No amount of threats, betrayal and blackmail by the PF government will work against the Bemba speaking people of Northern Province in order to force them support President Michael Sata and his government, says Lubanseh Independent Member of Parliament Patrick Mucheleka
In an interview yesterday, Mr. Mucheleka said that it was shocking that the PF was scheming to blackmail the Bemba speaking people by promising them development if they voted for PF candidates in the region.
Mr. Mucheleka said that the Bembas were strong kingdoms and no wonder they have supported their paramount chief Chitimukulu even at a time the PF government degazetted him.
“We know that the PF is scheming blackmail, yes and that is they are trying to blackmail us and that will not happen. With or without the PF we will be able to meet the people and explain what is required for development,” said Mr. Mucheleka. He said that the Bemba kingdom was a strong grouping which had survived serious threats starting from the colonial times when the Roy Welesnky administration wanted to subdue them.
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My grandfather Chitimukulu Chitampakwa suffered when President Sata was minister Without Portfolio MMD
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“If the colonial masters failed to subdue us, Kaunda failed to subdue us, Chiluba failed to subdue us who is PF today? My grandfather Chitimukulu Chitampakwa suffered when President Sata was minister Without Portfolio in the MMD and our current Chitimukulu is going through the same process under President Sata now. We survived, we emerged much stronger and we shall emerge much stronger than ever before,” Mr. Muchekela.
He explained that the only time the Bembas had peace was under the late President Levy Mwanawasa and his predecessor former President Rupiah Banda.
“The only time we had peace was under the late president Levy Mwanawasa and former President Rupiah Banda who respected the Bemba tradition and norms. They did not interfere in the operations of the tradition, and their process. All those who claim to be aligned to the Bembas are the ones who have been persecuting us,” said Mr. Mucheleka.
He revealed that the scheme was about humiliating and finishing the Bemba kingdom, adding that the whole ideas was about the PF wanting to ride on other tribes.
“They want to ride on us, when it suits them they are bembas especially when they are looking for political office, they claim to be bemba and the time we support them and give the power they come after us. Look the first victims under Kaunda were Bembas and Kapwepwe was forced to resign because of the persecution of the Bembas,” he said.
He retaliated that the PF must know that bembas were above blackmail because they understood their political and civil rights which help them to be part of the electoral process of the country.
“No amount of blackmail and threats will work against us. They must know that I am a member of the Bemba Royal Family and that this PF government is persecuting all those members of the Bemba family who have stood in solidarity with our traditional authority and under this trying moments. I have to warn them that we have no intention whatsoever to sell our soul for three pieces of sylva,” he said.
He said that he was also aware about some bembas who were being used to betray the traditional set up, “but I am not one of them, GBM is not one of them. This is why GBM is being persecuted and that is why they have now targeted me for harassment. I am telling you that we are seeing what is happening and for those that are being used from Luwingu, they will soon meet the people.”
Source:Daily Nation
There is no pf here in Kasama
Mary Magdalena. Look at the Tonga, the Kaonde, Lunda, Luvale, Lamba…do they have a Paramount Chief?
Why have you Bembas allowed yourselves to be turned into a political tool by other tribes? Why cant you just be Bembas and forget about PF, UPND, MMD etc
Shame on Kasama. Besides Kasama is not ulubemba and ulubemba is not Kasama.
No sane leader would alienate the biggest and the most influential ethnic group in the country.
#Gen:
Absolutely true!! Especially if you will need their votes in a little less than two years from now !!!
Show them all PF, your ancestors are punishing Chilufya Sata. Nabonda sana. Mubalowe bonse.
We advice our used-to-be good leader that respect traditional chiefs, they are your parents too. Awe sure ni Chumbu Munshololwa/ Look at him now, he is even experiencing nightmares in the day.
Please mubabeleko uluse, umwana kasembe.
Bembaz are my tribal cousins and i know them better. A Bemba is the most corrupt human being under the sun. Ati “Kulyamo”. These monkeys! They have run down the economy . Come December dollar will be k10.
You arenow being sarcastic, iwe chi ZP
You are not our cousin but one of those bitter types who even claim that we are imposing the language on them. Are you saying just because Musa Mulanzi in Mazabuka raped a 78-year-old disabled woman then all Tongas are rapists? Just say Sata and his PF government. Wilatubika mufyabupuba mumbwe iwe.
ZP don’t pretend to be our cousin. Just insult us if that comforts you. We can take it badala.
ZP. Inflation has two facets. Politicians like you only know one.
If the ZK appreciated to K2 to a dollar today, where will government/Mines find Kwacha to pay your wages, build roads, schools, hospitals etc?
Right now with the few dollars GRZ is earning from exports, they are able to raise a lot of Kwacha to do various projects. Come 2016, the Kwacha will stabilize. This will be a time when the opposition will be telling Zambians what they will do for them but Sata will be pointing at what he did with a weak Kwacha.
100% in agreement.
OK to express your sentiments but no good reason to insult bembas as a whole, i bet you’d chicken saying so face to face – grow up!!!
Friends can we start looking for a credible candident to rule. Sata was elected on the understanding that he had experience with local government. It is unfortunate that the man’s health has let him down. I have a belief that he would have left most of the rural areas he has created into districts into somethings to admire.
MAGANDE
Magande has left history of being a good economic manager. The records are there for all of us to see. At one time the kwacha almost came to K2.00 per dollar while he cleared the debts for this country with infrastructure.
Others who call themselves economic managers have only managed to accrue personal wealth and nothing to show about what they have done for Zambians. Personal wealth does not translate into being a good leader – i.e HH , GBM etc.
Maybe Mucheleka is hallucinating. Northern province is not purely Bemba not even Kasama. Mbala and Mpulungu are Mambwe and Lungu speaking people. Kaputa- Tabwa, Ushi, Mporokoso Bemba, Lungu and others. Luwingu where Mucheleka hails from Bemba, Bisa and lungu. Chilubi lsland Tubulu and ushi. Kasama metropolitan town. Therefore, Mucheleka is just yapping and knows very were that come 2016 he may loose his seat easily. Therefore he wants to use Bemba as away of gaining political mileage. Infact Lubanseshi comes even lungu, Bisa speaking people. The issue of Bemba speaking people against PF are none – started because the issue of Chitimukulu chitapankwa being mistreated is very new and not even anyone can recall this. Kasama is stronhold for PF and this is true. Iam not PF cadre this is real
Maybe Mucheleka is hallucinating. Northern province is not purely Bemba not even Kasama. Mbala and Mpulungu are Mambwe and Lungu speaking people. Kaputa- Tabwa, Ushi, Mporokoso Bemba, Lungu and others. Luwingu where Mucheleka hails from Bemba, Bisa and lungu. Chilubi lsland Tubulu and ushi. Kasama is metropolitan town. Mucheleka is just yapping and knows very were that come 2016 he may loose his seat easily. Therefore he wants to use Bemba as away of gaining political mileage. Infact Lubanseshi comes under bemba, lungu, Bisa speaking people. The issue of Bemba speaking people against PF are none – started because the issue of Chitimukulu chitapankwa being mistreated is very new and not even anyone can recall this. Kasama is stronhold for PF and this is true. Iam not PF cadre this is real
Just because you say it is real/true, does not mean it is so.
Your assertions are just as unsupported by facts as Mucheleka’s.
Sorry, try again.
I think sata can do better as a Lusaka mayor not Zambian president, he has failed. i would suggest he swaps roles with his son, just maybe??????? This is just a thought guys.
We were once made to believe that to make a good president one should have gone through the ranks: ward chairman, kansela, local govt minister, bla-bla-bla. Time appears to be disproving this claim going by the runaway dollar and nose-diving economy. Time tells and has told indeed – there’s more to leadership than meets the eye of a simple kansela. So next time, let’s pick he who has brains not mere claims (substance over propaganda).
Ba sata tabomfwafye, bashi lubemba warned him that he should not push his luck too far because he won’t know what will eat him up. Now, have you seen how our president is looking?
If you people know what ba benye means and who handles them then you should know that whoever plays with bembas plays with fire. Ba sata baleondoloka because bashilubemba warned him and said and I quote”tukafilila munsenga” end of quote. A bemba who knows what it means will understand.
“A stubborn fly follows a cops to the grave.” – Igbo proverb
Zambian dictators know that bembas vote like morons, that is how KK used them now its Sata’s turn. KK, a tumbuka pretended to be bemba for 27 years and Sata also capitalised on being somewhat bemba.
Kay, I don’t know whether I should waste my time educating a thick head like you. Do you really think Sata would want “to bite the finger that feeds him?” The reason is because the chiefs in question have refused to support the ruling party. KK had same problem with Senior Chief Nkula, Chiluba with Chitimukulu Chitapankwa and now Kanyanta Sosala with Sata. I know you get comfort from insulting us but get you facts right first.