Major Richard Kachingwe being dragged by MMD cadres at the party secretariat – Picture by Manfred Musanshi
Embattled expelled National Secretary of opposition MMD Major Richard Kachingwe has maintained that Nevers Mumba has been invalidated as party leader.
And Major Kachingwe has warned that the same ‘hooligans’ Mumba unleashed on him on Saturday will soon or later go after him.
Major Kachingwe who was the party Chief Executive explained on Sunday night when he featured on a Lusaka private Television, Muvi that he has now realized that there was an oversight on the part of the National Executive Committee (NEC) by allowing Dr. Mumba to run for MMD presidency when he had not relinquished his membership from his former Reform Party.
He stated that Mumba was no longer MMD leader according to the party constitution though he had maintained that he is legitimate leader of the party.
Major Kachingwe said the MMD will not go anywhere with Mumba at the helm accusing him of having brought in a divide and rule kind style of leadership. He alleged that Mumba had his own structure and not the one for the MMD.
The embattled ex-National Secretary said Mumba instead of strengthening the party had concentrated in holding press conferences which were not beneficial to the party but instead brought some confrontation. He said Members of Parliament were being put underpressure by Mumba, a situation he says was unnecessary.
“He (Mumba) has been putting MPs under pressure,” said Major Kachingwe adding that the MMD was in a weaker position to engage on confrontation.
He cited Mumba’s move to start campaigning for 2016 as one of the reasons that had brought differences in the party. Major Kachingwe explained that Mumba had printed campaign T-Shirts (Mumba for 2016) and was campaigning when the party is supposed to have a convention to elect its presidential candidate for 2016.
“The Secretariat stopped this,” he claimed.
Major Kachingwe also accused Mumba of having contributed to the MMD loose in Mufumbwe and wondered why the blame is now being put on UPND. He explained that instead of campaigning for the MMD parliamentary candidate Mumba was busy campaigning for his 2016 candidature.
“He was campaigning for himself for 2016,” said Major Kachingwe adding that if there is someone the candidate should complain to is Mumba.
He explained that Mumba went with T-Shirts for 2016 which he had given to a UPND councilor who refused to distribute them.
The embattled MMD expelled secretary said Mumba’s past political bobos were still fresh in minds of Zambians. He said he needed to take a break go out of the country for 10 years.
Tores
December 3, 2012 at 6:43 am
Elo lwanya nomba,,mmd were z nora chiliye,,
Kalok
December 3, 2012 at 7:03 am
You trained those thugs and now they are eating you up… karma is promiscuous I tell ya!
REAL MAN
December 3, 2012 at 7:04 am
The beginning of the end of MMD.
Chisenga
December 3, 2012 at 7:05 am
I KNOW MR KACHINGWE MAY HAVE HIS OWN PROBLEMS . BUT FROM WHAT HE SAID WHEN HE FEATURED ON MUVI TV, I THINK THE MAN IS RIGHT ABOUT MUMBA.
West muzo
December 3, 2012 at 7:23 am
Mumba shud leav the partty and choose a leader for 2016 an let concetrate on preaching the word, he can perfom miracles.
callboy Lusaka
December 3, 2012 at 7:35 am
This reminds me of Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast. Also reminds me of how Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe was beaten in Kamwala when he was looking for an office for the United Party after breaking from UNIP. Hooliganism should be condemned.
Lungowe
December 4, 2012 at 8:16 pm
Indeed hooliganism should be condemned and eliminated
king julien
December 3, 2012 at 7:43 am
Mr Mumba is behaving like a devil ,allowing those wounded pipo to treat an old man like that.And you mr kachimgwe and yo group how can u elect such person who had even fail to run his own church and the party
Wiseman
December 3, 2012 at 7:47 am
When you throw a fire where cockroaches live there is confusion and reactions. Kachingwe has seen how radical Nevers has been in changing the image of MMD From a corruption centre to an integral one. Nevers as party president must provide leadership and change these wicked agendas people have and Kachingwe is just exhibit A of what MMD must rid itself of. PF in all honesty has a lot of things wrong and need a strong opponent. Yes we got the human change we cried for the last Presidential election. But now we need actual economic, social, policy and Integral change.
Mpangula Mputyu
December 3, 2012 at 8:06 am
A disgraced major Kachingwe was a sell OUT in MMD. His Children are serving in the Diplomatic service under PF.
He was selling MMD for a few peices of Silver. What happened to the weak Major is a sign of poor Military officers we have in Zambia.
No wonder Ukwa daily insults them. MMD Good riddance to a Mole Major Kachingwe.
Morious
December 3, 2012 at 8:18 am
How can a Major fall to the ground so easily with one punch and 3 cadres…… was he properly trained
Bro
December 3, 2012 at 9:26 am
Those boys scaring the hell out of the major sure?i thot they say once a major always a major.Ine as a civilian kuti na tuponona utu tu cadres.
Lungowe
December 4, 2012 at 11:39 pm
guys just look at him he’s elderly and out of shape and outnumbered of course he can’t fight them. Once a major always a major doesn’t mean once young always young or once fit always fit
chanda
December 3, 2012 at 8:48 am
Who trained the MAJOR
kandolo nikunyansi
December 3, 2012 at 9:31 am
one day these boys will misbehave in my sight and thats when they will learn a lesson of their life time.
kakolwe
December 3, 2012 at 9:33 am
‘once-upon-a-time’ Major.
Nevers! Thou art next.
Grant
December 3, 2012 at 9:33 am
Surely there should be diginity in Zambian politics!! How can a senior party member be humiliated by its own members like this? And you expect better treatment from PF cadres Pastor Mumba? I thought your meessage as a pastor is about Love,about respect for others, that when someone hits you on on cheek you turn the other?
BM FINAL THIRD
December 3, 2012 at 9:38 am
The problem with Major kachingwe is he is eating with both hands, PF is using kachingwe to disterberise MMD, let kachingwe belong to one party, where did kachingwe get the power to suspend the elected president,kachingwe should be honest to the party and the nation atlarge. why was the supports Miniter so annoyed when kachingwe was beaten, pf stop using kachingwe
Koswe Banda
December 3, 2012 at 9:38 am
Keenan uyu kaolin takwata make Natalya. What a major? Useless is he?
zuberi
December 3, 2012 at 10:11 am
The Major said it will take a bulldozer to dig him out from MMD, but it took only 4 youths to throw him out.
ray-ray
December 3, 2012 at 4:05 pm
hahahahahhaha good one!
Boss
December 3, 2012 at 10:19 am
Violence should be condemned. What happened Saturday was wrong and Mumba should should step down.
Now coming back to this coward called Michael Kaingu, why is he scared of taking the position as acting president of MMD? is there anything special he has seen in this failure called Mumba? All seniors and old timers in MMD should stand up and kick Mumba out of MMD.
P.C.C
December 3, 2012 at 10:31 am
Mumba’s actions and deeds are ungodly.Check his language,ie’punch to punch, masumba dancing with a prostitute( wonder wether had evidence).A man of God must be modesty , refined in the selection of words.Hopfully h’ll change 4 de better.
bob
December 3, 2012 at 10:52 am
A normal person shud not support mumba what he did was inhuman!!!!!
kazeze
December 3, 2012 at 11:31 am
Dirty Zambian politics. The Major has been humiliated by boys who are mere civilians. I now understand why most highly educated do not want to get actively involved in Zambian politics.
ray-ray
December 3, 2012 at 4:01 pm
ma politics pa zed is a short cut for embarrassment mwana!..
Lungowe
December 4, 2012 at 11:43 pm
Very true Zambian politics is not to be entered lightly, it truly is dirty and humiliating. And like you point out very learned people avoid the political scene which in the end disadvantages all of us because the best brains are not making decisions which can benefit all of us as a nation.
JS
December 3, 2012 at 11:35 am
Sad that Major Kachingwe was roughed up inhumanly by those cursed boys, young enough to be his grandchildren.
Daniel Munkhombwe Snr
December 3, 2012 at 11:37 am
The Major said it will take a bulldozer to dig him out from MMD, but it took only 4 malnurised and pale looking youths to throw him out.Was he indeed a well trained army officer in our armed forces?
Democrat
December 3, 2012 at 11:50 am
This incident reminds me of how mr. Magande was manhandled at the funeral. But ama politics yacabe cabe fye.
Janet c
December 3, 2012 at 11:52 am
This is a total disgrace. Supposing Maj Kachingwe had gotten a heart attack and died – this is attempted murder and those boys and their handler nevers Mumba should be imprisoned for attempted murder. The state of MMD is pathetic – in fact, they should just call it a day. There is no way MMD will ever rule this country again – never!!!! Even UNIP stands a better chance
The Jackal
December 3, 2012 at 11:57 am
This kinda behavior must be erased from the Zambia political scene and whoever gets involved in this behavior must face the wrath of the law. It is so dirty and scary that they can kill someone over trivial issues. Insala lishamo zooona kwena, thos thugs are hungry for food and whoever pays to act they will act regardless. Major Kachingwe should have been carrying a pistol and shoot whoever tries to harm him period! How I wish there could be sanity in Zambian politics!
bishop Njwaka
December 3, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Ba Pastor mwasebana
Pasto
December 3, 2012 at 12:07 pm
We told you about this pastor. Time will tell
king julien
December 3, 2012 at 12:08 pm
@Zuberi hahahahaha that’s a good one.I thnk u’ve reminded mr mk coz frm the look of thngs he even be handle by one kaponya
king julien
December 3, 2012 at 12:09 pm
@Zuberi hahahahaha that’s a good one.I thnk u’ve reminded mr mk coz frm the look of thngs he can even be handle by one kaponya
muzeleze
December 3, 2012 at 12:13 pm
That my girl friend Janet C, well spoken ba sweetiee!!
shady
December 3, 2012 at 12:13 pm
ba kachingwe shut up!!!….is MMD ur party 2 decide who rules or not!!….ws Nevers there pushing u around??jst behave ba Major!!
Politics is surely a dirty game!!these rich fat pipo lyk Kachingwr & da others jst eat the countries money & dnt even share it wit da poor….u knw u’re old ba Kachingwe so jst stop this dirty game & slip @ home b4 u get embarrassed again.
nkamu
December 3, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Iyee ba kachingwe ifyo abaice bamubutulusha kwati tamuli ba military yangu eeee.
Napoleon kicks out snowball out of animal farm
December 3, 2012 at 12:18 pm
major has a böne to chew with mumba,he wasnt talking sense on muvi,,he is just guilty that he is flirting with pf,i have no kind words for him!
Oh No Lord
December 3, 2012 at 12:34 pm
To you all who think that the Major is weak or ill-trained are wrong. The Major was ambushed by those marauding good-for-nothing nichompupu youths when he was coming from the bathroom. Otherwise he would have taught them a lesson they would never have forgotten in their life time.
Big Z
December 3, 2012 at 12:35 pm
I thought this Man Kachingwe was a “major” how can a “major” get dragged out like a sack of maize? smh ati major!
grace
December 3, 2012 at 7:01 pm
Where is the respect? Whatever the man did, these boys are too young to treat the Mjr in this manner. What if he was their biological father, how will they feel? This is a shame, let us not promote this type of behaviour, please, please
man up
December 3, 2012 at 1:10 pm
The second picture is fun lol!!!
man up
December 3, 2012 at 1:18 pm
No if thugery in politics is stopped, I will be boring.We need this cadres to make politics more dramatic and full of suspence.Those are the bull dozers he was referring to.Command in cadreship Kadobi, General Cadre Mtonga.We miss Field marshal William Banda recruited by UPND to provide security for HH.
Kulekwamyo Kapyololo
December 3, 2012 at 1:20 pm
And these are the trained soldiers Sata is sending to Lukulu to dance siyemboka with the gallant comabtants of Barotse Liberation Army, LOL!
Zebige
December 3, 2012 at 1:32 pm
No doubt.Khama is a bit-ch…lets wait and see
MUNYELO PWETE!
December 3, 2012 at 1:59 pm
This kachingwe chap, Was he a major in Zambia Army or Salvation Army? That title should be immediately scraped from him for bringing the name of Zambia Army into disrepute! What a ‘major’!
Hyena Chimbwi
December 3, 2012 at 6:36 pm
Major Richard Kachingwe rose through the ranks in Zambia national Service and not the Zambia Army. He started as a Non Commissioned Officer (NCO) and progressed to be commissioned into the Officers Corp
thom mulombwa
December 3, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Nevers mumba is a failure.he faild his church and he now wants to fail our country.my advice to is he starts something and not politics coz we know how much of a failure he is.
KAIZER
December 3, 2012 at 2:26 pm
How can you treat a major like that? Ba MMD younths!!!!Richard Kachingwe,I for one thot the man will defend himself…Now i really know the defination of man handling(handling a man like that) lol
gayman
December 3, 2012 at 2:34 pm
I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE SEEN SUCH DIRTY AND CHILDISH POLITICS. WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WILL EVEN THINK OF VOTING FOR MMD? THEY BETTER JUST BURRY THEMSELVES AND LET THEIR LEADER nevers mumba GO BACK TO VICTORY MINITERIES IF THEY WILL STILL HAVE A PLACE FOR HIM THERE.
THEY ARE JUST A BUNCH OF IDIO’TS
Chella
December 3, 2012 at 3:04 pm
i cant sympathise with the so called major, he invited this mess. selfish major who wants to destroy the opposition 4 a small token. what a major who cud roll anyhow at the hands of small boys. shame
maria
December 3, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Fi Tumfweko muli fipuba! How can start that Afunika is dead rumour. Mwalipena ba swine. matako yenu. Do you what emotion damage you have made us his friends and relatives go through? ba swine makaka yenu. You are such rubbish. I hope YOU DIE A NATURAL DEATH and sooner than later. mwe fi pubamwe. Especially the one who even brought that story first. Fi swine.
mosquito
December 3, 2012 at 3:46 pm
MPANGULA MPYUTU no matter how much you will hate the military you are just waisting your time governments go and come military shall stand and its also a potential government your bows
Shweaty Shtuff
December 3, 2012 at 4:08 pm
MMD had only one role to play in Zedian politics. To remove the aura of invincibility around UNIP and in this way tell Zambians that there is noone wamuyaya. After that they could not take the country any further. Whatever is happening now is a deathknell for the party. If I were in the smaller parties like Chipimo’s etc this would be the time to prepare myself to take the pound seats.
diaspora
December 3, 2012 at 5:05 pm
But kwena eeeh, What a very unfit, frustrated and tired old MAJOR… ha,ha,ha politics ya pa zed.
Go to the farm old man!
abena py
December 3, 2012 at 5:12 pm
take a critical look at that “dramatic” picture….Maj Kachingwe was clearly acting to get sympathy from the general public.Time will tell. For all i know he must have organized those youths (not MMD cadres)to put up a show so as to discredit the party (MMD)and president (Nevers Mumba).It is truly good riddence of Kachingwe from the “our” party,he has been and is up to no good!!Viva president Nevers and our parliamentarians who “saw” thru that cunning
major.