Kasama Central Member of Parliament (MP) Geoffrey Mwamba who resigned his parliamentary seat yesterday has dramatically rescinded his decision.
The MP announced his resignation in a letter addressed to Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata following his suspension from the party’s central committee after the battering of his wife.
Mr Mwamba said he resigned so that he could concentrate on his businesses which had been affected because of his active involvement in politics.
The MP said he would reconsider his decision to resign as MP if the electorates in Kasama ask him to do when he visits them during the Kusefya Pa N’gwena traditional ceremony of the Bemba speaking people tomorrow.
He said he had received a lot of calls from Kasama electorates informing him to reconsider his decision to resign as MP.
Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation also reports that National Assembly Liason officer Chikomeni Banda said he had not received a letter from Mr Mwamba for resigning his parliamentary seat.
Earlier, Mr Sata temporarily relieved Mr Mwamba of his position as Party Chairperson for the Elections portofolio.
This followed the assault and wife battering charges levelled against him.
PF Secretary General Winter Kabimba confirmed the development.
Mr Mwamba popularly known as GBM is accused of having battered his wife Chama, on Sunday following a marital dispute.
Police yesterday recorded a warn a warn and caution statement from Mr Mwamba
There has been widespread condemnation of Mr Mwamba from a cross-section of society following the incident which left his wife with a cut on her forehead.
The Human Rights Commission who has called on the Zambia Police and the Inspector General in particular,to show that the behavior exhibited by the Kasama central Member of Parliament is not to be condoned and that penal consequences follow.
And the Law Association of Zambia has described the conduct of Kasama central Member of Parliament Geoffrey Mwamba who on Sunday battered his wife as unacceptable.
yaba ninshi ni cha you forgot ija nkani ka\:d/
fya wu puwa. ba mambala. get serious
Baby elephant did your business just pick up?
As much as am not supportive of domestic violence, GBM has done well to rescind his decision. Its alot of taxpayers money going down the drain. We cannot afford another by-election.
yaba…just when I was opening a mosi bottle all the way from Zambia to celebrate…only to read this craapp. Now my drunkeness will be negative with reflections of this corn buffoon back in parliament. It is more expensive to Zambia to keep this sorry fat excuse for a man, than doing a by-election. There goes my good mood….
Resigning was the best decision he made the first time round though i would have rather he said he was doing so because he has family matters to sort out and not his business.
Are you telling me his business has picked up in less tthan 24 hours kwena am coming back to start one \:d/:o:-?
Good decision. Too many unecessary by-elections a waste of resources!
Zambia desperately needs serious leadership, not this comedy.
Lusaka Times, earlier on today on another thread when I talked about GBM’s turn around, my comment did not appear, I just wondered why, was it because you thought I had beaten you to it?
Typical PF flip flopping. He is just behaving like his leader the cobra. This is the kind of decisive leadership we should expect from the ‘government in waiting’.
Being an MP in Zambia is not, for many, to serve BUT an opportunity to have access to official corruption! It is a very principled person who would resign.
mmchsxxxp! we had already accepted the resignation. But agree Zed cant afford any more bye ellections but PF need to lower the guys profile and keep him out of high ranking positions
We need serious leadership in this country, what we are seeing is a mockery of leadership. Perhaps he has only learnt that Parliament is officially opening next week for the last session.
If we had a normal president, this clown would be fired from Parliament not allowing him to play around like this.
PF inconsistency at best.
Only in Africa…
:-? In Bizzare twists of the Zambian monarchy wow ! He was on the path of redemption then this mess. Anyway whatever happened to the Heritage party.
:(( Lord Jesus we cry raise leaders up in Zambia that shall serve the people. From Battering people to stealing our money.
If our parliament was run by a serious Speaker with clear ethics rules this man could have been out whether he liked it or not! But the MMD are afraid of parliamentary reform because they know that most of their members will be found wanting.
While a by-election would be costly, it’s more expensive to pay such a lousy MP when another more effective and considerate Zambian can do a better job. Opportunity cost of keeping an MP that is more interested in his business than that of the people he is supposed to represent is very high.
I support GBM’s move. Why create a bye election and spend so much money, when we all know it’s not necessary. GBM should just take a back seat between now and 2011, but we will not adopt hm next year. We will leave Kasama to 2011, while we stratergise on getting Kafulafuta, Mpulungu and Chilanga for now!! Viva Pact….
Yaba! Mambala uyu! Teti aleyafye. Ninshi kanshi alefwaya?
Do any MMD cadres have the letter, this is so easy take it to Chikomeni Banda and the job is done, it will be acted upon.
Nixi mwe, yaba! What can one say!!!!
Whats wrong with this Obese man. He initially insulted the people of Kasama Central by saying that they are of less value than his business and now he wants the job back. Make up you mind little elephant.
WHY ARE YOU PIPO BOTHERED SATA AND GBM ARE ALL COMEDIANS AND WE ARE CAUGHT IN IT AGAIN THEY JUST PLAYED ON YO MIND TO GET PUBLIC SYMPATHY IF SATA WAS SERIOUS HE MUST HAVE EXPELLED THIS PI.G. NINSHI CHI GBM IS INSULTING THE KASAMA PIPO TO CONSIDER HIS BUSINESS PARAMOUNT THAN TO SERVE THE PIPO THAT VOTED 4 HIM. CI COLOUR FUMA WE MPAKA. ANY WE TETI MPAPE BA SATA TABA SERIOUS HE IS A COMMEDIAN SO AM NO SURPRIZED JUST SPARE OUR TAX PAYERS MONEY. THIS COUNTRY NEEDS SERIOUS AND COMMITED LEADERSHIP NOT THESE JOKERS, VIVA HH OR LUBINDA
Rescinding decisions in politics started with Super Ken, first as republican president and then later on as UNIP president. We haven’t seen Lucy or Filimoni resign. Viva GBM!
We need to amend the constitution so that such people are made to pay for the byelections instead of wasting public funds like we did in Luena.
GBM is one of the best amongst the worst politicians. He should have resigned in the public interest!
We have a lot of “gramophone” type of politicians who pretend to be “CD players” in Zed !
Quite alright, this p.u.n.k can have money but I think he is an illiterate chap, kabova type just like Willie Nsanda, Richard Kazala, etc.Sometimes I wonder, how did people like Kazala manage to become Ministers. Go to Chingola and see how the young boy misbehaves, no morals at all.
We are yet to develop..
What is the real situation with GMB sager? On which side of the fence is he? Or is he too fat to go on either side of the fence (over the barbed wire fence). I wonder where his balls are.
Good decision GBM,you have saved us a lot of money that was to be wasted on the bye-election..,Next time though DON’T make any decisive decision when you are emotional,angry OR hungry..grow up big man on your behaviour..!!
:) Yes the should play.
I mean pay hahaha.
#20
I agree with you 200%.The opportunity cost of having GBM as an MP is way too high to that of holding a by-election.However,MMD has found political capital out of his irrationality and they cane him heavily if he goes for re-election in 2011.
Efyochaba nomba bane ifi ? Power is sweet indeed.
He knows he needs that salary n gratuity from being an MP. At least that saves the country money. He acted like a baby by acting without thinking!
Despite the billions he has, money will always be money n he just has 2 av it. Join boxing next tym u feel like punching ur wife
Mwamba Nsofu stop being childish ka! We have enough drama with Kansundila’s endlessly useless trips costing us dearly and we do not need ifya bupuba from you, alah. Kanshi icilufumo chobe and head are all full of nothing but ubwali?
I have the copy of the resignation letter that GBM left at ZNBC, my job is to hand to it to the national assembly liaison officer first thing monday morning.i plan to be at his door at 7:59 am. I hope the ECZ set this bye-election date soon.
I am shocked at how people are taking domestic violence from a public figure so lightly/…
Seriously political affiliation aside what most of you are saying is that its better you batter your wife than lose your job…
Get it right money is not everything when that guys time comes to be stuck in BED with his condition it will be his family to take care of him…not Sata not PF not Banda not MMD not HH and well not PF
So no bye elections, what a pity. This type of MP is more costly than the millions that were to be spent on the bye elections.
I mean, for starters, the gratuity should have gone to a more deserving citizen.
And the Post quoted Sata as saying that his crop of indisciplined MPs (including the rebel MPs) are those who came from other parties such as MMD and FDD. This included GBM since he was the basis of the topic and he came from MMD. So a Sata e tafula ngako pali GBM. Now that GBM has played a fast one on Sata, what is Sata going to say? And what will be the relationship between the two? Can only happen in PF, such comedy!
By the way when Sata said in the Post that all pockets of indiscipline in the PF come from MMD, did he forget that he came from MMD too or it is just the usual unintelligent Sata talk aka kubwata bwata?
Nice one @GBM #44
So basically he puts himself in the same boat since he was an original member of MMD
Just cage this senseless scumbag. He is a disgrace to humanity
What example is he going to give his constituency? It is a shame to have a leader of his caliber.
Imwe a mbuya ku kasama, is this the best Bemba material that you can deliver to parliament?
If you don’t have good material for now, you can borrow bane.
GBM 41-43, i like your insight. Ati ‘a Sata e tafula ngako’. hahaha….Kwasala GBM lomba nae awezhyemo, nkhani ikaliko pafume vinyinji apa….
Chi-ka.la GBM in politics to benefit and not serve. He makes a small loss and he wants to quit coz he couldn’t reap what he expected. Just resign ma****er and spare us all this commedy, you’re not fit enough to make laws for us!
what a circus. Nonsense!!! :”>
GBM is the biggest piece of $hit I’ve ever seen. He’s an attention seeking, obese and conceited who-re! Despite the cash he claims to have, he’s a fontini inside out.
hahahahaa..PF and its hooligans…you are yet to see alot of drama!
On whose principles is GBM thriving on nowadays. To resign is a matter of self principle and not an outcome of consultations but from ones heart. In Europe people reign on principle and are not asked to by anybody. Suppose he fails to perform to the expectations of the electorate, who are they going to blame since they are claiming to be behind hind him in sin or violence? He will earn respect by thriving on his mind and not on what makes others happy as he DONATES and finance others’ egos
Maybe He will Fall & Die Coz of the High Fat Content In his Body…Lets Hope For The Best..[-( [-(