THE MMD leadership in Ndola has petitioned the party’s national executive committee (NEC) to ensure that presidential hopeful and chairman for finance Ng’andu Magande is removed from his party position for allegedly destabilising the party.
The district leadership petition to NEC says that Mr Magande should be removed from the party for allegedly being the root cause of the destabilisation currently being experienced by the party.
But when contacted for a comment, Mr Magande said he was only aware that some people had been suspended from the party in Ndola for allegedly being linked to him but that he had not received any petition accusing him of destabilising the party.
According to the petition to the NEC signed by disciplinary committee chairman, Victor Chimuka and district secretary, Jeff Chishala, which was also copied to Mr Magande, the Ndola MMD leadership accused Mr Magande of causing instability in the party.
They asked Mr Magande to put himself in the shoes of the incumbent party president, Rupiah Banda and think of what he would do to people undermining his leadership as party president.
“Even if you were president, we are sure you would not condone such levels of indiscipline emanating from such activities and conduct.
“In view of the foregoing, we petition NEC to take strong action against you since we have no jurisdiction to discipline you which we would have done long time ago,” reads the petition.[quote]
“Your visits to the constituencies is no doubt aimed at dividing the party contrary to provisions of article 10 of our party constitution which cannot go without attracting serious disciplinary charges as provided under MMD Disciplinary Regulation of 1993 appendices “B” subsections a , b, f and j,” the petition states .
The petition says that due to Mr Magande’s series of clandestine meetings held on June 14, the party had been forced to get rid of four constituency officials.
The petition among other things alleges that Mr Magande recruited campaign agents in Ndola after hoodwinking that that he had been sent by the NEC to hold a series of meetings.
It says that during all the meetings, Mr Magande targeted possible delegates to the national convention.
According to the petition during meetings, Mr Magande claimed that he was the most preferred successor of the late President Levy Mwanawasa.
It says the decision to hide from the district and provincial was strange and undermining local leadership.
[Times of Zambia]
Nosense. No wonder Zambia will remain poor forever.
Kick him out and bring him to the pact
It is a pit that we have people in Zambia who don’t want to see what other can contribute to the development of our country. If someone happens to be in line of making things better always there some characters coming after to bring confussion. One we start to hear from other people view it will be of help to each one of us in Zambia and not just to some individuals who want to ruin our country. Magande keep on with the good work u are doing now!!!!!!!!!!!! and live those f**ls like there are now. You are a well Educated man who deserve to work with people who can understand the situation for everyone and not only there situation.
Following “According to the petition during meetings, Mr Magande claimed that he was the most preferred successor of the late President Levy Mwanawasa“, I now understand why there is so much talk about the late President LP Mwanawasa legacy by MP Mpmbo and Mrs Maureen Mwanawasa but there is no problem about MP Magande’s reception of support from late President LPM as expressed clearly by the former first lady Mrs M. Mwanawasa.
All the best MP Magande and make sure you get a court injunction to remain in MMD should things go bad from MMD NEC’s would-be meeting over you expulsion from MMD political party.
Be blessed all.
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Does it mean that in Zambia we have bed farewell to Democracy. Coz I think this is the case. Why can’t Mr Magande be left alone to prepare for the Convention if the others have done so and they have campaigned for the candidate and made announcement of the same. Who will take us back to democracy? God help us
I do not like what Tongas did to that chap called Saki, is was tribalism of the worst order and they should all be ashamed of it. However, I honestly believe Magande is the best chance this time around to drive us out of this sewer Bwezani has steered us into. I mean, Sata and HH are just damn dermagogary howler monkies!
Mimi and all you others, while i feel sory for the country , I strongly feel Magande was part of this un democratic purposes when in MMD >And like General Miyanda he is now paying the cost. Magande never criticized any happening in MMD because at the time it worked for him. He is undoutably , at least in my opinion one of the most sharpert MMD members but like a lot of other |Zambian politicians when it was ok for him he made decision for political expediency( in other words muzungu anikonde or keep the job). Do any of you remember his stance on the constitution.
That’s how they start.now the chorus will spread to other provinces.the next thing is a petition that will be presented to Katele who will quickly convene a NEC meeting and zealots like tetamashimba will imfluence the poor guy’s expulsion from the party.katele will play it the sata way.that of getting rid of all potential competitors from the way.he’ll remain with paper weights like tetamashimba,shikapwasha and mulongoti knowing that if it came to chose a party president to succeed rupiah.he can beat all these jockers hands down.zambian democracy at work
Goodmorning.
Next thing we shall hear is that he has formed his own party..
Mwanya a mafi. Wanst it Magande you always worshiped. I remember how you danced when he won an election petition.
am to glad to hear all the comments that have been sent so far. if they dont want him.let him so the wiining PACT. he has being the longest serving finance mnister, with a very rich background when it comes to financial matters. i think the mmd is ashamed by the mare fact that since he was chanced the zambian economy has never being stable. magande just knew how to run the affairs of this country especially on the economic part. image MAGANDE,SATA HH, SCOTT,LUBINDACHISENGA to mention but a few. i htink we are haeding to the best election. the pact will WIN with a wide magine .
IF GOD BE FOR US WHO (elec com) CAN BE AGAINST US.
ONE BIG PROBLEM IN ZAMBIA IS THAT IT;S WRONG TO GO AGAINST R&B THE BIG MPHUNO EVERYONE HAS TO SAY YES TO THE MAN, AND NO ONE CARES ABOUT DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW THEY ARE BUSY TALKING ABOUT EYES THIS EYS THAT INSTEAD OF DEVELOPING ISSUES THEIRS UBUPUBA EVERYWHERE CAN SOMEONE PLEASE BRING SOME SANITY TO THE BELOVED ZED LESA TWAKUPAPATA…….MTULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a great man in the wrong boat!!
HOTEL Catering and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (HCAWZ) president Sitwala Mubiana says foreign tourists have begun to list Zambia as one of the dangerous destinations following MMD cadres’ violence against journalists.In an interview yesterday Sitwala said that some high profile personalities such as actors and musicians who had intentions of coming to Zambia had expressed concern at the continued violence being perpetrated by the MMD against journalists and anticipated that this would degenerate into a national crisis hence withdrawing their intentions to visit Zambia.
“A few tourists we mingle with in the sector have indicated to us that a lot of tourists and VIPs who have intentions of coming to Zambia are having second thoughts as they fear that they may end up being caught in…
Ridiculous, there’s no democracy in MMD
Democracy in Zambia is just a pipe dream.
Poverty. Politics of poverty.
It’s dog eats dog. Here we go again. Anyone remember the 3rd term manaouvres?
It iz only (in)human that anybody who darez the powerz that be iz hounded out so that the “faithfullz can run the party smoothly”. You haven’t forgotten BY in the FTJ era?
Chishala & Chimuka are useless cadres who are petitioning MMD NEC to expell Magande coz they are still living in stone age politics. There is nothing wrong for any one to campaign for any NEC posistion. Blocking those with intentions to contest certain positions of their choice not destablizing the party. In fact its the likes of Chishala & Chimuka who should be expelled from the Party. They are very junior to be intimidating NEC members. There is no difference between cadres harassing journalists and these two hopeless caharacters.
9 Nine Chale and others concerned about MMD MP Magande forming a new political party or joining the UPND-PF PACT greetings.
Could you please have a look at watch dog zambia . com / ? p=927 in which it is reported that MP Magande will not join the PF-UPND PACT nethier will he form his own political party. On forming a political party, I think MP Magande understands that it woould take 10 years to become appreciated by Zambians across the country. As for joining the PACT, I think it is difficulty for him to go back to UPND as a member when he left it for greener pastures in MMD — following Saki’s failure to go back to HH Team.
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33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
shakazulu dude # 6, you are totally rite (werent u banned @ sum point though?). as much as i do not like bwezzie’s govt, i see more confusion in the Sata-HH thingie. they’re just not organised enough to have my vote. wudnt it be splenid though if the mmd was really democratic and they did the convention thing in a transparent manner and then magande is elected and then they (Bwezzie and crew) accept that they’ve lost and pledge to stand behind magande during 2011 and so forth, wudnt that just be dandy?
These bootlikers always praise what is wrong. Magande is right, let him go for presidency at the convention so that we see how popular RB is in the party. A also think he is far much better than this RB thing.
Ba LT any latest on Shoprite strikes ?
Zed presidents always have rubble rousers
1. KK had Alexander Kamalondo ………and vigilantes.
2FTJ had Michael Sata, Esther Nakawala, Chawinga ………..and cadres
3. LPM – I am not so sure
4. RB seem to have Teta, Mulongoti, ………….. and cadres
That’s Zed politics for you. Its all about survival to put food on the table.
Why not just change the party’s name to Movement for Monoparty Despots. Because that’s what they have degenerated into.
Where is he? Please folks help me to find him…where is he?? Sorry i was just looking for my cherished boyfriend !
It seems the MMD operates like the Republican Party in USA. A lot of uneducated people and always afraid of challenge. They both thrive on the poor and uses them to reach their goals. They both enjoy threatening the masses, hence their targets are those that are not informed like the rural areas of Zambia and the two guys that have petitions the removal of Magande. Ndola’s District Chairman is Cephas Katongo, UNZA educated Attorney, businessman like Terence Findlay, have refused to sign the petition. Why? Next time you will hear they will be hounding Cephas. The level of ignorance in MMD since to be seems to match the levels when we were carrying David Livingstone on our shoulders when in fact he had two flicken legs just like us.
What is this? You MMD-thieves I fear for you coz your time of standing before the people of Zambia is very nigh. Lies , lies and parading your d.ul.l.ness is what you know. Leave Magande alone he has got rights to campaign for himslf. REVOLUTION 2011
#20 Maestro greetings and thank you for your refernce. The reasons for not forming another party are perfectly plausible too. I can’t wait for 2011 to see what this all comes down to.
Do you see why Education is important amongest politicians. Ifikopo fyachilamo mu MMD
28 Nine Chale thanks and you are welcome. Following your “I can’t wait for 2011 to see what this all comes down to“, I can’t wait too for once people receive the MP gratuity a lot might change on our political landscape.
The only worrying this is that MMD under acting president RB Banda is suppressing internal democracy and I am waiting for him to rebuke those that are abusing his authority by making terrible statement and acting in a horrible manner. Should he continuously fail to do this simple task, then MMD self destruction will definitely work to the advantage of the UPND-PF PACT.
Take careful care and stay blessed.
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Matthew 6:33 + KJV Bible
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
The MMD seems to have adopted the” Wamu yaya “slogan . Who ever dares to oppose Nyamasoya is hounded out.
This is more like telling us that after the sunset it will be dark……things which we all know. We know that MMD is the party for puppets and whoever adopts a divergent opinion or voice out gets the boot ! Yeah it’s inevitable that in the next few days the headline is going to be “Magande forms a new party.”
No wonder Zambia hasn’t progressed in it’s developments coz of the simple cadre mentality who can’t distinguish idealogies and programmes. In my own opinion Magande was hired by Mwanawasa in order to bring dignity to the country’s financial management but simple cadres are limiting that he engineered this economy to what it came to be in 2008.b They are forgetting that Magade had the former president lived he would have been the Icon of 2011 MMD Candidancy beating every one hands down. The MMD should watch these calls carefully as this might signal bad beginnings for a breakaways!
From the POST: Teta evacuated to SA for medical treatment. MOH spokesperson Kamoto Mbewe confirms but cannot disclose the nature of illness(Professinal Ethics). Meanwhile Gen Shikapwasha is asked but denies knowledge of this since he was at some mick mouse summit. Can any one believe that the minister can fail to know about this MAJOR DEVELOPMENT? This just goes to show how deep we have sunk in the culture of lies. By the MAESTRO you havent been very active why?
who sent you to say all this nonsense
35 Deja Vu thanks for “By the MAESTRO you havent been very active why?“and greetings.
The reason is that I am very busy writing up my Thesis Report. The only reason I am with you today is that I am waiting for feedback from my supervisors. On another note, it is time to utilise all the available resources to help myself and all Zambians to make the right decision in 2011 elections by participating on the ground and not wasting unproduct hours on blogs.
Take careful care and be blessed.
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Matthew 6:33 + KJV Bible
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Teta evacuated to South Africa
Written by Patson Chilemba
LOCAL government minister Benny Tetamashimba has been evacuated to South Africa for medical treatment. Ministry of Health spokesperson Dr Kamoto Mbewe confirmed that Tetamashimba, who is also MMD spokesperson, was evacuated to South Africa on Sunday.
“He was evacuated on Sunday but was seen on Monday. He is admitted at Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg,” said Dr Mbewe. “However, I cannot disclose his illness. We don’t do that. It’s for investigations.”
Sources in the Ministry of Local Government and Housing disclosed that Tetamashimba had not been well for the last few days and had not even been working.
When contacted for comment earlier, chief government spokesperson Lieutenant General Ronnie Shikapwasha said: “I…
………………………………. “I have no idea whatsoever [that Tetamashimba has been evacuated]. I have been in the Great Lakes summit. This is my time to be in the office. You can call [minister of health] honourable [Kapembwa] Simbao.”
#37, Maestro Hakucincha, warm gretings!
On your words: “On another note, it is time to utilise all the available resources to help myself and all Zambians to make the right decision in 2011 elections by participating on the ground”. It is encouraging to hear fellow young people come home and help to turn a new leaf in the Zambian politics. My fellow young people should understand that the time to prepare and advise the Zambian voters for 2011 for change is now or never.
It will remain a party of reef ruffs!
Zambian politic……………very funny.
Zambian politics……………very funny.
Its simply politics of poverty. Some people can do foolish things just to have food.
who is engineering this stupid idea? please allow for democracy to prevail by allowing any body to challenge chi nyamasoya at the Convession.These should be given a chance to sell their ideas even if they are perceived major threats to yamasoya .stop the nonsence and put zambia first instead of your selffish interests , you *****s , punks ……..
wwhere the hell is ka Teta??
Whoever has an opposing view to RB/MMD is a villian. Typical of Zambian politics.
I advise Mr Peter Ng’andu Magande to forge on with his campaigns. In Zambian politics, which is full of intimidation, if you get scared by threats you can never achieve any political goal. The people that are criticizing you today have no love for Zed, but are safe guarding their own interests. We see this kind of behavior in MMD every time there is a party convention. Remember that Prof. Clive Chira is in similar shoes!
enigma # 45, Kali ku Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg, ready Yaba # 38 & 39.
MMD are a militia,al-shabaab etc.The ‘party’ has now become RB’s tool for intimidating his opponents.Its really pathetic
mpombo said tenta has constant diarrhea .could this be “someting “.magande has not been strategic .the worry is even the MP seat he has was not convincing .he need to be backed within MMD .He seems to have a noble cause without much sympathy .i keep asking myself why
40/7 WE CAN thanks and I hope more Zambians will know that throwing stones from afar will not help them but active participation is what will change the voting mentality at home. I hope you have settled well after arriving in Zambia my friend and all the very best in your activities.
Following “Remember that Prof. Clive Chira is in similar shoes“, Dr Clive Chirwa simply thinks using his university title will make him intimidate others just the way Prof. A.? Mutambara did it in Zimbabwe — for now he is deputy Prime Minister to MDC’s Morgan Tschingirai.
I hope he is managing in the Zambian political climate.
Be blessed.
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Matthew 6:33 + KJV Bible
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
continuing on I hope he is managing in the Zambian political climate. Sadly as 46 major has put it in his “Whoever has an opposing view to RB/MMD is a villian. Typical of Zambian politics.” Whoever has an opposing view to Mr President RB Banda is labelled as a person who insults and this is retrogress to democracy since such tendencies are highly undemocratic.
I just wonder whether the MMD cadres and ther current leadership in NEC understand what democracy means. As for President RB Banda, I think he is still thinking that he is in the UNIP era of governing since “old habits die hard” by ?.
Be blessed.
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Matthew 6:33 + KJV Bible
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
This NEC is a joke and does not represent the opinions of the entire membership
#51, Maestro Hakucincha,
Right now am still settling. I am sorting out the job issues. My young family is very happy to see me home. It is also a good thing to hear people talk about how I inspire them as far as education is concerned. If am not a role model to some, yet I know I am to others.
Pa zed awe shuwa kwati elo bapusumuka ku puntungwa……day in day out….just making noise…nobody cares about the poor zambian… they all care about their egos hence no tangible policies nor development is made…too much time and money wasted on figuring out who is who…and all that nonsense that come with
(malnutrition of power disease) Arise African People Arise ZAMBIA.
MMD stands for the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy. Mwe ma dunderheads mwe, democracy encompasses discenting views. So Magande as a democrat has done nothing wrong, the problem is that MMD has been overtaken by UNIP, so uwaikatako apya.
54 WE CAN good to know “My young family is very happy to see me home and that is why home is always home compared to struggling in hostile temperate climate where my body was not certainly design for.
Well in the best in al your activities.
Back to MP Magande, the brother is a serious disappointment on the education qualification of a presidential and MP candidate which is currently defined as literate person only in the 1996 Constitution that we are using. Impressive enough Dr Clive Chirwa rightly mentioned about how our current Parliament has humbly educated people who may not be representing Zambians well.
Be blessed.
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#58, copy and paste… how are you ???
THIS COUNTRY IS CURSED,AND IT IS AS EMBARESSMENT TO BE A ZAMBIAN,SURELY WHY IS IT THAT ANYBOBY TRYING TO DO SUMTHING GOOD FOR THIS COUNTRY,NEEDS TO BE KICKED IF AT ALL HIS NOT SUPPORTING THE SO CALLED RB,CAN ANYONE COMPARE MAGANDE TO RB,MAGANDE HAS A VISION UNLIKE RB ITS A SHAME
#56 Kasama Boy Thanx for the acronym MMD ‘Mwe Ma Dunderheads’
MMD cadres are very stupid and foolish. Can they (MMD cadres), honestly, tell the whole nation of Zambia as to who has contributed more to end their hunger between Magande and Rupiah ‘Kanitundila’ Banda or between Magande and George Kunda or between Magande and Ben Tetamashimba or Mangande and Rev. Gen. Shikapwasha.
Cadres, continue filling your stormachs with MMD party and drowning our Zed whilst the useless leaders remain afloat and enjoying themselves. WAKE UP!!!! WAKE UP!!! MMD cadres twamipapata. Let the country move forward with deserving leaders who can help you and the country end hunger and poverty.
# 61 sydo,
What vision which he failed lamentably to impliment over the 7 straight years of commodity boom ever seen in Zambian history?I thought it was during his reign when UNZA students where boarding on roof tops? Under his reign when he refused that there is no poverty in Zambia and the need for more higher PAYE was a moral decision? I thought it was under his reign when the health care finally corrupsed and outsourced overseases all medical care which was officiated as his era’s Govt Standard Operating Procedure SOP.I thought its him who gave away our multi Billion dollar worth ZANACO for a song of US $8 Million not forgeting his failure of LIMA Bank. And besides that, do really think he can carry the MMD convension votes when he failed in Chilanga and a leper in his own village?
Magande will be partyless soon at the rate things are going !
I have problems to buy trash from he who sold zambia for a song against their billion dollar resources.Like him, i’m a grounded economist keen to hear articulated and detailed vision of Magande from you his self appointed disciples. Detail me what he did to our Agriculture, Education system, healthcare, tourism, manufacture and industrialization,science, technology and research.What is there that he has left behind for zambia to say thank you for your 7 year reign we are comparatively better in real value than yester year? You know applied economics calls for empiricism and that is what i need from you.
For your information, i visit Zambia oftenly on an average of a trip per year.Kindly enumerate to us what Magande did out of the highest ever commodity boom price years that Zambians just smelled out of their resources.
MMD cadres are very foolish. Can they (MMD cadres), honestly tell the whole nation of Zambia as to who has contributed more to end their hunger between Magande and Rupiah ‘Kanitundila’ Banda or between Magande and George Kunda or between Magande and Ben Tetamashimba or Magande and Pastor Gen. Shikapwasha.
MMD cadres, continue filling your stormachs with MMD party and drowning our Zed whilst the useless leaders remain affloat and enjoying themselves. WAKE UP!!! WAKE UP!!!!! cadres twamipapata pilishi. Let the country move forward with deserving leaders who can help you and all of us to end hunger and poverty. Zambia has potential to grow if only the cadres can use their good sense in choosing deserving leaders. Look at Charles Milupi and many others.
Let the join Teta in SA I mean his friends shika, umulongoti KG and this one this one ati ndani……….yes uyo wamene
who is sanctioning this free for all evacution of moribund people to south africa.SIKOTA WINA is also there.can the MPs please challenge the minister of health to present befpre parliament how much goverment has incured in these evacutions.
Sorry for Hon Magande, keep on fighting if you stop there will be no Democracy in MMD. It seems MMD is remaing only with MM? D is going back to Wamuyaya slogan of 2nd republic.
But I thing he should just wait for his term which is ending in 2010 so that he can join the winning A team PF+UPND pact which will put MM Danderheads ? to rest in retirement.
Someone said, “if you want peace, you should be ready for war in order to earn peace” and I believe MP Magande has to soldier on in the MMD political party. He simply can not afford to jump out of the frying pan into the surrounding fire as such a move is tantamount to political suicide.
I thus wish him the very best as I look up to MMD National Secretary Dr Katele Kalumba to use his wisdom correctly by blocking the attempts by MMD maybe paid cadres to rip the true blue MMD apart. Internal Democracy has to flourish in MMD and let not intimidation override what was started as a good motive by the founders of that party.
Be blessed.
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It takes a thief to catch a thief.
VICE-PRESIDENT George Kunda has expressed fear that some teachers who are electoral presiding officers in the Chitambo parliamentary by-election ‘will…rig’ elections in favour of the opposition Patriotic Front (PF) following their decision to shun his campaign rally.
Is this clear evidence that it is very possible to rig elections? Have the MMD been stealing elections all this time?
Kwathukummawa,
For long on all blogs its you who has been saying that and you should be the one to tell us since your Boss Sata told you from his years as NS. Is it not the same scheme he hoped to push through the abortive third term crusade on?
73 Yes its very possible to rig elections. There are several ways. But what Kunda is saying is utter nonsense because the opposition dont have the capacity to rig. His fear is that the teachers will ensure people cast their vote free of coersion from MMD thugs.
I think GRZ is facing an uphill battle, something is haunting our GRZ ” Kunda cry foul in Chitambo after left alone by villagers and teachers”
” Teta evacuated to RSA” “Man storms Sky Radio and Insult RB and others” “New ZESCO MD fired” “UNZA students reject Dora appointment” “Shoprite condition of servive not known by the GRZ” etc. All places will be here in Kabwe, my beloved town.
when are we going 2 practice democracy sure?
Magande, do the whole nation a favour join the pact and have peace, and to all the rebels in PF your days are numbered you can never win in your areas except on PF tickets so get your gratuity and be ready to be common me and woman. I feel pity for Madam Sinyangwe, one of the shortest political career.
People would want to enjoy and enjoy even when they are fruitless,i feel Magande is a tested leader and MMD should have emraced him
Leave Mgande alone he has not eaten any ones eggs and for your own information he is the only presidential material we have,dont thro what u have & look 4 something which is not even known by any one go Magande!!! go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!