A Lusaka based senior blind citizen, Elijah Ngwale, has praised republican president Michael Sata for removing Dr. Joseph Katema from the Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health, accusing him of cruelty towards physically challenged persons.
Mr. Ngwale has told QFM News that he received the news with joy because Dr. Katema was a thorn in the flesh of the physically challenged persons.
Mr. Ngwale says today is one of the greatest days for him because Dr. Katema’s transfer has come as a Good news.
He recalls that about seven weeks ago when physically challenged persons who were retrenched, retired and declared redundant went to Chilenje home of the Blind to air out their grievances, Dr. Katema gave them a deaf ear and was not concerned about the problems they were going through.
Mr Ngwale explains that according to the Disability Act No 6 of 2012, no one is allowed to retrench, retire or even declare redundant persons with disability but that the outgoing Minister kept silent on the matter without doing anything.
President has moved Dr. Katema from the Ministry of Community Development Mother and Child Health to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services in a Cabinet reshuffle involving several other Ministers.
moojo
March 14, 2014 at 7:23 am
He would have fired katema and sichinga.
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March 15, 2014 at 9:56 pm
moojo
March 14, 2014 at 7:24 am
Miles Sampa is a full cabinet minister material.
E.C
March 14, 2014 at 7:48 am
ba katema balifilwa nokuwamya imisebo ku chingola he would have just fired him
Chaona
March 14, 2014 at 8:14 am
Dr Katema and his colleague have made PF in Chingola very unpopular and as things stand PF will be booted out in 2016, in Chingola, unless measures are taken to address the trend. 1. Farmers are complaining 2. Miners are complaining 3. Zambian Contractors are complaining 4. Motorists are complaining due to dilapidated roads in town.
Dr Katema does not deserve any ministerial position, or is it because any PF MP who has no bone to chew with PF or Kabimba should be a minister?
the interlectual
March 14, 2014 at 8:23 am
simuusa and katema kuya bebele come 2016
BASHI LUBEMBA
March 14, 2014 at 8:35 am
Domant ministers are,KATEMA,CHENDA and SICHINGA aba bena, konse balifilwa!
oscar
March 14, 2014 at 9:55 am
Imagine katema has even told the principal for National vocational rehabiltation centre not to recruit any students for this academic year saying if they do so they should find their own money for training them, imagine this is the highest training institution for the disabled in the country and the minister is happy to see the institution go without any trainings for the disabled.It is shameful.
man
March 14, 2014 at 10:15 am
When the president talked of useless MPs am sure he was referring to Katema and Simusa, u need to see a clinic that Katema has given to Lulamba residents of Chingola, its not even worth calling it a clinic but a kantemba. Its a shame.
BERTHMACKY
March 14, 2014 at 10:20 am
Fact:Katema z a kachasu drinking minister.
Simusa has failed 2 run his ministerial position and he has failed the residents of Nchanga constituency;People of Kapisha & soweto needs a police post,health centre and a school as wel as gud roads in riverside e.g nile road needs 2 b rehabilitated.
Yalo
March 14, 2014 at 4:44 pm
When campaigning in By-elections,PF always says that development in a constituency only comes if electorates vote for a PF candidate.How come that most constituencies where PF has MPs are complaining of lack of development?
mwansa
March 14, 2014 at 10:22 am
@ man u r right, the roads in Chingola are pathetic such that the town looks like a war tone area, all these thanks to our two useless MPs Katema & Simusa.
mangamba mangamba
March 14, 2014 at 11:19 am
he has evn failed to crean his work place in chingola if u want to see bunchz of pot holez go to his office opposite motherland shipping mall chiwempala road! pipo ar owaz complaining abt katema bakatema 2016 is near yo dayz ar numberd
~ Born in Africa ~
March 14, 2014 at 3:05 pm
crean chinshi?
Chifukushi Bukali
March 14, 2014 at 11:41 am
Chi Simuusa (sambusa) chikopo. Epo nkachikatila…
chelsea
March 14, 2014 at 12:40 pm
EC & the Interlectual wat u guys r saying z true.Have neva seen Katema,the only time I saw him was in 2011 during election,bt cum 2016 Ba Katema you are OUT.!
batata
March 14, 2014 at 12:45 pm
I wish honourable Katema good lucky to his new office.
ChiKA
March 14, 2014 at 1:45 pm
He deserved to be demoted to deputy at ministry of Gender or Lower. I wish Ms Luo was taken to Health and Miles Sampa to Commerce and Trade.
Trixy
March 14, 2014 at 3:31 pm
Politics of try and error…nonsense… Firing, transfers, etc is the order of the day. Takwaba elo takwakabe!!
take me nice
March 14, 2014 at 3:54 pm
its a good development, even during this youth day he didnt provide any tshirt or lation to the youths. so come 2016 no vote for pf nabatulekelesha. baletumo nge fikolopo but ishita ikafika. tamwaka tubepe twanaka nenu
brainboxer
March 14, 2014 at 5:54 pm
all the pf mps a useful idiots,so says the president.All sectors of the economy are failing rapidly.i wonder 2015 in june.
jamakudi
March 14, 2014 at 6:16 pm
Not worth commenting on.
vmc
March 15, 2014 at 8:02 am
May the presindent hear to ourcry. Twacula kuchingola
harrison kalaba
March 15, 2014 at 12:20 pm
Dear Mr. President,
I would like to ask his excellency the President Micheal C.Sata and minister of labour Hon Shamenda to quickly intervain in the suffering of the employees at the cotton ginning company situated in kafue, were employees have been subjected into slavery by A Mr Gayan of sirilankan origin,he has called zambians as thieves and we smell blood and incence in our hands.
His abuse on zambians even led to the dismisal of a senior accountant by the name of Mr Chibeti Alias after he complained to management on the abusive language by Mr Gayan who in turn countereacted by firing this man without any reason bairly a week after his 1 year contracted was renewed.
How ever the following are the problems the authorities should followup;
1.Mr Gayan is the finacial controller without any accouting qualification and not a member of Zica
2.Alot of foreign national that are working at this company have no comonwealth N.R.C`s which is a requirement by ZRA and NAPSA.
3.Workers are never paid their leave days which is against the labour laws of the land.
4.All senior management positions are held by foregners without any zambian.
5.Workers have never had any salary increament the past 3 years.
6.Workers threatend with dismisal if they try to bargain for better wages.
Please twakomba ,twapata kuli bakateka twachula ,PF as a listening government should qiuckly intervain so that workers at this company should also celebrate the Golden jubilee mother Zambia has attained.
concerned
Area Manager
Mweemba Lubasi