Chief Mwanachingwala of Mazabuka District says he refused to attend the wedding ceremony where UPND leader, Hakainde Hichilema was invited as guest of honour because he does not want to be used by the opposition party to destroy the MMD.
The wedding ceremony was organized by outspoken chairperson for the Mwanachingwala Indigenous People’s Rights, Mr Joshua Ng’andu and was held at Village Six in chief Mwanachingwala’s area.
Chief Mwanachingwala told ZANIS in Mazabuka today, he is aware that for some time now, Mr Hichilema has been scheming to create divisions between him and President Rupiah Banda by engaging him UPND party functions.
He said he will neither join UPND nor support its programmes because of its leadership does not accept advice especially on the need to work with government in finding solutions to the global financial crisis.
The Chief also took a swipe at Mr Hichilema for accusing traditional rulers in Magoye constituency of exercising double standards in support of the party during elections.
He said the accusations of traditional rulers playing double standards where pointing at him as he was the only one who has been criticizing the opposition party.
He urged Mr Hichilema to accept the fact that the party in the province is now becoming unpopular because people are tired of being in the opposition.
The traditional ruler said he will continue supporting President Banda and his administration to foster development in his chiefdom.
He said government has injected colossal sums of money in infrastructure development in the education and health sectors adding that the opposition parties have done little to assist his subjects in mitigating their suffering.
Over the weekend, Mr Hichilema told over 30 village headmen during a meeting at headman Lisulo that his poor performance especially in Magoye constituency was as a result of double standards being played by traditional rulers including headmen.
This was after village headmen asked to explain why the opposition party failed to win general elections.
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Nkani yalula. Now even his tribesmen are snubbing him.
Time to give back UPND to its rightful owners – Saki, Sichinga and the likes!!
Ama politics ya pa zed. At least the wedding went on anyway.
Elo lwanya!!!
Kachief nika MMD. Whats wrong with mixing with a fellow Zambian? Give us a break.
This HH guy does not understand politics.How can he be having problems with ma Chiefes in the 21 centuary?.
Does it mean that Mwanachingwala is MMD? Chief Mwanachingwala that the Chiefts Act make it very clear the chiefs are suppose to be above partisan politics so as not to desuade the subjects.Chief Mwanachingwalais directly compainibg for MMD which is not right as a chief.He should consider steppind down and join MMD. And if what has been attributed to HH is true,then what did he mean by double standards? Voters are free to vote for any political party and I for one will be upset if any party leader castigates me for giving my vote to the party of my choice.
#7 should read. “Chief Mwanachingwala should understand that the Chiefts Act make it’
There are two things that chiefs can do in this modern world, 1) they can chose to support and encourage all parties to spread the message in their areas ,unfortunately this is what power hungry chaps might call double standards and secondly chiefs can chose to ignore all the political parties which might be very difficult to do. Double standards would be a better move for the chiefs unlike favoring some political parties on tribal grounds or favoring the party in power
The chief’s nuts…………………
This chief just wants to enrich himself. Ma tricks aya. We know these things. He also wants a lift in the Presidential aircraft like his collegue uyu ntwane who went with RB to Zim, ala! A wedding should suffer because of politics? Kalaleni ba Mwana fimo fimo!!
There is nothing wrong in one enriching himself ,as long as he does not break the law nor commit sin.
UPND seems to be getting weaker even in the province where it dominates. What was HH thinking when giving his answer??
Double standards?? Try failing to inspire the masses. The UPND has been sinking under HH. I once supported him but looking at his performance, the best is for him to step down and let someone else lead the UPND.
This is getting interesting, PF members in the CB calling for a convention (without Sata, PF is nothing), UPND loosing support in its strong hold. What next…
Mwanachingwala is cheap! Shame on him.
Ba Moze
Ati bwanji mudala?
I suppose you prefer people who enrich themselves at the expense of the people they are supposed to serve! Of course its common sense that enriching yourself within the confins of the law is ok. These are people who are trying to use short cuts. Who does not know the calibre of most of our chiefs?
Free-Market-Economist ,UPND under HH has never been strong nor did it have a stonghold but tribalism under HH has been stronger and had a stronghold
Sharp Shooter!!!! Ine nili che mani. And you?
Chief Mwanachingwala, you should have just attended the wedding, then just walk away with your kapasos. Instead of going to the media to trash talk HH.
Thats simply exhibiting bad leadership qualities as a chief. Even snubbing a subjects wedding ceremony! I suppose what hurt the chief was the fact that he was not the guset of honour. Efyo alefwaya ena. Bad manners.
Democracy is the right to choose and the chief has made his choice.
Ba Moze Iam all good.what the chief diid was really bad and should roundly be condemned for he is suppose to be non-partisan.
#21.Not as a chief.He can do so if he steps down and become a private citizen.
Who doesn’t know it that chief mwanachingwala is an MMD cadre.Even when LPM was alive, he used to attack and de-campaign the opposition including late Mazoka.He even supported chiluba’s 3rd term.So there was nothing wrong for him to attend the wedding with HH,may he wanted his boss RB to be the guest of honour.The chief is just shallow minded becoz RB himself attended the Kuomboka ceremony with HH around and pipo shouting “HH for 2011” viva opposition abash MMD.
Nice data coming out that the Chief Mwanachingwala is just an MMD cadre. As others have rightly put it, the chief has been with the MMD against late Anderson Mazoka and what else does he think he can tell us to convince us that he is correct. Of course, president HH was right about the term “double-standards” in his application of it since the chief is overstepping his duties of him being neutral on politics by supporting the MMD as a cadre.
Therefore, “Chief Mwanachingwala told ZANIS in Mazabuka today, he is aware that for some time now, Mr Hichilema has been scheming to create divisions between him and President Rupiah Banda by engaging him UPND party functions” is misplaced following the issue of a wedding ceremony..
This Chief is really starting to piss me off! And apparently he seems to be the only one yapping these days, yet his subjects are busy chewing grenades thinking ni mango!
Chief mwanaCHI whatever he is called, if he continues to behave like a cadre we will inform the nation what he has received from the corrupt MMD. Mwanachingwala does not deserve to be called a chief,he is a THIEF.HH is clean once again but his enemies will always find ways to attack him.What is wrong with attending a wedding?
SHAME ON YOU.
Am i wrong to thinking that the chief is actually trying to say lets work together with Government and not the party MMD i think he is right to say that they should offer solutions on how to or how they would do anything differently compared to government programms. All the opposition seem to do is criticis without showing how they could do things different. And i mean serious solutions and not ma 90 days
so ba chief tell us more, is it one zambia one nation or one party one zambia..?
Chief Mwana Chipuba
Petty thinking Chief Mwanachingwala, grow up you irresponsible Kaponya/cadre. such attributes will never build Zambia. This wasn’t a political gathering
28, on “He said he will neither join UPND nor support its programmes because of its leadership does not accept advice especially on the need to work with government in finding solutions to the global financial crisis“, who doesn’t know that president HH met President RB Banda and offered his solutions with regard to the better running of GRZ following the Global Credit Crunch?
Let us be serious and not follow some MMD Chief cadres who do not think properly due to demented brains by failing to appreciate truth and reality on the ground .
Isn’t this the chief where there was a land wrangle (indigenous people’s rights) because he connived with some bazungus & sold them vast tracts of land?
O Hail to the Chief! HH was an unknown when he became the UPND president. Now he is a has-been before he has even tasted State House.
Ninzi nchomuzwangana aawa?.. What has the wedding got to do with the politics.. In Zam nowadays even funeral are turned in political manifesto..
Can someone please confirm if castro Chiluba is dead? News just filtering in!
36 Ba Moze, Mr Castro Chiluba is really dead. See Zambianwatchdog for confirmation. I will miss him especially that he was said to be in the opposition.
Its sad that men are fighting for nothing when work pendeth. Their days are numbered
Thank God Tongas are the most independent people who do not listen to what a chief wants. Mwanachingwala just want to enrich himself because he has a big family with his polygamy life, and he is the only chief in tongaland who is still a polygamist at this age of HIV. He is woried of the young objective man HH who is full of principles. Mwanachingwala is very cheap, what he wants is just to get money from investors and put in his pocket on the expense of his subjects. Please, Mr mwanachingwala we have already made our minds and there is nothing you can do to change our minds, we need this young energetic leader, you the old have failed our nation. VIVA young HH, abashi Old people. My dear HH I do not care where you come from as long as you are zedian come 2011.
These old people want to divide us and the nation because of their old wounds, they forget that they have lived their life and we still have a long way to go. Us youths are inerested in development and not these divisions they bring in front of you. All these divisions we have in the country is out of poverty and some of these old people have contributed to this poverty like Mwanga and Mwanachingwala for giving land to briefcase investors. We are now aware of their tricks. They have already lived, married and even re-married several times, us we need a future for our children. Viva HH one wife and three kids, what a smart, principled Tonga guy thats why you are rich. I like you, and I wish you can ban poligamy in some Tonga chaps.
All of us Bemba ladies like you because you are a nice man.
Chief Mwanachingwala has always been an MMD cadre.
39 Chisenga greetings and thanks you very much for such kind words. Continue with this good spirit and take careful care always.
It is appropriate at this stage to suggest that the possible real reason the Chief may not have attended the wedding ceremony might be tha he had nothing to give the bridegroom while UPND president HH as guest of honour gave out two ing’ombes and some million Zambian Kwacha. In light of this, I would like to read from those that may be privileged with information as to whether the Chief gave something to the newly married couple.
hey Zambia!! we know why Manachingwala hates HH……its all about his wealth..he asked for animals from the young man and he refused to give him…its not about principles but hatred based on wealth…HH is the man!!
This Chief MMD cadre is a big letdown. His subjects must be among the most unfortunate citizens of Zambia to have such a Chief. How can attending a wedding develop into a wedge between him and Rupiah Banda? Rupiah Banda, as president, should not associate with such useless people. But then if William Banda is now a State House employee it is apparent that Rupiah Banda can associate with any riff-ruff including this hopeless chief.
You will never rule Zambia HH because you only think about Tongas. Zed yabonse
Tribalism has caused me to loss my Tonda babe. I really loved but because I m bemba.
The significant point from this story is that even the headmen in Southern Province have become frustrated and impatient over HH and UPND’s failure to grow. The writing is on the wall that HH will never rule. The earth is cracking right under his feet. Shame.
fisrt of all, this chief chap only want money, he has no morals. don’t be fooled man fellow zambians, he is just usin the right points with different intentions its political rhetorics. nomba aingila na muma politics chief, but kwena twachula… chief ale campaigner kwati ni kapaso aweeee twakana Mudala
Say what you like – speaking as a subject of the Chief whois a cadre, I will forever remain with HH!!! The chief just want lubono from government. He has np support even among his subjects.
I totally agree with your wise movement Chief Mwanachingwala. Lets not destroy our lovely MMD party over social issues
Today I have not head about our lovely Minister’s health. Can anyone enlighten me please, especially my fellow MMD cadres
What a doul chief, what good things has you rubbish friend of yours brought in your chiefdom apart from you receiving a brown heavy envelop?.