Government has released a statement in response to remarks made recently by MMD President Nevers Mumba and NAREP President Elias Chipimo jnr. In a statement signed by Minister of Information and Broadcasting Service Mwansa Kapeya, Government accused Dr Mumba of embarking a journey of insults and advised Mr Chipimo to not blindly follow in the foot steps of spent forces.
Below is the full Statement.
Republic of Zambia
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services
Media statement (for immediate release)
GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO ATTACKS BY OPPOSITION LEADERS NEVERS MUMBA AND ELIAS CHIPIMO
I refer to recent attacks in the media against President Michael Sata and attributed to opposition Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) Dr. Nevers Mumba when he appeared on Joy FM Radio and later published in The Post newspaper of Friday, 20th September, 2013.
Government finds it difficult to respond to the careless attacks made by Dr. Mumba as they consist of derogatory and demeaning language that only serves and promotes hatred and plants seeds of uncivilised politics in our national discourse.
Government is determined to engage in healthy and constructive debate and discourse that will help bring solutions to the challenges the country faces.
I wish to state that Government has a strong and clear economic programme that focuses on alleviating poverty, develop rural areas, promote agriculture and diversify from copper as the mainstay of our economy, to other productive sectors as outlined in the Revised Sixth National Development Plan (R-SNDP).
[pullquote]Government finds it difficult to respond to the careless attacks made by Dr. Mumba as they consist of derogatory and demeaning language that only serves and promotes hatred and plants seeds of uncivilised politics in our national discourse.[/pullquote]
Government has heightened its focus and support to the agriculture sector with defined attention not only to Crops but to Livestock, Fish farming and a sustainable Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) premised on developing poor rural households into successful small and medium scale farmers.
The NAREP leader, Mr Elias Chipimo, for his part, ought to be reminded that for the first time since the early 1970s, Government has embarked on massive construction and rehabilitation of infrastructure such as roads, bridges, schools, health facilities and other vital social and economic amenities countrywide.
This robust infrastructural development programme is opening up our communities and taking Government services closer to the people and in the process achieving two important goals: lifting our people out of cyclical and generational poverty and creating employment especially for our young people.
For nearly 50 years, Zambia has had only three public Universities namely the University of Zambia in Lusaka, the Copperbelt University in Kitwe and Mulungushi University established recently in Kabwe.
In line with its Manifesto, Government has embarked on the construction of new universities in various parts of the country.
They include David Livingstone University in Livingstone, King Lewanika University in Mongu and Paul Mushindo University at Lubwa in Chinsali. This is in addition to other universities being created by converting existing colleges such Chalimbana, Palabana, Kwame Nkrumah and Mukuba Universities.
Further and beyond this, Government, under the leadership of His Excellency President Michael Chilufya Sata, has placed high priority on the training of youths and giving them an opportunity to obtain life skills and vocational training.
To this end, Government is constructing youth skills training institutes in various parts of the country with some of them nearing completion in Isoka, Muchinga Province, and Kalabo in Western Province.
Government is also building over 84 secondary schools countrywide – 32 of which are already completed.
Furthermore, Government is constructing 21 new Districts countrywide and 650 Health Posts. Government is also constructing 114 new staff houses. Government has also just completed the rehabilitation of 137 health facilities. The rehabilitation of a further 110 health facilities has commenced.
Besides the Link Zambia 8000, PAVE Zambia 2000 and the Lusaka L400 road projects, Government has embarked on a wholesome development agenda that is set to make Zambia a far better place than the MMD left it.
Therefore, to respond to the broad insults that Dr. Mumba has uttered would be giving credence to the unfounded and baseless attacks, allegations and malicious insinuations.
[pullquote]For young politicians like NAREP leader Mr Elias Chipimo JR, he is advised to take time and learn politics and avoid following blindly in the footsteps of spent forces.[/pullquote]
I must emphasise that President Michael Sata and his Government is determined to engage in meaningful and fruitful debate whose outcome should promote national development, peace and national unity.
President Sata would be keen to respond to attacks from opposition leaders, if the response will evoke a genuine dialogue on solutions to the various developmental challenges facing the country such as high poverty levels, the high disease burden, the high unemployment rate affecting our people, especially young people, and the under-development that characterises our countryside.
Our people are keen to see that leaders at all levels engage in debate that will resolve these and other serious matters affecting their welfare and livelihood.
It is for this reason that we refuse to give merit to Dr. Nevers Mumba’s derogatory journey of insults, his keenness to practice dirty politics and mischief as clearly displayed by him.
For young politicians like NAREP leader Mr Elias Chipimo JR, he is advised to take time and learn politics and avoid following blindly in the footsteps of spent forces.
Our sincere appeal to the opposition leaders is to urge them to practice politics that help build and develop the country. Currently our colleagues from the opposition are bent on engaging in disruptive and negative politics that take away the strides that the people of Zambia are making in coming together to focus on the development of the country and to ensure that we maintain our peace and unity.
Hon. Mwansa Kapeya, MP
MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING SERVICES AND CHIEF GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON
21st September, 2013
What was the insult?
Mwansa Kapeya has addressed some of the issues hinging on what were MMD programmes rebranded by the PF. He, how ever has not addressed the issues of selective justice, misinterpretation of POA, nullification of opposition member’s seats, lack of rule of law, bloated cabinet and high cost of living to mention but just a few. These are the issues for which real answers are required by the public.
At least sata has eased the civil servant ‘s plight by increasing their salaries which is not new at all . But has failed to cushion the impact of the high cost of living caused by maize subsidy removal for the 9 million poor people. MMD also increased salaries though they did not implement the minimum wage requirement. What makes MMD better in comparison to PF is that reintroduced…
What makes MMD better than PF is that apart from increasing civil servant’s salaries, they also cushioned the poor non civil servants from the impact of high cost of living by reintroducing subsidies.
I know the PF zealots will argue that the subsidies only benefits the rich. But when you consider the impact on the poor compared to the impact on the rich, it is clear that the impact on the poor out weigh that on the rich by far. In the western world like the UK they got around this problem by introducing social benefits such as housing benefits,child benefits,and unemployment benefits. Unfortunately for poor countries like Zambia which can not afford to implement such a benefit system, the only option to cushion the poor majority from the high cost of living is by maintaining…
What insult or foul language does Pastor Mumba knows, he is a man of God who can’t even eat a cock (chicken) for crowing at wrong hour. I have never heard Pastor insulting like ba PF:
– ba PF vikala
– ba chimbwi
– ba PF mwembamwe
– Pathetic Fools
PF with your King of Gomora, Pastor is hear with message “Zambia shall be Saved!!”.
Ifyabukaya sure and “lyashi mu Chingeleshi, newalebelenga nine Mwansa Kapeya”.
I posted some insults Pastor Mumba can’t even text to anybody, but these LT are “moderating” my comments.
@Wanzelu I like your illustration, we need people who are objective…cheers
hahahahaha! ifyabukaya pa radio 1, the only thing missing is joseph kabwe`s voice.
@nostradumas my friend,,confirm muka yama is expected in New york with her wrong husband.. a chance for you to show him proper suits not those from kamwala which he`s used to
@ndobo
there comes a cheap petty mind, ranting about suits his father has never worn in his life. Can you for once see sense in what has been said rather mouthing irrelevant hollow piece of eagle eagle thinking. Mwaice this apetite for trvialities ll never develop yo brains.
@Ndobo, I already bought 2 suits for the King, those “buy1-get-1 free”. Yes he is coming and he will be the master at UN General Assembly. Remember there are so many entertainers we have lost:
-Gaddafi with his 4 hours speeches, is gone.
– Ahmadinejad is no longer president
– Hugo Chavez twalishika.
Super-stars on the block are:
– Sata
– Putin is back
– Mugabe of course!!
Dr Mumba said the truth. Sata is the king of confusion. He doesn’t rest until he says blood. These are facts like the chawama massacre. That’s why the country is in a state of confusion. All those projects that illiterates are talking about are mmd’s.
When are you MMD people including your president going to accept that you lost the elections? If you are saying that PF is implementing your programs which you were foolish enough not to, then you should at least be grateful for the sake of the people of Zambia. I thought you said that your were rebranding your party, is this what you meant? YOU LOST, PF WON, it’s as simple as that
And of course the money that has been spent includes the billions in reserve that the MMD left. PF has exhausted the reserves and now resorted to borrowing. Development should be done within ones means just like a household. One shouldn’t live beyond their means. We all would love to own all sorts of things but we prioritise our spending based on our resources.
atleast kapeya has used good language, unlike Mumba who thinks everything is chase the devil ministry with foul language!!
what foul language did Dr Mumba use??, even the post the ally of PF did not think there was any foul language worth any censorship,, do yourself a favour grab a copy of the post and read,, Dr Mumba was only expressing his opinion not insulting
Why have reserves in the midst of mind boggling poverty? Invest in infrastructure to build wealth and move forward.
What insult or foul language does Pastor Mumba knows, he is a man of God who can’t even eat a cock (chicken) for crowing at wrong hour. I have never heard Pastor insulting like ba PF:
– ba PF ba fi color
– ba chimbwi
– ba PF mwembamwe
– Pathetic Fools
PF with your King of Gomora, Pastor is hear with message “Zambia shall be Saved!!”.
Ifyabukaya sure and “lyashi mu Chingeleshi, newalebelenga nine Mwansa Kapeya”.
If to respond to what Dr Mumba has said is to rend credence to what he has said, why are you responding ? Or you haven’t reaslised that you have responded?
He doesn’t eallse that by doing what he has done, he has actually responded. kekekekeke!!!!!!!!
by the way, kamimbya has gone mute for the past two weeks eeh! he has now seen what the late(MHSRIP) Mazoka saw 20years ago in the sata’n’s mode oparenda. it serves him right. those are the fruits of being a slow learner, you learn when it is too late to make a correction. now kapeya, just tell the zambian people diligently what your programmes are. do not attack personalities respond to issues raised or else l classify you to be dull as nevers has put it
at thats wat the cal shelacking in usa. where z mr mpombo?
Ndobo you lucky you are far away otherwise you would have
Been summoned too by the police, our government hates being
Criticized
you are right,, 100% correct
Uyu ni form 3 drop-out with low level of comprehending issues. He cant distinguish issues from insults. Can he pinpoint the insults contained in Dr Mumba’s statements other than factual realities. I find his statement hollow and miles away from addressing the hot issues at hand i.e selective development eg 3 universities in lusaka province, 2 universities each in Muchinga, central and copperbelt, 1 each in western and southern, none in northwestern, eastern, luapula, and nothern provinces. Even other major development projects announced by pf government such as construction of football stadia have elluded northwestern, eastern, and luapula provinces. What is the implication of such actions? The government spokes person is expected to address such issues rather than dwelling on petty…
The response is hollow. PF did not start those projects the minister is bragging about. How can you be constructing new universities when the upgrading of the old ones is not completed. Constructing new districts, what is that? You should have first constructed them before declaring them. Please PF, plan first before starting projects.
Government continue…despite the political party
@ndobo
The post from now on ll report anything negative about pf coz its foolish scheme to install someone as 2016 candidate has been thwarted leaving fred more confused burning with devilish hatred for those perceived to ve been against its man, real or imaginary. Thats fred mmembe,u a better off been hated by the devil than fred.
The post in the past weeks has been doing everything to paint pf bad while giving HEMCS praise all coz of the loan. At the moment fred has left pf, we shall read more of his hit & run personal battle attacks on his perceived pf enemies. He is alpha and omega, u cross his path, it ll never end even in yo grave.
Fred mmembe was the initiator of 2016 noise in pf thats y he ll dedicate all his post arsenals to this cause.there is so much at stake for him.
@ indian musa
Why do you chaps refuse to think? The man you refering to as form 3 has achieved more in his life than you with a degree that was just given to you. With a degree you cant look after yourself but still dependent on your parents.
petty pipo laugh at him ati ifyabukaya; all nigerian film actors ve degrees as minimum, see what they do. What do our degree holders do… Showing off with tablets,cellphones bought for them by parents. No clue what to do if parents died.
ZAMBIANS LET US NOT HAVE SHORT MEMORIES WHEN SATA WAS IN OPPOSITION HE INSULTED WHO EVER HE MET.HE CALLED GEAORGE KUNDA RED LIPED RB WAS INSULTED NEARLY EVERY SECOND,TENTAMASHIMAMBA DIED OF INSULTS
it was roy clarke alias kalaki who named him red lipped snake and others just followed suit.
even those still in opposition called him that.
don’t just comment for the sake of commenting. make every comment in the fear of God. if your parents brought you well you will comment wisely unless if you were brought up foolishly
thanks for reading
We never learn from late chiluba’s (mhsriep) wise counsel. Chiluba never used to respond no matter how small or big insults were from the opposition and that made him a true democrat no leader will ever achieve given political developments in z today
…he had mature and seasoned advisors around him…….
iwe scrutinizerer,
i was not among his advisers otherwise i would have stopped him from messing our treasury with impunity. LOL!
@mature……not mature with a small ‘m’……LOL…….There are press advisors,, treasury advisors, political advisors…etc…I referred to press advisors only…
@Scrutinizerer,
you have got me there….
but not ‘pants down.’
In the Jungle, in the jungle the lion are sleeping
Please leave my Grand Father President Michael Chilufya Sata alone. This is the most hardworking government In the many years since Zambias Independence. Work on PF. Mwi Nenuka. Ignore the negative petty comments and keep doing what you are doing. I love you with a passion, and forge ahead. Some are even hiding behind fake names as they make their comments. Be bold and be real men and show us your true identities.Viva PF!!!!
Hard workers wasting money on Chakopa and law breakers protecting criminals.
Pa Zed, well said GB. Some are rotting with their PHD’s icihkalamba kwishiba how to make Mula. Face Book Creators and Bill Gates were all self taught non masters or phd holders. Uku temwa ukuseka naba leilisha, bu fontini.
Do not confuse having aptitude (intelligence) and lacking it. Bill Gates was at Havard and the likes of Sata wouldn’t see the perimeter of Harvard. Creator of FaceBook is degree holder. Your comparison is baseless and shows your lack of understanding what a PhD is all about. That is a speciality in a small field. How do you expect Pro Luo, a microbiologist to do wonders in the ministry she has been assigned to. Do not talk of things u don’t have a clue about.
MMD projects? When MMD came to power they abolished all existing and upcoming Unip projects,today what PF is doing is clear ,what confusion are you witnessing all I see is development of course with a few shortcomings expected,with a few adjustments we are on heading the right way,even world bank approves.sorry until 2016 enjoy the ride.
Lets spend time and see the behaviour of Govt,opposition,media and NGOS in kenya concerning west gate attack. Imagine odinga whose people were killed, votes stollen,calling the president and offer suport. I wish this could be the turning point for some people who believ in themselves like HH, mumba some NGOS , media and sata
What a waste of Time, Just to Impress the President that they can answer back. Facts are these old people are out of Touch, I bet these universities will just be levels of a college/ high schools. Why not follow the Malaysia concept?? Attract credible universities to Invest in Zambia?? Names like George Washington, Boston, Liverpool etc. It is a successful model that has worked in other countries. Other problem with these Papas is that they think being Old makes them know it all. Telling Chipimo as young Politician?? Of course he is much aligned with modern global trends than them. Dull Ministers??? No wonder Sata is all over them??
Agree! With all these universities being built, I would like to believe that equal planning in staffing levels is being invested in. All these new faculties will need lecturers with at least a Masters and PhD holders for credibility, labs etc. If this is not being looked at, these will end up white elephants or hire foreign lecturing staff which will result in externalizing funds.
YOU GUYS SOUND EDUCATED,WHY CANT YOU GET EMPLOYED THERE AS LECTURERS.
Good afternoon
Firstly, I see nothing wrong with opposition leaders going on radio and criticising government policies as long as they have their own veritable arguments for doing things better. Trying to curtail this freedom would be a wrong signal in multi-party democracy.
Second, if the government is fully bent on delivering, the results will be visible and as time goes on the wind will naturally break off political criticism, since everyone will be able to see what the government is doing.
My advice to them is to continue with their ” strong and clear economic programme” and everybody who sees what they are doing will understand and support them. Governments the world over are facing obstacles in implementing their programmes and criticism is part of their struggle.
Those are just plans that any one can make. I can add 100 more development programs to that list. It is the implementation, caliber of implementing govt and priorities that show if those are achievable or are just wishes. Based on evidence on the ground, with a broke govt, we can forget about those mare pronouncements which every jim and jake can make.
If the implementation cost for all this projects are inflated and Politician benefiting from them , then our country s headed for Doom. (Debts 4 life)
Is King Fred also going to be arrested? In his Post editorial today (Sunday) he has admitted that the PF is a confused and violent party. He further states its leadership (direct attack on Sata) are rewarding this confusion and violence !!
…the reference bar for debate has been raised very high…..you can boast of constructing heaven on earth but as long as it does not link with the ‘stomach/belly’ of the majority,,,all that will be in vain. Lets highlight policies other than projects….policies to include labour brought in by foreign companies(welders, drivers…)….introduce windfall tax..and raise TAX threshold to KR5000..cut cost of oil importation to reduce fuel pump price…..agricultural policies to boost food production…..etc
“Government finds it difficult to respond to the careless attacks made by Dr. Mumba as they consist of derogatory and demeaning language that only serves and promotes hatred and plants seeds of uncivilised politics in our national discourse.”
The above epitomizes what the PF is all about. How ironic that Mr. Kapeya should turn and twist PF’s trademark attitude and debit it to Mumba’s account!
Don’t waste time sugar-coating your lies.Wait and see how much Zambians have changed!
The wind is blowing from the east sweeping across the country- NO MORE LIES.
Reality dawns….You will soon be saying: ‘So this is how it feels’
Dont be dull by accepting dull statements which insults I dont like mumba but that shouldnt mean that we should create lies how dull can one be instead of finding out what someone said you even make a judgement no wonder you called cadres kaponyas you cant even be objective no wonder you are poor
Mr Kapeya, I see that you have listened to what Mr. Sata said about ministers not responding to statements by the opposition and made sure you did so.
Some people’s MO is to please their boss at all costs.
Here’s a bit of advice, Be professional and just do your job to the best of your ability, and you will find true success. Regardless of who your boss is.
(I never thought I’d see the day when I’d need to advise you, sir. But that day has come.)
Didn’t Sata instruct them to respond to opposition who he said were hammering them left right and centre?
Expect more of these boring rumbling fyabukaya responses from Kapeya. Yawn yawn yawn…
PF spokesperson is like the proverbial – all mouth no trousers
Shall I say more?
@27 Wantanshi-
” How ironic that Mr. Kapeya should turn and twist PF’s trademark attitude and debit it to Mumba’s account!”
Masterpiece!
PF is nauseating!!!!!!
faka pressure monk..!!!!!
Hmmm!ati Tentamashimba died of insults from Sata.Ndobo,Cindy and Nostradamus!! awe sure:-)
Insultng President?Anyway u re in trouble.Yr coleague went to lie al the way Kasama.Yali kosa!U thought its easy now pragmaticaly u ve seen it.The courts wil determine & prove.
Ba Kapeya should give the advise to Wynter and GBV. They deserve it more than Chipimo. Chipimo is more intelligent than Ba Kapeya. NAREP is now doing poilitics.
Surprisingly, the word “bitter” is missing from the statement. Or did I miss it? Or is it because Kapeya is addressing his homeboys and not HH? A liar should called a liar, a dictator should be called a dictator and a Chawama butcher must be called exactly that. RB was right when he called some of these PF people “Visilu”.
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