Thursday, March 28, 2024

East PF members want Mutati fired for mobilising MMD in the province

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PF Eastern Province protesting against Mutati
PF Eastern Province protesting against Mutati

The ruling Patriotic Front Leadership in Eastern Province has presented a petition to the party Secretary General Davies Mwila demanding the sacking of Finance Felix Mutati from his Ministerial position.
 
Eastern Province PF Vice Chairperson Godwin Phiri said Mr. Mutati who is also MMD president has allegedly been on a tour of Eastern Province to mobilise the MMD.

Mr Phiri said Mr Mutati’s actions are now destabilising the PF in the province.

Mr. Phiri said this when he presented a petition to PF Secretary General Davies Mwila at the PF Secretariat this morning.

And some of the PF cadres interviewed said Mr Mutati should go back to the MMD where they said he belongs.

“He can’t serve two masters at once, we want him to tell us if he is still MMD he should resign as minister and concentrate on MMD and if he is with us “PF” he should concentrate on Working for PF” one of the cadres said.

“He should concentrate on the MMD and if he is with us, he should concentrate on working for PF” said another one of the cadres.

And Mr. Mwila promised to present the petition to President Edgar Lungu and the Central Committee for consideration.

Protestors heading to the PF Secretariat to petition against Felix Mutati
Protestors heading to the PF Secretariat to petition against Felix Mutati
Protestors heading to the PF Secretariat to petition against Felix Mutati
Protestors heading to the PF Secretariat to petition against Felix Mutati
Protestors heading to the PF Secretariat to petition against Felix Mutati
Protestors heading to the PF Secretariat to petition against Felix Mutati
Anti Mutati protests
Anti Mutati protests
Anti Mutati protests
Anti Mutati protests
More anti Mutati protests
More anti Mutati protests
PF Eastern Province protesting against Mutati
PF Eastern Province protesting against Mutati
Some of the protesters displaying placards against Mutati
Some of the protesters displaying placards against Mutati
PF S.G Davies Mwila addressing party cadres from Eastern Provincecalling for the removal of Felix Mutati at the party secretariat.
PF S.G Davies Mwila addressing party cadres from Eastern Provincecalling for the removal of Felix Mutati at the party secretariat.

59 COMMENTS

    • Cannot these Wakos understand that Mutati was never PF? He is a partner in an MMD /PF alliance. What is so difficult to understand about that?

    • Either Mutati has grand ambitions for 2021 and someone wants him out of the way, or he has finally negotiated the IMF package and someone wants him out of the way so that they can eat properly. Otherwise the carders are mere pawns in a complex war. Just wondering how many fights PF will take on internally and externally before they exhaust themselves. Sad

  1. The beginning of the end of the RB/MUTATI hybrid grouping.You can not have it both ways.God fights injustice.The Appeals Court allowed thid RB/MUTATI illegal group to appeal after their appeal wa thrown out by the High Court.We see now what happens;Because the Supreme Court was earlier shocked at the way this RB/MUTATI gathering took place in Kabwe.The Supreme Court ordered for retrial of the case,which up to now has never taken place to RB/MUTATI delaying tactics.Their days for reckoning are drawing near now.Lets see where Mutati goes after this.RB secured his aquittal at the Courts-he has benefited from ECL.

    • @ The Legal MMD Observer spot on-Indeed lets see how the end of this spineless Mutati will be after allowing RB to use him for his own selfishness.I pit this ‘blind’ Mutati.RB had his personal and selfish agenda.RB played the Wako ni Wako politics and Mutati used as a useful i.d.i.o.t.Sad indeed for Mutati.ECL needs a vote from these many cadres from the East,so he can’t risk that over one Mutati.Mutati has been used like toilet tissue,and now it’s time to be dumped.

  2. Leave Mutati alone you rat munching people. You know he’s MMD president and he’s doing a good job for you as finance minister.

    • These FOol’s should be told the meaning of ‘coalition government’ which their president has unlawfully used in governing Zambia.

  3. Someone must be behind Mutati’s job. I have never seen in the history of Zambian politics a well decorated group of cadres petitioning the powers that be to fire a Cabinet Minister. Hired buses and well branded posters? Who paid for these things? It can only be an insider or some disgruntled MMD officials. Mutati only needs to follow the source of funds to know who the enemies are…

    • Lungu’s PF/MMD alliance is self distructing. There’s something terribly wrong with the PF. I just wonder why the PF have not been at peace with themselves since the last elections despite being in government . Now with the nullifying of the Kenyan presidential elections I can foresee intense pressure on Zambia to reopen the disputed presidential election petition. These are trying times for the country God help us. Things are not looking good for President Lungu at all. There appears to be some hidden evil and dark forces at play in the PF.

  4. Did they have a police permit to protest? Selective application of the law, so when its PF then the threatened public emergency or what declaration it is doesnt apply?
    You deny worshipers permits but you allow protesters on our streets? Shame

    Pathetic Failures.

    • We don’t need a permit. For what? How can ask for a permit if you are the one who gives permits. U must be dull. Do ask for permission to walk around your yard?

  5. What good job is he doing? This guy is so damn he gave the nation wrong figures…in order to hide the truth about the national debt: what a minute you wouldn’t know that because your brain doesn’t think past eating nshima…

  6. This is laughable indeed since when did they know that Mutati is MMD – is it just today. Mutati is just doing his work as party president for MMD if not he is helping Nervous Mumba. Petition the appointing authority maybe that can make sense – PF president.
    Well printed placards means someone big behind this. Just follow the funding and someone will be fished out. Many PFs are not happy with Mutati for taking up their jobs.
    I end here!

  7. I have rarely seen a colourful protest by cadres like this one. Where did they get the money? Some big shot behind this mutati protest. Never mind that Mutati himself is a wrong guy for the job!
    Pathetic!

  8. It is now circus! Mutati has done exemplary well in his portfolio as Minister of Finance. He has helped to stabilize the Kwacha. Iam sure this is just a sponsored demonstration by some selfish individuals. Ba Lungu take extra care to handle this issue or else you may miss the point and the same people will turn against you!

  9. Pf petitioning Davis Mwila to sack Mutati, does Mutati work for PF or government of Zambia? Was Mutati appointed by the PF or by the president of Zambia? Is Mutati a PF member or MMD? When did Mutati ever said he will stop mobilising his party because he is an appointed finance Minister? If Davies Mwila is a wise senior PF cadre, he will rebuke ignorant cadres and stop them expressing their ignorance.

    • @ In PF,PF & Government are one and same thing-It’s the Party snd it’s Government (PIG).So these PF Csdres are in order to demand for Mutati’s exit.Bedides,Mutati is no longer useful to them (Used and dumped).

  10. Comment:
    Is there anything suspicious about Mutati’s work habits – like funding MMD, from government resources? Or favouring cadres from his party for some projects, etc. Otherwise I don’t see anything wrong Mutati has done, or not done.

  11. I have said it before, the earlier President Lungu gets rid of Mutati the better for PF. Its been 1 year since the elections and still no economic programme in sight. Mutati has betrayed the PF Manifesto as he is busy promoting his own vision which the President does not know. Mutati knows that the IMF programme will make President Lungu and PF unpopular and therefore him give opportunity to prop up MMD. Mutati’s economic policies have been about more taxes, no jobs and no money in peoples’pockets. I salute the eastern province PF for smoking him out as a traitor he is to the President. Further its public news that Mutati has been telling some donors how President Lungu lacks vision and leadership. Ba Mutati kuwayaya fye!!!

    • Ba mungatelo, sure, sure! If these were UPND hired guns they wouldn’t have driven that far from eastern province to the pf secretariat…! Sometimes it is better to keep quiet if one has nothing to say.

  12. This is “Operation Restore Eastern Province Dominance!” RB hates bembas! The earlier Bembas realize this, the better for us! We tend to allow ourselves to be used by Easterners in return for a few favors in the name of “Chimbuya.” These fellows are selfish! Ask CK and Musenge!

  13. Spot on Dweny PF thinks only with a bottle of beers they are bought at a pub. Mutati is hiding more debts than what is real and we all know that Zambia is in a mess. Zambians have been humiliated due to new taxes and high taxes introduced to be misappropriated.

  14. When did Mutati become MMD President? Was it before or after being appointed Minister of finance? We know the real reasons, pathetic cowards!!

    • There are 3 points to make:
      1. If it was not for RB, there would be no PF in Government today. RB chose to support PF and Lungu and sourced campaign funds for their 2015 election. He saved them in the East in 2016. The PF are a mob of ungrateful people. 2. Mutati did not hide his MMD Presidency when Lungu appointed him. Being appointed does not mean you leave your own party although this has been the trend in Zambian politics of the belly.
      3. Mutati should understand that you can not be the leader of a party but then you fail to articulate your own vision. Mutati should resign and lead MMD or resign from MMD Presidency to enable a new leader to take over.

  15. This is a deliberate and sponsored campaign by PF itself. Mutati is known to have presidential ambitions and PF do not want him to stand on their ticket.

  16. Just seeing how well decorated this protest is speaks volumes who is behind it. Marriage of convenience between PF & MMD about to come to an end. The PF leadership has seen sense in what Kambwili & Musenge are against-the taking over of PF by MMD.

  17. KAMBWILI SAID PF MUKASHALA MULI MWAMONE IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL WITH LUNGU AND RB.
    WAIT AND YOU WILL SEE.
    KAMBWILI USED TO SPEAK HIS MIND EVEN THE CABINET AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE HENCE ABOUT THIS CHANCERS FROM MMD.THAT IS WHY LUNGU HATED HIM.

  18. @5.2 Job, I note some UPNDonkey even hallucinate about a dead “petition”. You Donkeys, presidential election petitions in Zambia have a life span of 14 days. Today is 1 year 2 weeks after the last elections, in other words 4 years before the next elections.

  19. The only person who can waste money on those placards and the nicely printed banners is RB… Remember the 2011 general elections…

    The man is so wasteful because what he has is not genuine money…. proceeds of some crimes..

  20. Felix remember those demonstrations against Wynter? Quit now. The writing can’t be any clearer. You are OUT!!! PF are schemers and they have many paupers for their use. You wonder why they don’t develop the country? If they did where will they get useful *****s from?

  21. If the president bows to the demands of cadres from Eastern then we will believe why Bembas are being expelled from PF. Play your game well lest you cry like RB in 2021

  22. PF should ask themselves why they have MMD pipo as ministers in their government. Believe it or not HE ECL by appointing perpetual MMD affiliates as ministers in the government he has weakened his and his parties position. We have Hon. Mutati, Hon. Dora and Hon Katambo. these ministers are in key positions and have had international negotiations which information they can pass onto their original party members to benefit from.
    Contracts and contacts can be given to MMD at the expense of PF. Funding can be directed to support MMD from their international contacts. Either way Mutati,Dora and Katambo cannot lose whoever gets power because they have feet in both camps

    • Masalmuso, just to add to your list, Victoria kalima, Margaret mwanakatwe, mawere, Vincent mwale. All of them are in charge of economic ministries.

  23. The shakey Marriage of Convenience between PF and MMD is on the rocks and divorce is imminent. That will mark the demise of the corrupt PF Party. With the Nullification of the Kenyan Presidential Election Zambians want the Presidential Petition in Zambia heard by an Independent Court urgently. The Zambian 2016 Election had more irregularities and illegalities than in Kenya. For these reasons we see no reason why the Petition should not be heard and allow the Country to move forward. The Commonwealth SG Envoy should facilitate the Petition Hearing thru an Independent Court. That Court should hear,determine and declare the Winner of the 2016 Election. The Truth will free all of us and “Mulandu tauboli”. #Let the Petition be heard in Court without further delay. If Kenyans are doing it why…

  24. Lungu is not strategic. He is at war with HH,CK,churches, opposition parties and now he is targeting RB/Mutati. Lungu is using thuggery to get rid of Mutati and has probably found somebody maleable to appoint as New Minister of Finance. The Debt Stock issue must have driven Lungu to fire Mutati as Minister. Lungu is not trustworthy but dangerous to work for. Bye bye Mutati and in comes another arse licker and plunderer. Lungu is making too many enemies.

  25. The truth behind the PF anti Mutati nationwide protests: Could it be that Mutati is refusing to give in to PF demands to continue borrowing recklessly? Reliable estimates of our true national debt stand in excess of USD 33 Billion most of which is hidden debt. Stealing of borrowed money seems to be the in thing now. Fellow citizens, it’s time to begin to hold our leaders accountable. What we should know is that a high debt burden means we should expect more taxes and funny levies! We deserve better!

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