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HH And RB meet To ‘Scheme’ On How To Frustrate PF Key Policies In Parliament
RUPIAH Banda on Friday held a meeting with fellow opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema, to finalise their parties’ voting pact in Parliament, sources close to the two leaders disclosed.
The meeting which was held at former president Banda’s temporary residence 8 Reedbuck Road in Kabulonga, was aimed at among other issues, finalising the voting pact which is directed at frustrating the ruling PF key policies that may come up in Parliament.
The meeting that was closed to the press and other party structures saw Hichilema arriving at the venue incognito in a Toyota Harrier, accompanied by a driver and a woman.
“The two met for 1 hour and 20 minutes. The way the meeting was arranged, they made sure few people knew who was coming. Even HH was not using his usual known vehicles,” the source said.
The two parties have also been meeting on the possibility of floating former parliamentary chief whip Vernon Mwaanga as Speaker of the National Assembly.
Under the scheme, the UPND would be allowed to propose a name for Deputy Speaker and be supported by MMD, while the position of Chairman of Parliamentary Committees would go to Chifumu Banda.
The two parties have been meeting quietly to take advantage of the ruling PF’s lack of a clear majority in Parliament.
However, PF seems to have made headway in the ‘battle for numbers’ as they have attracted some opposition MMD members of parliament into government while several others are expected to formalize their moves to the ruling PF.
The loose pact between the two parties has been reported with recent events having been the MMD helping to distribute campaign materials for the UPND prior to elections.
Prior to the elections, former president Banda had projected a win for himself but with few numbers in Parliament, prompting him to go into a pact with the UPND.
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tandiwe banda
October 2, 2011 at 7:03 pm
amatole ukukota bafikala,rb na hh.
James kabaso
October 2, 2011 at 7:10 pm
This is ****** thing RB can do. I Needs sata more than he needs HH. RB has alot of issues to answer. As the people of Zambia. We know why we voted for sata and the PF. Any one who wants to franstrate our efforts will be himself to blame.
london
October 2, 2011 at 7:17 pm
HH is at his lowest now and finishing Upad completely he must understand that the people of Zambia chose to put pf in power!
kamenga D
October 2, 2011 at 7:23 pm
mr pact HH when re u going to learn to work alone?? I think u re just a failure. How do u pact with a died part MMD? U ve no vision under five politician. U thot sata will fail without u shame on u. We re tired of u region politician HH. How do u pact with criminals MWAICE HH? WASEBANA MWANA
bongobongo
October 2, 2011 at 7:28 pm
This proves that HH is indeed still an under five. Looks like he will never grow up into a mature adult.That’s why he will never be president because he does not want to see this country develop.How do you frustrate good policies and expect to be voted into power?
Mut@le
October 2, 2011 at 7:29 pm
Failures do not plan 2 fail, they just fail 2 plan.
Donchi
October 2, 2011 at 7:31 pm
I think HH is not thinking properly. He’s one person who said cannot work with RB. He even said “over my dead body I cant work with MMD.” So he is eating his own vomit…. he ,he,he. The degree is now working, shame on you. You are now finished, no principles. UPND MPs be on the look out of this finished politician.
bongobongo
October 2, 2011 at 7:32 pm
This proves that HH is indeed still an under five. Looks like he will never grow up into a mature adult.That’s why he will never be president of zambia because he does not want to see this country develop.How do you frustrate good policies and expect to be voted into power?
no time
October 2, 2011 at 7:58 pm
In politics there are no permanent enemies and for that matters no friends at all.
Imiponto!
October 2, 2011 at 8:06 pm
Uyu chikala wants to make sure our president fails to impliment things! Namabolo nayabola!
Isaac
October 2, 2011 at 8:11 pm
RB and HH are now showing their true colour. RB’s concession of defeat was purely cosmetic,his behaviour confirms it now. These are leaders who enjoy seeing Zambians suffer. HH and RB plz repent of your evil ways. Even if politics is a dirty game,u shudnt make politiking that dirty. Fear God you pipo,God puts and removes leaders.
real zambian
October 2, 2011 at 8:17 pm
which mwanga vj are they taking about?which chifumu banda are they talking about?is it mwanga the election rigger or is it chifumu banda for the failed constitution?
James chanda
October 2, 2011 at 8:17 pm
As voters, we are watching Mr. Banda and HH. These two people were humiliated a week ago and i dont think it is wise for the two loosers to start planning the people’s government. We know that HH wants to rule this country at all costs but he should realise that its not by mighty and power. Am are praying to God that all evil plans by HH and RB be exposed. God gave us sata to redeem us from the corrupt practices of MMD. They paid HH billions of Kwacha to break away from the the pact. But what they didnt realise is that the were destroying themselves. Even the said meetings will destroy HH and RB more than they finish their plan. Watch the space
tommy lee jones
October 2, 2011 at 8:18 pm
HH why are you meeting RB,you think that MMD dones not know you too well,just work with PF,ADD,and FDD,if you want to a better zambia.
Zambia One
October 2, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Hh. Alapena! Abakale bakali. Teka amatako yobe panshi mwaice! Be humble like Given winter and others. There is more to politics than degrees. You will be finished and forgotten. Mr Sata is way aheard of you. Mwaice wacepa sana tekanya plizi!!!! Whats wrong with this boy.’
James musonda
October 2, 2011 at 9:27 pm
My humble advice to hek hek or rather HH, Pliz dont waste your time to meet with the visionless and heartless person, that man is tired, maybe a meeting with chipimo is far much better than the retired politician, otherwise you leave UPND worse than you found it… You two have nothing to offer zambia.
HSE NUMBER
October 2, 2011 at 9:36 pm
GOES TO SHOW THESE PEOPLE HAVE NO HEART FOR ZAMBIA.
THEY TAKE PRIDE IN SEEING ZAMBIANS SUFFER.
JUST WHEN ZAMBIANS HAVE HOPE.
a salt with a deadly pepa
October 2, 2011 at 9:39 pm
awe HH is sure under five…does he really need special 3D glasses to see the vision we Zambians want…hes going from the frying pan to the fire…!!! N´gombe ilenda for sure..!!
Watchgalu
October 2, 2011 at 10:40 pm
Forgiver HH bloggers please. He is a TONGA. Have you forgoten how TONGAZ behave? Jata Ng’ombe
Giringo
October 2, 2011 at 10:40 pm
Hh en rb are unZAMBIAN and simply idiots! Mwaanga? A drug peddlar to be our chief lawmaker? My foot…shame on u two. U’r fool of pride. By the way don’t think all MP’s ar with u and ur evil schemes. U’ll b shockd.
Dar es salaam
October 2, 2011 at 10:46 pm
Mwanga with the record of drugs sure.How does he head the highest law making body when by his previous deeds he was a law breaker. Common gentlemen give us a break. Zambia is now on another level of democracy and we dont need back peddling us any more.RB was fews days ago confessing that mazanimanga and I will go to jail.So here is a thief going into another pact like he did with Chiluba-indeed birds of furthers flock together
vb
October 2, 2011 at 11:31 pm
HH you re a disgrace we looked at u as someone who had a plan for this country but look at u now partnering with a dead man shame on u
phiri cleo
October 3, 2011 at 12:33 am
please please malume RB ,go to the farm .THEY WILL JAIL U IN TOWN. bantu ni bakali.
Zambia needs Prayers
October 3, 2011 at 1:02 am
Fellow bloggers and Zambians please desist from insults but rather debate the issue at hand. What Zambia needs is civic education and empowerement to all citizens so that no one takes Zambian for granted whether by the ruling or the oposition. MP’s are elected by the people in their constituencies to represent them in Parliament, pass laws that empower the people, bring development to people, listem to the people’s grievances in their constituencies. If the MP’s want to play politics, Zambians should fight for a law in the constitution where such MP’s can be recalled. Above all Zambia needs serious prayers so that the Zambian people fulfill their God given dreams and purposes, trust should not be in man but in God as human beings are bound to dissapoint. May God raise up leaders after his own heart who will serve the Zambian people and not play politics, may the Lord fight for Zambians against leaders who do not have the interest of the people at heart. God bless Zambia.
Sobelenge
October 3, 2011 at 1:06 am
I agree with most of the comments. We need a mature breed of opposition leaders. The mere fact that these guys aim is to frustrate the ruling party’s efforts is retrogressive. The opposition shud b able 2keep PF in check coz they ave the peoples interest @heart not jus coz they r in opposition n therefore oppose everything. They can still serve the people despite not being in the ruling party. Their being in Parliament is a platform enough 4 them 2 showcase what they can do 4 the pipo. If they ave progressive ideas that can benefit zed, let them bring them 2the table so that Boma implements them. The same goes for Boma, they shud b able 2 implement ideas from de opposition n not dismiss them n the basis of them being from the opposing camp.
mwewa
October 3, 2011 at 2:19 am
HH WALISEBANA YOU TONGA BULL,YOU THINK LIKE A COW
George mpombo
October 3, 2011 at 2:53 am
imwe ba koswe chi HH na RB teti mwaikalafye let the ruling part do the work bafikala twamwalusa kale. Pact ifinshi
FM Katayi
October 3, 2011 at 3:50 am
RB and HH, please do not take Zambians for granted. Please, please, do not frustrate Sata. Let him lead us. Iwe Chi RB, chinese were busy mistreating Zambian workers and you were just watching. Have you now seeing how things are unfolding. In your time Mr RB, there was no leadership. If you continue misbehaving with your fellow under five things more rough than amagedon will come after you. please give us breathing space and let Zambia move forward. Of all people in the world can you surely start proposing disgruntled chaps such as Mwanga and chifumu Banda? RB and HH behave period!
kamwendo
October 3, 2011 at 4:30 am
Let them be, in fact what HH doesn’t realise or appreciate, is that MMD just want to use him like they have done all along! HE IS SO BLIND TO THE FACT THAT MMD is a dead-man walking!! By that, I mean, MMD has IMPLODED, its DISILLUSIONED MEMBERS WILL ONLY BE TROOPING ONE WAY, which is OUT – so His UPND-MMD pact is ill fated anyway. Mwakalombe has already left, so they are 1 MP down, i.e. even before parliament opens it’s doors!!!!
Even if their pact were to be successful in frustrating govt in parliament, all MCS would have to do is DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT, we would then see where the “true-heart of MMD” lay. Yes HH would probably get all his MP’s back , maybe with a few more, but the majority of the constituencies, which had been rigged will be free for all, wouldn’t be surprised if the ruling PF swept them all!! So HH, you will still be swimming in your dreams.
AMAZING, EVEN YOU SO CALLED HIGHLY SECRET MEETING, PRODUCED PHOTOS, where do you think the mole came from???? HH , wake up!!!!
kamwendo
October 3, 2011 at 4:33 am
However, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, DO NOT GIVE US A DRUG LORD AS THE SPEAKER, I WOULD IMPLORE THE PRESIDO TO DISSOLVE PARLY WITHOUT HESITATION IF INDEED THIS WERE TO HAPPEN!!!!!!
Another zambian
October 3, 2011 at 6:52 am
Only 1.1million voted for pf the rest of us voted RB,HH or another party thank u our presidents we too have a voice and it needs to b heard it’s what is called democracy like it or not u won’t have it easy in parliament we need to be heard as well u wanted to form government u have formed it but it’s not a one party state so let democracy have it’s way and stop being so childish its79. Days left u promised n now deliver naming airports is not an achievement let’s see the money in pipos pockets u will b DOOMED if u fail the people
OXMOS
October 3, 2011 at 7:34 am
@ANOTHER ZAMBIAN..YOU MUST BE STILL IN SLUMBER,YOU CALL RB AND HH AS OPPOSITION? I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO FIND ANOTHER OPPOSITION PARTY IF YOU WANT TO DO A CHECKS AND BALANCE,IT CAN NOT ONLY BE DONE IN PARLY…DO IT LIKE THE WAY PF STARTED WITH ONLY 1 MP BUT HOW MANY ARE THEY TODAY?
BRIAN
October 3, 2011 at 7:34 am
I think Sata should make Rupiah answerable to all evil deeds he allowed while in power. Why cant he just leave us alone? alitumpa sana tulemumfwila uluse kanshi icimuntu tacakwata amano. Send him to chimbokaila so that bakaye mucita treat abakaili akakile, aleke nokubosa. Awemwe ifi bantu fimo lesa alefipayafye, kwaliba icimuntu icitacakwata uluse kwati nindoshi.
chazya
October 3, 2011 at 8:10 am
Those two they won’t even be in Parliament,they are just wasting there time/day dreaming coz they have been caught napping.let them just wake up & face the reality that our Man is in Plot one.
That VJ they are trying to flout as Speaker i suspect is even gone past the retirement age of 65yrs.
They should aslo know that PF is ****** not to have done it’s homework by now.KAKAKWA NGA NICHE CHI MUDALA CHAMATOBO NAKA G.K!
Ndine chikali
October 3, 2011 at 8:22 am
HH is finished chikala,Chipimo is the way to go after Ba Sata.I just hope aba bafikala(HH n Rb) are not planning to assassinate our president..underfive is bitter about Sata’s victory pamputi kolwe
shimuchita panono (do small)
October 3, 2011 at 8:30 am
Ba hh if u wanna make rb your friend because u think u re’ best loosers u are just wasting time coz that man is aged and worse of without employment bakalamulila ka thandy, just focus on 2016 coz if the present govt fails to deliver u can scoop than the nonsense that u want to involve yourself in. OTHERWISE LET THE BIG MAN DO HIS WORK MWALIFILWA FYE BAF********A.
RK
October 3, 2011 at 8:49 am
But why are still insulkting each other. Don’t make other people burn with anger because of your insult-ladden criticism. Criticise constructively. And let’s not ridicule tribes coz we are all the same. I am Bemba but some of my best friends are Tonga. I am married to a Lozi, and i don’t see any difference with them all. HH if he has any problem is not bcoz he’s Tonga but just his personality. Besides RB is not Tonga. If you hurt somebody though your words, you are not helping them to changebut just making them more bitter and determined to hit back when they also have another opportunity. This is why there are ethnic conflicts in Africa we don’t know how to criticize.
Bagadad
October 3, 2011 at 8:59 am
RB be careful you may speed up your cases,HH is a traitor.
Mind You
October 3, 2011 at 9:04 am
The two scared little men! This is not MMD/UPND Pact; but RB/HH Pact. The earlier the 2 are exposed the better. The commissions of enquiries will get these 2 guys pants down. E.g. How many people did RB kill in Mongu using Cop Jere? Not 2 people! Wait! HH used GRZ vehicles to distribute campaign materials. UPND elders please rise to the occassion and replace HH, before the worst scandals are exposed.
jones
October 3, 2011 at 9:28 am
Ba HH mulimbwa sure sure will be laughing at you……….u will naver be a president..
of all de political parties in zed y chosing a dandahead RB
Bwelele
October 3, 2011 at 9:51 am
This HH chap is very myopic.How do you associate with a party that is going into extinction?!!!!!Wake up!!You could be the next president if you can do politics alone!RB has nothing to offer you.If you align yourself with RB your party will remain a provincial one.Remember MMD stinks to us all.Stop it reight now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
snr citizen
October 3, 2011 at 10:00 am
HH In case u do not know, a lot of people are nursing their broken arms and legs because of happiness when his EMCS was announced winner of 2011 elections some people took off their clothes and ran in pants that shows the support HMCS has. No amount of provocation you can make with RB can change people’s minds we have voted for Sata and we shall give him the support he needs. You spoiled your chance to be in gvt by coming out of pact with pf we wanted to see you in this government. The last advice I can give you be ware of RB if you want us to respect you. We do not want to say much about rb God will Judge him. RB had no heart for his people hence the public outcry for salaries. Deep down his heart he knows how he was treating workers with the workers union represantatives.
Antonio
October 3, 2011 at 10:14 am
& whats wrong with the two meeting? Stop being cry babies and start fulfilling the 90 day theory
EUSEBIUS
October 3, 2011 at 10:17 am
careful with yo comments coz you don’t yet have the truth, some medias like LT do not feed us with the correct information, so if you don’t want to be mislead, follow MUVI TV and ZNBC coz its now working with PF.
mwinsho
October 3, 2011 at 10:25 am
I REALLY FEEL SORRY MORE ESPECIALLY FOR HH. Kushilo uku pano(He’s finished) He would have been vp by now anyhow beacuse of his gridness those are rewards.
I sympathes with my fellow young man ati ba OBAMA??? Let him first learn to live with the people and when he matures in 2026 may be he can try again. Goosh i feel pity for him mwandi.
mature
October 3, 2011 at 10:34 am
mr president,
please deal with rb now or he will hit you below the belt. the late mwanawasa took too long to incacerate ka kafupi wabufi, what happened to him?
the longer you wait, the more dangerous this stateless rb becomes. work on him while you still have peoples goodwill.
good luck.
Ubuntungwa Mu Jambo Jambo
October 3, 2011 at 10:52 am
Up to now, I find it difficult to understand just what is wrong HH. RB needs u so that lifting immunity will be difficult for PF and any pro-developed Zambia or anti-corrupt Zambian supporters. And HH can’t see this or chooses not to see. Mazoka, Why did u have to die and leave us this man?????????? We keep mourning Mazoka – ala HH watunyonganya!
John-Eastern power
October 3, 2011 at 10:52 am
Let Sata rule.UPND is a small party full of jokes and tribalism.why should u expect Sata to appoint a person from Southern who never even campaigned and voted for him?.U choose MPs from where u’ve won.the president could only appoint 8 ministers.I think tribal politics should be stoped.UPND is made up of tongas and one kaonde.If HH continue with this underfive behavior, he will never be a president of zambia.The underfive came into politics thru tribalism and is today saying Sata has just appointed bembas from northen and luapula.In luapula Sata only picked sakeni and bwalya.In northen the only bemba is GMB.Sichinga,walombe and silavwe are mambwes and lungus.I think UPND should be very careful coz most people are getting annoyed with underfive.I’m eastern but i don’t agree with HH.he should know that the Ila names,bemba,lamba,kaonde,lunda are the same.he should take his ignoranvce to southern where they practise tribalism.
Ubuntungwa Mu Jambo Jambo
October 3, 2011 at 10:55 am
If u want to have early heart attack, you shud support Arsenal fot league title and HH for state presidency. In their current form these two can’t win u those titles.
caution
October 3, 2011 at 11:00 am
Imwe bantu, wait for Hek Hek to die because he said this “over my died body” UNDP can’t pact with MMD, power of the tougue.
Don’t use words any how hek hek (HH).bakalila, oh balila HH and RB cannot sleep. Prison commissioner, no special treatment else you also go in jail.