The Barotse Royal Establishment (BRE) has called upon MMD President Dr. Nevers Mumba to give the Western Province hardworking and dedicated Members of Parliament who are loyal to the people and able to cooperate with the BRE to help bring genuine development and progress to the Province.

Speaking when Dr. Mumba paid a courtesy call on the Litunga at Limulunga, the BRE Kuta led by Induna Mukulwakashiko accused the current MMD MPs of having destroyed the MMD when they decided to abandon their own party and instead campaigned for the UPND and PF in the 2015 presidential elections.

Induna Mukulwakashiko was however quick to point out that the BRE was non-partisan and went on to accuse all Western Province Members of Parliament of having neglected the people and being uncooperative with the BRE. He said over the years the BRE had enjoyed very cordial cooperation with the MMD but lamented that the BRE has been very saddened to see the MMD being swallowed by other parties. He said the MMD should not be allowed to go into oblivion as it is the party that brought democracy to Zambia. He further said that the current crop of MMD Members of Parliament have no regard for the people they represent nor the BRE.

In response and on a light note, Dr. Mumba assured the BRE that the MMD could not be swallowed by any party as it was too big and that if any party attempted to do so, it would choke to death because they would be attempting to swallow an elephant, a comment which drew chuckles from the Litunga and the Indunas. He further assured the BRE that the MMD is rapidly regaining its strength as a result of the on-going countrywide mobilization tours that the party has been undertaking.

Dr. Mumba has recently been quoted in the media as saying the party has already embarked on an exercise to identify aspiring Members of Parliament for each of the 156 constituencies and that the overriding qualification criteria for adoption would be loyalty to the leadership of the MMD and a track record of hard work and dedication to the people they aspire to lead.

He indicated that all structures countrywide had been directed to engage in vigorous door-to-door campaigns to adequately prepare for the August 2016 General Elections and that the party was getting ready to unveil a completely new line up of leadership including some old and new members particularly the youth and women.

Earlier in Kaoma, Dr. Mumba echoed a similar message to the structures and directed party officials in the province to immediately begin door to door campaigns ahead of this year’s election and begin to shortlist possible parliamentary and local government candidates for the 11th August 2016 General Elections for adoption on the party ticket.

The MMD prides itself as the only party whose true strength lies in the party structures and it is from the landslide vote of the structures that Nevers Mumba emerged MMD President in the 2012 Party Convention after the loss of the MMD to the Patriotic Front in the 2011 General Election.

AWARD-WINNING musician Jay Rox is set to release another single titled Cake, off his highly successful sophomore album Outside the Rox, on Valentine’s Day next month.
The song, which will be the final single from the album, will be released with a music video. Last week, Jay Rox teased fans with pictures from the Cake video shoot which he shared on social media.
He teamed up with N.X.T Solutionz for the upcoming video. Previously, Rox worked with them on the Not for Sello music video, which received positive reviews for being unique and exceptional in quality.
Jay Rox said he wanted Cake to be the last single from his album because it is a special song to him.
“I was going to release Cake last year but I changed my mind and I decided it was going to be the last single. I knew it was going to be a big song so I wanted to give it the proper attention,” he told the Weekend Mail in an interview.
As a solo musician, Jay Rox has had a stellar ride, receiving two awards, a BEFTA for Best International African Act and a Born n Bred Music Video Award for Best Collaboration.

Before his solo success, he was part of successful hip-hop group Zone Fam.
The transition from doing group projects to doing solo jobs was not an easy one for him.
“In Zone Fam, I had three other people I could lean on. I didn’t have to carry all the weight. With Outside the Rox, it all fell on me, I had to do everything but I realised that this was my vision. So I had to see it through,” he says
“In the beginning, most of the interviews I did, I would be asked a lot of Zone Fam questions. But eventually that stopped and I started getting questions about my album and my work.”
Although he stepped out on his on, Jay Rox still remained true to his Zone Fam roots.
“For my album, I looked at how we did things as Zone Fam. I wanted to keep up with the quality and the standards the group had set.”
In spite of all the success Jay Rox has experienced throughout his career, he has no intentions of slowing down. His next album is set for release next year, and he plans to release a few singles this year.

(DailyMail)

MMD Spokesperson Raphael Nakacinda says his will issue a comprehensive statement on the pronouncements by President Edgar Lungu on the PF’s desire to form an alliance with the former ruling party.

Speaking in an interview Mr Nakacinda said the party has laid down procedures and that if an alliance is to be formed it has to come about due to an agreement among party members and that issue will be up for discussion during the National Executive Committee meeting which the party will be holding soon.

He said the MMD is a democratic party which practices intra party politics and that the issue of an alliance is something that needed to be discussed before any statements could be issued.

He also indicated that if the party is to go into any alliance then it will be because of mutual understanding between the two parties and not out selfish interest of individuals.

Mr Nakacinda also disclosed that his party is working on a template that will ensure the participation of all members when choosing a running mate.

He said as the mother of democracy in the country, the party’s leadership does not want to impose a running mate on the membership.

He also said the position of running mate was too important to be left to individuals to chose because it would have a bad bearing on the party and would be a recipe for intra party confusion.

President Lungu on Tuesday disclosed that he had formally contacted MMD Leader Nevers Mumba on the possibility of the two political parties forming an Alliance in this year’s elections.

Speaking when he addressed PF members in Chipata Eastern Province, President Lungu said it will be difficult for both MMD and PF to attain the 50 percent plus one threshold if they do not work together.

The President said he was looking at the day when former president Rupiah Banda and Dr Nevers Mumba would work together.

Mr Lungu who paid a glowing tribute to Mr Banda said the former head of state should continue to be praised because without him he was not going to be in State House.

“First of all let me pay tribute to president Rupiah Banda for joining hands with PF during the January 20th 2015 presidential elections by helping us to win the elections. I know without president Banda would not been the President of this country. I will be happy to see president Banda and Dr Nevers Mumba to make peace,” he said.

He said the best thing for any political party was to put the house in order for the common good purpose.

He said had been exchanged the notes through short an SMS with Dr Mumba to work together because themselves MMD cannot manage to win the general elections.

“This morning (yesterday) I was talking to Dr Mumba through SMS to say let’s work together,” he said.

President Lungu said he was not the one who caused confusion in the MMD stating that in any political party including PF there was confusion until God prevailed the situation.

He asked the party members in the ruling party to embrace new members in order for PF to manage the 50 plus one threshold of the votes.

He said he was aware that with few numbers the he cannot attain the 50 + 1 but he was looking forward for more votes from people in Eastern province.

He said currently Zambia does not deserve a re-run saying there was need for people to vote en masse for PF to avoid the same on August 11th .

President Lungu said Energy Minister Dora Siliya left MMD and joined PF in which she re-contested and won the Petauke Central parliamentary by-election convincingly.

He said there was also nothing wrong for him to appoint someone from opposition as a cabinet minister.

He said United Party for National Development (UPND) appointed Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba as vice party president stating that the moment he appointed Richwell Siamunene as defence minister, the opposition political party started talking unnecessarily.