A former United Party for National Development (UPND) councilor in Mushindamo district Godfrey Safali, affirmed the difficulties opposition councilors experience in delivering development to their wards in opposition dominated councils.
Mr Safali said, during his reign as a ward representative, he presented all the people’s concerns to the council but nothing fruitful materialized because the council in the district is full opposition sympathizers.Mr Safali said as a result he was prompted to resign from the opposition and join the ruling Patriotic Front party in order to ensure that people’s concerns in the ward are addressed.
He said this at Kang’wena primary school yesterday during a public rally addressed by Vice-President Inonge Wina to drum up support for PF candidate Steven Kasono in the July 26 Kang’wena ward by-elections.Earlier, on arrival at Solwezi airport, Ms Wina received over 100 defectors from the UPND and MMD in Mufumbwe and Solwezi districts.
Mrs Wina appealed to old members to embrace those joining the party in order for it to continue growing and maintaining its national character.
Speaking on behalf of other 30 MMD defectors, former Kamalamba ward councilor Pastor Luckson Mulumbi said they decided to join the PF because they want to support the party in power achieve its developmental vision for the province.
And Former UPND Mufumbwe district secretary Crispin Lupembe said he ditched his former party because of President Edgar Lungu’s sound leadership and the massive development taking place not only in Mufumbwe but the province as a whole.
And Northwestern province PF Chairperson Jackson Kungo said the new members the party keeps receiving is a plus to the party’s growth ahead of 2021 general elections.
At the rate we’re moving we may soon have a one party state. Sad but very true.
Dont be deceived by nincompoops who are hungry
Life seems rosy always for the party in power but reality will surely come and will reign supreme
UPND as an opposition must amend it’s ways and allow it’s MPs and councillors to work in collaboration with the govt in power. As the situation is now, they do not allow their members to work with govt, but pulling in opposite direction with aim of frustrating all govt development programs. Please work for thr people who put you in those lofty offices and next election you will have an easy goal at seeking re-election.
The problem with Upnd is that it wants the sitting government to fail so that it can have a chance of getting into power.
Sitting government is a failed government.
But HH can not take can not take advantage of this because he is impotent, just like Lungu and Kambwili and Tayali.
Just ask the IMF. They will tell you that Lungu is a corrupt useless thief.
In any case, Lungu and PF will rig every election held in Zambia.
You can take a cow to the river but you can’t force it to drink. Sorry, a horse, actually.
Its scary reading this from a Councillor…such people (mindsets) should never be in such leadership positions as don’t know why they are going there in the first place…I blame their top leaders who are lost as well
Let them develop Namwala the home of tribalism and “Panga for Panga!”
Yes because you don’t know the role of a councilor. Imagine you left the party today tomorrow you start talking rubbish.starting middle next year you stat leaving PF.