President of the Movement of Multi-Party Democracy Dr. Nevers Mumba said MMD fully supports calls by some opposition political parties that there should be unity of purpose among opposition parties.He said this during the first MMD Press conference of 2014.Dr.Mumba also said that sufficient time exists for the country to prepare, hold a referendum and have a new people driven constitution. Just in time for all of us to shout in joy and have peace in our hearts as we head into October to celebrate our Jubilee. He said what a gift to the Zambian people this would be.
“The Needs of the Many far outweigh the needs of the Few or the One. We will not put our individual ambitions and fixation to become president for the sake of it and ahead of what maybe a much nobler cause to fix the ills of our country.”
Dr.Mumba said this Jubilee year in which our country will have been independent for Fifty years is an important milestone which should force all Zambians to reflect upon our successes as well as our failures as a country. Dr Mumba also said this year PF will reach the half way mark of their term of office.
I urge all the Zambian people to reflect in this golden Jubilee year as to whether at the half way point, the PF are any were near fulfilling their 90 day promises.
Dr.Mumba asked Zambians to judge whether at half time, the PF are at 3 goals to 1, against their opponent of poverty, hunger and disease. Whether at half time, the PF are at 0-0 with their promises of a new constitution and expansion of freedoms. Whether at half time the PF are in fact behind by 0 goals to 3 against their promise of 5 million jobs in five years.
Dr Mumba also said this year in September, President Sata would have ruled for the same duration that President Rupiah Banda ruled.He said at that time, MMD will be making all the effort to make it possible for the Zambian people to judge and compare the School Report Cards of these two administrations.
Dr.Mumba also addressed the 4 main contentious issues namely:
- Constitutional making process
- The Plan by the Government to revive the Zambia Industrial Development Cooperation (INDECO)
- The Winter Kabimba Tribunal,
- the call for unity among opposition political parties
Below is Press Statement in Full
January 20th 2014
Members of the Press
National Executive Committee Members (NEC) present
Distinguished Invited Guests
Ladies and Gentlemen
Good morning and I wish you all a blessed and prosperous new year. Ladies and gentlemen of the press, today I wish to address four issues of national importance for which our voice as MMD is required to be clearly heard. These are in respect to the constitutional making process, the Plan by the Government to revive the Zambia Industrial Development Cooperation (INDECO), the Winter Kabimba Tribunal, which is sitting as I speak, and lastly, the call by some opposition political parties that there should be unity of purpose and an agreement to some common working arrangements.
I will be very brief on all the four issues and make only statements of Principles and in some cases demands on behalf of the people of Zambia. However, a lot more will be said and done about these things between the next 2 to 9 months. Let me explain further before I make these brief pronouncements and demands on the above four issues.
2014 -Jubilee year
Speaking on behalf of the MMD and in representing the entire electorate, it is the firm belief of the MMD that all the above issues are important issues, which we demand must be addressed in this Jubilee year of 2014. In this year, which we have just begun, there are three major millstones which will be reached. We all need to take heed of these millstones.
This is a Jubilee year in which our country will have been independent for Fifty years or half of a century. This is an important millstone which should force all of us to reflect upon our successes as well as our failures as a country. We should not over indulge in our successes at the expense of learning from the mistakes we have made, while at the same time, we should be overzealously loud by over embracing our failures at the expense of acknowledging some of the wonderful achievements are have made.
Achievements such as the building of ‘One Zambia One Nation’, out of a collection of so many tribal groupings. As a nation, we all should be proud of the many achievements that were brought about by our founding fathers led by the United National Independence Party (UNIP) and Dr Kenneth Kaunda. For the things that were not done well or those that were left undone, it was the collective effort of virtually the entire Zambian people who worked towards change and asked the MMD to improve upon our circumstances as a country. The MMD is very proud of many of the achievements we were able to add upon the foundation that UNIP left. We moved this country forward in ways that could not have been foreseen in 1991. Both in terms of democracy and more so in terms of moving our economy further towards sustained economic growth and development.
We acknowledge that we also had some failures, made some terrible mistakes and left some things undone and uncompleted. This is obvious for all to see and is the reason why the Zambian people asked us to step aside so that another group of people can correct some of the mistakes we had made and complete some of the projects, both in terms of governance and infrastructure that we did not complete. In fact it was on this platform of improving upon the constitution making process, upping the fight against corrupt and abuse of office, that a new government was elected.
Consolidating democracy through expanding citizens’ freedoms to assemble, speak and pursue greater economic opportunities in order for the poor and underprivileged to expand their economic choices was yet another reason for electing the PF.
Zambians strongly believed PF promises
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This was the platform of the PF. These cast in concrete promises were able to convince the great majority of the young and unemployed, civil society, the media and the urban disposed, the NGOs and the Churches, all who rallied to support the cause of the PF in the hope that they would improve upon the issues the MMD seemed reluctant to complete.
One even got the impression that even our cooperating partners were quietly, and sometimes a little louder, working towards the PF getting into government. It was believed, not hoped, believed that the PF would live up to the expectations of all these various groups and improve upon the governance issues as well as our standard of living. Granted, by word of mouth, and though their Manifesto, the PF rose to the occasion and undertook to do many of these things in 90 days. The simple ones, they said, a people driven constitution by way of referendum, the enactment of the Freedom of Information Bill, the abolishing of the Public order Act, etc, would become a reality within 90 days. Today, when we ask about these promises, ask for accountability and deliverance, we are being called dubious hijackers who are of ill intent. This is an incredible statement of accusation coming from State House. I think it would be fair to suggest that this is synonymous to being called “Stupid idiots.”
Ladies and Gentlemen, I have talked about the independence milestone for which we will all ever sing praises for our beloved Dr Kaunda. The other two milestones of this year are both in relation to accessing the record of the PF administration towards delivering their promises and as a comparison to Rupiah Banda’s MMD administration.
PF score card at half time (Mid term)
On the 23rd of Mach 2014, two months away from to day, the PF would have completed 30 months out of the 60 months in government that they are entitled to; by our five year electoral cycle.
They will have reached their Mid-Term, the half way point and a time of making available their accounts ready for scrutiny by their master- The electorate. I urge all the Zambian people to reflect in this golden Jubilee year as to whether at the half way point the PF are any were near fulfilling their 90 day promises. Whether at half time, the PF are at 3 goals to 1, against their opponent of poverty, hunger and disease. Whether at half time, the PF are at 0-0 with their promises of a new constitution and expansion of freedoms. Whether at half time the PF are in fact behind by 0 goals to 3 against their promise of 5 million jobs in five years. Ladies and gentle, at half time, we the people of Zambia, through the MMD will blow the whistle so that every Zambian can look at the score card, at half time. People of Zambia, let us all be honest and fair in their judgement and reading of the score card on that day.
September 2014 Comparing Sata and RB’s administration
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In September, this year, a third major milestone of comparison will also have been reached. In September 2014, a mere nine month away and just on the eve of PF’s Fourth Budget presentation, President Michael Sata and the PF administration will have been in office for exactly the duration of time that the Rupiah Bwesani Banda administration under the MMD was in office. Three years completed. I repeat, Three years in office. At that time, we in the MMD will be making all the effort to make it possible for the Zambian people to judge and compare the School Report Cards of these two administrations.
We will go around the country to discuss with the people of Zambia and make them compare the promises of these parties through their manifestos in relations to what they have or had achieved. Then we will be able to say, who is honest and who should be given a chance at sitting on the bench and who should be given time to play.
Country men and women, I have approached this press address in this manner in order to request the PF to speed up in delivering their promises so that perhaps in the last two months remaining, before half time, the PF can at minimum, release the draft constitution, secure the process through a legal process and put in place a Referendum Committee to spear head the vote on a new constitution.
When the whistle blows, this will be a major subject in assessing whether the PF should proceed to the next grade. Within Nine Months, not 90 days, by the time we get to September, It is our belief that sufficient time exists for the country to prepare, hold a referendum and have a new people driven constitution. Just in time for all of us to shout in joy and have peace in our hearts as we head into October to celebrate our Jubilee. What a gift to the Zambian people this would be?
In all honesty, I tell you, we the MMD may be the first to admit at that time that a major subject had been passed by the PF and maybe can support that they be considered for possibly moving to the next grade. If on the other hand a people driven constitution is not delivered by October, all Zambian people will give a Red Card to the PF. All of us will raise the Red Card and ask all the players belonging to the PF to get out.
Demands and Pronouncements
i) People driven Constitution by way of Referendum
The MMD applauds the stance taken by the consortium of Civil Society and opposition political parties towards the demand that the draft constitution submitted to the Government be immediately released to the general public. We will stand in support of the Oasis Forum in their quest to take this message of demands to all the corners of the republic.
We, the MMD, wish to encourage the civil society and the Oasis forum not to be intimidated by a government that has become hostile towards a people they promised a constitution. We wish to remind the people of Zambia that the MMD, under Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, may his soul rest in peace, was compelled and forced by civil society to enact an NCC bill so as to protect the process and prevent government from producing a white paper. If fact, the process of constitution making, failed partly because the PF took a hard line, in their support of the stance taken by the Catholic Church at the time. Subsequently, this led to the expelling of 22 of their members. It is treachery of the worst kind for the President to now indicate that there is no constitutional crisis and that the document will not be released unless it goes to the Cabinet. This is a betrayal to all those who believed that President Sata would indeed deliver a people driven constitution.
Hence, we demand for the immediate release of the draft constitution, a clear legal protection of the process and a Referendum Technical Committee to be established forthwith. We totally reject the concern expressed by the secretary to Cabinet about referendum expenditures affecting the budget process. How is it that by-elections are being held every other day? We demand for a referendum by September and a new people driven constitution by October 2014.
(ii) INDECO
The announcement to revive the Industrial Development Cooperation (INDECO) in the current set of economic circumstances is ill placed and anachronistic of our historical disposition. Our Government neither has the cooperate governance discipline, the resources nor the skills to undertake such a large project. It will end up as a vehicle by which the PF will use to finance by-elections and their campaigns in 2016.
It will be full of patronage, corruption, and nepotism as well as inefficiency to the extent that it will derail the free spirited nature of the domestic private sector to continue growing and thriving as has been the case in the past decade.
It is our demand, that the PF immediately stop this bad idea and put a stop to all the borrowing planned for 2014. We recommend that the government strengthen the Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ), give addition funding to the Citizen Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC), and advance the capacity of the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) to facilitate local private sector development. We urge them to further reduce interest rate and other barriers towards the indigenous business men and women so that they can effectively compete with their foreign counterparts. The solution lies here, and not in nationalisation, interference in the market or President Sata becoming a Tsar of a political oligarchy called INDECO or IDC.
iii) The Winter Kabimba Tribunal
We demand that the Minister of Justice, Honourable Winter Kabimba immediately resigns so as to give space for the tribunal to probe his alleged abuse of office freely and independently.
Honourable Kabimba demanded the resignation of Honourable Siliya when a tribunal was set up against her on the basis that she would either interfere as a Minster or that the members of the tribunal would not sufficiently feel protected from the state to make an independent decision. As Mr Kabimba is fond of saying, “What is good for the Goose is also good for the Gander.” If he is not man enough to relinquish his position, it is our demand that President Sata immediately removes from Cabinet until he is either cleared or found guilty. There is no compromise here. If this is not done, a very bad precedent will have been created by a government that loudly boasted of reinstating the abuse of office clause in the Zambian law books.
iv) Proposed Opposition Alliance
The call by some opposition political parties that there should be unity of purpose and that we as opposition parties should agree on some common working arrangements is fully supported by the MMD. Indeed, we are of the view that this is not only a wish of the opposition political parties, but a wish of the majority of our Zambian people. We therefore applaud those opposition parties that have championed this cause. One of the strongest pillars of the MMD is in its unyielding belief in the democratic process. Since the PF came into office all attempt at destroying democracy have been pushed forward. This is the reason why so many parliamentary seats have been nullified and all effort by the PF to gain dominance in the house of representative has been exerted. The target here is to ensure that there is no people driven constitution. It would be very carless for any opposition political party to take advantage of this devious policy by the PF to weaken further the opposition and mutilate the constitutional process.
It is for this reason that the MMD is totally prepared to consider a working arrangement towards the opposition working together in regard to nullified seats, and eventually for the bigger picture. “The Needs of the Many far outweigh the needs of the Few or the One.” We will not put our individual ambitions and fixation to become president for the sake of it and ahead of what maybe a much nobler cause to fix the ills of our country.
The MMD wishes to categorically state, from a point of strength, that we welcome the calls for a discussion and an eventual arrangement by which we can all work together as opposition political parties. In this regard, The MMD will positively be submitting this proposal, among other issues, to the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting to be held within the next 30 days. In principal and in practical terms, please count us in as we are prepared to give it a try.
I thank you and God Bless.
Spoken like a true leader!
Way to Go!Lets unite and remove this FULL from State House!
That is want we suggest at the begining that let MMD not rush. Let HH or someone contest as a president and share the ministry position. PF will one term part.
How can someone be happy with all those expenditure, running the country on FB, exposing state secret in public.
Friends were asking why we borrow so much.
This is an intelligent move. The PF will try to instill mistrust within the opposition camp through their many treacherous and shrewd ways. They will also ensure that they intimidate them by manipulating the innumerable bogus charges that have seen many oppositions figures be taken to court. This is welcome news on one hand, but the opposition must now brace for the PF’s reaction using govt institutions especially the Judiciary.
This is an intelligent move. The PF will try to instill mistrust within the opposition camp through their many treacherous and shrewd ways. They will also ensure that they intimidate them by manipulating the innumerable bogus charges that have seen many oppositions figures be taken to court. This is welcome news on one hand, but the opposition must now brace for the PF’s reaction using govt institutions especially the Judiciary.
Make it short of you want people to take you serious
Thanks
Nevers……….you are a true son of this soil.Those who thought you are just too power hungry as to become President of this country must be feeling ashamed of themselves.God gives at his own time.You surely will achieve your ambition in God’s time.Opposition should definately unite.UPND and MMD have no luxury of being arrogant as not to honestly work as a unit.Let them form MMD/UPND like ZANU/PF was formed in Zimbabwe.
In order to move forward as a nation, we have to accept a few truths and take reality with us as we plot the future of our nation. One of those facts is that the MMD remains the best political party that Zambia has had, in particular under the Mwanawasa and RB leadership. 2. Mmembe knowingly and selfishly deceived the nation by branding the MMD as corrupt. We should consider him a traitor. 3. The PF is the worst party to have formed Govt in Zambia. 4. Removing the PF from power will be in the best interest of nation. 5. Money drives evil and those benefitting from the PF regime will continue to turn a blind eye to the true evil agenda. With point 4 above, in mind, any rightful thinking Zambian should support any proposal to democratically remove this self serving entity called PF
How can Pastor ask Kabimba if he is “man enough”. I mean, seriously, what else can Kabimba do on earth if he left PF’s cabinet. Kabimba is not man enough to find another job.
Folks
Have you seen what people power can do in Kiev Ukraine. The police and soldiers were being beaten and burnt by protesters who do not want oppressive regimes like that of Sata and PF. The Ukrainian president wants to take Ukraine back USSR days when the people want real democracy and freedom of expression they fought for.
I can see the same happening to Zambia very soon.Just google kiev protests to see for yourselves.
Sata should water down his POA against people with dissenting views. He should let them voice out their grievance without intimidation so they attain peace with themselves. By stifling online media and threatening people with dissenting views he is actually pressuring an explosive mixture which will explode in his face soon or later.
Sata should restore all…
Please ba UPnD,be open minded when it comes to issues of unity.It seems you’re so obsessed with your HH always wanting him to be the number 1(president).
MMD has realised that UPND and HH are gaining more political fortune than them and PF . So they want to join hands with HH because he has the both the leadership qualities and the financial muscle to take on the PF thugs.
My advice is MMD and Nevers Mumba should not dictate the terms to HH but instead ask to join his camp. They should join the two parties together and form one party to called be UPND -MD if Sata allows it.What happened last time HH tried pacts with Sata and PF taught him that pacts can not win you votes but only weaken you further.
I am against the idea of forming pacts because the current constitution has no provisions for such political arrangements. So a pact is not the way forward but a merger into one party called the UPND-MD is the best.
UPND camp! Iam…
By the way UPND-MD stands for UNITED PARTY FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT and MULTIPARTY DEMOCRACY.
HH is the man to vote for as president of Zambia because he is clean and his reputation is not tainted with scandals from past failed regimes. He is just the man Zambia wants rights now. HH has never been part of UNIP ,never part of MMD ,tried
PF but soon realised they were a bunch thugs(CNP) so he avoided to be part of the current rogue and corrupt regime.
UPND and HH camp! I am in.
If any one wants to join UPND they are more that welcome but UPND leadership is not up for negotiations. Nevers Mumber can join and serve under HH as a vice president for religious and constitutional affairs.
If Never Mumba agrees then one party called UPND-MD shall be formed. The party presidential elections should take place after 2016 elections, say in 2021.
HH can not afford to make another mistake that ushered in a rogue and mad regime ruining the country right now.
Nevers should calm down he has had his chance as vice president in MMD under Mwanawasa . Now Zambia needs real change to be delivered by some one entirely new and untainted by scandals of the past failed regimes.
UPND and HH! I am in
The young man Wenzulu must calm down. It’s young men like him – “ba John solwe ubwali” who usually mislead masses. HH needs the MMD to pull through. The two parties should merger and elect a leader.
Where is the Victor Kachaka coming from?
@Kachaka
Stop deluding your self. MMD is following the death path of UNIP. UPND is confident enough to go it alone. They do not need MMD to pull through. What I suggested is what will work for the betterment of Zambia as whole.
You are the type that vomit meat and think what a waste wishing you could clean it and swallow it again.
For your info I was not born yesterday. I missed the independence struggle by only 5 years.
Yes Dr. Mumba, what you’re doing is called GROWING UP, and you’ll be an even better coalition partner if you do away with that TUPAC Style on your BEARD.
Wanzelu, Democracy is about the peoples choice, for you to say leadership of UPND is not negotiable if there was a merger or otherwise – just goes to show how ignorant you are about democracy – for as long as that is the policy of UPND, long may you continue wallowing with your heads in the sand!!
Watchout for Nawakwi who may used by PF to discredit the Opposition Leaders like HH and Dr Mumba.Nawakwi is up to no good,she’s just a vacilator.
His speech was too long for nothing. If he is that clever why has he failed to run 2 previous political parties. He sneaked through the backdoor to become MMD president. We know him in MMD how dictatorial he is. It is his right to speak out, but his credibility is ZERO.
whether is dull or not, but far much better than Shamenda. The truth is if MMD doest not field in a presidential candite Kuya bwebwele.
No know Eastern Power
Its long for a reason I’m even surprised its this short given the damage that these empty tins are causing every minute.
Mwembeshi, you are not the MMD Party, the Party chose him, whether CREDIBLE or NOT! Live with it!
Stick to the story – if you seem to agree with what he has said – well & good!
OPPOSITION SHOULD UNITE NOW BECOZ WE ALL DONT KNOW WHY THE PRESIDENT WHY THE PRESIDENT IS NOW RUNNING THE COUNTRY FROM HIS BED ITS A SIGN OF WAYALALA
@JUDGE,
Yes, this running or ‘ruining’ of the country from the bedroom is a big source of worry, it’s worse than having no president at all.
the pf has really negatively scored by far compared to RB’s 3yrs administration.
Sometimes people should be taken more by what they do and not what they say. The reason why zambians voted for the PF was because they thought what the PF said was synonymous with what they would do, but they were wrong. Mr Nevers Mumba’s actions make me doubt anything he says and until his actions show that he is more of a patriot than an opportunist, I will continue to take his words as rhetoric.
Ok let’s get this straight without too much waffling, this press conference was all about telling off HH to humble and subject himself to an election to choose between Mumba and HH for candidature on a united opposition ticket. They might as well have held it at his door steps than wasting people’s time. Madness is defined as doing the same thing but expecting different outcomes. In short the opposition is run by mad little men who still think HH is interested in developing anything else other than his own pocket.
You really sound like PF, always bringing out crap!!!!
Ba Blago, chipuba cheleleniko, twalichishiba, he can’t think with his brain but tribe.
It won’t work there is one opposition leader who always wants to lead when there is a pct. Remember UDA etc.
This time it will work. The heavyweights must go into the ring and fight the Obama Clinton way. The winner gets the presidency. You what, the much anticipated 50+1 constitution will force them to do so.
A hundred million question is, will the so called ‘ Zambian Obama’ based in Choma agree to be subjected to an election? He knows he’s got no support outside his region and that Mumba under MMD would thump him nationally.
Msana wa masushi.
The desperation coming the HH team to get into state house is shocking. How many alliances are you going to enter into? You tried UDA and the recent one with PF and both failed. What makes people think that the entire MMD and indeed Mumba himself will whole heartedly go into this alliance? These parties should just work harder like the PF did rather than wasting time on un workable ventures.
You, me and him/her on our own can do nothing. But together, we will triumph over PF. This is true for the Opposition: UNITE. Again I say, UNITE. This is what has strengthened democracy in the West just 2 main parties. Thanks Nevers for this. HH we await you.
People talking about a united opposition are cowards, they are scared of approaching HH and his tribesmen directly to discuss the impossible. My advice to MMD is that if they really want this to work its them who need to bend over and give the Presidency to HH without conditions.
Desperation at it’s best from MMD. All Nevers is saying is: “I can eat sh1t to get back into power, just don’t like the taste of it.”
How can he compare RB to Sata? 1 Rb killed people from WP,2 RB realized Kafupi,3 RB removed abuse of office, 4 RB involved his children in destroying the country, 5 RB is already in couts for his thefts, etc. Sata is not yet in all those and I say not yet. So what kind of a person so sensible can compare the two. RB never did anything in his time apart from finishing Mwanawsa´s term of which he even messed up. To me this press meeting doesn`t even make any sense at all. The only achievement RB made was to put a tarmac to his farm and having countless trips around the world, finishing MMD and making his family confutable that is all.
MMd worked with UPND and they failed how do they expect to work together now when so many people in his party are against working with the under five?EXODUS
HH, he is a combination of Sata & KK as far as leading & managing his party.
HH assumes that he is the only person that has the right to lead UPND and no one else. He has said it openly in the past. Without him, there would be no UPND, because he is the main sponsor of UPND.
How does HH in what you are saying when he was elected. Your PF reasoning is very low.
Do not underestimate Nervers Mumba, there is a high likelihood that MMD will return to government.
MMD on verge of being traded at expedient lust for power by Nevers Mumba.Remember how he traded NCC to oblivion & went under?Now MMD at it again again and everyone is watching.How can a smaller party acquire a bigger party?All this just to satify lust for power by HH!Wakeup MMD!
my brother do not deceive yourself, MMD is no longer salable. it is wishful thinking that MMD is still a big party because all those mps are just waiting to finish their 5 years in parliament then they will jump off to other popular parties if they still have interest to win seats
How do you form a party as president then think to be a deputy to your competeter you can as well abandon it to join your opponent
WHY DID NEVER MUMBA GO TO KITWE TRADES SCHOOL, THEN TO THE BIBLE SCHOOL INSTEAD OF UNZA? THE MAN FAILED TO MEET UNZA ENTRY REQUIREMENTS.
SO WHY IS HE OPPOSING THE AN OLD MAN WHO IS BUILDING UNIVERSITIES FOR OUR CHILDREN?
Simple the old man, as you put it, is an idiot.
You also with your shallow analysis!
A wise & judicious way of reflecting at the undertaking, to create an unbeatable opposition force.
However, MMD can still win it by alone. PF has been undressed, messed up its base, before half time period.
From the Inside-Out, the opposition has had a “void “from word go. There is no strong opposition “tone-of-voice” that puts both Guy Scott and the Speaker to task. This is the reason why Sata had to dubiously discharge Dora Siliya and Lucky Mulusa. These and among other UPND MP’s have been out spoken voices.
Felix Mutati was appointed as the leader of the opposition in parliament to represent and mobilise the combined force of MMD, UPND and all the one man band parties such as UNIP and FDD. Yet, has gone in oblivion, one wonders if he is still in parliament.
Cont…
Presently, there is no one subjecting or interrogating the Speaker and Guy Scott. This regime is getting away with murder on every single day of parliament session.
The only person that made PF dance to their own out of tune music was the late George Kunda ( Former Vice President ), especially when it came to constitutional rulings. He was the one that exposed Sata that his VP was not eligible to become president if he Sata died or be it in his absence.
It will come down to personal EGOS. Behind the doors both MMD and UPND see an opportunity to win it alone.
However, the opposition must realise PF has one big advantage. Its called “RIGGING 2016.”
We should also expect more Pangas to butcher & intimidate voters. Sata is not ashamed to do so on his own people.
The guy has grey matter underneath his skull!
Some MMD members are working behind the scene to convince RB to come back. RB is more popular within MMD than Mumba. If he came back, he can win the election, retire after 3 or 5 years and hand the power to HH. This was the plan before 2011, but HH was selfish and thought he was too famous and popular and got a rude awakening on the ballots. RB would be able to penetrate in all provinces including Munchinga.
But Bashi Mpundu is now enjoying retirement with his twins and young madam who just 42
No more ex UNIP no ex MMD. Zambians want new blood in Zambian politics period.
Forming an alliance with HH is impossible. How many alliances has HH been into and ditched at last minute deal to being an Hungry Hyena hungry for power.
16@ LUAPULA PREMIER
You are very dull my dear. Can you honestly compare SATA’s intellect to MUMBA. Why ask a question which you already know the answer. Why don’t you go around and inspect some of these universities that Sata has announced to build. Work has been abandoned because there is no money
Sata has created districts and yet some of these councillors and government workers in these new districts have not been paid for 12 months because of lack of money due to unbudgeted stup1d announcements.
a lot of 1diots have very short memories. sata is a kaunda incarnation in all forms. it reminds me of the TIKA iron and steel factory abandoned because of no money under kaunda. ebu chimbwi no plan
CIRCUS!
# WANZELU (20.1)
Don’t get so pumped up about UPND-MD. I have noted that you’re working hard blogging to win MMD Supporters to UPND. That’s a good job you are doing for HH and keep it up.
But, I can assure you that Mumba is talking to Bena-LuBemba who have now resolved to have MMD and not Sata or PF for 2016. I can also assure you that Munchinga, Northern & Luapula will go mostly MMD in 2016. Unfortunately Copperbelt has the majority of Bemba’s. So its a toss up leaning to MMD than UPND.
I am with you in the sense that we must not allow PF come back to power in 2016.
The truth is that HH will find it hard to break Luapula, Munchinga, Northern. He will do well in Western, N/Western, Southern, Central ( And you the reason why )
Zambians feed on rhetoric. This chap is full of words.Thats his training. All jaw and nothing more. And some chaps actually buying into it.
Zambians buying into this chaps rhetoric. Can you perhaps reflect on one thing.What has Nevers Mumba ever achieved in his entire life, apart from jumping from one tree to another. Already, from the sound of it, he is about to abandon the MMD presidency, because it’s proving a little to windy for him.
He wants to play second fiddle to ingombe ilede.What a blasted failure.
Mumba is a myopic leader, has he considered the ramifications for the party as MMD if they lost the elections under the coalition of smaller opposition parties?
Mumba has no Midas touch, everything he touches turn to ash. MMD is heading for extinction with this clueless leader, instead of taking a religious retreat he should retreat in the library and research how the big boys of politics organize and reach out to the people in the street. The opposition in Zambia is pathetic, they are trying to blame their failures on PF and this will cost them the 2016 elections! It is 2 years and not even one party is outlining and explaining it’s policies to the people, they are busy complaining and licking their wounds from 2011 loss instead of concentrating on the future!
Opposition is about numbers in parliament not on the street. Parties like Heritage, NAREP, FDD and ABZ will not add any numbers to the opposition, the earlier the MMD leaders realises this, the better. Heritage and FDD has been around for almost 14 years with nothing to show for in terms of numbers in parliament and membership. A person who gets 10,000 votes in a nation election should be running for a Councillor post!
Never iwe sure.Kachingwe ana kamba ati party isazila.Kachema bana kwa pula.Bout turn tiyembekeza pa victory ministry.
Nevers, u have spoken like a true son of Zambia, Africa and the world at large with a genuine vision for this country which has been poorly government and turned into an autocratic state since the PF took power in 2011. Let’ s unite and remove this government of arrogant, selfish, tribalists and corrupt characters who wrongly think the Zambian people doesn’ t know what they are doing. Every well meaning Zambian will support the idea. The PF administration is a disaster to Zambia.
@Skool
DOES LUAPULA GIVE IT A DAMN WHEN CONSTRUCTION WORKS ON OTHER UNIVERSITIES ARE BEING ABANDONED AS LONG AS PROGRESS ON OURS IS STEAMING ON?
IN ANY CASE A FINAL PROGRESS REPORT WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
CHRISTIANS THE WORLD OVER, HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO MOVE MOUNTAINS JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE (JESUS) TALKED ABOUT IT! INDEED BOTH OF MY LATE ILLITERATE PEASANT PARENTS NEVER ENTERED SCHOOL LET ALONE HEARING ABOUT IT, BUT JUST FOR THEM TO BE DREAMING ABOUT MY EDUCATION WAS ENOUGH TO INSPIRE ME! LEVY, CHILUBA & THE CORRUPT REGIME OF RB HAD NO TIME EVEN TO DREAM ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE A NEW AIRPORT!
ASK YOUR CAMPAIGN MANAGERS WHY WORK ON CERTAIN PROJECTS COULD SUDDENLY SLOW DOWN, BEFORE THE FINISHING LINE??
Why do we Zambians always want to lap our vomit? We have been down this path of political alliances numerous times and come out with nothing tangible. This is clear testimony that they are not worthy, useless, empty and a sheer waste of time. Let each party just build itself ahead of 2016 polls. If any of the opposition parties wins then fine; if they lose it’s also fine because democracy would have prevailed, provided PF doesn’t rig. Even the assertion that no single opposition political party can unseat PF doesn’t hold water. If PF could single-handedly kick out MMD what then would stop another strong political party from booting out PF?
HH is not fit to rule zambia. He is worse than Sata, arrogant, selfish and devilish. Will vote for a caterpillar than HH. Chipimo is the best person to lead Zambia to prosperity.
@33 Wanzelu’s cousin, Mushota is the best candidate to rule Zambia. Nick can he her Vice like Scotty is for Sata.
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