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Kabimba cancels media briefing fearing attacks from GBM camp

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Patriotic Front (PF) cadres today converged at the party district office to denounce their Secretary General Wynter Kabimba and endorse President Michael Sata as their candidate for 2016. Above cadres carrying placards denouncing Wynter Kabimba
Patriotic Front (PF) cadres today converged at the party district office to denounce their Secretary General Wynter Kabimba and endorse President Michael Sata as their candidate for 2016. Above cadres carrying placards denouncing Wynter Kabimba

Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba was Friday morning forced to cancel an eagerly anticipated news conference after intelligence reports showed that the GBM group had planned to attack the event.

Mr. Kabimba who is also PF Secretary General was set to date the local media at the Ministry of Justice Headquarters in Ridgeway but canceled the conference with only an hour to go.

Mr. Kabimba’s media coordinator Chanda Mfula said the conference could not go ahead due to a serious situation in Mr Kabimba’s family which needs his total attention.

“The media briefing that was scheduled to be addressed by the Patriotic Front Secretary General and Minister of Justice Hon. Wynter M. Kabimba, SC, ODS, MP has been postponed to a date to be announced later. This is due to a serious family situation that has arisen and which requires Hon. Kabimba’s total attention. Thank you and apologies,” Mr Mfula posted on his Facebook page.

But intelligence sources have revealed that Mr Kabimba cancelled the conference because he feared for his life and that of the Journalists present.

“What happened was that Wynter was geared to go ahead but only changed his mind after we shared with him what we picked up. The GBM camp had a meeting last night and planned to attack Wynter and beat up the Journalists at the meeting. It was going to be embarrassing for the SG and he quickly cancelled the briefing,” the sources said.
A check at the Ministry of Justice found heavily armed police officers keeping vigil at the Ministry.

And some information obtained from highly placed PF sources indicate that Mr. Kabimba was due to announce that he was stepping down from the position of party Secretary General.

The sources said President Michael Sata had personally asked Mr. Kabimba to step down as a compromise position following weeks of infighting in the PF.

Patriotic Front (PF) cadres today converged at the party district office to denounce their Secretary General Wynter Kabimba and endorse President Michael Sata as their candidate for 2016. Above cadres carrying placards denouncing Wynter Kabimba
Patriotic Front (PF) cadres today converged at the party district office to denounce their Secretary General Wynter Kabimba and endorse President Michael Sata as their candidate for 2016. Above cadres carrying placards denouncing Wynter Kabimba
Patriotic Front (PF) cadres today converged at the party district office to denounce their Secretary General Wynter Kabimba and endorse President Michael Sata as their candidate for 2016. Above cadres carrying placards denouncing Wynter Kabimba
 Above Cadres carrying placards denouncing Wynter Kabimba

127 COMMENTS

  1. Too bad.My party has gone to the d.o.gs it looks like. Anyway I will still pick Wynter over GBM any time of the day.I hope King Cobra steps in to stop this nonsense.PF all the way !!!!

    • Yes preferences and personal decisions.Isn’t life awesome ? I love that.Explains why my father is a staunch UNIP because he made his own decision.Mine is NAREP.

    • i think gbm is wrong here.
      why can’t they just call a meeting and dialogue quietly in the presence of the president, than subjecting us to all this. this is so shameful.
      yes, if i was given a chance to choose between gbm and winter, i would choose winter.

    • Why are you comparing Wynter to GBM, over what? Yes @ Saulosi, GBM has chosen Sata has president, but Kabimba has chosen Kabimba.
      So choose between Sata & Kabimba.

    • @Nostradamus my choice of Kabimba is if I had to make a choice between him and GBM.Wynter over Sata ? My foot ! I would rather go for Chipimo or Father walya.I like Sata because of his personality. I remember when I met him(Sata) at times of Zambia offices while he was in opposition.That discussion I had with him changed me from being his previous hater to fan.

    • I dont think your man Sata can mediate. He is at the root of what GBM is orchestrating. Sata knows and is fully in support of GBM. This is Chiluba’s third term rehashed. Who was at the centre of the third term campaign? If Sata was not party to this he would have already come out strongly and quelled all this nonsense. The PF house is on fire!

    • For 2016 just reject these jokers. This is similar to the nonsense that Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard were parading in Australia and ended up distracting the entire nation from what was important. The end result is they were deservedly booted out of power. I know Zambians will burn their memory fuses before 2016 and still go back to the rot! Let us begin a new party search right now for sanity.

    • When Given Lubinda was accused by Wynter Kabimba, the protests where ordinaly. But with this Wynter upraising, Sata should definately, stop it.
      Sata should remember that GBM is defense minister, and he shouldn’t be placed in a neutral atmosphere.

    • Well it was Wynter Kabimba who should have remembered he was minister of justice for Zambia and not PF as per General Miyanda advice.

      But awe mukwai, he was above the law and now he is being brought down to earth, welcome back, welcome to my world

      Thank you Solwezi East, Chipata Central and Kafulafuta bye elections, you sent PF in disarray.

    • You need to understand the genesis of this. Our throwing Kabimba out of the PF has nothing to do with him as a person, it’s got everything to do with pretenders that continue using Wynter Kabimba.

      We need not only a sane SG but Justice Minister. Knew Wynter is next so should the entire Bwinjimfumu cartel.

  2. …one more thing. His position both in Government and party were handed to him by the president. So they can be taken away in the same manner. But, dont believe rumours unless they are as good as the horse’s month.

    • My friend, Zambia is now degenarating to lawlessness.. Cadres are bigger than policewo/men. Kabimba feared being manhandled by cadres in the presence of the security wo/men .. Look at those big fishs sitted infront of the illiterates =D

  3. Lol! kabimba! Next to be hounded out are Simuusa, Shamenda and Kazabu. The so called PF Copperbelt Grassroots Committee attended by Deputy Minister Mwenya Musenge resolved that these three MPs had failed to ‘deliver’ and should be replaced. It is tribal and it’s not pretty!

    • @Ex-PF, I come from Chingola and specifically Nchanga constituency where the entire family resides. It is true Simuusa has failed the people of Nchanga. Nothing has been done, many people were of the thinking that he will lobby government to bring development to the area since he is a minister but alas, even kabompo road which was started last year has overlapsed and he is busy watching the contractor because he has some shares!! Simuusa should not be re-adopted!! He is a total failure.

    • Simple question: “Is it the role of a minister to lobby for development in his constituence from the government?” Shouldn’t development be spread out based on policy and needs? What happens to those constituencies that never have their MP elevated to ministerial position?

    • @Mfumu,
      Simuusa is a cabinet minister, thus he has influence, in short he is a decision maker. Yes development has to spread to all parts of the country but in cases where an MP is a minister is a plus. A ministerial position comes with a lot of advantages, Simuusa should have jumped on those and give the people of Nchanga constituency hope that he is a better leader. This also applies to his chingola counterpart Joseph Katema who have also failed the people that side. I wonder when was the last time he went there. These MPs should not be re-adopted, we need performing MPs. Another non-performing PF MP is Fackson Shamenda of Ndola Central. He is an absolute failure as well. HEMCS needs to look at these 3 MPs and make a sober decision.

  4. I hope this is true…..once Wynther is out of the way, Masebo out of the way, Mmembe out of the way and Nchito out of the way…..then maybe I can consider becoming PF. The arrogance of these four makes it impossible for people to like PF. They are more arrogant than cockhroaches. They simply refuse to die…these are just like that!

  5. He needs to resign the post of Justice minister as well, or better still, the president must dismiss him with immediate effect.

    Team Kabimba / Mmebme has been dribbled. Now let the PF war truly begin.

    • Wynter will not resign, but rather FIRED, and his normination REVOLKED. This is long overdue, we need sanity in the PF!!!!

      We can’t have DOGS in the party always making wrong decisions at the detriment of the PF. All pretenders will be booted out.

  6. Rumours as usual . Kabimba’s dad is very ill and he needs to be there. Stop speculation and exaggeration to make a story out of nothing. Spoke to kabimba

    • Wynter will not resign, but rather FIRED, and his normination REVOLKED. This is long overdue, we need sanity in the PF!!!!

      We can’t have DOGS in the party always making wrong decisions at the detriment of the PF. All pretenders will be booted out.

  7. Rumours as usual . Kabimba’s dad is very ill and he needs to be there. Stop speculation and exaggeration to make a story out of nothing. Spoke to kabimba and its true he has family problem urgent needing his presence

    • U are Chanda Mfula. Is this the propaganda u went to learn in China??? Wynter over-rated himself when we all know his political track record. he was in Ben Mwila’s party and has never won an election nor court case.

      he is a liability to PF as brought a whole Sylvia Masebo and other evil people and skimmed to take over power.

      Well done GBM. If u can sort out the Mailoni Brothers who is Wynter Maize Kabimba. Chicken Feed.

  8. Is PF a peaceful party as has persistently claimed by its sympathizers? Is it not UPND and MMD thugs who are responsible for the chaos in the ruling party?

    By now Hon. Kabimba SC must have started seeing the dilemna he is in.

    Is planning violence not worth an investigation?

  9. Zambia is in serious Problems. To have riffraffs running the Country?? How do you expect development with such Leadership? Between GBM and Kabimba, It is clear that one has to go Down. Unfortunately things seem touch for Loud wynter. I heard him speak at Sakeni’s Funeral. The Guy has this irritating arrogant Voice. Wonder how he was selected PF Secretary General.

  10. This is a bad sign for PF and I hope the voters will not lose the confidence and trust. The divisions are so explicit that one wonders why. I thought PF had structures in place to deal with these internal matters. Probably, the internal affairs involve other external stakeholders and hence the manner in which some of the leaders are behaving. Good luck to PF and to the opposition for 2016 elections.

  11. Looks like the Grade 3 has finally out smarted the graduates from ZIALE with law degrees. GBM is street smart, you can’t be a successful business man in the Zambian context if you are not street smart and this fight is about being street smart and playing to the lowest common denomintor..and poltics is about numbers and not necessary being the best and GBM has found what works and looks like he has scored in a big way

    Sorry, it’s GBM 3 Kabimba & Mmembe 0 very hard to see a come back from Kabimba camp. Rremember, just like in MMD the first shoe to fall off the leg was Lusaka vote and with it went the entire urban vote in the country. Urban sentiment sets the pace for future direction..not looking good for Kabimba.

    • @MMD Chief Bootlicker, I conquer with your sentiments. Kabimba is too arrogant and I don’t like the way he comes out at times. GBM is showing M’membe and Kabimba that they can’t dictate how things should be done in the PF, thus they have been defeated. Kennedy Kamba and the other guy should follow suit as well.

  12. At this rate HH doesnt even need to campaign. These guys will neutralize each other. Its ridiculous. Sata is supposed to show leadership qualities!

    • Coming to think of it, our men Nervous system and Hawe Hatusha can get a breather, well done PF for once they can serve their cash instead of spending it on Bailing themselves from those dirty cells!

    • Elections will be in 2016. Wishful thinking.

      PF will be much stronger with Wynter OUT of the system together with his tandem of THIEVES from Bwinjimfumu.

    • I am putting my vote on HH come 2016. I hated him and I didn’t vote for but I am unconsciously beginning to like him because he seems to be the only hope. This is what is happening to many Zambians. HH will rule one day

  13. The fact of the matter is that if PF gets rid of Kabimba it should forget about 2016. It is as simple as that. PF support has been shrinking througout the country and I don’t see how PF will remain intact with GBM as secretary general. What a sad story PF has created: like they say in some local languages: “You work so hard to dig a well of fresh water. Then, after quenching your thirst, you s.h.i.t in the water.”

    • @Mulupa – The fight in PF is not about Kabimba. He merely decided to mingle with the wrong guys, and though he’s untouchable.

      PF will come out much stronger with Kabimba out of the system…

  14. it is now clear that sata is slowly dying.if sata i knew can fail to handle this simple problem involving just two ministers when in 1999 he expeled 21 mps during third.when a male lion gets old,even impalas pass through right under its nose.

  15. let’s bemba drive PF! kabimba, simusa and lubinda out!!! you have failed the party. the first person to be fired was sebastian zulu then eflon lungu now it will these bantustans.

    • Yes, Yes, Yes.. all non Bembas out! Wynter, Given, Eflon, Simusaa and the rest. PF is for Bembas only…..period! Nokuvota tukaivotela fwebene – Two Provinces – Northern and Luapula and we will WIN lol!!

  16. You see how clever this guy is? I dont trust him he’s playing victim so everyone can start shooting at Fat Albert, i dont support any of them but i know how strategic this weather boy can be, he is fast and swift, remember how he ran down Lubinda? Yes i can read through him, the dude knows how to crash his opponents thats how come he is on that position, i think this time around he has met the real Gladiator, i hope fat Albert never leave any stone unturned for i cant have it anymore with this guy, how many more is he going to flip?
    Wake up guys he is playing all of us!

    • come cindy,
      i think kabimba is throwing the towel in .
      did you miss his plea to fat albert at sakeni’s funeral?
      fat albert has now resorted to violence to silence the kabimba camp through those hired ‘guns’.
      he has the loot to throw around remember.

    • @cindy
      Hold your breath my girl!, the battle or war is far from over, There more cards to be played here from both partties,, Kabimba/mmembe group are not stu.pid as they look while GBM has the money and the influence!!.. a close look at this whole issue wil show you that its has a one plus one solution!! one `soft` question if i may ask, why is it so difficult for everyone in PF to agree on Sata for president until 2016, since he is the founder and he is currently serving`????
      The biggest loser in this whole issue is PF as a political party,, my heart goes out to those headless street boys being used,,
      Most likely Sata risks coming out as the most unpopular president if he does not handle this nicely!
      Put on the your seat belts and hold your breath was watch events unfold,,

    • @cindy – so you would rather have GBM than Kabimba: After Kabimba helped bring you into power! But zoona mulimbuli. No wonder people are accusing PF of being a bemba party. Anyway take Kabimba out and go down the hilll….this is what every Zambian has been waiting for. Remember that even the citizens in the majority of other provinces have started voting PF out (2 lost by-elections in a row): ofcourse may be apart from the 3 ptovinces north of zambia. At this rate, it will be a miracle for PF to win in 2016 and the party might end up worse than even UNIP. Good luck the rest of Zambia.

    • @ Mature and Ndobo,
      Guys hold your fire……
      Am actually backing none of these two, if i had a choice i would disolve the entire party and bring in totally new blood, i would even vote for HH or nervous mumba, i just dont trust Weather man on this accusing finger he is directing at Fatty, otherwise, am down with none of them.
      Mulupa, am a light years away from being a tribalist, you have no idea whom you are accusing of being a racist, infact am a citizen of the world, i see beyond colour or race, worse comes to worse i would put my bet on a frog!

  17. Those who play chess know that the king is highly protected. If not cleverly defended, then check mate, end game. Anyone who diverges from the norms of any given organization will always find it difficult once discovered, unless by reconciliation. It can be a grand mistake to scheme a downfall of your supervisor, manager, leader or President. If that leader, regardless of any public or individual perception, is still willing and in contention to remain leader, he will do anything to protect his position.

  18. WHY RUMORS ALL THE TIME. HOW CAN WYNTER RESIGN AS PF SG. IF THAT IS TRU THEN THERE ARE SERIOUD PROBLEMS IN PF THAN MEETS THE EYE. NO WONDER MMD IS BOASTING THAT THEY WILL BOUNCE BACK IN POWER COME 2016. WHERE IS SHIKULU TO SORT OUT THE MESS.

    • SHIKULU is not allowing anybody to see him including the SG himself, then does he really sit with his cabinet to discuss national issues.

  19. Wynter Maize Kabimba wanted to take POWER off the Bemba’s. It has backfired in a terrible way and right into his face.

    Team GBM and TeamDoraPetauke2013 say welldone to Team GBM this time for hounding winter. Follow him and weld his door so that he does NOT enter his OFFICE.

  20. WK finally will be history. I really want to see how he will criticise the nonsense he has been supporting through and through out of his arrogance.

  21. What the hell is going on in our country? is this country going to be Wynter Kabimba or GBM what ever their names is, we are tired about all this nonsense, anyway Kabimba is a coward, am not even surprised, but you guyz you must remember that Zambia is a Christian Nation we don’t want bloodshading

  22. Wynter a SALA from Shankumbila Village in Central Province wanted to take POWER off the Bemba’s.

    It has backfired. GBM told him he controls all rascals in PF and pays them. Wynter is in deep trouble. Even Guy Scott this time is smiling or even Lubinda. Remember Lubinda said those responsible will have their day. It has come early for Wynter.

  23. AS PF U MUST BECAREFUL THESE ARE NOT PF BUT THE OPPOSITION SPORSORED BY UPND AND SOME OTHER NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION COS THEY HAVE NOW RELISED THAT PF WILL BE IN GOVERNMENT FOR SO LONG, NOT ONLY THIS, BUT THEY ARE SCARED OF WINTER KABIMBA WHO IS THE MAN OF CALIBER AND HE ALWAYS STATE THE TRUETH. BUT LET ME TELL U THIS WINTER WILL NEVER RESIGN AND HE HAS DONE NOTHING TO THESE STUPITY SPONSORED UPND & MMD CADERS, BECAREFUL WE KNOW UR PLANS. AND GBM STOP BICKERING COS YOU ARE THE ONE CAUSING ALL THIS PROBLEMS, KABIMBA HAS DONE NOTHING TO YOU UNLESS U ARE PART AND PERCEL OF THIS SPONSORED MAROONS

    • simple-minded delusional die-hard PF Cadre. To refuse to face reality and forge a way forward in sorting out the mess that your party is, is the first step to doom. Your party has always been full of non-educated and extremely illiterate people. With this assortment of simpletons (yourself included) how in the world would you expect anything of substance to come out of such a grouping?

  24. PF is going down
    “When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses

  25. Surely Kabimba might be a noise maker but he can reason and articulate issue more than GBM.

    In fact the two big brains that engineered PF were Wynter and Lubinda while GBM was no where and just came in at last after these guys had suffered for PF for a long time.

    Any attempt to marginalise these two gentlemen, might result into the PF being viewed as a tribal party.

    The same PF used Wynter to haunt Lubinda. Why has Wynter failed to take GBM to the Central Committee the way he did to Given. Anyway he can’t because GBM is Bemba and relative to SATA.

    Anyway bye bye PF.

    • It is not always the case that when you sow you shall eat; most of the times its those that never sweated that reap. Thus, don’t cry for kabimba

  26. President Sata has been very tolerant with the TANDEM of THIEVES at Bwinjimfumu, who in there own wisdom thought they could use Wynter to get what they have always wanted.

    What they didn’t realise is that Satais much smarter than them, they just dug there own grave…

    • @OLDRugsOut – I wouldn’t read too much into what is going on right now. When it comes to thieves: I don’t know who is the bigger thief between GBM and Kabimba/Fred to be honest. Whatever cadres are saying now, the majority of Zambians who are not even PF members will hold everyone accountable at the end. In the end, people are brought before the courts and then we start hearing about people having heart-attacks. From my records, GBM has stolen more than Kabimba and Fred put together and his days will come. There is no need to fight for power to this extent as if you are fighting over personal property. Kabimba and Fred may not be angels, but the truth is they are no worse than GBM and his group. The moment Kabimba resigns, that will be the end of PF. MMD and UPND are celebrating!!

  27. PF is a collection of fools, who thought managing a country was like going to a beer hall and dance to every song played, be it kalindula, jazz or rumba, just dance and dance the same style.How on earth did we end up with such beings as our leaders????

  28. It’s pathetic for a ruling party to be in such shambles, government operations are rapidly grinding to a halt.
    It is also sad that the nation’s police force have become security guards for the indiscipline PF, they have abandoned their national duties.
    Let the arrogant PF hierarchy fight and destroy each other, who cares?

  29. Even the mob has what is called a “sit down” to iron out internal issues but in Zambia a ruling party can not even sort out internal party issues..how can we trust this lot to sort out national issues like BRA in Western Province? And there is the president creating useless tribunals when he has bigger fish to fry at his doorstep that is inconveniencing everyone. Which begs the question do these ministers even meet or have cabinet meetings? I doubt it!!

  30. At the rate things are happening, PF will be out in 2016. Unless a miracle happens/divine intervention. They are masters of shooting themselves in the foot!

  31. They have destructed themselves from delivering on promises with egocentric succession battles. The protagonists don’t have a MESSAGE to sell to Zambia other than “I am rich on one hand and “I am cheeky” on the other. The “I am rich” seems to have an upper hand only because its intraparty and it easy to pay the political parasites and leeches in the party structures, but one cannot put the whole zambia in one’s pocket. Ask Kavindele and those that saw BY lose his fortune. Cry my beloved country!

  32. Lubinda had said his day will come, and when it comes he will speak. I can see that that day draweth nigh if it is not already here.

    Kabimba and GBM are cut from the same cloth. They are uncouth, have no manners even bad ones, they are arrogant and they love power. Forget about their level of education. it has not helped both.

    As for Mmembe, he will soon be exposed for what he is. Very soon Zambians will know who is evil between him and RB. who the real thief and manipulator is. Sata got what he wanted from Mmembe and I don’t think he has anything to lose or fear now. Dora will have the last laugh in all this.

    Let us watch the drama. Watchdog posted an interesting read about GBM vs Kabimba duel!

  33. I am hearing roumours that Patriotic Front Member of Parliament for Chipili Davis Mwila has resigned his Deputy Ministerial position with immediate effect.

    Guys confirm this news for us

  34. Thats why we say in Copperbelt HALAISE HALAISE HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH in 2016

  35. Yaba this PF is becoming useless indeed. Why fight each other? Fi PF ichindikeni atase imwe. Always fighting amongst yourselves as if you are mad. We are now starting to doubt you. Sata please put your house PF in order.

    Peace and Prosperity to Mother Zambia.

  36. GBM why are you using your money to destory the pf ,use it to create employment for the same dogs you are using to beat up fellow pf because next time they turning against you like what they have done to wynter

  37. Cycle Mata is smart after all. Chaletamba fye. Now things are falling in place. He is the only king after all. Remember he was beaten by the late FTJ. He will dribble all of them as well.

  38. Atleast Gbm has managed & chalenged Membe & Wynter aganst scouthng intentions .Wynter & Membe ve u seen eduction has nothng to do with politcal achivement!Where is yr Ziale both of of u comparable to Gbm?Look at his politcal chalenge he has managed uprootng & exposing al yr ill conceived politcal ambition at the expense of Pf.The timing & intention ws pathologically organised & Gbm has thwarted it all.10 zero sure.Now stol infighting & organise the party.

  39. I love all the mayhem going on with the PF. They remind me of a bunch of scavengers fighting over a carcass. A few months ago Wynter got so big for his boots and his ego was at its peak. Now it sounds like he is a scared little mouse running away from the very people who once voted for him, headed by jumbo. How nice to see the wind change direction. Hope the drama continues, the rat pack indeed!!!

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