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One on One meeting with me wont solve problems in MMD, RB tells nevers Mumba

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President Rupiah Banda at Statehouse
President Rupiah Banda at Statehouse

NEVERS Mumba must find it within his heart and in the calling of his vocation as a man of the cloth, to bring an end to the divisions and wrangles in the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), former president Rupiah Banda has said.

“A one- on- one reconciliation meeting with me will serve no useful purpose because I have no ambitions in the party. Those who are aggrieved and in contention are the people Dr. Mumba must deal with to heal the party and bring it back to vitality.” former president Banda said.

He revealed that nothing had come out of a one-on-one meeting held previously stating: “We met in the office of Lusaka lawyer Makebi Zulu and discussed matters extensively. He was supposed to release and publicize the outcome of that meeting, but nothing has come of it. What benefit will another meeting have?” Mr Banda said.

The solution, he said, was dialogue with the suspended and expelled members of the MMD who wanted to play a role in the party to which they had belonged for a long time.
Mr Banda implored Dr Mumba to resolve the

wrangles in the former ruling party than resorting to disciplinary actions and expulsions because such acts would not help reconcile and heal the party.
The former president said he did not see the value of a one-to-one meeting with Dr Mumba because the problems in the MMD did not involve him (Mr Banda) but were between the members of the MMD and Dr Mumba.

Mr Banda said in an interview that since he had no intention of coming back into active politics or support anybody else, he could not understand why Dr Mumba was calling for a one-to-one meeting with him.

“I personally have no ambitions in the party, but I am worried as former President that the party is being torn apart and in the process losing the advantage it enjoyed over many of the emerging parties “former president Banda said.

He said as a former leader of the MMD, all he desired was to see the former ruling party reconcile and become united if it were to remain relevant to the politics of the country.

He said Dr Mumba had been governing the MMD through antagonism and that there was need for him to reconcile with other members of the MMD who desired to participate in the political activism of the country through the former ruling party.

He stated that as a Christian leader, Dr Mumba should understand there shall always be members in the party that were going to be critical against him as well as oppose his leadership style.

“The answer to the MMD wrangles is not to continue disciplining or expelling members from the party. Dr Mumba must provide leadership and I am begging him as a Christian leader to provide leadership in the MMD in order to bring together many members who are Zambians and want to participate in the political activism of the country within the MMD, the party they love and have always belonged to,” former president Banda said.

The former president said he had nothing against Dr Mumba but his biggest desire was to see that the MMD was united again so that its members could freely and happily participate in the country’s political affairs.

17 COMMENTS

    • RB has made a huge statement when he says ” he had no intention of coming back into active politics or support anybody else” I’m still letting that sink in, someone is going to cry this year.

  1. This old man is a hypocrite. These wrangles in MMD are partly due to his insatiable appetite for power and his dream to bounce back, but thanks to the Supreme courts for halting his ill ambitions. He has alway undermind Nevers, he has never offered any help. Instead, he went ahead and offered help to the party the stripped his immunity. Ungrateful man this RB.

  2. This is man is winding Mumba up. There us nothing like a person who has nothing to gain advising someone who has everything to gain. Banda is causing frictions in MMD and is making it difficult for Mumba. One wonders if Mumbai has any game plan as to how to move himself into a winery’s position. He is taking too long in making a move to PF.

  3. Patriot Abroad – How can he move to PF because PF is now Rupiah Banda? Rupiah now controls PF and it won’t make any difference hence the dilema. The very man he detest is very man in charge of Edgar.

    • @Kambwili. Banda says above that he supports no one and does not want political action …! For that reason I don’t agree with your statement PF’s under him.

  4. This old man is so so selfish. NOw that hes got his immunity back he wants to behave as if he did not create the problem in MMD

  5. Nevers is just naïve. He should have seen this coming. Instead of rushing to answer to an sms he should have put his house in order. How many of his senior members have left since his election. Kachingwe, Namugala, Dora, Muhabi & now he’s antagonizing the few that stood by him. Rupiah is just messing with his small brain. Nevers be a leader, don’t be like tolo the dimwit.

  6. Can someone tell me of a political party that Nevers Mumba has led successfully? Has Nevers ever won an election in his life?
    It is sad when a person thinks that he has God’s calling on everything he touches. Even Joshua was defeated by a small city of Ai. He did not go on stubbornly but took a step back to ask why and look for a way forward. Unfortunately abena Nevers tabomfwa. All his pastor peers have advised him against taking on politics, but he has been as stubborn as a mule.
    The rebels in MMD went to ask RB for help long time ago. When RB tried to help, Nevers refused and that is why RB challenged his leadership. Nevers was saved by the cartel-influenced judiciary, a thing unprecedented in the political history of Zambia where the judiciary never interfered in party politics…

  7. “I personally have no ambitions in the party, but I am worried as former President that the party is being torn apart and in the process losing the advantage it enjoyed over many of the emerging parties “former president Banda said.
    RB – you caused all this mess! What the hell are you talking about?

  8. kekekeke..point RB…Nevers should sell the party to pf period..he has no intentions of maintaining it and has no stamina..

  9. Comment: Kuyankhula mopanda phyeste koma kumeneko Bwana Lupiah Bwezani Banda, Nanga taonani 11 Members of Parliament defected to UPND, under the Leadership of Nevers Mumba, If you can’t solve your problems MMD supporters will not have choice but to vote for HH and UPND, Iwe Nevers tamvera Malangizowa kuti chipani cha MMD chipite patsogolo, Thanks Bwana Banda for your advise, Missing you so much at home in Nyasaland, Njala yavuta kuno Bwana, Bravo Zambia! Bravo Malawi!

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