TWO civil society organisations (CSOs) have condemned Patriotic Front (PF) president Michael Sata for allegedly hijacking the process of adopting parliamentary candidates as well as demanding K100 million from those aspiring to be adopted on the party ticket in this year’s general elections.
Committee of Citizens executive director Gregory Chifire said it is not surprising that Mr Sata has hijacked and is conducting the interviews for preferred candidates at his home because he has never supported democracy in this country.
Mr Chifire said Mr Sata has now proved to his party members that he is not a democrat, and will practise a dictatorial type of leadership if vote into office.
He said in an interview in Lusaka on Thursday Mr Sata will also suspend the Constitution if he goes to State House.
And Mr Chifire said Mr Sata has become a businessman instead of being serious with the adoption process and campaigns.
He said instead of focusing on how his party can win the elections this year he is allegedly busy raising money for his personal gain.
Meanwhile, Leadership in Development executive director Moses Kalonde has said Mr Sata’s position to raise money using the adoption process is a clear picture that he is not a respecter of democracy.
“Mr Sata is allegedly using the adoption process asking for K100 million from parliamentary candidates who want to be adopted on the PF ticket. He has asked for this amount from candidates on the Copperbelt who have applied for them to be adopted,” Mr Kalonde said.
He said it is for this reason people should now know that Mr Sata and democracy are miles away from each other, and people should widely open their eyes.
Mr Kalonde said it is time Zambians changed their minds and gave President Banda a vote instead of wasting it on Mr Sata, who is fundraising within the party for his personal gains.
Mr Sata is reported to have hijacked the adoption process of PF parliamentary candidates, leaving no room for other members to have a say.
Sources said Mr Sata has been conducting interviews in person and drafting a list of preferred candidates from his home.
The development is said to be frustrating longer serving members of the party, who fear Mr Sata will give preference to new members at their expense.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
prove the allegations…
Sata knows that he won’t go through so fund raising from those seeking to be adopted is preparation for his retirement. No serious minded person can vote for MR. Sata for president because he can plung the nation into chaos. A dictator is this Sata.
U are a lost soul wake up young boy.
Gregory and Moze,you guys dont leave in zambia and not zambians,nobufi bulemoneka dont bluff pipo by hiding RBs thieving methods in Mr SATA,
Mulitupuba imwe babili ka Gregory naka Moze! since when did Sata ask 4 money from aspiring candidates …..You’ll be sued for libel and doesn’t lose cases easily..ask Gen Shikapwasha who is about to start paying Sata millions of kwachas.DONCHI KUBEBA!!!!!!!!!!!!
HH for Pres. Sata will turn Zambia into Zimbabwe
sata knows, from loosing 3 times now, that only his MPs have a chance. He himself has zero chance. He knows after the fourth loss his PF will disintergrate under him. How can you expect a man who organised a come together, and called it a convention, were NO VOTE was caste, to take over state house? Sata is a joke. So he knows he has to get some Faranga now. After election these MPs will rebel against him. They just want a ticket to parliament. After that they will start telling what hapened in PF. So Sata will even include his son for MPs.
Ma rubbish
This is all shit propaganda. How possible is it for Sata to ask for such amount of money when most the members are struglling to survive. It does not make sense coz even presidential candidates dont pay such money. There is realy something amiss with Gregory and Moses. These chaps are hired guns who have nothing to lose as long as their tummies are full they can write anything to please their paymaster.
I nearly believed this story until I scrolled down.
Source of the story: Zambia Daily Mugs.
Another broke African plank ready to sell his soul for a Kwacha.
Next!
I hope these two diwits are taken to court for this.
How much are they paying you, Mr. Chifire, so that you throw away even the little dignity you have as a human being? There are so many clean ways of making money than opening your mouth whenever you feel hungry. Your allegations are not worth the salt.
Isnt there anything like proving the allegations before publishing? Ba news of the world through illegality at least gave factual info. Not this crap Daily mail is doing. Just exciting the massses.
Please LT save us Time. We cant be discussing THESE I.D.I.O.T.S! Leave them to MMD TV (ZNBC).
This old man can not easily be tamed. Old habits die hard. Tell him off Gregory!!!!
Chikala
Eish, so this snake is now sucking the blood of his own potential MPs? Anyway, after tumbling 3 times in 10 years one can understand the desperation of a snake. In 8 weeks time it will be a 4th defeat.
RUBBISH CLAIM. THIS GUY JUST WANTS TO DECAMPAIGN MR SATA.ANOTHER BOOT LICKER
we Kapuba wee ka Chifire!!!!!!!!!!!
Its for us PF to complain, not this MMD monkey
BaChifire you dont look sober. Drink alot of water atleast 2lts and then revisit your statement and dont mislead pipo, we have enough experience with mmd and no one can cheat us. CHANGE COMES WITH INCOVINIENCE we understand what you are going thru….
100million kwacha is too much. Chifire asembe mwachefyako some people would have believed. Say you were misquoted its 100 million Zim dollar!
PEOPLE, PLEASE LOOK HOW BIG THIS PERSONS MOUTH IS. AM SURE HE FINDS IT VERY DIFFUCULT TO CLOSE IT. NO WONDER HE IS ALWAYS SPEAKING RUBBISH.
Donchi Kubeba is indeed a dangerous philosophy. So the MPs dont have to say that they involved in corruption right from the adoption process…….
Greg should repent before he goes to hell with president Banda, he has lost it. We are for PF all the way and you can’t change our hearts sorry lost boy Greg.
Ka Gregory, shut your beak.Wilapontela bakateka….U have no direction as a politician, try golf
Sata is charging MPs because he has been out of work since 2001, the man is broke.
people this is serious news bcoz this is exactly what sata has done. ask the gentleman running a printing business in lusaka he wants to stand in northern province and since 2008 he has parted with huge sums of money to the extent that he is in court facing corruption its donch kubeba wait and see
PF kapaonyas hate the truth, your leader is choosing all the parliamentary candidates at his home and he is now charging them. This is why people like Winter Kabimba cant stand because he has no money.
IMWE BAFIKALA! Why do u owayz want to talk abt SATA? I wonder what they even pay u 4 this crap coz the last time i saw lifwekelo at ministry of works n supply, the ***** was yawning. Koswe aliumfwa insala kwati talwa 4 one week.
When we have stupid Zambians like this purporting to be COS representative then you have a big problem. First PF NEC has not even sat to finalize the list secondly it is utter stupid for some one to dream all this guy has written. Please do not forget Zambia has 150 constituencies and so far those standing on PF have not been told that they have to pay ZMK100 Million. I wonder what type of youth and nation we are where any fool can say anything.
Zambia is in trouble and these are the so called future leaders
:otry applying on pf you hear whether these are lies or not. where does sata get money from? pf is a business
Mr. Gregory Chifire, Executive Director of Committee of Citizens, that is exactly what Zambia needs: AN ELIGHTENED DICTATOR! Most of the Asian Tigers developed because of a strong central figure who directed the country into a direction!
Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad a Malaysian politician who was the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the post for 22 years from 1981 to 2003, making him Malaysia’s longest serving Prime Minister. His political career spanned almost 40 years. At Independence, Malaysia was poorer than Zambia. As Prime Minister, Mahathir was credited with engineering Malaysia’s rapid modernisation and economic growth, and initiated a series of bold infrastructure projects.
He was a dominant political figure, winning five consecutive general elections and seeing off all of his rivals for the leadership of UMNO. However, his accumulation of power came at the expense of the independence of the judiciary and the traditional powers and privileges of Malaysia’s royalty. He also deployed the controversial Internal Security Act to detain activists, non-mainstream religious figures, and political opponents including his sacked deputy, Anwar Ibrahim. Mahathir’s record of curbing civil liberties and his antagonism to western diplomatic interests and economic policy made his relationships with the likes of the US, Britain and Australia difficult.
Similarly, Lee Kuan Yew was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, governing for three decades. By the time he chose to step down to enable a stable leadership renewal, he had become the world’s longest-serving Prime Minister.
In South Korea, Park Chung-hee was a Republic of Korea Army general and the leader of South Korea (the Republic of Korea) from 1961 to 1979 who because a hard-line dictator. He has been credited with the industrialization of the Republic of Korea through export-led growth. In most of the Aisan Tigers, it was the 4th Prime Minister or President who propelled the country forward! May be it is time, we rallied behind Michael Chilufya Sata to get the Job done!
The PF campaign strategy is really in shambles. Let them give us their list if any. They are playing donchi Kubeba even on the list of candidates.
100 milion bill thats to much, and does not sound real, this is propaganda from anyandule
Gregory Chitufi what is your problem. Walitumpa
GUYS IF U HAVE BEEN PIAD BY THESE IDOIT MMD TO SAY RUBSH THINGS U MAY STOP.ZAMBIA HAVE SUFFERED TOO MUCH. ITS NOW 20YRS IN POWER .
I have just ditched the PF cos of the same mentality of dictatorship and now i have realized that only a mad person can vote for a snake called cobra. I would like to urge the youth to turn up in numbers to vote for a young leader as the future of ze country lies in their hands. Am gone……..
IF MMD COME BACK IN POWER THERE WII B NO PROPER JOBS FOR ZAMBIAN. ALL SCHOOLS WILL SOLD TO THEM AND U POOR ZAMBIAN WHO KEEP ON SUPPING THEM WII B LEFT WITH NOTHING.ZAMBIAN COMEON LET US CHANGE THESE BAD MMD.
MUTALE. YR MIND IS BLOCK. MMD HAS FINSHED.ANYWAY ITS UP TO U.
I don’t blame ba Greg for his blind comments, but I question the media for giving too much platform to non entities in society, asking questions about allegations that can not be proven. The damage we are doing to this nation is much more greater than we realise by propagating lies and printing headlines which have not been proved. Its sad for our country.
GREGORY. CHIFIRE AND CHANDA CHIMBA. JUST PREPARE YRSELVES COS WII BE IN SHAMBO AS MMD IS LOSING ELECTIONS. FOR YR INSULTS U PAY THE PRICE.
No smoke without fire.Wapya munzi!!!
What can this i.diot Chifire tell us?
PF kapomyas are so blind to the misdeeds of their ugly president Satana. Leave room for doubt and approach things objectively. That’s why u are the last ones to know that someone is fuc.king your wives. Trust but verify.
Please chifire leave Pf alone concentrate on MMD. You are very dull
The amount is way too huge. Well, that is what happens when people just dream of what to say. The Management Council has not yet sat to endorse candidates recommened by the lower organs of the party. Sata has been on a campagn trail in Eastern when did he come back to start interviewing candidates?
Shame upon Chi fire! Burn untill your baboo are out ‘MMD’.
In PF everything done by their illiterate founder and leader is right. Their policy is Satalism – meaning Sata knows best! Sata is always right.
As for those in the habit of criticising any media except for Pro Sata Magazine, who forces you to visit this site? Do yourselves a favour and confine yourselves to reading The Post, they even have an online version if you didn’t know!
This two are i.d.i.o.t.s. every thing that come they have to comment are they masters of every thing? even wen a dog pupus on the grass they will comment, these guys are tatal failures when sata wins these elections even there NGI’s wil disappear shame on them they should just find tangible things to do rather than weaisting time on sata.
PLEASE PIPO UNDERSTAND SATA IS RAISING RETIREMENT FUNDS…………………….\:d/
The court Jester is back! Adoption of candidates for a party is the sole prologative of the said party and shit spewing Chifire can go screw a stray dog! As for the 100 mita, well aspiring candidates have to have money for campaigns and contribute to the party cause otherwise you put a pulper in to enrich themselves. So Chifire and Kalonde come back with something else. By the way you have only 50 days of ass licking so dont waste time imitating Bikiloni and Difikoti!
100 million by 150 aspiring comedians its a lot of spanyangos ba DEC charge him fo money laundering and I was told he used to do the same when he was a mister without akapoto
NON-GOVERNMENTAL INDIVIDUAL YOU ARE MR. CIFIRE.
THE SAME WAS ALLEGED (emphasis – Alleged) THAT EVEN THE MMD SELECT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN DOING THE SAME, HOW COME MR. CIFIRE AND HIS COMRADES HAVE BEEN QUIET?
What a fool grow up you fool ka ci fire
Iwe Kapony iwe, go and die peacefully. Do not libel people anyhow
Chifire ni Kolwe!
propaganda war. It is Zedleaks +Post Versus The rest of papers + PAID UP Ngos
Chifire is very sick in his head.RB and dickson jere enjoys lies from chifire. this is really sad for our country. RB will do anything to remain in power including sponsoring people like chifire and chanda chimba to fabricate such lies about SATA. Any right thinking man will tell you that 100million kwacha is alot of money. Chifire should concentrate on campaining for his sponsors i.e MMD and RB. Leave PF alone we chipuba we
Ohhhhhhh save your mother’s pusssy Stanyoko Chifire
This MMD brainless monkey should not be commenting on PF. We know his sponsors and this propaganda won’t work.
Gregory Chifire please find something important to do and engage your brain before you talk!
Is Bemba all about insults? I was just going thru seeing comments like bafikala,bapuba etc You mean there no other words in Bemba to suit the discussion.To many of us it shows like these SATA cadres always have vulgar BEMBA vocabulary. No formal language at any platform!.Unfortunately forget ruling Zambia ba SATA and your thugs.
Let’s hope the reported “ELECTION FEE” of K100-Million that PF parliamentary candidates are compelled to pay Sata is merely a rumour. Who among the PF candidates can raise this huge sum of money when the ECZ is only asking K20-Million for Presidential candidates; Parliamentary candidates (K500,000=); Councillors (K100,000=, K75,000= or K50,000=). This means one must raise a total of non-refundable sum of K100,500,000= to contest under PF ticket. Only GBM can manage, but where will Mpombo & Mulongoti find this money? This is a business venture that Sata has resorted to as a form of retirement benefits. We doubt if Sata’s actions are backed by law. This will be the birth of the GREATEST CONMAN in African politics.
Whether wat Chifire or watever says is true or not, it’s just totally amazing that some educated people who even have the capability to articulate themselves nicely wud even entertain the possibility of Sata being President of this beautiful country. 90 days money in your pocket is the dumbest most *****ic pledge i have ever heard since Chama Chakomboka’s (RIP) pledge that he wud show us where the gold was only if we voted him for president coz like it or not, thats wat Sata’s been reduced to. Basic education will tell u that an economic turnaround in 90 days is pure wishful thinking and only strengthens the point that there is no room for Sata mentality in the current global economic atmosphere. Ata, this clown always makes me wanna puke!!
THE IS NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE. There is a of lot of intertainment to come our way for more laughter. However, since the election date has been set, and the ECZ has announced dates of nominations, the opposition parties must publish their preferred candates now. This is time for serious business – jokes aside.
THERE IS NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE! Sata is capable of any foolish acts. There is a lot of fan and intertainment to come our way for more laughter. However, since the election date has been set, and the ECZ has announced dates of nominations, the opposition parties must publish their preferred candidates now. This is time for serious business – jokes aside.
You only have up to 20th September to hallucinate like a mad dog!
This Gregory Chifire has no brains but what in his head.:((. Too bad hes an executive director of an organisation. His calibre is that of a monkey.
Gregory Cifire, what is the role of your committee in Zambia and who are the members of the committee, is all MMD members including ZNBC?
GO oppressed people’s party(OPP) this is my new party no any fee.we are stil adopting candidates so defecters and new candidates are all welcome.
Gregory, you must back your allegations with facts rather than feeding the public with your biased imagination meant to discredit innocent people, which in this instance Mr. Sata is innocent. If for one moment you believe your own words it is because you are being paid millions of Kwachas by your backers (no names mentioned) to solely attack the PF leader. There is no Civic Rights that you represent other than feeding yourself from the lies you propagate. Time is a great redeemer and all your lies will come to bear then like a turn coat you are, will soon start singing a different song in the hope of receiving payments. Your days are numbered
President Sata or any member of the PF should not comment on this LAZY and DULL I’DIOT (Chifire), without an office and blogging from @lafe Internet Cafe in longacres due to having no Office to operate from. There alot of right thinking Zambians who we can talk about and not CHIFIRE, MUMBI or LIFWEKELO.
Ba chifire if you had brains why did you drop out of university at cbu! I remember how u strungled with 140 lol