LESA TAFWAYA ULUFYENGO, IFILAMBA FYANDI TAFYAKOME MUMUSHILI- BONANZA
….having contested in 2016 and 2021, bushe nganshakwete Grade 12 Certificate ngatabankaka?
KITWE, Sunday, August 7, 2022 (SMART EAGLES)
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon Joseph Malanji says statements being spread by some people that he will not re-contest the Kwacha Parliamentary seat following the nullification of his Election must be dismissed.
The Constitutional court recently upheld the nullification of the election of Hon Malanji as MP for Kwacha Constituency on grounds that he did not produce a Grade 12 certificate.
But Hon Malanji said contrary to the Constitutional court Judgement, he has a Grade 12 certificate and will be on the ballot for Kwacha Parliamentary seat in 90 days time.
He said if he did not have a Grade 12 certificate, he would not have been allowed to stand in 2016 and 2021.
“LESA TAFWAYA ULUFYENGO, IFILAMBA FYANDI TAFYAKOME MUMUSHILI,” he said
Hon Malanji, alias Bonanza, was speaking when he attended Mass in the company of some Senior party officials and Members of Parliament at Blessed Anuarite Parish, Chipata Catholic Church in Kitwe’s Kwacha Constituency.
He said the works done in his capacity as Member of Parliament are there for all to see.
He said it is for this reason that the motto used in Kwacha Constituency is Community pioneered development; one that does not need to wait for the Central Government to release money before works can be done.
“In My Personal capacity as MP, I have managed to give the people a Maternity wing in Bulangililo, in Kapoto, we gave them a 1×3 classroom block – we did the same at Valley View Secondary School, in Nkana East we facilitated for the construction of a Police station for enhanced security in the communities.
“We used to go in markets, we used to see how traders used to struggle paying back loans with high interests rates, today in the Constituency, there is more than 5 million in circulation, the traders are lending the money amongst themselves,” he said.
Hon Malanji said electorates in Kwacha Constituency are the ones who elected him and not the court.
He said one year has been wasted due to the court cases because the people wanted continuity based on the works done in the Constituency.
Meanwhile, Hon Malanji said he will continue helping people from all walks for life because he knows how it feels like to be less privileged.
“I have been working for the people for the last 30 years. Working for the people is not easy, unless Lesa nakupela Ichabupe. We do not work until they appreciate, I know how suffering is. Helping the people is not boasting, we have passed through what some of the community members are passing through,” he said.
And Hon Malanji has since donated K20,000 to the seminarian fund, and K50,000 to the church Choir to help them with their activities.
He was accompanied by MCC Brian Mundubile, MCC Raphael Nakacinda, MCC Davies Mwila, MCC Alexander Chiteme, MCC Richard Musukwa, MCC George Chisanga, MCC Nathan Chanda, Kitwe Mayor Mpasa Mwaya, Hon Munir Zulu, Hon Pavyuma Kalobo among other dictionaries.