KANGAROO COURT SUSPENDS EIGHT MAZABUKA UPND OFFICIALS WHO ENDORSED HH & NKOMBO AS THEIR PREFERRED 2026 CANDIDATES
In-fighting has seemingly engulfed the ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) in Mazabuka.
The latest allegations as gathered by Byta FM News indicate that attempts were made by a faction to use maximum force on the District Disciplinary Committee to suspend six district officials.
This is after the said official endorsed President Hakainde Hichilema and Mazabuka Central Member of Parliament, Gary Nkombo to recontest their seats in the 2026 elections.
According to UPND Mazabuka District Acting Secretary, Ronald Mwiinga (see attached video) some members in the Executive Committee harassed him at night for refusing to sign suspension letters for the six officials.
He has named one of the individuals who stormed his residence with the suspension letters as Mazabuka Central Ward Councilor, who is also District Youth Vice Chairperson for Administration, Chrisphine Hamangaba.
Others are, Kaonga Ward Councilor who is also District Youth Vice Chairperson for Politics, Clifford Joleya, as well as District Executive Committee Vice Treasurer, Augustine Shabalima.
Meanwhile, Mwiinga says the District Disciplinary committee found the six officials accused of foul conduct had no case to answer and had already submitted their findings to the Provincial Executive Committee.
But UPND Mazabuka District Vice chairperson political Clifford Joleya refuted claims by Mwiinga, describing them as baseless and unfounded.
He has since challenged that the matter be reported to police.
In another development, UPND Mazabuka District Chairperson, Wilfred Mulomba, was over the weekend assaulted at church by cadres over allegations of misappropriating K20,000 meant for youths during a recent presidential visit to Monze.
Meanwhile, the UPND in Mazabuka has suspended eight district officials for six months.
This follows their participation in a press briefing where they endorsed Hichilema and Nkombo as their preferred candidates for 2026 just after the Mazabuka Central MP was fired as Minister of Local Government and Rural Development.
Of they had just proposed Hakainde alone, these chaps would **probably** have been promoted. If you want to have a peaceful life in current day Zambia, you can only propose Hakainde for anything that needs to be proposed. We are learning to stick by these draconian rules.
Reject tribalism, corruption and oppression.
God bless Why Me and Captain Ibrahim Traore.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN 2026.
This news is not clear,how can the officials be suspended for doing the right thing in the party, endorsing HH is what the people should do, the man is a good driver,well trained, has defensive tactics, visionary, and very steady, actually those purported to have suspended the officials should be fired from the party so that they endorse their preferred candidate from any opposition parties
Criminal trying to deflect an assult issue over K20,000.
This is what happens when you live off hand outs.
This culture needs to end.
Elements in our society are lazy and their aim is to create confusion because they need a source of income.
Instead of working they fight for monies or jossel over monies meant for causes because that seems so much easier than working for a living and just supporting the cause.