United Party for National Development-UPND vice president for administration Richard Kapita said it is unfortunate that the two officials-Geoffrey Beene and Edward Kasoko have resigned but added that the party remains strong enough to win this year’s elections.
Kapita who addressed journalists in Lusaka on Monday said that the UPND will shame the defectors and its opponents by winning the presidency through Hakainde Hichilema and also winning a large number of parliamentary seats.
He said the two are just frustrated because they have been rejected by the grassroot structures in their areas adding that UPND adopted only those candidates that were proposed by its grassroots.
‘The two former MPs have decided to defect because they were not adopted to re-contest their seats in this year’s elections.The party democratic as it is , will only adopt candidates who have received support from the grassroots’, he said.
‘Its sad that the two have taken the action personal, but the party is above individuals and we respect their decision and wish them well’,Kapita added.
The UPND Vice-president for administration was reacting to Immediate former Itezhi-tezhi parliamentarian Geoffrey Beene who resigned from the UPND to join the ruling MMD.
Addressing a press briefing in Lusaka yesterday, Beene who was not re-adopted to contest the Itezhi-tezhi seat said his defection has been prompted by what he termed as UPND’s undemocratic tendencies.
Beene said the MMD is the only democratic party in the country and added that he will support the ruling party’s adopted candidate for the Itezhi-tezhi seat David Diangamo who is also his uncle.
He said he will commit his efforts to ensuring that Diangamo scoops the seat during the tripartite elections on 20th September.
‘I will use everything means possible to ensure that the UPND does not win the Itezhi-tezhi seat and I will compaign for my uncle(David Diangamo) and the MMD for president Banda to continue with his good policies’,Beene said.
Beene becomes the second UPND member to resign in two days following Edward Kasoko who resigned after he learnt that the party had not re-adopted him to re-contest the Mwembeshi seat.
UPND the vote splitters, here they go again… The two guys..Yabanyokola njala…
THIS YEAR NI RB -MMD CHABE.
DRC shut up you zairean! UPND is a damn serious party which will win this year’s elections.
Okay!
Only in your tonga dreams, how can they win in all honesty please
MaRubbish Politicians how can MMD be the only credible party when just a few weeks ago you were singing praises for UPND and HH. Political prostitutes .SEBENAWIKUTE!! YKUNYOKOLANI NJALA MARUBBISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bad eggs. Just because your own people rejected you. Please, MMD get them we don’t need them, they have out lived their usefulness.
Political prostitutes ahoy! Who will be the next suitors?
So upnd is undemocratic?
Pf held discussions for three days (can a dictator allow that?) to adopt MPs.
HH-Hakaivotela Heka.
My vote is no secret its for sata.
MMD are so desperate they bring u things get them chew and dont kubeba.
serves them better useless UPND with a dagga smoking president who dances like a mad man.Mwanya Mukaivotela Mwelike sha.
“Kapita who addressed journalists in Lusaka on Monday said that the UPND will shame the defectors and its opponents by winning the presidency through Hakainde Hichilema and also winning a large number of parliamentary seats”. Mr Kapita, my projection after the death of the pact is as follows: UPND=1, MMD=2, PF=3 in southern; UPND=3, MMD=2, PF=1 in CB, Northern, Luapula & Lusaka; UPND=3, MMD=1, PF=2 in Eastern, Central, North-Western; UPND=2, MMD & PF 50-50 in Western Province. By mode, Unfortunately, MMD might just get the day. Therefore, it all comes back to asking you to be realistic when making such statement. Remember, your party killed the PACT.
Dongo Na Sundu if you look at the facts objectively you will note clearly that the pact failed mostly due to the PF lack of respect for their so called under 5 bedfellows
the PACT fell prey to a well orchestrated MMD propaganda and UPND/PF responded with their hearts!
@ 3 more Money in my pocket, a zambian working in DRC…COMING TO VOTE with my flight scheduled on 19 th sept. NI PABWATO CHABE…
useless spokesperson with a head like a pear.You shall not win.We are voting MMD landslide even in S.Province your so called strong hold.Rubbish party no wonder you were called underfive
THIS 2 MPS SHULD HAVE JOINED HERTAGE PARTY AS GENERAL MIYANDA IS REALLY DESPARATE TO BE THE NEXT ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT.LOL PRESUDENT
#7,
SATA interviewed,chose and picked PF candidates from his house. While UPND grass root structures interviewed ,chose and voted democratically and picked candidates.
This demonstrates that leaders (especially some MPs) go in it for personal gain. If Kasoko really meant well, he could not have resigned on this account. Beene to me is even worse. He was originally UPND and when Mazoka did not win in 2001, Beene went to MMD. When MMD did not adopt him for MP in 2006, he came back home (UPND) and became MP for Itezhi Tezhi. Now that he failed to work with the people on the ground and now the people have rejected him, he jumps back to MMD. The guy has seriously dented his political career. Its a shame. VIVA REAL DEMOCRACY IN UPND. If people don’t work when given a chance as MPs, the people have the power to boot them out. Its sad they left but maybe its good riddance. We do not want pretenders and deceivers, NOOOOOO! REAL CHANGE FOR 2011, VIV HH
Malabish at its best. Our politicians fail to distinguish between an individual and a party. No wonder they do not resign when there morals are compromised. We will continue having these hungry politicians because of that. When we say we hate MMD, it should not be RB or an individual. When we hate the moral aspect of an individual, a good party should discipline that person so that they remain morally upright since they hold public offices. Just look at this fool, MMD will be immoral to give this guy any position because he has shown that he supports nepotisim. My uncle! you must be a useless man. Am sure your uncle is even laughing at you… fyakukonka konka
Has any of those left by PF defected?
Viva RB, viva MMD you win 2011 while HH and UPND favored for 2016. Sata and PF goes into exstinction.
It’s better they are leaving now. Am sure UPND knows the others that will be leaving. Good ridence!
HH we are the real change, don’t worry about these failed chaps, we are getting it this year
#9 ungakwele ndeke iwe after all u wil start on the fisrt of september 2 reach lsk on the 20th with a train……….yakunvunvunya njala………
trouble in the upnd camp!!!! now pf has lost it court case. how sad for them!!!!
What is wrong with Geofrey Beene last time he resigned from MMD where he served as DC for ITT and won the seat on UPND ticket. What means is he going to use to ensure that he supports Diangamo to win on MMD ticket. People should not take parliamentary seats like personal to holder vehiccles. People are now more enlightened than they were twenty yrs ago. They always see what development the MP is delivering.Even Edward Kasoko should be ashamed of his actions. A committed members does not atke things persional and he owes his current status to UPND. Where is this Masaiti Richard Kapita standing as an MP. He is another political joker. What development is he going to take to Mwinilunga West. Ni maloza even Muchima (MMD) candidate is another disaster he is a just a big mouth for nothing.
we have just won the ruling chwe chwe chwe chwe chwe
BREAKING NEWS : SATA BRINGS THE ENTIRE LSK CITY TO A STAND STILL !!!!!!!!!
MAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMA INDEPENDENCE AVENUE IS NOT PASSABLE LSK IS ALL PF TODAY MAMAMAMAMAMAMA THIS MAN CALLED H.E MC SATA HAS MASSIVE SUPPORT MWEH
Its SAD UPND does know its MP Name. He is Godfrey Beene and NOT Jeofrey Beene “The leading American Retail clothing Company” Bad for UPND, a Party of Tongos. Now that the few ILA people have left, it means its now PURE TONGA Mabisi Mabisi White white. Good timing for Hon Beene. Its a disorstus to have 17 presidents Greedy candidates except PF only. MMD & PF only credible Parties in this Election. MMD just take re-build ITT Road, thats all what people are waiting for there, now that Power station is coming up.
Dyonko chabe.
@ 17 AKO NI ZEEE…….MAN
UPND may have been overating themselves in this election. One fact UPND should understand is that southern province, were most of their votes come from ,vote on tribal line because they want a tonga to also rule. But Magande who is also tonga has filed meaning southern province will split reducing, on a large scale, chances of HH winning. HH would have chance if he worked with Magande. As things stand HH chances and hope have, overnight, been quenched.
Tonga fools
Chika, it’s high time you showed the public your intergrity. this space is not for insults, it just shows how uncultured and uneducated you are. shame on you!!! leave the space for people with brains, dont bring street manners in here. your father SATA didn’t teach you manners eeeh!!! I know it pains when you know you are heading torwards doom, but you wont be the first one to lose elections. Just vote HH. He will take you to school since it will be free, i know you are not educated becouse you could not afford. May God deliver you!!!
TAPALI CHABO BA UPND NABA MMD.UNOMWAKA NI PF MY VOTE IS FOR SATA.
People said from begging UPND is nothing in Zambia except in southern province.Have u seen what is happening in UPND?The party is loosing prominent members.This shows how HH has failed to organize the party.HH has destroyed UPND.People shouldn’t leave the party even if they are not adopted.Those guys were prominent members of UPND with gud positions in the party structure.I now agree what people say HH is underfive.The only opposition is PF.
The naivety being exhibited by the learned UPND memberz with chainz of degreez, with regard to their chancez in the Sept. 20 general electionz, would not inspire many people to seek univerzity education.
The oposition is in large dilema this year.
The hopes of PF have gone down and are much lower than 2008. This time they are going into it knowing they are clearly losing.
Even their supporters know.
But for UPND, they are just keeping the momentum for future relevance; not now.
RB managed to beat SATA easily in 2008, now this time around it will surely be a walk over.
UPND is a finnished party.We told you that regular callers such mark,Muchindu,proud,cloud,loison,,imbuwa edy etc can’t make UPND popular.It’s a dying party in the next 20days.UPND will be MMD.And people of Zambia will see that the only seriours party is PF.Mwamukoloooooooooooooooooooooooo
Those defectors are useless politicians. It doesn’t mean when you are not adopted you leave the party. when you where adopted in the first place why didn’t defect. HH YOU HAVE MY FAMILY’S VOTES. This simply means that for 10 years u were an MP U WERE
for personal gains. USELESS POLITICIANS. Just go but too late MMD has already adopted its MPS.
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH CHABE………………………………..
LT are you sleeping again haven’t you heard what’s happened at the high court?? ZWD beat you to it again!!
Remember there is K400million gratuity for being an MP (free money) doesn’t matter whether you are MMD,PF, of UPND money is money.
Bo Fine # 26, what easily beating did RB achieve when the difference between him and MCS was 35,000 votes? My 2 sons who are now 18 and 21 did not vote in that election and these college going Zambians want to graduate to jobs and jobs gotten through merit not nepotism! They are voting and some of us have done the campaigns sytematically from our houses to the neighbours and to the whole compound! This year PF is going to show you how people reject being taken for granted. We in western province will not forget the shootings, bungled NCC, RP capital Dora saga and frequent flyer president who only started implementing development projects in the last 6 months of his tenure. MMD will lose based on urban CB, Lusaka, and rural Northern, Western and Luapula provinces. VIVA CHANGE, VIVA PF!
Yaba Shikabwali former UPND candidate has said UPND is imposing candidates from southern to central province.Ha ha ha we tonga UPND is aTonga party.Viva PF a national party.Pabwatooooo.independence evenue is closed coz of almighty PF.yester we could pass everywhere when UPND was filing.Pabwatoooooo
SELFISH POLITICIANS WHO HAVE CONFIDENCE OF A COCKROACH … IF SOME POLITICIANS HAD AGREED TO WORK WITH THE LATE MWANAWASA THIS TIME THEY WOULD’VE BEEN PRESIDENTS BUT DUE TO THEIR SELFISH MOTIVES.FORGET ABOUT UNSEATING MMD COZ IT’LL REMAIN IN POWER EVEN FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS OR SO. SOME PIPS ARE SPOILLERS AND THATS WHY THEY WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENTS, LET THEM CONTINUE DAY DREAMING, THEY ARE JUST SPLITTING VOTES EVEN WHEN THEY KNOW THEY CAN NEVER WIN AS A SINGLE PARTY … COME ON DREAM ON ……
@ Mudiam u have hit the point alot people didnt vote.. Just let him try to conduct a savey of youths on CB and LSK….He will be surprised that most of them are for the MWAMUKOLO THE BOAT, NW, Nothern, Luapula….. That means a clean win for PF…..no Doubt…
Good the so-called defectors are ending up in the political waste bins – MMD & PF. I was in Itezhi-tezhi recently and my interaction with the people there reviewed that Beene would have been a very big risk or liability on UPND had they adopted him. There is a young man who the people on the ground prefer. Sour grapes. Surely yamunyokola njala.
Wait for RB’s nominations tomorrow. RB NAFUTI NAFUTI, Balase mudala. This black njoka must be killed once and for all. It should be buried in Taiwan or Afganistan.
Njoka iyi yapamanzi (pabwato) should be killed so that Zed politics can become civilised and progressive again. As long as njoka ili moyo, Zed politics will remain stagnant and backwards (kaponya, kaponya).
#20 Though the issue of RB’z parentage iz no big deal, and that the PF brought it up just for drama, it waz anybody’z guess how the court would rule.
Zambians, you are cursed. How can you allow a serpent (njoka) to be participating in your politics. Thats why things are not moving well there in Zambia. We all know that a snake is a cursed animal way back from the Bible. And worse still ni yapa manzi (pabwato) njoka yakayena. Please whether HH, RB, ELIAS CHIPIMO jr, Ken Ngondo,Christon Tembo, etc make sure njoka is defeated. Anyone of all you useless presidential candidates for this year’s election are all better than njoka. Defeat the snake and I will come back home.
Stupid *****. Never comeback!. Just go on looting and mugging defenceless old ladies.
RB confessed that it’s only MMD and PF that are strong. For the first time, I agree with RB. Chwe chwe chwe but Vote Pabwatooooo
Good riddance. UPND are right and it shows they are democractic. It is the only way a party can last. Well done.
As for the two defectors good luck to them. I am sure they will fail in the MMD as well. They should have gone to the PF – a party of no values.
Just wait its HH’s time. Give us a break and you will see for yourself. viva UPND, VIva HH
Give us list of UPND adopted candidate MPs. The same with PF.
UPND I JUST LOVE THE RESPECT YOU HAVE SHOWN TO THE GRASS ROOT AM SURE THE PEOPLE OF ITT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING COUNT MY VOTE YOUNG MAN MONDE
its a gud beating for pf supporters who beleive in violence..we need peace..vote UPND&MMD..
It is good upnd respected the wishes of the grass root, and not imposing a person on people. Beene cannot win any election even the two of them with Diangamo. I would understand, if Beene defected on principle grounds on not because Diangamo is the uncle. Remember people of Itezhi-tezhi, are not all Diangamo’s nephews, hence they will vote on principle. If family royalty is what you have followed in MMD, are again going to defect when Diangamo will join pf, for sure you are not a person anyone would trust. People in the area do not want you as you never visted them when they were affected by floods, you were just making comments from Lusaka.
Congratulations Mr UPND vice-president Richard Kapita on your nice message about the failures that have left the UPND. I encourage you and other UPND members to continue using civil language in the manner you conduct yourselves and I believe Zambians will realise that you are not a vindictive political party team.
As for the 2011 elections, I wish UPND all the very best and may God bless UPND and Zambia.
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Matt 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.
The resignation of the two is based on greed for power.It is their democratic right to choose the party of their choice but that does not affect the UPND party policies.Even those not adopted by other parties have crossed floors but does has it changed their party policies? As for you tribalists prepare for a major shock.
Anyway he just wants to eat through his uncle. This is the problem Mwanawasa’s nephew had. After his uncle has died he decided to come back to UPND. David Diangamo the thief, we know what he did at Central statistics office. Actually some of us know that he recruited a lot of ilas in that dept when he was in-charge there. I would not want to see this man near the corridors of responsibility again.
Tonga tribalist party your true colours are showing!Â
HH no chance not in this life time
RB Nafuti Nafuti
…..More rats leaving the sinking SS Tonga and straight into a sewer. I heard in the grapevine that HH’s wife has also resigned to join the sewarage processing party, a.k.a MMD! And on Friday HH will resign to join the wife
@56. Its goo you have realized quick enuogh that ur god sata can not win this yr’s election. now u r barking RB nafuti nafuti. you guys are jokers for real.
Listen ba ne over this appeal.It was the MMD that was planing to block Sata with with a High Court petition – to restrain from filling nomination papers for the September 20 general elections through Mr Mumbi former PF general Secretary,Siulapwa,Chifere,lifwekelo and other groups.However the information got in the hands of Sata’s people within the kamucheka system.This how Kabimba was advice this same planted Sata Kamuchekas to take Banda first before it done on Sata.
some of you are just full on insults. why do you fail to talk about issues that would help our zambia move forward.
This year dont underrate any of the 3 candidates ,RB for mmd ba muyaya, Sata for (former Unip/mmd) PF and HH for real change. You are in for a rude shock.
I can’t nt vote 4 Cycle at least nt in this life time. Da chap is nt only a tribalist but a bully
Zambians have been praying.Their prayer is that NO SATAnist should ever step into state house.And the throne of HEAVEN has heard their prayers.So fellow Zambians do not worry yourselves.Come 21 september it will be either RB or HH.
Some of the comments are so offending. It does not mean that if a Tonga is a leader of a certain party then all Tongas are members.Pls carry out your research properly. Some Tongas are MMD and even been in Cabinet. Alot of them. Am also MMD because its my right to choose which party i should support. Now those fools who are insulting all Tongas that we are UPND are themselves tribalists. You are anoying some of us by insulting Tongas. Tongas have not insulted any tribal….they are just campaigning within the parties of their choice. Please leats be reasonable we are all Zambians and if you have just some other issues with Tongas as an ethinic group say so, than insulting all of us. You are such an *****.Why cant you say PF is for Bembas,That will be wrong cz there are Tongas in PF aswel.
I do consider all the ideas you have introduced on your post. They are really convincing and can definitely work. Nonetheless, the posts are too short for beginners. Could you please lengthen them a little from subsequent time? Thank you for the post.