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Kambwili bounces back as Information Minister

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Chishimba Kambwili
Chishimba Kambwili

PF Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili has been reappointed as Minister of Information, Communication and Broadcasting Services.
Dr Kambwili will also serve as Chief Government Spokesperson.

In a message posted don his Facebook page, Dr Kambwili thanked President Edgar Lungu for the appointment.

“Thank you His Excellency President Edgar Chagwa Lungu for according me this opportunity to serve in your cabinet, I appreciate the faith and trust you have in my capabilities and I will serve you and the Zambians in an exemplary manner, I will work hard and deliver to your expectations in accordance the Patriotic Front manifesto,” Dr Kambwili wrote.

“I am glad to note that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services now includes Communication as well. I am equal to the additional task. Swearing in to take place tomorrow morning at 9 Hours.”

89 COMMENTS

  1. Truly this is good for PF and Zambia. This is man is a worker, and he truly loves does. I was praying and waiting for this, I knew Dr CK will come . And his Excellency Our President loves hard working people, and Dr CK is one of them.
    May God bless you all even as you work for this great nation-Zambia. In all you do, let God lead you, and don’t forget HIM.

    • If you ask
      People in luanshya what this man has amassed and land he owns. You would think twice on claims he is a all this ….

      Just because the man insulats people around him and loves the sound of his own voice does not constitute working hard.

      Thanks

      BB2014

    • Since he is a “hard worker” as you point out ..please tell us what policies he put forward to improve the media sector in the last 4 years in office.Dont confuse making noise to working hard.

    • Kambwili disrespect State house, he is untouchable. He is announcing his own praises even before Amos Chanda confirm. If Edgar changes his mind, we will hear Kambwili is hospitalized again.

    • Kambwili, you campaigned very well for the PF on the CB resulting in your party winning handsomely there. Congratulations. You deserve it and I thank Mr. ECL for including you in his cabinet. Ignore academics who have never been in cabinet but think they are exparts

    • After 1st heart attack, its good news that he’s been given a busy ministry. Chi-TRIBLIST chizafa pa chipuna with 2nd heart attack.

    • Why was communication always placed under Ministry of or Transport & Communication if communication only means sending or receiving information thru radios, TVs, P.A.S, telephones or computers using voice & signage?

      What I know is transport infrastructure consists of the fixed installations: roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals & pipelines and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots & seaports. Vehicles (wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles (motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses), railed vehicles (trains, trams), watercraft (ships, boats), aircraft and spacecraft) then use these infrastructures.

      Did they define communication to encompass cables (electric/telephone/Fiber), canals, rivers, oceans, roads, airways &…

    • Did the old timers define communication to encompass cables (electric/telephone/Fiber), canals, rivers, oceans, roads, airways & rail for them to place with Transport?

    • Cor. Ver.
      Did the old timers define communication to encompass cables (electric/telephone/Fiber), canals, rivers, oceans, roads, airways & rail for them to place it alongside Transport?

    • ED 2.0 is looking slim lined and fresh faced. Nice to see the belly appear controlled. Now if that new discipline would stretch to the non vision part of his service to the country… How you dealt with media landed you in international hot soup. The hasty reopenings prior to New York are about to be reversed by repeating the same errors. Personal to holder media doesn’t work. As for this guy, he could be sweet and loyal but this only works if you are planning a dictatorial media stranglehold. Mono view media 2.0.

    • @mushota,i agree wit 100% am from a luanshya tis man is good at deceiving pipo tat he works hard by appearing on TV and newspapers bt ask me.i cant point out a single thin tat he has done except his flats in town.
      in five yrs i can point out the built a clinic in mpatamatu tats all.

    • The wining team is taking shape. CK in the house and so let the party start. I have no doubt in my mind that the new cabinet will deliver. I am itching for a diversified economy as pledged.

  2. Congratulations Hon.CK,but PLEASE dont be vindictive. We know what you went through na kakumkubiti! I’m sure he’s learning that you can’t bring down a good man.

    • I totally agree, Kambwili is a very hard working man.

      This is why some opposition parties don’t like him.

      You are aware that some opposition parties just want the government to fail. That is what they find joyful.

      Remember the referendum, they campaigned heavily against it, just to see it fail so they can celebrate the the governm

    • I totally disagree. Kambwili is a rabble rousing empty tin who doesn’t know when to shut up. On top of that he is an ignoramus tribalist.

  3. I have watched some interviews CK has done on the Sunday Interview with Gravazio, on ZNBC. One thing you can’t deny about Kambwili is his passion for things he says. He is one guy who does not beat about the bush to make his point. And it seems there is no “sacred”subject he feels should not be discussed frankly and honestly in his book—including the touchy subject of TRIBALISM—a topic many politicians tend to “speak in tongues” about with palpable discomfort. But not CK. One reason why, I think, Opposition Parties such as UPND don’t like him.

    He is also a SUPERB COUNTER PUNCHER when it comes to defending PF/Govt policies and the President. I am sure Edgar Lunga recognizes this strength in him hence his retention in the same portfolio—it is said, “IF IT AIN’T BROKE, DON’T FIX…

  4. Congrats Doc! I was eagerly waiting for this. May God grant you peace as you continue working for the Great Zambia. God Bless

  5. A drunk government full of drunk decisions by a drunk president . This guy is a tribalist and is now very sick due to heart attack. I really wonder how he will deal with a very vocal position as this

    • Iwe @ NEZ don’t you know that pipo who drink are quick fixers of problems and good listeners! Your HH who claims to be a sober person has a rigid mind even on straight forward things. Don’t think that all the pipo who drink beer are useless and please stop this nonsense of demonising us drinkers, are you not aware that we constitute the majority of voters?Under 5 politics indeed.

  6. Am happy even if am not a politician to have him back in the ministry. Dr. CK is a hard metal to crack.
    Thanks Mr. President for Dr CK.

  7. MAWE, MAYO, MAMA LELO, THIS MAN HAS COME TO CLOSE AGAIN ALL THE PRIVITE MEDIA LEFT. HE IS THE MAN BEHIND THE CLOSURE OF POST, MUVITV, KOMBONI RADIO, KASAMA, AND ITEZHITEZHI. NO MORE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. FULL SWING DICTORSHIP FOR LUNGU. WILL GOD ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE FOR HOW LONG?

    LATE SATA SAID “TAMWABA AMA SOLDIER MU ZAMBIA ABABAMO BANAKASHI”. PLEASE GUYS ARE YOU ALL HAPPY WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING?

  8. It is the same Cabinet of the ancient times.Many countries are moving fast in development,but PF will continue putting traps and planning propaganda and killing UPND members by the time 2021 comes they will have not delivered.We knew brains and new direction.Zambia is a cursed nation of cowards acting like hyenas in a pack.PF is simply a bunch of white color criminals hiding behind a tribe to continue oppressing ignorant zambians.

  9. Congratulations my man and bravo to our listening president..! Kambwili is a pillar in Pf..! Minister without portfolio was going to suit him coz he can perform in any ministry..! Lubinda..? Long live Pf..!

  10. I sorry to insult all zambian soldiers “you are a let down lazy weak soldiers .you allowed ECL to continue to rule even when he breached the costitution by not handing power to speaker during petition.Now Lungu has started firing some of the Tonga,Kaonde,Lunda,Lozi,Lenje generals in the Zambia army. Stupity weak soldiers you shall now perish with us under the worst Autocratic regime.

    • @Kaziliman. You Tongas should know that no one buys in to your hate speach. You have now started including innocent tribes like Lozis on your hate speaches. Leave the other tribes alone the way you chased them out of UPND when Mazoka died.

  11. The opposition is against kambwili coz they know that he is a seasoned politician who can finish then off..! Progressive people are always perceived a threat in society..! We need people like kambwili as president for things to move..!

  12. @Mushota, I am a Luanshya resident there is no truth in what you are saying. You campaigned for Miles sampa we have sent him in early retirement.

    • You must be a newbie. Anyone who knows what Luanshya was will disagree strongly with you. They are reduced to watching iconic clubs, pretty streets and a vibrant community now held hostage under mega sole ownership of someone happy to line streets with his trucks, construct flats at entry. Instead of a welcome arrival at copper needle you get a road block and unrecognisable avenues. Between MMD and PF this once beautiful town is a hovel where you fight to keep ministers from putting goats on golf course.

  13. Congratulations CK. You worked so hard to save us form Tonga tribalists who blame Bembas for all their peril. It is not that ECL is popular, it is that many non-Tongas are still scared of HH. And you understand this better than anyone. But please allow the media to operate freely .You will need them some day. Zambian politics are full of peril.

  14. One of the arguments PF supports used to defend Lazy Lungu’s reelection during the campaign was that he did not have his own people in cabinet and was still stuck with Old man Sata’s people so could not move forward. Looking at the list of ministers today I see no difference or new faces even in appointed ministers where one could handpick the smartest Zambian technocrat in the world but oh no its still the same old brooms as the late Mr. Chama Chakomboka of Movement for Democratic Process always stated.We are not moving forward but truly in reverse. To add insult to injury he has also appointed the very people PF kicked out 5 years ago to key positions.
    Please can someone urgently write to the Secretary to the Cabinet and find out which former ministers have paid back our moneys…

  15. An ailing and visionless illegal president appointing a fellow ailing big mouthed hypocrite. No wonder many believe Zambia is a failed state gone to the dogs.

    • Supreme Leader HH of the UPND is the one clinging to UPND illegally after losing a record time and has created a dynasty in his party because he’s preparing his son to take over from him once he’s walloped again in 2021…kikikikiki

  16. The CHIEF TRIBAL messenger is back, what a shame to mother Zambia. Zambia today is more divided than ever b’cause of this character and fools are busy praising. It will take good statesmanship to undo what this crown has done to divide Zambia over tribal message. Changwa is failure full stop.

  17. Lazy Lungu’s thinking is flawed as usual…he has merged Communication back to Information instead of letting it operate as a stand alone ministry…in this digital age Lazy Lungu can not see the importance of this industry to even employment creation in the private sector…its shocking..really shocking!!

    • Ask the Supreme Leader HH of the UPND to Fix it….But the President of Zambia Mr Edgar Lungu was competently advised by Government Technocrats who are more qualified than the Supreme Leader HH of the UPND to merge the Ministry so, no need to be apprehensive over this issue…

  18. Guys someone asked what policies has this man reformed in media sector since he went to information.answer then will all congratulate the man. We all saw how public media was biased during election campaigns, let not be dull, public media is for all Zambians regardless your political affiliation, Let us not mistaken noise making and hard working.

  19. You are spot on [email protected] on the private media like a ton of bricks is not hardwork,it is dictatorship.Chiluba used to be called names and so was Mwanawasa and for Rupiah Banda it was even worse but the 3 Presidents never went to that extent of closing down private media. And some Zambians are celebrating this most brutal regime in the history of this country. Wake up from your slumber or else you will never develop.

  20. I was waiting for this time. Congratulations Dr. CK. We need hard workers like you, people who are as bold as a Lion to move this country forward. Do not be discouraged by failures, hypocrites and jealous people. We are behind you and you can rely on our support You are the man.

  21. NOSENSE BEING PICKED IN THE THIRD SELECTION DEFINATELY OPEN YOUR EYES YOU ARE NO LONGER A RIGHT HAND MAN FOR CHAGWA ……..BY THE WAY WHAT ABOUT KALUSHA BWALYA AND LUBUNDA GIVEN ?????????????

    • Lubinda has been moved to Tourism..where he will corruptly sell off more hunting licenses to finish off the very few cats the dull Kapata hasnt killed.

  22. (NEZ (new educated Zambia) official upnd media) You call ECL to be tribal and you are not.where do you think ECL could have gotten MPs from your tribe or other tribes you feel could have been appointed to ministerial positions when your tribes mate rejected him?
    I think with all the respect my dear one,here you have caught him wrongly mwana.
    After all he has even tried to balance Dr.Hamukale was nominated and appointed as Southern Province Minister and from the other two provinces he has nominated and appointed them ministers.What more can some one do.

    • @Popopo besides all Upnd MP s have been threatened with expulsion if they accept ministerial positions. And they know they cannot win a by election under PF

  23. Congratulations to you Mr. Kambwili on your appointment. Please keep calm always and dont respond to provocative statements. Please tell Mrs .Mumbi Phiri to use health communication skills. She should control her emotions and tongue . We cannot deal with the people who possess Lawyer Mushipe’s personality for 5 years. Continue doing your job with passion. And dont worry about people who keep wishing you death. They will probably die your death, as they are not God.. Just make sure that ZNBC gets upgraded with proper cinematography , movies ,educational, child and family friendly programmes and lessen on those horrible documentaries and those C GRADE TELEMUNDO dramas. Dstv airs A and B grade TELEMUNDO dramas. Though am not fan.. TOO MUCH TALKING. WE NEED UP TO DATE AND UNBIASED NEWS.

  24. @Lififi,please note that only people from bantustan areas can start revolting against PF and not majority Zambians in 6 and half provinces-kikikikikiki!!!Congrats to Dr.CK!!you really deserve being in cabinet because you always work hard!!!you won a lot votes for PF on CB!!!Bravo to ECL too!!

  25. @ Yambayamba, I copied this from your posting – IF IT AIN’T BROKE, DON’T FIX…. I just have one question for u, what is IMF coming to do in Zambia?

    • Post news paper should just remain closed. It would also be a good thing if Zambian watchdog was closed.
      Without the post we have little insults in the nation.

    • @ Analyser. Why not stick to watching DeadNBC? What are u doing on this site?

      It’s so hypocritical that proponents of oppression of FREEDOM OF SPEECH & MEDIA still want to read LusakaTimes, go on Facebook etc. Stick to DeadNBC News/repeats, Daily Fail & SomeTimes of Zambia.

      I may not agree with everything Post Newspaper & ZWD write, but i’ll defend till death their right to publish.

      You can’t Eat your cake & still have it my dear.

  26. The people who are saying he is hard working possibly don’t know what hard working is. The only hard work he has done is transform himself from a copper thief to a minister under the illegal President called ECL who was also found guilty by LAZ fitness to practice panel of stealing money from his client

  27. Mr President sir, some of us have been with you in spirit and always praying and wishing you the best since day one- even before the nominations in 2014- choose wisely the people that surround you!

    We the unseen footsoldiers know what is on the ground!

    We as PF has been given another chance to rule – dear Mr President let’s not waste this opportunity- let’s develop the nation by having people that are not there for themselves but there for all Zambians. Self interests aside- amassing personal wealth aside! If we fail to do this we are doomed in 2021!!!!

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  29. Proper Soldier! Every party needs an Hon. Dr Kambwili to fend off the inanities of opposition parties! No one can disagree that Hon. Kambwili ‘Flicks’ back the best! Best in town! Strong spokesman. Those that deride Dr Kambwili, as not having substance, are not earnest! The Art of Gov’t is Policy PLUS Theatre! When things/policies/manifestos don’t pan out you must peddle out …fast! You need a wordsmith to create a smokescreen while Tonto rides out to deliver an SOS! Every gov’t needs a court jester and Doc.K is the finest in the business! That’s how to evaluate Dr. Kambwili. For all the criticism heaped at him, he does know how to float a boat! He is the right appointment for thus post.

    • You make me smile. Every government needs a court jester? Most of PF appear to be the anti-thesis of those you would praise or take seriously in your real life, unless your name has been hijacked… along with many other older names here that lately are pretty patriotic over utter mediocrity that they would not tolerate in reality. What’s up sis?

  30. Mu Zambia mwa chabe ati Dr. Kambwili this is an insult to education. What is happening in my country kanshi….I cannot believe that people have been reduced to absolute nothing where by they are busy praising empty tins like CK. I mean can anyone tell me how these ministers are going to pay back the money they owe and who is in charge of collections to ensure everything is paid in full. If they can disregard the rule of law surely do you think they will pay back the money? Worse still, it’s the same scumbags back to chew more dollars.

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