THE allegations by the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) and Patriotic Front (PF) that the MMD was training 200 cadres at Lilayi Police College and had mobilised 70 vehicles to use in the forthcoming Mufumbwe and Milanzi by election were a reflection of the desperation by the opposition.
MMD spokesperson Dora Siliya said both the PF leader Michael Sata and UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema were now making wild allegations against the ruling party.
Ms Siliya said the UPND and PF leaders had run out of ideas and the effect of losing elections several times was haunting them.
She said the opposition leaders and their members have now resorted to telling lies in a last ditch attempt to impress the people.
“This is a reflection of true desperation by the opposition. These are wild and unfounded allegations that they have resorted to,” she said.
Ms Siliya was reacting to a statement by the PF/UPND Pact yesterday that the MMD had mobilised 70 Government vehicles to use in the Mufumbwe and Milanzi by-elections and that it had connived with the police to train over 200 cadres at Lilayi Police College.
She said the MMD would use no trickery to win the elections but would put to use its proven track record that Zambians have all come to understand and appreciate.
Ms Siliya said it was unfortunate that the opposition political parties, especially the PF and the UPND had abandoned the responsibility of selling their manifestos to the people but were busy discussing the MMD all the time.
“They are not talking about the economy. Zambians are not interested in them and will not be swayed by such wild allegations,” she said.
Ms Siliya who is Petauke MP (MMD) said Zambia wanted to hear more talk about economic growth and not the lies and allegations that the opposition were making.
She challenged the PF and the UPND to travel to Milanzi and Mufumbwe and identify the alleged Government vehicles that the MMD was using.
“When leaders speak there should be sense in the things they say,” she said,
She said the fact that the PF and UPND were making such allegation ahead of the by-elections clearly showed how they were scared of losing the two seats.
The by-elections in both constituencies are set for April 29.
Meanwhile, ELECTION materials have arrived in Mufumbwe in North-Western Province ahead of Thursday’s nominations for the April 29 Mufumbwe Constituency parliamentary by-election.
District electoral officer, Aaron Kamalondo, who is council secretary, confirmed yesterday the arrival of ballot materials and said all was set for nominations.
“Materials came yesterday, only the ballot papers are remaining. You know those can only be brought days before the election, and they can only be printed after nominations,” Mr Kamalondo said.
He said campaigns for the seat left vacant following the death of MMD area member of Parliament Misheck Bonshe last month would officially kick off after nominations.
While UNIP had reportedly named its candidate, the ruling MMD and the UPND-PF Pact, who are keeping their cards close their chests, would name their candidates before Thursday.
UPND provincial chairman, Wishikti Katambi said in Solwezi that the party had done its assessment on the ground and would start the campaigns after the nominations.
“We are law-abiding, so we will start campaigns after nominations. Solwezi Central was tougher, this one is a walk-over.
‘‘With due respect, we shall meet on the battlefront,” Colonel (retired) Katambi said.
Party provincial secretary, Obet Mayambu said recently that the opposition should not expect an easy run after winning last November’s Solwezi Central parliamentary by-election.
Mr Mayambu said MMD would leave no stone unturned in retaining the Mufumbwe Constituency seat after learning a lot from the Solwezi by-election where the ruling party may have underestimated the opposition party.
[Times of Zambia]
Shut up heffer!!! That’s all I have to say.
No comment coz chi DORA Siliya ndachikumbwa……..
Please Dora, find a Husband to give you fimofimo maybe your reasoning will recindle
Ms Siliya said the UPND and PF leaders had run out of ideas and the effect of losing elections several times was haunting them.
Politicians mind your language! Respect one another!
Dora you are new to MMD and its trickery
Off topic but we need pretty faces in politics kwati abena Namakau Mukelabai to enter politics .Twa chula pa fula ukutala tamba abena Ala-Bee,Sata
These unpatriotic shells of political caricultures are not worth arresting on any ground. They are better left to their own emotional distress and rapture on taking 3rd and 4th debilitating ballot defeat.Sata of them all is the most unpatriotic liar this country has ever condoned.I recall in 1991 him calling on Americans to boom Zambia on the lies that Zambia had late Saddam at State lodge, KK building an arms cache at Col. Panji Kaunda’s Sindamisale farm.
He then said Meridian BIO Chief Andrew Sadanis had fleed the country with US $ 4 billion in conspirancy with KK for banking offshow.As if not enough the same Sata led to the country spending over British Pounds 10 million on the Scotland Yard who came to investigate Sata’s lies that KK has another US $4 billion statched offshore during his tenure.All these turned out to be his madness and unpatriotism.
If he costed the tax payers British Pounds 10 million in 1992 and called Americans to boom Zambians on lies, what can the country expect from his desperate state today when he is overwhelmed with lies and indbtedness to foreign mercenaries with capacity to burst his head full of lies over their hedged funds. The country has repeatedly warned Sata that funds from foreign mercenaries are not free. That is blood money if you don’t deliver the land, water and mineral right he has been concessioning since 2005.
Those who propose they are educated and give advice as if they are the leaders of this country can easily be identified by their poor spellings.
Yet this simple idea of a perfect life with MMD can be lost in the fog of under education.
Tell a monkey a piece of crappola is a donut enough times and he will believe it.
Veteran has eaten enough crappola already he does not know the difference.
A monkey is smarter than him.
What can the country expect from political losers who cling to even an ex-communicated religious counterfeit that by his behavior, vile spirit and failed thinking has only proven that he is advancing the cause of a cult in Zambia?
Ex-Priest Frank Bwalya is cult leader no different from Northern Uganda’s embattled Joseph Kony of the Lord’s Resistance Army. There are too many parallels between Kony and Frank Bwalya’s spirits.
By every trait Bwalya is passionate to fill the shoes of Kony in hatred, kidnappings, killing with clubs our women, abduction of children and make them kill those who disagree with him and Sata. It’s a religious cult movement. Sata an experienced cult follower of late Alice Lenshina who he claims resurrected is offering Bwalya some hate training manuals.
Ba Senior Citizen mwali temwa cut and paste ayi? I saw those same comments on the Sata and Hakainde news posting. Any who, back to the topic. Ba Dora nabo should just keep quiet and sit down somewhere because she knows that if RB loses the election the RP capital scandal will come back to haunt her.
Veteran and Senior Citizen as there names suggest belong to the Archives. I would ignore them if I were you. They both COPY and PASTE because they have nothing NEW to offer and can not think for themselves. DORA SILIYA needs to put her Personal Life in Order instead of sleeping with anything that walks. Uzafa manjemanje Ka
Ba mayo ba Dora, Ine nalimuchindika sana no ku tasha efyo mwa sambilila. Lesa a pale. I am just getting very disappointed in the manner you are handling issues. You seem to be supporting anyhow as though you are not so learnt. Zambians need good education from good schools. That falls under your ministry. Please sit down and correct serious issues in schools, teachers and the ever growing numbers of drop outs. Do that and you wont need to kneel down to someone for you to be in the next govt.
Waste of time listening to Dora,she belongs to the dustbin
Ba Dora,
It makes sense to see you in Mufumbwe, though for now it is a campaign area (thats not the issue). You are doing your job. The other thing is that you should find time to visit those learning under trees and falling roofs. Not to expose how much we are still behind but to know how much we still have to do.. Kale balika mukwayi.