PATRIOTIC Front presidential hopeful Emmanuel Mwamba has said many people who joined the party when it was in power to get benefits like economic opportunities and jobs will eventually leave because it has lost power.
Reacting to the resignation of central committee member Charles Kakoma, Mwamba said it was a drifting season for members from the opposition to the ruling party, the UPND.
On Thursday, Kakoma announced his resignation from the former ruling party saying that the decision followed due reflection and consultation with his family and friends.
But Mwamba viewed the move as a result of the PF’s loss.
“There are many people that joined the Patriotic Front especially when it was a ruling party to get benefits in jobs or economic opportunities. Following the loss of power, such people will eventually leave. We wish Mr Kakoma well in his future endeavours,” he said. “It’s a season of drifting members from the opposition to the ruling party.”
Mwamba said the PF needed people that believed in its ideology and pro-poor policies.
He said the party also required people who believed in its deepened care for the interests of the poor and the workers.
“PF requires people that believe in its ideologies, its pro-poor policies, and its deepened care for the interests both of the poor and the workers. If along the way we drifted away from such an agenda, we need to return to it,” said Mwamba.
“For PF members we need to remain steadfast and focused on rebuilding and rebranding the party. We need to work on earning the trust and confidence of Zambians again.”
Very true ad 100% ad those are the one mislead the masses tht all is well bcos their motives are personal interest. They are no difference to prostitutes, who their interests is money.
ONLY STATING THE OBVIOUS
IT’S OUR CULTURE AT THE MOMENT
Where is Andrew mutawewe from young Africans NGO ????
Bemba tribalists talking ma irrele as always
True! Such characters are there for what they can exploit. When the going gets tough, they jump on to fresh pastures…similar to locusts! They don’t nurture, but seek to reap the benefits.
#plant a tree please!
@4 – I’m virtually certain you are the worst tribalist! I have seen your other vile comments. Just live and let live – you will be a happier human being!
#plant a tree please!
Yes let the chancers leave so that we the true owners of party can progress.
Really laughable this Mwamba talking about PF being Pro poor when they wasted a lot of money on inflated infrastrusture development so they could pocket the excess and then give the rest back to the Chinese contractor. Giving out K100 notes to poor people is nether empowerment or pro-poor.
Just look at how GBM and Paul Moonga have become silent …very soon you will hear that they have gone back to UPND. Even the likes of Miles Sampa if he was not adopted he would have done the same.
Balekeni baleya
This the most sober article from Mr. Mwamba since he started his PF president ambitions and his rantings.
The belief that there can be a ” drifting season for members from the opposition to the ruling party ” is what has spoiled Zambian politics and made it less attractive to new blood of politicians. Politics should be based on ideology, and I agree with Mwamba, if PF wants to survive, they need to prone off all political opportunists and replace the current PF leadership. Lubinda, Nakacinda, Lusambo, CK & Mwamba are all compromised and should handover to the new generation
ANOTHER LT MODERATION, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU BA LT? WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY COMMENT??
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This the most sober article from Mr. Mwamba since he started his PF president ambitions and his rantings.
The belief that there can be a ” drifting season for members from the opposition to the ruling party ” is what has spoiled Zambian politics and made it less attractive to new blood of politicians. Politics should be based on ideology, and I agree with Mwamba, if PF wants to survive, they need to prone off all political opportunists and replace the current PF leadership. Lubinda, Nakacinda, Lusambo, CK & Mwamba are all compromised and should handover to the new generation
@Tarino Orange,
Apparently GBM resigned from politics, so we might not see much of dancing at political rallies. Ubwato capsized …..
It was not for economic benefits and jobs—‘ it was too steal because the whole pf was a party of thieves & looters– all criminal elements
Its like talking about one page out of a 100 page novel. The baggage that requires shedding off is really big and the mud is thick!
Emmanuel Mwamba, one of the most irrelevant politicians we have out there.
The problem we have in Zambia is that Bembas are tribalist. I just learnt that my own sister , who is Tonga, was fired for being Tonga , accused of being a UPND sympathizer . She worked in the private sector. So how does work in private sector and Politics meet? What influence or connection exactly? Even if this is now history I ve been broken for life. I now wonder what more of those Tongas, Lozis,Luvales who were directly employed by government? Im not in Zambia but this has given me a true picture of the tribal cleansing PF/Bembas engineered & executed. There has to be pay back somehow somewhere this can’t jst disappear-No!
Hahaha , this fine guy Mwamba is talking about chi LT troll Kaizar Zero.He’s such a shameless opportunist.
That’s exactly what you did. Remember that you were MMD.
You still call yourself Ambassador, is Ambassador a qualification which must be attached to your name like Dr. or Prof etc. Learn from the Munkombwe School of Politics, we are all in Politics to eat, the so called ‘Politics of the Belly’ When those to ma Councilors were resigning from UPND to join PF you thought PF was going, when you bought a few MPs to join PF(Kakoma one of them) you thought PF is growing, look now, shame everywhere. Let theme trek to our Parte, it ok…
Chilekwa is now in jail pissing blood for killing aBanda, when is Emmanuel Mwamba being arrested and tortured for allegedly struggling FTJ to death?
Lungu is to blame for not providing leadership to this party. Even when you lose a good leader still needs to manage his party but Lungu has gone AWOL. and noisemakers like Mwamba are filling in the gap.
@General Kanene. Are insinuating that it was because of GBM’ weight the boat capsized??? Kikiki