Friday, March 29, 2024

Miles Sampa’s Association with the Post Newspaper Questioned

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Hon. Mles Sampa
Hon. Mles Sampa

PRESSURE has mounted on Patriotic Front (PF) Matero Member of Parliament (MP) Miles Sampa to resign from the ruling party following his purported alliance with people maligning the leadership of President Edgar Lungu.

The ruling party has questioned Mr Sampa’s allegiance to the PF and President Lungu, in particular, in view of his association with the Post, which is giving him a lot of ‘positive’ coverage.

PF media and publicity committee chairperson Frank Bwalya said in an interview yesterday that Mr Sampa, who resigned as Commerce, Trade and Industry deputy minister last year, had cemented his association with people promoting virtues contrary to those of the ruling party.

“We are disappointed that Matero MP Miles Sampa, who resigned as deputy minister last year to mobilise party structures, has now started issuing statements that are not adding value to President Lungu’s efforts of strengthening the PF in readiness for the general elections.

“We all expected Mr Sampa to walk the talk by mobilising party structures, but he is issuing statements contrary to his pledge of working for the party,” he said.

Fr Bwalya said, after openly declaring support for President Lungu at a press conference last year, the party expected Mr Sampa to be on the ground mobilising structures ahead of the polls.

“Unfortunately, Mr Sampa is carrying himself in a manner that is not befitting a helper of President Lungu in preparing the party for the general elections.

“It is irresponsible for anyone in the party to conduct themselves in such a manner and we urge Mr Sampa to come out in the open and state what it is that he really wants,” he said.

However, Mr Sampa refuted all the claims levelled against him, saying that he had no intentions of forming a political party.

According to an item monitored on Hot FM news in Lusaka yesterday, Mr Sampa said the claims by the PF youths were misplaced.

He challenged Lusaka Province PF deputy youth chairperson, Daniel Kalembe and others questioning his loyalty to appear before him in person as opposed to issuing what he termed blanket statements through the media.

Meanwhile, Lusaka Province PF youth chairperson Kennedy Kamba said in a separate interview that the ruling party youths doubted Mr Sampa’s loyalty due to his association with the Post.

Mr Kamba said the private media institution was fond of smearing the Head of State with all sorts of material in order to create a bad image of him and the PF.

He said the party also had information that Mr Sampa had of late been sidelining PF structures in Matero constituency.

“We have noted with concern that Mr Sampa is receiving very positive coverage in the Post newspaper while his Excellency the President, is receiving very negative coverage.

“We are beginning to get concerned about Mr Sampa’s loyalty to PF, particularly that he is also sidelining our party structures in Matero,” Mr Kamba said.

Fr Bwalya and Mr Kamba’s words were echoed by Lusaka District PF chairperson Stafford Kayame, who said Mr Sampa should immediately leave the ruling party.

“As far as the party at district level is concerned, Mr Sampa is not PF and we have challenged him to resign and continue with other political activities that are not associated with PF.

“Going by the statements he is issuing, Mr Sampa is de-campaigning the PF, so he is free to leave the party and even if he goes, PF will still retain the Matero seat in the elections,” Mr Kayame said.

22 COMMENTS

  1. Sampa is playing wiith fire! Matero is home ground of PF, we live in far away places in Lsk but we drive back to go vote in Matero because that’s where PF ambrical code is barried. Let him resign he will regret the first he joined politics. We shall teach him a bitter lesson. Matero will be the last seat to fall when pf will be wiped from zed politics! Plz resign we shall you that matero teyakubelesha.

    • ‘He challenged Lusaka Province PF deputy youth chairperson, Daniel Kalembe and others questioning his loyalty to appear before him in person as opposed to issuing what he termed blanket statements through the media.’………..kikikiki, ba Sampa, why can’t you also appear in person before Lunga to give your advice or complaints instead of rushing to the media? This time around we won’t tolerate the uncertainty you put the party through before the January 20 elections together with muzungu opusa.

    • Am no English teacher but dude your spellings and command of the queens language are just wow!! out of this world lol. tile na bantu pa Zed Tate.

  2. Mr Sampa just form your party, Northern, Muchinga, Copperbelt and Lusaka can give u a bit of votes to completely finish Kamina Misa. HH may have a smoth ride to plot one.

  3. Sampa, please join HH’s winning team. I think you are very smart and we need all players to make a better Zambia. Even Kabimba, Chipimo, Nawakwi and other smaller opposition parties can join UPND. MMD can stay if they so wish. However, they are also welcome if they change their mind.

  4. last time it was 3 months before the elections now this time it is seven months before the elections tell us your position and see how we are going to sampaula you remember ka yellow taxi was burnt in town in january this time all of them will be smashed stop playing with fire my man leave in peace,your brother GBM has failed to leave pf coz he knows what is coming forth ahead of him kelvin is in kasama through out,even in matero you will dance,we have a dual carriage way a clinic ,hospital you will nya muntu wandi

  5. He says half of the cabinet is on his side. This means if he walks away, half of PF is gone. My view is that PF is playing with Fire. The young man has grass root especially in Matero and some part of the North. More divisions are coming in PF. Lungu is too closer to people like Dora who have little influence except in their constituency and thus is digging his own political grave.

  6. Do they even have linen? They are so exposed now they are trying to make face by playing the game “mine is bigger than yours”.

  7. The little negative propaganda posted by hungry PF zealots on this blog is a sheer waste of time. These chaps have failed to work, the economy is upside down and these dunderheads are busy harassing Miles. They are pretending, kunyumba kulibiletu. Njala fulu fulu, ba Santana

  8. politising evrything is realy a bad trend that make this country not to grow. we do not eat politic neither do we worship politic. Let us just be productive let sampa be , let president be also. me i like every one regardless of there political affiliations. when i look at ministers MPs we cry we never voted for you guys to be insulting everyware any time. bonse i we ure parents ifinbusa for that matter.

  9. All those half said cabinet that are close to miles will fall with him.dont play with pf.miles ba sata(m.h.s.r.p) is watching you.pf was made by nsimbi.

  10. What is wrong with you PF goons, everyone who tries to differ with you, you throw brimstone on them, why can’t you let Miles Sampa be. This is a democracy.

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