Chitambo Member of Parliament, Mushili Malama, has implored residents of Chitambo to unite, be peaceful, love each other and avoid violence regardless of their political affiliation now that Zambia has attained 50 years.
Mr Malama was reacting to the behaviour by some Patriotic Front cadres who protested against his presence at the Independence Day celebrations on Friday, forcing him to leave the stage and denying him the opportunity to deliver his speech.
The cadres charged that they did not recognize Mr Malama as their area Member of Parliament, saying he does not visit their area and wanted him off the stage.The MP, who is a member of the MMD, said the incident caused the mood at the event to become sad as the majority of the people were not pleased with the behaviour of the cadres.
“The mood at the event afterwards became very sad because everyone was not happy with the behaviour of the PF cadres,” he said.Mr Malama said the day was meant to be celebrated in peace as it was a memorable event for Zambians countrywide.He said it was unfortunate for the cadres to want to attack an elected Member of Parliament and urged the Chitambo District Patriotic Front treasurer, Chanda Mutale, to exercise peace and go through the ballot if he wants to win an election.
He alleged that the cadres were incited by Mr Mutale who has had intentions to be elected as area Member of Parliament.
“Chanda Mutale should know that in order to win an election you need to go through the ballot. You cannot win an election through violence that is a thing of the past. He should not pay people and buy them beers if he wants to win,” he said.
Mr Malama said he came to the event with goodwill adding that he has a lot of respect for the District Commissioner, David Kaseba, who had invited him.
“The DC is a very good man and I respect him. I came because he invited me and I know he means well for the people of Chitambo,” he said.
And responding to the matter in a phone interview, Mr Mutale said he did not have a hand in what happened, adding that the cadres were only expressing their feelings and the MP should reflect on the demands the people were making.
“The people of Chitambo have a conscious and it is rare for them to behave in such a manner. I was surprised but they were only expressing how they feel so the MP should focus on addressing the people’s demands” he said.
And Kapiri PF member and ward treasure, David Musonda, who was also at the event, expressed displeasure at the behaviour of the cadres, saying they were denting the image of the party.
Mr Musonda said the event was meant to unite everyone regardless of their political affiliation, stressing that it was not a political gathering but a jubilee celebration.
He urged the Chitambo PF leaders to show leadership as the behaviour of the cadres reflected poor leadership in the party.
And a PF cadre and businessman, Elias Kate, equally expressed disappointment at the behaviour of the cadres and stressed the need to discipline all those that misbehaved at the event.
Mr Kate said despite the MP being in opposition he needs to be respected as he is the district’s representative in Parliament and his speech needed to be heard.
I can bet my house these were UPND cadres
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Mushota, Kudos, Gen, Saulosi, Luapula Premier are genocide enciting apartheid baptised assassins. Lurking in their purportedly innocous blogs is insidious hatred which is as preditable as a knee jerk.
Mushota even if it was UPND (as your purport) it would have been wrong! Period.
Stop gambling Mushota, do you know how to read, you claimed to be educated
HH is way richer than you, your salary can’t match up to what he pays his houseboy.
PF cadres have been made believe that they are the governors, and anyone else is non-existent. Thuggery in the PF is the order of the day, and the powers that be deliberately turn a ‘blind’ eye to these happenings. The reason is simple: the chaps operate under the instructions of their leaders who in turn ‘limply’ blame the cadres for ‘misconduct’.
The pf generally is a good party but it’s thugs like Chanda Mutale who are tarnishing the name of the party coz he’s just a looser and a simple cadre.
Do to others what you would like to be done to you
That wasnt disrupting but ending worthless speeches. If speeches are not making sense, someone has to act to end them in whichever way fitting the occasion. I see nothing wrong with the PF cadres’ actions. They saw that the opposition’s speeches were hallow and useless to be allowed to continue at the expense of important events lined up for the occasion. The cadres acted like good and responsible citizens. In the absence of police, citizens can equally employ citizens arrest. This is exactly what transpired. We salute the cadres for their actions otherwise Zambia would have been seen in a negative way if those opposition legislators were not corrected.
Who cares. Let them annoy more and more people so that they lose the next election. We are fed up to our back-teeth with their stinking brains these dirty uncivilised animals. Even monkeys have manners. PF suffers from severe ebola. I can’t wait to see it go.
According to @Mushota UPND is the only opposition party in Zambia.
Perhaps she is right for once. Go on UPND, provide the checks and balances opposition political parties are expected to provide. Zambians outside the PF party need their voices to be heard.
If the people of Mkushi indeed voted for this MP, why did they allow the thugs to enforce jungle law? The winners are supposed to be in the majority and should have overwhelmed those thugs dressed in PF regalia. And, PF leadership, when are you going to realise that the UNIP “VG” days are long gone when they used to whip and kick women queeing for “bricks” of cigarettes at a known outlet on Cairo road.
Pf is a violent ethinic non entity meaning it has known no morality, unbiased leader like HH is a neccessity for peace and tranquility.