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Wynter Kabimba Explains His Resignation
By Wynter Kabimba
Good morning comrades,
Yesterday I delivered my letter of resignation from the Patriotic Front (PF) to His Excellency the Acting President Dr. Guy Scott.
I joined PF purely on principle and again I have resigned purely on principle.
My life has never been based on sheer opportunism but on the desire to serve the people of Zambia. Here are a few facts about my entry and stay in PF:
■In 2006 I was invited by late President Michael Chilufya Sata to join the PF. He shared with me the values, vision and aspirations of the party and after reflecting I agreed to join the party and became chairperson for Local Government.
■In January 2009 the President asked me to become Secretary General of the party. I was reluctant to accept that position. It took three months for me to finally accept the offer and that is how I became PF Secretary General in April 2009. From January till I finally accepted the appointment, the position had remained vacant.
■In 2010 at my office at Godfrey House, I requested President Sata to leave me out of his cabinet after the 2011 elections. I told him that I knew as early as that time that PF was going to win but I wished to remain outside government.
■In 2011 when PF won the elections, the President invited me to discuss appointments to his government. He again asked me to serve in his government but I turned down the offer, sticking to my earlier wish to remain outside government. Instead I recommended a number of my colleagues for appointment.
■In 2012 the President again asked me to join government. This time he lobbied the support of the people that he knew were close to me and asked them to persuade me. I felt duty bound to serve my President and my country and finally accepted to be in cabinet.
■In 2014, on 28 August, I was relieved of my positions as Minister of Justice and Secretary General of the PF.
That’s been my service, in brief, in the PF. Nothing about opportunism but everything to do with service. I’ve not lobbied for any position but at every turn I was invited to serve in a number of positions.
I had wished that I would continue serving the party as a member loyal to its values and principles. However, my loyalty has been undermined because these values and principles are, sadly, lost. Recent events have left me dismayed at the escalating criminal, violent and corrupt behaviour in the party.
If I joined PF on the basis of certain values and principles, surely I must resign when such values and principles are lost because I will be serving no purpose in the party.
That is why, dear comrades, I have resigned. I hope you will understand how difficult this decision was, because I still have good friends in the party who mean well. I can’t help but sympathise with them, given the prevailing circumstances in the party.
Posted by
Kayombo
November 28, 2014 at 11:52 am
Has the cartel withdrawn support for you? Tell Mmembe he will never rule Zambia. Besides we will soon be investigating for the oil deals.
Chisenga
November 28, 2014 at 11:58 am
KABIMBA DO NOT PLAY A FAST ONE ON US. AS FAR AS WE ARE CONCERNED, YOU WERE HOUNDED OUT OF PF WHEN SATA THREW YOU OUT AS SG. THE PEOPLE REJOICED AND MADE MOCK COFFINS OF YOU. SO YOU ARE GONE AND FORGOTTEN. YOUR SO CALLED ‘RESIGNATION’ IS OF NO CONSEQUENCE NOW. YOU WERE VOMITED OUT OF PF A LONG TIME AGO.
CHINVINDINVINDI
November 28, 2014 at 12:03 pm
Haters for Kabimba as above have No facts about the so called Cartel as named by Emmanuel Mwamba, Richard Sakala, and a lot other paranoidic and lost souls at the Watchgalu. It was your fear of WK taking charge at the dearth of Sata. Now you see your Muppet Lungu is still in trouble and may not get the cake at Comference. The delegates know that criminals and opposition want him to face HH so that it is an easier match than had it been WK.
Nomba?
November 28, 2014 at 12:11 pm
So what new violence has happened in PF that did not happen when wynter was there? Your indomittable panga wilding thugs hacked the komaki group which was peacefully against you and you did not resign. Kabepeniko ba shakumbila not ifwe. Tamukwete fye incende mu PF. May nama thugs yalecita support Lungu niyalya yene mwailecitisha train ku Sudan and namudabwa ati they can change so fast.
Kapson
November 28, 2014 at 12:13 pm
Jst join upnd uncle
jethro
November 28, 2014 at 12:30 pm
When Winter Kabimba was relieved of his duties on 28th August 2014 as Minister of Justice and Secretary General of PF, I and my wife had a sigh of relief because the way things were going, it looked like he wanted to be a president at any cost and that he was ready to kill especially leaders in the opposition if reports are to be believed. He sounds as though he is a humble man but deep down, he is a snake.
chaona
November 28, 2014 at 12:31 pm
ok ba wynter. twaumfwa.
KASONDE MWILA
November 28, 2014 at 12:38 pm
WE KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO UPND
SAD MAN
November 28, 2014 at 2:03 pm
ALTHOUGH NUMBERS MATTER IN POLITICS, HE IS NOT WELCOME IN UPND, WE DO NOT NEED CONFUSIONS
pillar
November 28, 2014 at 12:42 pm
he did not state how he was chased from the part,stop lying and trying to be smart when u are not,first of all u are not a factor in PF,u just brought total confusion and division in the ruling part.
chinyo chawiso.
Chalo Nkhanza
November 28, 2014 at 12:58 pm
It’s such a shame that this expertly crafted message should lack realism. Ba Wynter,surely power must have blinded you so much that you could not see violence your cadres perpetrated under your watch. At the peak of your power, PF cadres hacked one another mercilessly, with one Simutowe losing his life. You said no word.In your heydays, Nevers and HH were on occassions hounded off their country tours in Eastern Province. Again you silence was deafening. In your time, the whole nation was subjugated by your militancy and the violence that went with it. It’s too late to talk now as our ears have gone elsewhere. Make peace with your creator.
Loose Canon
November 28, 2014 at 12:58 pm
Yaaaaaawn!
misheck
November 28, 2014 at 1:10 pm
Ba Kabimba you and your fellow Cartel members are the most corrupt, confused, violent people in the Pf. I m disappointed with Guy Scot.
Mweebo
November 28, 2014 at 1:11 pm
R.I.P
Atase
November 28, 2014 at 6:04 pm
Ati M.H.S.R.I.P abantu tabofwa heheheh
Fredrick Mwale
November 28, 2014 at 1:28 pm
That’s my man though staying at this stage would have been a better gesture of expressing need principles.
lusaka times
November 28, 2014 at 1:38 pm
I only hope Christine wins to save this party from vultures playing mob pshycology.
perry
November 28, 2014 at 1:46 pm
Christine nafileka
kakolwe
November 28, 2014 at 2:00 pm
The song “Baya baHelena, baya bahelena, bayabahelena, fwanda fwanda kalindula mayoooo” would have been more appropriate. His leaving reminds me of how simple people in the majority can confound the rich and the powerful (The French Revolution). Yes, our simple & down-to-earth & approachable”Chibuku-looks” man is confounding the rich (hakatoloshi hakasuma), the powerful (non-existent cartel) influential (Mmembe)into shifting their goal posts. Sad! By 22nd January, the dust will have settled & it will be time for me to replace Kambwili or Masebo in parley!! 2016 will be sweet pa parliamentary level.
Judge Joe Bidden
November 28, 2014 at 4:15 pm
ha ha ha… kakale aka lwimbo, that was some hit as kids
Pink panther
November 28, 2014 at 2:01 pm
My dear your dismisal from govt was good ridance because of your arrogance and fooliishness
SAD MAN
November 28, 2014 at 2:01 pm
On several occasions I have questioned people opposed to Mr Kabimba, that whats bad about him, I have not received any sacsfactory answer ,all they just say is uyu muntu mubi saana.
Wish you well comrade. though now one question for you who is living in a paradise fool between you and the incoming presido HH. GIVE ME THE ANSWER mR
leah
November 28, 2014 at 2:28 pm
I concur with you @ SAD MAN. Its like the way Jesus was hated by the world such that people were willing to exchange a robber’s freedom with his. Wynter in my opinion was a clean man and his ascendance to the top jobs in the PF and govt. was a threat to the criminals who saw him as a stumbling block to their evil ambitions. These criminals took advantage of Sata’s incapacity to hound Wynter out of his positions. In all fairness Kabimba did his best to bring sanity in the PF. We all know how many people he fired from their positions for indiscipline. Now with the chaos happening in the PF, any sensible person should vindicate Kabimba and they will surely miss him in the PF.
Dora LISIYA
November 28, 2014 at 3:17 pm
Womaniser
Miliamo
November 28, 2014 at 2:28 pm
Since you claim to be principled join a principled party UPND
Ndine
November 28, 2014 at 2:31 pm
Am surprised that there are now corrupt and criminals persons in PF(remember Masebo who is close to Wynter also said so a few days ago). Have these criminals/corrupt persons just joined PF in the past 2-3 months or they have always been there even during the time of Wynter as SG. What did he do about them?
Denkete
November 28, 2014 at 3:27 pm
infact hebis not even a factor chikala ca wishi.
for the manchild and silver ponto
November 28, 2014 at 3:40 pm
What kind of foolishness is this….Michael can’t speak for himself and yet you implicate him so much…..who doesn’t know that you have always been an opportunist, you are good ridance winter MYSRIP I guess no one will miss you
lolo
November 28, 2014 at 3:58 pm
what i known is wynter can not stand with our president mr edger lungu so his best thing he can do is just to resign
Motototo
November 28, 2014 at 4:06 pm
where is my post ba Lusaka Times
Judge Joe Bidden
November 28, 2014 at 4:25 pm
You are on a wrong forum puppy… you are on Tumfweko spell>.. T.U.M.F.W.E.K.O say after me.. TUUUMMMFWWEKO.
Cool temple
November 28, 2014 at 5:26 pm
Please GO! During your tenure too much blood was shed WHY?? Some of us detested PF because of how you treated people with no respect. We may have been wrong but you were so arrogant, full of yourself and insolent. Awe Wandi rest wee.
Atase
November 28, 2014 at 5:30 pm
This is the man most Zambians pa chililo chakwe would not bother to tell lies that they liked him, he is very unlikiable kwati mango iyibishi
Judge Joe Bidden
November 28, 2014 at 5:57 pm
Stop insulting Mango what if it’s better than him?
John kabengele
November 28, 2014 at 5:38 pm
Thanks ba Kabimba, that’s how to go, keep your head up
Aisha
November 28, 2014 at 6:06 pm
Good timing wk. Rest well and stay out of confusion brewing up now in pf. What about joining Jesus’ party and campaign for his coming everlasting kingdom?
saka g
November 28, 2014 at 6:11 pm
kabimba uliwabufu we know that u ar playing politics let sampa win u be th vice president. if sata did not suck u, would have been th favorite to th cartel & if there z no 1 wo z coughing.
saka g
November 28, 2014 at 6:25 pm
U ar playing politics. we know Wat u have agreed with miles sampa.
chams
November 28, 2014 at 7:35 pm
true n the fact dat u av realised that your felow member u,used to persecute wil soon b your superiors so the best thing u had to do was to resign on moral ground.n this must serve as a warning to other members who like abusing their authority whever they ar given an orportunity to serve.
Zyukuwalola
November 28, 2014 at 8:32 pm
Kabimba, you surely sound like an intelligent man. Can you actually tell us why you were sacked? Come on young man try. Ciza uli?
kanta kanta
November 28, 2014 at 8:47 pm
Utomba noko chikala! Nobody wanted you in pf and you surely saw how people protested on the Zambian streets.you were bad to a number of people ie lameck mangani,given lubinda,gbm and many others.learn to be humble kabimba and respect your biological father you fool!
chama
November 28, 2014 at 8:50 pm
Kabimba, stop playing an innocent man. You know deep in side you just exactly who you are. All the violence being seen in PF even today was started by you. An educated man like should have understood that we are past the era of politics of intimidation.You were never elected by anyone, all the positions you ever held were by appointment and that in itself should tell you something….you are not elections material. The best thing for you is to retire from politics and remember one day you and your friends will answer for all your deeds, what goes round comes around.
Icon
November 28, 2014 at 8:51 pm
Chisenga how many are becoz u say we
moreover only a dead person can b completely forgoten.Rewind yo toungue and coments.
Icon
November 28, 2014 at 8:52 pm
Chisenga how many are u becoz u are saying we and
moreover only a dead person can b completely forgoten.Rewind yo toungue and coments.
yaba
November 28, 2014 at 9:33 pm
Myrip
search
November 28, 2014 at 10:01 pm
Winter you are my man.
Zee Biggi Azzizov Kitwe
November 29, 2014 at 10:01 am
Guy Scott is the future; black people cannot run a country; give us your companies; we shall hire u; pay u peanuts and make a killing of a profit when exporting
masai mara
November 30, 2014 at 4:48 pm
Mamaeeeeeeeee’ wynter is crazy. He was not non of action in of but pretended- stop accusing batata back data chilufya.