President Michael Sata’s directive to end squabbles in the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) has been interpreted differently by the two warring factions at the party’s Lusaka district office with both teams yesterday holding press briefings to claim legitimacy owing to Mr Sata’s sentiments.
While Robert Chikwelete insists that he was the legitimate PF chairman for Lusaka district as he was appointed by President Sata on September 18, 2013, ousted chairman Goodson Banda said the Presidents’ directive that no parallel structures should exist in the party invalidated any power that the Chikwelete led executive could have had.
Mr Chikwelete said during a press briefing held at the district office that anyone opposing his leadership was against his appointing authority who is President Sata.
Reacting to a statement attributed to Vice- President Guy Scott that he and his executive were in office illegally, Mr Chikwelete said it was unfortunate that Dr Scott had teamed up with party members creating parallel structures by defending Mr Kabimba even before his case was heard by the disciplinary committee.
“I wish to remind our PF Vice- President that we shall not vacate the office because my line of authority is drawn from the party President and our loyalty shall remain to him,” he said.
He said Dr Scott should not cast a blind eye to pending disciplinary action against party Secretary General Wynter Kabimba as stated in Mandevu Member of Parliament (MP) Jean Kapata’s letter.
He said the provincial resolutions from the 10 provinces had tabulated the various breaches that Mr Kabimba as chief executive of the Party had committed adding that a resolution was passed that he (Kabimba) be removed from his position.
“We as keepers of the King’s conscience pledge loyalty to his Excellency for him to effectively implement national programmes, fulfilling PF campaign promises to the Zambian people,” he said.
But Mr Banda urged all the district leaders that had been dislodged by the Chikwelete led group to reclaim their positions following the President’s remarks.
Mr Banda who was flanked by his executive and four constituency chairpersons told the meeting which took place under a heavy presence of police at the Courtyard Hotel that all constituency and district officials should stop attending meetings called by Mr Chikwelete.
“That group must go because there is already an elected leadership in place. It is us who will laugh longer,” Mr Banda said.
He said the continued squabbles were making the party unpopular adding that he could not be removed from his position as he had performed to the expectations of the people.
Mr Banda hailed President Sata for putting an end to the squabbles and wondered why the police had not arrested the Chikwelete led executive for criminal trespass.
Sata cant survive without confusion. He has created a parallel structure in his party by mixing water with oil. Then he projects himself a nobel prize winner for peace and harmony
What Goodson, and his boss needs to know is the MuMmembe influenced PF is long gone. The real PF is back.
You think we care about Kabimba’s rantings in Mumbwa. Get it from me, you’re no longer district chairman. Soon and very soon, Kabimba is following you and so will be all other minions used by MuMmembe.
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@1.2
you have forgotten me..
Chikwelete shouldn’t leave that post, just has Kabimba has refused and denied Zambians their rights…
Why are Zambians calling for trouble? Why cant people just behave normal, this is a sign of mental illness, why would anyone walk straight into a collapsing building?
@cindy,
its chikwelete we talking about here.
mindolo boy full of mindolo shi.t.
why these fo.ols can’t just sit round the table and iron out this nonsense is beyond me.
sebena wikute at play here.
Nothing wrong with different interpretation by either PF camp bcoz they were never taught consistency.They learnt the opportunism from Sata how to interpret things as opposition leader and very different as president.
Give these counterfeits enough space to strangulate themselves. Let them actualize their PF circus before the voting masses. We are better getting busy reorganizing ourselves for a transformational people centered leadership and institutions. Leave PF circus to PF scumbags all the way to the finish line. If anything, confusion is all they know and can offer.
firing warning shots is not enof mr president.
i think heads should roll sir.
Goodson – Why didn’t you instead hold this press briefing at the district off. Your friend who is the appointed chairman did.
To refresh your memory, Guy Scott, Wynter Kabimba and all other senior party officials where appointed in the same way you were, by the same man that appointed Chikwelete. In a similar fashion you were re-appointed, and Chikwelete put in your place.
Get it from me that you’re no longer district chairman.
goodson banda was elected not appointed,chikwelete took office by a coup’ det
Just a correction,Goodson and his executive was elected as per PF constitution.Scott and others were elected to the PF central committe as per PF constitution and appointed to government.
Dr Mumba is vindicated when he said Sata is the father of confusion and I think he enjoys it too. A big man like him failing to control his followers. I think Father Bwalya’s statement that the Sata that was voted for died along time needs more explanation. In all his time as a protege, Sata never anything leadership from his mentors. Sad….Wake Mudala.
“We as keepers of the King’s conscience pledge loyalty to his Excellency for him to effectively implement national programmes, fulfilling PF campaign promises to the Zambian people” – Mr. Chikwelete. Mmmh! Let me think about that for a minute.
Me too
ba pompwe tabakwatafye umuchinshi!balesoka veep wabo ati they r only loyal kuli kateka.they shud all be expelled 4 indiscipline.instead of asking 4 jobs in offices they are proud of their hooliganism,wat a shame!
God forbid,but i wonder what would hapen if sata woke up died today(with his instrument of power under the arm pit) in terms of who would lead during the transitional period as was the case with rb?scot cant act,republican constitution says defence ministry is number three but pf constitution says s.general is also number three.
That will bring a blood bath!
I can now appreciate why Ukwa is being kept alive. Civil war would kill so many innocents
Farmer
I think you have a point. We have two guys who have acted so far. Lungu and Chikwanda. But will the mafia or the cartel accept these two. If Chikwelete can shout down the second man in command, the VP, who are these gents to him. They can really be confusion. I only wish long life for the president cause this country can be plunged in deep trouble.
Ganja farmer, ibange libi kwena
Mr President can u please fire these sole called chairmen u talk, the respond with this nonsense, this is not good 4 our party, district chairman alecholekana Na ba VP nd the SG this is nonsense.
if this indiscipline continues then PF is dead.
In fact Kambwili said the PF is already dead.
This is the worst president Zambia has ever had period. That’s all.
@Tuvi Are you sure with your comments? Be objective.
Sata is the most impotent Zambian president ever. He may sabaila, spout tasteless jokes, threaten people etc, but real power he doesn’t have. The power lies with M’membe and his group on one hand and GBM and his people on the other. He has sold his soul to the devil.
Thanks
In your opinion @Observer, who do u think is worse than Sata of all the previous Zambian presidents?
When God wants to finnish you off, he first makes you mad and confused. This is what we are seeing in PF.
Sosala has educated us thoroughly. It’s no coincidence that Sata calls himself King Cobra. He wants the descendant of Ngoshe Mukote (Ancient Serpent) to be the Chitimukulu. Now, ancient serpent, according to the Bible, is Satan the devil, the father of lies and confusion who misleads the whole world. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Mr. Sata feels comfortable amid chaos and conflict. This is the environment he thrives in. Take that away from him and that’s when he will be confused.
What all this shows is that the PF leaders consider their leader (sata) to be too weak to take any action and as a result, they all have no respect for him. you can’t be reading a piece of paper when you are trying to exercise your authority over warring factions. Imaging trying to stop your child who is misbehaving and you ask your neighbor to write you something and come and read it to your kid in a low voice! A normal kid will laugh at you.
that child analogy made me laugh!
You have cracked my ribs!! Haha.
@16.1 Me too. Quite funny!
Now you see what your celebration has come to.Especially you the so called jobless youths ..Next time don’t off your underpants in public when celebarting political party victory.
Even the ancient Roman empire,the Greek civilisation started rotting from within.Just like the fish start rotting from the head so does the PF have a rotten head today.
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I almost feel for you – must be hard being a pa fipuba party supporter nowadays after they have so lamentably failed.
sure even fred mmembe calling the president a lunatic, no action. Kabimba behaving as if he was president also, no action. Guy ”muzungu opusa maningi” scott contradicting his boss all the time, no action.
Confusion caused by kabimba/mmembe amounts to treason. In other countries, renegates could ve taken advantage.
Why r u leaving out GBM????
MR BANDA YOUR TIME IS OVER.YOUR LOYALTY IS FOR KABIMBA NOT SATA. MR SCOTT SHAME ON YOU AT YOUR AGE & POSITION YOU REALISE THAT YOU ARE BEING USED BY A NEWSPAPER. WHEN DID YOU BECOME WINTER’S LAWYER.LEAVE THIS TO FULL ZAMBIANS. YOU AR A HALF ZAMBIAN
kekekekeke….ba pf ..dunderheads..
Even Names you are called by reflects you. King Cobra, Lion, Crocodile, Hard hearted man and the likes, surely can good come from that?
Characteristics; First confusion begins in you (don’t know what to do), then it overflows to the subordinates. Furthermore physical fightings and finger-pointing stuff amongst them! the scramble for endorsement.
There is chaotic exchange of words. Apa nomba their will be intra cival political war within the party.
The only good thing about the PF confusion is that each faction is afraid to engage in corrupt practice fearing that the other faction will use against them. What a paradox
good one there.
at our coffers are ‘safe’.
Truly the wise did come from the east. :).
Sata’s vernom is now completely finished or was it just an illusion .He has become so vulnerable such that he can even be tossed around by a kama District chairman. The Post of 28 Sept called it opportunism but i think its merely a serous breakdown in leadership skills. Other presidents have provided leadership even in failing health. eg Hugo, LPM so what is wrong with our man of action?
He is in the wrong arena, that’s why he has been rendered inactive. He is man of action at ‘Kamwala Market” level – not at presidential level.
He simply does not know what to do – nor does he have the will to do it anymore. He is anxioualy waiting for 2016 with the rest of us.
Its more like putting on sun glasses on a total eclipse night.
Simple logic, sort yourselves out, and whoever outclasses the other will be victor. The President wants to see the true PF cadres. Don’t get used to free things, spoon feeding or seeking assistance, fight as a man to be known to be a man.
When you were busying doing your own things, your office was neglected hence you do not deserve to be in office. Viva Chikwelete, its all about seleni tubombeko. Abash Banda and group.
Good morning
Except the president gives his party a thorough shake up at this stage, I’m afraid we will come to witness Senior Citizen’s predicament on 3.
With so many adventuresome and seemingly shallow factions at play, it is a wonder that nothing has happened in terms of bloodshed. Minor differences within a ruling party are acceptable but this confusion has been afoot for too long.
Let’s hope we have seen the worst of it and the President will be up against it very soon. Let him be reminded that the opposition is lurking on the sidelines like his party did, waiting for their opportunity to take hold of the reins.
If youn look at all these in then picture, they want PLOTS and control Zambia which I believe Wynter is against. They want to be allocating plots and doing all sorts of illegal activities with the blessings of the party secretary.
Watch this pace should Wynter give in to these thugs there is going to be lawlessness in Lusaka. Some senior PF officials have promosed these thugs and have told them Wynter is the hindrance to their thuggery of sharing plots.
We wont have odder if such a group is going to be in power. Look at chikwelete. A proper thug.
@ Kavuyi, your observation makes a hell lot of sense, i was thinking in the same line except i didn’t know which camp was for the good of the people of Zambia.
exactly.
what can one expect from gbm + chikwelete? the answer is obvious = trouble.
Just squiz Kabimba out because of his wrongs. Then disappoint him as legal minister later. That would be the solution.
You can member of any party in Zambia, be it opposition or ruling, there is this thing called Lusaka politics this where political parties are formed at a daily basis, this is the place where are broken down to pieces unfortunately. This place and its way of living is nothing but a corrupt city, to its core. Successful parties start there but are forged and pushed forward by other regions Copperbelt, Luapula, northern and so on. I was for PF since the big man left MMD and I have never heard of cadre membership and am here in Kitwe, where Sata was president before going to state house if G Kunda was here he could have told you, MHSRIP. Then this year I hear of Robert Chikwelete from where and to where he is going, I don’t know. Chikwelete careful KOPALA is just watching, Day One!!!
Okay mister regional. LOL.
Had it not been for the highest levels of poverty in ZAMBIA we should have started seeing mass defection of PF MPs to other political parties such as UPND and NAREP. Whether you are a pretender in PF or not things are not OK. The Tribal demon is at work.
Surely what else do we need to know that things are not well in PF? The president has no command of the party.
Chikeletwe or Banda who is legitimate MR. GBM.
If youn look at all these THUGS in the picture, they want PLOTS and control Zambia which I believe Wynter is against. They want to be allocating plots and doing all sorts of illegal activities with the blessings of the party secretary.
Watch this pace should Wynter give in to these thugs there is going to be lawlessness in Lusaka. Some senior PF officials have promosed these thugs and have told them Wynter is the hindrance to their thuggery of sharing plots.
We wont have PEACE if such a group is going to be in power. Look at chikwelete. A proper thug.
I am recruiting people to form a 3rd faction anyone interested please email me at ‘[email protected]’, epashili pakuleka apa.
Still Waters Run Deep.True leaders take time to take action.Phony leaders react on instincts.How can honestly a presidential aspirant foster the Human life savers to srike?
Yes but thats what they call law of the jungle where leadership is dysfunction.
@ Pepsi 26 Yes but thats what they call law of the jungle where leadership is dysfunction.
i meant to say ‘dysfuctional’
It is too much! These rangles are about politics of benifits.Can you please stop this nosense.Both camps must learn to tolerate each other. Nevertheless,kabimba’s camp makes more sense than Chikwelete’s(debt)
The divide and rule policy by PF gvnt propagated in Civil Service has now been taken to PF cardars themselves!
Guy Scott, Kabimba, Mmembe, Masebo etc must be reminded that Mr. Sata exploited Simon Kwansa Kapwepwe’s fame to float his PF as a rejuvenated UPP. Given this assumption, the real origin of PF is linked to the origin of Kapwepwe’s UPP.
In this regard, most enlightened Zambians know fully well that the foundation and pillars on which PF stands erect is located and based in Bemba-speaking Northern and Muchinga provinces with supportive reinforcement chains reaching out to Copperbelt and Luapula Provinces.
Should any storm, earthquake or tsunami come to weaken the above described pillars and supportive appendages, this will spell the end of PF in this country. In this regard, Guy Scott, Wynter Kabimba, Mmembe, Masebo etc will be drowned or sank into a deep chasm.
dont blame any of this group sata has failed to clear things and displine his juniors. joyce banda a woman has sacked her cabinet. thats leadreship not ati stop paralell structures ati ba president has spoken vernon of a cobra inasila zoona
George Chella failed. The statement he prepared for his boss was vague. If I was his teacher in school, I would have given him a D or fail grade. Why couldn’t he just mention which was the parallel structure and which was not. Now does he see the result of writing a useless statement? Banda and Chikwelete my name sake are claiming the chairmanship. Shame on you Chellah!
Sata has taken a leaf from Mugabe book. Remember the so called war veterans who the police were unable to control? All the while Mugabe kept saying he was powerless to stop the revolution, which he claimed was spontaneous and people-led. Mugabe knew what he was doing and I think Sata knows what he is doing.
It’s a waste of time educating the president on the basic principles of Chemistry because in the first place he has never been to school. He will not understand the concept of inmiscibility of an organic and inorganic liquid, trust me I have a PhD in Chemistry and am a Teacher/Lecturer and he is a party cadre.
Hello. I’ve personally learnt all about this subject, so I can help you a lot.
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