The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has expressed concern over the conduct of Paramount Chief Mpezeni during the Patriotic Front (PF) rally which was held in Chipata over the weekend.
ECZ Acting Public Relations Manager, Sylvia Bwalya, said it was against the law for Chief Mpezeni to openly campaign for the PF candidate in the July 25 by election, Lameck Mangani.
Ms Bwalya said this in a statement issued to ZANIS in Lusaka over some aspects of the PF political advertisement which was aired on ZNBC where Paramount Chief Mpezeni asked the audience to support Mr Mangani.
She said the conduct exhibited by the traditional ruler is an abrogation of Section 129 of the Republican Constitution, which forbids chiefs from participating in partisan politics.
Paramount chief Mpezeni of the Ngoni people of Eastern province over the weekend advised the people of Chipata Central to support President Sata if they want to see development in the area.
“Tiyeni ti sebenze naye mu bemba uyu, ni nthawi yake kuti aleteko chitukuko,”Munalume Ngao ngao,” (Let us work with this bemba man, it
is his time to bring development, this real man), said Paramount chief Mpezeni.
He advised the people in Chipata to support the PF candidate in the Chipata Central constituency Lameck Mangani adding that they should be able to
sit down with him if they see something wrong in him.
“Osankhala mongá likhanyane, (Do not be like ticks which stick on a cow even when it is dead),” he said.
Ms Bwalya said the Commission has since advised all chiefs who are invited to political functions to desist from making partisan statements.
She said the commission will continue to sensitise chiefs in areas where by-elections are being held on the importance of being non partisan and the need for them to desist from coercing or intimidating their subjects during campaigns, public debates or elections.
Meanwhile, the ECZ has advised media houses in the country to adhere to the provision of the Electoral Code of Conduct to only allow 30 minutes of airing a political advert programme.
ZONDWA and MPEZENI are both Jockers.
Zambia will be better off without the 2 of them. There do not seem to be adding any value to this Country, not even a single bit.
i wonder if you presido gotta brain we made the constitution to govern us..no one is above the law not even sataboyo.viba bemba viba kolwe bakabwalala how do you think? Please use human brain to think to not kolwe brain..God i hate bemba
Iwe xikala serenje taumfwa even yesterday I was warning you over the same bemba insults. Is Nkosi yama Nkosi a bemba. Why are you blaming us for a Ngoni chiefs behaviour. The Nkosi yama Nkosi is very clever chief. Read his statement carefully he is campaigning for President Sata not Mangani. But President is not candidate. He said its time for this bemba man support him. Is Mangani a mubemba? As we all know Mangani is a Mungoni. Mwalela bafikala. Silva should retract her statement and apologise to Mpezeni. Anyway Silvia is a bemba girl so she can apologise in kind cause she is NDIYO for the Nkosi yama Nkosi. Nkosi tamipasana mwanankazi uyu munyaule ainvele yamfumu. Nkosi nizakubwezela yamene yamene CONGO DUST. MFUMU MUMUSEVENZELOPONI TYALA
(I have not made any comment on this subject. Why are you blocking my comments everyday.? Others are commenting more than once )Iwe xikala serenje taumfwa even yesterday I was warning you over the same bemba insults. Is Nkosi yama Nkosi a bemba. Why are you blaming us for a Ngoni chiefs behaviour. The Nkosi yama Nkosi is very clever chief. Read his statement carefully he is campaigning for President Sata not Mangani. But President is not candidate. He said its time for this bemba man support him. Is Mangani a mubemba? As we all know Mangani is a Mungoni. Mwalela bafikala. Silva should retract her statement and apologise to Mpezeni. Anyway Silvia is a bemba girl so she can apologise in kind cause she is NDIYO for the Nkosi yama Nkosi. Nkosi tamipasana mwanankazi uyu munyaule ainvele yamf
There is no doubt that the Ngoni chief broke the law, but the most important thing is that there are no sanctions against provided in the constitution against such abrogations. These are costly omissions in our statute books. It is also worrying that the government is encouraging law breaking.
agree what is the penalty and who should pay and when!!!
So why is Chief Jumbe being castigated over his condemning of Mpezeni’s involvement in a political rally? Mpezeni broke the law and thus Mangani should be disqualified from participating in this race. Let’s say Managni wins and the losing candidate’s petition his election into power, won’t this seat be nullified again as there is clear evidence of electro-malpractice by have a chief encouraging his subjects support a particular candidate? Chiefs should not be partisan and that’s the reason why Jumbe spoke because he saw something wrong!!!
Aaah sense iwe! But Mangani should not be disqualified, did Mangani ask Mpezeni to compaign for him? Mangani personally has not broken the electoral code of conduct and Mpezeni is not part and parcel of the campaign team. Yes the chief is very wrong to involve himself in partisan politics as this compromises his status! But the truth is his so called subjects don’t even trust and listen to him because they know him as muselela kwakaba! Imfumu yansala always running after brown envelopes!
This is the basis for the opposition to come and petition the results if the PF wins, the law has been broken
But AIDS ilibadi yaba! nayo mfumu mpezeni a.k.a red linso yaba…sit properly..the dirty kanika is showing.
This happens every time in many chiefdoms .Too bad the poor chief was caught.
Perhaps going on ZNBC had something to do with it?
So where does this leave the president?The mere action of castigating a chief in public is uncalled for.Now we are informed that the castigated chief was correct.How can PF just make a habit of always being wrong.In today’s paper Kabimba is busy castigating LAZ reminding them that he is sharp,Sata is castigating chief jumbe for wht now appears was the correct thing whilst kabimba has also been reported telling his members that he became secretary general because he is wise-pathetic.
And Scott is also busy castigating the opposition, instead of fulfilling their promises.
uyu mpezeni shares ungoni na mubemba muyake…basiyeni basebenze!!
Thank sister Bwalya for speaking factually. It was Section 129 of the Republican Constitution that was flouted.
HH has legal minds who could have given him the facts when he spoke.
Let the His Majesty the Litunga learn from this and avoid causing embarrassment to the kingdom.
Let us include penalties for flouting all Zambian laws. Please, lawyers do your work professionally.
Litunga? Have you ever heard him or his District chiefs go out to campaign for a political party be it ruling or opposition party? Did he or his Chief in Lukulu go to campaign for whoever in Lukulu West during the recent by election.? Not even the Silalo Induna’s get involved in campaign politics! Get you facts right!
What do you expect from a Chief who likes patronizing bars and Night clubs, and visumbali too much?
ati visumbali too much..kekekekekekekek!
If Mangani wins the courts will throw the petition out and rule in favour of Mangani.Its called benefits of being in power,the same thing the Movement for mad dogs where doing when they where in power…
And if the courts nullify the results (which it will) then its the taxpayer that loses K5 Billion again.
MY ADVICE: Do something for yourself, for your beloved family. Don’t waste your time talking about stars, movies, politics while others are enjoying their lives with money without politics. . See how this South African poor woman became a millionaire just by buying and selling accident cars, Very interesting idea. Go to (USED.CO) not dot com, to see the methods and companies she was using (USED.CO) not dot com. It is a very simple idea but a very powerful one. Wake up Africans
These are hungry chiefs who can sell their throne for a penny
This is the more reason I hate politics. Too much hypocrisy. I think everything to do with politics is SATAnic.
Mpezeni IV Njengembaso for Life!!!!!
The opposition must not sleep. Give us another by election.
Chief mpezeni ws on duty expresing the wish of the pipo thru service deliveries he ws requestng frm his pipo.He ws representng the pipo irespectve of politcal afiliation.He ws on duty.Concentrate on campaigns & work hard to convince the electorates.
Koma aba ni ba Chief YABA!!! anyways not worry. Ask the chief who was supporting Criticles Mwansa in 2011 in Luapula Province how his so called subjects HUMILIATED him – they all voted for a PF candidate. Chief was a sworn MMD supporter. He even banned PF activity in his area but lost. Tell me, how did such a chief face his subjects after the humiliating defeat?? And this Chief Mpeseni cant learn from such?
ka mpezeni…tumendo monga twa ka nyoni
This AIDS ridden Mpezeni whose worn out and stinking under pant i can see is an illiterate criminal who enjoys free sex with prostitutes.
I won’t be surprise if Sylvia is the next person to face Ukwa’s ranting. The man will not stop to think that she is merely a spokes person for ECZ, whose duty is to communicate to the public what her superiors decide.
Chief Mpezeni is useless drunkard and can be bribed with a bottle of Powers gin. When we tell you that The Litunga is a king and Mpezeni is a chief this is what we mean. You Ngonis sort your man out he is an utter disgrace.
Mpezeni ni mbuzi ya munthu. illiterate!!!!! He can’t even express himself in broken English. Nchito cabe ni kusakila ba sikana m’ma bar. Ni mfumu yabwanji? Mfumu ikayende ku Rally sure??????
Both Mpezeni and Sata are COWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No my dear! Right now I am on my farm. I am looking at the faces of my cows. And believe you me; there’s more intelligence on the faces of my cows than you will ever see on the faces of Sata and Mpenzeni. You can also throw in Kabimba, Kambwili, Sakeni and Sampa. You’re insulting the Cows by comparing them to these losers!
That’s Zambian politics for you. The Chief campaigns for the finger that feeds him (PF) and Andrew Banda campaigns on tribal lines by urging everyone in Eastern Province to stick to MMD just as Tonga’s have stuck to UPND.
When is this small man dying so that the Ngoni’s get a much more dignified chief. Times have changed, we now have educated and respetable ones like chief Macha who even makes news on CNN and not just drinking beer and defiling his fellow villagers.
Ngonis where are you? Please comment below
Birds of the same farthers flock 2gether. Sata na Mpezeni bamobene