Angry Patriotic Front cadres led by Itezhi Tezhi district chairperson Beaton Manje have descended on the District Commissioner’s office demanding his removal.
The uncompromising cadres locked the office of the DC Roy Nang’alewa and grabbed the keys of his official vehicle.
The cadres who marched from Masemu area arrived at the DC’s office around 09:00 hours yesterday and ordered government workers to move out.
The cadres are reportedly infuriated by reports that the DC who is reportedly on local leave still goes to the office.
The PF cadres questioned why the door to his office was open instead of being locked.
Recently, PF constituency chairperson Namakau Kaingu accused the DC of blocking the work of the party in Itezhi tezhi.
Ms Kaingu made the allegation when Vice President Guy Scott visited the area two weeks ago.
She said there was no way they could have a DC who was hindering the progress that the party was making in the area.
Ms Kaingu further said the party was not happy with statements attributed to the DC on the Zambian Watchdog where there are statements discrediting the PF government.
But Police in Itezhi Tezhi resolved the matter and later re-opened the offices.
Meanwhile, Irate Mkushi Residents believed to be Cadres from the ruling Patriotic Front(PF) Party locked up the offices of the Council Secretary(CS) on Thursday.
PF Central Province Chairperson Benson Chali confirmed to ZANIS that District and Constituency Officials had acknowledged that the Cadres had locked up the offices as a gesture to protest against the District Council Secretary.
Mr. Chali explained that the Cadres complained that they had grievances against the CS that are related to working culture as well as alleged indifference towards the PF Party structure in the District.
Mr. Chali said that the Cadres alleged that the CS worked in isolation as they believed that he executed all the decisions without consulting the Councilors in the Council Chamber.
He said that Cadres were also critical of the work culture of the CS, saying that he allegedly did not designate work to the Deputy CS whenever he was out of the station.
He cited the issue of the plots that were advertised for sale by the Council, saying that the CS had monopolized the decision making with regards to fixing the prices of the plots.
Mr. Chali said that it was not surprising that the sales of these plots had disappointed as the K50 per square meter price was deemed to be too expensive by many people.
He said that the manner in which the CS is believed to have handled the sale of plots had only resulted in making Mkushi a very expensive location to buy Titled plots.
He mentioned that apart from the dissatisfaction with the CS, Cadres were also unhappy with the employment trend at the Council, explaining that several people from outside Mkushi are said to have taken over jobs that included CDEs(Casual daily Employees).
Mr. Chali appealed to the Public Service Commission to look into the matter, adding that it was saddening to learn that the Council’s Fire department had recently employed 7 untrained people from outside Mkushi.
He said that this employment trend was also contributing towards precipitating the Cadres anger towards the Council.
Meanwhile, Management at Mkushi District Council declined to comment on the issue involving the PF Cadres and the CS Everty Ng’andu.
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Democracy can be abused in this manner, why not follow procedure in expressing yourselves.unlike this old fashioned why of unruly behavior.
Am not surprised that PF cadres behaved that way. It is a party of confused characters. No civility at all. Thats whay their SC Kabimba recently refered to them as the most indisciplined cadres in the history of this country. Professional jobs are given to people who are qualified and not to cadres who just sit down and drink chibuku or shake shake.
Ba Ben what do you say about the unruly behavior of Up and down and Mwandya Mweka Dad members of parliament. think before you generise issues. people are aggrieved here. I tried to do a simple calculation for a plot of 25 x 50m @ K50 per square metre. it will cost K62,500.00. Now of places in Mkushi, with a stressed economic? My foot! when people react you say PF unbecoming behavior. I think grow up baane.
The DC’s are appointed by the Republican President, but disrupting the operations of the DC’s Office suggests that there is total chaos within the structure of the PF ruling party. Taking into account that 2016 is around the nearest corner, the cadres want to reap off their share of the Govt. resources whilst their sunshine still glows.