOOP THE SEAT AND YOU SHALL REGRET….
yayayayaya,,,banana republic of zambia, the eurobond is working!!! sangwapo ka!!!
yabaaaaaaaah..no wonder subsidy on fuel..kuti twapusuka ifi…..!
We can talk of the notion of ”USEFUL *****S”….meaning,’useful ***** is a pejorative term for people perceived as propagandists for a cause whose goals they do not understand, and who are used cynically by the leaders of the cause.’……politics of the belly,as zambians would put it…I thot this country was in need of money for developental projects!! WHERE IS THE LOVE ZAMBIAN POLITICIANS??
This guy is a fool who told him that people with opposing views in a nation are not entitled to development! OPPORTUNIST THINKING ONLY ABOUT HIS OWN INTERESTS.
Morally i`m not sure how wise this decision is.
I wonder whether is any wiser!
Defectors are like cheaters they should never be trusted.
Malabisi.wasting tax payers money.ever since we had general elections,all we do is have by-elections.alaseh.
Guys with your comments awe mwe,lets be realistic,who would you rather side with,the team that feeds you or the team that you are just a fan of? If one side of the bread slice is buttered,the other one is not,its only normal that you pick the buttered side,unless you are allergic to butter.
I CANNOT BLAME THE GUY. HE IS JUST PLAYING THE POLITICAL GAME AS IT PLAYED IN ZAMBIA. DO NOT BLAME HIM. DO NOT BLAME MMD AND DO NOT BLAME PF OR UPND. WE SHOULD RATHER BLAME OURSELVES COLLECTIVELY AS ZAMBIANS. IT IS UNFORTUNATE BUT THAT IS THE WAY WE HAVE CHOSEN TO BE PLAYING POLITICS. POLITICS IN ZAMBIA ARE CONFRONTATIONAL. PULL HIM DOWN KIND OF POLITICS. THE OPPOSITION PREACHES THAT THE PF IS A DULL PARTY FULL OLD UNEDUCATED PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ZAMBIA. IN FACT SOME PREDICTED THAT THE PF WILL COLLAPSE WITHIN ONE YEAR AND THAT ZAMBIA IS A FAILED STATE. OTHERS PROMISED THAT THEY WILL IMPEACH SATA AND MAKE HIS BUDGETS FAIL. THEY DO NOT SEE ANYTHING GOOD IN SATA AND HIS PF. THIS IS VERY SAD. ON THE OTHER HAND THE PF IN THE QUEST TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE STILL POPULAR HAVE ……
This situation in my opinion is a result of political parties working together for the common purpose their objective is plot one.I can’t believe an opposition mp failing to meet the republican President visiting his area shame on us.An MP is electected to represent the people in a constituency and he is the link
You people you know now this has been accepted as normal way of living that we should be having by-elections every day while the country has pensioners who have not been paid and in some healthy centers there are no drugs? where is the integrity of this people causing these by elections?
A total disregard of what Zambians are demanding in the new constitutional proposition.
There is too much fault with people in the opposition, and the successive ruling parties in Zambia have been very gullible.
Moral ethics say that it is robbery to be elected at the expense of the national treasury, and then seek to be elected again at yet a further cost.
Something must be done, and must be done quickly!
Zambia has F.O.OLS for politicians!
Zambians are backward!
We are not but very sharp.If only the opposition can support good policies then we can avoid these by-elections.PF needs Numbers just like any political party in parliament.MPs in the UK have independent mind they don’t vote on party lines.I don’t blame PF.They are in Govt and have a mandate to deliver they can only do so with the support of all electected Mps
Another useles, stupid by election. Sata should remember that people are just watching him because it is not his by election. Let him call for an early election and test his popularity. I regret voting for the pf.
Don’t hate the player, hate the current constitution with regards to by elections. Mr Taima had no choice as he was gonna be expelled from MMD and with that lose all the benefits and allowances of an MP and deputy minister so his actions are purely based on “Politics of The Belly”.
Spot on
The role of a “USEFUL *****”! I thought Taima was that sensible but alas he is one of the young political Zombies around! It does not make sense to be jumping from one party to the other on a flimsy grounds, waisting tax payers money and think that is being clever! Masumba did the same and ended up a deputy minister without a ministry.
It is a shame that I come from the some region with you lumpens with no morals and it is my hope that your fellow kaonde’s teahes you (Taima) a lesson by not voting for you back to parianment.
Job creation, More Election monitors, observers, chitenge printing, and lastly more money in taima’s pockets.. shame!
Political vampire. I wonder when our politicians will have integrity, principles and morals for the common good of our nation! Does Mr Taima know that ordinary citizens are paying for the By-Elections and other things?
Another STUPID bye election. I think the mad man wants elections in virtually all cosntituencies held by the opposition so that Zambia can be a One Party state and Sata can be Wamuyayaya. He is learning fr KK.
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