Golden Party of Zambia (GPZ) leader Jackson Silavwe has urged Zambia’s seventh President Hakainde Hichilema to find creative ways of empowering UPND members away from markets and bus stations and all public spaces.
In a statement today 27th September, 2021, Mr. Silavwe said the return of upnd supporters to the markets and bus stations is totally unacceptable.
The opposition leader has since called on all well-meaning Zambians to condemned the desire by UPND followers to return to the market places and bus stations.
Mr. Silavwe said no market or bus station has ever been built by a political party or cadres to warrant their presence in these public places.
He said public spaces are for every Zambians regardless of their political affiliation.
And Mr. Silavwe noted that it was not the duty of ordinary Zambians to reward the UPND members who contributed to their election victory.
“That responsibility squarely lay’s on the shoulders of President Hakainde and the UPND leadership. We strongly request the UPND to depoliticise the markets and bus station forthwith” Mr. Silavwe said
UPND Lusaka Province chairperson Obvious Mwaliteta is quoted by Zambia Daily Mail saying that UPND will set up branches everywhere, including markets, because there is nothing wrong in doing so, saying it is only fair for people who worked hard to see the party in Government to benefit from available empowerment initiatives.
Mr Mwaliteta, however, said that the party’s cadres who will run the branches will not take responsibility of collecting revenue in markets but to maintain order.
Very good objections but can you tell the people those alternative plans to empower the cadres? Don’t just say HH must find ways when even yourself you don’t have any ideas of what plans you are urging someone else to come up with.
So the thieving PF cadres are now being replaced by thieving UPND cadres? No thanks
Unfortunately we are simply following atradition set by UNIP that required to always move with an NRC,a voters card and UNIP card. This call to arms is retrogressive.
Cadrerism is what made PF lose power. So UPND should not even make that mistake of taking their cadres to markets and bus stations unless they want to lose power faster than they gained it
The idea of UPND branches in markets is dead on arrival. HH won’t allow it.
IT WONT BE ALLOWED FULL STOP
Change that wasn’t change, Obvious Summerton Mwaliteta was from the stations and to the stations shall he go back. William Tekere Banda was from the station where he used to collect thousands of Kwacha. He was cornered in Chipata as he tried to cross into his homeland Malawi with bags of money. The UNPD never saw anything wrong with that. They gave sanctuary and he became a senior advisor to Bally. Now that their benefactor is in power it’s their time to continue illegalities for that’s their nature. They’re just showing their true colours as they escort Bally out of office. They’re his greatest opponents because they cause people to turn against him. They’ve done it before
Pure PF mentality. You try it and see how Zambians will send you back to the streets !
I can already see that upnd is in self destruction mode. It’s like they didn’t have any plans of their own and are simply mimicking what UNIP, MMD and PF did.
So soon in gorvenment, to start making such mistakes is being clueless. Apapene sure?
Obvious Mwaliteta has no clue why the UPND was elected into government. By the same token, Given Lubinda and the PF have no clue why they were dumped by voters. This country is damned. Should it even be independent? In go-ahead countries, they’re talking about the 3rd or 4th industrial revolution and here we’re still fighting yesterday’s wars.
And while we are at it, since when was it a responsibility for upnd cadres to maintain “law and order” in markets and bus stations?
Mwebantu, isn’t that what made PF lose elections?
Tulelolesha fye, tuli pano.
Going back to same problem as
Name will change from PF to UPND. Yes government needs to
Find ways of solving the UPND
Cadres issue.Otherwise we will go
Back to same problem
HEHH will not allow caders taking over markets , ………
What Mwalitata is saying is the majority of the Zambian voting population will get representatives of their party at strategic business places………and the majority voted UPND , so UPND offices eill be visible……
Right now all markets and bus stops are PF nests of corruption and extortion even if violent PF caders are not visible….
PF needs to be completely flashed out of public spaces because of their violence and corruption
It looks Mwaliteta is ready to dare his master Bally. We wait to see what Bally’s response will be. If he fails to tame Mwaliteta then we will for sure know that the difference between PF and UPND is the same. As we have said before, politicians are cut from the same cloth and this is becoming clearer even with the UPND ascent to power. UPND are only just good at making pronouncements for which they have no plans.
We had a green color and now it’s red. All ate called political parties.
Lol….mwaitaya did you for once think UPND is a Christian party?
Maybe we should have a prof to define us a term Cadre. As far as am concerned we are all sun glassed cadres in here. Only different by character.
So instead of people saying “cadres in markets” they should say “no hoodlums in markets or bus stations” .
It is time to work, ma cadres. Set up your own bus company and compete! Mwaliteta is a remnant of old practices. If you allow him you are heading for a 2026 loss. I promise you that. People are fed up with freeloading, thieving minds. We warned PF and now we are warning UPND. Muzagwa a mambala.
UPND supporters are civilized. The cadres that are going back to the market are PF fools but in the name of UPND
Hahaha ha we warned you disgruntled youths. Ati new dawn kwisa? Me I am still doing well whilst you continue to suffer with thugs taking over markets soon. Enjoy
African politics and its leaders. God help us.
No carderism read my lips…the President declared if you open branches in markets pay rent to the council…simple
Guys have you forgotten that Mwaliteta was from PF before joining the UPND?
Yaba!
Go mwaliteta…….
You are absolutely right……..
The 2.8 million mostly youth who voted for UPND need jobs, if some of them will be employed at bus stops and markets , so be it………
as long as they don’t interfere with council operations harass the public……..
Besides those party offices, some of the 2.8 million voting youth can be part of Co operatives to carry out business activities in markets or at bus stops or other public spaces…..
ONLY THE FACES HAVE CHANGED!
Cadres have no space in facilities built by taxpayers’ money. After the chaos that we saw in Markets and Bus Stops brought about by PF’s cadres, the UPND should be the very last people to even think about replacing PF cadres with their own cadres.
Let Mwaliteta and other leaders of the UPND find alternative ways and means to empower their cadres. It will take a while, but, UPND cadres should give their leaders a bit of time to put things in place.
2 camps of gangs of youths:
Mwaliteta with his 22 bodyguards.
Liswaniso with his 32 member bodyguards.
Liswaniso youth leader didn’t agree with Mwaliteta. Liswaniso is talking more mature than Mwaliteta.
Again Mwaliteta is just taking his Lusaka back from Lusambo cartel.
Africans are just cursed.
If HH does not get rid of such characters like this Mwaliteta, let us boot him out too.
HH is way too slow in acting.
He should realise that he was not voted into office by cattle.
I am starting to get fed up with HH and his people.
The 2.8 million that voted for him are not UPND members. They are ordinary citizens that wanted to put a stop to this same n0nsense some UPND members are trying to bring back.
Such pronouncements should not be tolerated.
Now if he wants to start this nonsense then it’s the people themselves who will have to take matters into their own hands and kick them our of the markets.
There some decisions that need to be detested and looked upon our political system has no stance but keep on looking at the same mistakes of the past , its a shame
So to you, comrade Spaka (No. 24), replacing PF cadres with UPND cadres at ,markets and bus stations as a way of job creation will be a good thing? Ati so long as they don’t interfere with the operations of these markets and bus stations. Can such a thing happen with cadres sure? My humble suggestion is that we swallow our pride and re-introduce rural reconstruction centres of the KK era where youths were trained in various survival skills like agriculture, bricklaying, carpentry, electricity, plumbing, etc so that upon graduating they could sustain themselves without the need to look for employment. Such youths could;d be encouraged to cooperatives which could apply for simple business contacts with both the government and the private sector.
encouraged to form cooperatives which could apply for simple business contracts with both the government and the private sector.
Zambia the real Africa….change of colors from green to red….Mwaliteta has some PF cadrerism in him no wonder he wants UPND cadres in the markets….UPND will be be removed in 2026…mark my words
im done voting. the saying is true….. a leopard cannot change his spots.. politics its a leopard… They are all the same.. just cheating youths because they know youths dont know much just driven by excitement. when you listen a zambian youth, even the learned ones, explaining policies and politics and separtaing truth and lies , you can shade tears … The youths in zambia know less..
Dear Mr. Mwaliteta, please get yourself a grade 12 certificate like Davis Mwila instead of causing confusion in the markets. You might just get six points and get a job