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Senior PF Members & Ministers Who Hail From Bembaland to Hold Caucus Meeting
Patriotic Front ministers and senior party officials coming from the Northern Province are scheduled to hold a caucus meeting at which they want to discuss among other pertinent issues the impasse between President Sata and the Bashilubemba, that has led to the resignation of former Defence Minister Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba from government.
PF senior officials told the Daily Nation that Ministers and senior Party officials were concerned about the stand-off between President Sata as an individual and the newly enthroned Paramount Chief Chitimukulu Henry Kanyanta Sosala.
The officials said that they were concerned over the manner government and in particular President Sata was conducting himself over the installation of Henry Sosala as the Chitimukulu and that they were particularly unhappy that the Head of State had refused to respect their tradition by rejecting the new Chitimukulu.
On Monday last week, Mwamba popularly known as GBM resigned from government on grounds that President Sata had challenged him to chose between his family and his ministerial job.
“This meeting is aimed at finding a lasting solution to the stand-off between the PF government and Paramount Chief Chitimukulu Henry Kanyanta Sosala. We want to find out what is the major problem with President Sata accepting what the Bembas want. The stand-off is not healthy for the smooth running of government and we feel that it is our responsibility to ensure that sanity is restored in order for peace to prevail on the matter,” said one of the PF serving ministers.
They said that it was unfortunate that President Sata and his closest allies were unable to see the damage caused because of the stand-off between government and the traditional leadership in the area.
They said that as a result of the stand-off, the PF government was de-campaigning itself in the region, saying it was one of the reasons why Members of Parliament coming from the area were finding it difficult to speak out on the matter.
“This issue is life and death and if Mr. Sata wants to underplay it, he will regret because the PF will be a one term government. The way he is handling the matter it will backfire and slap him in his face. The hatred he has against Paramount Chief Chitimukulu will cost the PF the presidency of the country if this matter is not resolved as soon as possible.
The officials said they had been following the escalating differences between the Chitimukulu and President Sata and were wondering why the Head of State had decided to take an acrimonious route in dealing with the new Chitimukulu.
“President Sata has never told anyone apart from giving instructions that he did not want Henry Sosala to be Paramount Chief of the Bemba speaking people. We leave to speculation whether it is true that he wants a Bisa paramount chief, which is impossible according to the Bemba traditions and Culture,” said the official,” the officials said.
The officials also said that it was sad that before President Sata could understand the issues surrounding the installation of Chitimukulu as paramount Chief, he had already made up his mind on whom he wanted to be on the throne.
“Honestly speaking there has not been dialogue with the leadership over the issue of Chitimukulu and that will cost the party a great deal in 2016. We should not think that the Bembas will accept us if we go there to ask for their vote in 2016,” said the official.
More deputy and cabinet ministers coming from Northern Province are planning to resign from government because of the way President Sata was handling the issue the Chitimukulu, saying they would rather be with their traditional leader than a political interim appointment.
Daily Nation
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on January 2, 2014. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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The only good Sata is a dead one.
January 2, 2014 at 4:24 pm
Dictator Sata.
People should not vote for this mad man again.
PF must be gone in 2016.
kwandangala
January 2, 2014 at 4:31 pm
Well, da president knows da reason why he doesn’t sosala to be chiti mukulu so let him tell the nation so that people can understand him & stop speculating dis issues. Its a pit that he has kept quiet & yet things is nt ok in bemba land. Let us wait & see how this issue ll b resolved, da hears of popi of zambia want to hear da truth.
id!ot!
January 2, 2014 at 4:49 pm
From the Daily Nation…atase what can come from that ka Sh**! paper?
Winter June Kabimba
January 2, 2014 at 6:14 pm
*****, you are truly *****,for using ***** language in ***** way by labeling Daily Nation Paper *****! Up to now you are still living in idiocy as an ***** to fail to believe the news from Daily Nation Paper and ZWD. Come out of your idiocy you *****.
Ba Zambia
January 2, 2014 at 5:02 pm
The bashilubemba is just one issue. The real issue is discussing the state of the president. Someone ( WK) and Post are running the country. The MPs want to serve the state of the nation. There is a scheme being hatched in the current PF polarisation.
brainboxer
January 2, 2014 at 6:08 pm
He thought this was a small issue.
chimps
January 2, 2014 at 7:28 pm
Thank you very much for highlighting this IMPORTANT issue in the Bemba land. In case some people think they own Bembas and can trample on our fundamental rights by disgracing and humiliating our dear paramount chief at will, they must brace for hard times ahead and am not bragging about this ! Speaking as a Bemba and a Constituency secretary, we are not at peace with this drama the President has started with our chief. He seems to be in love with other chiefs leaving his own in misery !” Mulya nabambi uupelafye abena kasembe beka beka !” We are dumping ci PF with our families unless our chief is recognized ! If they stubbornly insist, which i know they will,we shall show them, come 2016 !
Intetele emuti wa bufyashi.
January 3, 2014 at 6:31 am
It was a mistake 4 zambians who voted 4 sata as president. I now see y chiluba decided to pick mwanawasa frm fam to be president & he lgnored this man. Mr sata, why involve yoself in traditional afairs. I thank GBM 4 resigning & urge o ministers frm bembaland to do the same if sata goes on to b sturbon. I wise person knows dat pf is a sinking boat & wil exacly serve 4 one term.
Reveal
January 3, 2014 at 7:00 am
Mr President respect the Bemba tradition you will not lose anything.
Who do you want to be Chitimukulu any way?
Bembas have settled for Sosala Kanyanta as Chitimukulu its their tradition respect it.
HAKAIVOTELA UMWINE
January 3, 2014 at 6:31 pm
STUBBORNNESS WILL COST MR SATA IN 2016. MR SATA WANT A JUNIOR CHIEF CALLED MUKWIKILE FROM CHINSALI TO BE CHITIMUKULU THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.IN BEMBA LAND THERE IS A PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW FOR SOME ONE TO BECOME CHITIMUKULU.ONE SHOULD START WITH MPEPO,NKOLEMFUMU,MWAMBA AND THEN FINALLY CHITIMUKULU. NOW MR SATA WANT TO IMPORT SOME ONE FROM CHINSALI AS IF THERE ARE NO CHIEFS IN KASAMA DISTRICT WE CAN NOT ALLOW HIM TO INTERFERE WITH BASHILUBEMBA BECAUSE MR SATA IS NOT A REAL BEMBA FROM KASAMA HE IS A BISA FROM MPIKA. SO HE CANNOT TELL US WHAT TO DO. LET HIM CONTROL CHIEFS FROM MPIKA AND NOT ORIGINAL BEMBAS FROM KASAMA AND CHINSALI. HE SHOULD ALSO CONTROL HIS BEDROOM,MINISTERS,DEPUTY MINISTERS,PF PARTY AND HIS CHILDREN IN CHITULIKA VILLAGE.VIA GBM.VIA HH IN 2031 VIA HH IN 2031…………HH2031.
HAKAIVOTELA UMWINE
January 3, 2014 at 6:39 pm
BASHILUBEMBA’S DECISION ON KANYATA SOSALA IS FINAL AND SHOULD BE RESPECTED.WHO EVER DOES NOT WANT SOSALA TO BECOME CHITIMUKULU SHOULD GO TO HELL.