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President Lungu fires Mutati

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File:President Edgar Lungu confers with Finance Minister Felix Mutati at Mulungushi International Conference Centre shortly before Minsters and Controlling Officers workshop on prudent Financial Management practices at Mulungushi

President Edgar Lungu has revoked the appointment of Felix Mutati as Minister of Works and Supply and withdrawn his nomination as Member of Parliament.

President Lungu has since replaced Mr Mutati with Lunte Member of Parliament Mutotwe Kafwaya.

The Head of State says there is no need for speculation on the revocation of Mr. Mutati’s appointment because he has the discretion to fire and hire.He says the move is necessary.

President Lungu has since encouraged Mr. Kafwaya. to work hard and prove himself.

And Mr. Kafwaya. says his focus will be to ensure that ballot papers are printed locally as he takes up his new mandate.

Speaking after being sworn in at State House today, Mr. Kafwaya told journalists that he will further focus on continuous assessment of existing government infrastructure.

President Lungu will in due course nominate another person to Parliament as MP.

[ZNBC]

90 COMMENTS

  1. Elo Lwanya nomba. 2021 will be interesting!

    Mutati can now focus on MMD – the fight with Nevers can now intensify – More pop corn please!

    • I know Lungu says we should not speculate about his reason for the move and I am trying to remain positive but Mutati probably continued stealing through the acquisition of ballot papers. Mutati was eating in the garden of the Ministry of Finance now saw an opportunity of ukulya mumabala of Ministry of works and supply. He’s an unrepentant thief and just can’t help himself. He will now either go and steal from MMD, if there’s anything to steal or steal from his own house, ha ha ha ha ha!! Habitual thief!

    • This is Lazy Lungu’s leadership for you …Mines minister messed with Black Moutain he was patted on the back…Dora can tell lies and get away with it even insult diplomats, Amos can trade insults publicly with fellow fooooools and get away with it, Freedom Sikazawe can start a fist fight in Parliament and he is congratulated with a drinking session.
      This incompetent thing Lazy was happy to appoint this man as Finance Minister, then reshuffled to Works Ministry now you dump him without giving reasons…then some empty tin will state that Lazy Lungu is humble. Give the reasons for firing him Office of the President is not your family office you lazy thing!!

    • Mutati Is New Finance Minister As Pres. Lungu Unveils Part Cabinet
      President Edgar Lungu has hit the ground running appointing part of his Cabinet with MMD president Felix Mutati as nominated MP designated to the Ministry of Finance……It’s barely 24 hours after President Lungu was inaugurated. – Zambia Reports 24/09/2016.

      How the people on this very thread applauded the incompetent lazy thing for the Mutati appointment …today they are cheering him for sacking him when he was the first one to nominated as minister. I for one questioned PF empty tins on LT why Lazy Lungu could have head hunted anyone for that position in the world.
      These are surely Wasted Lungu Years!!!

    • PF are thieves: After stealing all MMD MPs & pushing out original PF, Lungu has decided to spit out Mutati.

      They used him like a sanitory pad.

      1.Coppernelt province-Mwakalombe -MMD
      2.Lsk pro-Bowmam Lusambo  -MMd die-hard
      3.Eastern prov-Makebi-MMD
      4-Northen prov -Mundubile-MMD
      5.Northwest-UPND for a change-kakoma
      6.Finance -Mwanakatwe -MMD
      7.Works & Supply – Nkuwa -MMD
      8.Foreign affairs – Malanji-MMD
      9. The late Gender Affairs minister – Victoria Kalima – MMD
      10.Local govt -Vincent -MMD (member of central commitee)
      11.Information-Dora siliya-MMD (member of cental committee)
      12.Youth &Sport – Vincent Mwale – MMD
      13.Community Dev-Olipa -MMD (RBs niece)
      14.Agriculture -Katambo -MMD
      15.Health -Chitalu Chilufya MMD(member of central committee)
      16.Religious Affairs-Am not…

    • RB is the one confusing matters. He must shut up and stop pretending to be a proxy president. RB cannot have it both ways. One foot in MMD and the other in PF.

    • INDEPENDENT OBSERVER – The buck stops with that Lazy Thing in State House who is pretending to be a leader and he is paid for it…why do you have to blame others for his incompetence and surrounding himself with drunkards for advisers.

    • I an back from Sabbatical leave.
      i once worked as a civil servant for five years, believe me. i resigned because of boredom, it is the government that thinks for you and you are just a tool to implement activities without questioning. Unfortunately, i was groomed for thinking outside the box, Brave people resign but cowards wait until they are fired.

    • Well after making a mess out of last year’s maize marketing together with Dora Siliya which has intact led to our current crisis of a shortfall in maize production and the amount FRA has collected as well as a host of other things, Mutati pulled up his socks as Minister of Works and Supply and I salute him for the good work he did to curtail the abuse of govt vehicles. So ba Mutation guess you’ll be joining the rest of us ordinary citizens who will be crying over things like withholding tax for landlords, borehole taxes and making payments for napsa for your workers etc if not the law will visit you baba as it does to all of us poor citizens…ni life chabe…

    • Lazy bum illiterate Mapatizya Formula hooligan bully son of a polygamist father who never taught him toilet training pooing in public HAGAIN in need of MUTINTA HICHILEMA to change his diapers HAGAIN. The little boy will NEVER grow up!

    • KEEPING UP APPEARANCES, MORE TO THE STORY THAN MEETS THE EYE.
      I am like, what happened here? Cozy yet cosmetic relationships. CK is happy now.
      I like FM but let him try to revive MMD. I would have loved him to stick around PF but hey, this could be something or nothing. You know games politicians play.
      But PF is still PF-MMD.

  2. The only performer in PF cabinet fired and he is not even PF…there was no way Mutati would have stayed with such empty tins he is too smart….how many times has this lazy moron fired people without giving reasons? This is another on for ZWD to fill in the blanks

    • I don’t think Mutati was a performer. Just seemed to have good branding, which was carried over from his time in the MMD government. Nobody has the chops to serve us in this government and Mutati, by association, is guilty. 2021 can’t come sooner.

    • What performer naiwe!! He has been holding road block to check who is abusing government vehicles and you call that performance? That is a job of his juniors

    • umuntu – And when you see the Lazy thing sweeping in a blue overall you cheer and clap….his Juniors were not doing the job and remember what happened to his juniors when they stopped a State House official in his govt vehicle…he got slapped.

    • umuntu – Tell your lazy relatives and friends in Civil Service that now they can go with GRZ Vehicles and drink chibuku all nite at Bars and taverns

    • Zambian Witch Doctor to fill in the gaps?
      You are irretrievably poisoned by Hakainde’s nephew’s false news blog.
      Gay Jay maggot your UPND colours are bright red even if you try to hide it. Is Kainde your brother?

    • Jay jay, Don’t mind these brain dead pipo “Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something”

    • Mr Bonehead – If Hakainde is my blood brother then am your father …ask your mother about that one nightstand in my Toyota corolla at Friday’s Corner.
      PF are not transparent the always leave room for speculation…even the ZAFFICO issue would have been crashed by spending a minister to ZAFFICO to talk to staff if it was not true, Lazy Lungu was in CB why did he not go there??

    • Not long ago mutati was called all sorts of insults by this maroon jayjay and today he is a hero because he is out of govt. Thinking of under5s is pathetic. He is all over the article commenting uselessly without shame. Jayjay take time to read other other comments and learn from them.

    • OVAL.. – Yes Yes Yes thank you…I called him names as he was being used and destroying his Party….where do you think he is going now? You are a foooool not to see sense in my criticism at the time as you can not see beyond your silly nose. PF have absolutely no understanding of multi-party democracy.

    • Did MUTINTA HICHILEMA change the boy’s diapers yesterday? It very bad if someone was left without changing the diapers. MUTINTA HICHILEMA must be doing her job daily. The little boy is irritable because he stayed the all night wet.

    • lazy bum illiterate hooligan bully son of the tribal polygamist father needing a diaper change by MUTINTA HICHILEMA. The little boy still pooping in public. TONGA TRIBALISM in the blood of the tribal hooligan and bully needing toilet training.

  3. Well done ECL!!Felix Mutati has never added anything to PF,so it is high time you rewarded real PF members with jobs!!

    • EVEN DORA SILIYA HAS NEVER ADDED ANY THING NEW TO PF.
      PERSONALLY WHEN I SEE DORA AS A MINISTER OF INFORMATION,ALL WHAT I SEE ON HER HER FACE ARE THE INSULTS SHE WAS SHOWERING ON BASHI CHILUFYA.EVEN IN HER CONSTITUENCY PEOPLE COMPLAIN THAT SHE DOES NOT GO THERE BUT KNOWING LUNGU,SHE MAY BE THE FIRST PERSON TO BE ADOPTED IN 2021.
      ECL IS A JUST A JOKER.HE SHOULD STOP USING SATA’S NAME.
      HOW CAN HE CLAIM THAT HE IS FOLLOWING SATA’S LEGACY WHEN HE HAS MISTREATED THE PEOPLE THAT STARTED PF WITH THE LATE MCS.
      WHER IS KBF,MWENYA MUSENGE,CHISHIMBA KAMBWILI AND MANY MORE.
      TODAY DORA AND LUSAMBO ARE THE PEOPLE ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF PF DESPITE THE INSULTS THEY WERE SHOWERING ON SATA.
      WHAT NONSENSE IS THIS?
      THE ONLY SIN SOME OF THEM HAVE COMMITTED IS TO ADVICE HIM THAT THIS NOT THE WAY SATA…

    • and who has added anything to this retarded Party???? We have regressed as a country and we appear in all pathetic indicators

    • Tell us who has brought something tangible on the Cabinet Table? Really laughable …we are waiting …internet call tax, toll gate on existing road built by taxpayers? Sit down

  4. This guy has been used and dumped like a filthy rag. Lungu has realized that their marriage of convenience has finally come to an end. He has intelligent information that Mutati will finally lose his court case to Nevers. What a waste of such an intelligent mind to swim with corrupt elements with no aorta of integrity. You have been taught a political lesson, and soon your court bills will pile up and lawyers will milk you dry. You cannot have one leg in PF and another in MMD. This type of greed is reminiscent of double tobela like Nevers puts it, which is very dangerous. Now let us see if you have mantle to survive politically alone.

    • Mutati should have stepped aside with dignity immediately he was reshuffled but he clang on like a child….he even turned a Newspaper reading ministry of works and supply into what it should be doing but all this was showing up the lazy incompetent thugs in PF and civil service.

    • HANEGATIVES! You think they have interest of the nation at heart? NO! Everything is about our TONGA! “ONLY A TONGA CAN BE PRESIDENT OF UPND,” Larry Mweetwa.

  5. TUTWA NGULUBE, KBF, KELVIN SAMPA AND HJOE MOONO??? When will these intelligent men get a chance to lead? You go and appoint Mutotwe Kafwaya. Yes Mutotwe is CIMA qualified and has an MBA but we don’t know him, what has he done for the PF. ECL is surrounding himself with Ministers who can not challenge him, he surrounds himself with yes men, it’s sad.

  6. Now the battle ground in mmd is leveled . Mutati has lost state protection and this brings to an end the issue of mmd presidency. I see nevers Mumba smiling. Benakachinda will now desert Mutations for either Pf or upnd for survival especially with court fees on their head

  7. Too SAD , obviously there’s a rotten egg somewhere. I like his cool temperament. I wasn’t expecting a big stone to fall on his toes So sooner.
    Anyway, best eandvours.

  8. Corruption scandals: Social Security Cash Luxury Presidential Jet Ambulances Fire Trucks Mukula Trees Ndola-Lusaka Rd Malawi Maizegate Fuelgate Swaziland landgate Zesco Loans Corruption scandals: Social Security Cash Luxury Presidential Jet Ambulances Fire Trucks Mukula Trees Ndola-Lusaka Rd Malawi Maizegate Fuelgate Swaziland landgate Zesco Loans

    Lungu really needs to fire himself… and the country will be alright!

  9. Mutati had been finished as an opposition person, now what can he say about President all Lungu, if he says anything ECL can easily is this the man you can vote for who failed to work I government. And many MMD people I believe must have joined PF during this period when Mutati was working and supporting the government. He has lost credibility as a leader in an opposition. Not as MMD leader, as Nevers is the President of the party…

  10. Mutati is exercising his democratic right to aspire to Zambian Presidency against all odds. He knows he has no leadership acumen. But like ECL after MCS’s demise he is simply hoping for “pendulum of luck to swing in his favor”. So don’t crucify him in “Court of Public & Facebook Opinion”.
    MMD Party Presidency has been flogged to death umpteen times on umpteen occassions but keeps resurrecting. Now that he is out of the system his Presidential chances have drastically dwindled. Even Nevers will simply sweep him aside.
    The cardinal point from Mutati’s travails is Party & State Presidecies have been diluted. No vacuum shall exist. Replacement of both Zambians are ever ready to take over. All u need is “pendulum of luck to swing in one’s favor”.
    PF Political fatherism is an…

    • The cardinal point from Mutati’s travails is Party & State Presidecies have been diluted. No vacuum shall exist. Replacement of both Zambians are ever ready to take over. All u need is “pendulum of luck to swing in one’s favor”.
      Is it this thing I and my father are one. Too much political cultism. PF Political fatherism is an accident to democray cos it breeds “DEMOCRAZY”.

  11. …Mutati has been finished as an opposition person, now what can he say about President Lungu, if he says anything ECL can easily say is this the man you can vote for who failed to work in government. And many MMD cardes I believe must have joined PF during this period when Mutati was working and supporting the government. He has lost credibility as a leader in an opposition and has lost members in his party, good part his not MMD leader, as Nevers is the President of the party…

    • You are very correct. He has never really proven himself. People are only emotional because the president has actually done good for the nation. Mutati is not MMD president, our courts that also suffer abuse from loud mouths, have all but deemed Nevers as MMD president. We need the younger core in the PF to be elevated to higher positions now.

  12. I don’t see anything in this Mutati. Since he came on a political scene he has never impressed me. The best thing he knows is to make speeches without reading. Is this what you call leadership? In even in MMD it took the influence of RB to help this incompetent Mutati to fight Nevers Mumba. On his own he would not have don so. Bye bye opportunist. ECL do not appoint it in foreign mission. It is a waste of space.

  13. @ Maloza your list is not complete, you should have added;
    Michael Sata – MMD National Secretary
    Edgar Lunga – UPND
    Inonge Wina – UPND
    Given Lubinda – UPND Publist Secretary

    What you forget is people move on.
    All the people you highlighted above are former members apart from Felix Mutati. Just like the ones i have listed above. Its very normal in Politics my dear.

  14. To Felix….no need to worry because life is not immobile. People have fallen only to rise even higher. You are not the first one or the last one in this situation. Don’t be like that someone who wakes up each morning with a different version of how the judiciary has treated him. Move on.

  15. Incompetent PF thugs and there lazy so called leader. What has Mutati done? Why do you fire people who seem to be doing something to move the country forward but, keep rotten political prostitutes like Dora. Cant wait for 2021 ba koswe!

    • He asked for it. Many courts ruled Nevers was the legitimate MMD President. Mutati as always thinking he is bigger than his shoes and smarter than the collective went round defying the orders of the courts prancing as MMD President and actively organising the MMD rebel wing. Really!! In a democratic state a senior executive member openly defying the checks from another wing of GRZ and using state resources to boot doing that. On top of that, still making pronouncements like he is still Finance Minister.

      Chagwa crushes those who think they are almighty. Fred, Scot, Masebo, Kaseba, Mulenga Sata, Sampa, Kambwili, Kalaba…….and the list will get longer and close with crushing of HH in 2021.

  16. He asked for it. Many courts ruled Nevers was the legitimate MMD President. Mutati as always thinking he is bigger than his shoes and smarter than the collective went round defying the orders of the courts prancing as MMD President and actively organising the MMD rebel wing. Really!! In a democractic state a senior executive member openly defying the checks from another wing of GRZ and using state resources to boot doing that. On top of that, still making pronouncements like he is still Finance Minister.

    Chagwa crushes cockroaches & those who think they are almighty. Fred, Scot, Masebo, Kaseba, Mulenga Sata, Sampa, Kambwili, Kalaba…….and the list will get longer and close with crushing of HH in 2021.

  17. He asked for it. Many courts ruled Nevers was the legitimate MMD President. Mutati as always thinking he is bigger than his shoes and smarter than the collective went round defying the orders of the courts prancing as MMD President and actively organising the MMD rebel wing. Really!! In a democratic state a senior executive member openly defying the checks from another wing of GRZ and using state resources to boot doing that. On top of that, still making pronouncements like he is still Finance Minister.

    Chagwa crushes cockroaches & those who think they are almighty. Fred, Scot, Masebo, Kaseba, Mulenga Sata, Sampa, Kambwili, Kalaba…….and the list will get longer and close with crushing of HH in 2021.

  18. If you recall my posting and am still maintaining it,it’s either we swallow MMD or they will swallow us. Next please

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