President Michael Sata has appointed newly elected Msanzala PF Member of Parliament Colonel Joseph Lungu as Deputy Minister of Defence in-charge of Rural Development and Zambia National Service. This is contained in a congratulatory messages released to the media by State House today.
The President sent heartfelt congratulations to all Patriotic Front (PF) functionaries who worked tirelessly to defeat the opposition MMD-UPND alliance in the just-ended Msanzala parliamentary by-election.
The President said the Msanzala victory signifies the ruling party’s grand entry into Eastern Province and further affirms the people’s resolve to endorse and support PF’s efforts to deliver the change they voted for on 20th September 2011.
“Indeed, this is a momentous achievement for our party as it has demonstrated to all doubting minds that in fact, our historic victory last September was understated due to the widespread electoral mal-practices by the previous regime,” President Sata said.
“With sincerity of heart, I take this opportunity to express my utmost appreciation to our secretariat and the rank and file of our party for this well-deserved victory. You are further encouraged to work harder to mobilise and explain our party programmes across the entire length and breadth of the country.”
And President Sata has also commended the PF for decisively winning a ward seat in Zambezi West constituency in North-Western Province and another two wards in Petauke district.
The President assured that PF will never take the goodwill and support it is enjoying from the Zambian people for granted.
“As a broad-based party with a proven national appeal we will therefore continue to work even harder to gain new ground. We are determined to break all tribal and ethnic barriers just ensure that our people receive the desired development in their respective regions, “the President said.
[pullquote]“Indeed, this is a momentous achievement for our party as it has demonstrated to all doubting minds that in fact, our historic victory last September was understated due to the widespread electoral mal-practices by the previous regime,” President Sata said. [/pullquote]
The Head of State said the Msanzala and Zambezi victories send a clear message to the opposition alliance that time for misplaced bitterness and unjustified criticism is long gone because Zambians were more interested in messages of hope and assurance such as those enabling the ruling party to win elections.
“We are more confident in the collective wisdom, understanding and judgment of the Zambian people now than ever before because they are able to distinguish genuine criticism from sour grapes and mere media stunts by those who do not mean well for this country,” President Sata said.
“As custodians of the Zambian people’s interests we will continue to listen, uphold the rule of law and deliver to the best of our abilities to move this country forward. Grave bitterness and negativity will be left to those with sectional interests to protect.”
Rude boy Sata
Congrats ba MP though u wasted our resources….bye election was unecessary! u cud have worked as an independent with PF.
walasa
Can the spokesman to HE explain this further. 1.Are we saying we are going to have two deputy ministers. 2. Is rural development a new department or ministry?
Boma ni boma
what has happened to Panji Kaunda
So the number of deputy ministers has increased.What happened to the small cabinet pf promised?
Hey you ignorant blogger, he is not in cabinet. No d/minister sits in cabinet. go back to “sho sho “studies.
Congrats PF for that win.. it good for the party to have national-wide support. But I was just wondering if we now have two deputies for Ministry of Defense, or has Panji been displaced? If so do we really need two deputies at Defense or have ministirial positions now become rewards for winning on the ruling party ticket? Just wondering!!!!!
Mr. President, pliz settle down. You are in-charge yes, but doing things in haste is just something that would cost us in future. No wonder you fired Dr. Malama just after 4 months in office without consulting widely. Pliz sit down with your advisers and see through things before you make a decision. Otherwise, congratulations to the new MP and our party for scooping the Msanzala seat.
Government run on cimbuya!!!! No wonder….
Uku nomba kubuta ba Sata this is not what we expected anyway there is still time. but be careful with zambian people.
” “We are more confident ……able to distinguish genuine criticism from sour grapes and mere media stunts by those who do not mean well for this country,” President Sata said.” Does it mean that if one holds a different opinion then he does not mean well for the country?
Only in Zambia my friend. we may be a democracy on paper, but our minds and souls are One-party state. No divergent view is tolerated as it is deemed bad for the country.
Donchi kubeba President,another deputy minister to defence ministry for what? criticism is good wow!!
You mean to tell us there are two deputy ministers of defence? Guys please give us a break this aint funny anymore
mwanya. where have u been?
#6 @ I smell a rat, I just had the same question. Maybe they will say depute minister is not a cabinet minister, thus increasing the number of deputies does not defy their promise of small cabinet. fanny indeed, but anyways you can expect anything from Zambian Politics!!!!
To some extent, i think what HH said is cerrect……”Sata’s lack of consultation causing Zambia to lose direction – HH”
yaba!
Good sound bites but actions not so good. E.g this By-elction was engineered with no care for national resources.
Chipolopolo’s win was a great opportunity for Sata and Zambia to start afresh in a genuine and honest way. Hope we are not being taken back to pre-AFCON way of doing things – Kaponya mindset.
@Don King u don’t what it means to be the president, so just shut up.
Nga Panji???
Nga Panji???
On the other hand did we have to incur a costly bye-election just to appoint the Colonel as Deputy Minister of maize and cassava growing? I mean surely the guy could have been appointed even as an Independent MP. Where are our priorities when the “more money in your pockets” has not even started trickling into our pockets?
this was obvious who will vote for losing MMD or UPND which is not yet in government you are playing with how people can change.
This is not about agriculture, but rural development – “Village Concept”.
@Munchin too much Ibaange! Stupid makaka wena! tell your donchi kubeba president smokes dagga
What happened to the promise of a small government, we are back to MMD ways of doing things buying patronage!!
The problem is that the statements are authored by Amos Chanda; they somehow sound intellectual. Believing them as MCS’s actual mindset would be suicidal. They DO NOT reflect the position of the president but of the script writer.
They are following in the steps of MMD inch by inch, excited and oblivious of what the people are thinking or really want. For your information the questions have started as to whether the more money in your pockets was merely a fraud to hoodwink the people into voting for them. The clock is ticking…..tick tock, tick tock…
Firing Dr. Malama and replacing him with a lady who benefited from copper thieves is very disappointing
Which Doctor Malama has been fired and when?
very inconstent staments from muchinga sata, where is the reduction of government size? Are we safe? Awae ufufi bwaya patali? Learn to be sincere and mature ba Sata. Mwilatusebanya mwe bantu. Twachula pafula abena muchinga
Press release wriiten by MMembe for his boss sata. I can smell the reference to Chirundu and ITT in that “Sectarian shit reference” and the national appeal junk. You can take as many seats as you want in eastern, but you are a failed government. No wining os bye elections will save you
Ba President?? Besu, this is not clear, do you mean we now have two deputy ministers?? Panji City development and Para military & colonel Lungu National service/ Rural development?? Hahaha, BAICHE in schools be careful national service may be back, luck Me never went to national service.
What people need is jobs, not MMembe press releases.
I will be surprised if anyone takes power or usurps power from Sata. Sata will not leave until he is ready to leave.
ah makes sense now,colonel Lungu was promised a job as deputy minister(the 2nd deputy minister of defence) if he defected to the rurling party.I’m surprised Sata still thinks MMD rigged the last elections!Such language is unbecoming.We want unity and talk of development not continued bickering and witch hunting.Guess football celebrations are over and those nice poses with RB at Statehouse were just that.
I wonder what President Fred MMembe has up his sleeves now…..
Its mmembe in control who does not know?
The President’s is making mugs out of his long standing backbenchers who are craving for these positions!!
I honestly believe Mmembe feels him controls our president and planting all his hatred for other people. I also honestly dont like the way he addresses the President with his first name in most of his editorials (Which is also dis-respectiful in our culture). Even the FoX News, which obviously hate President Obama to death, They never refer to him as Barak, but as president Obama in their report. They respect his office. So Mmembe should start directing the President in a formal way even if they are close-friends.
I quote ‘The President assured that PF will never take the goodwill and support it is enjoying from the Zambian people for granted’ end of quote. Mr. Sata your lies will catch up with you. This exactly what you have done on the aligning of districts, you consulted nobody and just fueled unncessary tension in the country. I will only believe the quote the day you will retract this one man decision you have made and do as Chief Nalubamba, NGOs, the Post and the public at large,that is, explain to all stakeholders and get consesus. Boss mwaladabwa at tuli mu 2016 and elections are staring you in the face, then you panic like MMD with unplanned developments. Anyway you have already started, unbudgeted expenditures by creation of new and alignment of districts and new kwacha with your head.
two deputy ministers is too much,are we going back 2the hour(mmd)?enventualy we wl see a ful cabinet minister.this is serious concern hopefuly MCS wl find time 2adres the nation &answer all pertinent questions instead of these press statements!
Ukubuta pa zed
it looks like our President overstayed as an opposition such that he has no plan
Sata is trivialising ministries like Tourism, Foreign affairs, Labour by merging them in the name of cost savings yet he is busy creating useless portfolios at our expense….
#39 Man, you are right in every word, phrase and dots and commas about mmembe. His calling the president by first name in every editorial is akin to patting the president on his head when they are together, if you know what that means in our culture. But of course he wants to show us openly how ‘close’ he is to the president, after all mmembe singularly put him in that office didn’t he?
Often mmembe crafts an editorial simply to remind everybody that he is on first name terms with the president and that he alone built the president into a popular ‘statesman’, the same person that he had villified in ALL his earlier editorials, e.g. 2006 and before, and called a violent and corrupt leader in not so complimentary language! You have to be a big fool to be misled by mmembe’s editorials.
ABOUT K1 billion remains unaccounted for from Zamtel during the disturbance in operations at the height of the takeover of the telecommunications giant by the government.
esther phiri awina mwebantu bt cn imagine wat there givin this monalisa boxer usd2000,ninshi 600million they were raising is 4wat!its rather fishy
Ooo let me help those questioning the establishment of this important part of the Ministry of defence. Remeber Sata always work on his campain promises.DONT ever forget this. Sata promised us to reoganise ZNS so that it becomes productive and help rular development especially in the construction of roads. The army will also participate in the development of infrastructure in rural areas, remember the famous Soweto Market was constructed by our Zambia Amy, so we expect more of that kind of involvement than just them eating and drinking gvt money. As u can see this requires a minister. The security of our nation would be put at stake if one deputy minister is left to oversee all this work. PF want to do something different and result oriented, not doing the same things all time. well done HE
@ KweKwe
Are you telling us you need another deputy minister for that, ZNS has Generals and Civil Engineers, who are just sitting on their hands, let them handle rural development…what’s Panji doing???
A president who has ran out of ideas
Sounds extremely mobocratic, Ministry of Defense running Rural Development? what is different Community Development. Probably The King should have just kept is as Ministry of National Service & Disaster Relief. For sure the ZNS needs leadership and direct projects, KK used them effectively, these days ZNS just sit under Mulberry trees.
Well, by the end of this year Zambia will have the biggest cabinet ever, watch this space. I just cannot understand the logic behind having two deputy portfolios for defence esopecially when the deputy minister of defence is a former army office well vested with the operations of the ministry. This Zondwe nightmare is gutless and sickening, everyday.
koma this is real in a boat of no direction were ever the current is the boat follows in favour – remember not all river are smooth to pass , we have gorges u will crash- monitor your space!!!!!!!!!!nightmare indeed waste of resources
this backed door deals will never end in this country
There was similar promise in Magoye. They chose UPND. Eastern is fast learning how to read the mood of the Nation. The earlier Southern does the same the better for them.
Eeeh baliko busy ba Presido mweee
Guys sure sure do we have advisors for this guy who occupies plot one . I think PF are as useless as MMD. Did we need a useless by election for an independent candidate who Sata could have appointed minister in any way . Panji can do this stupidy rural development something in any case it’s not soldiers who will develop our rural areas it’s a policy government must come up with under ministry of finance. Same stupid FTJ sweat political engineering and Sata is bringing it back
Akuna butata mwata
ths is a new methodology used by th pf govt to reduce th size of cabinet.i wonder if i did th rit thng to vote for thm.i wil jst watch th space!!!honestly we are bng awarded 4% salary increament at lukashya trades.cud ths b th fulfilment of more money into our pockets?
WE TOLD YOU SATA WAS KAPONYA. YOU THOUGHT AN OLD DOG COULD LEARN NEW TRICKS. SATA IS UNIP, MMD AND YOU HOPED HE WOULD BE WHAT HE LIED YOU YOU. YOU HAVENT SEEN NOTHING YET. I SAW THE TRUE COLOUR OF SATA DURING THE THIRD TERM DEBATE. HE IS NOT A DEMOCRATY., PERIOD
Chiluba Tactics are working again through one M. C. Sata. Hopefully once he is through with his plans we shall still have an economy to talk about. He was so against a big cabinet, bearly five months in power he is U turning and growing his Cabinet at a steady rate. Wish him good times ahead.