MMD national chairperson for women’s affairs Catherine Namugala has said Patriotic Front (PF) president Michael Sata is enjoying ad hoc levels of popularity he has repeatedly experienced since 2006 and people joining him will regret their actions.
Ms Namugala reminded Zambians that 21 ministers, senior MMD officials resigned to form a formidable political party in 1991 but they all went down.
She said former Works and Supply deputy minister Lameck Mangani, her predecessor Sylvia Masebo, former minister of Works and Supply Mike Mulongoti and former chairperson for Lands Judith Kapijimpanga would enjoy temporally popularity but must prepare for their downfall.
In an interview in Lusaka at the weekend, Ms Namugala said a lot of people got carried away by the public rallies addressed by Mr Sata despite repeatedly losing all the previous elections after creating wrong impressions about his popularity.
Ms Namugala, who is minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources, said the Government of President Rupiah Banda would forge ahead after elections while Mr Sata would continue with his usual rantings and living in fantasy.
She said the PF did not have any future because its senior leadership did not have any programme and their flare would end soon.
“They will enjoy some headlines in their favourite newspaper but Zambians know that about 21 senior leaders, including 12 ministers and the former vice-president resigned from our party to form their own party but where are they?
The same will happen to these people like Mr Mangani, Mr Mpombo, Ms Masebo and the rest,” Ms Namugala said.
She said people were being cheated by the crowds that turned up to attend Mr Sata’s big rallies.
She said Mr Sata was not attracting big rallies for the first time and the PF leader would always lose elections.
Ms Namugala said President Banda’s performance, especially the construction of schools, roads and health centres country-wide had already campaigned for him.??She said the Zambian people knew what President Banda was capable of doing and would not leave a performer for a man who had no vision for the country.
And MMD chairperson for finance and economic affairs Situmbeko Musokotwane has said the people of Luapula Province have changed after the MMD delegation received a high-profile reception during the 12-day tour of the province. Dr Musokotwane said Mr Sata’s campaigns were failing because the Government had implemented everything that he promises to do if elected president.
Dr Musokotwane said Mr Sata was not clear with what he wanted to do for the people and had ended up backtracking on many policy issues that he previously stood for.
He said the people of Zambia would not accept to be cheated again following President Banda’s decision to implement what he promised in many areas while other development projects were being lined up.
Meanwhile, MMD Copperbelt provincial chairperson Joseph Chilambwe has said Mr Sata should not be misled by the artificial rally crowds but start preparing how he is going to stomach the worst defeat in the 2011 elections because the electorate had seen that he had become irrelevant to the current politics.
Mr Chilambwe said Mr Sata had allegedly become irrelevant to the country’s political landscape because he did not articulate issue of national development.??The MMD provincial chairperson said the claims that PF had taken Eastern Province were wishful thinking because it would never be a reality.
He said PF had resorted to cheap propaganda of claiming that it was becoming popular everywhere by using borrowed crowds, when the party was falling apart because of alleged poor leadership.
“Serious-minded Zambians have seen that Mr Sata is not a leader who can drive the country’s economy forward and so, no matter what kind of propaganda the PF leader and his allies put up, the MMD will scoop the 2011 elections,” Mr Chilambwe said.
[Times of Zambia]
but why do you temper of votes if you are popular namugala iam talking from what i saw with my own eyes in 2008 you can cheat those who just hear about it.
Lets wait until u start distributing sugar with your sugar daddy in a bid to win this election
it is clear if you dont temper with votes this time you are gone that why you are insisting to block pvt. can you answer why there were some rurals votes had not rejected ballots you must be kiding mwabana ba ndoshi you as if zambia is personal to you and want to bring even the rejected constitution back you should be ashamed.
DONT CHEAT THE PEOPLE , NAMUGA LA YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED,WITHIN 90 DAYS YOU WILL BE UNEMPLOYED SO START LOOKING FOR ANOTHER JOB AT SHOPRITE OR SPARS
If PF is not a problem or threat ,why do you talk about sata ,talk about Hakainde ,Hehehehehehhe we have organised flights to bring us home to see real development by kicking MMD out ,.It pains especially if you have seen good roads,good schools,gautrain,gauride,road etag etc.Banda comes here every week but he sees f”.#$.anotherwise he would have implemented such many years ago.KUYA BEBELE
JST SHUT UP NAMUGALA……SAY THE TRUTH……SATA IS JST AMASSING CROWDS WHICH IS REAL…JST TEL PIPO WAT U’VE DONE 4 EM NOT TALKIN ABOUT SATA’S RALLIES….U R HEADED 4 A RUDE.. CONTINUE DAYDREAMING…….
Don’t cheat yourself Namugala 2008 is completely different from this one, last time you had the sympathy vote this time around am sorry madam minister, start applying for other jobs if you want to remain in formal employment. Pabwatooooooo!
NAMUGALA wa lasa! I’m old enough to believe you. Mangani especially will regret with all the debts he has, they will come after him immediately after elections. All of them, Mulongoti, Mangani, Sylvia will go back and kneel in front of RB in 2012, claiming to have been misled by Sata…as if they are children. Good riddance, because if they are not smart enough to make wise decisions and decide to join the crumbling Sata in stead, then they do not deserve to be in government and it just explains why RB has been doubting their intelligence and sidelined them. Let them go, they will never be in govt again. Mangani especially will live to regret after leaving a live Ministerial job to go to poverty. Wait for 2012!!
You MMD’s members you are so full of s**t, bana mugala we have respect for you so please try to keep quiet if you don’t have anything to say. If you believe in what you are saying why talk about SATA always? the fact that he is 99.9% in your vocabulary just shows that he is a force to reckon with and you are scared of him. Lets wait time will tell, you are not God to judge the out come, you will never know when God has said YES to PF. Talking of road construction, schools, hospitals are people going to eat buildings? have you ever wondered how we are surviving with K 1,000, 000 as our Net Pay? Think before you talk ba mayo imwe. if me in an office with a computer in front of is getting this much what of a garden boy? You people are cursed because of your selfishness.
Iwe ka Namungala ifiko kwati you are not a minister, ne chusu we mwanakasi. Just concentrate on finding a husband
Iwe ka Namugala ifiko ne chusu kwati you are not a woman. Just concentrate on looking for a husband
Another Dora Siliya yapping about and licking her master’s boots.
Iwe ka ngelo ka Namungala. Sata did not lose last elections, you MMD, stole from him. Just be reminded that Sata has been closing the gap in all the elections, the last one, the diffrence was only 35000, when he virtualy scored nothing from places like Western, North Western and Southern. So ask yourself madam, what will happen this year when Sata will be represented all these areas?
Is Sata the only opposition political leader?Why then does the MMD fear him so much that they even have sleepless nights…..It just shows how famous the man is.MMD prepare 4 exit after this years elections.Mind you no rigging thi year coz we’ll use PVt as a control measure
Why do people always talk about vote tempering when noone has ever brought evidence? If MMD has been rigging all along I expect Sata, Dyker Mpombo, and all former MMD seniors to provide the evidence of how they were doing the rigging when still in MMD. How can you be beaten three times when you know what is going on and you keep quiet? That’s absolute rubish. Sata and his croonies should bring the dirty tricks they think MMD uses to the courts so they cam win this time around. What are they scared of? Otherwise they make believe MMD is cleam and has won cleanly and will do it again. The moles that stayed in MMD late to spy have come out with zero. So people shut up about this rigging talk. It’s so backward to keep on an issue that the people who allege have come from there with evidence.
#4 She owns JUST CHICKEN.
Day numbered namugala. I was waiting for this time so that you become my girl friend. i will be your girl dont worry
#15 and u call yourself Wise Realist. Its ironic
Bwana Wise Realist #15. Ask yourself this one simple question, if MMD do not temper with the vote, then why are they so afraid of introducing PVT? Just shut up-all you chaps defending the MMD from abroad, we know you have connections with the current corrupt regime in the name of the MMD, you are sons, daughters, diplomats, etc, who are very much worried of what will happen to you once the source of income, the MMD govt is voted out.
This issue has been wisely discussed from blogger 1 TO 14,#15, As usual,mmd cadre at work.For your own information,the last time Zambia had a free and fair election was in 1991,the rest have been rigged in favor of the mmd.Rbish and his Namugalas know that Sata has always been opular than their mmd,thus the rantings,like one earlier bloger asked,if he is not realistcally popular,why is mmd wasting so much resources trying to decampaign him? why not talk about hh or chipimo?
#19 most MMD supporters support the party with the belly. It will be empty belly in a few months
Namugala can survive without politics unlike dola
Sata has lost three times and that’s evidence enough that he will continue losing. The only time he won was at Mulungushi PF conference when “rigged” the elections by standing alone. What special thing has he done to merit him win this year’s elections? He is stranded as what issues he is going to talk about regarding development of this country since RB has done ROADS,SCHOOLS and HEALTH CENTRES in 80 days. Therefore RB is a better candidate and he will WIN.
Why bother then it means you are interested in Mr. Sata and his huge rallies, just admit that the man pulls crowds wherever he goes and gives the MMD nightmares.
mulekatembo gal just talk about unprecedented development yo sugar dad has brought.since when dd u became a prophet.entire mmd is talking about sata. is he the unprecedented development which has helped us attain middle income status now.i will vote for him
IT SEEMS THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT SATA NOT ISSUES, WHY?
Ms Namugala. Please we dont want open wounds which are closed. We know how you slept with your sisters husband. Please Sata alone
Namugala it is you who is going to regret. Mind you no rigging this time or else…… STUPIDD *****SS. Mukacimona.
Mr. Sata is a crowd puller no doubt about that. However, it is not clear whether those pipo who attend his ralies have voters card or not.
Number 15 is spot on,this rigging nonsense is just a sign of being bad losers.
2011 is for fresh blood.HHHHHHHHHH
What was good 3yrs ago cannot be better now..time changes.Japan managed to clobber USA in women soccer.Dont underate the rabbit
Ms Namugala, who is minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources,
Reports of hudge new finds of gem stones in kalomo has illigal foreigners invading the area and displacing local inhabitants.- Daily mail
What bribes has your MMD recived from these pipo ? what are you doing about the finds so Zambia benifits or are going to do nothing just like you did nothing with our emaralds ?.
And you ka minister what about Zambias forests that are beeing depleted by SA companies at a wholesale rate ?
You are all usless crooks past your sell by date and you need to go.
#15 vote rigging has been proved before the Supreme court when late Mazoka challenged Mwanawasa.It was proved and the court agreed that in some areas the number of registered voters was less than those who actually voted. Furthermore Magande lost Chilanga seat but because Boma ni Boma he was said to have won when in fact he had lost. When people talk about rigging they are not just yapping.
You are just useless like Dora, ununka mucinyo waba ifiko, mind you no rigging this time viva PVT
I want to thank Sata for developing Zambia whether voted president or not as confirmed by Minister of finance Situmbeko that government has implemented all that Sata promised to do. To me that tells me how influential this man can be even before he can come into government. Bravo Sata, am not your supporter though, am just a political analyst.
This is very very unfortunate!!! Why should Namugala say that, “and people joining him will regret their actions?”
This is why Bishop Mambo is saying that our beloved President Banda is being misled!!! Namugala is one of the ministers who is misleading RB.
From Namugala’s words, Zambians joining PF will be punished for this, What a shame and petty type of politics of Namugala?
Democracy thrives from a vibrant opposition and that is what Zambia is known for. Peace and coexistence!!!!
Namugala please Zambians do not want vengeance like you did to Magande and Masebo. This has made RB being accused instead of you!!!!
Long live RB!!!
Your Boss commissioned the Isoka Muyombe Road but the Chinese abandoned the site after commissioning.What can you tell us .You are afraid because of the rampant abuse of gvt resources and the only person who can sort you out is SATA.dO YOU THINK SATA WILL FAIL TO GET 35 000 MORE THAN IN 2008 IN EASTERN AND WESTERN ALONE.THE MAN HAS DONE HIS HOME WORK.THE PROBLEM WITH MMD IS THAT IT IS REFUSING THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT SUFFERING,REFUSING THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT EMPLOYED,REFUSING THAT THERE IS NO CORRUPTION,REFUSING THAT MEDICINE IS THERE IN HOSPITALS,REFUSING THAT INVESTORS ARE UNDERPAYING PEOPLE ………………………………………………….LIST IS ENDLESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is not Rupiah to tell us whether to do PVT or not. It will be done whether Rupiah likes it or not. Now we will see who will laugh the last
My whole family in Lundazi are voting mubwato, even poeple in rural areas have waken up and Dad told me today when spoke to him, that this most talked about development by MMD is just campaigns which villagers are very much aware of and they are saying they be fooled by last minute development. They would rather see this development in the first 90 days than in the last 90 days
Announce election date Announce the date ,I mean blew the whistle and let the game begin,I may be far but the mood is pa bwato every where down here .If sata reighns we will come back .ANNOUNCE DATE ,SIMPLE
Jhb,Pretoria ,Cape town,Bloemfointein,Pietermaritburg ,Free stae ,we are all COMING ,ANNOUNCE DATE,IWE BANDA ,ANNOUNCE.
Who does not know that the elections we have had the King Cobra has been winnining we Know and every zambian is aware of this FACT you crooks u are fond of rigging Now thow Tome around Ni DONT KUBRBA and PVT in place to see who is who in Zambia n Political landscape
out 5,090 024 regestered voters two thirds are for the KING COBRA MCSata which is a sure way that he has pulled through the race dont doubt this it is the FACT the one who refuses the FACT is the FOOL
Take for example CB , LSK , NORN, LUAP WESTERN Ubarn CENT Ubarn EAST now where i have mentioned it is 80% support base and the rest equal with your strength Now Mathematically you do you think is on upper hand
TRY TO RIG THIS TIME ,U WONT SEE BUT FEEL IT ,Ibvory coast leader resembled Banda after some beating ,Never say i never warned you.Just go in peace ,the choice is all yours.Even the late Chiluba was better the first few years,what did you do in your first few years?
this is so true..Catherine..let sata fall and his minions..we need real change…viva 20HH
WHO CARES!!
Namugala,be very carefu we know how you ran your just chicken,come decemebr we are sending ZRN to audit your vat rimitance and NAPSA.Your coruption will soon catch up with u.You think we dont know RB defends you because you are related to Thandiwe….WAIT !!
They are failing to announce to try to stop people coming home and voting. They will probably close roads and airports as well. Pure desperation, MMD just accept that you are going
even this woman is having nightmares when she thinks about Sata its very sad that all of them are living in denial very sad any good bye is the saddest word. mayo we respect you don’t bring yourself to Dora’s level. just prepare you self to go its the only solution you have . when God says yes no one can say no mukande bwino mayo
Sata has created genuine ripples in the political arena that big things are happening almost everywhere in less than 90 days because sleep can no longer be enjoyed by those earlier mandated to serve the Zambian people. Just where were they? The Sata name has assumed prominence on every MMD mouth that opens on daily basis. I wish Mr Sata luck, Gods blessings and protection for the the good arising at the mere mention of his name for I believe greater things will accrue to mother Zambia if the mandate to lead is handed over to him for we will rediscover our Zambian identity taking charge of our destiny and resources. Those speaking ill of Mr Sata know for sure that he is capable of delivering and given opportunity he will. He genuinely loves Zambia!