MMD leader Nevers Mumba says the party has informed the police command and all other government departments to evict the Mutati-led faction from the secretariat.

“When there is an issue, the first thing I do is tell my team to leave the secretariat and let issues be determined by the courts of law. I don’t want to throw any stone on our building. Now that the courts have spoken, it becomes natural that our collegues leave the secretariat on their own. We have informed the police command, and we have informed all wings of government that they go ahead and ensure that those people are out of that office,” he said.

“Our focus as MMD is to direct all energies on the rebuilding and healing of our party. We wish to thank our colleagues in the UPND for the partnership we have fostered over the past two years. We remain committed to each other on behalf of the Zambian people. Today, we start the second leg of MMD’s journey. Like our forerunners, who gave us hope for freedom and delivered on the promise, we give Zambia 3 New Hope to radically change the nature of our governance style. A new hope where anything and everything that has not worked in the past 28 years shall be abandoned and changed. We shall not religiously hold on to systems that have failed to eradicate corruption, poverty, disease, violence and perennial conflict.”