THE United National Independence Party (UNIP) has said Malimba Masheke is not a party member and should not pretend to speak for UNIP.
UNIP secretary general Jemima Banda said General Masheke was a Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) member and not a spokesperson for UNIP because he had never at one time told the nation that he had resigned from FDD.
“General Masheke is FDD national chairperson and he cannot turn around today and say he was UNIP revival chairperson because he has nothing to revive in the party,” Mrs Banda said.
Mrs Banda was reacting to a statement by UNIP Revival Forum chairperson Gen Masheke that Dr Kaunda had become an MMD cadre.
She said Gen Masheke was an FDD party member and was just a desperate individual who had always been aspiring for higher positions to no avail.
She said Dr Kaunda was UNIP and the father of the nation who should embrace every president of Zambia and should be accorded the respect that was due to him.
Dr Kaunda was an icon whose footsteps should be followed by every well meaning Zambians and called on Gen Masheke to stop using the former president’s name in his ill-motives to gain his sinking political image.
And UNIP Copperbelt provincial Information and publicity secretary Brian Chishimba said Dr Kaunda who is the founding president was playing a role above politics and deserved the respect of all.
Mr Chishimba said when Dr Kaunda advises politicians, people should not be quick to condemn former head of State.
Leadership in Development executive director Moses Kalonde has also condemned some people issuing disrespectful remarks against Dr Kaunda and President Rupiah Banda.
Mr Kalonde said in Lusaka yesterday that Dr Kaunda was the father of the nation and that there was nothing wrong for him to have said that President Banda should be respected.
Meanwhile, Dr Kaunda’s special assistant for Press and public relations, Sunday Musonda has described attacks on the former head of State as misguided and unjustified.
Mr Musonda said it was sad Dr Kaunda’s critics have decided to ignore the advice given on the need to respect the office of the former president but instead has chosen to accuse him of being MMD.
“It is unfair for some politicians to attack Dr Kaunda because there is nothing wrong for him to give advice to political leaders. If the office of the president is not respected what are we telling the world,” he asked.
Mr Musonda appealed people against Dr Kaunda’s advise to either take the advise or leave it and that involving the former Heads of State in squabbles is not necessary.
He said politicians with issues with the government should not use Dr Kaunda to discredit the Government.
[Times of Zambia]
wow malimba masheke was prime minister and the guy is a chainama case already
There is so much turbulence in the Zambian political arena that its difficult to keep track of who is a member of which party i.e. Rev. Shikapawasa and Rev. Nyirongo (Heritage Party). Rupiah and William Banda (UNIP) etc
Ba General please when did you leave FDD?I thought you were organisingFDD.the party as National Chair ? I miss the original FDD.It is the onlyParty in Zambia which has had convections and its leadership changed.Truly democratic.But since Nawakwi ascended to the thrown,opportunists like Ernest Mwansa and others defected thereby making it dificulty for Nawakwi to mobilise the party.And its the General!!
Ba General please when did you leave FDD?I thought you were organisingFDD.the party as National Chair ? I miss the original FDD.It is the onlyParty in Zambia which has had convections and its leadership changed.Truly democratic.But since Nawakwi ascended to the thrown,opportunists like Ernest Mwansa and others defected thereby making it dificulty for Nawakwi to mobilise the party.And now ,its the General!!
Ba General please when did you leave FDD?I thought you were organising the party as National Chair ? I miss the original FDD.It is the onlyParty in Zambia which has had convections and its leadership changed.Truly democratic.But since Nawakwi ascended to the thrown,opportunists like Ernest Mwansa and others defected thereby making it dificulty for Nawakwi to mobilise the party.And now ,its the General!!
Neither did Rupiah Banda
But ba masheke ba kopo. He is the dullest politician, and dullest soldier in the world
UNIP, FDD ushe those parties yakaliko, Pa zed today there is no one who can claim to be an original member of any party, all of youz were UNIP, MMD, UPND, PF, HP and all no sence
7# Olomide.. Please amend your statement. remove the “dullest Soldier” comment.. On the contrary , he is the most distiguished MILITARY OFFICER Zambia has produced. Academically he excelled at SANDHURST.. He set-up Zambia’s Military Intelligence Wing & worked closely in Set-up of ZSIS and was achieved Massive accolodes spearheading the Special Forces Unit under Zambia Defence Forces. He achieved and personally saved the lives of Presidents of otehr african countries (Samora Machel & Chisano- Operation Retrieve from Maputo when under siege of RENAMO, Smith and Aparthied Regime). Massive CV.. He became the 1st FOUR STAR GENERAL, referred to only as GENEREL. head ZDF. Rank only achieved by our current Army Commander Gen. Chisuzi.. Go to Military Library at Arakan and learn about the man.
#9 Digga, I beg to disagree with you. Masheke is a very dull man. He was responsible for KK’s defeat in 1991. What can he say today? He is as opportunistic as Mike Mulongoti and as much a bootlicker as George Gullible Kunda when it suits him
Press conference can be made by anyone in Zambia.. Hence Masheke taking this advantage… Some people are now facing court action for posing as teachers on a radio interview. 2009
#( Digga I thought Kingsley Chinkuli was our first General? As for General Masheke – all I remember is that at one time it was reported in the press that he hit the target with one out of 20 bullets at a range when he was Army Commander – I hope you remember that incident. He has never impressed me at any level.
# 12 Adviser – I was in the army, as a Lt. Colonel when Masheke took over from Lt. Gen. Ben Mibenge. It was a well known fact that he is not a good public speaker. However, he was one of the best all round military intelligence officers I have ever come accross. The man is a dead snipper and I wonder which press you got the 1 out of 20 target score from. You ask all the combatants of FAPLA (Angola), PLAN (Namibia), ZIPRA (Zimbabwe), Omkhoto we Sizwe (South Africa) and FRELIMO (Mozambique) which Zambian generals trained them and they will tell you General Masheke and the gallant old chap Mwana wa Kwitu Christon Tembo (MHSRIP). Chinkuli though was the first Zambian full general.
Manje iwe Adviser Ben Kangwa, talking about hear say, is it true that Frank Mutubile once nailed your current wife that’s why you two guys were bitter enemies at Massmedia? I wonder whether he used a condom because for all I know, he already had a “kadoyo” by then which he passed on to your wife which she in turn passed on to you. I would like to see how you look like now, maybe you are on a severe slimming diet like Kunda the red-lipped snake. Is it also true that he reported you to Chiluba for allowing Buchzya airtime on ZNBC whence that suspension you suffered? Ubupuba ba Ben Kangwa limoline bulachilamo, alah!
Iwe Sebuloni Kamutanda you are a very good blogger and most of the time you talk sense. But do not demean yourself by making the erroneous assumption that Adviser and the suspicion you have on Veteran – are one and the same person. Do not risk demeaning your status unnecessarily. However, Malimba Masheke, yes military intelligence period. Training this one that one anybody could have done it. Compare him with his predecessor Gen. Mibenge for example – tell us timvele.