Defense Minister, Geoffrey Mwamba, has called on Zambians to reject the Post Newspaper’s malicious plan to impose their anointed puppets to take over from President Sata. In a statement released to the media, Mr Mwamba called on Zambians to unambiguously endorse President Michael Sata as Patriotic Front’s sole candidate for 2016 because of his achievements within the first two years he has been in the office.
Below is the full statement
STATEMENT BY HON. GEOFFREY BWALYA MWAMBA (GBM)
MINISTER OF DEFENCE, KASAMA CENTRAL-MP
PRESIDENT MICHAEL CHILUFYA SATA’S 2016 ENDORSEMENTS
A. Introduction
Committed Patriotic Front (PF) members across the country have continued to express their confidence in the leadership of His Excellency President Michael Chilufya Sata. President Sata is leading an ambitious and successful national economic development programme with Zambia experiencing unprecedented economic growth, infrastructure development like the Link Zambia 8000, new hospitals, schools and universities which have translated in public and private sector job creation. So, we unambiguously endorse President Sata as PF’s sole candidate for 2016.
B. Our call for endorsements is a Call for Unity
Our calls to endorse President Sata as PF’s sole candidate for 2016 will guarantee unity in PF under his able leadership. We expected all PF members and colleagues in Government to welcome this call but sadly vicious attacks came from some in PF and Fred M’membe’s Post Newspaper, not from Opposition parties. The Post Newspaper is busy discrediting President Sata’s endorsements by maliciously targeting my personality and the business I’ve worked to build all my life through hard work, sweat and toil. Zambians must reject the Post Newspaper’s malicious plan to impose their anointed puppets to take over from President Sata.
[pullquote]PF will not accept self-imposed “feeble” messiahs sponsored by their masters at the Post Newspaper.[/pullquote]
C. What President Sata’s 2016 Endorsement Campaign focuses on
The endorsement drive will guarantee victory for PF in 2016 since President Sata is very popular nationwide. Sadly, the Post Newspaper has waged a vicious war to paint this campaign “black” because their interests are threatened. There is only one camp in PF – the one led by President Sata who needs our daily support. PF members must therefore not be victimized for openly supporting President Sata.
D. Substance of the Endorsement versus Politics of Personalities
Endorsements are a vote of confidence in President Sata’s visionary leadership. My appeal to PF members including those with hidden agendas sponsored by Fred M’membe’s Post Newspaper is that endorsing President Sata’s sole candidacy doesn’t warrant vilifying and victimization of the proponents.
E. Conclusion
Let’s engage in a civil and democratic debate. President Sata is leading and we all remain inadequate for President. PF will not accept self-imposed “feeble” messiahs sponsored by their masters at the Post Newspaper. We call on all PF members and citizens from branches, wards, constituencies, districts, provinces and national structures of the party to openly endorse President Sata’s sole candidacy for 2016.
uko mwafwa. you will kill yourselves ba pf. so already GBM Vs Lubinda and Kabimba.
GBM, why can’t you fight a silent battle? this shows that you are the most coward bastard in lusaka, too much whistle blowing.
WELL DONE GBM FOR EXPOSING THE PLANS OF M’MEMBE.MOST OF AS WERE WARRIED WHY KABIMBA WAS AGANIST ANYONE POPULARE THAN HIM.WHEN KAMBWILI TRIED TO SAY SAMETHING,HE WAS SILENCED,THAT HE WAS GIVING MONEY TO HIS GIRL FRIENDS.SINCE THEN KAMBWILI HAS BEEN SILENT.LUBINDA WAS TREATED LIKE A BABY.NOW THE SAME LUBINDA IS SURPORTING M’MEMBE’S PLANS.SAMPA,SCOTT ARE ALL UNDER M’MEMBES PROGRAMME.GBM YOU ARE A MAN TO FIGHT THIS DEVIL…
GBM the defender indeed!!
The “feeble messiah” Kabimba is in hibernation, the elephant is in Lusaka blowing his trunk!!!
And when you come out Kabimba, it will be civil arrest. Next will be Mutembo, if he doen’t give Liato’s old currency cash back. Mmembe ena nanyela ku mwela, wasanga umwaume.
Yes!
Naizanda mu PF . I don’t know if PF will see the end of 2016 ukwabula ukuipaya. Looks like the boat has lost its driver. nimaimwene nomba. Jokes aside, I am enjoying this. It’s a Sunday and just when I thought I might end up being bored, here comes this Banda story. It’s like watching a sequel of a movie titled ” How to bang kamulamu kobe knowing you will be caught by your wife” produced by the legendary Posa-fimbo (PF) starring : Summer Kabimba, Chishimba Kalukasu, Geoffrey “the stinger”Bwalwa, Badson Banda, Fred “the instigator ” Mume, the vipor Nchito job, Geoffrey “chumbs” chinangwa and the guest starring is no other than “the unpredictable ” Ukwa. Baiche bena Nose-d, ndobo, saulosi, msana wandalama, naiwe Snr citizen, observer ndeteleniko ama popcorn muleke tutambe ichila
so with this confusion,you are now all rushing to buy the post to hear what they are saying about this whole alleged confusion. meanwhile,the sales of the post newspaper will have increased by over 50% over the last few days resulting in huge profits because once again,the mighty m’membe has Chanda Chimba III calls him has pulled a fast one on the gullible zambians for his own benefit. Learn to ignore M’membe is the only way to silence him. “A man is like a cat; chase him and he will run – sit still and ignore him and he’ll come purring at your feet.”
Helen Rowland.
Have always wished for this day. PF have been leaving under Mmembe’s silent shadow from Sept 2011.
Now, can SATA please fire Wynter and revolk his normination immediately. Enough of FRED MMEMBE.
Every Dog has it’s day, Fred Mmembe has since reached expiry, 30 Years is such a very long time. Wanya Mu Mmembe.
I have just seen too many pictures lately of GBM next to Sata. Could his compaign be anchored by Sata himself who played this game with the third term bid? I wouldn’t be surprised because GBM’s courage against Fred Membe is absolutely daring.
Maybe the big man Sata now feels it is time to get rid of Membe and his group before they become too powerful. Sata is a snake and they don’t call him King Cobra for nothing. This plot is certainly thickening, I will hold onto my seat.
@ Observer, his strength lies in his “trousers” you haven’t OBSERVED, kekekekeke or maybe it was the models that arose the snake in there kekekekke!!!! Coming to the statement itself, INTRODUCTION: no courtesy, like a greeting to the citizenry before addressing the issues, anyway different schools teach different things l suppose! But the models must have really aroused someone, look at the smile on his face like a kid caught with hand in the cookie jar this has made my day, good one cameraman, always wondered how he does it with the large stomach in the way, or whether he ever gets to see it at all, arms must be too short to hold it, needs an assistant!
I THINK BILLY ONEYA IS FRED M’MEMBE OR WINTER KABIMBA.
GBM is a very tough person, he can definately not shy away from telling Mmembe who he really is, A HYPOCRITY.
Can Sata please fire Kabimba, revolk his appointment and that for Mutembo Nchito for starters. Why are we even wasting our time?
Faka Speed moto wambili more firewood and every combustible gas. No physical or protective security given at the tax payers’ expense. Leave these Shenanigans outdo each other to the sad finish line.
Shut up you knob!!
ati faka speed moto wambili mbili,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, kekekekekek
Which zambians? He should say pf members.some of us have already endorsed HH and some chipio though i dont know why! Lol
GBM is right about M’membe & his anointed kabimba but not pf beyond 2016 cos u guys have gongady us!
Y is Mr Sata quiet about this tag of war? And y is GBM trying to be a daring to sata of late? They are all snakes, I don’t trust GBM, Kabimba, Meembe these are chaps who think they own us.
Today you want to throw away Post and Mmembe when the President has full trust in him? What will PF say about Chikopa and the innocent Judges like Mutuna, Kajimanga and Musonda who are implicated as indiscipline over the case in which they found Mmembe wanting with case of 14 Million?
I think there are many issues which the outsiders and the Nation want to see solved well. The current situation is putting the party in question by seeing all these power struggling and where they are coming from…
These developments are very healthy as they precipitate a national cleansing process of unprincipled counterfeits heavily haunted by their own demons of lies, hatred, greediness, brutality, failure, and myopia. A legime of clueless incompetents ever on the shifting sand is now eating from its own pot.
Amen.
Senior Citizen, I like your English and the way you articulate issues..
We should just provide more fire and firewood for these muppets to finish themselves.
On this one I will dine with GBM. The post will one day put this country on fire if not checked. GBM has taken them on and he needs our support.
Well said Cleo!!! I can even sponsor the dinner from my meagre salary at any expensive diner.
While counterfeits are on it with their acts of aberration and self obliteration in overdrive; HH, Sekwila, Miyanda, Chipimo, authentic Civil Society, and the General latent political forces of activists as well as interested new leaders disdaining incompetence and the anti-democracy traits of these counterfeits, must get into overdrive.
You get to the people in bottom-up diffusion process in building a critical mass of a new Zambian political order. This conflagration is an opportune development for real transformation.
Civil Society keep pushing for enactment of the new draft constitution.
Zambia Police outfits that have converted themselves into PF militia wings better watch out. This conflagration is a recipe for an inside out implosion.
Say it simply. Your current style does not communicate what you want to say effectively. Ever heard of the acronym “K I S S”?
Senior Citizen
Write to express not to impress. The whole intention of a forum like this is to share views and ideas and as a senior citizen, assuming you really are, should know better than to sprinkle a statement with a manner of bombastic words. Like Black Mama has said learn how to K.I.S.S. In other words Keep It Short and Simple. That way you stay more focused than confused in your writing.
Americans say bad karma is a b.itch. All the warring figures including MCS have done little good in their lives and now they must face their own short comings.
Hahaha,from outside looking in its party time for me.It reminds me of the fact that the Roman Empire also cracked from within and a fish also starts to rot from the head.
I didn’t take the endorsement of Sata to be serious since there is enough time, no doubt Mmembe wants to start compaigning 4 Kabimba! Go to hell Mmembe with you post. Atleast if it were Lubinda, many of us would give PF support. Viva Sata!
By the way, where is Miyanda?
I last saw him buying a years supply of popcorn and a very comfortable sofa. He was telling me that he is totally enjoying this Tom Clancy movie manifesting in Zambia and doesn’t want to miss anything!
Yaba! Viakulola vie. Mwamba dont involve us zambians. This is about PF and its king maker Mmembe. Hope you have enough fuel to run to the end. The cartel is the most powerful in PF circles. Their strength is driven from the amount of data they have on their prey. They use it and make their prey to submit and start worshiping them. Ask your boss who is alive to this fact and he is too scared to say any ill about the cartel. Remember RB was exposed on a 2 kwacha bribe he got quarter of century ago just to make him submit.
GBM mungwimba mu trousers kikikik ayowe!
GBM has my support. Who the hell does Fred M’membe think he is except that he is a hater and manipulator who nolonger represents the consensus in the nation. Which country can winter kabimba rule?
I am not a PF sympathiser, but GBM is doing the right thing. Fred Mmembe thinks he can use his paper to decide for Zambians. Anyway PF will be finished by 2016
This is good can post please continue finishing pf so we can have a normal government than can can finally silence the demonic member and possesed post
Viva GBM!! Fred has lied to society for too long, down with this hateful fool. Thank God to social media!!!
All these are speculations, innuendos and a lot of hoopla, and nothing substantive, from GBM. Any hard facts, for a change, bwana GBM?
You must be matumbo nchito…*****ic nchito. A coward of a chitumbo!
Gloves are off now. Non-stop entertainment. You can easily forget that this is sad. How did we get to this stage? We now await the opponents to come out of their corner with fists swinging, obviously. They won’t take this lying down. It’s like watching the Rambo in the jungle.
How can it be If sata kicked the today? Because it was
(1) Kabimba Vs mangani in eastern
(2) Kabimba Vs kambwili in copperbelt
(3) Kabimba Vs lubinda in lusaka
(4) Kabimba Vs efron lungu
(5)Now Kabimba VS PF elephant bull (GBM)
kikikiki
Pf is fading fast just the way the two and five kwacha notes are fading.
That is definitely not GBM,s language, he is too illiterate to express himself like that, but I am enjoying the squabbles because they tell us how uncivilised and undemocratic PF LEADERSHIP is- Do not forget how Sata works, remember the third tem attempt- first it was The DAs who appointed by Sata to issue public statement, he was quite and came later on the seen with the bitch Nakawala where she is bitching now whether she still has market, the result we all know – Chawamaa hackings. That is where we are going.
GBM is an uncouth and an imbecile he can’t author this statement. Why involve Zambians? This is a PF matter. Most Zambian are not interested in this directionless debate. After all Sata himself is a FLOP of a president, a scarecrow with no real balls. How do your juniors turn you into a debate punching bag as if you are dead or don’t exist? Abash sole candidate mentality!
GBM is a grade 6 flop and an i m b e c i l e. He can not author a statement in good English like this one!
It is apparently in black and white that GBM has all the support of the President. So any one fighting GBM is fighting with the President himself. Hands off GBM. Can’t you see that of late GBM has been very close to the President Michael Sata. Anytime, we expect Winter Kabimba to be side-lined. Mark my words.
@Zulu Banda,
Actually you are right, there is no way GBM can be issuing these daily divisive bulletins without the president’s authority. Sata is pulling the strings behind scenes to pave the way for his fellow bemba to take over from him. This is no longer a secret.
100% Correct!!!!, even when the President threw a tantrum at the Road Breaking ceremony, GBM is the one who took over and addressed the audience. Sata knew exactly what he was going to do, therefore asked GBM to come???? Get this as info?? From Very Very reliable sources. M’membe, Kabimba will not go anywhere, their Days are numbered in PF. Just watch the Space.
From a different perspective,i think GBM is just afraid of one thing and that is he is going to loose big time once SATA is out in 2016 hence he is doing all this to protect his bussiness and not for the zambian interest.PF goverment has not belt any hospitals ,universities or schools.they have just secured land and that is as good as buying a plot,you cant say u have a house.
It seems to me that GBM is afraid of something if someone else stands in case sata doesn’t stand for presidency again! Spot on
For those who have been accusing GBM of neglecting his duties as defence minister, think again. He is totally defending our beloved country from a tribal civil mar being instigated by our local terrorist warlord Mmembe and his power hungry clique of oversexed riff raff masquerading as ministers.They want to turn Zambia into a Somalia type of situation and GBM has seen through their charade. Good job Mr. Minister. We need peace in our country when we kick you out of government.
Kabimba!Kabimba!Whts wrong with you?Can u realy unseat Sata?Mmembe are u realy Pf coz its dificulty to undrstand how u may penetrat Pf internaly.How’s it posible?If truly how can Kabimba ursup Sata?Withou a constituency?Adminstrative yes he can handle a politcal party bt not politcal overal!No no.Pf stil has lifespan dont diturb its longevity stay of majority!Let Sata implement his progrms & we see development.Kabimba its too early fr u.Aftral u re nominated minster.Very easy to throw ths man in the streets.Stay loyal to the party & reunite.Settle the diferences no infights now.Dtop it its emberassing u guys.
Why are you talking about Kabimba? Has Kabimba said anything? Why are you blindly believing what GBM is saying when you haven’t heard what the people he is attacking have to say? Or are you one of those Zambians that can’t think!
The ruling party has failed to unite and provide leadership and is now cracking and crumbling. How then can it be expected to lead and manage the nation at large?
Embarrassing Even useless MMD never washed their dirty laundry in public this early? What a waste of Zambians time. Now Infighting instead of developing / delivering your promises. What a Country?? What a Party, What a useless Leadership.
Sylvia????? why are you exposing these young girls to these old Papas?? Hope you are not organizing some enjoy for them??? Inbound and Outbound Livingstone?? The President being ushered by Tusikana?? let alone his entourage, GBM, Chellah etc. ?? Nisangwapo.
What is wrong with GBM? The people he is fighting with are quiet and it is only him who can’t seem to be able to act maturely. He is more and more revealing just how immature he is. Who cares what he thinks… who told him that what he says matters? The people of Zambia will decide who leads them next, not him some ramshackle illiterate who seems to care more about what he likes in life than the security of Zambia.
You are wrong. The reason why the Bemba guys are seemingly able to conquer leadership wrangles is cos they are able to come out, and hold the bull by the horns. Not these minions hidding quietly pretending not to see the obvious. Such is actually devilsh and hyena behaviour, waiting for rotten caccasses. Tu Kabimba, Membe group be careful cos you have never lived truthful lives.Typical cameleons, jackassess!!!!
Let the president fight his own battles. He needs to come out clean and state his position rather than allow a situation of no comment or direct leadership. No one knows who the second or third in command is. This changes depending on the mood of the president. So in a way, Sata has created these gremlins and if left unchecked, they will come back to haunt him.
GBM should find some1 to put his thoughts on paper,but massage yamfeka.
Kabimba, GBM supporters fight, break Northmead school property.
That’s the report from ZWD. It’s now physical.
ITS SUPRISING, MAYBE THE PRESIDENT IS ALREADY DEAD OR INCAPACITED! HOW DO ONE EXPLAIN THE SILENCE!
ITS SUPRISING, MAYBE THE PRESIDENT IS ALREADY DEAD OR INCAPACITATED! HOW DO ONE EXPLAIN THE SILENCE!
@Mulupa dont u knw physcal fight ensued betwen Gbm & Wynter suporters.And u want pretentend more intellect than others?Aftral these guys to reach ths far somethng is cookng fr real.Are u doubting?Another unbeliving doubting Thomas!Somethng is wrong & emberasing.
@ Dada – no my friend, I’m not doubting of anything at all. If you read my posting again, my biggest problem is GBM as senior minister (effectively the number 4 or 5 in the country from Presido) going around washing dirty linen in public. We are tired of this. Other senior leaders have told him that nowadays Zambians are have learnt the lesson and it is performance that will win our president another term again, not mere endorsements. Secondly, talking about endorsements everyday in public just two years in office will put off a lot of Zambians and infact work against PF. At this stage, whether PF want to endorse Sata or not, it is an internal matter…it doesn’t matter to the rest of the people. GBM must shut up and behave himself.
Stop the nosense!ka kabimba even if you had those ambitions u can start so early instead of working? Can Mr Sata throw away this dull lawyer? Bydeway, can’t Mr Sata stop this debate that’s getting physical now? Fred nawe wachilamo.U MUST B HIT HARD
GBM, update us. Has H.E got doubts that hes standing in 2016? As far as we r concerned, Sata has 2 term for him so why endorse him this early? Its aint making sense at all. Its even making those issues being raised by ZWD to some traces of truth in them
Now now now. Hold it right there folks. This letter is addressed to Zambians? Come off it GBM! Endorse your Sata to your PF cadres and. Kinsmen.
We are done with your Party and your party President. Don’t broaden this fight to give an impression its a Zambian fight, this is your fight. And whoever said Mmembe can influence us over anybody? Even if he was to U turn now and endorse you or Sata, we would not agree. You are all Mmembe’s laboratory creation, so enjoy him!
GBM once stood as MMD candidate for the Kabwata against PF’s Given Lubinda.It’s general knowledge that he was defeated with a huge margin.He had the MMD plus free mealie meal to drive his campaign but he lost.GBM is obviously not part of PF’s inner circle and he knows that.His attempts to discredit Lubinda with the leakage story did not get him any closer to Sata.Lubinda,Kabimba,Membe have been with Sata and PF since RB took over from late Mwanawasa.GBM’s days in PF are numbered.
Sata is safer with GBM than the other chaps tho. He is more predictable and not cannot be a false witness in any mans’ case. Winter can deliberately testify against anyone despite knowing thier innocence!! Judas ‘ brother
Ba GBM tone down. The people you are bringing in are not membersx of pf so leave membe of of this. we went through the same under mmd so please spare us this endorsement. keep it to yourselves what ever it means to you. because performance is what Sata will be fighting for in2016 if he stands not endorsements they are primitive not of today but for 1996. politics.
What kind of leadership is this where the house is burning but the head honcho is mum about it? This, if not handled fast can degenerate into serious fighting. Instead of nipping it in the bud, they are hoping it will fizzle out on its own. The same daft attitude we display when we refuse to go to hospital early because illness is not yet serious.
kabimba would be a good candidate if and only if he distances himself from mmembe and the mwanawasa family. These two entities are the most evil on earth, they refused to acknowledge that Chiluba helped Mwanawasa win the Presidency. Secondly these two entities are very opportunistic looking for whom to betray. Mwanawasa’s family will do well to apologise to the Chiluba otherwise an association any politician will be treated with suspicion.
Mr Mwamba you know that another person in the President’s position should PF be reelected means that you are out of political limelight for ever. Therefore, you are trying to cover your own back to make sure you keep your place with Sata sd President.
…with Sata as President.
From the way it looks the common man on the street is tired of the PF lies – in this light, it really doesn’t matter whether Sata is endorsed or not if people do not vote PF.
They have only been in power for a few years and they are already talking about 2016.
if they dedicated their energies towards the task they have been entrusted to handle, the citizenry would be talking about Sata for 2016; not PF.
#OneZambia
The party of RIFF RUFFS.
Riff ruffs Vs riff-ruffs as entertainments for Zambian politics.
Let this destructive and divisive PF party finish themselves off thru infighting.I can even supply more wood, fuel and all kinds of combustible material for that purpose.
awe ba ”chiinya citizen” bena ubongo bwalifwa. What an impression to make.
Two camps
Kabimba, Fred and Mahtani have joined hands to takeover from Sata.
Wait till September and the picture will be clearer.
Sata has to act before it is too late.
What a load of political nonsense! Am I the only one seeing this? “Zambians must rally behind Sata – blur blur blur…” Really, GBM? Doesn’t he know we are not in a one-party state syndrome? Is this endorsement idiocy a priority? Two years in power and this is what we should be diverted to? When does GBM work? I mean REALLY work. For goodness sake, there are more pressing national issues we should be debating than PF in-house hooliganism. Can we press PF to account for why they are in govt. than get drawn into their own self-political destruction button. What are they doing about the socio-economic woes of the majority? The corruption, lack of government direction from the head, etc. Don’t get enmeshed into debating the so-called GBM/Kabimba power struggle. Get PF to account to Zambia.
The only way GBM can win some popularity in PF is to align himself with Sata. He was finding it difficult to do this so he came up with this ‘endorsement’ thing. At end of the day GBM will be seen as the ‘champion of Sata’ so those who side with Sata will automaticaly side with GBM. GBM is way ahead of most PF members within the party with this scheme. Those who want to ‘touch’ GBM will be seen as anti Sata. With this pro Sata stance GBM is likely to be endorsed at any PF convetion as leader to take over from Sata should anything happen to Sata which will make him not eligible to stand.
PF IS FULL F POLITICIANS AND NO LEADERS.LEADRES ARE CONCERNED WITH IMPROVING LIVES OF PEOPLE WHILE POLITIANS ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH NEXT ELECTIONS.SHAME AND THIS WHAT WE ARE SEEING.
fred meembe is smart, gbm ask kalusha bwalya.he hz overcome political engineerz like ftj what about u fatty. what the space u wil b quiet