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SATA Appoints Two More MMD MPs As Ministers
President Michael Sata has appointed and sworn-in two more MMD members of parliament to serve as deputy ministers in his government.
The President is empowered by the republican constitution to appoint members of the executive from among Members of Parliament regardless of political affiliation.
Those appointed are MMD’s Solwezi East Member of Parliament Richard Taima as deputy minister in the ministry of Commerce and Mkaika MMD parliamentarian David Phiri who will serve as deputy minister of tourism and Arts.
The appointments comes barely a day after MMD leader Nevers Mumba made another passionate appeal to the MMD parliamentarians currently in government to resign of face expulsion from the party.
The latest presidential appointments bring to ten the number of MMD parliamentarians serving in the PF government.
Other MMD deputy ministers witnessed the swearing in ceremony of colleagues. These are Patrick Chikusu, Nicholaus Banda, Keith Mukata and Elijah Muchima.
And president Sata said during the swearing-in ceremony that the PF government has a sufficient number of MPs in Parliament to run government.
The president however, stated that his decision to appoint opposition MPs is meant to enhance inclusiveness in the country%u2019s governance system.
President Sata hinted that the PF government would also be willing to work with another MMD Parliamentarian in filling up the vacancy in the ministry of energy following the resignation of MMD Lumezi Member of Parliament Isaac Banda.
The head of state teasingly wondered how the Mr. Banda could have bowed to pressure from MMD leader Nevers Mumba who at one point left his own party for the position of vice president which was dangled to him by late former president Levy Mwanawasa.
And speaking to journalists after the swearing-in ceremony, Mr Taima noted that as a parliamentarian he has a duty to serve the people of Zambia at all levels of governance.
Mr. Taima noted that he consulted widely before taking up the appointment and has since indicated that the people in his constituency have given him their blessings to serve in the PF government.
Meanwhile President Sata has also appointed Rose Katula and Shadrick Musichili as permanent secretaries for the ministry of defence and Copperbelt province respectively.
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dnice
July 24, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Clever move Mr President. I guess this comes from genuine heart for the people of zambia and its development. It doesnt matter which party one is affiliated to but if their go is to promote national development, President sata is willing to work with them
mukombe
July 24, 2012 at 1:19 pm
Chi Taima ukutumpa
Kanchule
July 24, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Good move by His Excellence MC Sata,we need development in our country.Mps should work for their people by sharing knowledge with the ruling party.Thanks alot for accepting ministerial posts in the ruling party for the interest of your own people from your various constuencies.You are the servant of the people regardless of which political affiliation.
becky
July 24, 2012 at 1:27 pm
he shud also appoint those from UPND to prove that he is not after destroying MMD.
nyatu
July 24, 2012 at 1:34 pm
congrats may God continue guidin u sir
Malchi
July 24, 2012 at 1:36 pm
Again?! Annoying Nevers or what? Anyway that good news
grandwizard
July 24, 2012 at 1:47 pm
If GOD blesses no one can do anything about it even a billion Tongas cannot destroy a blessing. In shot sata is a blessing from God.
Mwenda
July 24, 2012 at 1:57 pm
Inclusive government indeed. We need sharp brains to run the affairs of our beloved country regardless of which political party one hails from. We are one people in dire need of development.
JANE
July 24, 2012 at 2:01 pm
Ahahahahahahahaha………Excellent move; it’s in the interest of national development. Being MPs is not just to make noise in parliament but also to have the Govt support your constituency as the public service worker of ‘em
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Munthu Mu Zambian
July 24, 2012 at 2:02 pm
It is interesting to note that the constitution empowers the president to appoint Ministers from among all the MPs but why shoud he only keep appointing those from the MMD as though there were only two political parties in parliament? Let him also appoint those from the UPND. Otherwise the move is plitically calculated to weaken the bigger opposition in the country a move which undermines the very essence of democracy.
ambassandor
July 24, 2012 at 2:17 pm
Why not UPND members…are they not Zambians?
Steven Masumba
July 24, 2012 at 2:25 pm
Let Nevers build a house if i have to respect him as a serious opposition leader. He is just renting an appartment after being Vice President. How do you expect him to lead us in MMD. Let him go to hung.
xxx
July 24, 2012 at 2:31 pm
Silly MMD your careless decisions is slowing building PF up wake up nevers will destroy your party
RB
July 24, 2012 at 2:34 pm
Am just wondering as a former president why my predecessor doesn’t appoint thoz frm UPND,during my reign I had ministers frm all polical parties including thoz frm Miyandas party lol!
Chomba
July 24, 2012 at 2:43 pm
UPND can;taccept because of shyness
Nyansa Waku
July 24, 2012 at 2:46 pm
MMD President should stop hiding his head in the sand at least for once. there is a saying which MMD should be reminded of “if you can not win at least join in and fight from within”
mkweza lamba
July 24, 2012 at 3:02 pm
Munthu Mu Zambian, politics is about calculations and machinations. You survive by calculating to keep your rivals at bay thereby perpetuating your survival, or you lose it. Thats just it!! When you and I are sleeping and re-energising or de-energising, they are there scheming and ploting to sustain their grip onto power, and of course they try to serve us in between. By the way, it’s smarter than rigging or tribalising!
MUMBA NEVER US
July 24, 2012 at 3:07 pm
Im only waiting to be offered a job as vice president so that i can sell MMD to PF just like i sold NCC. Im willing to serve PF and the Zamian people.
Nevers mumba
July 24, 2012 at 3:13 pm
Ok ba sata sendenifye bonse ba mp kanshi. Kwabako iyaa so? Mupeko na kachingwe imilimo
taliban
July 24, 2012 at 3:17 pm
vaupuba atase..why not get all your mps get the slots..
PONDA MATIKI
July 24, 2012 at 3:45 pm
REBEL MPS!PF TRIED TO SUSPEND THEM IF FAILED
THAT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MMD MPS.WE WILL PUT AN INJUNCTION KWATA.MMD WALUSA IWE
Mwanamfumu
July 24, 2012 at 5:13 pm
Mr. President mwalalenga Nervous afwe nechikonko!!!!!!!!
jay jay
July 24, 2012 at 6:13 pm
Next The President should appoint nEVERS as Deputy Minister in Ministry of Information
Ohms
July 24, 2012 at 7:02 pm
good move. keep it up ba sata.
L/ST
July 24, 2012 at 8:30 pm
AS SOUTHERN PROVINCE WE WANT HH TO BE SOUTHERN PROVINCE MINISTER.TWAPAPATA SANA
MUNYELO PWETE!
July 24, 2012 at 8:33 pm
This is shock and awe for the ‘man of god’ pastor mumba. He is now tasting the bitter pill of being in politics! How i wish he could just humble himself and return to his Father as a lost son did in the early teachings!
kapuli wa ng'ongo
July 24, 2012 at 11:01 pm
Nothing wrong with all this.
If the President wished he could have appointed many MPs from the opposition even on his ascendancy to power….
Reason is, the Constitution allows him to do so.
Let us Zambians not even waste time debating this or threatening appointed MMD MPs dismissal by their party. If they are dismissed MMD could lose them to PF even more legitimately…why not not deal with the devil you know.
Or some people not happy even attempting to budge into State House! It is a sheer waste of time…
I found this Operation Sunday Storm into State House very very…funny and embarrassing indeed for Dr. Mumba….
Earlier in the day he was humbling himself in Church but was later the same day lumpening himself trying to attract public attention by storming State House…ati that’s why it is State House..it is for all Zambians…..Yes but for decent self respecting Zambians I must add…
chansa wi ba tiina bwingi
July 24, 2012 at 11:04 pm
@kapuli…
…..Nevers behaved like a husband storming the kitchen demanding food when he has not given his wife money to provide for the family…..
I hear Mrs. Mumba in Canada is disappointed about the Operation Sunday Storm carried out by her husband.
Chitumbo Maliketi
July 24, 2012 at 11:08 pm
When Nevers retires from politics he will storm his former church demanding his position as Chief Pastor….ati it is a church for all Zambians…..
BCM
July 25, 2012 at 8:41 am
Lesaa apela muchilafi abashiluka tabeshibaa! listen to this SONG,wat a blessing to u guys being given a slice by an enemy,work had for this country who knows maybe u might go miles than this.
Mulemwa
July 25, 2012 at 8:47 am
Some actions of Sata must be condemned at all cost.He is killing the opposition and we all know the result of killing the opposition.we are heading to zimbabwe era.This is the same man who was preaching of reducing cabinet but we have seen alot of appointments daily.Sata pliz leave the opposition alone.
Mulemwa
July 25, 2012 at 8:52 am
An advice to the President,the fall of our former presidents was as a result of loosing focus once they are in state house.People like Kabimba will not advise the president correctly,he will mislead him.I still believe in PF we have MPS who can save in the cabinet
am a serious PF DIE HARD.
July 25, 2012 at 9:00 am
and nkandu luo has been secretly re-aligned to the ministry of chiefs from local government.
mwaba makasa
July 25, 2012 at 9:02 am
the number of mps will be the same like what happened mmd.but when sata became president,he said he is going to reduce the number of mps and positions,but it luks like it is going back to the same thing.think before u ack sata.we are losing confidence in you more expecialy here in the coperbelt.we will vote you out if u continue like this.
tama
July 25, 2012 at 9:08 am
do we hv pf mps in the house to take up those positions whic are been given tothe corrupt mmd mps?
willy
July 25, 2012 at 10:05 am
CARELESS AND CHEEKY ZESCO MANAGEMENT
Please mr. editor publish this piece, am really pissed off with zesco
Information is power-A good corporate citizen believes in information dissemination to its various stakeholders. I shudder to think whether zesco has any regard for its customer let alone the shareholders- we the people of zambia. The managemnt at zesco has been so careless ans cheekyin the way the have been running out company – one tends to wonder whether we have a management at zesco-day in day outwe have enefficencies in all areas of their operations be it faults resolution, customer service delivery and load shedding management- water supply to our homes has become erratic in lusaka because of zesco~s casaual way of handling matters of national importance… On a daily basis we have shut down notices appearing in our newspapers about routine maintance works in various townships- A question we need anwers from zesco is, how long are you going to be conducting your maintenace works, because it seems this company is just hiding its eneficinces in the name of routine maintenance works at the expense of supply us with reliable electricity.Do these people at zesco even know how much it is costing this compnnay those notices they are publishing in the newpapers?
My further concern i have is why should zesco be signing transimmision lines construction in namibia? where will the electricity come from that will be transimitted on the lines because right now we have adequate generation supply- or is a case of corruption at zesco and construction companies. God we beg of you please serve us. Why cany these people constrate on sourcing for money for new power station costruction.
Mr. Editor, this management of Chitundu has really failed us- this is a compnay that has no regard for the the it serves, whatever, they are doing there, no one is explaining to us, what company is this that cant give information- we demand that ingformation is adequatly provided to us because we own that company, maybe president Sata should appoint someone to speak on behalf zesco since he is the one that appointed the MD.
This cmpnany has well trained members of staff am sure but we are left wondering why we are being treated as if we are not in the information age.President sata won the last elections on the promise transparency, corrupt free society, but i see zesco drifting away from the PF government slogan.. maybe these people should be provided with the PF Manifest so that they know the plans of the party .
Can all zambians rise and demand wht is right for them from this monister-zesco…it is too much we cant live in a country like thsi, our children cant write their homw work because of load shedding.
Frustrated zesco customer
willy Mutale
Chawama-lusaka
moonga
July 25, 2012 at 11:29 am
Willy,
Your complaint is valied but i guess it has fallen on deaf eyes because zesco wont even respond to you-
Wizard
July 25, 2012 at 11:39 am
@ willy that is word out of a wise man…but unfortunate Sata cannot see this he is blind folded by power now…..and him being a proper tribalist he will not remove Chitundu
kanyo ka lutondo
July 25, 2012 at 11:50 am
chiwamila galu.it was bad for hyenas to have their mps appointed by the late levy.but it is now good for them.be principled chimwbiis.you are never consistent.you advocated for windfall tax ,batrose agreement,etc,but non of these has been fullfilled.
DOUGIE DEE
July 25, 2012 at 12:18 pm
IF THESE MPS FROM MMD CAN CONVINCE PRESIDENT NEVERS MUMBA TO FACE LIFE AND REALITY THEN THE BETTER FOR THE PARTY COZ PRESIDENT SATA I BELIEVE IS DOING ALL THIS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ZAMBIAZ.
Simwendaalike
July 25, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Nevers!!,does he remember abena Peter Machungwa,Earnest Mwansa,Chimbaka,faustina Sinyangwe…………… One adage says”He who shits on the way will meet flies on his way back.” Im happy MMD has met flies of their own shit! Mr President get as many as possible so that we have twenty two MMD rebel MPs.
PF are having the last laugh!! cheers………!!!!
Chabota,chawama,Munati fela,Kuti baleke!!
isaac
July 25, 2012 at 4:38 pm
You can not harvest mango from a guava tree. They are just leaping exactly what they sow.Bwana president hold the bull by its horn.
Nick
July 25, 2012 at 4:59 pm
Birds of the same further flock together, Ba Sata inba UNIP/MMD, what do you expect?? All inclusive government my foot>>>>