President Edgar Lungu has appointed and swore in Patriotic Front Petauke Central Member of Parliament Dora Siliya as Energy and Water Development Minister.
President Lungu also swore in Livingstone Central PF member of Parliament Lawrence Evans as Deputy Minister of Livestock and Fisheries.
President Lungu has since urged the two appointees to apply themselves diligently to their new roles and assist Government meet aspirations of the Zambian people.
And Ms. Siliya told Reporters that the appointment is humbling.
“My family and I are deeply humbled by the confidence by the Head of State in giving me this opportunity to serve the Zambian people. We are peace loving citizens and with our collective efforts, we will ensure we attend to the problems facing the energy sector” Ms. Siliya said.
And the President has also sworn in Livingstone Central member of Parliament Lawrence Evans as Deputy minister of Livestock and Fisheries and announced that all Deputy Ministers will by Monday next week start attending Cabinet meetings.
President Lungu said that the move will help Deputy Ministers to confidently articulate Government policies in various forums such as parliament.
The President’s decision follows the pronouncement he made when he just took office in January this year that he would allow cabinet Ministers to attend full cabinet meetings.
And on Livestock and Fisheries, the President says Government has put in place various measures that will see Zambia increase its fish stocks.
The President has also sworn in Livingstone Central member of Parliament Lawrence Evans as Deputy minister of Livestock and Fisheries at State House on Friday 16-10-2015- Pictures By Eddie Mwanaleza/Statehouse.
The President has also sworn in Livingstone Central member of Parliament Lawrence Evans as Deputy minister of Livestock and Fisheries at State House on Friday 16-10-2015- Pictures By Eddie Mwanaleza/Statehouse.
The President has also sworn in Livingstone Central member of Parliament Lawrence Evans as Deputy minister of Livestock and Fisheries at State House on Friday 16-10-2015- Pictures By Eddie Mwanaleza/Statehouse.
The President has also sworn in Livingstone Central member of Parliament Lawrence Evans as Deputy minister of Livestock and Fisheries at State House on Friday 16-10-2015- Pictures By Eddie Mwanaleza/Statehouse.
Atase!! What does she about energy??
WTF!! – I have to hand to Dora though. She is useless and yet she gets ahead, that’s power!
But your KING the most intelligent Zambian says that he does not want his MPs to work with the rest for the betterment of the general citizenry.
That is a problem with drinking too much beer. How can a sober person appoint Dora Silya for any cabinet ministry. The fact is that Dora Silya is the most hated individual and any party she joins, people will also hate that party.
Can people that surround the President tell him the truth that PF Members are angered by his move to appoint Dora Silya. Instead of dealing with the falling kwacha, the drunkard splits the ministries.
PF has an unsustainable appetite for rotten things little wonder the whole country is stinking.
Have we run out of people to even think of Dora? At the rate PF is going Dorika Ndaifulila will be the next gender minister!
@Nabian
What Power naiwe? …..,Power to chagwa? Chagwa one short round then he is finished and appoints her minister of energy,,, maybe she is sweet in that area, because RB was also confused
@Ndobo, please avoid touching women ku down, why change Nubian’s name? Better watukako ine than beautiful women, including Dora. She looks seexxxy and hooooty and so good for weekend pa state house, knowing that Ba Ester is out of country. Luck bastard Edgar will sleep good, and will have some sin to confess on the 18th.
Has any one sold their soul to the devil over?
Zambians easily forget.
Big congrats mai Siliya! It’s an excellent choice. Let haters sink while gnashing their teeth because it’s a choice.
well done Dora
Thanks
BB2014
Remember the LAPGreen and Dora Siliya saga back in November 2011…the dull cadres must be scratching their heads…while you are throwing stones at your fellow citizens; your useless leaders are in bed together…very sad!!
When Kafupi became president, Zambia went into self-destruction mode. The genesis of all our problems is Kafupi. Ala Bee, The Snake and Jamasoni are the offshoots of the crisis Kapupi started.
Wakoniwako. How does this reconsile with the old PF MPs who were on receiving end of insults from Dora? Anyways, do we still have pf considering slogans like 90days, dochi kubeba, more money, lower taxes are no more….
Atase!! What does she know about energy??
Ok, yalishibikwe, kabili alilyako!!! wachmo!!
We saw this one coming. RB at work. Next please!!!!!!!!!
The problem in Africa is that you appoint hyenas to look after goats and you complain when the goats are eaten. It is the nature of hyenas to eat goats. I have paraphrased Prof Lumumba’s observation.
Congratulations
mwapya baisa. congratulations
Kaleza kanin’gambe!
Dolla yasila!
Got to say Mr Lungu is looking very sharp.
Now onto business. Can Dora’s first task be to conclusively establish what transpired at Kariba between Zesco, Zambezi River Authority and the ZESA. Once we have identified the culprit/s, please can we throw the book at them so as to deter any possible repeat in the future.
THE APPOINTMENT OF DORA SILYA IN PF CABINET ANGERS MANY SENIOR PF MEMBERS.
A lot of PF Members in Lusaka and on the Copper belt are exceedingly annoyed with President Lungu for appointing Dora Silya as the new Energy Minister for the Ministry that has been split to pave way for the appointment of other corrupt people that insulted the PF Founder Member the late Micheal Sata in the run upto the 2011 General Elections.
As his girl friend and a partner in corruption, Edgar Lungu has conquered all odds by refusing to listen to many Zambians that voted for him on the need not to split the ministries amidist economic woes facing the country.
The PF Members led by the vocal Roan MP Chishimba Kambwili have gathered in Kitwe after the breaking news of Dora Silya becoming a cabinet minister…
Accurate source ulabeja!!! pakuti aben kambwili were in their pf meeting nabena kaizer zulu deciding and agreeing to appoint dora siliya. the president just doesnt appoint, he asks his friends maka maka ba kambwili naba kaizer zulu a.k.a the shootist a.k.a the pwanya nini consumer!!!!
Ba Accurate Source – Just shut up if you do not have anything sensible to say.
You are wrong,it is not PF members who are not happy but UPND members because they know that Eastern province is now in the bag of PF. GBM , Silvia Masebo, William Banda and the past news paper also insulted HH
but were are they now? Are they not the ones you are depending upon for you to win 2016 elections?
You are Liar!!! Kambwili is attending a meeting. How can they be annoyed when they supported the idea?
I’m jealous. Especially in the last picture, the blue colour has come out very well as if Dora was the first lady, very smart Mr. President!
Bokosi is back..I wonder what Kambwili is now feeling and saying to himself. By the way did she ever apologise to ba Sat as demanded by BA Kambwili
Big shame on all genuine PF Members that are blindly supporting Edgar Lungu. Edgar Lungu has disappointed the expectations of many PF Members by refusing to appoint them as ministers and opted for the rotten eggs like Dora Silya a prostitutte.
Time is up for Lungu. I urge all PF Members to remove Edgar Lungu in 2016 through the popular Dont Kubeba.
What genuine PF members – PF is not anyone’s personal property. It is a national party and any Zambian can join it today and be appointed Minister tomorrow. Just because you have not caught the attention of the appointing authority does not mean that you should call others prostitutes – you slept with them?
This is just strategy by lungu, all these appointments are done to secure a win in next years elections. If he can get 200% loyalty from entities such as siliya, siamunene, monde ninshi chapwa he has squeezed in extra votes from the provinces which are not pf strongholds. these appointees will work even more tirelessly in the provinces of their contituencies to ensure they get edgar his votes in 2016. if the desire was to make progress in the energy sector, he could have gone to unza and appointed one of the lecturers in the engineering department to put plans about future energy harvesting projects. but the needs of our politicans is self preservation first before doing something tangible for the country. the law of the land is coming, all of you will pay. tuli nabena niza.mwaladabwa…
A politician thinks of the next election – a statesman of the next generation. – James Freeman Clarke
Edgar Lungu is a fanny drunkard. I bet, Edgar Lungu will not taste our vote next year. Despite being a PF Senior Member, I vow to vote for HH and i will ensure that i influence thousands to vote for HH.
Edgar Lungu is a Big Foool
you have that much influence? good luck
A genuine pf member can’t vote for hh. He would rather stay away than going for a shetanist.
Too much superstition in Zambia while progressive countries are focused on ensuring quality of life for their citizens, Zambia is distracted with superstition.
If you’re really a senior PF Edgar thinks that you are fools. Kambwili being the biggest.
Wako ni Wako at play! Imagine our dear brothers and sisters who have fought for PF from the day it was formed! Imagine the insults from MMD when Dora Siliya was Govt spokeswoman! Most of the Senior PF members of Parliament have been sidelined despite the sacrifices they made before 2011. Life is always not fair, is it?
ONE KUMAWA. MR SATA MUST BE TURNING IN HIS GRAVE WITH THIS APPOINTMENT. WHAT A SHAME!
This just wrong on so many levels. She was the face of MMD and was thought to be as corrupt as they come, and now she is back. So the President is really surrounding himself with thieves.
“AFRICA is dying because we elect THIEVES as LEADERS.” Prof Lumumba said this when he was talking about governance in Africa in Ghana. “…..the men and women we entrust with leadership are ill-suited for leadership…how can Africa periodically and repeatedly allow hyenas to take care of goats. It is the nature of hyenas to consume goats and when they do that we get surprised….”
That’s the end of PF. I will not vote for it.
Chilungu calitumpa sana Dorah arrives today in PF and overtakes a looooooooooong que of PF stalwarts to become a minister? 2016 Lungu OUT!
What about gbm. Him bypassed membership and elections and only to end up being veep . no wonder he doesn’t consider himself upend member but pf.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IN ZAMBIA. A FEW PEOPLE COMPLAIN AND YOU THINK ITS A JOKE. BUT ONCE IT GETS TO THEIR NECK, THEY WILL HAVE REACHED THE POINT OF NO RETURN. AND PF WILL BE GONE. DORA IS QUITE INFLUENTIAL IN PETAUKE NO DOUBT. BUT IF HER APPOINTMENT MEANS DISAPPOINTING THE OLD FAITHFUL PF MEMBERS THEN EL MUST RE-THING HIS STRATEGY. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING SIDELINED MAY HAVE A LARGER FOLLOWING. KAUNDA IGNORED THE CRIES OF THE ZAMBIANS, RB ALSO IGNORED THE CRIES OF THE ZAMBIANS. AND THEY FACED THE CONSEQUENCES. THE NEW ENTRANTS IN THE PF CABINET ARE NOT ADDING ANY VALUE TO THE FORTUNES OF PF. ITS BETTER TO STRENGTHEN YOUR STRONGHOLDS THAN HOPE THAT NEW PEOPLE WILL VOTE FOR YOU. ONE BIRD IN THE HAND IS BETTER THAN TWO IN THE FOREST. SOLWEZI WEST MUST SERVE AS A WARNING TO SUCH EXPERIMENTS.
This is one person who called the late Sata all sorts names, from mad person to chibola and today she is in cabinet of PF! What a shame! Edgar uli chikopo sana! All the founder idi0ts of PF are just watching in their docility state! Mwanya mwabombele ulutu ba swine.
Mrs Dora Muliokela, no congrats from me.
SOME VERY FAITHFUL OLD PF MEMBERS HAVE NEVER SET FOOT ON THOSE GROUNDS. AND YET SOMEONE WHO WAS RAISING HER MIDDLE FINGER AGAINST YOUR AUTHORITY CAN EASILY SIT AND SAP WITH YOU. THIS IS NOT FAIR. HOW DO YOU PLAN AS A PARTY TO RULE WHEN YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHOM THE ELECTORATE REJECTED? RESIDENT EL IS BLATANTLY THROWING INTO THE MOUTHS OF THE VOTERS THE VOMITUS THEY VOMITED OUT. AND THAT MAY NOT BE TAKEN WELL. PLEASE PRESIDENT EL, RESPECT THE WISHES OF THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE. ZAMBIA IS BIGGER THAN PETAUKE.
Please don’t laugh at me because I’m honestly ignorant on this matter. Does every Zambian ministry have a minister and a deputy minister? I just thought I should ask because normally I see the Zambian ministers just lounging around and loafing and really doing nothing of much significance. That is why it strikes me as odd that they should need a deputy.
For sure the people that we rejected four years ago are back in Government through the backdoor. Shame to the appointing authority
You rejected GBM ,William Banda and Slvia Masebo but now they are Vice President,Advisers and so forth in UPND. Is it also shame to HH? Politics in Zambia are just one and the same. In fact EL is a bit unique because
HH is just imitating the late President Mr Sata .
One would now actually have a feeling that Lungu was promised a reward from HH if he managed to destroy this PF nonsense and I can see he is doing a pretty damn good job. Keep it up humble clueless dude!
I smell urine!
This is the difference between those that know politics and the under fives. Dora has a big constituency in EP. She brings value to the party. Lungu has his eyes cast in the near and far future. Unlike some under five I know who only accept people that spew tribalism, my tribe is Zambian for ever!
This is hard to believe. What is the criteria used to appoint ministers. This is the drunkard woman who a , few years ago as deputy head of the Zambian mission in Cairo, used to drink carelessly to the extent of sleeping on the chair in the African club and even urinating on the sofa. Clearly this appointment has to do with tribe and Zambians should work hard to get rid of tribalists. She is also rude, immoral and disrespectful. As a country we have really lowered our standards in terms of leadership. This perhaps explains why we are unable to solve complex issues concerning our national development.
Now Zambia will be without blackouts,hahaha?
DONT KUDDABWA BENE
ONE THING THAT HAS NOT BEEN OBSERVED IS DORA SILIYA’S PAST WHEN SHE SERVED AS MINISTER OF TRANSPORT UNDER PRESIDENT BANDA. TOGETHER WITH THE PRESIDENT THEY CORRUPLY SOLD ZAMTEL TO LAPGREEN OF LIBYA. WHEN SHE GOT HER CUT SHE FLEW FROM MFUWE TO SOUTH AFRICA TO BANK THE LOOT THERE. BEFORE THAT SHE HAD TOLD BANDA THAT IF WON’T BE GIVEN 1MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE SALE OF ZAMTEL SHE WOULD SPILL THE BEANS. IT WAS DURING THE MEETING OF THE TWO AT STATE LODGE WHILE THE TRIBUNAL TO INVESTIGATE HER WAS SITTING. THERE IS A LOT OF CORRUPTION IN THE PROCUREMENT OF FUEL. HAS SHE NOT BEEN PUT THERE STRATEGICALLY? ZAMBIANS ARE INDEED DOCILE AND S I T. UP ID.
Yes. In Africa hyenas are tasked to take care of goats and do not be surprised if she consumes some of the goats because it is the nature of hyenas to consume goats.
Ba Sat forgave Dora and now it it very clear that ba HH bola yakosa! PF is for everyone and this appointment confirms the Presidents call of One Zambia One Nation. Ba UPND what is your hierarchy composition? 98% are all Tonga and you think you can win General Elections?
To Dora and Evans, congratulations and please let’s all work flat out by getting back to the grass roots and build a very strong PF.
UPND pagination guys
Rupiah banda has achieved it.PF is now under MMD
Interesting. How far is her court case? I bet it will only revive when she leaves PF or when PF leaves government – OR BOTH.
All you clowns above me have just been bended on assassinating doras character without looking at how the new ministry will bring a difference to the energy sector. Mind you any ministry is run by technocrats and ministers only aligning them to suit their policy or manifesto. Anyone who understands pf policies can be a minister. Under fives don’t understand this that’s why they can only think that a bookworm from unza should be minister.
What a shameless statement ” anyone who understands PF policies can be a minister”
UPND demand action oriented pipo to be ministers not this bloated PF who just pay ministers for nothing and we wounder why GRZ is broke.
Let’s kill HH and UPND once and for all. Decisive comments and jealous from HH won’t just work! UPND pafita again. ECL 2016 here we come hot and steady.
To Dora and Evans please get back to all the PF grass roots countrywide and deliver development as expected. Congratulations. Nawakwi, HH too bad you losers.
And I recall,not so long ago, seeing a lot of people who were celebrating the exit of Dora from Govt. Some even going to the extent of running naked on the streets. Now look who’s laughing last? Kikikiki…….
For everything that is obtained dishonestly, you pay back ten fold. If Dora store from our poor people she will surely pay back harshly and painfully and that’s a promise from God and it also applies to Edgar Lungu and the way he assumed PF presidency! He will surely pay ten fold! That’s God’s promise!
Welcome Dora,but Appointments Of Late Are Being Seen As A process To Get Rid Of Sata ‘S Pf Founding Members And Replace Them With Banda S’.It Appears There Was An Agreement With Ecl On Number Of Ministers From Banda’s Camp For The Support Offered During Elections.Takecare Most Pf Members Are Not Happy.Others Like Kapeya And Other Hard Working People Are Sidelined.Why?
No integrity, the only thing that matters to people like Dora are their stomachs. How can one align with a party that has taken the middle income group into poverty
Tax payers cash at work.
WHY WHY WHY? Mr President. Surely I was looking at you trimming the cabinet in these difficult times.
Sort out Zesco and the economy first before employing people who wont even add value to this country.
Dora Energy minister my foot.
You asking too much from a lazy bum!!
MMD IS BACK. YABAAA!
WHO WOULD HAVE IMAGINED GBM IN. UPND.
KAPITA IN PF
NOW DORA AS MINISTER IN THE PF GOVT.
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT IN ZAMBIA IT IS NOT ABOUT PARTY POLICIES AND MANIFESTOS BUT ABOUT EXPEDIENCY AND THE NUMBERS GAME.
Lungu has betrayed Sata and all the people who championed a simple cause; removal of treachery and deceit from politics. Lungu has no conscious. Lungu is a traitor who cares less. He’s saying f.uck off to GS and all senior PF members.
Lungu playing the opposition like Chess and Checkers. MMD and UPND voters now shall embrace him.
Dora the explorer,i bet now she’ll find plentiful petroleum reserves in Petauke and gas reserves in gluteus maxima.
That proves PF original members are finished, dull and incompetent. Lungu is right to pick some MMD members as ministers for he has endured enough low intelligence of the likes of Kambwili, Chama, Mubi Phiri and Freedom Sikazwe.
What angers me about this utterly lazy bum we call Edgar is he created all these pointless ministries merely for political expediency…the man is an utter disgrace!!
Dora is junior to Sampa and Mulenga Sata but she is a minister. PF will split over Dora. Lungu’s association with Rupiah and Dora sends the message it pays to steal in Zambia
They will never stop recycling politicians. The corrupt ones are coming back. I do not know where the ubwato is heading to.
There is an Igbo proverb that says, and quote: “If you’re wearing a skate made of grass, desist from befriending goats”. Chagwa’s ndithu agwa and it’s all because of the pact he signed with the devil Rupiah who is now busy “coming to collect”. I do not foresee how Chagwa can win next year, not even prayers will save Chagwa from kugwa!
The reason Zambia will never move forward. A very useless and lazy president who is afraid to employ people with skills and education. The same people who have failed again and a gain to run an economy. Education is important and until we Zambian’s realize this is when we will move forward. In a globalized world that is far too advanced than we are, how is Dora Siliya going to contribute to this sector? 51 years and we fail to see than in hiring skilled labour will improve the nation and economy. Dull president – Dull ministers = Dull economy!
WE ALL NEED TO EXAMINE THIS APPOINTMENT WITH AN OPEN MIND. I SUBMIT THAT LUNGUS HEART IS IN THE RIGBT PLACE. THIS APPOINTMENT MAY NOT BE STRATEGICALLY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR LUNGU AND HE DID IT ANYWAY. FIRST OF ALL IT IS ALMOST A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT LUNGU IS ALREADY LIKELY TO WIN IN EASTERN PROVINCE AND APPOINTING DORA DOES NOTHING TO GUARANTEE THAT. SECONDLY HE IS AWARE OF THE CONTROVERSY AND RIDICULE HE WILL GET FOR THIS ACTION. LUNGU IS GENUINELY TRYING TO HAVE AN INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE CABINET. IT IS A FACT THAT WOMEN ARE UNDER REPRESENTED IN CABINET RIGHT NOW. I HAVE NO MISGIVINGS FOR DORA AND PERHAPS BECAUSE SHE HAS SOME EXPERIENCE SHE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE EFFECTIVE IN THIS POSITION. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO DORA AND HOPE SHE WILL BE UP TO THE TASK. LUNGU CAN NOT AFFORD TO HAVE ANY MORE…
It will take a long time for Zambia to develop ..Dora is a failed politician but get appointed…only in Zambia
She’s one of Eastern key figure,better than William banda
The imprint on my mind is Dora’s raised middle finger and Evans’ crushing of a child.
a) Dora is corrupt
b) Dora is RB’s person
c) RB loves oil deals
d) There are big deals involving billions of dollars for oil procurement.
Who in there right mind would appoint such a person to such a sensitive ministry?
What connection is there between reading news & power generation? Lets be serious!!!
Comment:i just hope the hon Dora ,would not adjust upwards ,the current price of electricity and fuel ,but reduce .thanx
I dont likes Dora’s Character but shes got experience having worked in these ministries before.Hope she doesn’t concentrate on point fingers at pipo and deliver.
@arm chair critic! In Zambia it is just about eating and nothing else! People like Dora have no shame! She is one person who said, a mad person like Sata can never be president and that PF can never be in Government, not in a million years! There she is, even broadly smiling and praising PF! Typical behaviour of a prostitute!
Comment: Bakolwe baiseka ifipato. If you have just understood what i have just said, you couldn’t be posting.
Congrats Dors
Let the an uninformed and haters cry blood
Dora is not corrupt. It was the game of Mmembe and Post who said dora was corrupt. The courts of law acquitted her. So who is corrupt.
Let us face it. PF under Sata had no people with intellect except for Kalaba, Deputy Minister of health etc. Dora is former minister of information, transport, MMD spokeswoman and now Energy minister. This CV surely is thing o watch. Haters hang while we celebrate. HH will never rule Zambia. Even if $ will be K50. Who cares. We are are still eating like it has been in the past 25 years while you cry with our hate
LT, each picture has a story and must be captioned accordingly. Where did you chaps get educated, it at all you did go to school?
In Zambia your past record and bad deeds do not prevent you from acquiring new political office. In other countries this lady’s handling of ZAMTEL and the air traffic management and control System would have permanently ruled her out of holding any political office. I tend to remember that William Harrington successfully petitioned her through a judiciary tribunal, which tribunal found her guilty of abuse of office and for breaching the parliamentary and ministerial code of conduct. So how could such a person be appointed to a ministerial position, let alone such a strategic one? With all the ‘load shading’ having a strangle hold on life and the economy, you would think this president would appoint someone with an impeccable record. This country would never record any positive…
…This country would never record any positive strides if you keep recycling politicians with a questionable past.
By the way these were some of the allegations against Siliya:
“Siliya’s engagement of RP Capital Partners of Cayman Island to value Zamtel at a contract sum of US$2 million [about K10.3 billion] with total disregard of advice from the Attorney General’s office; the overruling of Zambia National Tender Board and cancelling a duly awarded contract for the supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of a Zambia Air Traffic Management Surveillance Radar System (ZATM-RADAR) at Lusaka and Livingstone international airports and her alleged claim of a K12.5 million refund from Petauke District Council Committee for two hand pumps for two boreholes in one of…
…“and her alleged claim of a K12.5 million refund from Petauke District Council Committee for two hand pumps for two boreholes in one of the wards called Nyika, when in fact the hand pumps were procured at K5 million.”
Preposterous! Only in Zambia. At a time when you need to move forward with the changing world, by including intelligent principled people with a vision and a head for work, you bring back Dora. An unprincipled thieving moral-less political prostitute. She is back to raise the finger to the nation while wallowing in the throes of state house decadence. Lungu will be sleeping to the lascivious murmurs and whispers of Dora Dorika Siliya Ndaifulila.
Congrats Dora ! A well focused and articulate leader.She will indeed add alot of value to the PF and govt at large.Ba up and down are very jealousy…….
Congratulations Dola Siliya.You deserve it
CIRCUS CONTINUES PLAYING IN PF GOVERNMENT AND IN ZAMBIA AT LARGE. LUNGU’S RELATIVES BEING GIVEN POSITIONS. INDEED IT’S A CIRCUS.