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Luena by election is confusing-President Banda |
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 |
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Mongu------President Banda has described the Luena Constituency by election as a confusing one because it had not been triggered by the death of an incumbent or court ruling but it was as a result of the resignation of its former Member of Parliament(MP) Charles Milupi for unexplained reasons  President Banda in Mongu.
The President said the only reason Mr Milupi resigned and was standing again was to prove that he owned the people of Luena and that he could do anything at anytime to influence them.
The President said this today at Limulunga Basic School in Mongu when he addressed a mammoth rally to drum up support for the MMD candidate, Mwangala Maopu in the Luena by election set for 5th August 2010.
Mr Banda said it was wrong for Mr Milupi to claim that he was the one who constructed a new market in the Limulunga area when it was the MMD government using Constituency Development Funds (CDF).
The President explained that each of the 150 MPs were entitled to receive K600 million CDF for the benefit of their constituents.
He further said it was false that Mr Milupi would open up a mine,timber processing factory and sugar processing plant in Luena as an MP for the second time.
President Banda wondered what development Mr Milupi would bring to the area in the remaining one year, if he failed in the past four years.
The President said Zambia could only develop faster if all Zambians could have a common purpose explaining that no one individual could develop the country no matter how rich or well educated as Mr Milupi may be.
Mr Banda said it would be wrong for Zambians to vote for a leader who ascended to power through violence as such a leader would abuse Government machinery to oppress the Zambian people.
He said what Zambians needed was a leader who guaranteed continued peace and development to attract more investors for job creation.
The President said the New Deal Government wanted to bring development in all parts of Zambia covering all the 750 000 square kilometers of the country’s land.
And speaking on the UPND-PF Pact, the President said the Pact was formed for wrong motives, propelling the two opposition leaders to leadership who at the moment did not agree as to who should lead the pact.
President Banda further said many times, Mr Hichilema had stood up urging Zambians to vote for a young president forgetting that his pact partner Mr Michael Sata was as old as the President.
He said Mr Sata at one time was recorded to have described Mr Hichilema as an under five.
Mr Banda recalled that after the death of Anderson Mazoka, Mr Sakwiba Sikota was denied an opportunity to lead UPND because he was not a Tonga.
‘’The MMD is getting stronger in Luapula Province where the PF had 100 percent predominance and the ruling party will work hard to gain ground in Southern Province’’, President Banda said.
He said the MMD which won six local government seats during the recent eight local government elections would ensure that it wins the majority of the remaining nine other ward elections.
Mr Banda noted that on many occasions some opposition political leaders had peddled lies against him that he had first watched the world cup in South Africa before going to Turkey and that at another time he was in Cape Town for his knee when in actual fact he was in Namibia for an official visit.
The President said when the late President Levy Mwanawasa appointed him as Vice President, some opposition leaders were saying he had made a wrong choice.
He said it was now surprising that the same political leaders were praising the late President as having been a good man.
Speaking later at the same rally, MMD candidate, Mr Maopu urged the people of Luena to vote for him as he would have easy access to Government resources for use in developing the constituency.
Present at the meeting was Western Province MMD Chairperson Namakando Imasiku, MMD Campaign Manager Professor Geofferey Lugwangwa, MMD National Chairperson Michael Mabenga, Community Development Minister Michael Kaingu and other senior Government and MMD officials including some representatives from the Royal establishment.
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