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Daily Mail Condemns GBMs Move To Get Wife K1million Range Rover Valentine Gift
“THE amount of vanity with which former Minister of Defence and embattled Kasama Central member of Parliament (MP) Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba is flaunting his wealth is not only disappointing but also appalling.
We refer to the US$200,000 (about K1.2 million) state-of-the-art Range Rover SUV car GBM presented to his wife Chama as a Valentine present, whose picture our sister publication, the Sunday Mail, reproduced on page three yesterday.
There is nothing wrong with open expression of our love for our spouses and partners, but there is everything wrong when such a gift is meant to show the whole world how rich one is.
It is surprising that a man who is a subject of investigations on serious allegations of corruption could post a toy worth over a million (billion in old currency) Kwacha, which he bought for his wife, on Facebook so that everyone can see it.
It will be interesting to hear from those who have been criticising the investigations.
If a man could splash that king of money, spending thousands of Kwacha on a ‘present’ for a member of his family there is every reason for Zambians to question how he acquired his wealth.
The police must speed up the investigations so that Zambians can know the truth about the source of the money Mr Mwamba has been bragging about and spending on such expensive toys.
It is obscene that a person who claims to be ‘sleeping’ on money could spend such a colossal amount on an expensive toy for the same wife he has been battering at a time close to 70 percent of the country’s citizens are surviving on less than US$1 (K5,600) a day.
Yes, Mr Mwamba has seen it fit to throw thousands of Kwacha around when children are dying by their thousands before reaching the age of five because of inadequate access to medicine, especially vaccines.
Latest statistics indicate that in a normal situation one out of 1,000 children die as a result of lack of access to the BCG vaccine.
But in Zambia one out of every four die! Each infant needs three doses of the vaccine to be fully immunised from life-threatening diseases, and each dose costs 50 euros (about K300).
Because of the prohibitive cost of the drug there have been challenges in its procurement as government steps up efforts to ensure it is readily available.
And according to the Zambia Medical Journal in the past decade Zambia has recorded a steady decline in U5MR (168 to 119 deaths per 1,000 live births) and IMR (70 to 56 deaths per thousand live births).
“However,” the journal observes, “despite the decline, these levels are still very high and unless Zambia revitalises its child survival interventions, it will lag in meeting the MDG 4.”
If Mr Mwamba was as loving a person as he wants the public – especially his Facebook followers to believe – he could have channelled the over K1 million he spent on the ‘present’ towards the procurement of such drugs.
Even the shallowest of minds is able to discern the egocentrism and vanity in the posting.
This is a man who has been using every opportunity to sing about his riches and how it is not his fault that his critics are poor.
It would have been a show of humility and love for the underprivileged if Mr Mwamba had built a health post or community school and presented it as a Valentine present to the poor.
That is what wealthy but conscientious citizens of nations do, and examples abound.”
By Daily Mail
Posted by Kunda
on February 17, 2014. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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Zimandola
February 17, 2014 at 10:48 am
Nomba shobe iwe daily mail. Ofcos i would love to do that for my wife too.
Chiwanangala
February 17, 2014 at 11:15 am
I agree with you, why ba daily mail chabababa bushe nimpiya shabo???
Pa Zed
February 17, 2014 at 10:57 am
GBM is spending his money on his wife, not on prost.itutes. What is wrong with buying your wife an expensive car? And are you insinuating that GBM is responsible for poverty in Zambia, and therefore should use his money to fight poverty? I feel pity for daily mail….
Kandolo
February 17, 2014 at 11:12 am
Nanga iwe Daily Mail hw many people v u helped?? I believe u do make profits in ur business of selling papers but do you plough ur profits back in the community?? Stop condenming it’s not ur money mind ur own business if u want go and hang urselves.
Loose Canon
February 17, 2014 at 11:13 am
I think the dwarfed guy writing this article should ask his bosses how much they are wasting on silly bye elections.
ABENA DIGGERS
February 17, 2014 at 11:36 am
I could not agree more than what you have said Loose Canon.This show how shallow and stupidity PF are.They spent close K 72 Million (Old K72 BILLION) on useless and worthless by election just to have a majority vote in parliament to fix one Rupiya Banda at the expenses of development.Anothny Mwikuta have you asked yourself and your masters how much they are wasting through unnecessary blotched ministers and their deputies they have,the money that would have gone to eliminates the child death that you have talked about.Do not think we Zambians are fools who can not see how imprudent PF government is.You and your masters have spent over US $5 million just to have the two critical online tabloids closed.Be prudent yourselves with our money then asking or beg GBM later to do the same.Its only last month your PF govt denied him to contribute K300 000 towards the construction of the bus terminus in Kasama so what are you saying foolish man.
PONKENI
February 17, 2014 at 11:14 am
Ba Daily Mail leave the big man alone,i personnally i could do the same if i was in his capacity.
malcom eks
February 17, 2014 at 11:14 am
so wats wrong wth letng the world knw u luv yo wife.i wud do even mo.th fact tht u r poor dsnt min every1 shud be poor.leave th man alon
P3T3R
February 17, 2014 at 11:14 am
Pa Zed well spoken Thumbs up. i really pity Mmembe daily mail editor
kayula
February 17, 2014 at 11:22 am
GBM wanted to build bus station you stopped him buying his wife a car you still have an issue with it. our loving president should stop this hand pushing for finishing of pipo like lubinda & GBM. PF is in power because of 2million pipo not the 2
private job
February 17, 2014 at 11:33 am
GBM is a disciplined Man and he did well to buy his wife an expensive CAR not a TOY. That’s a sign of LOVE.He started business alone when you were not BORN,that’s jealousy.let him enjoy with his wife and not prostitutes like what these uncultured businessmen we know who forgets their wives when they have money. GBM will never be responsible for any poverty in Zambia.
G-Naji
February 17, 2014 at 11:45 am
Ba daily mail you have no shame to write such an article. GBM did not ask anyone to give their opinion about his valentine gift what is wrong with you people? Is it your money that he spent? just work hard and buy expensive toys for your wives before jelous will kills you
chisenga
February 17, 2014 at 11:48 am
I feel pity for Anthony and his staff at Daily Mail. Since when did Anthony become a lecturer on what gifts should GBM buy for his wife? Anthony should bear in mind that how GBM spends his money is none of Daily Mail’s business. Infact, GBM can survive without depending on government resources. That is why he was able to resign after differing with Sata. The man made his money before he became a politician. I wonder what would happen to PF ministers if they were dismissed from employment. They would become street adults. It is foolishness to suggest that a man should not appreciate his wife just because he is being investigated for politically motivated cases. Anthony, do you have evidence that GBM is guilty? Are sure that GBM is using stolen money to buy gifts for his wife? Please leave GBM alone. I know you want to please your masters by persecuting GBM. Find a better way of pleasing your masters. Though, GBM has his own weaknesses, he has proved to me that he is a man and not male. He refused to betray Chitimukulu in return for 30 pieces of silver. Many of you would have opted to be a ”Judas” in order to keep your jobs. Though GMB has had marital challenges, he has demonstrated committment to his wife. He respects the family. The majority of Zambian men can buy expensive gifts for their prostitutes while their wives are languishing in poverty. I end by challenging Anthony to show us the gifts he has been buying for his wife in order to prove that he is a ”qualified”lecturer on morality.
Tupac
February 17, 2014 at 12:02 pm
He rightly put it sum yez back.he said te ndalama sha ba noko..so let him spend it the way he wants.plus Ba GBM change atishani ka corolla?
the wise one
February 17, 2014 at 12:16 pm
chakubaba bwanji iwe ?????
jamakudi
February 17, 2014 at 12:17 pm
Daily mail have nothing to say or report, maybe they are news fatigued. Talk about corruption in govt.
Renford Sunzu
February 17, 2014 at 12:18 pm
Anthony is very ******. If he can not afford to buy his wife even a BRA should not make him jealous. Leave GBM alone, he has worked hard for his money.
matb.
February 17, 2014 at 12:43 pm
Why did u not critisize him when he helped Sata with tht over $100M during Satas investigation by the DEC.
EC
February 17, 2014 at 12:46 pm
Thumbs high big man!
You have defeated them, they have nothing to report about GBM.Leave him alone. Afterall he is a hero,he knows how to look after his family.
the interlectual
February 17, 2014 at 1:06 pm
the bible says how can u remove a peck from yo friends eye before removing yours from thy eye ba daily mail u are useless and foolish coz even me i can buy my lovely wife a KR100 million car
spinx
February 17, 2014 at 1:11 pm
nomba ninshi
MWILA
February 17, 2014 at 1:41 pm
Nonsense article from daily mail.
icinshikululwa
February 17, 2014 at 1:54 pm
ULU ULWAKULWISHA UKWISHIBIKWA; ALA MWALA IPAYA TAATA BA BWALYA; TUSHENI. Politx will never ever fit you. You are not politician; IMWE; CIMO NA HH.
Truth
February 17, 2014 at 2:12 pm
DAILY MAIL YOU ARE HATERS
Grace
February 17, 2014 at 2:23 pm
When he was spending on PF campaigns, Zambia Daily Mail did not question but when he spends on his wife it becomes an issue. Come on Zambia Daily Mail, if your comment on GBM’s Valentine Gift was not malicious and was a manifestation of your genuine concern for the poor Zambians, you could have been condemning the wastage of tax payers’ money on PF induced bye-elections in Mufumbwe, Mpongwe, Msanzala, Livingstone, Luangwa, Kafulafuta, Solwezi East et cetera and not on GBM who did no use tax payers’ money to buy the present. This is hypocritical for Zambia Daily Mail; What right do you have to control people’s spending of personal money? Talk of wastage of tax payers’ money.
fititi
February 17, 2014 at 2:36 pm
a gym kit is what she must buy him in response
Chilambwe.
February 17, 2014 at 3:01 pm
Ba Daily mail amano kanshi mufimitwe tamwaba.especially writer wa article na editor.GBM bought that car for his WIFE,not iule!ok.leave da man alone i agree with what matb & Grace hv writtn.wen he helpd Sata with $100,000 did u comment imwe ba *****?BWANA BA GBM when can i see u?
Muscleman
February 17, 2014 at 3:04 pm
GBM hit the GYM not your wife.
Mabvuto
February 17, 2014 at 3:12 pm
if you cant buy yo wife a pant, thats not the reason y GBM shouldnt buy his wife an expensive car and if a $200,000 state of the art Range Rover is a toy,(dull) what do u call those battered corollas which your own field sales reps hop around with?
Zambian Actor
February 17, 2014 at 3:40 pm
GBM loves his wife…..whats wrong with buying your wife an expensive gift…..DAILY MALILO…stop the PHD syndrome…its killing Africa….if you cant do it for wives or husbands,…leave it to those who can….GBM has always been in bussiness even before going into politics……….You guys(DAILY MALILO) are pathetic cadres……be objective…..
muti
February 17, 2014 at 3:41 pm
Daily mail, is GBM usin yo money, whats wrong with him spending his money the way he wants.its his sweat . Muti
Keyser Soze
February 17, 2014 at 3:51 pm
Kanshi ukubeula ni problem nomba?
mailoni4
February 17, 2014 at 3:57 pm
Ba daily mail bafikala whts wrong with someone buying a gift for his wife?GBM has been a very rich man even before he was a minister!!!you just want to bring him down with your lies but knw tht many zambians are with GBM!!!he ias very popular its true!!!awe mwandi this condeming has really suprised me a lot…this jelousy is just too much!!!why can’t you condem pipo like winter and M’membe who buy pangas and give them to the carders to kill their friends?awe mwandi kwena mulimbwa mweee…NAFULWA SANA!!!
Zotaya
February 17, 2014 at 4:13 pm
But kwaliba ma 4nteen pa chalo, 1. The writter of this article 2. Editor wakwe. GBM has prooved his LOVE TO HIS WIFE not imwe bamene mugulira MAULE, VIVA G. B. M. TO HELL ALL YOUR HATERS. Youth ChairMan.
kas
February 17, 2014 at 4:36 pm
But ba daily mail, u fail to bring the paper on time, always late by over 4hrs and u talk about GBM, how dare u? I wish I could buy my wife that car and would come to ur office and give u a little finger and call u haters.
Anthony
February 17, 2014 at 5:04 pm
This is a true example of jelously!!If I could I would do the same or even better from my wife.
Anthony
February 17, 2014 at 5:06 pm
This is a true example of jelously!!If I could I would do the same or even better for my wife.
FuManchu
February 17, 2014 at 5:12 pm
This ridiculous article is out of jealousy and envy! Nothing wrong in GBM splashing the wealth he has worked for any which way he wants! When he wants to help in the community he lives, he gets snubbed! Anyway this kind of nonsense against those who have worked hard to make their wealth is rife with PF governance! Jealousy will not help the country develop we should instead all strive to learn from those that have made it big to make Zambia a better place! Leave GBM alone. Guess we all gave something to our loved ones within our means.
metal
February 17, 2014 at 5:12 pm
the man offered to build the inter-city bus terminus in Kasama and the Gov’t turned his offer down and today the daily puppets can brag about the big man as being inconsiderate because children are dying and poverty bla bla bla… come on people, swallow your pride and open your palms and i’m more than sure GBM WILL COME TO YOUR AID.
mirriam nkosha
February 17, 2014 at 5:23 pm
Out of the 37 comments so far,36 are praising GBM representing a 97.297% thumbs up dimension.
Leave the principled man alone.GBM you are the man and I advise you to go SCOAN for spiritual fortification in Jesus’ mighty name. Wish you and your family God’s blessings.
mirriam nkosha
February 17, 2014 at 5:30 pm
GBM never ever support any Political Party in your life in Zambia but support your family and the vulnerable in society.
Noel
February 17, 2014 at 5:41 pm
Its good what ba GBM did for the wife, but he should also consider the salaries of his workers at his business.
the man himself
February 17, 2014 at 5:45 pm
no no no no. GBM has the right to spend the money in anyway he feels right. Its not his responsibility to by drugs anyway. How many rich people do we have in zambia who are wasting on lavishing. leave him alone, besides that guy has been in business even before he went into politics.
WSJN
February 17, 2014 at 6:03 pm
IWE DAILY MAIL NIZA AWUSO KAPENA NZA ANYOKO NDALAMA
ZE GULILA MOTOKA GBM,MULEKE SIZAKO NDALAMA ALAA.
Czar
February 17, 2014 at 6:37 pm
Shameless muppets trying to please their masters. Why are you bitter over how GBM chooses to spend his money? Why are you not asking the clown who is your minister where he got the money to build the house in New Kasama? Sorry hypocrites!
Mule
February 17, 2014 at 7:09 pm
Im wondering what was going round the head of the person who wrote the editorial.Someone to investigate before i comment. its amazing mwebantu….sure 49 years after independence someone can think like that?
Osama Shomladin
February 17, 2014 at 7:48 pm
wa MUKWITA you have no interesting stories to give your readers your journalists are busy collecting NKANI ZA MUKKACHASU.. please leave GBM alone we all know he had money even b4 he became minister is he not the one who funded your master chimbwi no plan.. or are you just jealous of his money.. find something to talk about you are failures!!!!!!
pezu
February 18, 2014 at 10:22 am
Ba Daily mail tuleikalafye if u dnt av anythin 2 sy.ifi ifintu ma levelz.if u think buyin a valentine card fo yo wife is th way of xpresin LUV thn thts yo level,LET th big man buy expensiv machine fo hs wife to xpres luv IWE thts hs level
rsk
February 18, 2014 at 5:40 pm
GMB U ARE FUFILING WHAT THE BIBLE SAY.AND ITS HIS MONEY WHY BUILDING SCHOOL FOR WHO?LEAVE HIM ALONE TO DO O USE HIS OWN MONEY EVEN THROWING IN WATER
Rabekah
February 21, 2014 at 3:22 pm
Ba Daily Mail, how much of your proceeds do u give charity work or alleviation of poverty after your newspaper sales? Even the one writing this article, how much of your hard-earned money do you give to such causes? Practice what you preach! Bottom line is you are envious of someone else’s riches!!!