The British government has reaffirmed its commitment to assisting Zambia to hold free and fair elections.
The former colonial master has invested over 5 million British pounds pounds in funding the electoral registration process, training of Zambia police in electoral duties and enhanced local observation in this year’s tripartite election.
British High Commissioner to Zambia disclosed that none of the 5 million pounds that has been allocated has gone fund any political party to do its political activities.
High Commissioner Davidson said this in a media statement released to ZANIS in Lusaka today in reaction to media reports alleging that DFID was funding Mr. Sata’s electoral campaigns ahead of this year’s elections.
She stated that her government is happy with President Rupiah Banda’s pledge and determination of Zambia in holding free and fair elections.
The British envoy hailed the Zambian government’s efforts in delivering an electoral process which inspires confidence locally and internationally.
High Commissioner Davidson further stated that the response from the Head of DFID Zambia is clear and disassociate the UK and other donors from the claims in the media reports.
She has since urged the media to double check their facts in order to avoid harming the excellent relationship between Britain and Zambia.
Early this week, Committee of Citizens Executive Director, Gregory Chifire was quoted as saying that the British government through DFID was allegedly funding the electoral campaigns of the Patriotic Front (PF).
Mr. Chifire was further quoted as having said that the British government and other donors fare engaged in activities to undermine the Zambian government.
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BHC please ignore such utterances from fame seekers like Gregory Chifire because all he wants is funding from his master the GRZ. I feel ashamed having been his neighbour at CBU. This chap will pounce on any opportunity to descredit well meaning organisations regardles of the damage caused, all because of ka ngwee. Him, Levy Ngoma and company are the same.
Indeed Chifire should be ignored. I wonder what value MMD derives from utterances from these supposedly Non Governmental Individuals (NGI’s).
When you have disorder in your nation, you get embarrassing situations like this, where fo/ols like Greg Chifire make a fo/ol out of the Republican President and his leadership who in this case happens to be a mere clown Rupiah Bozo Banda.
Right in your faces a-holes! The British High Comissioner has REFUTED the unsubstantiated claims by the brainless chicken-head and monkey piss sh/it-head primate CHIFIRE.
Watch your foul stinking mouths Gregory and crew. You stink like goat droppings
You would have better luck at finding a human brain on the moon than in Chifire’s head. Rupiah needs to monitor these small-time ibeeciles and crooks more closely or else he’ll receive a vote of no confidence on the big day, and all those schools and chinese roads will have been all for nothing. Id/iots. I hope you all fail on election day and die and go to hell
Sata is vindicated again by BHC. Govt has failed to get on Sata. Its looks to be change of government has come indeed.
Bwana HC has not addressed the issue of funding the press freedom whatever of the post:By the way Zambia can fund its own budget without any patronage from the UK: First it was Zim and then Malawi and now its Zed: Whose next you imperialists?Do not threaten us:
Greg Chifire, George Kunda, Horny Shikapwasha, Dora the local prostitute and the dull, uneducated chiefs and their subjects in the village can all go to hell. That’s my vote of no confidence to you, right in your face a-holes!
Ba No Way Reloaded!! What type of a family can you nature with such unacceptable language. We are in a civilised community, which demands a new dimension of thinking and criticism. Think about it my brother and get back to your senses. It is never to late, otherwise you are spoiling your self
Village headmen and their subjects are so dull you would wonder if we all have the same human brain. Get some exposure to the enlightened world. imbeeciles
# 2. ama insults pa Zed have reached an alarming stage. You # 2 to be feared. i think you can even beat Chifire if he comes close to you. please be neutra in the way you judge. these are extremes.
Zambia is part of the Global community. She is a mature and functional democracy that values support and mutual diplomatic relations with all partners. We sustain ties on strong benchmarks of reciprocal acts as dictated in the Geneva Convention. Our country is privileged to have a seasoned top career Diplomat of many years as rational actor Head of State. As a result, Zambia exploits all diplomatic channels to address perceived misconceptions and endeavors herself to stay out of internal affairs in missions of her representation. We hold supreme the diplomatic reciprocal acts. Yes we are in an election season, but in no way closer to subservience of turning into a proxy state. Let the British friends enjoy their mission in Zambia.Â
I’ve given you a vote up for the first time. Kindly ensure these MMD mouthpieces, Chifire, Lifwekelo, Mumbi, do not bring the Govt of HERB into disrepute.
Who would accept Cifires allegations even if they were true?
The British commission has better understanding that it is practically impossible for MMD to lose elections to jokers daily thriving on rehearsal of insults only.
Extra-activities of diplomatic missions through foreign offices agenda always cannot be acknowledged by virtue of being overt and inimical to the host nation. They cannot only be addressed behind the scenes diplomatically on evidence of counter agencies.
Iwe kabwa senior citizen what nonesense are you trying to say? Just go back to your hole and sleep
All in all the ALIBI is defective and and weak. The only option to address matters behind the scenes that again the C within C of an Overt operations has yet suffered compromise/ gitches.
The public government controlled media chooze very nice sentiments among the many expressed by the British High Commissioner; “She stated that her government is happy with President Rupiah Banda’s pledge and determination of Zambia in holding free and fair elections.”
 And the liberal prvate media will also chooze what it it deemz newzworthy among the commissioner’z many wordz. Watch this space.
Sata will win elections when dogs start growing horns. U PF DOGGGZ THINK THAT U CAN WIN ELECTIONS BECAUSE OF SOME BLIND FOLLOWERS ALONG THE LINE OF RAIL. GET REAL. PF SHALL FALL BIG THIS TIME. IT WILL BE THE FALL OF THE CENTURY. U CAN KEEP THE PARLIALMETARY SEATS. WE SHALL KEEP THE PRESIDENCY WHICH IS WHAT MATTERS. MP’s ARE EASY TO BUY. THEY ARE ALL THERE FOR ONE REASON AND THAT IS TO MAKE MONEY. SATA MUST JUST START GETTING PART OF HIS MP’s SALARIES. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO BENEFIT. TIYE RB. KUNKA MULILO.
Ba No way Reloaded, are insults all you have? Tone down guys. Zambia is the only country we have as Zambians. Ndife Anthu Amodzi.
THIS WEB SITE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN BOUGHT BY THE MMD…….VIVA PF
I told you long time this site is MMD in and OUT
ba No way Reloadd you yourself have a very foul mouth. were did you learn to insult like that? this is not america but Zambia. tone down. uleumfwa. if you don’t like the leaders of today, vote them out or form your own government of high school exsays
ZANIS IS SHIELDING GREGORY CHIFIRE’S ACCOMPLICE:- TIMES OF ZAMBIA and GRZ. SHAME ON YOU MAFI YENU!
No way reloaded you are my hero!!!!!!!!!! Kip the postings flowing.
The British need us more than we need them. If they were not scared of being kicked out, they would have ignored Chifires outbursts.
Good evening
This is getting embarrassing. The other day it was the Danish Embassy and now the BHC. Should it always take foreign emissarries to refute baseless allegations?
These allegations simply demostrate that someone is busy cooking trouble and spreading rumours to distabilise the opposition.
Chifire’s claim were category that funds were chanelled to Post-Press Freedom. This is what BHC should have refuted, but it appears it cannot, because articles about Bob Sichinga of late have found some slot in the Post. Any I would not be surprised to hear again from Chifire that funds are now redirected to the Catholic Caritas, which in the name of governance is compaigning for PF.
You tell from insults that one does have a mind to ague their points. It says a lot about how frustrated one can be in life. Why take it to that length
Ba No Way Reloaded!! …….What type of a family can you nature with such unacceptable language. We are in a civilised community, which demands a new dimension of thinking and criticism. Think about it my brother and get back to your senses. It is never to late, otherwise you are spoiling your self
Iwe #24 Mudala just go to hell! The BHC has refuted all that nonsense from your hero Chifire and they have blasted the unprofessionalism of the Times of Zambia. Go and read the whole statement on Zambian Watchdog which has reproduced it without any editing. It is something you wont get from your govts mo/r.o/nic media. Some of you are just boring and daft!
Did she take any questions from the journalists, or she just dictated her opinion?
You wonder why she was patronising them to ‘verify facts’ as though she had disprooved they didnt.
mr sata has spoilt the people of zambia with lies, deception, insults, allegations all the vices that you can think of. didn’t we warn the people of zambia where we were heading to following by that cobra and his vuvuzela?
# 28 give options. if against sata means your father is minister. i know you are still being kept. ask your father its no easy. i.d.i.o.t
#Senior Citizen-you must be one of those living abroad depending on Zed grz handouts for u to be a stauch supporter of MMD. Baba go and visit yr village and see the suffering of yr people and then u wl understand why people are so bitter with the MMD. Don’t just speak from yr comfort zone in the US without knowg what is hapng on the ground in home country.
This desparation by MMD wil land them into big problems. How do u allow such wicked characters like chifire to b govt spokesperson? Thats y this year u r going
Sometimes let the sleeping dogs lie.
Shushushu’s pliz investigate. Dont just take their word. Pliz invetigate and expose. There is no smoke without fire.
My advice to all business people, foreign embassies and the post paper supporting the PF is that PF is NOT winning the elections this year. Take it or leave it. PF is not popular in many rural places of various provinces. RBRBRBRBRBRBRBRBRBRBRB NAFUTI, NAFUTI, NAFUTI.
I advise BHC to igonore chifire. He is speaking with his stomach and that is how he gets his bread and butter from his sponsors. But my worry is his statements may pose a security danger and RB is just watching. I aslo do not know where the Minister of Foreign affairs is.
You all have comments befitting childish tantrums
Who is this Chifire person? How could he put our RB in a spot like that? Screaming headlines in the national press…now this…come on people!
I used to think the insultiers were on.Z Watchdog. That was why I quit ZW and came here. Looks like I should quit again