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Wynter Kabimba Says ‘Those Who Want Me Out are Wasting their Time’
By CLAVER MUTINTA and JIMMY CHIBUYE
PEOPLE calling for the resignation of Wynter Kabimba as Patriotic Front (PF) secretary general have called for a consultative provincial meeting that shall seek an amicable way of resolving the matter as calls for him to resign raged on.
Mr Kabimba’s immediate reaction was to dig in the proverbial heels and state that those calling for his exit are wasting their time because he is not going anywhere.
Kabimba
PF Lusaka district chairman Robert Chikwelete said at a press briefing yesterday that executives from Lusaka will hold a meeting to discuss Mr Kabimba’s fate and take resolutions to the central committee for action.
“Let me assure the city that protests that have been going on have come to an end. We are now organising a consultative meeting at provincial level where we are going to have all the districts in the province so that we can come together and discuss the differences that have rocked the party,” he said.
Mr Chikwelete added: “We are going to do it now in-house and all the resolutions will go to the central committee.”
And PF Shiwanga’ndu member of Parliament Stephen Kampyongo said party members are seeking an amicable solution to the impasse.
Mr Kampyongo, who is also Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, told journalists in Lusaka yesterday that all PF members are eagerly waiting for a solution to Mr Kabimba’s matter.
“This is the matter for the senior leadership but we would like to see an amicable solution to this matter,” he said.
PF Kapiri Mposhi constituency secretary Francis Katongo said calls to hound Mr Kabimba out of office must be handled by the central committee in order to offer direction to the general membership and lower party structures.
And Lusaka mayor Daniel Chisenga appealed to the PF district leadership to control their members who want to take advantage of the confusion in the party to settle personal scores.
Mr Chisenga said people trying to settle personal scores using the confusion are not genuine PF members but “criminals and should be dealt with”.The mayor threatened to suspend any councillors who will abscond council meetings citing confusion.
Deputy Lusaka mayor Mulenga Sata said PF members should not allow confusion to derail leaders from providing leadership and development to the people.
Meanwhile, NANCY SIAME and JERRY MUNTHALI report that PF members in Ndola have also joined calls for Mr Kabimba to resign.
Clad in PF regalia and carrying a mock coffin, the members mobilised themselves at Ndola Civic Centre around 10:00 hours and marched through the central business district, halting normal business in town, on their way to present the petitions at the district offices.
Some placards the PF supporters carried read: “Sata 2016 a must, Wynter must go” and “Copperbelt does not want Wynter Kabimba”.
PF Ndola district chairman George Chisulo received petitions from four constituencies in Ndola namely Ndola Central, Bwana Mkubwa, Kabushi and Chifubu.
Mr Chisulo promised to deliver the petitions to President Sata so that he is well-informed about demands of the members.
He said it is clear that the grassroots do not want Mr Kabimba to continue in his position and it is important for him to consider stepping aside.
“I want to thank you for the peaceful demonstrations and I want to encourage you all to unite so that we take our party forward,” Mr Chisulo said.
He accused Mr Kabimba of allegedly failing to manage the affairs of the party because the district has never received correspondence from him since 2011.
But Mr Kabimba, who is also minister of Justice, said the petitioners and their “paymasters” are wasting their time because he will not resign.
Mr Kabimba said he has information that some people were sent to Ndola to pay Mr Chisulo and to sponsor the protests.
“I am not going to resign on account of people being paid. Let them take the money from those who are paying them but I will not resign,”
Mr Kabimba said.
He added: “Those petitioning and their paymasters are wasting their time.”
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NEMULANDA
September 27, 2013 at 10:24 am
lelolelo. Chilipamunzako chapita. mawa chilpaliiwe
saby
September 27, 2013 at 10:28 am
@Winter, means cold season, stop freezing they assnt you. chiindi chako.
Pf without Kabimba & Post is dead
September 27, 2013 at 10:29 am
when upnd is having problems its not my duty to pray for them! NO SIR!
Zwiki Poison
September 27, 2013 at 10:30 am
SATA is such a weak leader…..why can’t the chap just drop “summer” as SG! By dropping “summer”, sata will lose nothing because….”summer” has got no constituency, neither is he a factor in politics! Kambwili is a factor in “ROAN”; GBM is also a factor in “KASAMA”…so who is “summer” who can’t even be voted in his own village in “MUMBWA”? That’s why I used to like “Mwanawasa”MHSRIP.. atleast there was discipline in government.
saby
September 27, 2013 at 10:31 am
By accident!!!!!!!!!!!!!who assured you that, only God can give you a permant position not a human being, it could have been a mistake my brother. Just accept the change, you enforced it on Lubinda, he went out, why cant you accept it yourself????????
icinshikululwa
September 27, 2013 at 10:33 am
Mr. Kabimba you are aleader, we know your leadership, in and outside the party. Stay, long live, and God bless you. No weapon fashoned against US (PF) and Zambia shall prosper.
iwe sure
September 27, 2013 at 10:41 am
ok pf has serious issues to sort out
boshiu
September 27, 2013 at 10:58 am
surely pipo should now judge who they want to rule them and not idiots at all
ayoba
September 27, 2013 at 11:13 am
They can kill themselves for all I care because they are all ruffians. Just wondering about these winter lips, even when he is now being well fed by us taxpayers, milomo still white. Ukutomona Winter patali.
icinshikululwa
September 27, 2013 at 11:20 am
This shall remain the thins of past. PF shall ‘ll remain in POWER as a STRONGER party, until Zambia ‘ll say MWABOMBENI taata baSATA!
G FUNK
September 27, 2013 at 11:21 am
WYNTER KAMBWILI TELLS CHISHIMBA KABIMBA OFF…Pwahahahahaha!! Ndeloleshya fye
Kasenge Richard
September 27, 2013 at 11:48 am
Dearest brothers kambwili and kabimba just take a look at yo names:begin letter(k),born zambians,party Pf,president king cobra.you are under one ambulera,why fighting for what?Oooh!Come on men!Chear up.
MAFUPA YOKOYOKO
September 27, 2013 at 11:49 am
Lets wait and see, but for sure Kabimba is arrogant…
ukwalinsonke
September 27, 2013 at 12:05 pm
HOPEFULLY NO ONE DIES IN AN UNEXPLAINABLE
CIRCUMSTANCES IN ORDER TO CLOSE THIS MATTER –
AFRICANS.
Isaac
September 27, 2013 at 12:14 pm
Come down Hon Kawimba and Kambwili you ‘re tearing the party apart. GO BEHIND DOORS AND RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AMICABLY. THOUGH I KNOW THAT IT IS JUST A PASSING PHASE PF WILL EMERGE MUCH STRONGER AFTER ALL THIS BUT GO AND SOLVE IT AMICABLY OUR OPPONENTS ARE ENJOYING ALL THIS TRASH. STOP IT!
Kitwe Boys
September 27, 2013 at 12:52 pm
I am not PF but would like to advise Wynter that “SILENCE IS GOLDEN”. Take a leaf from Lubinda, when he was going through a rough time, he kept his cool and did not respond to the attacks. Today he is a hero. Stop answering back to the cadres, who by the way, are very important to your party. By answering them, you are fueling the fight. I rest my case.
Isaac
September 27, 2013 at 1:00 pm
Correct nothing more and nothing less. Let him maintain his cool he can come out a hero at the end of it all who knows?
Zyukuwalola
September 27, 2013 at 1:21 pm
winter, that is not the 1st time I have heard of an arrogant person like you say ” those who want me out are wasting their time”. The reality is that you are actually announcing that you have already packed your files, because muli pa bulendo ba former boss.
VMMM
September 27, 2013 at 2:22 pm
Chimbwi ukulila ninshi pali…….
EMMY
September 27, 2013 at 3:43 pm
@ VMMM, Chimbwi ukulila ninshi bamutana ifupa
Trixy
September 27, 2013 at 3:48 pm
But PF ….awe mwandi….this party is just something else…drama and drama each passing day!!!There is so much unruliness….and the president is just sitting at akimbo….I think he is enjoying all this….
Anthony
September 27, 2013 at 8:59 pm
Why should Kabimba resign when the president himself said challenging him is symbol of democracy.Guys those protests are real colours of tribalism. Icaileni nabanenu batekeko bene.
cisatana
September 27, 2013 at 11:13 pm
whereis Masebo the woman behind Kabimba .You two resign specially ba Masebo who thinks all women in PF nimbwa due to Kabimba
kapo
September 28, 2013 at 8:45 am
HON.kabimba is a true leader who believe in the truth but those people who hate the truth are calling for his removal. be strong kabimba it shall come to pass!
Brian chola
September 28, 2013 at 10:33 am
Mr kabimba z a strong politician in the pf government dats why these non pf members who ar pretending 2 be pf members are calling 4 resignation…
bufufwa
September 28, 2013 at 11:34 am
MMD took
10 years before start pointing each other.
Dim Wit
September 28, 2013 at 5:30 pm
As arrogant as a He Goat, probably Azazel!
All the PF sins have been put on his head and he has to move away from PF with his load of sins!
pompwe
September 29, 2013 at 10:04 am
Kabimba is the man of the moment..tell off those tribalists..viva !!