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Acting President Dr Guy Scott greets Kabwe Trustee school shortly before departure for Lusaka
Acting President Dr Guy Scott greets Kabwe Trustee school shortly before departure for Lusaka

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Acting President Dr Guy Scott greets Kabwe Trustee school shortly before departure for Lusaka
Acting President Dr Guy Scott greets Kabwe Trustee school shortly before departure for Lusaka

Acting President Guy Scott has admitted that the Patriotic Front (PF) was facing a daunting challenge of resolving the unprecedented predicament of having two candidates jostling for the party’s presidential ticket for the forthcoming presidential by-elections.

Dr. Scott said that it was unfortunate that the ruling party was faced with such a serious challenge that needs to be urgently dealt with.

He was speaking in Kabwe at the just ended parallel general conference of the ruling party held at Mulungushi Rock of Authority where Commerce Deputy Minister Miles Sampa emerged victorious after beating four other contestants.

Dr. Scott could neither confirm nor deny that he would call for a central committee meeting to consider issues aimed at averting a major split of the PF after only three years in power.

On Sunday November 30, one faction elected Defence Minister Edgar Lungu as party president while another one held elections on Monday, December 1, 2014 and elected Mr. Sampa as president.

Both presidents have been declared presidential candidates by their respective factions for the presidential by-elections slated for January 20, 2015.

However, PF national chairperson Inonge Wina obtained an injunction to stop Dr. Scott from holding the parallel general conference until the matter is heard in the Lusaka High Court on December 2, 2014.

But Dr. Scott said he would endeavour to restore peace in the party he founded with late President Michael Sata.

The Acting President demonstrated this effort by rejecting calls made by a PF Councillor Christopher Shakafuswa to expel Defence Minister Edgar Lungu and nine other senior party officials for what he termed gross indiscipline.

These include PF national chairperson Inonge Wina, Chiefs and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkandu Luo, Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba and Tourism Minister Jean Kapata.

Others are Willie Nsanda, Davies Mwila, Benson Chali , Fabian Chikoti and Sturdy Mwale.

Sports Minister Chishimba Kambwili has since appealed to Dr. Scott to urgently convene a central committee meeting to address the PF presidency and looming split in the party.

Acting President Dr Guy Scott greets Kabwe Trustee school shortly before departure for Lusaka
Acting President Dr Guy Scott greets Kabwe Trustee school shortly before departure for Lusaka
Acting President Dr Guy Scott greets Kabwe Trustee school shortly before departure for Lusaka
Acting President Dr Guy Scott greets Kabwe Trustee school shortly before departure for Lusaka
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151 COMMENTS

    • I really believe HH when he said Guy Scott is muzungu opusa.
      Meanwhile Flight HH2015 continues to fly high. Calling on all would be drowners to quickly come on board Flight HH2015.

    • GUY SCOTT JUST SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE AND ACCEPT THAT EDGAR LUNGU IS THE PEOPLES CHOICE. MULENGA SATA IS SPOT ON WHEN HE SAID THAT HE CAN NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR PROBLEM WITH EDGAR LUNGU, BUT WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE PREFERED PERSON HIS EDGAR.

    • Have the authorities ever caught a witch flying on a broomstick in the country’s air space? Why are those so called witches always pictured sitting on the ground. Why can ’t any of Africa’s ‘flying witches’ be caught or photographed flying? Why are ‘magic birds’ & witches always pictured sitting? Why can ’t they be captured flying even if it is few centimetres above the ground? These are critical questions Africans have yet to ask.

      We must break the spell of ignorance that hangs over Africa. Fearful ignorant minds wasting precious resources fighting imaginary witches in winnowing baskets must be replaced with educated, honest people administering the forward progress of an emerging continent with real needs.

    • Scott is Happy Smiling in the midst of chaos-He’s the beneficiary!

      While Zambians are busy on the staged PF fighting, Scott and his “ interest groups” are busy milking Zambia (Check the national parks and private jets!).
      Come 2015-Scott and his foreign interests happy!! Wake up Zambians and fight ,stop this rot!! Save Zambia.

    • Ati Scott is smiling; just as Kaseba has been smiling all through the sickness and death of Ba Sata cos she is the beneficiary. — Imagine this witch : and some of u call this ‘leadership’ qualities — my foot.

    • Ah. To be a kid again. Sigh. For those kids it was a pretty special day meeting a President (albeit Interim) and one can only wonder what their little minds must think of what has transpired in their home town.

      On this one I think the smile for the future generation is a must. We have enough grumpy old men in politics without scaring kids with our candidates and their predicaments…

      Thumbs up for a nice pic of children. Better than images of overgrown kids playing politicians any day.

    • The buck stops on Guy Sct. It is very clear and evident the man has failed PF on this one. Edgar and the camp warned right from the beginning the danger of going to a convention; waste time, waste resources and come out divided. Which of these has not happened? And you say Edgar is a drunk, well, look at what the sober ones have done. A drunk seems to have better grey matter than the ‘Normal’ ones. If this is what it means to be a drunk I would rather remain drunk all the times – Please someone pass me an Alteza!

    • @MM Le Grand Patron Wa Zabanga ?? I love that Flight Code on board flight HH2015 from Livingstone to Lusaka (Plot One??).. ladies and gentlemen, we have started the decent and will be landing at Plot one International airport shortly?? Please fasten your seat beats as HH takes over the presidency.

    • Lungu is power hungry. If elected, his supporters will ensure that he rules forever, just like Kaunda did. Take heed.

    • Please stop involving God in this nonsense. Politics is a human institution and has nothing to do with God. God is not the voting mu January but the people of Zambia. I would like to think that God has given us the brains to make or choose our own leaders. We should stop this silliness..thats why we cant criticise our leaders because we think they are anointed eg that Ka Nevers Mumba.

    • LusakaBoy @1.17, please let me shake your hand! It’s bad enough that the politicians have gone insane right before our eyes. Now we have bloggers who are also going cuckoo trying to bribe God onto their side. Come on guys, get real

    • Flight HH2015 landed in Kasama today to a thunderous welcome.

      HH will proceed to meet the Chitimukulu and assure him that once elected he will make sure he is enthroned as Chitimukulu.

      Kasama is ready to vote HH now after experiencing a lot of treachery by the PF which has stolen their maize.

      Next stop, Mansa , Chinsali , Mkushi, Nakonde then back to Kabwe.

    • We have had enough dancing in PF. This party cannot be saved or save itself. Scott and his team of hooligans need to be voted out come January 20th. This party is not fit for anything. This party was created out of confusion and is confusion itself. If this party has to meet again, let the chairman for the meeting be different and not Scott. We have had enough confusion from him. Charlotte can you please cage your husband. I pity you Charlotte for staying with that Man day in and day out.

    • PF STEALS FROM VILLAGERS.

      PF has no shame at all. How can it steal even from the villagers who have totally nothing sure?

      PF behaves like a thief who decides to steal soil when he finds there is nothing of value to steal.

      PF is a bunch of thieves no matter who leads it.

  2. Just disappear mr scott, let the owners of the party resurrect the party after you nearly buried it, just a few days in charge.

    • Guy Scott is the future; black people cannot run a country; give us your companies; we shall hire u; pay u peanuts and make a killing of a profit when exporting minerals

    • Vodka Lungu caused all this mess. Condoning violence as if he’s not educated, desperate man..no qualities of president at all. He would be another embarrassment always drunk!

  5. He has now toned down knowing that he has reverted to his substantive position of Veep of the party… Game of thrones, someone will cry indeed!!!

  6. Pride goes before a fall. The solution is that you swallow your pride Scot and join team Lungu who has about 70 mps ready to campaign for him

  8. “Divide and rule” has always been their way of stealing African resources, Guy Scott is not an exception in mentality.

    While Zambians are busy on the staged PF fighting, Scott and his “ interest groups” are busy milking Zambia (Check the national parks and private jets!).
    Come 2015-Scott and his foreign interests happy!! Wake up Zambians and fight ,stop this rot!! Save Zambia.

    Don’t say you were not Warned!!

    • National parks ? thief of our Wild Animals has been going on for years big business in south Africa! 10 MILLION ANIMALS ON PRIVATE FARMS IN SOUTHAFRICA ! go to Kafue national park it’s like a Zoo all the animals are Gone! THESE SO CALLED WILD LIFE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES ARE LOOTING OUR ANIMALS ! LUSAKA KABWE ROAD JUST AFTER THE FIRST ROADBLOCK ON YOUR LEFT YOU WILL FIND 40 LIONS CANNED HUNTING EACH LION 50000 USD . AND WHOM ARE WE TO BLAME? LOOK AT OUR MINES WE ONLY GET 5 % OF THE TOTAL OUTPUT! THAT’S WHY WE ARE POOR!

  10. As things stand right now only Guy Scott can bring about sanity and unity in the disintegrating PF.
    The hostilities against Dr Scott mainly by Edgar Lungu and his violent militia are sadly based on racism and nothing else.

    • @ The London Eye your comment is truly cool as I too believe only Scott can restore sanity for the PF and like it or not the dull elements of PF are harassing their only hope at unity blinded by greed! PF origins were Sata and Scott, the two apart from politics had a private life as close friends (“I introduced and made him marry Charlotte” Sata once said). All chancers took advantage of the national mood and riding on PF’s back proceeded to parliament. The harassment we’re seeing aimed at Scott is at the PF’s peril for Scott has nothing whatsoever to lose as the “A team” is also no more. Scott has been referred all sorts from ceremonial vice president who couldn’t be left to act to being a colonial remnant but Sata saw no reason to disappoint him. No one knows what is up Scott’s…

  11. We have the unprecedented predicament of having a wishy-washy Acting President who is clearly incompetent to manage his own party.

    Lucky for PF he is no longer Acting Party President and does not call any shots or does he?. Neutral Zambians were almost vomiting with his power hungry displays which were getting pathetic with each passing day.

    Ha, now two PF Presidents will have to call for meetings to reconcile the party. Chishimba Kambwili is clearly dull for him to have proposed that old and wasted Guy Scott calls for such a meeting. Which authority would he call for such a meeting and who would accept that authority? Both PF conferences, the Sunday and Monday events, declared a vacancy for Party President effectively ending hopeless Guy Scott’s acting period as PF President.

    • Scott should act now before these cadres and Minister Thugs swallow him.He needs to stop this stupidity.We tire of these Thugs we shall also remove our ties soon it will be do or die.

  12. I think this man is up to no good because he knew what would come out of their conference.He should not pretend to be in in unprecedented predicament.
    He wanted it that way so that his stuges could take over the show.
    You will now see eating with booth hands does.
    The nation is watching you including all boarders and airports should you cause confusion and blood shed here.

  13. “Both presidents have been declared presidential candidates by their respective factions for the presidential by-elections slated for January 20, 2015”.

    CORRECTION
    The correct position is that only one candidate Edgar Lungu has received a certificate of adoption to represent PF as presidential candidate. The returning officer in yesterday’s election declined to declare Miles Sampa as the winner due to the court injunction.

    • Agree with you Colonialist. Only one candidate has received the PF’s certificate of nomination from the PF Chairperson and that is EL.

    • A certificate of adoption from an unauthorised National Chairperson is as good as not having one. Learn your basic reules, regulations and laws, shaa!

  14. Harry Mwanga Nkumbula failed, Anderson Mazoka failed and HH has been failing. I think try cow-herding. Ruling people is not in your blood.

    • @ Salaula, you are a terrible tribalist every Zambian has the right to vie for presidency. The notion that leaders can only come from one area is retrogressive, that’s why we are underdeveloped because we put thieves who just want to get rich and uplift their relatives, Zambia is for all. We want leaders that have a culture of working hard, not get into office to get rich, that’s why the EL camp are ready to kill so that they can continue stealing. Is that the Zambia you want to leave your children when you die…think ahead please!

    • @salaula when God has said yes its yes no will stop HH.HH will win with a landslide.Will commit suicide when he wins.God has allowed Edgar to spill blood and derail PF from governing Zambia.Edgar will have blood in his hands.HH will be clean and ready to prosecute those killing others .He may send there names to hugue.

    • This insult to the entire esteemed tribe is abominable. If you have personal issues with one Tonga, get it in your thick head that one is not all and all are not one. This is the basic logic one with even limited literacy should grasp.

  15. ITS YOU SCOTT WHO HAS CAUSED ALL THESE PROBLEMS. THATS WHY SATA COULD NOT LET YOU ACT AS PRESIDENT HE KNEW YOUR WEAKNESSES VERY WELL. WAS IT NOT BOTHERING YOU WHY HE GAVE 4 CRITICAL POSITIONS(i.e sg,dm,jm & acting president) TO ONE MAN-LUNGU? HOW DO YOU TAKE SIDES IN THE SEARCH FOR PRESIDENT WHICH YOU REFUSED TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO DO? YOU CARTEL INDEED! YOU KNEW VERY WELL THAT YOUR PURPOTED GC DIDNT MEET THE CRITERIA OF THE GC AS YOU WERE LESS THAN 3700 REQUIRED BUT YOU WENT AHEAD! ISNT THAT HYPOCRISY?? HOW DID YOU ALLOW THE VOTING TO PROCEED WHEN THE CANDIDATES FAILED TO HAVE 200 DELEGATES TO ESCORT THEM FOR FILING? TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES ARE 1145-SHARE THESE FIGURE AMONG THE 7 CANDIDATES WHO PRESENTED THEIR MANUFESTOS! DELEGATES TO ESCORT THEM ALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN 1400.

  16. The solution lies in giving people what they want. Guy Scott has been and is in a better place to resolve the impasse. He is an intelligent person but the only weakness is lack of discernment . If he had heed the call of National Chairperson, these things would not have been there. All people involved can not be blamed over what has happened but the back ends up at the Acting President. He seems to have taken a partisan stand as opposed to being neutral. Elections as he put it to convention was a sure way of averting trouble spoken of now but opportunity was missed. People went ahead to do what they did. Scott should now sit back and reflect whose interest he is serving. Certainly he will find the answer . May all those misleading the old man Scott please give him a break to think wise.

  17. I cannot believe this Guy, you tell me that he cannot see that this is a self-inflicted problem?

    No organisational qualities, no common sense, pure robot thinking programmed at Microsoft.

    Poor leadership indeed, I shudder to think what other trouble the Guy will stir up for our peaceful country, the only country that we can call home, during the remaining 50 days before the by elections.

    The Queen must be embarrassed at this!

    • This is not Guy Scott’s problem only, it involves all of you. This problem was started by our late leader. People of Zambia knew who their vice President was. Why did they not tell our Late President not to choose Guy into a second position. Now that the cobra is gone people want to look at Guy as an evil person. PF please finish what you started and not mourn. I think Zambians are being drawn into your confusions. This party appeared so organised when Sata was still living. The minute Sata departs everyone wants to be the Leader. It is a pity that there is no respect amongst yourselves. How do you expect others to respect you. Please clean your house and move forward it is time to stand up. Someone needs to find that jiggle- saw puzzle and remedy to unite the rest of you together.

    • One last advice do not forget Dr Scott has been there since the birth of this party and he deserves some respect and not insults. Remember the days are moving closer to election day. Put your house in order and once again gain people’s respect. To those who are tribalistic you will never see any development in the country and forever remain in the past. Do not look at peoples origins look at what they can do and offer. Listen and choose wisely it does not matter where they come from either north, south, east or west listen very careful and choose wisely. Politics of insults are long gone. We need to maintain our credibility as Zambians. If the hour for PF to go has come let it be. It does not matter who comes into power and every leader is God given. You do not need to fight.

  19. He is man of confusion.I had faith in this man but immediately he fired man of people EL i even confirmed that he is controlled indeed by the cartel.WE PF supporters want EL but Scott is against us.It was very clear that we wanted EL.Now scott,cartel and UPND are working together to make sure EL doesn’t stand coz they know people like him.He is not a good man.I’m very disappointed with this man.Please respect the wishes of the people.Give want we want if u want peace and noise to go.EL is commanding masses coz of 70MPs supporting him.Why boss the scott???

    • @ Moscow , EL has support of the 70 band of thieves because if anyone else come into power, he’ll expose their theft and jail them. But they’re not Zambia. This time the majority of Zambians are tired of lies. lawlessness under PF and their cadres, we want dignity for all Zambians! Ni HH chabe!! Akuza..Akuza!

    • @Moscow leave HH from your Malabishi PF Thugs.Continue killing each other you cused thieves .Ndalama shamilopa brings bad lack.Havent you read what Kambwili said “PF has a big demon ,which needs prayers.”

    • Yes he is a man of confusion because other party members have chosen not to listen or respect his suggestions. They have chosen to be rebellious and not work with him. I can assure you if our President was still living no one of these would have uttered a word to Dr Scott. The minute the court of law suggested him as a leader ,some party members decided they would not work with him. What does the constitution say about who becomes a President when a leader goes? Because of our constitution everything is what it is today and we need to go along with it until it is sorted.

  20. You can never know what will happen in marriage of politics………., it takes the Grace of God to accept some one with all your heart. Edgar Lungu should work with Miles Sample.

    The two gentlemen should sit on the round take and agree to save this baby called PF or kill him. Edgar if wins the election then he can appoint Miles as vice. We need to move on as a people who sacrificed everything to have PF in plot 1.

    • The mistake was to take PF to Plot one in the first place! It has been the most useless wasted three years! This time we are going forward!

    • @pio

      You think these greedy minions will agree to any anything. Each one of them wants to go to plot 1 and enrich himself. Both are eying Sata’s hefty salary while to HH its a drop in the ocean which he will kindly donate to educate the poor.

    • Ba Bull who is in a hurry to dislodge the other EL or GS? To me its GS who has objected everything EL camp has so far proposed.

      Look at his hypocritical behaviour, the man kept on emphasising that the threshold for the GC to be held is 3000+ delegates. How many delegates ended up at his GC? Less than 1,200 and since EL was not there, he never saw anything wrong. If EL was present, he surely could have used this as an excuse to cancel the GC indefinitely.

      The man does not mean well for PF!!!

  22. Flights Cant take off: There is confusion at the airport after the airtraffic controller locked the office shortly after the take off of Flight HH2015. The other flights cannot take off for a myrraid of reasons. It is understood Flight EL2015 decided to take off without authorisation but could not gunner enough take off speed. Street boys have been surmoned to manually push the plane until it gains the right speed for take off. Meanwhile, FlightMS2015 does not have a license to fly while Flights RB2015 and NM2015 have a shared license and not clear who between the two has it. Other flights cannot make it to the runway as they have mechanical problems. These are Flight ECJ2015, GM2015, EN2015. Captains of other planes are said to have taken a ride on Flight HH2015.

  23. SCOTT KNEW THAT SINCE ALL THOSE CANDIDATES FAILED TO MEET THE 200 DELEGATES SAMPA SHOULD HAVE BEEN DECLARED WINNER BUT IN ORDER TO COVER UP HIS BAD MANNERS HE EVEN ALLOWED THE STAGE MANAGED ELECTIONS TO PROCEED WHEN THE OTHER CANDIDATES DIDNT QUALIFY. WHAT WAS THERE TO CALL ELECTIONS??? SHAME! SCOTT OWNS THE ALL DEFENCE SYSTEM EVEN COMMANDOS BUT HE FAILED EVEN TO GO SAY “HELLO” TO DELEGATES HE SENT TO MULUNGUSHI ROCK OF AUTHORITY THE PLACE WITHOUT PROPER WATER AND TOILETS. THEY WAITED FOR HIM FOR 3DAYS BUT HE WAS NO WHERE TO SEEN! DOES HE EVEN QUALIFY TO BE CALLED A FATHER WHO CAN ABANDON HIS CHILDREN? ITS PITY HIS GROWN UP SO HE CANT CHANGE! SHAME SCOTT

    • @ntimbwi an election is better than putting hands and you declare Edgar Lungu as president.Foolish Lungu supporters .

  24. Yes indeed we have an unprecedented situation where a person who was expected to unite his party (PF) and the country has ended up dividing it even further. So unprecedented that with the “two presidents” Scott has created and “two Chairpersons” it is not known who can call a meeting to iron out the differences. As observed by others,he is nolonger Acting President because his position was declared vacant twice just in the last one week. In fact the press should even stop asking him anything on the matters of PF as he is a Vice President who may even be suspended again (if he does not obtain an injunction restraining others from suspending or expelling him). What a failure of leadership!!

  25. POINT OF CORRECTION SIR, ITS EDCAR KACHASO LUNGU.
    THE MAN IS SO MUCH ADDICTED TO KACHASU BEER SUCH THAT IT CHANGED HIS FACIAL MOPHOLOGY keke keke

  28. Guy Scott had a preferred candidate, who developed cold feet and failed to attend after seeing the chaos that …….sponsors had created. And he realises that Miles Sampa is no political material so the arrogance has evaporated.
    Now he is acting like a village boy who has been caught helping himself to the family’s Cowbell powder milk, and getting choked on it for good measure.

  29. When I see Mmembe and Scott wrestling Lungu so hard, I get to think…”Umm, this guy must be doing something right to be hated this much.”

  30. Lungu is a thief, unprofessional, a drunkard, an alien , a violent thug, is this the man you want to govern your nation? Think again? Scott is right on the ball!

    • @Wantanshi, I wonder why people can’t reason like you! You are spot on. People should be kind to this man EL, because when he has all the luxury in plot one, he’ll now upgrade from Kacahsu to Jack Daniels Whiskey which will kill him fast..

    • @Chitutuma the question is which people and why? If the answer is people like Willy Nsanda and Jery Fingers then Zambian is ready to skinned out of its resources.Lungu is an imposed leader of a criminal Gang of hard core thieves.Zambians should reject this bunch of criminals mascarading as politicians.We shall never be ruled by another Malawian.Sata is the one blame.

  32. Moscow, if you say that HH is part of the dreaded cartel, then we are left with RB as the most credible candidate among the field. RB has the correct perspective of this election, and is the only one who understands the cartel best and would like to bury it forever for the sake of mother Zambia.
    The cartel too has the most fear for RB as candidate.

    But please assure me that HH has not won endorsements of the cartel and will not entertain them? You have to be truthful because now everybody can tell anyone who associates with cartel. They will either support him in the Past or they will remain silent about him while condemning others.

  33. Its a disgrace for the PF that a party in power could sink so low as to be washing dirty rags at the market place and take the extra rags to be washed at Mulungushi Rock of Wafwaliti. From the word go, people have chosen Edgar Lungu to be president and no wonder the late President left him the instruments of power. Sata was not foolish to leave EL all authority because the other guys are spoilers!

    Imagine Miles Sampa ukuba President was Zambia – phwahahahahahahahahahahahaha! My broken foot and my rotten intestines!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Phwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. What the PF must know is that if they still want to continue in power, the person who can win them the presidency and continued employment as ministers is EL and not Miles Sampa who can only hand the UPND the mandate. Wake up call

  34. Why doesn’t H.E Guy Scott go after Edgar Lungu’s Money source?? The only way forward for PF is to play this legit, Lungu is being funded by stolen money. He should immediately launch an aggressive investigation into RDA and ZESCO using an independent auditor or Full Government force. Once you cut of the money you will see the thug (Mr Lungu) Kneel before Guy Scott.

  35. Most UPND supporters are Hippocrates.They always fail to tell the truth.Even if somebody is killing pipo so long as it pleases them they will support coz of power.Can u support Scott for not even saying Hello to the delegates?A leader should be bold enough to speak to people.imagine 3days waiting for scott but the man was just in Kabwe.He is not human indeed.I can’t believe it !!This man is not a christian mind u.he is a earthiest who doesn’t care.No wonder he tell us monkeys coz a leader can’t do such a thing.And other delagates were just watching of waht scott was doing.From that day ,i’m still annoyed with him a.he should just resign for making people suffer.Why should normal Zambians support such a dictotor who doesn’t care about children?Come on guys don’t just support Scott.

    • @ sata I was at Mulungushi there was no delegate one the first day ,only Thugs if I was Scott I would not greet Vikawalala .

    • @sata mwaume,spot on! The problem with some bloggers is that they think the troubles in PF assure them of total victory not knowing that Guy Scott and the group are busy preparing the machinery to ensure their candidate wins. The reason Guy doesn’t care about the views of the majority is that it doesn’t matter to him what the majority think or how they vote. What matters is the success of installing a President who answers to his wishes and sectional interests that he supports.Some opposition supporters will be shocked to see themselves loosing and as Scott’s preferred candidate picks up the presidency under very controversial circumstance and Scott will ensure numbers are inflated in PF strongholds. Who fight for UPND in those areas when the outcome is altered!??Watch out,don’t…

  36. This man does not mean well for pf as a party as well as for Zambia as a nation. the sooner he is dealt with the better and the safer, us patriotic Zambians we will be.

    I love Zambia.

  37. Scott has tried to bring normalcy to the confusion Sata left behind. He has tried to apply the law and follow constitution. Alot of you commenting have no idea hodlums like Nsanda (former UTTA boss) can cause. It NOT easy/advisable to use the army/commandos for simple Panga Family civil strife. Any Army commander wort his salt would no allow it. Deaths would follow and you would all blame Scott for using army. I dont support Miles (Mathani & Mmembe) or Edgar (Nsanda’ corruption at RDA) and none will have my vote. The are both serving, private, selfish corrupt agendas! Service to Zambia is NOT their motivation! God help us!

  38. Zambia needs better leadership than what PF is offering. We need a leadership that will steer the country through the challenging storms to greater heights and prosperity. That leadership should among other things demonstrate it’s vision for the country in the short and long term. It should instill unity of purpose in tackling the challenges of poverty, underdevelopement and high cost of leaving; that these challenges are the common enemy rather than fellow citizens. A leadership founded on the fear of God, tolerance, respect for rule of law. What we see in PF is an obsession for power; were people are ready to kill, maim, destroy, corrupt to obtain power. It’s a critical period for zambia that calls on the electorate to be level headed and see beyond the chibuku, mealie meal, Chitenge…

  39. @sido
    U’re a UPND cadre indeed.We’ll retire HH come 20th january.Why are u scared of Lungu?U think those MPS,cancellors,mayors and central committe members who there were thugs?no wonder we tell u that coz of yo hypocrisy u’ll never form govt.I’ll vote 4 PF not HH coz of UPND cadres.EL is very popular.we have started campaigning already.We’ll win Lusaka,CB,Easten,luapula,muchinga,northern , parts of central province(kabwe,Kapiri Mposhi,nkushi and serenje) and parts of western province.HH will only win southern,western and northwestern.ha ha ha even MMD will beat UPND.Always number three !!Viva EL

    • @Sata keep on dreaming .The whole PF is rotten and stinking with Nepotism.PF is simply a an organized group of criminals,period. with no interest to save Zambians.If you want to believe that HH is the anointed of God Jehova check on the latest photos in Kasama and chipata. Zambians have moved on .We need a civilized President with love for its citizens as equal partners in development. Leadership is about service not loading money in pockets and gambling at casinos and drinking Vodka.Flight HH 2015 is flying fast next its luapula.

  40. If you cannot dismiss him because of the constitution, then alternatively, move EL to another ministry which is less sensitive.

  41. Guy Scott is doing all this rubbish to give away the governing of the nation to the teething UPND who does not even understand the needs of the poor Zambian. Most people celebrating the confusions in PF are not in Zambia and do not have a chance to vote. We are voting wisely and my voters’ card is always in my wallet. VIVA EL.

  42. Guy Scott,just arrest these Kolwestans before they disappear in the maize field.They are panicking because of stealing and corruption.From 21/01/2015 each one of you will have to account for whatever you possess,failure towhich your properties will be state properties.Linja tuni,mu yo luma fa kota ya Mungongo.

  43. Look at all the unpatriotic Zambians above. It is no wonder Africa was once under colonial rule. Stupidity at its finest.

  44. Guy Scot is doing his best but this drunkard is too desperate even employing panga yielding candres its unbelivable.EL is a dictator.Zambians remeber IDI Amin.People loved him so much kashi nichidictator.The so called talk of most people prefering one candidate is a lie and not democratic.It depends on the type of people supporting him.Majority is not always right.The man is finished and looks sick and on walking stick are you blind you people.

    • Which majority ,only Lusaka guyz . We shall how he will campaign in Lukulu,Zambezi or namwala.Zambia is big bane.Already HH is about to finish his first round with his choppers.

  45. ba pf be sincere how are you going to campaign cos sampas cadres will not want to see edger lungu s cadres who is going to unite your party pf learn to listern and get a better adivise from well meaning citizens . surely you are wasting people s time. people are not happy with your pathetic party [pf] viva hh via upnd what god has put together no one can destroy pf kuya bebele you like it or not zwaaaaa

  46. A double headed Snake that brings the nation down can only be counteracted by two ladders to rise up the nation, each symbolised by an H, as in HH.

    Just as a snake can twist, it follows that the twisting of two parallel ladders produce a Double Helix; the structure of DNA, the building blocks of life…

    A broken down country need fresh DNA, therefore I’am putting my money on Double H, Double Helix ( HH2015 ) .

  47. Did todays youth ever play that board game of ” Snakes and Ladders ” at school to draw parallels at what is happening in the country today?

    A follower of a Cobra is a Cobra himself.
    Once bitten twice elect it ? No!!!

    Once bitten i twice shy, twice the rejection. climb a ladder (HH) and stay off the grass.

    Don’t say you were not warned.

  49. Giving in into Lungu will be setting a bad precedent. From the start, Lungu has been itching to lay his fingers on tax payers’ money to fund his campaign. It would be better to let him and his faction go. There comes a time when a leader must make a painful decision. Chiluba did and let Sata and Christon Tembo factions go. MMD went on to win the election with Mwanawasa.

  52. Behind every successful man there is a successful woman as they say.
    Another says success is measured on how many people you have helped to be successful.
    In my opinion when I see confusion, I don’t see success and now I see Scott succeeding in manipulating the minds of you the indigenous Zambians by doing anything possible to stay as vice president knowing he can easily control the childish Miles once president. And he is not succeed I g alone but with Charlotte. Ours is to stay idle in the name of patriotism and oasis of peace.

  53. EL was duly elected on Sunday. The general conference was duly convened by the acting President of PF the, one Dr Guy Scott. When the Chairperson of PF invited him to officiate or chair the meeting Guy Scott did not respond, or indicate that he was unable to attend, or cancel the meeting. For all Madam Inonge Wina knew, Guy Scott was absent for whatever reason. He could have developed diarrhoea or typhoid, or could simply have taken too much whisky at the Officers Mess. Whatever the reason above, Guy Scott was simply absent, no two ways about it. Under the circumstances Madam Wina was perfectly in order to conclude that Guy Scott was absent. Human delegates from far afield had gathered for serious business and not a picnic. contd….

  54. Edgar Lungu will cause a civil war in our peaceful country because all he wants is to continue Satas legacy – violence and continue encouraging those useless things called cadres to continue causing disruption in our country.

  57. Guy Scott knows this very well and that he cannot possibly present a convincing or even reasonable counter argument before the court. That is why his reaction today is muted and not arrogant. And he has to explain massive boob to the cartel. The cartel has suffered a massive blow. Ironically, to paraphrase a cliche from the Past news in today’s editorial: Guy Scott has dug his own grave and he will have to be buried in it.
    The good news is that the cartel or the Past has lost a major battle which could well be the last one they were able to wage. A victory for all Zambians, whatever their political affiliation. Cheers!!!! but do not rest yet, until 21 January 2015 when we will bury the cartel after recovering our money.

  58. Total number of votes cast Guy Scott’s “general conference” on Monday= 1,126

    Sampa 900
    GBM 195
    Kaseba 20
    Sichinga 7
    Selemani 4

    Was there a quorum? This Guy Scott is shameless. Charlotte, please talk to your husband to consider resigning, we have enough Zambians to do the job of acting President, not least our very own RB.

    • At least they voted after Lungu’s Thugs chased them .Lungu was declared winner without voting, they did this in a hurry after word went through that Scott has ordered police to remove them from the venues after they slapped Masebo who come to tell Lungu thugs to leave the venue.I was at mulungushi when all these things were taking place.Willy Nasanda was the main organizer.All of us know this man willy Nsanda ,former UTTA chairman and RDA.On Monday there was peace and people campaigned peacefully and danced together dispute belonging to different candidates that’s the Zambia we know.

  60. In as much as we agree with stance taken by Guy Scott on the above ,humility by all parties is important without overrating oneself and wasting time and money on futile campaigns

    We will not call Guy Scott a racist or musungu wopusa but wish to advise humility and tolerance on his part as he wisely reconcile the two to humbly reflect on themselves and rexamine and rate their chances accordingly

    Having ichimwela without sound reasoning about the thinking of the electorates is futile and only a fools paradise

    For lungu the advise is to take it cool and never fall in the trap of being haste in decision making even when pushed.it could be the wise Guy is just testing…

  61. Counter Suspensions and expulsions in haste and reaction is simply falling in the trap of being seen to be working it out correctly

    Injunctions are not the safe sign of managing a crisis as leadership is not supported by such in the long-term Having a round table buys in long-time even when better placed

    A highly litigious Nation is only a mark of failed constitutional efforts and fall in democracy and slowly sliding into anarchy should the courts fail to seal and insulate

    True leadership is followed and revered in humility and willingness to sacrifice and even when fortunes are high

    If its truly yours no one can take it away It often shows no matter what comes

  63. I’m going to post my comment for the third time, LT. I will now clean it up some, so that the Nazi in charge of moderation will deem it appropriate for the adults on here:

    That little girl making a “Who dis? he ain’t the headmaster” face is all of us

  64. The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness. —1 Timothy 6:10
    love of money…. and not money itself… is what is happening in PF…who will protect my contracts….. will appoint me as a minster…or will keep me as a vice president… who will not take away the 14billion for DBZ….. this has brought the two factions in PF…
    love of money a root of all kinds of evil….. this two faction of EL and Sampa are cable of killing each other…. just as we have seen today….ee. therefore Zambia is a christian Nation…. let’s help PF have an early retirement… by voting them out of power… bring in UPND who can serve Zambians and not their selfish ego…..

  65. IT SHOULD ALSO NOT BE WITHIN ZAMBIAS SYSTEM THAT EVERY BIT AND SMALL THIN SHOULD END UP AT COURT IN INJUNCTIONS AND COUNTER IT ONLY SHOWS A FAILED CONSTITUTION SITUATION AT PERSONAL PARTY AND NATIONAL LEVEL

    IT SHOULD BE RATHER THAT CONSTITUTIONAL BEHAVING IS MADE PART OF US EVEN WITHOUT BEING REMINDED BY LAW MAKERS IT SHOULD BE THE PRESERVE OF EVERY ZAMBIAN AND MEMBER ALIKE JUST LIKE THE AMERICANS HAVE IT AND WILL SAVE OURSELVES MUCH EMBARRASSMENT AND PERCEIVED CONFUSION

    IT SHOULD BE FOR LAWYERS TO CRAFT ENACT AND REMIND TO COMFIRM AND GUIDE THAT WHICH WE ENACTED AND AMEND ACCORDING NOT TO RULE OR GOVERN BY INJUNCTIONS

    SO MUCH LITIGATION ONLY BRINGS CONTEMPT AND LACKS…

  66. SERIOUS ATTENTION FROM CITIZENRY

    CERTAIN LEADERSHIP LIKE THAT OF ESTEAMED BRIGADIER MIYANDA HAVE NOT YIELDED OUR DESIRED PATH THOUGH QUALITIES THERE BECAUSE OF TOO MUCH LITIGATION THAT OFTEN BRINGS ABOUT A CERTAIN PERCEPTION FROM MEMBERS THAT EVENTUALLY GOES IN TO REGISTER A PARTICULAR NEGATIVE VIEW OVER A PERIOD OF TIME EVEN WHEN WELL ARTICULATE

    ITS BETTER TO CRAFT AND AIM TO AMEND TO RESOLVE TO FOLLOW IN A HUMBLE AND HUMILITY MANNER BEFITING A CIVILISED SOCIETY

    IT SHOULD ALSO BE FOR LAWYERS TO DISIST AND REFUSE TO TURN THEIR OFFICES AND SIGNATURES INTO CHEAP WAYS OF EARNING LEADERSHIP AS SEEN OF LATE FROM MANY POLITICAL PARTIES

    I AS MUCH AS WE KNOW THE EDGAR LUNGU IS THE…

  67. Suddenly the talk about Kaseba has died down but we need to undress this woman for what she had attempted to do disrespecting her late husband. There is stark difference between prostitution and being a gold digger. Prostitution is a fair trade occupation and I consider prostitutes clever capitalists bc they are honest about what they want and expect i.e. it is quid pro quo at its finest. On the other hand gold digging is pretending having feelings for someone when you clearly don’t and lying to that person for the purpose ot taking advantage of them. Gold diggers are trash, duplicitous and deceitful. To think one can hit the campaign trail one week after burying the husband is just beyond me and I leave it to you decide where Kaseba belongs between these words I have aptly…

    • my brother Oyaya, I concur 100%. In my opinion and this is all it is, an opinion, I think ba Kaseba was playing for the cameras during the whole charade of the mourning period until burial. You’d see her wailing and grabbing her chest in one picture and the next she is grinning from ear to ear, like a hyena who has just found a dead hippo and there are no lions in the vicinity.

  68. FAVOURITE OF THE PEOPLE AND NOT MILES SAMPA OF THE FEW NUMBERS,GUY SCOTT AS MY FRIEND SHOULD GIVE HIM CHANCE TO WIN PF THE PRESIDENCE HH HAS BASICALLY ALSO MISSED IT

    ITS ALSO A PITY THAT ZAMBIA HAS SEEN A LEADERSHIP CRISIS WITHOUT PROPER SUCCESSION PLANNING ON THE PARTIES THAT BE INCLUDING UPND

    WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE TO HH,GUY SCOT ,EDITH NAWAKWI,MIYANDA,CHARLES,MIKE OR OTHERS ITS APPEARS NON WITH A CONVINCING NATIONAL ATTRIBUTES TO SAY YES ACCROSS THE TOWNS

    LETS ALSO AVOID CHELLI PICKING OR RATHER FIRE FIGHTING IN ISSUES OF GOVERNANCE IF THE DEMOCRACY WE HAVE RECORDED HAS TO SHOW ITS MATURITY IT SHOULD NOT BE THAT A SMALL CRISIS SHOULD END UP AT COURTS THEN WHERE IS LEADERSHIP

  69. AS ONE OF THE FEW SECRETE MINDS OF SATA AND OTHER PRESIDENTS GONE BY,WE SHALL NOT ENDEAVOR TO SEE UMUSEBANYA WASO,MWATUSEBANYA PAFULA.

    SATA WAS AN INTELLIGENT MAN AND VERY EXPERIENCED IN GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT

    ITS SAD THAT ALL THAT IS GOING DOWN THE DRAIN UNDER THE PRETEX OF DEMOCRACY

    ITS BECOMING ILLITATING AND MANY HAVE EVEN STARTED HOLDING BACK TO COMFIRM ALL AS BEING NOT WISE

    LETS CHANGE AND SEE THE POLITICAL RISK IMPLICATION ON THE ZAMBIA NATIONAL AND INTERNATION OUTLOOK ESPECIALLY WHEN FORECASTS FOR 2015 ARE BEING MADE IN A SELF SACRIFISING MANNER

    TO MY FRIEND GUY SCOT ITS NOW ENOUGH LETS GIVE WISDOM AND LET THE YOUNG ONES REMEMBER US WELL TO HAVE MANAGED…

  70. What do you call a cat with two heads? Its called kitty-kitty.

    What do you call PF with two heads? Its called puff-puff …just like the sound of landing punches in PF fights.

  71. How long will the Judiciary take to dispose of the matters before them? In relation to how Scott took up office as Acting President and the latest confusion he has created by refusing to obey a court order.

    How long do we have to put up with the excrement in the office of the President. How long before clean politics returns to Zambia?

  72. Guy Scott is from the south his aim in PF is to destroy it from within the cartel is backing him to do this. He is what we call a trojan horse destroying from within laying ground for the HH2015 Plane to land.

  73. I find it very hard to understand how some people are finding it hard to figure out the real problem, Guy Scott. He has already decided he wanted Miles to win. He differed over that with Keseba. Out of the 9 who were standing, Lungu is the most intelligent and has integrity. He refused to be used, and paraded the way the others were paraded. They were used like tissue for him to legitimise the outcome. Notice that other that Miles, none had more than 200 votes, which is the minimum support requirement to stand. How did the polls go ahead when the other guys could not manage the 200 supports even before the polls open? And the electoral college is 4000, yet under 1200 voted (fake voters organised from Kabwe), One must be very dull to think that that election was legitimate.

  75. It’s a pity Lungu has managed to hodwink many people. By the time people realise who he really is it will be too late.

  76. Scott, Masebo and ka Sampa, its too much now. PF President Edgar Lungu must now be firm with these failures. The cartel is now completely broken. Really should we be wasting our time on these minorities when our job is to seriously campaign? Why are we being blinded by Sampa and in the meantime we are giving the opposition space?
    Please dear PF members, open your eyes, all these negative comments about Edagr Lungu are coming from HH scared camp. They knew their luck of stepping foot in State House went immediately Mr. Lungu was declared winner at the conference.
    Scott cares less to what happens to PF. Scott has already told us that he will not be seen for a month but enjoying with his sponsors.
    Mr Lungu is the PF President and our job is to mount VIGOROUS CAMPAIGNS for EL.

    • We are not scared of Lungu after all Lupiya Bamda is there to stop Lungu from getting the east votes.we are just concerned that a weak person ,drunkard and athieve can be president of Zambia.On top of that Lungu is sick and the Zambian constitution does not allow him to stand because his mother is form Malawi.Tell me is the constitution less important than Lungu?We are already spending a lot of money
      1.to burry the president.
      2.Its very expensive to conduct presidential bye election at the expense of poor tax payers.

  77. Guy Scot please keep quiet and humble yourself. You are the one who created this problem in Pf by wanting to impose the Cartel preferred candidate on Pf.Congratulation to principled Leaders like Lubinda, Simusa who slapped you on your face at the General Conference.Kambwili you did well .Kaseba join the Lungu Camp.Zambians have withdrawn the little respect they had for you.No wonder Sata never left you to act.He knew your weakness. Miles Sampa can’t win the elections for Pf.Go to hell for undressing yourself publicly.

    • Civilised, constructive language, gentle and party building language will help the PF as a party not this emotional and biased ligo here. EL is part of the problem as well as party of the solution. Vote by show of hands is ok for you? Taking ba kaponya to the congress is ok for you? Checking and double checking the register together is difficult for? This problem does not belong to the courts of law. This one can be sorted out among all the members without putting any personal interest forward. The more time you spend in the courts, the more unpopular you shall become as a party…….I think ba Sampa is ready to be Vice President for the sake of unit. I also think ba Lungu is ready to work together with Miles. Let us do it guys!!!

  78. Guy should be arrested the PIG must be deported, kambwili, lubinda, gbm are fools used and duped like sinkhole in Zimbabwe, and holomisa bantusttan in S.A. PF read yr history, totally fooled by the white PIgs

  79. Lets limit these now so common “‘injunction after injunction” and instil constitutional enactment and living accordingly with all and every party to living and following as it where

    There is a limit to application of injunctions

    Declaration judgement may even be fair with proper interpretation of that constitution for that country and that party to save time and efforts.

    Lets differentiate and see through

  80. scot must reduce his involvement in party issues and control the situation as acting president of Zambia.as it is, he cant help solve the problem which he is part of.
    that’s just my opinion

  81. Hon. Edgar Lungu does not qualify to be PF president because of the type of delegates that he used. You can not just pick anyone on the street and say these are the delegates………The question was and it is still valid today,”Why did EL and his cronies refuse to have the Register verified?” The true Greens were saying that let us double check because there are more than 5000 people here!!! Was it difficulty to do this together as a family? How do you vote by a show of hands???? Ba Lungu you are killing Sata’s party. Sata will not forgive you for this when you meet in the presence of God. Why are you so desperate to be Zambia’s 6th President? Come together with your friends…..the other side of course and work out something very quickly. Going to court is not the solution!

    • Sharoot Boza .keep on dreaming they are flying high in Kasama heading for Luapula.Haa haa lol lol.Wina a zalila.Pf will be doing panic campains leaving out critical voters.keep on fighting until you kill your selves.

  83. Guy Scott we know your agenda to kill PF. If indeed you cared for PF you would not do what you have done so far. You knew and you know that on the ground Lungu is the one people want. Sampa is not in the vocabulary of people. All along people have wanted Lungu but due to your recklessness you caused this confusion. Are you normal Guy? I doubt sir coz of what you have done to PF. You are a disgrace Guy Scott….a very abnormal person indeed.

    But you will not succeed , we have to stop you before you set this great nation on fire.

    Peace and Prosperity to Mother Zambia.

  84. Guy Scott caused all this confusion we are seeing now! He did not want the Central Committee aproach in the first place and he managed to instead have the General Conference. He then went ahead and set a date for the GC. He threatened to have the GC postponed if he ”suspected” that it would be violent, he did not. That meant the date for the GC which was 30th November, 2014 stood. Come that date the Scott Veep was not anywhere near! Madam Inonge Wina was right to have the GC go ahead and pick a candiate. Surprisingly, the Veep held one outside the set date! Miles should tone down as he was NOT declared a winner due to the injunction. C’mon guys, even if this where a circus not even fourth graders would have fun!

    @ Goodluck Jonathan, Balanced Brain…your blogs make a lot of…

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