Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has ‘ cracked’ in Mwembeshi Constituency in Central Province on alleged tribal grounds.
Concerned UPND cadres in the area told ZANIS in an interview today, that one of the country’s main opposition parties has cracked in the area after two senior officials Ekrol Mungo and Abel Makala (who are both Tongas) , UPND District Chairman and Constituency Chairman respectively had allegedly in recent times been de-campaigning area MP Edward Kasoko .
They went on to say that they would be forced to take the law in their own hands unless the two leaders , Mr. Mungo and Mr. Makala respectively step down and leave the constituency peacefully.
“ Having given them ( Mr Mungo an d Mr Makala )the chairmanship for our party does not mean we are short of people eligible to lead us in Mwembeshi. If they feel they are bulls in Sala land, they are overrating themselves,” the party cadres said.
Efforts to get the two leaders for a comment proved futile by press time as their phones where out of coverage. So was the area MP Mr. Kasoko, the party Secretary general Witson Chibwe, and the party leader Hakainde Hichilema were also unreachable as the duo were reported away in Luena constituency.
However the concerned cadres who asked not to be named, told ZANIS that the duo ( Mr. Mungo and Mr. Makala) have already started campaigning on tribal lines saying they wanted the political life in the area to be led by Tongas.
They duo are alleged to have started campaigning for two named prominent Lusaka businessmen for the two constituencies in readiness for the 2011 elections. This is despite a recent circular from the UPND secretariat barring campaigns until further notice.
However the cadres have warned that if the two named leaders wanted to take the UPND as a family club, they should not have wasted our time by involving the local Sala speaking people.
“ We would like to make it clear that we have only two constituencies for Salas, Kaonde Ilas and the Tonga Ilas respectfully and their children. Mr Mungo and his colleague do not belong to either of the group. They must step down, immediately,” the cadres demanded.
“ It is surprising us that nearly the entire number of headmen posts have been taken over by the Tonga instead of us the Salas. They just want to ensure that the Tongas are elected as MPs in Nangoma and Mwembeshi constituencies,” they said.
The duo , according to the party membership, had openly declared during a recent political rally led Mr. Hakainde in Shibuyunji that Southern Province and parts of Central Province was for Tongas. “ This was during the rally and surprisingly Mr. Hakainde did not intervene,” said the concerned members .
The cadres also told ZANIS that it was quite shocking to them when the two leaders forcefully presented a bull to Mr Hakainde during the recent rally in Shibuyunji pretending it was bought by them when in fact it was not so. The duo are alleged to have exhibited disrespect for the party leadership in the area.
The development has Traditional leaders in the area who are reported to be have already advanced their discussions to find the way forward concerning the security and the way forward for the party.
[ZANIS]
Latest!! Votes counted so far indicate ADD commands a massive lead in Luena. In Chifubu, PF is pulling away with an ernomous landslide. MMD lelo…..!
Hope Dr Maestral hehehehehehehehhehehhehehehehhehehehhehehehe will shed some light on this latest tribal war within his tiny party.
Be blest
I don’t really believe UPND is tribal. Some more light needs to be shed on this. The most tribal party in Zambia is PF. PF only gets tribal votes from the CB, NP and Luapula. Their bloggers mostly insult in a certain language. Die hard PF cadres, bloggers, sympathizers and affiliates usually have a tribal inclination to PF. PF is the most tribal political party in Zambia.
If UPND is tribal, then they come second from PF.
The MMD is all uniting and all inclusive regardless of tribe, ethnicity, race, religion and gender to name a few. The MMD is the only political party that unites the nation. PF will never unite the nation, PF will divide the nation and spread hatred like they are doing now. This is why PF will never rule this nation.
the tongas, salas and kaonde ilasin the mwembeshi nangoma areahavelived in harmony for many years. During Mazoka’s leadership of the UPND three quarters of Central province was pro UPND but MMD under the late Levy decided to weaken UPND by promoting divisions between the predominately tongas (who settled there for farming) on one side and the kaonde ilas, salas and lenje on the other side. There were even violent incidents at one time during bye elections in Nangoma when a UPND MP defected to join MMD. Since LPM’s death and RB’s embracement of FTJ and bad publicity against LPM’s legacy the area is slowly turning but to default UPND. There is no doubt that MMD see this as a theat and are deliberately fueling tribal divisions so as to halt the spread of UPND. This is part of their…
…this is part of the political engineering being spear headed by VJ. The strategy is to buy off some chiefs and some weak souls in within UPND like Solomon Muzyamba, Chizyuka etc to create divisions within UPND and then destabilize the pact so that PF and UPND go their seperate ways. MMD will then sponsor some UPND members to form an alliance with them by convincing them that they can not winan election on their own(they will claim that that is the reason why HH went into a pact with sata). UPND will be split into two and weakened and they know most UPND members won’t vote for Sata if the pact breaks up. That way the can weaken the inflence of PF(which is being promoted by the Post) and win the elections.
Mr. Capitalist – 3 E’s steering economic growth
PF came tops in N.P, L.P, C.B, Lsk P and parts of Central P. UPND got Southern, part Western and N/western. MMD only got Eastern, came second/rigged in other provinces. Now judge for yourself which one is most tribal between MMD and UPND.
@ #6 msana wanzili
Actually the MMD in terms of presidential by-elections in 2008 got Western, North Western, Central, Lusaka Rural, and Eastern. PF got CB, NP, Lusaka urban and Luapula. UPND got Southern and some parts of NW.
Proof: elections . org . zm / index . php ? option = com_ docman & task = cat _ view & gid = 55 & Itemid = 78
Its PF 1 and MMD 0 in chifubu. In Luena malupi is leading.
Hehe MMD is left with a skeletone…..let us mery and be happy MMD the whore is fallen…Sata has conguered MMD and its minions.
Mayo uluse ine ….RB just start packing man….
MMD kuya bebele eeee.
STOP EXAGERATING,WHO TELLS YOU UPND IS CRACKING,YOU HAVE RUN OUT IDEAS AND ARE JUST SPREADING LIES.UPND IS INTACT ANG HH IS WORKING HARD TO BUILD THE PARTY AS OPPOSED TO THOSE GUYS LAZING AROUND AND JUST DISHING TAX PAYERS MONEY.
LONG LIVE CREDIBLE OPPOSITION PARTIES,THEY HELP TO BUILD DMOCRACY.SHAME ON YOU FOR CHEAP REPORTING,YOU STILL HAVE STONE AGE PRACTICES.
Capitalist, Kindly swallow your pride and stop hallucinating, The story is not about PFor MMD having cracks due to tribal matters. It is about UPND and bring in other political parties in this story is crocodile tears. We like HH and UPND but people like you and Maestro your insuation of PF as Sata is a clear hatred to others. Your hate against Sata is purely a reminsce of old hate towards others and you know what I mean. Maestro sometimes I wonder whether his exposure to the western world has not helped him to learn that no man is an island or no country is bigger than others regardless of their sizes the same applies to how this maestro capacity of thinking lacks the understanding that his appetite of hating Sata puts off people who are willing to support UPND& UPND can’t win 2011…
Capitalist
so when did Lusaka rural become a province? When talking in terms of provinces you bring in lusaka rural wampangwa shani kanshi?
LT, we know you are MMD and are still mourning but please show the people! Publish the results. News is about publishing what is on the ground. We all know that its opposition 2, MMD 0. RB and Kunda are a libibility to their party. How can the President and his veep frlying in joppers and Gvt vehicle plus using abused funds be loosing elections like this? The wise thing is for MMD to withdraw their participation in next year’s elections becouse its clear that they have been rejected. If RB has dignity, let him leave SATA as un opposed and let him retire back to the farm-politics yabakana bamudala
PF really seems like a force to reacon with, not only a force but a gvt in waiting. 2011 is sure-PF have done their home work to win the confidence from all Zambians. Even MMD cadres like senior citizen and MMD Chiefbootilicker can see this reality. How about a normal person like you and me? Lusaka a copperbelt or not tribal cities, they are cosmopolitan cities where all 72 tribes have gone in to settle. It is in these very provinces where the PF enjoys massive support. So PF is a national and not tribal party. I hope I have put it so simple so much that even die hard MMD cadres can get this massage and with all humility accept to join the in coming rulling party
well,they are entitled to their opinion.however,upnd is a political party just like any other as such does not represent the Mighty Tongas.tribal calling on Tongas is a simple propaganda which shall never shaken Tongas in any way-tribalism is a cancer in zambia among all the major tribes.its only thoses tiny small tribes who have no muscle to voice out and accept to be draged in the mud.We know LT & POST have a hidden agenda to discredit us simpley coz we cannt succumb to their cheap propagandas.IT CANT POSSIBLE.!!! nchiyumu mbuli bbwe (hard as a stone)
VIVA Tongas : no nonsense for evil minded,swindlers,thiefs,hooligans,monkeys.
50 Cent, your contribution lacks maturity and decency. If I were you I wouldn’t cheaply fall for this cheap propanganda and character assassination of the Tonga. To openly declare and accept that tribalism is everywhere is a sad story in modern society where all the peoples of the world understand the inter dependance of each society on another society ( people btween people) and the dynamics of the fabric of peoples. It is definately a sad to ready from this blog where we may find educated people withbroad understanding that there is no tribe greater than any tribe whether small or big we are all one family and that is Zambians. We have enjoyed living side by side and marrying amongst ourselves. This is the beauty of who we are. stop using names like monkeys- Bemba, mbeba – Ngoni
#1450 Cent-Make money ,die poor
You should be ashamed of yourself for calling your fellow black Zambians monkeys. I would have ignored your small mindedness if you left it at calling them theives, swindlers, hooligans etc but i think you’ve taken it over the top to start calling others monkeys. If Bembas are monkeys who are you then? a cow shagger?