Former First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa says the prerogative to hire and fire senior government officials lies in the Republican President.
Commenting on the reappointment of Former Communications and Transport Minister Dora Siliya as Education Minister, Mrs Mwanawasa said it was not up to the Zambian People to decide who should be appointed as Minister but the President.
Mrs. Mwanawasa in an Interview with ZANIS in Kitwe today that the most important thing was for Ms Siliya to humble herself and seek the forgiveness of the Zambian people.
She said Ms Siliya must stand up after falling and continue delivering to the Zambian people with honour and dignity.
“For me what is important when you fall is to stand up and continue to contribute to economic development.” said the former First Lady.
Sections of society had received the reappointment of Ms siliya as education Minister with mixed feelings .
Ms. Siliya was cleared of any wrong doing by the High Court following her decision to seek judicial review against the Dennis Chirwa tribunal that found her guilty of having breached the republican constitution.[quote]
This was over the awarding of a Contract to RP Capitals valuate Zambia Telecommunications Company Assets.
Mrs. Mwanawasa has challenged Government to remunerate the striking Zambian workers for what they are worth.
Mrs. Mwanawasa said the cries of the Zambian public workers were genuine hence the need for Government to hear to their cries.
Mrs Mwanawasa said their was need for a broad based policy that would provide for economic sustainable salary packages for the public workers.
She said the Nurses were not refusing to go back to work but what they wanted was some one to give them hope and assurances that their problems would be resolved as their case was an emergency.
“The civil servant wants dialogue with government, they want government to listen and provide answers to their plight” said Maureen.
The former first lady added that Government must look outside box and the profits being made by semi parastatal Companies to help cushion the challenges being faced by the economy at the moment.
She also called for the reorganisation of the ministry of finance to make it more relevant to the current economic needs being faced by the Country.
She observed that time has come for Government to create more wealth for its citizens currently wallowing in high poverty through adding value to the abundant natural resources.
Mrs. Mwanawasa has advised Politicians to concentrate on addressing the high Poverty levels in the Country instead of politicking over 2011 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.
She said the Zambian people at the moment want to hear about solutions to the high poverty levels instead of who should stand or not in the 2011 elections.
The former First Lady was in Kitwe to grace the graduation ceremony of 11 women at the Baptist Church in Kwacha Township.
ZANIS
shut-up “morin” you stole money with your husband ! we want the 10million $ back in national coffers.
..or maybe opportunities to steal from the govt are vested in the president!! maybe you can tell us how you siphoned $10 mill with your husband!!!
Good message and nice data on borrowing from Mr Clive Chirwa (PhD, UK; Prof. at Boston Univ. in UK). By the way what happened to the Doctorate title, has Mrs Maureen Mwanawasa requested for media organisations not to use it?
As for the 2011 presidential candidate for MMD, just declare your positon Madam as President RB Banda is not joking on representing MMD in the 2011 tripartite elections.
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Prevention is better than cure.
Maureen can yak all she wants because she knows that she will never be prosecuted for the plundering she has done.
She was in Atlanta recently with a long weave up to her waist (the rejoicing widow)
I am sick of being sick and tired of these people
As the Sun is about to set to mark the beginning of the Holy Sabbath Day, I would like to remind everyone about a caring president HH who in his own words said if he becomes Zambian President he will not draw a salary, but donate it to the poor. To show that HH was not joking this week he donated the following in his own words:
““Me who loves the people of Zambia, today publicly I am announcing that I am donating a bo re hole and four t oi le ts at Potters market so that we can open that market,” he said.”
And UPND Namwala MP Major Robbie Chizyuka after this simply had to say “UPND Namwala member of parliament Major Robbie Chizyuka said: “Let’s get rid of the MMD and move forward with Hichilema“.
The quotes are from the POST.
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Total nonsense from maureen, just like you advised your husband to appoint ministers and destroyed democracy. useless woman
#1 input
Which $10 Million,why hasn’t she been arrested or cautioned,why is Banda releasing this info thru Jere’s ‘Executive Issues’,why didn’t he report to ACC,Police when he was Veep,why didn’t he resign if he couldn’t take Mwanawasa’s corruption anymore,it means he was perverting the course of justice or he was part of the ”theft” not so???
meant appoint MP’s from opposition as ministers
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Let those who can reason know that president HH is set to take the Nation forward. Thus, my advice to MMD is concentrate on developmental programmes which you must use to convince the electorate in 2011.
Otherwise the PACT has resolved to surprise you as the Grade 2/6 PF leader has relaxed to let the energetic yound men and women led Zambia to prosperity, but is on standby to give a double impact attack on the failures by the MMD.
Great stuff to you all and may the good Lord God bless us all this weekedn as Zambians so that we can start next week with great zeal to succeed in our lives.
Happy Sabbath Day as I sign out now.
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IN WHAT CAPACITY WAS MOREEN TALKING?
Maureen had her husband on a short leash. The man is barely dead and she is wearing red and dancing in public
…Very soon that peanut farmer will appoint her to a cabinet position and she and Vera will start a first ladies club – advising Thandie on how to hide money and where to shop in NY on government money.
We shouldn’t just accept any minister just because RB appointed the person even if we know very well that it’s not right. Ninshi, mulefwaya naimwe ukumisalako? We want people with leadership qualities.
#9. Twalibutuka
That’s the first question all critics shud ask themselves.The author of this story simply concetrated on this one issue,am sure she was talking about something better but cud have been asked to comment by journalists as usual.
It also boggles my mind that in this day and age we have people that still believe that losing your loved ones means life has to come to a halt.Maureen can’t mourn forever,she’s got work and books to read not cheap politicking so hold your fire & give credit where its due!
– Maureen was buying $500 shoes out of government coffers as if her feet are made of gold.
Her feet have bunions and corns.
-And those muzungu wanga women at the embassy in New York went with Maureen to 5th Avenue to plunder the country. Muletekanya! when you are recalled Maureen wont be there for you.
Even walls have ears. Dont think you have secrets.
Excuse me #9 JIGGA – What credit exactly are you talking about that we should give due to
The issue is not on the powers of Shrek to appoint ministers.. the issue is the idea of re appointing a law breaker back into cabinet..Dora was found with 8 breaches by the tribunal..That puny judge musonda to borrow Sata’s words cleared her on only of one breach and leaving the 7 intact! It is the some as a dirty man washing his nose only and claims that he is clean!!
Who knows ,tomorrow Maureen might be appointed to as a fimomo ,no wonder she spoke ;like that .Anyhow birds of the same feathers fly together .
let them seek the face of God for wisdom otherwise bazavutika ……
# 11 Concerned Zambian,i agree with you. Even if the power to appoint is vested in the President doesn’t mean we have to sit back and relax.This is our country and we have to stand up against these people when ever there is need to. i heard one of them wanted to sell Victoria falls…..
I never understand why zambians think that complaining and petty insults will ever change anything. Surely if you don’t like that the fact that the president has to choose why don’t you siphon your energy into changing the law. The president has the power to choose because he has been mandated that power and that won’t change with blog outcrys or mummerings. If you want to change the system tell your MP’s in the legislature to change the system to the Us system where the president nominates and the senate has to agree with the appointments before them being final. I don’t blame RB sometimes I think a nation never gets a leader they want they get a leader they deserve.
Good to see Maureen looking happy after her husbands passing. However she should have said ‘no comment’ regarding Ms Siliya’s saga. Those are trap questions. She must also realise that she is treading on delicate ground!
ROVOLUTION 2011…..let us unite so we teach these thieves a leson. They have stollen all our money and now they are teasing us. Zambians wake up please. The national cake is for all zambians not only maureen, RB, mulongoti, katele, chiluba, shikapwasha’s relatives, no. let us rise up and free ourselves from this bond of poverty. VIVA REVOLUTION 2011.
What is happening with theMiti issues ? What is the police/ACC waiting for? When are they going to pounce on this big ‘fish’? Is RB doing another ‘Siliya’ with MITI? Miti is even recovering from the fear he has been having, because everybody has stopped talking. Guys, put pressure until the forces that are holding these thieves crumble. Our country should not be surrendered to devouring dogs.
But we expect our elected leaders have some common sense, that is why we need to solidify the powers of parliament where all cabinet ministers would have to be vetted and confirmed!
Dalitso @ 19, she has no reason not to look happy. She is one of the plunderers ain’t she? Have you seen any plunderer, past and present, look anything other than happy? Just look at Chiluba and Regina.
Woman of substance @ 13, I hear you and second that motion (or emotion!). Zambian diplomatic missions have been depraved of all professionalism and been taken over by a*ss-kissing, job-seeking non-performing MMD party cadres from top to bottom. Truth is they are really not so much “diplomatic missions” as they are employment clearing houses for family members of the president of the day. For that reason, I stopped attending any of their so-called mission functions, they’re nothing more than money-laundering outfits.
do not worry about maureen. she was not talking to you nosy self appointed “experts” so just shut up and leave the poor lady alone. fight fellow men.
Yes, the powers are vested in the president BUT don’t forget that the president is elected by THE PEOPLE and he should therefore act in the interest of the masses and not fulfill individual wishes.
A president ought to use the powers vested in him responsibly, with mutual respect to the people, caring for them and showing genuine appreciation for their good deeds. Is our president doing this? I regret to confess that our president does not inspire me in any way at the momment.
Number 11 and 17… top draw!!!! What we need in this day and age in Zambian politics( as President Obama puts it) are the 21st century and post colonial thinkers(leaders)
Less Talk @ 24, you are a moron. If she wasn’t talking to us, then she should limit her comments to family matters and not constitutional or “presidential” issues and appointmentments. That makes it my business to react, you pig-headed f*ool! Just because u are a beneficiary of her corruption doesn’t mean u are cleverer than everyone else.
In the name of a peaceful Country, Zambia is being taken to the dogs as people continue to be fooled in broad day light. What Zambia needs now is a new generation of leaders who have a clear vision of prosperity & not these tired, “bakabalwe”! If they are not willing to accept the hardships Zambians have gone through, then we might just sacrifice some of them so as to set an example that you do not cheat & steal!
ba maureen mulefwaya appointment kuli shikulu, whats happenning in our country selfishness is on the increase its like the leaders dont even care, maybe you can tell us how you siphoned $10 mill with RB and your husband, banaidyakilila kani iyo!!!
We know that Government executive appointments and disappointments are within the President’s prerogative powers.HH and Sata’s now past 24 hour sultimatum are just hallucinating typical of sole losers.It will soon be past 48 hours we are waiting.We know they have turned arsonist on ZESCO physical assets to sabotage the national economy and Government, Patriotic Zambians are watching.Let them swing on the third instalation, Zambians are watching.
Mrs Mwanawasa misses out on the point .This topic is not about the president having power to appoint someone he is allowed to do that …that is why he was elected and it is not about Dora humbling herself and asking for forgiveness. With all this controversy …You have to convince the public that Dora is capable to run an important and challenging Ministry which deals with education. How her record fits into education. Give reasons why she has the ability to be an effective leader in comparison to other Zed candidates. Is she the best Zed got . I am more concerned about the future generation of kids who rely on Zed education to make a difference in their lives. It’s important to appoint a minister who understands the education system and it’s role in the development of Zed
Nine Chale # 25, your problem is over-endulgence in hate Tabloid rhetoric.Be scientific even in your assumption talk.What statistical empiricism do you have to say the people have not vested the mandate in the President to appoint and disappoint?What has been your sample of deductive argument that people are not in concert with the Executive office appointment.Its your spirit of low level assumption and appeasement that ingratiated Hitler.You can’t even see constitutionality in RB’s progressive move.You want a titular and manipulated President acting at the discretion of tabloids? Dream on Zambians are waiting for the ultimatum of confused and abused Ichilema by subtle Sata.
Rupaih Banda is due to appoint Maureen ambassador to USA
What we fail to understand we Zembiens is the point that the govt is not the Party and the Party is not the Govt. They are two different entities. The philosophy of the PIG (Party and its Govt) is long gone with KK. The understanding now is the PS running the Ministry while that of the Minister is to ensure that the Party manifesto/policies and campaign promises are fulfiled through the govt machinery be it capitalistic or communistic in nature. Failure to grasp this notion most of us will remain ZEMBIENS and not ZAMBIAN. So its either you are a zembien or a Zambian. Where do you think you belong?
It is either you are a Zembien or a Zambian to know the difference between the role of the Govt and the role of the Ruling Party. Otherwise you remain a Zembien forever and plunge the nation into disrepute and chaos. Let us not talk anyhow unless we are sure of what we are saying. Icibwate bwate techo ba MaUreen. Mudzako Vera ali cete.
Uhmhu… ninkani yosakila nchito manje apa ka!!!
The start of the campaign season just started… Welcome in the league widow! Thought traditionally, ichililo takes one year during which mama should be in that mood. Anyway, who cares, its a bastardized western union with utusaka full of stolen GRZ money.
The wisest and best politicians in the whole world are the ones not in power. The greatest minds that could transform the lives of earthlings are in cemeteries. The best policies on how to run government and improve peoples’ lives are with the opposition parties. The best salaries that a worker can work for are tabled by Trade Unions.
If you want to propagate your best ideas as to how to run the world: stay away from power and politics and join a Trade union or NGO and die.
That way, nobody will ever prove you wrong.
In short; it is easier to yap and yap but when it comes to doing something, they all fail. There is no one in Zambian politics today who has not been part of the past that has failed the people. HH was the vulture that hovered the parastatal carcases killed by the MMD government. Sata was the aid de camp and batman runner of Chiluba. Nawakwi was in the government that continued in office even after elections had been called and she went to Ndola to swtch on the lights at the market, vote buying. Miyanda was Vice Pres as well as Education Minister and Maureen was the bed fellow of the Chiluba annointed successor. RB was UNIP. Why do they all behave as though they were never there. They should speak like Matt P ‘Don’t argue you were not there, I was.’
On Ms Siliya’s appointment, one could be unhappy if she were just a nominated MP but this person was sent by her constituents in Petauke to represent them in Parliament. Why are we patronising the people who voted for her? They have not petitioned their MP and they also testified in her favour at the tribunal. In democracy, people’s choices should be respected. We are behaving like the USA on Hamas in Gaza.
SHAME ON YOU MOREEN MWANAWASA! BET ME $10MILLS, DR. MITI WILL SING. DO YOU REALLY THINK ALL ZAMBIAN PPL ARE SHALLOW TO AGREE WITH A SMOOTH TALK THAT DORA SHOULD APOLOGIZE AND CONTINUE WORKING? FINE HOW ABOUT KAPOKO APOLOGIZING AND KEEPING THE BEST LODGE? HOW ABOUT MY MAN CAPT. SOLO? CHUNGU, ALL THE GENERALS, NYIRONGO, CHILUBA, BULAYA AND THEM PICK-POCKETS SERVING IN OUR PRISONS??
NOW THE ONLY GOOD STORY WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IS HOW IN THAT POOR COUNTRY YOU MANAGED TO SAVE US$10MILLION……..AHHHHHHAH! THATS WHY YOU ARE PLAYING NICE TO BANDA AND HIS CONCUBINE..
#31, Senior Citizen: Get out of your cocoon, will you?! What is so “Tabloid” about what #25, Nine Chale, has said? Do you really need scientific or statistical evidence/data to know or comprehend the powers invested in the Presidency under our constitution? Or whether those powers are being abused? Under our constitution, a person gets the mandate to rule as President through elections. From that mandate flows “Powers of the President” as stipulated in the constitution, such as the power to appoint and fire cabinet ministers. Can you tell me what is progressive about re-appointing this CONVICTED WOMAN back to cabinet?! And yes, I used the word “convicted”, because not everything that she was found guilty of by the tribunal were dismissed by the High Court. Have you heard of…
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…something called ABUSE OF OFFICE OR POWER? Just because you have the power or mandate to do something doesn’t mean you should do it. Especially if you are President. A President shouldn’t make decisions based on political, tribal, or blood kinship. This is exactly what is wrong with African/Zambian politics. And the main reason why it will takes centuries more for us to develop as a People or Nation if we don‘t change these sort of retrogressive politics. This decision the president made simply STINKS TO HIGH HEAVENS, period!!!! Even a person with only a 1/5 of their brain can figure this one out.
By the way, I sometimes enjoy reading some of…
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…..your postings on this blog, but not this one. Good luck to you, Sir!!!
where is post bashushushu imwe…
Did she just launch her 2011 campaign? Thought ichililo ni one year ukulosha abalume…
sorry, I meant to say “vested” and not “invested” in #40 above
Yambayamba,
How do i debate you when you exhibit such deficiencies in basic comprehension?I was talking of prerogative appointments relative to statistical support but you are cruising off tangent.Secondly you exhibit dangerous ignorance of terms.Convicted by whom and on what grounds? Add something to those Physical exercise credit hours.You got bad education in school such that basic civics is too much for you.
People shouldn’t be surprised with this comment wasn’t she in South africa with the President some few weeks ago, and people were wondering in what capacity. Zambia needs serious prayers.
Lusaka Times you are MMD, just come out in the open and tell us who you really are instead of blocking objective comments.
Fellow bloggers let us disuss the way forward for our country ,this is not a site to prove who is eduacted than the other mind you “little Education is Dangerous ” so tiyeni tikambe nkani ya zelu .lol
Shut-up mukamfwilwa iwe!
#48 – Is it wrong to be a widow? If you are mkamfwilwa you are not allowed to have an opinion?
Anyway, I think MM has more style than Thandiwe. Love the outfit.
Maureen’s message is glarringly contradictory. If the Phillip Musonda has exonorated her, why should she apologise? It’s one of the other, Maureen, if you believe like most people do that she is guilty regardless, say it like it is instead of stirring up smoke screens and hanging by the fence, silly cow!
Senior Citizen, Nine Chale has put up a good opinion and all your argument is about sata and the post. grow up senior citizens talk about issues
Imagin that the current constitution allowed ratification of Constitutional appointments. Was D S F going to pull through. With all the nonsense about her questionable corrupt morality way back as a diplomat for Zambia in Egypt?
While I do agree with Maureen that RB has the powers to hire and fire, RB is expected to apply his mind wrt to moral and political issues among other things when making decissions. Appointing Dora barely before the ink dries on tribunol judgment is tantamount to making hasty decisons in this vital position of the presidency. One thing is sure Maureen has no ‘balls’ to directly piss-off RB… fearing that the consequences could be dire for her. Esp with MMD endorsement of RB.
IS A PRESIDENT SO POWERFULL THAT HE CAN OVERLOOK THE GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE PRACTICE ? I FEEL WE ARE HEADING FOR DOOM AS A COUNTRY. LET SATA BRING SOME CHANGE. KOSWE NGAKOKOLA AFUMANA KASUBA
Zambians cut the powers of the president. Bwezani despite being a president of a poor country has more powers than Obama and Gordon put together. Until you work on this you will continue hero worshiping. After all he appoints the Chief Justice who has to kneel before him. Lwenu.
MAUREEN MWANAWASA WANTS A POSITION IN GORVERMENT PERIOD. THIS IS WHY SHE WANTS TO BE GOOD TO R B
So Ba Maureen namusekalamo ificitile Bwezani nangu mulefwaya incito. Wapapusha Ndola iwe we mwanakashi iwe. Zoona apapene umu…….
The power to hire and fire senior government officials lies in the Republican President yes but he must use these powers wisely not to reappoint ministers who will not be supported by the zambian people.
#46, Senior Citizen: Look man, if I misunderstood what you meant in #31, I apologize. Nonetheless, based on “The Tormont Webster‘s Illustrated Encyclopedic Dictionary,” this is my understanding of the two terms that stood out in what you wrote:
1. Empiricism: (a) The view that experience, especially of the senses, is the only source of knowledge. (b) Philosophy: The doctrine based on this view (the view in (a))
2. Statistic: (a) Any numerical datum (b) An estimate of a parameter, as of the population mean or variance, obtained from a sample. (3) Statistical: Adjective (of the word Statistic)
As for my education; Anybody would be very proud of what I have accomplished, there I said it!!!
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By the way, checkout the quotation marks around the word “Convicted” in my posting, which implies ‘special’ or ‘not the usual’ meaning—learnt that in my Physical exercise courses; LOL!! Take care brother, love a spirited conversation.
Madam Dr. Maureen Mwanawasa, your statement is too basic, All Zambians know that. It is not only you lawyers who know, even Kaponya’s know the basic fact, except your friend (At UNZA and now) Dora was re-appointed irregularly.
The best bwezani could have done for Dora was to send her to a foreign mission. Surely he is looking for trouble. The elections are around the corner and he is busy arming the opposition to shoot him down. I am sure he is banking on Mwaanga, Kalale and that Cambodian Judge. By the way how is Mwaanga’s ear doing?
All this about prezidential powerz hinge on a good constitution. Nice to see/hear Maureen speak about the importance of enganging the nurses and the civil servants at large with regard to their plight. She wud do even better to phone Thandi and chat her to influence the huzband to show commitment and act swiftly in the strike matter.
Disgruntled PFs dont understand how misleading the tribunal findings were. The AG by nature of his capacity is under the executive powers and as such cant not be independent from the executive positions. If the AG was not convinced about Dora’s position, he should have made his misgivings known to his appointing Authourity, the Presdent. If even upon confering with the president his position was to to his principle position, his best option was to resign on ‘principle grounds, which grounds can be taken up by anybody so agrieved to pursue litigation agaisnt the govt. To put it simply and in terms of everyday life, if a lawyer decides to mistrust his client, he has the option of pulling out.
But then, the AG, who is basically the the President’s lawyer decides to testify against his client. This is the essence of AG’s stance. He chose to misrepresent his client. The question is, whatwas the motivation to do so?
Even without getting into the details as to whether a wrong was committed or not, the stance by the AG wa completly misleading to his client, in this case the Govt – Ulterior motives at play! How shocking it could be if lawyers had this habit concerning their clients! If a lawyer assesses that his client has committed a crim for which it would be irresponsible for him to be engaged, he has the option of pulling out. That is on principle. The AG stance to say the least was most misleading. Details will be most revealing to prove Dora’s innocence.
In short, the AG is not running his office independent of the executive powers confered on him by the appointing Authority. And who is the appointing Authority? His client of course which is the accused.
Bloggers, who is doing ‘gymnastics’ on Ba Maureen. She looks palatable. I wouldn’t mind a run with her. I hear she likes them young.
Big ups for the re-appointment of DORA. Simple proof of who is incharge!
Ba senior Citizen……. how is the Zambian Embassy in US. We hear you are doing very fine there but for long will you continnue in that job? Remember 2011 is arround the conner. I feel for you coz you have no papers besides your ZNBC certificate of readig news. Keep well old man till 2011 when we meet in Zambia.
Ba Maureen baamba ifyakulandalanda nabena. The president has powers to appoint ministers but himself is voted(appointed) by the people. It is just logical that he should listen to the cries of the people. Who is Maureen in Government or MMD Kanshi? Has she some authority to talk to Zambians like they are foolish? I think she should shut her mouth otherwise she will end up very disappointed especially if she thinks she can run 4 presidency.
I am Tanzania lawye r, what I can comment there is hiden dictortorship on the first lady. The should be pointed commitee o investigate her power, authority, Otherwise iF THE CONSTITUTION IS ADHERED
awe imwe …tamwishibe ati pali ifyo alefwaya beulula maureen …ali nama secret ayo talewaya ati twii shiba …
Tanzanian Lawyer ..u r lost in the blogs….she is a former ……………….please wake up!
Some bloggers will continue crucifying Dora even when they know she did neither breach the constitution nor ministerial/parliamentary code of conduct.Why the hate? Her constituents in Petauke her full throttle behind her and come next elections,it will be a landslide for her whether you hate it not and i urge you to like it for you will be at peace with your self coz its the truth.The former firs lady is right when it comes to appointments/disappointments,she a lawyer and is able to understand basic Civics we all learn in Junor Sec.If we all aggrieve with the current system,its imperative to tell our lawmakers to make it like the way its is in the US.Face the truth and stop living in denial.Stop being misled by the POST.We all know the motives by M’membe:to tame RB’s govt like he did to…
she wants a post in govt…watch the space..shel be a minister sooner than later
Maureen, please for goodness be quiet. If you have to say anything it must be your involvement in the missing billions. Can’t you read the mood of the people? You are guilty of theft. Don’t reduce the country into a circus.
we are lacking credibal leaders in zambia, those who are close to it still have thier tummies to satisfy first. God help us
If the way Maureen is putting it was true about the powers of the president, then being the president would be the simplest job that even a baby or mad person would be qualified.
Because, it would be just read the powers and implement anywhere, anytime and anyhow without reasoning.
Wisdom and intelligence is measured by the capacity for a person to reason timely. That is why whoever disires the position of a leader has to sale his/her manifesto to the public before being elected. The reason is that we want to see the reasoning capacity of the candidate to implement his/her powers. Now brethren, have time to look at what is happening in our nation and find out whether our leaders’ reasoning is putting our nation at the safe side of the planet.
they simply dont reason.
she wants to be part of the bwezani administration
It’s only a fool who can not see the sense in what our former first lady was talking about.
Iwe Dr. whom have you left the children (the chipos & them) with? Go home an dtake care of the children, it is too early for them to be left alone. They are still mourning thier dad, whta is wrong with you? If RB gives her a post I hope it will be in the NY office so that those who went shopping with her to carry her bags of $500. shoes will for real be her juniors, then we will see the love for the ex-first lady.
Remember the South African tour some few weeks ago with the Pres and people were asking what it meant.
but rb’s intellect is not like most of us on the blog, or indeed the pact leaders. so what we do not understand looks like rubbish when in fact to intelligent people it is not .
I’m quite disappointed! Where is “The MMD Chief Bootlicker?” Does anyone know this bloke by the blog name MMD chief bootlicker?I expected him to take part in this debate at this time of the night because he was bragging that he waits for internet cafe bloggers to go home so that he can take the centre stage to pursue a peaceful and mature debate at night.
Ohh mama it is upto the Zambian people just incase you hve forgotten. we also have a right to speak out when we are seeing a lack of confidence in the ministers or anyone, no one is untouchable, this you should know. Times are chaning, you don’t tell the people of Zambia such things. The people of Zambia have the power to force a minister to resign. No wonder you are not going to be a leader, we don’t need dictators and Dora Siliya is no exception. These same ministers have got nothing to offer, let alone tag along with their leaders. Iam sure there are more capable human beings to run the country than to be lead by the likes of Dora Siliya, people with a questionable past life style. Maybe we shouldn’t even go there… tizaululula
Forget HH. The guy is failign to penetrate in politics, he should go back to being a Chief Executiveor whatever he was. The banks may need him too. No way, no hown no HH, No UPND.
“We have an emergency. I do not think nurses do not want to go back for work. They want someone to hear them as a parent. Our government system must look for resources, they [health workers] still want to serve, the issue of bread and butter must not be debated,” she said.
This is ba Dr Maureen Mwanawasa. This is what makes our leaders big-headed thinking they are our parents. They are leaders because they are elected. You do not elect parents, BanaMayreen wesu?
I’m amazed by those on this blog suggesting that Rupiah should have sent Dora into the diplomatic service instead of sending her to the Ministry of Education. It is an insult to the few dedicated career diplomats we have left to have to suffer the indignity of criminals and the corrupt dumped on them. The Zambian Foreign Service is already chocked with criminals and party cadres as it is. And you are surprised why Zambia’s once highly respected international image has gone into the toilet! Criminals belong in prison; not in Zambian missions abroad. Which foreign country would respect Dora (or Rupiah for that matter), as a diplomat after what she has been through? May be Zimbabwe and Malawi; not The US.
BREAKING NEWS…From today forward, i have changed my name to DOLLAR C-liar Banda. Learn to live with it all you whining losers. Zambia belongs to the East!!
BREAKING NEWS….From today forward, I have changed my name to DOLLAR C-Liar Banda. And I have RB’s and my co-First Lady Thandi’s permission to say so! Learn to live with it and like it all you losers out there. Eastern power in control and there is zilch you can do about it.
Moron Mwanawasa
Maureen is just happy that her friend is still cabinet minister so that she is protected from possible plunder cases
Ba Former First Lady Maureen your advise is ok but its too late. Who will listen to you> The MMD which was under late Levy has changed. The pipo in NEC and GRZ are eating with both hands. Its just recently that Teta was saying that the mother of all corruption is coming. Is that not being referred to you. These guys when Levy was around it was ba Levy mwane today they have shifted their cheating to be the only loyal ones to RB. Probing abuse of office to the period Levy became a President is betrayal of the worst kind. I salute Patrick Mwanawasa Jr. for coming out bravely in defence of family name as reported in the Post of 22/06/09. Corruption and abuse of office will never wiped out completely and lets us not be calling dead ones to account for their actions. We all evil, need forgivenes
Maureen, Now that you are out of Plot one you have noticed that these striking workers are not properly remunerated;where were you when you were first lady?
By the way I am not an authority to question this and that but Maureens coments on Dorika’s reappointment is it in order or just fooling us. Maureen should start preparing herself for worse things because Teta is set up to cause trouble for her. This same Teta at height of late Levy’s illness started suggesting that there is need to find a replacement for Levy with open support from the likes of Mike it happened. Now there is talk of mother of all corruption. Where does it point to. Its wrong doers all over. No systems in place for checks and balances. All hear are flying rumors from this angle to that angle. Let Maureen start preparing herself coz the Tetas of this world are making comments with backing from some where. Teta served under Levy and has bin distancing himself from real or…
It appears that Mrs Maureen Mwanawasa appointed many of the current GRZ officials and this is why they do not have much against her words. Let us wait and see what will happen with all the information coming out about her.
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Maureen’s appetite for wealth was witnessed, whilst in Paris, during the illness and death of her husband. She forced government to release million of dollars for her upkeep and treatment for her husband. It later emerged that the French government met all medical and other bills related to the sickness and death of President Mwanawasa. The Chinese government paid for the copper casket and ‘designed and donated’ the tomb. So what happened to the millions of dollars released for the same purposes?
She recently turned up at a house in Kalundu Township , which was not for sale but she expressed interest to buy the property and made overtures to that effect. The owner of the house insisted the house was not on sale. The value of the property could be worth about USD500, 000.00 to…
continued from # 104….USD500, 000.00 to USD1.2m . Maureen offered USD3million cash.
cotinued fro #105…….Whilst her husband held power, she was involved in government’s large transactions, everything from oil, maize, road contracts and telecommunication deals in the country.
For example, she urged the Zambia Army to sell its ammunition and bomb site situated at the corner of Kalundwe and Freedom Way roads in Lusaka. The secret facilities have underground bunkers that are bomb proof , and were constructed at a great cost in the 1970s. Maureen however helped sell the seemingly ‘ empty site ’ to commercial entities that have built cheap shops on top of this multi-million dollar facility.
continued from 105…..Her close friends are worried that her political ambition will hurt ‘the legacy’ of her husband because when investigations focus on her, she will easily be exposed since her the corrupt deals were so dirty that ‘ Mr. Integrity’ will turn in his grave to learn the extent of his wife’s corruption.
Others think that the extent of her corrupt deals and the wealth consequently accumulated , could not have been obtained without the consent or urging-on of her husband.
continued from 107…..When she left State House she stayed at a lodge, 8 Reedbuck Lodge in Kabulonga and accumulated an absurd bill in a short period of time. She turned down a house sought by government in Roma township chastising officials for getting her an ‘old and dilapidated structure’.
She later moved to a house off Addis Ababa Road in Longacres. This house is known as one of her recent purchases. However she claimed that she had paid advance rentals to the owner and tendered to government a bill of USD72, 000.00 for refund.
continued from 108……Recently, State House received an assortment of goods of furniture and other wares from China. Maureen says the goods are theirs and has put a claim. The container remained marooned at State House for many weeks, as officials frantically tried to verify with Ministry of Works and Supply who ordered the goods. Government did but Maureen says these were meant to be personal effects for her family.
continued from 109…..Maureen’s alliance with Patriotic Front (PF) Leader, Michael Sata is also a source of suspicion for the MMD . At the height of the last Presidential Elections, Maureen’s role was ambiguous. She funded activities in the MMD but also released significant amounts of money to the PF and Sata . During Magande’s frustrations with Banda, she encouraged him to publicly join the PF .
Magande’s press conference to join the PF was called off minutes before it could take off, for unknown reasons. The defection was designed to be a death Knell to Banda’s campaign .
mmmmmm…. mulekeni fye maureen guys, she is a free citizen of zambia, just like some of the comments on this blogg you are free to say almost anything, mulekeni maureen- happy widow
#111, Disgusting, Happy widow my foot, how much does she give you. Did she pay for your ID? She literally cant sleep, wonders when they will get her. Morin is an embarrasment to womanhood and to Zambia. She will not get away with theft. She has never even morned her husband due to her obsession for stealing. Time will tell