The Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) in Luapula Province has asked President Rupiah Banda to dismiss Science and Technology Minister Gabriel Namulambe over his alleged tribal remarks.
MMD Luapula provincial secretary Davis Chitwaka said in a statement to ZANIS that Mr Namulambe’s tribal remarks have brought embarrassment to the cabinet and therefore President Banda must relieve him of his duties.
Mr. Chitakwa said MMD does not condone any form of tribalism as it believes in One Zambia One Nation, adding that Mr Namulambe no longer deserves to be a cabinet minister for peddling tribalism.
Meanwhile MMD Luapula provincial secretary Davis Chitwaka has said the party leadership in the province has welcomed the announcement by MMD deputy national secretary Jeff Kande that the National Executive Committee (NEC) will soon meet to announce the date of the convention.
Mr. Chitakwa said Luapula province will give overwhelming support to President Rupiah as its candidate for the party presidency at the party convention, whose date is yet to be announced.
The MMD provincial secretary warned people forming pressure groups to campaign against the top leadership of the party in the province to refrain from the practice before they are exposed.
He said anyone with genuine intentions to help organise the MMD in Luapula province must use the normal channel of presenting issues to the party rather than use underhand methods.
He advised party members who have other preferred presidential candidates for MMD to come out in the open and market their candidates instead of holding dark corner meetings.
He said this was important because the ruling party wants to prove that it is transparent and upholds democratic principles.
Mr Chitwaka said the party officials in the province will work hard to ensure President Banda gets a landslide victory over other contenders for party presidency because he has performed well for the short time he has been in office.
He said President Banda has a lot of support in Luapula and there was no reason to worry about the people who are attacking him in the Press alleging that such people were just sponsored.
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Luapula MMD, it seems you want to test MMD popularity in Ndola rural. You close your eyes when Teta did the same over Kabwili vs Luanshya MP.The best for Namulambe is to resign from MMD if he loses his cabinet post.
What tribal remarks did he make? Fill us in ba LT please……I will reserve my comment.
Luapula MMD shut up, hypocrites!!! Namulambe did not utter tribal remarks, what we read and what you think is different. Let Rupiah go ahead and instigate his own downfall which should have come much later!!
We want Namulambe to be fired and also Mpombo so we can see if really Rupiahs MMD can fight for itself
In real term if we have to critically look at the ECZ records, Ndola rural votes are practically very insignificant but highly apathetic to voting. They carry liitle bearing to both the MMD and the opposition in national level votes constituency.Lambas are highly divided people in their micro societies.For example, the Limas have nothing to do with the indigenous lambas.They are are in a vicious generational old ethic rivarly which MMD, office of the D.Commissioner and the kamucheka if ruthless can stirr to dangerous levels in typical machavelli politics of divide and rule.Unless RB uses statesman soft approach politics, the opposition would be wasting its time to think vest any hope in Ndola rural. Mpombo has serious issues with the people over the land & failed his leadership.
Ken pipo for once talk serious developmental issues!! We are tayadi of ‘simple talk’ day in day out finger pointing; mukaleka lilali kanshi??
Yes Baba HERB, fire Gabby
And face Ichimwela in Mpongwe.
TABWELANSO…………
i think there is nothing namulambe has done to be fired for.Namulambe was only going to be fired if it came from himself to say the lamba people are not happy with president Banda.they should not forget that Namulambe is the member of parliament who represents the lamba people and what he is saying now is what the lamba people are feeling.If anything Namulambe must be congratulated because he is not a coward leader like Shikapwasha whose interest is to be given a job by Banda.
RB is very quick to fire people for his own interest but when you ask him to fire people in the national’s interest he just does not listen. There is a saying ‘ Ears that do not listen to advice go with the head when it is chopped off’.