UPND presidential running mate Geoffrey Mwamba has vowed that his numerous court cases will still not derail him from carrying out his campaigns.
Mr Mwamba yesterday appeared at the Lusaka Magistrate Court in Lusaka for a case of illegal drilling only to be told that the case could not take off.
He said he is aware that his opponents think that court cases will derail him from campaigns adding that they are mistaken.
“I was at Court this morning in Lusaka Just to be told that the case is not taking off, I imagined what could have happened if I had not gone to court. Yes, maybe I could have been cited for contempt but I made sure I took half a day break off the campaign,” Mr Mwamba said.
“It was nice being with my wife Chama and my siblings including my grandchildren, even if it’s just for half a day. I was back by 16 Hours and went straight to Chamboli where I was given a thunderous welcome by abena Chamboli.”
“I was so touched that a family living in Chamboli came to the rally I was addressing and asked the Party officials for help to bury their brother whose body has been lying in the mortuary for six days because they had no money to buy a coffin,” he said.
He added, “When the Party officials informed me about the family needing help, after the rally, I was so touched. As a leader seeking office to serve the people of Zambia, I felt as a Party we had an obligation to help the family bury their beloved one.”
“Going to the funeral house revealed to us that the family had no food and as a result mourners were not spending time at the funeral house to comfort the bereaved. I am so happy that the family will tomorrow be able to put their beloved brother to rest and that the family has food to feed the mourners.”
Mr Mwamba urged those that have to share and help others live better lives saying that is the goal to build a better Zambia.
Capitalizing on someones funeral.
It is said that people get the leaders they deserve. I doubt Zambia deserves GBM as a leader.
GBM the Donald Trump of Zambia. He is all money making skills but no intellectual abilities. No wonder the Chitimukulu in his satire refereed to his marriage of convenience with UPND as “umulembwe wachipuuba uwupwila muli tumfwe.” This seasoned wife beater leaves a lot to be desired.
Naiwe sonta epo wapela! Just condemning when you cant even help your own family> GBM has helped a family that your political party should have helped. But imwe busy amassing wealth from 2.5 million to 24 million kwacha. Sontapo eko wafumishe!
@Saulosi and Kudos, the two airheads..very dull people. Is it even possible for someone with no intellectual to make as much money as GBM has? Is it true your candidate Edgar Lungu was debarred for stealing money from a widow?
Jesus Said at “(Matthew 6:1-4) “ “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
2 “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
It really boggles my mind what is happening in my lovely country Zambia.People like G BM are jokers.The guy who was busy at intercity asking people of latest insults from the call boys is now seeking high office.What a shame to UPND.Zambian politics its full of jokers.People move from one Party to another for greed.Lets not vote for Political prostitutes.It simple shows that they are greedy people.Stick to your party no matter what happens.Every now and then because of greed you change camps maybe because you havent been adopted.People of Zambia dont be fooled.Lets get rid of political prostitutes.They are many.At least HH is not.He has been UPND ever since.Shame on you people who vote for such people
GBV (formerly GBM) talks a lot. I shudder to imagine him as republican vice president.
Making promises is extremely easy but can you also kindly tell the Zambians how you will fulfill them?
Tell us how you will make mealie meal cheaper or even free. how you will make education and health services free, how you will fix the economy when we all know that you cant fix the economy.
If you can adequately address the ‘how’ part of your promises and we are agreeable to your plans, then surely we will give you the vote…..otherwise stop wasting our time.
@Obatala Lungu Jameson Kuyabebele yes people some people with low IQ and intellectual abilities can make good businessmen. GBM is a good example.
Fat albert the poor man`s Inonge Wina.
Sebana wikutu, very bad were are the morals of GBM ? He should learn to use his F****ing brain and not capitalise on someone’s death
GO GO GO GO GBM GO! ZAMBIA FORWARD WITH HH AND THE UPND TEAM. CHANGE, HERE WE COME. ABASH THE LOOTER KAMINAMINSA JAMESON ABASH! WALALA WASHALA. WE DON’T WANT THIS THIEF CALLED KAMINAMINSA JAMESON CHAKOLWA EDGAR LUNGU TO EVER RULE ZAMBIA AGAIN AFTER 11 AUGUST. ZAMBIA SHOULD NOW BE RULED BY THE INDIGENOUS ZAMBIANS. VIVA CHANGE VIVA! VIVA ZAMBIA VIVA! VIVA UPND VIVA! VIVA GBM VIVA! VIVA HH VIVA!
Did we deserve Chiluba, Rupiah or Sata or Lungu. All terrible leaders but they ruled.
If it is true then it was worse with Lungu upon us !
Is GBM really serious about this campaign? I cant get his campaign message at this rally. UPND should stop wasting people’s time.
Saulos, you can have 5 PhDs, but still fail to run a business. There a huge gap between Academic intelligence and business smarts. If you asked me, I`d go for the latter. In the US, the minimum salary for college / university lecturer is about $50,0000 per annum, even less. In the Silicon Valley, average salary for first entry engineers is $70,000 – $ 80, 000.
I tend to agree with Mr. Shakafuswa. HH through his cronies at Grant Thornton made $7 million through ZANACO (the disgraced thief Mr. Musonda of Chiluba’s appointee at Zanaco, Zamtrop account handler). Zanaco paid $ 7 million to Grant Thornton to recover $9 million of the money it was owed by Binani of RAMCOZ.
Does it not speak volume of how crooked, an educated and cunning crooked HH is? How he was used and he used Chiluba, Musonda, George Sakota, Valentine Chitalu (of ZPA) to corner workers money through dubious deals- sold Musi-o-Tunya Hotel to Zambezi sun for a song and was in return given shares in Zambezi Sun. Can he deny that? What about Lima Bank receivership? He made billions and took their prime house in Kabulonga for $100,000 (a house worth $2,000,000 in today’s market…
..today’s market price). Workers were not paid their dues but HH could steal their prime property and billions through dubious receiverships. What about him being appointed a director on all Anglo American companies by equally tribalist Anderson Mazoka who stole healthy cattle and swapped with his underfed tonga bulls. HH stinks and stinks bad. Why no politician has ever dared to take any action against him? It is not that he is clean but they are all dirty, all of them stole and continue to steal. HH is an educated Thug. All of the likes of GBM, Maureen Mwanawasa, Dipak Patel, Nevers Mumba are thugs, thieves and exploiters. All have stealing history from contracts, deals, and church and grants. Who to vote for? Vote for any, even a frog but not for these educated thugs.
I thank GBM to continue being generous and ignore the detractors. Remain focused and liberate the people of Zambia.
If you give man fish he will perpetually beg but if you give him a hook he will be self sustaining. ECL is empowering Zambians by giving loans.
Lungu is bribing voters, those are not loans there are grants. Most of those people have no intention of paying back and the government doesn’t care.
Farting fat man of Zambia, GBM.
Thats the way to go, whatever you do in this world people must talk, that why God gave them mouths , they are feeling the Pound, they won with 1%(27,000 Votes) let us wait and see
People should learn to help one another. That family lives in a township and are surrounded by neighbours. It is the people in the community that are supposed to rally themselves into helping the family to bury their family member member and not necessarily the party. The ideals of Ubuntu or Humanism as KK called it, is what is lacking in our communities these days. Problem is that the Zambian has become too materialistic. So much that if some one is from a poor family, then Lord behold, something like funerals should not happen or scoundrels like GBM will want to make political mileage out of the situation. In short, Zambians lets get back to our ideals, UBUNTU and HUMANISM.
Excellent comment!
I tend to agree with Mr. Shakafuswa. HH through his cronies at Grant Thornton made $7 million through ZANACO (the disgraced thief Mr. Musonda of Chiluba’s appointee at Zanaco, Zamtrop account handler). Zanaco paid $ 7 million to Grant Thornton to recover $9 million of the money it was owed by Binani of RAMCOZ.
Does it not speak volume of how crooked, an educated and cunning crooked HH is? How he was used and he used Chiluba, Musonda, George Sakota, Valentine Chitalu (of ZPA) to corner workers money through dubious deals- sold Musi-o-Tunya Hotel to Zambezi sun for a song and was in return given shares in Zambezi Sun. Can he deny that? What about Lima Bank receivership? He made billions and took their prime house in Kabulonga for $100,000 (a house worth $2,000,000 in today’s market…
Only your obscene weight will derail your campaigns Fat Turd. You and your Kaponya (HH) have sewage water in your small brains. Politicians, such pretenders. You’re busy sitting with the people in Chamboli talking about death yet you same UPND have already summoned the devil to spread lies about President Lungu. As PF we will also contribute towards buying your Extra Large coffin GBM but no National Mourning for you and your Kaponya.
GBM has eaten all the nation’s food and now he wants to be Vice President to finish us off. Records at the hospital show he now weighs 356 Kg
Sonta po epowaiba K13 million in 1 year and 5 months!
Sonta po
..today’s market price). Workers were not paid their dues but HH could steal their prime property and billions through dubious receiverships. What about him being appointed a director on all Anglo American companies by equally tribalist Anderson Mazoka who stole healthy cattle and swapped with his underfed tonga bulls. HH stinks and stinks bad. Why no politician has ever dared to take any action against him? It is not that he is clean but they are all dirty, all of them stole and continue to steal. HH is an educated Thug. All of the likes of GBM, Maureen Mwanawasa, Dipak Patel, Nevers Mumba are thugs, thieves and exploiters. All have stealing history from contracts, deals, and church and grants. Who to vote for? Vote for any, even a frog but not for these educated thugs.
To him siblings mean his children!!
The court cases wont stop you BUT a conviction will bruise you and HH.
UPND Convention 2016 !
The name Geofrey Bwalya Mwamba is being printed on the ballot as we speak. That conviction wont erase that name
Total ignorance, do you not know that trumped up charges always end in nolle? If you have no legal understanding, it is better to keep your mouth shut than to display your ignorance.
This is the id1ot whose been bragging about being so rich kanshi ch1kal.a is just worth ama change yebena Mikalile. You are just a small entrepreneur not worth even being in newspaper as successful business kanshi kapoli you are almost bankrupt
In my opinion we should move away from this culture of sleeping at funerals. It is archaic, expensive and serves no purpose at all. We can comfort the family and then leave to sleep at home come back mid morning comfort and the like. But now it seems people sleep at funerals for meals some even move in with all the kids…awe mwebantu let us move on with time. If anything we should be taking shifts to take cooked food to the mourning family.
Old habits die hard, you can not teach a old dog new tricks. GBM is a bully and a champion in GBV, discrimination hateful and derogatory language against women and other people, he is temperamentally not fit to be our vice president.
@Kudos, Bola panshi mudala, what’ s your problem ? Does GBM feed from your pocket to warrant your complaint ? You are just choked because all the little brain that remained in your skull has completely dried up. GBM is far smarter than anyone of you in the PF including your ka chokolwa president.
Great Father of glory, pure Father of light I call Proverbs 19:5,9 and decree that you punish and destroy false witnesses who spread false rumors, slanders, manipulators, and liars. Heavenly Father you deal very harshly with the wicked false witness that hideth hatred with lying lips, and uttereth slander. Father God, execute the judgment of Your infallible Word. Bury and hang them wicked liars and haters, as per Korah and his cohorts and Haman. Lord those that gather themselves together against the soul of HH and his campaign, smite them with everlasting afflication according to Psalm 109. Lord bring upon the accusers of HH and GBM their own iniquity, and cut them off in their own wickedness as per Psalms 94:23.
I dont understand the point about Chitimukulu. Was it not GMB who resigned when Sata wanted a fake Chiti?
If UPND wins, GBM performance will surprise many. Businessmen have common sense that is good for Zambia to deliver basic services to the people. Jesus used to help the immediate needs while preaching the gospel. Thus GBM method here should be congratulated. You cannot talk of 10 point plan while people cannot bury their beloved ones. Help first and then preach your gospel. Those condemning GBM are in for rude awakening in UPND govt.
I pray he will stop insulting people. He has a short temper. We wouldn’t want a VEEP beating his driver, reporter etc. I for one would not cast my vote on GBM. If it came to the worst I would just sleep on 11th Aug.
Kulibonesha ba gbm Matthew 6:1-4 speaks for itself. ponopono tateka chalo chikaa-la musalanganeni
At ba GBM bale Sontapo pa figayo, diploma, anapalufumo.
WILAALILALILALILA AASHI! GO GO GO GO GBM GO! ZAMBIA FORWARD WITH HH AND THE UPND TEAM. CHANGE, HERE WE COME. ABASH THE LOOTER KAMINAMINSA JAMESON ABASH! WALALA WASHALA. WE DON’T WANT THIS THIEF CALLED KAMINAMINSA JAMESON CHAKOLWA EDGAR LUNGU TO EVER RULE ZAMBIA AGAIN AFTER 11 AUGUST. ZAMBIA SHOULD NOW BE RULED BY THE INDIGENOUS ZAMBIANS. VIVA CHANGE VIVA! VIVA ZAMBIA VIVA! VIVA UPND VIVA! VIVA GBM VIVA! VIVA HH VIVA!
Ours is a nation of a combination of madness and extreme stupid!ty to accept a convicted thief to preside over the money and become president. In the moment it takes to bat an eyelid he has amassed a fortune and the nut cases are saying he earned it, how? No need to guess.
What did the PF govt do to help the Chamboli family bury their loved one? GBM was campaigning in Chamboli and was asked for help and the party that cares for people,UPND gave this family funeral assistance. What is wrong with this? If PF had focus they should have done something about it. The PF Govt and Party is in shock to realise that they have lost massive support in their strongholds and are scheming on how to stop the HH/GBM train from moving forward to the winning line. They are thinking of disqualifying Team HH but are scared of the outcome. This will ignite fire on Zambia which will consume Lungu and his fellow riggers. Instead of campaigning for votes ECL and PF are busy refining their election rigging machinery. Rigging on its own without numbers will not work. It is the voters…
Comment:GBM ni Pono pono teti asunge chilo ch…..k..la musalanganeni.
GBM calibre is good. His viciousness is effective for the supervision of ministers. Tell me which minister will cough or misbehave under GBM. Not what we are seeing. This minister doing this and that minister doing that and no direction.
If he will apply his ruthlessness the way he applies to his businesses to the ministers, I can foresee a very big change. We need such hush people to be in leadership. This is the same reason some of us wanted ba Sata unfortunately when he went to state house his health was bad and he never even ruled this country.
where is my post bashetani imwe
Very useless, There is no need for the world to know that u have given out a K1. what for? that’s boasting. Jesus used to say don’t let anyone know about this. when u give a brother Genuinely why would u want to announce to the world???? Kuti wasebana kuli uyu Sirtana Ngawapoka something from him.
Agreeably HH is not in government. But you and I know that HH is in business just like Dangote.
You and I also know that cement was costing K90 per 50kg bag before Dangote came on the scene. When he came on the scene he put his cement at K47 per 50kg bag compelling the other two players, namely Chilanga and Zambezi to reduce too. This, in fact, happened when the kwacha was diving down and it was expected that prices should have been shooting up – but they came down for cement. Right now it is costing K53 per bag.
Now, was Dangote in government?
Did government change policies to enable even Chilanga and Zambezi to bring prices down?
This belief that the government is the one to do everything and think that you and I are not a stakeholder to bringing change has caused this country…
This belief that the government is the one to do everything and think that you and I are not a stakeholder to bringing change has caused this country to stagnate. Surely, should we expect the government to weep our houses?
As a successful business man Dongote believes that, when it is in his power and capacity to do so, it is a moral obligation to pass the benefit to the consumer. HH and GBM are equally business men just like Dangote, but what can we point at as coming from them the way everyone can point at what Dangote has done. Sontapo remains a fair deal for anyone who wants to lead.
So you are overrating yourself by thinking you are the only one who understands how the economy works. Don’t tell me that Dangote does not understand, but only you and HH understand how the economy…
So you are overrating yourselves by thinking you are the only one who understands how the economy works. Don’t tell me that Dangote does not understand, but only you and HH understand how the economy works.
‘my wife Chama and my siblings’ lol he thinks that ‘siblings” means his ‘children” lol none of his brothers nor sisters were at court…kkkkkkkk
@donald, it reminds me of that story of the boy orphan who was asking for help from a passerby. He said: “ndelombako ubwafwilish. Ine na my sister tuli ma widows” …and HH and UPND think that this GBM will articulate issues in Parliament on behalf of Government! Zambia should get serious!!!!
Good one and he produced a diploma and HH was asking -shall he produce some more? It seems Matero University Professor Miles Sampa had created a number of fake certificates for GBM.
Boasting is what the Supreme Leader HH of the UPND and his disgraced GBM know…for they have already been rewarded by their frightened UPND supporters…
Ba shonongo!
This is biggest political circus of the millennium, GBM as a running mate under the new constitution. UPND is as good as dead period!
PF campaign team has easy meat in these elections because all they need to do is to vigorously remind the voters what the running mate entails under the new constitution and GBM and HH are just not what Zambia deserve.
To me, the situation that GBM found is the realty of what is happening in Zambia.People are suffering and it makes me wonder how a person can want PF to continue for another five years when they have brought so much suffering
I find it amazing that UPND think they can win these electons, I don’t think they have a clue to what is happening on the ground in Lusaka, Copperbelt, Luapula,Eastern, Muchinga ,Northern and parts of Central Provinces
UPND is a party of frightened men and women whose role is to say yes to HH on everything and hide any dissenting views from the public ear. They try quite hard to pretend the party has no internal differences etc and are always pointing a finger at other Parties. This scares me because it smells of dictatorship. Should UPND come into power people should face the stark reality of losing their freedoms. UPND will be the worst dictatorial government since the time of Kaunda.
You can insult but it is coming with leaders like GMB as Vice President whom HH will not be able to discipline because the Constitution wont allow.
I tend to agree with Mr. Shakafuswa. HH through his cronies at Grant Thornton made $7 million through ZANACO (the disgraced thief Mr. Musonda of Chiluba’s appointee at Zanaco, Zamtrop account handler). Zanaco paid $ 7 million to Grant Thornton to recover $9 million of the money it was owed by Binani of RAMCOZ.
Does it not speak volume of how crooked, an educated and cunning crooked HH is? How he was used and he used Chiluba, Musonda, George Sakota, Valentine Chitalu (of ZPA) to corner workers money through dubious deals- sold Musi-o-Tunya Hotel to Zambezi sun for a song and was in return given shares in Zambezi Sun. Can he deny that? What about Lima Bank receivership? He made billions and took their prime house in Kabulonga for $100,000 (a house worth $2,000,000 in today’s market…
Let me advise all of you who are insulting each other. Don’t insult each other, just compete in the ideas. To begin with, GBM was just told that there was a family in a financial distress which needed help. He did not go to the media to ask for whoever needed help. Even if it was the PF’S rally, I guess the Guys in the PF would not have reservations in assisting the family. To me I do not look at as a basis for one to gain a political mileage. GBM did well to help as God loves a cheerful giver. He has to give and forget and God will bless him for his generosity. May the best Political party win the elections peacefully rather than engange in politics of character assassinations. GBM. Miles Sampa, Guy Scott, Bashi nono and Masebo were once ministers in the PF Government and I don’t…
Mwaba ifintu bonse ba supporter ba kwa GBM. *****s!!!
@ Advice i agree with you 100%. Dagote has made a big difference in his field. If Gbm can do the same in his milling business we would have said he has the country’s interest. However, what we are seeing is totally the opposite. If these two tycoons really had the country’s interest they would have made a difference to the Zambian economy. Whoops i almost got carried away i forgot that there are tenderpreures. Thumbs up Dagote
What do you really want from people, when no help or work rendered ati, sontapo…, when work is done & you say you are wrong to point, but if in was lungu it could have been shown on TV, what hypocrisy is this?
Baf1kala you are busy abusing government money to sponsor funerals for accident victims nomba GBM alebomfya ishakwe. Go jump off the cliff and die. Chamibaba mwe bana ba mbwa mwe. You said he is not a factor but how come tamulelala, namulwala na shiki. Muleya uno mwaka. Sonta apo waiba Jemasoni.
This hypocrisy is called Chiwamila Galu kuluma buzi
Who can vote for a useless man who physically beats women and workers ? Unless Zambians are also useless and short of credible leaders.Those will be spoiled votes.We are just enjoying their money and come August 11,they will cry.
Well, I can’t fault him there. GBM has always been known to be generous.
..$2,000,000 in today’s market price). Workers were not paid their dues but HH could steal their prime property and billions through dubious receiverships. What about him being appointed a director on all Anglo American companies by equally tribalist Anderson Mazoka who stole healthy cattle and swapped with his underfed tonga bulls. HH stinks and stinks bad. Why no politician has ever dared to take any action against him? It is not that he is clean but they are all dirty, all of them stole and continue to steal. HH is an educated Thug. All of the likes of GBM, Maureen Mwanawasa, Dipak Patel, Nevers Mumba are thugs, thieves and exploiters. All have stealing history from contracts, deals, and church and grants. Who to vote for? Vote for any, even a frog but not for these educated thugs.
KUDOS what is the level of your education?. you are too fuss here
MWEBANTU HAS ASKED THE QUESTION AS WHETHER WE deserved Chiluba, Rupiah or Sata or Lungu as presidents. They where all terrible leaders to you. MY Answer is as long as to you is a bemba or ngoni speaking person is not a gud President. Don’t even argue about KK because is not a bemba leaving Levy a lenje /lamb. GBM is being used to have HH as President. Chiluba & Sata bemba speaking presidents, RB & Lungu are Ngoni/Chewa speaking Presidents.SO MWEBANTU IFWE TATULI BANTU KANU IMWE NO UWENU.
Thank you GBM, I and my many friends and allies will come in numbers to attend your rally as a comical circus entertainment, we love muppet shows. However, dont be fooled with our numbers, the vote is decided on our beloved Edgar Chagwa Lungu and his running mate.
GBM should be happy with the court cases. After all that was the only qualification for underfive to appoint him as running mate in preference to Dr Canissius Banda. Underfive did not hide the fact that he needed someone to do the dirty work for him, and sleep in the police cells for him, and even go to prison (which will happen soon) for him to become president of zambia. So do what you were employed for ba GBM, but State House is strictly for beloved, humble, hardworking Edgar Chagwa Lungu all the esy to 2021. Edgar will likely give you an amnesty on 24 October 2016 when you repent after a few bouts with permanent residents of Chimbokaila prison, or do you prefer Kamfinsa where you will be far from underfive?
And the message?, this guy (GBM) his workers, the drivers languish with broken down trucks and the chap does not care. If you speak he slaps you. The workers live in fear with this guy. Let him campaign. Zambians have learnt what to look for in a leader and what not to look for. On top of the list of the electorate is a credible, down to earth Zambian. If it was the purse issue we would not even be voting because the large purse would have moped all the votes. But alas the big purses are going round sweating for more and more Kwacha, there is absolutely nothing other than cash.
I agree with Julia.Their money we shall enjoy it but vote is for ECL.I cant vote for experts in GBV and vulgar language.I pity HH because after August 2016,he may be slapped as well when it will be time to go for UPND convention.