MMD spokesperson Dora Siliya has said former national executive committee member Judith Kapijimpanga decided to defect to the Patriotic Front (PF) in desperation to be adopted for a parliamentary seat.
Ms Siliya, who wished the former Lands minister well in her political endeavours, said it was not right for Ms Kapijimpanga to denounce the MMD, a party whose manifesto was well-tailored to advance national democracy unlike that of the PF, which was dictatorial.
“Ms Kapijimpanga is moving in reverse and I do not know whether she has read the PF manifesto because it is dictatorial,” Ms Siliya said.
She said well-meaning Zambians should be able to see that Ms Kapijimpanga was only concerned about becoming a member of Parliament and not that she understood and believed in the ideals of the PF.
Ms Siliya said the MMD respected Ms Kapijimpanga’s decision as her democratic right.
[ Times of Zambia ]
Dora sounds very desparate as she defends the desparate MMD lead by a desparate President who surrounds him self with desparate Ministers. Look at their desparate actions to save Chiluba from jial to secure their political survival. look at how their are treating people in western province for fear of loosing power. DESPARATE.!
If kabiji is desperate how would silier describe edward mumbi who had gone to an extent of becoming the zambian wikleaks just to gain favours and trip allowances from the government?
Please Dora funga kinwa!!
Dora,when PF/UPND members defect to MMD you say they are clever, but when the opposite happens you call the concerned as desperate.Please accept peoples choices. In recent days you have lost a lot of members but you have been stubborn calling them mecenaries. Be real.
kapijimpanga is of no consequence she has no job together with her husband they need to eat bcos their stomachs are making noise. What value is kapiji adding to PF. judith lost elections in kanchibiya and from that time she has never been the same.
Dolla yasila learn to shut up! Ever heard of freedom of choice & association? Its a democracy live with it
All the towns where we have pipo who are educated have read and compare the two manifestos and have chosen to vote for PF, while the illiterates in rural areas who have note read the manifestos vote for MMD. So which of the two manifestos would be said to be better
Dora Sillier is a desparado 2gether with the other MMD clowns! Losing a member of NEC is something serious n she shouldn’t act too casual. The wave of change is coming
Dora Sillier is a desparado 2gether with the other MMD clowns! Losing a member of NEC is something serious n she shouldn’t act too casual. The wave of change is coming
What do you call Edward Mumbi’s defection from PF to mmd, dora? Chiwamila galu
It makes your blood boil ba mmd when people defect from your party and join your worst enemy, your worst nighmare PF. If she had joined new generation party you were not going to yap yap. Mulimbe.
Dora Sillier and her MMD are the ones who are desperate. Look at the dinning and wining with criminal..Zambians cant be decieved anymore, you Silli !
This Heffer forgets about the P.F rebels who speak on behalf of MMD.
She thinks more about the roast dinner she eats daily than Robbie Chizyuka blowing his horn for MMD.
MMD is full of people ready to jump from the sinking ship.
Hmmmmm, Ba senior citizen what do you think? I dont support neither of the two ladies, just like i dont support any political party. I just get balanced ideas from either side of the isle.
Kapiji may have made this decision out of principle or desperation. No one knows but herself and her God. This is my perspective, what is yours?
Judith speaks the TRUTH and is condemned by MMD who want to keep W.Banda and his military wing alive for election time.
Judith you are an honor to the Zambian people who love you for speaking honestly and not caring about your pay packet.
The move to the opposition is a good move by you.
Well Done.
If Kapiji wants to be adopted as an MP on PF ticket so be it. Are you doing charity work yourself? You are being paid for being a minister and an mp so that you put food on your table, fool.ish woman.
Mrs Siliya is right, but this behavuior is not only a preserve of Ms Kapiji, its common to all politicians especially our poverty-stricken, job-seeking, and little educated zambian politician
lady gaga, with due respect i know judith”s husband very well. I have been to their place and they dont look like people who have no jobs and are suffering. Well they are definately better of than me and i can confidently say i am not suffering.
Well unless there is something i do not know?? You never know in this world..
Its a strange World.
Dora can leave politics today and get a job..Can Kapji a mere secretary do the same? Her husband is PF and has misled her because he needs a job and a plot..as Minister this woman drank loads of liquor in the office and failed miserably
Why is it that anytime someone defects to another party it makes news and get reactions from top party officials. Theres need to change politics in Zed, any person holding party positions should not be allowed to run for MP, let them concentrate on running the party. Siliya is MMD spokes person and Education minister, let someone lese have the spokes person portfolio and that way you have created a job. As it stands majority of Gov ministers (Including the President himself) and the likes of Shikampwasha, Mulongoti, VJ to name a few have 2 portfolios each these are potential jobs for others. Running party affiars and Gov is not easy. In these last few days RB has had to devote time to MMD affairs they should have other people organising and running the party. We need impartiality.
While addressing the delegates on Monday at Kasama College of Education, President Banda forgot where he was and asked: “We are in Kasama today?”
When his right hand man, parliamentary Chief Whip Vernon Mwaanga confirmed that they were in Kasama, President Banda said: “Excuse me; I am in different towns every night but I don’t know where I will be waking up in the morning.”
wake up zambians we don’t have a president!!!
#19. Judith is an accomplished LAWYER. A learned person. Lagy gaga is just a news reader on TV . She cant ever match our own international MAUREEN NKANDU MUNDEA
Bloggers, am not an MMD or government sympathiser, but am promted to write on the high levels of political prostitution in our beloved country Zambia.
Most of our politicians are not there to serve the people (esp the poor) but to line their pockets with money. My sister Judith, if you are worth your salt, you should have stood stedfast and campaigned againt corruption within the party that propped you to serve at some of the highest posts in the land! We are tired of politics of “hunger”.
RUPIAH Banda and George Kunda will not succeed in their continued attempts to deceive Zambians because they are now alert, says PF leader Michael Sata.
yes we are alert they won’t manage to deceive us!!!!!!!!!
donchi kubeba
#19 Kapimpanga is royal blood from Solwezi, so dont talk about things you dont know. By the way Judy is Miss Kamungoma from royal Mpika Chief Kopa.They are not paupers like some one here who is ready to unddress just for a job. This some one may be a graduate but we know how desperate she is for luxury. She will do anything even with Sata.
I strongly agree with number 7 ,people in rural areas who have little information are the only ones who are supporting MMD.Educated and the informed along the line of rail agree with PF .So wht are you talking about Dora Siliya
People need practical solutions and not so much grammar in your manufesto.My education is of that of England MBA,but for sure in all of my life of study i have been told that communication is supposed to be effective which clearly means if i have to make a manufesto ,i will not be using economics language to convince the eroctorate,i will put it in such way that even someone who has not done economics would understand.
So MMD kuya bebele.Madam Siliya you involvement in capital deals are comming out this year thats why you are a desparete one.
What iz expected of Dora Siliya is; “… we regret the painful defection of our dear colleague Judith Kapijimpanga to the oppozition PF, but would however, like to wish her well in the new party she haz joined and that we’ll meet in the battlefield….”
#24 Its good that she resigned,because denouncing corruption whilst in there,they would have fired her and joining PF they where going to claim that she was of no value like how they wanted to lie on the resignation of misapa maynard……I can foresee many more defections to the opposition he who has eyes to see let him see.
#28
THE ONLY LIVING JAY- Wise words but on deaf ears.
We have freedom of association in Zambia why talk about defections only one sided. We are seeing what is happening and glad that u dont know u are digging your own grave this year. To Judith u are free to join any party of your choice. To the spokesperson I feel its not everything that u must commeent on just for the sake of being spokesperson of the rulling party.
I do not know who is desperate between Dora and Kampiji
Iwe Only Living Jay What are you doing here in South Africa when you can get a very good job as Advisor to Rupiah Banda? Yes thats what mature politicians would say but Zambian politicians are all childish. They are quick to become personal and they dont want to tackle the issues that are troubling the people.
after all one is naturally beautiful the other one is full of cosimetics awe mwandini
which one can you pick dyju or roda
i mean rado
The problem as to why things cannot change is because we have the same people that just switch from one political party to another and as a result we have the same minds making decisions and the same people leading us…what is it that she will do under PF that she hasnt done in MMD????Lets get real people and now the only way forward is to get down on our knees and ask God will to prevail….
#17 she is not Mrs but Miss.
#27 Deja VU
Royal blood my foot.Is there anything royal in what kapiji has done?That is why the so called royals should not be in politics.She has lost the little diginity she had, by becoming a ‘royal prostitute’.
Actually more honest people should leave the MMD. How can a serious party take a thief to court in London, find that thief guilty but refuse to register the judgement? How can they remove abuse of office close from anti corruption act and still be serious with fighting corruption? How can they have political consultants who are under trial for embezzling govt funds? How can they receive a donation for political activities from a government institution only to return it after serious PF speaks against it? How can they refuse to collect more tax from super profiteering mines? They are now engineering to undo our draft consitution. They say economy is growing but their president says it is not benefiting people – so for who is economy growing??? Shame!! Abundon the MMD NOW…
please leave her alone coze it her choice. PF and kapiji lets go we are behind you pano pazed. the mmd have no mercy for poeple see what they have done for Barotseland.
In the midist of politics of poverty Judith came out and denounced the voilance en corruption in the mmd party,as usual mmd gave a deaf ear en threatened Judith. Judith:x is brave en very is naturaly beautiful unlike Pandora sillier.
shut up the red lipisticated pandora!!!!!!
#39
VJ Rigger- Royals can only join MMD? Man you foolish chiefs who are MMD card holders and you tell me royals should not be in politics. You are whistling with water in your mouth.
#27 What royalty???Just some poverty sricken chiefdom,not worth talking about!!This is the problem we have in the opposition,especially PF.We allow high profile defectors at the expense of loyal party members.These same chaps are adopted and they are the same ones who dissapoint!!This is election time, the PF is strong without these desparados like Kapiji!!Where was she all these years to defect now.Let those who have been there all along have a chance to stand and take the party forward.If I was PF presido I would tell Judith to get lost!!She doesnt add value!
#45
chitimbwa – That is why the Chinese and Indians are taking over Zambia because you fail to respect your own values. There is no respect for tradition from both the subjects and the Chiefs themselves.
#45 Is Chitimbwa you Nom De Plume or your real name?
Ba dola siliya ala bane respect ku ichindika we mwine. You should not open your mouth any how just for the sake of RB.
Mmm Dola evry thing has limits. To you Mumbi and the PF rebels like Machungwa are not desperate coz they are liplicking yor red lips. haa?
Pease respect your self dola.
NONSENSE.
#47,what ever you mean by Nom De Plume,if its good am that!Forget about respecting royalty,these things are old and belong to the stone age,and should be done away with.We dont need them in this age as they are dtrimental to development.These same chiefs after receiving funds from government,direct their subjects who to vote for and scare them with expulsions or bewitchments if the do otherwise.How do you develop like this???
So you wanted Dora not to react to the allegations that Judith put across. Even if you hate her pliz don’t behave like imbeciles. respect her views and those of her party. Do you honestly think she would start denouncing people that join her party? Its upto the party which has been ditched to do so. Why do some of you stu.pid bloggers waste your time commenting in a way that you know does not make sense at all. Dont exhibit your dullness here pliz
Dora and Judith are the same selfish”””” .Only difference is Dora is for Bwezani era and Judith for the late Mwanawasa’s era we dont want them both kuya bebele
#49
chitimbwa- Dont take offence what I meant is you are this name cos my other family is known by that name- just French meaning PEN NAME. Coming to our busines. Iam not happy that you attribute poverty to our traditions. Our friends in the West and East have kept their cultures for over 3 centuries very well. The problem we have is we have black mailed our chiefs by paying them their entitlement only when they support openly the party in power. The guys are desperate so you cant expect them to resist singing praises even when they know it is not right.
#27 De Ja Vu……………..You can do better than that De Ja Vu! You and i know very well that politicians of today can do anything and not even ashamed to change goal posts provided they smell opportunity to make money. Am saying this becoz, if George Kunda decided to ditch RB today siting corruption and other areas the post has been singing about, all opposition members will rejoice and consider george a wise fellow, without analysing what the MOTIVE is. Good examples are Prof. Hansungule, Rodger Chongwe, George Mpombo, Edward Mumbi, 22 PF rebel MPs and now Judy. It will help us if these defectors where scrutinised, quotioned rather than being labeled heroes in the camp there are going…NO NO NO De Ja Vu!you can do better than this. However, i like your postings but stop insults.
@49 nom de plume is a pen name; that is the name you adopt to ‘hide’ your real name. mostly used by authors
Having a lover for MMD for very very long time.But,i can now see a human being has changed.Oh yes it is not that team i loved so much.What pains me most is that people are telling the truth in our party.They say things with fear,just not to lose their postions.How dangerious they are to the MMD.They just can tell RB the grassroot information,facts from the ground.This pains me,and am feeling again and again when am see them seeing off our presidents at the airports.The party now is full of black mailing people.What a dangerous path they have taken! And this time, am not going with them into pity!!!!.
I can seeing change coming to Zambia. Thats cool,am ready for it.
Dora’s sexual excapeeds with Richard Kazala in Chingola, using tax payers money when she was in the diplomatic office in Egypt to fly all the way to Chingola for noctunal pleasure is clouding and confusing her. How dare u say Judith is desparate. We all know how you have landed into corridors of power. You one lady that turnish the image of Politics in Zambia that women into politics prostitues when it’s only a few like You.
#53 Thanx a lot. My concern is not with the defections, that is MMD’s and PF’s business. My real worry is that(like you have some how pointed out) after getting rid of KK’s despotic Unip, we have actually come off worse. The Media has been MMDinised. Unions have been destroyed( on advice from FTJ) so that only those who are pro MMD can become leaders.In short it pains me to see a girl like Dora trying to be wiser than all Zambians. She wants to force us to believe that 2+1 is 20. She wants us to accept that Katapa is just as tasty as beef so we should not worry as if we dont know how beef tastes.I try to tone only that it pains me to see even hard core Unipists chasing away the true MMD members from the party
Please do not attack Dora personally, she is doing her JOB…
LADY GAGA..where are you….your help needed here!!
“Bakasumbula bafyola chenjeleni eehh…umunenu naiba chola pa KMB”
@58 bondix hon siliya has spoken so no need to encore besides my earlier blog you have critcised me since you know kapiji too well. will just repeat judith is in dare need of income together with davies the hubby.
Mwanya this yr….Donchi kubeba
the poor dollar is getting sillier and sillier
#62 taumfwa..sillier and wat…hehehehe donchi kubeba
when a spokes person becomes an attack dog is evidence enough of desperation
#5 Lady Gaga, thats one vote for PF/UPND pact which the MMD has lost. Politics is all about numbers. one vote can change a government, ever watched the movie “Swing Vote”? So yes Kapijimpanga is of every significance to the PF/UPND. And trust me she doesnt just bring her own vote, definately her family will vote her way, so right there, thats confirmed more than 1 vote for the pact.
#27 Deja Vu, so what are you saying? Royal or common blood, the fact is that both chaps are not having the best of times, they are definitely looking for a job but PF will not deliver. If you said that they are from the British royal family I would understand you.
By the way, the best and most intelligent party spokesperson on the scene has spoken so all of you listen, it’s for your own good.
#65, Judith will definitely not be adopted by PF because Sata already has his preferences and a long list of people that he has promised in return for funding to PF campaigns. Sata’s options are now further limited by the loss of the Luapula vote. So bad timing on her part. Which constituency can she be allocated by PF anyway, when she is a loser? And when, not if, she is not adopted she will not cast any vote for Sata. Don’t count your eggs……buddy, it’s a tough world, not for dreamers but strategic planners.
Dora be serious for once pliz,people are fed up with lies.You cant fool anyone anymore,open your eyes and accept whats happening.People want change
#65 H.H. Sata, in my statement i specifically mentioned that its one vote the MMD has lost. So are you saying this lady will vote for MMD instead? And please be reminded that politics is all about who has the potential to bring votes to the party. If Kapijimpaga will want to stand in a constituency where she will bring in more votes, why not field her there? Who in his right state of mind would put someone whose chances of winning that constituency are slimmer than the other, apart from RB for that matter? I read about the Eastern Province fiasco of him forcing the pipo of that province to elect his preferred provincial chairman over the more popular one. So yes, you guys from MMD can come up with all sorts of theories but the truth will stand, PF has gained that vote and MMD has lost it!
#67 H.H. Sata, in my statement i specifically mentioned that its one vote the MMD has lost. So are you saying this lady will vote for MMD instead? And please be reminded that politics is all about who has the potential to bring votes to the party. If Kapijimpaga will want to stand in a constituency where she will bring in more votes, why not field her there? Who in his right state of mind would put someone whose chances of winning that constituency are slimmer than the other, apart from RB for that matter? I read about the Eastern Province fiasco of him forcing the pipo of that province to elect his preferred provincial chairman over the more popular one. So yes, you guys from MMD can come up with all sorts of theories but the truth will stand, PF has gained that vote and MMD has lost it!
Zambia is a free country and anyone can be a member of any political party of their choice.:-w
I am sick and tired of the MMD government and there incompetency. We do not need to go far to highlight the many shortcomings by the MMD government. We are matching on and should reclaim our destiny by assured development.
#66
H.H. Sata -UBUFUMU BUCHINDIKO MWINE. You want to respect the British Monarch?