Choma District Commissioner Laiven Apuleni has described yesterday ‘s story in the Post newspaper headlined “Mazabuka MMD bemoan Rupiah ‘s unpopularity” as not only baseless and malicious but aimed at discrediting President Banda ‘s name.
The DC said President Banda ‘s visit to Choma last year was purely a government programme and not the purported information that he met Mazabuka MMD cadres in Mbabala.
Mr. Apileni disclosed that President Banda was on developmental tour in the area to commissioning the Choma – Namwala road adding that at no point did he meet Mazabuka MMD officials.
He explained that he was in the Presidential entourage through out Mr. Banda’s trip adding that the Republican President only met Choma MMD officials at Crystal lodge who demanded for the president to address them.
The DC refuted claims by the alleged source of the story in the post newspaper claiming that president Banda held a meeting with MMD officials in Mbabala citing that the president only addressed multitudes including marketers who were awaiting for him.
He said that during his trip to Namwala, President Banda made stop-overs at Crystal lodge were he addressed Choma MMD officials only, Kachenje were he met white farmers, Mbabala were he met marketeers, Ngonga bridge were he addressed hundreds of people who went to convey their happiness over the tarring of the road and Mapanza respectively.
Mr Apuleni described the story as a total fabrication collaborated by Post newspaper to put president Banda ‘s name into ridicule citing that said meeting with Mazabuka MMD officials in Mbabala was not part of the program and did not take place.
He called on the media to report facts not lies meant to bent on other people ‘s names.
“I as a DC facilitated that program because it purely government not that the president had a meeting with MMD Mazabuka officials ,to me that is a lie,”he said.
Today the Post newspaper carried a story were some MMD officials are said to be claiming that some party officials are secretly campaigning for Sata and would want to teach Rupiah a bitter lesson for embracing corrupt leaders and that they told President Banda during a meeting in Choma ‘ s Mbabala area last year as part of the story reads.
ZANIS
What do you expect from the Homos,everything its politics of popularity to them.
Who is the author of this article? Is that English from the DC, Choma or it was spoiled by the Lusaka Times? White tribe is the author? I say so because I will have every reason for not criticizing the grammar. Well politicians are always there to defend their master. That is exactly what Apuleni is doing. There is no way Apuleni can fail to defend RB even if he is wrong. Otherwise, he will lose his job and his chance of standing as MP for Mbabala would be spoiled. I know that Apuleni is vying for MMD Mbabala constituency parliamentary candidate. That is why he can’t even condemn the poor workmanship of the contractor on Choma-Niko road. The so Engineers are not there to supervise the contractor. It is just Yes, yes and ndicekele ko. Shame!
I hope the Mbabala people will elect a candidate who will address there concerns. Apuleni is a MMD cadre only there to please RB and get his check.
Lusak times and the post are misleading people a lot. For once please be honourable and give us the truth.Thanks Laiven for the clarification. As much as i dont like RB i hate lies more
God help our country.Newspapers are lieing & govt workers are bootlicking.We nid deliverance
thats the post with there lies, HH is still the most prefered in most of these areas where the post claim sata is popular.
Who would have thought that Lusaka Times would be “bought” just like Chanda Chimba? Well, I guess it is true everything has its price.
you pipo can’t you see that Apulani is just surporting bakabwalala