SATA FIRES His Minister?

PRESIDENT Michael Sata has sacked North Western Province Deputy Minister Josephine Limata in preference to MMD Solwezi West constituency Member of Parliament Richard Taima.And 22 MMD Members of Parliament (MPs) plan to defect to the ruling Patriotic Front (PF).The MPs said they have decided to risk their chances with the Patriotic Front because they feel their party had neglected them But State House Press Analyst Amos Chanda denied that Ms Limata had been fired as no such information had been availed to him over the reported sacking of the deputy minister. According to impeccable sources from both the MMD and the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) leadership, Mrs. Limata had been dismissed in order to pave way for a stronger Kaonde person to lead the province. “Mrs Limata is one of the MMD MPs who decided to accept the appointments but this time round President Sata has changed his mind and promised to appoint Ms Taima as the new deputy minister for the province,” the source said.
The source said currently Mr. Taima together with his Mufumbwe counterpart Steven Masumba were in the province looking at ways to convince the people of North Western to work with the PF government which they had rejected. The source said Mr. Taima together with Mr. Masumba were among the MMD members who had on several occasions voted against the party resolution on various issues of national important. But when contacted for a comment, Taima said he was not aware about the appointment and was in his constituency for a round up. And the MMD MPs who sought anonymity for fear of intimidation accused the party of not taking care of their affairs for reasons that were unclear.
They said that most of the parliamentary seats in the party are being petitioned and that the party’s senior officials have shown unwillingness to assist them fight the petitioned seats.
They said the party had agreed to pay their legal fees and had provided three lawyers to take up their cases, but those lawyers were not being paid. According to the members of parliament the lawyers namely Sunday Nkonde, Sakwiba Sikota and Erick Silwamba gave different conditions to the MPs. “When the patriotic front decided to petition our seats, the party’s senior officials held a meeting with us and promised to help us with the legal fees and we were asked to surrender our vehicles so that the party could raise some money by auctioning them,” the MPs said. The MPs said they could not cope with the legal fees that their lawyers are asking from them because they were too high more especially that the monies are coming from their own pockets.They said this was a party issue and they accused the party of neglecting them saying their lawyers were asking for more than what they could afford.The lawyers are said to be asking for more than a K100 million from each MP.
“We are spending too much money from our own pockets. We can not go beyond what we have spent so far and we want the party to tell us the way forward. Those members who are well established are opting to go for the expensive lawyer but some of us can only afford less than a hundred million,” one MP said. They said they are considering trading their stakes with the PF so that they might be exempted from nullification.But when contacted for a clarification MMD Deputy National Secretary Chembe Nyangu expressed ignorance on the issue.He said the party had not paid any lawyer on behalf of the petitioned members because there was no money for such expenditure.

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36 Responses to SATA FIRES His Minister?

Tulewumfwafye

January 2, 2012 at 9:13 am

uko
Wizard

January 2, 2012 at 9:18 am

This Satana is going crazy with his job and he is drunk with power. What a country we are going to have by the end of his term.Politicking is what is doing …What about the promises you foolish and pathetic liar the Satana of the 90 days…. What was it for?
1. New constitution
2.Free education
3. More money in the pockets
4. 3.5million Jobs
5.Windfall tax
6.Barotse land agreement
7.Housing for all civil servants
8.Free fertilizer
9. Upgrading shanties
10. Liberating the media
Now which of these has been fulfilled? zero….Sata man of action huh!?This sweet talking,no action man. Give him the whole term he wont deliver any
Sibbuku

January 2, 2012 at 9:28 am

The more you read and observe the politics in Zambia, you will agree with me that each party is worse than the other. The one that is out of power always looks to be the best. UNIP was considered better than MMD and MMD is now being considered as having done better than PF. We dont know how PF will be rated after being succeeded by UPND.
boss lady

January 2, 2012 at 9:34 am

we hire and fire!
Oipa Ndine

January 2, 2012 at 9:43 am

So this old man has nothing better to do with his life apart from looking for who to fire. We need to be hearing serious things affecting our nation not diverting attention to hiring & firing. Its lyk som pipo have been fed kolyo kolyo by this old & will start posting shitty comments in support of this. So many promises were made during his election campaign but he is not honouring them instead he is driving pipoz attention to useless things… What selfish leaders we have in Zambia.
lee

January 2, 2012 at 9:45 am

why write a story you are not sure of?
Prof; Zick

January 2, 2012 at 9:49 am

Welcome to PF,u are most welcome,we love u MMD MPs,u are only safe with the ruling party.
atm

January 2, 2012 at 10:00 am

Pipo if u knew the caliber of limata you can support sata decision to fire her. She is a grade 9.I only mistake sata made was to appoint her. Why keep non performers?
Political analyst

January 2, 2012 at 10:08 am

@wizard,u dont loose anything by according our republican president th respect he deserves….
Goin to th isues u hav raised:
– a team has bn constituted to come up wit a new constitution which wil b done ths year;
-PAYE tax thrshhold has bn increased frm 1m to 2m,tax on agric enterprises,bankn sector etc has bn reduced,to me tht translates into mo money in people’s pockets
-th media has bn liberatd n private media hses wil early nxt mnth start getn rights o licences to brdcst country;
-5pin teachers n 3pn police officers to be recruitd b4 june,
Lets not criticise our leaders out of ignorance!am not pf,in case u r wonderng
Political analyst

January 2, 2012 at 10:13 am

@wizard,u dont loose anything by according our republican president th respect he deserves….
Goin to th isues u hav raised:
– a team has bn constituted to come up wit a new constitution which wil b done ths year;
-PAYE tax thrshhold has bn increased frm 1m to 2m,tax on agric enterprises,bankn sector etc has bn reduced,to me tht translates into mo money in people’s pockets
-th media has bn liberatd n private media hses wil early nxt mnth start getn rights o licences to brdcst country;
-5pin teachers n 3pn police officers to be recruitd b4 june,
Lets not criticise our leaders out of ignorance!am not pf,in case u r wonderng!
Chibwi No Plan

January 2, 2012 at 10:18 am

Yah! This is what happens when a party has No Leader. MMD must put their act together & quickly get a strong leader. All PF is doing is capitalizing on this head of sheep MMD with no Shepard. Go PF we can see some former leaders almost peeing their pants to the words CORUPTION FIGHT. HAhAhaha. Am enjoying the show.
Tunyeko Scribe

January 2, 2012 at 10:19 am

POLITICS IS NOT ABOUT PRINCIPLES IN ZAMBIA. BUT WHATS THERE FOR YOU. IF THESE PEOPLE PLANNING TO DEFECT REALLY BELIEVED IN MMD MANIFESTO, LIKE IT IS IN THE WESTERN WORLD, THEY WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN CHANGING POLITICAL PARTIES LIKE PROSTITUTES DO CHANGE CLIENTS.
sebana wikute

January 2, 2012 at 10:28 am

Dont blame sata; blame MPs who have reduced themselves to saleable items. Surely if 22 MMD MPs defect to PF that will be 22 expensive bye elections using money that could be better spent on development activities. Wen is this country goiing to move away from politiking to actually being development oriented! Even if u are a pf supporter, 22 bye elections wont put more money in yo pocket (unless u work for ECZ). The new constitution shud address the issue of political prostitution and political theft. It shud also reduce the powers of a president
luwingu province

January 2, 2012 at 10:42 am

mr political analyst; wizard cant see anthing. lets just understand his high level of ignorance. you shuold have also lectured him that things like what he is warfing about cant come overnight. 3he president is surely on the right path. whoever has done elementary economics will agree with this. mr wizard wait. ifisuma fili kuntashi. meanwhile respect the president. be wise dont insult elderly pipo.
Bmx

January 2, 2012 at 10:50 am

Ati…SATA FIRES His Minister? Are u asking us or not?
Barca 10

January 2, 2012 at 10:57 am

Happy new year……….
The Analyst

January 2, 2012 at 11:01 am

Game Name: HIRE and FIRE
Designer: Michael Sata
Version: 23.09.2011-2016
Compatibility: Windows 95 with 128MB RAM
License Validity expiration: 2016
Last used: 02/01/2012
concerned zambian

January 2, 2012 at 11:39 am

Tumfweko,i think am sick and tired of reading your grammer,ati Ms Taima.Fire your editor,his proved to be useless once more
Wizard

January 2, 2012 at 1:21 pm

@ Luwingu province and Political analyst you see how confused you look like,,,by now you should have seen some scence in what am talking about. but your thinking has been has been obsecured by your love and heart for Satana. Why the 90 days? Where you not in Zambia when Michael Satana was promising all these. Am dissapointed by your level of interlectualism in you. As I am writing this the Dollar is k5200 meaning the value of the Kwacha has dropped in this Satana Era ofcourse you might not feel it as you can even afford internet but your fellow Zambians cant even afford Kapenta. Check your style of thinking then you might be my level.
Yours trully,
Wizard
chauncy black

January 2, 2012 at 1:48 pm

malabishi pf wasnt ready to govern us.
katambo winter

January 2, 2012 at 2:31 pm

the man is a conqueror i still have confidence in him , mistakes need correction there and then bobwint
ati shani?

January 2, 2012 at 2:56 pm

only God will redeem us frm all filthy decision.bt ba editor mind de way U write yo articals.
Kapoma Kabaso

January 2, 2012 at 3:13 pm

Ask Liato the money grower to assist, with legal fees. Why suffer when your party mmd can grow money underground?
Dennis Liwewe's aunt

January 2, 2012 at 4:08 pm

Don’t comment on unconfirmed reports. You will be embarrassed by the truth when it comes out
Satana

January 2, 2012 at 7:40 pm

HH is the best 4 2016 not Satana hire & fire dis foolish we nid jobs, power, water, roads, fertiliza etc.
STEVE

January 2, 2012 at 8:22 pm

Tumfweko, please avoid hearsay!! You write a story without concrete proof that the MP has been fired and you expect us to believe that it is good journalism, I don’t think so, It is cheap tabloid.
Akuti me!

January 2, 2012 at 9:02 pm

Sata has been in power for about three months now. He has made a number of mistakes and he has also done right things as a president

1. My advise to those critising Sata, including myself, is to positively critise him so that, together we can build a better Zambia. Finding faults in him will not help because there is nothing much we can do as he is our preisdent until 2016.

2. My advise to those supporting him, including myself, is to support with with maturity to help him be a better president. Do not insult your fellow bloggers because they have a different view from yours

3. My advise to those critising every story from the blog, is to look at the positive side of things. They are working to bring you stories but it’s always about “why this story or that story”

4. My advise to Tumfweko is, please improve your grammar. Sometimes your statements are misleading.

Oh! I have not seen my goodfriends, Wanu Ngwee, Munalian & …. comment. Where art thou my men
Akuti me!

January 2, 2012 at 9:14 pm

My man Air Mukwai, where art thou?
Special Agent Dr. M.

January 3, 2012 at 12:28 am

@ Satana dont live in fools paradise, You are looking for every opportunity to speak ill of a man God has put in authority, why comment on a rumour. You have all the right to campaign for your party and its leader but do it wisely because lies and affronts will just worsen your declining political fortunes, mind you there are people like bo Milupi, Chipomo coming up. You dont secure votes by antagonising would be voters please, you maybe intelligent hardworking farme … sorry I mean people but lack wisdom. God bless Zambia.
lady

January 3, 2012 at 7:36 am

So PF isnow saturated with MMD. How is this government different? Ni MMD reloaded chabe.
Twende 2011

January 3, 2012 at 8:42 am

Is Number 22 having any significance in politics. if my memory saves me right, it was the same number for rebel Pf Mps. * Just thinking*
BC

January 3, 2012 at 8:53 am

MMD MPs Kindly take note that today you can enjoy the appointment from the party and the president you never wanted in the first position. If you defect to PF today, what happens tomorrow when the same Sata fires you? That I CAN ASSURE YOU WILL BE THE END OF YOUR political career as the all idea is to finish MMD.

Think and look ahead. You will be disappointed one day.
ONE TIME

January 3, 2012 at 9:46 am

BA WIZARD.Indeed you are a wizard.
Political analyst

January 3, 2012 at 11:39 am

@wizard,u may b intelligent bt tht doesnt mean u knw it all.kwacha has indeed depreciatd against th dollar,i totally agree wit u.bt u should also note tht stability of our currency is affectd by various economic factors withn o outsyd zambia which go beyond politics.u cant judge th president’s performance based hw much kwacha is faring against th dollar.
Sunta sunkutu

January 3, 2012 at 12:10 pm

Wizard, am fighting the urge to insult u. Am trying to make a difference on this blog so i wil not insult. U insulted the kateka so u shud know why pipo are reacting. U’ve brought it upon yourself. Firstly, a change of government in any country attracts to its currency what may be known as ”vagaries of transition”. Where a currency experiences a sharp drop in value due to change of gvt. It happened to obama, and when gordon brown left. Its normal. One of sata’s measures which wil make a difference, is, he instructed new boz gov gondwe to ensure that all exports earnings are receipted and closely monitored at boz also that the mines shud receive their sales revenue thru local banks and not overseas transactions which dont envolve zambia. Two. Govnmt is committed to enacting freedom of information bill. Lubinda has already given a timeline. He has invited all media houses that want to broadcast throughtout the country to make fresh applications, they wil be granted. Wizard, this is progressive. Muvi n phoenix have been crying for many years. I only hear sata’s name one znbc news after 5 items. This is good. Immedietely sata and nevers querelled, nevers was on national watch on znbc. Wud this happen under mmd? Kunda stormed znbc yesterday and was allowed to critise the president on znbc news. This is good. I wil not even discuss barotse coz things r already in motion .As for yo upgrading of shantys in 90 days, this is a result of yo constant smoking of chamba.
Dr.Muche Chise

January 2, 2013 at 4:56 pm

Too good