Convicted former Finance Minister Katele Kalumba’s decision to take leave from his party duties as MMD National Secretary has been described as courageous.
Mission Press Director Father Dravesky Miha said there are few leaders who would take leave from office on moral grounds as Dr Kalumba has done.
He said Dr Kalumba’s decision to ask for leave from his party duties shows his great courage and humility to the party.
Fr Miha noted that Dr Kalumba should be applauded for taking such a brave step, especially that other leaders have failed to take similar steps even after being found wanting by the courts.
And former defence minister Goerge Mpombo said the decision taken by D Kalumba is in his own interest.
Mr Mpombo said his leave from party office would give him a peace of mind and maintain the moral standing of the Party.
A political activist Dante Saunders has described Dr Kalumba as a principled member of the MMD.
He said if other members of the ruling party could emulate him Zambia would be on the right track to ridding the country of corruption.
Youth activist affiliated to a number of youth organizations Mulenga Fube said the move by the MMD National Secretary should not be perceived as a sign of weakness but a right step.
Fube said the leave would not have come at a better time than now when the party is preparing for election next year.
Dr. Kalumba was together with six of his co-accused convicted by a Lusaka magistrate court and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment with hard labour for corruption during the time he served as finance minister.
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Give us a break! :-@
now that you are tired of steeling hard that’s when you are getting a leave, you so called imichila shakwanyamasoya will never stop stealing no wonder nyamasoya is a fake chicken
miha stay away from national issues you are a refugee who would die of hunger in your country. preach catholicism and homosexuality thats what you know for. we dont need you comment with a forked tongue. go back to your country pig
It may appear as if Katele is being an honourable man. His position became untenable the minute the case went before the courts. He should have stepped down the. During the last 6 years or so he has exercised considerable influence on the day to day MMD activities.MMD mps etc have been taken to task over alleged misconduct ( Mpombo comes to mind).Katele was not clean then but behaved as if he was ordained to cleanse the MMD of people who were not toeing the party line.Can you imagine satan inthe pupit on a Sunday telling the congregation that Christ was no good or that the Holy Bible is wrong?
#3, totally off the mark!! Argumentum ad homini!!
Dr.Kalumba, I wish Mr. (CDF) Mabenga could emulate you
#3 zoona man – Stick to the subject. You sound like you learnt your English muli bukaboyi where your father was a cook. How else would a genuinely eduicated person write the sewerage that you have spewed. Katele knows that the only where he can survive is by giving way to RB.
Good words of wisdom coming from you chief-Mulenga Fube. That is the Spirit and all the best for next year. Read between the lines.
I totally agree with #4. Katele should have stepped down the time allegations were made. That is integrity.
You have done well. You are a criminal!