Minister of Local Government Stephen Kampyongo has said that Zambians should interrogate the academic credentials filed by various candidates ahead of the general election.
Mr. Kampyongo said that politicians should also not shy away from being queried over academic certificates that they tendered before the Electoral commission of Zambia on nomination day.
He was speaking to ZNBC news in Lusaka.
Mr. Kampyongo said there is no reason to surprise people with academic qualifications that are authentically certified by relevant authorities.
And Mr. Kampyongo who is also PF National Youth Chairperson said the ruling party is comfortable with the levels of development rolled out on the Copperbelt.
He said the multi million Kwacha Kafue Water project will be a milestone achievement for the People on the Copperbelt.
However, UPND President Hakainde Hichilema says it is disturbing to note how poverty levels have risen in a land of plenty such as Lupososhi Constituency in Northern Province and within such a short period of time.
The UPND leader, who is accompanied by UDF President Miles Sampa, told a public rally in rural villages of Lupososhi Constituency that it was evident that people in the country can no longer afford 3 meals a day due to poor leadership with economic mismanagement.
Mr. Hichilema reiterated his desire to fully implement economic diversification programmes under the UPND’s 10 Point Plan that will focus on agriculture and value addition industries as a means to create jobs for rural communities.
The UPND leader called on Zambians to remain united, peaceful and issue-based, and ignore those with hateful and derogatory language against other people.
And UDF President Sampa said the remaining PF leadership had no economic solutions for the people of Zambia.
Mr. Sampa called on the people of Northern Province to embrace each other and rally behind the leadership of the UPND and President Hakainde Hichilema who has a heart for Zambians.
He added that the UPND and the UDF have an understanding of how the country’s poverty level can be reduced.
Mr. Sampa called on the people of Lupososhi Constituency not to remain behind but turnout in numbers on 11th August and vote for the UPND leadership, but must also ensure they protect their votes.
One of the meetings was also addressed by Chief Mutondo of the Bemba speaking people, where he urged his subjects to vote for the UPND leadership.
Earlier the duo also met Chief Katuta in Lupososhi Constituency who bemoaned the lack of development in his area.
I know PF have failed but is a Chief supposed to address a rally and tell people to vote for a particular candidate?
Funny how the successful filing in of nomination papers by GBM has ruffled all sorts of PF feathers. They can only imagine how hard he will cane them after the elections for all the petty thieving they have been involved in.Otherwise the man has a diploma and it was authenticated by ECZ..kikikikiki
HH will cry. He should not blame PF.
GBM used fake qualifications. He will be disqualified and this becomes the end of the road for UPND 2016.
Basically PF played a smart game…
Isn’t this Kampyongo the same thug who almost brought down the helicopter carrying Maureen Mwanawasa in Shiwang’andu during the 2015 presidential by-election?
kampyongo! interrogate what??? examining bodies cleared them, ECZ cleared them and they were declared fit to stand in public,,,
so what interrogation now???!!! why don’t you kampyongo interrogate you own balls??
Especially GBV or sorry GBM. I always get him confused with initials for gender based violence. Anyway who can blame me since he is a master at it (GBV)?
Saulosi your English is broken… there is a very big difference between or and Oh! no wonder you get confused
Kapyongo, please assist the nation understand how one can make K23m (K23billion unrebased) from K600, 000. Here is the real issue and not the qualifications you are worried about. PF when you told people more money in the pockets you meant business and it has shown in the pockets of your representative.
This Ugly Ar.se Chimpongo also no brains. Since CBU days, this fella has done nothing tangible except talking nonsense.
Even when you look at this big front rounded forehead, you can tell that he has got down’ syndrome so people should even pay attend to the rubbish he spewing!! Why should people check qualifications that have already been authenticated by relevant bodies! Perhaps people should scrutinise that big front rounded prik head of Chimpyongo.
It is clearly obvious that the Advanced Certificate in Finance and Investment or Business Management GBM tendered to ECZ for him to qualify as a Presidential running mate is truly FAKE.GBM for all purposes and intent can hardly articulate what his qualification entails.By the way, why is GBM not proud of his qualification by openly telling the doubting Thomases ( and these are many ) when and where he acquired his Advanced Diploma.This GBM qualification is going to one day explode in the face of HH AND he will blame no body for the injuries he will suffer.
Another reason why these empty tins should have vacated their offices immediately parley disolved…who is this man addressing to and what capacity? How does he want us to interogate candidates? Folly at every corner…
Let’s interrogate GBM’s qualifications. That’s what we are all interested in.
The ACC should interrogate Lungu on how he has managed to aquire 23 MILLION KWACHA in just 16 months! On his salary of 600,000 Kwacha a year!
There is a smell of a corrupt rat here!
That’s not your job. ECZ has already done that unless you don’t have confidence in this institution. Get a life!!!!!!
Mwebantu is it true that the man who failed to raise some K20 thousand nomination fee in Jan 2015 is now worth K23 million?!
Is the President salary secret? Or is this where Eurobond has gone?
@Free slave – I totally agree with you over ECL’s sudden mega wealth in 16 months. ACC should have a look, something fishy there. In the same vein, I maintain that GBM’s qualifications need a proper scrutiny.
These dumb PF leaders are still in shock over GBM’s successful filing in, they are now yapping without thinking. Get over it and focus on the election! Anyway, little scared men are stuck in their tracks and cannot move.
I guess it’s so painful to be a PF supporter. Lungu has failed to run this country. Even piece & unite he has failed to maintain in the country. It’s seems he doesn’t understand he is the president for all Zambians. The man has reterally blank, with no vision as he said himself.
# Nyati
I will tell you what is painful. It’s actually HH having lost 5 Times to become president.
Lungu tried one time and at a very small window of opportunity, and he beat HH.
If I were you, I would worry about HH. Not PF or Lungu. This time he will cry louder and exit from politics.
Lungu is already I’m State House. He CV says:
CURRENTLY: PRESIDENT OF ZAMBIA
Chakolwa’s CV currently reads: the most incompetent and corrupt President that Zambia will ever have. Chakolwa makes FTJ look like a saint.
Ba kapyongo, let’s have issues. Otherwise my non factor single unimportant vote is drifting further away from Noahs ark
We have no time to wate asking people about their academic qualifications. We know that PF MPs voted for this constitution so that it could exclude people like GBM from particpating in politics at a higher level. NABAMICHITA DONT KUBEBA. NOWADAYS HIGHER QUALIFICATIONS CAN BE ATTAINED HONARALY. IF YOU DO WELL IN BUSSINES, YOU GET HONORED AS A DOCTOR IN BUSINES . IF YOU THINK IAM LYING , ASK CHISHIMBA KAMBWILI THE HONRED DOCTOR IN POLITICS.Zambianns PLIZ, BUY MUVI TV DECODERS. YOU ARE MISSING A LOT.
Honoraly degrees are never used as academic or professional achievements.They therefore cannot be tendered as qualifications.You have to study and pass regulated examinations for you to be called qualified.There is no short cut to this BABA.
This G12 qualification piece of legislation was targeted on certain people and the people that stirred this venture are now hurt because this did not achieve the intended purpose. How about parliament trying to make laws that will move the country forward than to trivialize the law making house considering that running Parliament involves colossal amounts of national revenue. Is this another failing on the part of PF?
You mean those people who submitted to the constitutional commission that went round the country were PF. You are the people who barked like rabid dogs for this including the 50+1 now you are gnashing your teeth mwanya!!!
this is aimed at GBM, they know what they wanted when they allowed him to file in as a UPND Running mate. Good trap
HH is finished. I ask you UPND to hold your breath
Wait and see what comes out in the near future. GBM will be exposed on his fake documents.
You can make a FRESH DUPLICATE COPY. Then DEHYDRATE the copy to make it look old by using DEHYDRATION TECHNOLOGIES in a laboratory.
GBM’s Grade 12 Certificate is Fake. Its a counterfeit which was dehydrated.
I challenge ECZ to give it to experts to re-examine his Grade 12 Certificate.
And if GBM is reading this blog post, he better starting going to the toilet to purge himself.
HH will remember all those who said: Mr President don’t be intimidated by GBM. Pick someone else.
We all know that they belong to the pangarians family and their boss happens to be the 2016 most incompetent and idio.tic president of the millennium Edgar Chakolwa Kaloba Wrungu.
Yes Zambias have interrogated academic qualifications and acting on behalf of the Zambians ECZ chairperson did accept all the submitted papers ( as authentic). We appreciate your advise bwana minister but we it’s late.
We all know that they belong to the pangarians family and their boss happens to be the 2016 most incompetent and idi0tic president of the millennium Edgar chakolwa kaloba wrungu,If it was the opposition Edgar must be jumping by now.
Belo yalila ngilingili…!!!
Corruption/Manipulation OUT …… Good Governance IN
PF Panga Violence OUT ……… Police IN
PF Cadres in Market/Station OUT…….Councils IN
Tribalism / Nepotism OUT…… Ubuntu IN
Road block/RATSA theft OUT……Road Safety IN
Abuse of Office OUT ……… Accountability IN
Hunger OUT ……. Household food security IN
Discrimination OUT…… Respect for All Races/Tribes/Beliefs IN
Inflation/Weak Kwacha OUT………Prudent Economic management IN
Madala 65 years retirement age OUT….Youths Jobs IN
Lack of medicine OUT……. Good Health IN
Private property inversion OUT…… Respect for property IN
University closures OUT…. Good education IN
Lungu~RB~Siliya~Kaingu~PF OUT …… HH~GBM UPND IN
Start with Kambwili first we have given you all the information that the University that honoured him is none existant here I the USA but there you are calling him Doctor are you crazy Zambian?
That’s the job of ECZ bane so lets not even waste time yapping. WHAT IS DONE IS DONE its water under the bridge, I can only imagine the agony in the other camp. Sontapo family bwafya…kikikikiki
Why should Zambians start interrogating qualifications when it is the job of the two ECZ.
PF leaders very petty. Talk about how you will sort out mealie meal prices and not GBMs qualifications. Ka Kampyongo, very talkative like Dora
The vetting of qualifications should be left to ECZ only.Once these qualifications have been certified and approved by ECZ that should stand. If GBM had been disqualified on June 3, 2016 then HH could have chosen another person as his Running Mate. The disqualification of candidates after ECZ has certified and approved is dangerous and can open legal minefields.This witchhunting targeted at prejudicing opponents of certain parties will undermine the integrity of ECZ and its staff and the elections themselves.b ECZ must resist pressure from the executive arm of govt to disqualify opponents of ECL and PF. ECZ should stay neutral and professional on these matters. It will be total war to try and take out HH and GBM out of the race based on some concorted disqualification. U cannot vet…
Let’s not talk of war.
I trust HH and GBM filled legit certificates. If there is fraud or cheating; we all should blow a whistle and show my magnificent two a red card! Cheating = Corruption = Lawlessness = Crime = Punishment.
Screening of documents should start with u kampyongo who knows forged your credentials.
Even upnd cadres are shocked with the qualifications gbm presented
I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that even GBM himself doesn’t know the Qualifications they presented on his behalf as he looked as much lost with anxiety as the documents were presented.
He has completely lost the plot
Dumb !
you foolish woman. You are a minister who doesn’t know that your country is a Christian Nation. or bay be you don’t understand that Christians have a dress code because you aren’t one of them. Or may be you a so blank that you don’t even know your role as an old woman to young ladies
He is not reliable by any law to be interrogated, who are you to do that, when all relevant authorities have given him the pass or you mean they are incompetent?
Zambains should also interrogate our deep tribalism and regionalism.We never vote issues,we vote personalities ,tribe and the loudest tin rather than great ideas +minds.
I would advise pro PF people to focus on organising themselves and their campaign;same with UPND.PF should not make a mistake of underestimating UPND.I read many times their supporters writing like they have already won.Ask RB.Last election was very close and that’s what makes this one tricky.
Good point Kapyanga. Check Tasila Lungu’s qualifications and her citizenship. By the way whats her real name?
And we say we have had leaders! ATASE! IS IT ANY WONDER THAT THE COUNTRY IS IN A MESS! THIS GUY WOULD EVEN GET MEDIA COVERAGE!
PF leadership in trouble, GBM will cage all thieves I know humble HH will try to forgive but no no we have a second in command who is no no sense.
Which country is going to vote for HH and GBM?
Ba kaponya ba PF, ba Kampyongo whatever your fake name means, just accept that GBM is educated contrary to what you expected of him. On the other hand, he was not sponsored by anyone of in the PF camp for you to doubt his educational background. Natwishiba, nacimukulipa sana ba mumbwe. You had a wrong notion that it was going to be an easy walk for you with your ka chakolwa president. Nimwebo banani pakukana amasambililo ayamunenu ba mumbwe imwe ? Na musakamana fye pantu akalilo kalaya. Some of you without serving in the PF government nga muli bakabolala fye, muletasha nabayashi ba Sata pakumusangile ncito nokupwisha ubucushi mwafyelwe nabo. GBM has been to school hence, his qualification kwata.
Miles Samoa we do not have a BEMBA Chief called Mutondo unless is BISA like you.
GBM dropped out in form 2 at Mungwi Secondary school, you can ask Dr. Kawimbe, Dr. Mpande his brother George Lukashi Mwamba
Why the silence. No one has come forward to confirm they shared a classroom with GBM. He can’t even point a single teacher that taught him any subject.I know the names of my former teachers, Mr Mahole, Mr Khonje, Frank Legg(Kamwendo)Mukelabai,Stone,Kaoma,Aspinwal I can go on and on, not forgetting stupid Roy Clarke who I think has forged papers also!!Let GBM give us names of his Form V teachers.
It is possible to upgrade after dropping out of school especially in the modern world of online and distance learning. There was also night school in his days and many people who went to night school did so secretly especially if they were of mature age. Its only pompous minded individuals like your Kambwili who want to broadcast their academic achievement. I met a friend who I last saw many years ago after he dropped out in Grade 7 due to lack of funds. To my shock he is now a professor in Physics. Equally, many Zambians who trained as primary school teachers have since upgraded and some are even PhD holders and University lecturers. Why does GBM have to remain static just because he dropped out school as you claim? The two ECZs confirmed his qualifications as genuine. Who are you to…
If you recall, FTJ also dropped out in Form 2 after he was expelled. By the time of his death he had a Masters Degree. Dropping out of school does not mean the end of education unless you do not have the resilience and determination to succeed. GBM looks like the type of person who does not accept failure and went on to study and achieve his diploma.
That includes minister. Read I mean read.
I now see why we remain to NEVER be on top of things, the Government released the constitution, the people where encouraged to read its all there!
When a nomination is accepted it means that the criteria has been met and the filing is valid! So lets stop this embarrassing act of going to news media that are being seen all over the world on the internet with Government officials asking Zambian’s to question candidates education, when the qualified returning officer has done their job of receiving, verifying and filing the nomination.
Politicians should stop causing this unnecessary confusion, get it together and campaign without prejudice and the people as well listen and vote wisely that’s real and democratic elections.
What people need to be talking about if anything are the…
Kapyongo just work if you are a man period.