Former Science and Technology deputy minister, Jonas Shakafuswa, says he is not bitter with the decision by President, Rupiah Banda, to relieve him of his duties.
Mr. Shakafuswa who is also Katuba Member of parliament has also thanked President Banda for having accorded him a chance to serve in his administration.
He told ZNBC news in an interview that he is ready to apologize if he had wronged the President during the course of his duties.
Mr. Shakafuswa said he has always protected and spoke in support of President Banda’s leadership.
He said he will now spend more time with his family and the electorate.
Yesterday, President Banda relieved Mr. Shakafuswa and Energy deputy minister, Lameck Chibombamilimo, of their duties.
Two former Deputy Ministers showed up in parliament on Thursday afternoon just hours after they were relieved of their duties by President, Rupiah Banda.
The two, Lameck Chibombamilimo, who was Energy Deputy Minister and his counter part, Jonas Shakafuswa, at Science and Technology were spotted sitting on the back bench.
As the parliamentary proceedings progressed, some opposition MPs sparingly passed comments alluding to their dismissal.
Others approached the two Mps to console them.
Outstanding was Luapula MP, Peter Machungwa, who consoled Mr. Shakafuswa and Mr. Chibombamilimo prior to making his contribution to the motion on the floor.
Dr. Machungwa advised the duo to accept their dismissal saying such was part of politics.
[ZNBC]
Really??
Why not, Ms. Daisy? The man has shown maturity. He has all my respect..
Do you thik he means it boss? he is hurting thats why hes apologising without reason like a woman pleading for chikwati. Good, he must now concentrate on the consituency where that put him on the spot light.. Hes “i am not bitter comment” is just some PR arrangement, must have spent last night sobbing …..
He is scare, NyamaSoya said he is dismissing him through NEC from MMD, then following him to his costituency to finish him and defeat him in a by election. he should stand on The Post or PF ticket, so Jonas is scared stiff and moreover he no longer belongs to the NyamaSoya family tree the way he belonged to Levy’s family tree. goal posts have changed.
Where is the Picture I saw last time?
Ebwaume umo not amalilisho
Ati enshi? Ubwaume
Well i dint expect such a reaction from Shaka! i like the maturity he has dispalyed. But deep down his heart, he is bitter! Its normal
Yebo, hes screaming and cursing at RB inside but he has to keep calm in from of the camera.
Shaka its time to move on, such is life, there is time for everthing, even RB’s time is near.
yah ryt! hahahahahaa………………….who would say that they are bitter anyway? Now go ye therefore & shakafuswa all the women @ Parliament motel now that you have more time om your hands.
I know CHIBABA TOO MUCH .
Eenomo Shaka,now go and drill those ones who escaped your “abatour”while you were busy,kaili now you have more time to sc***** them!
He fired coz u have menso menso pali maureen. he didn’t want the same error as it happened to Vera chiluba.
ouch!
Impressive Mr Shakafuswa J. I have rely come to respect your way of handling politics in the recent past. Keep up doing a great job for Zambians especially offering constructive criticism which only unteacheable characters overlook.
On “Mr. Shakafuswa who is also Katuba Member of parliament has also thanked President Banda for having accorded him a chance to serve in his administration”, this is the way to go for it is rare to be chosen to do such work. On “He said he will now spend more time with his family and the electorate”, please do that to the best of your ability and remember to tell the electorate who elected you who is really the best leader to lead Zambia as President in…
The grand finally lol
i am impressed with the way mr shakafuswa has handled his dismisal,everything has got time..no need to hav hard feeling,RB’s time also is near and am very sure for him,it wont even be gud,the ,man is nw busy fighting individuals while the economy of zambia is about to collapse..insteadof spending tym withe the cadres organised by his fellow jeff corruption kande,he shld realise that things are ver bad in zed,kwacha naipena.,we shall fire him in 2011..VIVA PA BWATOOOOOO!
JUST GO AND RECRUIT SHAKES AND WE WILL DEFEAT HIM AND SATA FOR THE LAST TIME IN 2011
mwalasa ba mwisho.You know its like these guys don’t really know what is xpected of them. They are on a money making mission.
For sure RB’s time is near, come 2011 he is fired.
Shakas, it’s not like you were appointed on merit in the first place! Only reason you were on the front bench was because you were LPMs nephew…
But most politicains are never appointed on merit..the one who bootlicks the most gets the job
True!!!…Tekumonafye ba TEtamashimba…He is the biggest bootlicker of all times and he has it…a ministerial job!!!
he’s ready to appologise to the president and all those he slaughtered wrongly.
Does it mean that the big barry is a big bangger,please tell me more its very interesting.
Life is just like that, pus and downs. No need to be bitter. When one door closes, many more open; only you have to concetrate to see which doors are opening; donot spend time crying over spilt milk. Ni nthawi yake.
I didnt know life has pus and downs.
RUPIAH RETTURN BANDA should concentrate more on lifting up the Zambian kwacha,we are dying.please MR RETTURN BANDA DO SOMETHING FOR MOTHER ZAMBIA
BO BANDA LWA KUPA SHA,A MULUTUSE
Translate please!!!
job well done jonas! you did a great job at finance. Peace!
Which great job? Taking street women to Parliament Motel?
I am sure he will call on you because of this Gravator… you will be tracked by hackers from the The Hackerfuswa Inc…. Wait and see…
Yes thats the job he knew so well. And he wants to apologise for the small girls he slaughtered day in and day out. Shaka ..its not you uncle’s time. Welcome back to the field.
Hope now he will continue hunting the street girls.
rubbish he was bsy slautering prostitutes and undermining the same magande he supported hoping his uncle levy would appoint him minister. he is a coward
you are right
Shakas, start campaigning already because SHREK was clear that after this he will fire u from MMD & follow u to your constituency to whack u when u stand on Post or PF ticket. Therefore there is no need to apologise to him, he is not a friendly force to u. He is ur enemy or r u blind/deaf?? We as PF r very happy to collect all such constituencies arising from the MMD fallout. Viva PF, Long live SATA!!!!
And all the PF said long live sata whose folishness is wiser than the educated.
I hear he will now concetrate on his slaughter house!!!!hehehehehe
baby c you know i like you but dont fall victim of his slaughter house please be very careful.
Ok i have stopped dear!
Shaka No one has said walilula,as far as Iam concerned Lesa made us sweet,not like Chloroquine or Umunsokansoka. You are sweet mwandi ala imwe mulekeni umuntu.
how do you know that he is sweet,ve you been a victim of his slaughter house
do you mean he is by ……ual? i thought these gay issues dont exist in Zed??? ha ha ha
Shakafuswa is not bitter nor is he sorry…I have heard this man run his mouth publicly about Banda. My guess is he knew or even wanted to go – as a backbench he can now do whatever he wants with no holds bars…watch the saga in the coming weeks. I actually think Banda has had emotion outplay himself.
Shakafuswa is a loose canon and they have taken the leash off him – only way to shut him up is to remove him from the party and thats a whole different ball game. By 2011 we will have MMD-true blue, MMD-PLM cadres and MMD-UNIP. Take out the popcorn and watch it all fall apart.
I totally agree with u
shaka zulu is a real man, RB is scared of the assengai of shaka.
He is scare, NyamaSoya said he is dismissing him through NEC from MMD, then following him to his costituency to finish him and defeat him in a by election. he should stand on The Post or PF ticket, so Jonas is scared stiff and moreover he no longer belongs to the NyamaSoya family tree the way he belonged to Levy’s family tree. Goal posts have changed.
What has he done?
iwe wake up. he is like a kid now frustrated that no one will back him when he pours out crap like his uncle did. shakas should go to teka farms mukusombola amataba
He is scared, NyamaSoya said he is dismissing him through NEC from MMD, then following him to his costituency to finish him and defeat him in a by election. he should stand on The Post or PF ticket, so Jonas is scared stiff and moreover he no longer belongs to the NyamaSoya family tree the way he belonged to Levy’s family tree. Goal posts have changed.
shaka,did he really take street women to parliament hotel
YES HE DID. HE WAS CAUGHT BY THE POST ITSELF. HE WAS ALSO THE FIRST GUY TO LET THE CAT OF THE BAG ON ZAMBIAN AIRWAYS AND THE KONGOLE’S POST HAD. HE ALSO SAID POST WERE USING HIS STORY TO SELL MORE PAPERS BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT PAID SALARIES OF WORKERS FOR TWO MONTHS. AS SOON AS HE SAID THAT POST STOPPED THE STORY. HE ACTUALLY SAID THOSE WORDS HIMSELF AND HE IS CURRENTLY FACING A PARLIAMENTARY INVESTIGATION. SO HE MAY JUST FIND HIMSELF REMOVED FROM PARLIAMENT BY THE SPEAKER FOR MISCONDUCT
i want to know,any body cn him there
It is easy to accept to be relieved of a job that was difficult for you. Does anyone remember a single word these guys spoke about the ministries they headed? They seem to have been interested in MMD spokesmanship or Information and Broadcasting.
I am also wondering when he last said anything to do with the ministry.
Like his comment. Its more mature than the speech by the one who fired him
kaya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well done Shaka. Politics is a game now you’re in next time you’re out. Nyama Soya’s time is coming soon!
i hope shaka was serving some some for fhis family and not using it all for slaughtering……
Nkani yalula!
He was too pompous, thought he was untouchable
Serves him right
Shaka, you stand on PF ticket if you are expelled from MMD.
All the women in PF be carefull if big daddy shaka joins you,you will all be slaughtred one by one!!
we need to graduate from this kind of politics, he needs not to joing PF all because he wants to stand on the ticket, he should be taken on because PF thinks he has substance or will add value to PF not Numbers
well said girl…..he must just go back to his bar and start selling shakshake. Not joining PF.
The end of somebody’s political career.
Shakafuswa & Chibombamilimo are probably not hurting as they knew there days were numbered,had Magande been appointed,he would have known right from the start that there would have been no future for him in Banda’s govt.Am sure both chaps must have been more shocked to get appointed by Banda in the first place so they obviously started preparing their departures along time ago especially Shaka who could have started when he heard that our late President might after all not make it.
its time to move on
No maturity in the way RB handled the pronouncement. One real test of maturity is knowing that you have every right to do something but choosing not to because there is a more refined and dignified way of doing it !!! What happened yesterday is clear testimony of how far we are in our politics when it comes to issues of etiquette and dignity in public speaking as it relates to one’s office. A true picture of how far behind we are on this score. By the way, Maiko Zulu gave up ambassadorship after the court case-better late than never. I wonder if Dora Siliya has heard about this development! I guess we can add that to the list of things we are yet to learn in our politics ha?
Shaka you needed to exhibit such level of maturity back then.So your plan B is to opologize,tell us about plan C should your apology get rejected!
Shaka was talking too much those days of LPM because
African politics per usual, we cant deal with criticism, criticism can be useful and make us move to better levels as long as it is constructive. When is maturity going to come to our politics?
Whatever positions people hold ,they should be confindent enough to uphold and defend their beliefs and positions of thought and those who disagree should argue on the strength of their own superiority of thought. I believe it is easier said than done when you are playing on peoples vulnerabilities and low levels of exposure to other thought processes.
Look at Obama, who was the greatest opponent? – Hilary Clinton. I rest my case
Just last kicks of a dying horse .Period. he is history in political makers..
Shakas was initially an MP on UPND ticket during the late Mazoka reign, he then left to join MMD saying he wanted to work with his Uncle. Now he is at the verge of being expelled what next? such is life …… a stage indeed nothing lasts for ever.
For a suppossedly christian nation it is very frustrating that everything is about individuals rather than ideas that uplift the people. A suppossedly christian nation should be caring about the lives of those that we lead, rather than the size of our own bank balances. What hypocrites we have???? Nothing wrong with getting into business to make money and at least create employment but to want to lead and steal from your least able is being the lowest of the low. Hopefully someday the people of Zambia will be free.
We have serious issues please let us use this forum effectively so we learn from each other. Life moves foward based on ideas. Wherever we are Zambia is our birthplace.
Reuben I seem to have missed your line of reasoning with regard to shakas subject .However you have spoken sense on a wrong subject I guess??
To entrust one ramshackle patchwork to a fervent tribalist like Rupiah Banda to preside over is nothing short of recipe for disintergration. Look, why is it that nearly all the panelists on Siliya’s tribunal all hail from kumawa? Come next elections, we’ll see if you will prevail with your alone.
Boza chakukalipa iwe
I HOPE WE ARE NOT BACK TO THE DAYS OF KK .
Politics is not dirty.
Mr RB opened fire using a UNIP muzzle loader to shot Dora Siliya , but he missed and the stray bullets hit the two deputy ministers. Sorry William
I will have a Gravatars, I prefer a smile though. Smilies where are you you uuuuuuuuuuuu.!!!!!!!!
#48 – it is wrong to incite tribal emotions like that. there is nothing tribal about the composition of the panel. the problem tha i s there is that there are planty kumawas in the judiviary and this is historical.
The problem is pa zed, we keep re-cycling old stuff and putting new linen on old clothe.Whats that? Honestly some people have been in power for more than 35-45 years even when obama was just born.
I mean, look at VJ mwaanga for example still in parliament instead of leaving that place for fresh brains .Does anyone believe that when one gets old they more like go back to childhood.This is what is happening in zambia.Very soon,we will be like zimbabweans and zimbabwe will slowly start picking because atleast they have the infrastructure and do we have,criticism!We need change.
Not bitter!! he is lying.Politics was a job for him.Let him join the economic recession que.
so what if not bitter
i think his bitter
RB, you are no better than Shakafuswa and Chibombamilimo. You are digging your own grave.
The problem with Zambian politics is that, we have a lot of old timers in govt positions who ae afraid of change and progress. As long as they have their pockets full, nothing is going to change. The like of Mugabe in our govt should pave way for the younger generation. there is a big different between revolutionalists and reformers, the later are supposed to be the new generations.
Looks like we have another kaponya government
Jab’s, I have known you since the Economics Clubhouse at Kamwala. Leadership is a trait that is in you. Right now, discretion is the better part of valour. Dust yourself off Bro. Secondly, there is nothing wrong with Prostitutes. They have as much right to commercial endeavor, to make a living, as any other Zambian does! If others don’t appreciate their service, they should abstain quietly. After all, that’s their loss, it leaves more for us, and their predjudice is going to be judged accordingly, in good time, and in appropriate measure. Stay up bro!!!!!!! From the Wag! JABS FOR PRESIDENT!
I thot shaka was contemplating to resign what happened to his decisions to do so. pls sumone tell me why Sylvia Masebo was left out of the cabinet.
if he is not bitter y take the matter to court??