GOVERNMENT say opposition Patriotic Front (PF) president Michael Sata and former Minister of Defence George Mpombo are using their imagination to fabricate stories to mislead the public that some Cabinet ministers are planning to resign and join the PF-UPND Pact.
Chief Government spokesperson Ronnie Shikapwasha said it is unfortunate that Mr Sata and Mr Mpombo are issuing misleading statements to try and destabilise the MMD.
Lieutenant General Shikapwasha said Mr Mpombo is being used by the Pact to destabilise and divide the MMD on the premise that he will be given a job if the pact was voted into power.
“Those statements from Mr Sata and Mr Mpombo are a total fabrication because no one in his or her right frame of mind will resign from the MMD.
“It will be foolish for any minister or member of the ruling party to join the Pact because they have nothing to offer the Zambian people,” Gen Shikapwasha, who is Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services, said.
He said in an interview in Lusaka yesterday that Mr Sata and his UPND counterpart Hakainde Hichilema have their own people whom they want to put in their various party structures and positions if voted into government.[quote]
“The Pact has its own people who are eyeing the various positions. Do you think they can willingly give up these positions for people from other parties?
“Mind you, Mr Sata and Mr Hichilema only have the agenda to get to State House, so those who are thinking of joining them will be doomed at the end of the day,” Gen Shikapwasha said.
He said it would be unwise for any Cabinet minister to resign from Government and join the PF-UPND Pact because it has no proper agenda to govern the nation.
Gen Shikapwasha said this is why all Cabinet ministers and other Government officials are in support of President Banda and his leadership, contrary to reports that they are planning to ditch MMD and join the Pact.
He said there is need for Government leaders and other members of the MMD to remain united and work to develop the nation.
Several Cabinet ministers have dissociated themselves from Mr Mpombo’s claims that some of them intend to resign and join the Pact.
Meanwhile, Mr Mpombo has declined to disclose the names of Cabinet ministers whom he alleges are planning to resign to join the Pact.
When contacted for a comment yesterday following the challenge to disclose the names of ministers, Mr Mpombo responded: “Well, all I can tell you about this issue is that time will tell.”
[Zambia Daily Mail]
There goes Baghdad Bob. This man must be uniform when giving these statements just like his friend in Iraq when everyone was in the bankers and on planes running out of Iraq, he remained giving propaganda after propaganda. Probably they went to same military academy in Iraq. Course instructor was Veteran.
There goes Baghdad Bob. This man must be in uniform when giving these statements just like his friend in Iraq when everyone was in the bankers and on planes running out of Iraq, he remained giving propaganda after propaganda. Probably they went to same military academy in Iraq. Course instructor was Veteran.
Why is it so so difficult for the MMD to fire Mpombo? Other have been fired for far much less than all he is accused of
When is this Shikapwasha guy dying also????? we are tired of his useless speeches.
If my mind serves me right, I recall one blogger saying “the writing is on the wall”. I believe it is clear that Zedians do not want anything to do with MMD. As for the ninister of misinformation, keep talking as it of part of your job prescrition (description). You would be fired for going silent on the govt. Am just 17 years but fed up with this govt. My fellow youths have resorted to drinking and bad vices yet this damn good so called administration has lamentablty failed we the youth BIG time. There are recreation facilities or activities to keep us away from the much advertised UTUJILILI. Oops!!! almost got so emotional. Guess I can’t just wait to see off this in 2011.
Spongebob Square Pants Shikapwasha at it. last time, they said Mpombo is welcome, now he’s a threat. This guy must be happy in his jibbies.
Iwe chi Shikapwasha naiwe ninshi kanshi? I always feel like puking just from hearing your name. Mwe ba ficolor mwe. Mwabe inkanshi ukukalabana nge nkanda yakuma t.o.l.e. Atase! I can hardly wait to see all of you go. Mwanunka mu mapi bamambala. Kabiyeni uko!
#3. If they expell Mpbomo MMd will lose Mpongwe, Ndola rural in a by- elelction. That is Lamba land and Mpombo rules as he hails from thier and is a Big Mwanawasa product.
He has bragged about this, dared them, Banda and crew know they would lose.If you have followed this carefully, Mpombo wants them to fire him so that he can get on the pact. ” Chimbwi paku lila nshi naishibe eko ashintilile amatako” Classic example.
#3. If they expell Mpbomo MMd will lose Mpongwe, Ndola rural in a by- elelction. That is Lamba land and Mpombo rules as he hails from thier and is a Big Mwanawasa product.
He has bragged about this, dared them, Banda and crew know they would lose.If you have followed this carefully, Mpombo wants them to fire him so that he can get on the pact. ” Chimbwi paku lila nshi naishibe eko ashintilile ama.taco Classic example.
Akuboseni twalibelela ba ronnie
Ba Shika and your MMD are in trouble ka!, indeed expel mpompo for gross indiscipline i don’t see why not? oh… afraid of losing the ka by election ku ndola, hmmm… i agree with you, pantu kuti mwa lusa ububi trust me, i,m a ndolain, there’s panic over all your faces ma guys uluse, kwati tuma passengers mu titanic when it hit the first ice berg.
The is what frustrates me about my country, where are the young fresh educated leaders to take over from these dinosours? Where are the Baldwin Nkumbulas, where are the Prof Chirwa? Where are the Dipak Patels? Come on mother Zambia, how can we be excited of an election exhibiting jurasic relics in the name of RB Vs Sata, come mother zambia, you deserve better. Does MMD, PF and UPND have powerful Youth structures, if not, they should invest in them, otherwise we are doomed. What do you think bloggers? Here is a challenge, how can we make our country move into the 20th century, yes 20th not 21st, we are still in the 19th.
# 12 Miyoba. Very good contribution.We need youth structures for the future.
No right thinking Politician would dump himself in a PACT of two tribal leaders whose marriage of convenience is bleak founded on seller-buyer terms of each other’s party without the conceit of the highly expectant members. They have no binding democratic framework of shaping up power structure. Both of them have no electoral mandate from members and are susceptible to internal pressure for a democratic competitive convention which will come with vicious rivalry in challenges. They have no mechanism to manage and harmonize membership fallout or policies. It’s nothing but a pending implosion in scramble for positions considering that both are power hungry.
Come rain come sunshine mmd kuya bebele.we have had enough of your shit ba fi colour.We the masses are suffering and your bellies are ballooning by the day. Expel Mpombo and namulambe just like the Bwezi rushed into expelling Jonas Shakas and Lameck Chibomba fimofimo and see how embarassing you will be walloped.CB is no go area for MMD and you know it.
Shikapwasha and MMD are like Tujilijili. they are not liked any more in zambia by any reasoning person. MMD zwaaaaaaaaaa
The two pillars of ‘political correctness
a) willful ignorance
b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth
All the blogs against MMD show the frustration of the masses. The pact may come in tomorrow but the task they will have ahead of them is momentous because of the poverty levels in the country. Zedians are all looking up to the govt of the day to improve their lot in life but alas it’s a chain of disappointments this far.
I wonder how this man was elevated to Lieutenant General just one star to being a form General!!! Damn!!!
MMD is steadily losing ground in Ndola and Luanshya Rural, North Western Province, Central and Western Province. Just where do you and on behalf of which constituency do you speak, Shikapwasha? People have begun to realise they made a terrible mistake voting MMD, by peddling Mwanawasa’s(RIP) legacy. Stop yapping about what you dont know! Its only a matter of time, let the MP’s due to hunger, get their gratuities, and you will see a massive fall out with the rank and file in MMD!
#20, what are you doing in Nigeria?
Mwapoleni bonse
I wonder when this political circus will end? Splashing mud at each other day by day like in the Kindergarten. Spot on #12 – you have a very good point there. I think that HIV/AIDS in Zambia has left a vacuum by wiping out almost all the young potential leaders who must have been in their 40s and 50s now, leaving us with the old generation of politicians.
#19, i meant full General
Where has Shikpwasha been? Its been like he has just woken up from a Slumber?? Welcome back spin DR
“Mind you, Mr Sata and Mr Hichilema only have the agenda to get to State House, so those who are thinking of joining them will be doomed at the end of the day,” Gen Shikapwasha said- BUT IS HE MR. SHIKAPWASHA RESISTING TO VACATE STATE HOUSE BY USING ALL SORTS OF TRICKS.
Miyoba and Nine Chale, the problem is deeper than youth structures. The problem is the whole political system > Looka t the young politicians like Dora, Chilumanda etc They are not neccesarilly inspiring. I think what has messed us is a polotical system based on patronage which gets its mandate from the low education and exposure levels in the country, In other words these politicains are a reflection of the Zambian Population Period
And honestly speaking when you talk to some of these guys. the Mulongotis, Shikapwasha, Katele etc they are far from thick. They actually are good at what they do and that is consolidate power and its benefits. T
#12 MIYOBA Forget Dipak Patel, he is a sellout.
#26 You have a point. I know very intelligent friends who when appointed to GRZ seem to send their intelligent brains on leave and instead use Shikapwasha’s
Zambians want change but will it be for the better? has anyone read or even seen the Pacts’s action plan to get rid of povert, provide good health care, education and quality jobs. Talk is cheap it doesn’t take brains to criticise. I’m sorry Sata and his co-president HH don’t do it for me. There is nothing wrong with MMD but everything wrong with Rupiah and his henchmen. Those in MMD like mpombo should do everything to get these guys out and clean up the party.
When the MMD was formed, there was talk about senior UNIP terrorists like Sata defecting to join the new UNIP – MMD. The same former UNIP zealots, who are now UNIP-MMD terrorists, will desert the MMD to join the other UNIP-PF. Simple arithmentic. They are all UNIP terrorists. How can we forget so easily, mina batu ba hesu?
Sata and his fellow traditional defector Mpombo are dreaming as it were on the impeachment bwabwata.They are far from the truth, no right thinking minister can sacrifice his/her job to join political loafers on the streets only skilled in insults.
They are trying to create a picture that there are ministers in MMD who are senseless and without depth that MMD has no real challenge to risk supporting the opposition when in fact not worth it.
One of you will betray me Says RB. Is it me Master asks Shikapwasha? Banda says: The one who will lift his cup at the same time as me. The room becomes quiet and no body dare touch his cup lest he lifts at the same time as RB.
#30 Umublacks and others challenging change.. You must realise that any Party , person , employee being in Power or leadership for nearly 20 years is not acceptable. As the natural process of life dictates law of diminishing returns.. SO CHANGE FOR THE SAKE OF IT IN POLITICAL CONTEXT IS A very GOOD thing because the electorate are exercising something very important that you all missing.. THE ABILITY TO CHANGE OFFICE BEARERS WHEN YOU WANT TO FOR UNDERPERFORMANCE.. someone doesnt have to be a thief, but if the not up to the mark we should be able to change and try someone else and not fight and fight cause this person would rather die before being pushed out.. At all levels of leadership.. be it council to Republican President…
JAPAN is teh best example of how this translates into development for all.. Look at how many Leaders President etc have come and gone in JAPAN over the last 20 years.. and look at the reasons and how eazy it was for people to effect change.. The bottom line is 40 years of two individuals and 4 presidents is not normal.. Change is good because it sets precedence. It means that future generations will find it normal in their brains to stand down when they fail because the culture will be in them.. Right now RB and his goons think we work for them and that he is accountable to no one and can do as he feels..
Digga, I tend to dissagree with you. In that Japan has been until recently been under one party for bout fifty years. The South Koreas, Singapore and even have China have been the same. So while you want change it may not the solution. The other question is change to what ? will it be a better deal or not ???
#35..very good example of Japan indeed. But you left out the fact that these ”pacts” are so fragile that any disagreements between the pact members and we are back waking up 03 hrs voting. PF needs UPND more than the later needs the former …the promise of who gets what at the end of the day MUST BE looked into now so that as the inevitable happens….there is time to mend the pact and be ready for 2011….Otherwise the issue of saying wait and see will only bring doom to the pact.As for Mpombo…the man is living his political afternoon….
# 34 Digga. What you are missing in your example of Japan is that Japan is a parliamentary democracy i.e. the Prime Minister is appointed by the party with the majority in parliament.In Zambia we vote for the presdo who then becomes a “small god” with unlimited powers now the question I wish to ask the people of Zed is are you sure you want the Pact to have access to such power im sure we have all seen on MuviTv the brutal displays of violence by this grouping. I also want change but change for the better. The devil you is better than the one you don’t thats what I say.
Comical Ronnie? LoL.
Why do Africans use military titles even in retirement? General this, General that, Captain this, Major that……Even junior titles like Lt,Captain, Major……Stop it once you retire…It sounds so funny……….You are retired CHAPS…….
Chief Kabulwebulwe
A military rank is for life unless one is decommissioned. Colin Powel, Eisenhower etc. were retired but continued to use the titles. I meant to comment on this story but I get upset when people patronise Africa. We may be many things as Africans but do not add what we are not. We are not daft.
Digga
On this issue you have disappointed me. You should know better. Japan is not a good example at all. Try some other country. Development in Japan did not come about because of politics. They have a monarchy there which they worship. The Emperor is a god to the Japs and so he is THE uniting factor. Sorry, I often agree with you but here you have blundered.
I don’t know General, but you should not dismiss Mr Sata’s sayings as dreams. Zambian parliamentarians have no ideologies but pure political prostitutes. They will go where the bacon is coming from. When Nchanga PF MP Mr Simuusa was campaigning, he was described a failure by Mr Hichilema. To quote: “Simuusa failed to run his father’s farm, how can he be MP?” Now, Simuusa and HH lie in the same bed.
time will tell…
Umublacks
“Those in MMD like mpombo should do everything to get these guys out and clean up the party.”?
Lets not forget that mpombo was a serious political goon a few months ago. He was riding the same horse as shika and mulongoti! How easily we forget, Zambians.
#32 iwe! if you’v got nothing beta to say just shutup becoz you are no beta than those good for nothing MMD Ministers insead of bringing development to our country, they are busy destroying it.Sata & HH including Mpombo are just doing fine.For as long as UPND & PF have never ruled Zambia,they are on the right track.A winner Never Quits & A quitter Never Wins so Die Trying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No.25 (DeJavu) & No32 (Veteran):First the latter;Remember 1991 when UNIP thought it was untouchable(waikatako wapya!!!). Just watch this space. I thoght Veteran is the one who said the PACT winning in Kasama was a non-starter, I wonder what you have to say now.
As for my young sounding DeJavu, look old boy, dont make it sound like PLOT1 is a preserve for the sitting presido. There is noone who can aspire to be presido and want to live in some dinghy compound somewhere. The point is about deserving to be in the seat,mark my words DESERVING;and then delivering too.And please stop this misguided stance that PACT is for the two fellows at the helm.Its for the pipo, and not because I personally want to benefit.TWANAKA NABO,PERIOD!!!!And by the way, PACT is not full of shallow minded pipo.
“It will be foolish for any minister or member of the ruling party to join the Pact because they have nothing to offer the Zambian people,” Gen Shikapwasha, who is Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services, said.
MMD has failed us big time. We now only have hope in the PACT. Sata & HH, we’ve banked on you..
#47 Mzilikazi- You got me wrong. What I meant was that Gen Shikapwasha was resisting to lose plot one as much as the opposition would want to grab it?