Opposition leader in Zambia’s Parliament, Brian Mundubile, has warned that removing Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) Director General Berry Lwando on regional basis would violate Article 259 of the Constitution of Zambia. Mr. Mundubile, who is also a Presidential Candidate for the Patriotic Front (PF), stated that the UPND party, which is currently in power, should address the economic challenges facing the country, such as the high cost of living and insufficient medical supplies in hospitals, instead of focusing on regional politics.
Article 259 of the Constitution of Zambia requires those with power to appoint to take into account regional diversity. Mr. Mundubile believes that the ZNBC Board took this into consideration when appointing Mr. Lwando and his management. Recently, UPND-aligned media platforms, including Koswe, Zambian Watchdog, and Zambian Bulletin, have been campaigning to remove ZNBC employees based on their regional affiliation. UPND cadres have also given an ultimatum to the ZNBC Board to remove Mr. Lwando and his management, leading to concerns that regional politics is influencing the decision-making process.
Mr. Mundubile also warned of the dangers of caderism, which is the practice of using political power to gain access to government positions. He claimed that caderism was present in the UPND government and was causing conflict between cadres and government officials. Mr. Mundubile called on President Hakainde Hichilema to take swift action to prevent the removal of government employees based on their names or allegations of party loyalty.
Mr. Mundubile cited several instances of violence caused by UPND cadres, including beating up PF members and MPs in Kitwe, assaulting police officers in Chisamba and Kasama, and attacking government officials, including a District Administrative Officer (DAO) in Kasama and a District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) in Kafue District. He called on President Hichilema to ensure that cadres stay away from government operations to allow government officials and parastatals to work freely.
Finally, Mr. Mundubile expressed concern over a video that went viral, showing UPND cadres threatening to beat up anyone wearing PF regalia. He called on the Police Inspector General to arrest the culprits, saying that President Hichilema’s promise of a violence-free Zambia must be upheld
whilst i ajso dont support the removal of lwando, but mundubile has bouwn out a different reason out of proportion. According to the reason agitated by those i saw in the video is that lwando is a staunch pf supporter and they suspect him to be connected to cartels in pf which have planned a series of syndicates indexed with lies to be used to discredit hh. h0n, Mundubie has mentioned regionalism , which was not part of the concept . SO MUNDUBILE IS PROPAGATING FALSE INFORMATION. AND ALL WHAT IS IN HIS MIND IS TRBALISM BECAUSE HE IS TRIBALIST
whilst i ajso dont support the removal of lwando, but mundubile has bouwn THE out a different reason out of proportion. According to the reason agitated by those i saw in the video is that lwando is a staunch pf supporter and they suspect him to be connected to cartels in pf which have planned a series of syndicates indexed with lies to be used to discredit hh. Hon, Mundubie has mentioned regionalism , which was not part of the concept . SO MUNDUBILE IS PROPAGATING FALSE INFORMATION. AND ALL WHAT IS IN HIS MIND IS TRBALISM BECAUSE HE IS TRIBALIST
It is is the issue of political affiliation and not an issue of coming from a particular region . LIARS!
So which Law says opposition party members should not get public jobs. We are in multi party politics. Let professionals get jobs on merit.
All some seem to do is warn warn warn
boring
Yester-Years, some people were saying that Kaunda belonged to their tribe when Kaunda was a pure Tonga of of Malawi. And they sacrificed their tribal son of the soil by encouraging a war between two childhood friends. Was this not a lesson?
It is very important to control our mouths. Every person has one mouth and two eyes so we must learn to listen two times than we talk.
The use of any language is to convey sense and not otherwise.
Why do we have squabbles over professionals? Are they not qualified for the job? Was not the job advertised and the deserving candidate selected after interviews by the board of directors? Was it a back door appointment?
All these political arguments are designed to intimidate Lwando. They want him to be so insecure any political danderhead can come into his office and threaten him. You political tinpot dictators must know the Director General doesn’t gather news. Since You are hosting a Democracy conference you need to know that democracies don’t have State broadcasters. They have public broadcasters. State broadcasters are a branch of authoritarian governments like China, so they are part of state propaganda. Public broadcasters provide a platform for democrats to freely debate issues political or otherwise.
Lwando ukose
There’s nothing you, Phiri, can teach the New Dawn government about democracy, fairness and nation-building. Just sit down, listen and observe. Where’s the public broadcaster the PF left which the New Dawn has destroyed?
Iwe Gunner you UPND cadres will be its downfall. You are being told to correct the situation at DeadNBC State brodcaster but u just arrogantly think noone can teach you anything
And why was Maureen Nkandu thrown out?