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Namulambe Tells PF: Poach Quality MPs and Not Quantity MPs
MMD chairperson for elections Gabriel Namulambe has advised the PF to consider quality and not quantity as they look for MMD members of parliament to work with in government.
In an interview, Namulambe said the PF should not just look at having numbers on their side but quality as well.
MMD chairperson for elections Gabriel Namulambe
A person must be able to help reduce even the amount of money that is spent in terms of campaigns because of the quality in that person,” he said after being asked for his word of caution to the PF on the impending resignation of four MMD members of parliament.
On the lessons that his party had learnt from the four MPs who intend to resign to join PF, Namulambe said the MMD would in future look at the maturity of the candidates and whether they were entering politics to serve the people or their own pockets.
Namulambe said those who joined politics for the purpose of serving themselves had very low levels of maturity.
“In future we should carefully look at people that we adopt and that they really have a heart for the people and not going into politics for prestige or their own pockets. Many Zambians look up to us leaders in order for them to move forward but if the leaders are unstable in terms of thinking and their actions, I don’t think we are going to inspire people to join politics. We ought to be a model where people should be able to see sense in what we are doing, then we are going to attract quality leaders,” he said.
Namulambe urged leaders in all political parties to be wary of people that were in politics to serve their own pockets as opposed to serving the poor Zambians.
“Let us help the leadership. For instance, we have heard the President is committed to serve the poor people and let those people who are trying to help him serve the people,” he said.
Namulambe said there was nothing wrong in serving the people of Zambia in the opposition, adding that the PF had shown a lot of commitment of taking development to all constituencies, even those under the opposition.
“Their aim is to look at the poor Zambian, so to claim that unless you are with the ruling party that is when the government can accelerate development is a falsehood because I have never heard even the President talk about taking development only to areas where there are PF members of parliament. They only talk about serving the poor Zambians and these belong to both groups, the opposition and those in the ruling party,” he said.
Namulambe said the country should spare its meagre resources by avoiding unnecessary by-elections.
He said there was nothing that warrants the current MMD members of parliament serving in government to resign and join the PF.
“People like Mr. Richard Taima, if he wanted to join PF, he should have joined at the time when he lost the petition in the High Court. He should have allowed the by-election to go ahead and he should have stood on PF ticket if he so wished,” said Namulambe.
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Barotse diaspora
November 26, 2012 at 6:50 pm
Namulambe keep quit let others save the people why are u so jealouse.if u we to be offered a job by pf would u refuse?
Tom Bar Know Call Cheekalah
November 26, 2012 at 6:51 pm
Namulambe can you help with the list of MMD MP’s starting with most quality up to worst quality MP.and wht are you goin to do with your MP’s with low quality.I did’t know that MMD has rated their MP’s with quality category such as UWADOBO,UWAKABWALWA,UWAMAHULE,UMA ARV’S,UWA TB,PASTOR,KABOLALA,UWAFITALA,SOLOLA,ILISAKA,INDOSHI,KAPOLI,BA SOME OF US,CHILDISH,UWASAMBILILA,ICHIKOPO & UMU YO categories.Jst thikn.
kalulete
November 26, 2012 at 6:53 pm
ULE FWAYAFYE INCITO KULI H.E.MCS
The Equalizer
November 26, 2012 at 7:22 pm
Is he saying he is the type of quality that should be poached?
Denmark
November 26, 2012 at 8:24 pm
There is no need to poach any MP; Zambia we have been cited as having one of the best democracy arrangements in Africa . However if we are taking the country backward to one party state by poaching opposition MPs -what are we implying to the world? its better to have opposition in parliament rather than have only those who say yes bwana yes bwana
mkidizi
November 26, 2012 at 8:30 pm
This chap Namulambe is just childish.Useless thinkng.
samseno
November 27, 2012 at 5:09 am
Help Namulambe he is the kind of quality in his speech.
the Laughing Philosopher
November 27, 2012 at 7:47 am
Poaching of MPs is instigated by oposition’s lack of objectivIty in the way they block even developmental and progressive plans by Government in parliament. Eg retirement House for Sata when they approved RBs.
Poaching can be stopped by the opposition if they stop practising politics of hatred and pulling the ruling party down (PHD).
No wonder we are seeing defacations in choma
Boondocks
November 27, 2012 at 8:01 am
What a ****** comment.
Lusoft26
November 27, 2012 at 8:30 am
what quality is in namulambe
umuntu mutwe
November 27, 2012 at 8:36 am
MMM leaves much 2b desired. Do pipo tok bcoz thy have sense 2mek or only bcoz thy want 2b heard?
umuntu mutwe
November 27, 2012 at 8:36 am
MMD leaves much 2b desired. Do pipo tok bcoz thy have sense 2mek or only bcoz thy want 2b heard?
Gabriel Namulambe
November 27, 2012 at 2:46 pm
When i said quality MPs, I meant myself, Dr.Chituwo, Mr. Kabinga Pande, General Ronne Sikapwasha etc and not the likes of Dr.Masumba(Hon Mufumbwe MP grade 7 drop out)
musole
November 27, 2012 at 2:55 pm
Gabriel Nalumulambe
for sure these are not his contributions, stop fabriacating rubbish idiots.
opness
November 27, 2012 at 3:05 pm
all people have quality that why where elected it is an insult to the people who elected them.
DORA SILIYA
November 27, 2012 at 3:46 pm
Iam also of good qualities though i was corrupted during the sale of Zamtel
Njekwa
November 27, 2012 at 5:39 pm
In that case Gabriel, there are no MP’s to poach from MMD!
Rogku
November 27, 2012 at 6:03 pm
i like equlizers comment
JUAN
November 27, 2012 at 7:18 pm
He was telling those who do not know him, What Quality is he talking about if his late second wife was someone’s wife and he grabbed, What Quality has got if he can be jealouse to the councilors and on top of that he is saying ati alefwaya development if he was the person who was againest the NGO in Mpongwe called Give the Children of Mpongwe a Future (GCMF).Jealousy is terrible disease . Get well soon.