The United Party for National Development (UPND) party leadership in Kalabo has assured its area Member of Parliament (MP) Chinga Miyutu of its total support of his ministerial positing in the PF government.
The UPND party leadership led by District Constituency Chairman Muyambango Kwaleyela says it will rally behind Mr. Miyutu in all his programmes to develop the constituency.
ZANIS reports that the opposition party made the resolve during a meeting with Mr. Miyutu, who is also the newly appointed Deputy Minister of Sports.
The resolution followed Mr. Kwaleyela’s demand from Mr. Miyutu to clarify on what transpired in Lusaka leading to his appointment as deputy minister since the UPND in the area was aware of his appointment.
Mr. Miyutu was among several opposition MPs who were appointed to deputy ministerial posts by Republican President Micheal Sata.
Mr. Kwaleyela told Mr. Miyutu that UPND was initially worried of his position in the PF government as reports reaching Kalabo indicated that he had crossed to PF, a situation he described to be disturbing if the information received were true.
He however, Mr. Miyutu clarified his position on the matter saying that he was still the area MP despite his appointment as deputy minister in the PF government.
He said he had accepted the appointment to work with the PF administration, a situation he said he will utilize to serve his constituency even better.
Republican President Mr. Michael Sata on 5th March, 2013 appointed Mr. Miyutu and his Sinjembela constituency counterpart Poniso Njeulu to deputy ministerial postings.
“ It was an invitation he said was difficult to refuse to accept as it is disrespectful to refuse an invitation from an elderly person and more so a Head of State, “ he said .
He also said he felt compelled to respond positively to the president’s invitation because he did not know what it meant and even when he was told while there, he felt it was worthy taking as doing so was an added advantage to position in parliament.
Mr. Miyutu further said he accepted President Sata’s appointment as deputy minister of sports as the president explained to him why he chose him to be part of his government and that as an MP his role was to serve the people he represents and uphold the constitution, adding that his appointment was within the confinements of the law.
Mr. Miyutu has since advised the UPND to be calm and get the benefits of his position in government.
Mr. Miyutu who is in a familiarization tour of Kalabo district and his constituency respectively following his ministerial posting .
ZANIS
Ukoo wapya munzi
Bola yabipa guys. Is the UPND going to fire all the constituency??? Its wait and see as we look forward to another by-election.
Peace and Prosperity to Mother Zambia.
The MP knows the rules of the club. Why did he not ask Sata why he fired the Rebel MPs who joined MMD from PF. It is straight forward that the MP ids no longer in UPND. So there you go.
Some arguments have no leg to stand on. So if an elderly man invited the a younger man to join the occult the fact that the invitation is coming from an elderly person is reason enough to accept. Come on! Even to a president one is able to say no. One can politely say no, sir, but thank you and that the MP’s principles were that he felt he could still serve his constituency from his party. We all know that this is all about position and privileges associated with the appointment.
that’s just ba nyandule..paid to give stupid statements which are not in tandem with the party!!
This Miyutu chap is a gonna!! He already knows his fate he just went to psych people from his constituency for their support, time will tell whether their support will be enough fo him to retain his seat under pf!
I hope UPND leaders will accept the people’s popular choice.
Arbitrary dismissals will not help this comatose party
NIBWANJI BADALA BA HH, MA DEGREES YAGAMANA GUBELEKA BA SA? HOW CAN THE UNEDUCATED SATA BEAT YOU HANDS DOWN JUST AS CLEAN AS THAT. DIDN’T WE USED TO HEAR THAT, “UPND MPs ARE PRINCIPLED THEY CAN’T ACCEPT MINISTERIAL OFFERS?”. WHAT’S WRONG TODAY- HAVE THEY LOST THEIR PRINCIPLES? NEXT TO DEFECT TO PF WILL BE HH HIMSELF. WATCH THIS SPACE. RIGHT NOW HE IS JUST WARMING UP FOR THE MOVE BY ENGAGING HIMSELF WITH MARRIAGES OF CONVINIENCE/WARMINGUP. OR HE’S WAITING FOR 2016 ELECTION TIME TO DEFECT TO PF OR TRY ANOTHER PACT AS THIS IS HIS USUAL STYLE?
Sata is extraordinary. how does he think so fast? i expected young men like HH to think think that fast but the opposite is the case here.
@Peter plus other PF propagandists
Poverty and ignorance are at play on the part of opposition MPs who accept presidencial appointments.
1. Bullying using state power(resourses) on the pretext that its inclusiveness.
2. One Part state creation on the pretext of inclusiveness
3. Blackmailing in order that when tomorrow things fail PFs can say they were not alone in making mistakes but together with opposition.
@ keen follower
You are a political upstart with no shred of idea how politics play out.
How can you honestly and seriously conceive such thought and even have the audacity to pen them down?
I cant even fathom such shallow thoughts? No wonder the opposition can progress!!
He is read to leave the party let him go to join his colleagues in the PF.
I come from Kalabo and what Hon Miyutu is saying is a lie.
When he got his appointment he said that the people of Kalabo had accepted his appointment as Deputy Minister!
The question to ask is why go to explain his appointment when the people had earlier accepted it? Something fishy here…..!
ba sisi whatever you call yourself, you seem to come from lower class of retards whose objective is to oppose everything about the opposition. schemes pf is playing are visible even to the proverbial blind. raise your bar of thinking to above the bellow average line you seem to be hanging on. u are showing us that yourself u are a political down-start
if you look at original old old upnd mps, they are steady fast. its only the new comers who are stil excited and can do anything for their selfnes. temporal glory
Are we supposed to believe that there are no MPs in PF who can be appointed deputy ministers? Why does it have to be opposition MPs? There is a hidden agenda. One party state in the making.
HH,PLEASE FIRE THE USEFUL *****
hh, this is too much..
please, just fire yourself.. LOL!
THIS IS WHAT POLITICIANS DO TO OUT-WIT EACH OTHER. HH AND MUMBA SAID THEY WILL MAKE ZAMBIA UNGOVERNABLE. INFACT THEY SAID THEY WILL IMPEACH SATA VIA PARLIAMENT AND MAKE HIS BUDGET FAIL. THEY TACTIFULLY FORM PACTS OF CONVENIENCE TO UN-DO THE PF. THROWING INJUNCTIONS ALL OVER, GOING TO C/WEALTH FOR NO APPARENT REASON, WALKING OUT OF PARLIAMENT EVERYTIME. OK, IT IS THEIR RIGHT. BUT WHO SAYS THAT SATA HAS NO RIGHT TO WOO SUPPORT EVEN FROM AMONG UPND OR MMD? THEY FORGET THAT SATA IS A POLITICIAN OF MANY YEARS. YOU CANNOT OUT-WIT HIM AT HIS GAME JUST LIKE THAT. SO JUST WAIT AND SEE. IF ZAMBIA BECOMES A ONE-PARTY STATE, WE WILL BLAME THE OPPOSITION FOR BEING SO FEEBLE AND WEAK. IS THE OPPOSITION MADE OF PEOPLE WHO EASILY CHANGE THEIR PRINCIPLES ON ACCOUNT OF A PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT?
he is the best mp the people of kalabo have found. am nt supporting just because he is my father but he knws wat he is doing and who ever claims to come from kalabo and says its a lie then that person knows nothing. no one is firing anyone. he is one of the best in the UPND party. miyutu wamulume.
he is the best people no opposing ask the real people of kalabo or the zanis guys he went with they will tell yu the truth