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Nakazwe leads 200 PF members to MMD

Nakazwe leads 200 PF members to MMD
By Mutuna Chanda
Sunday September 23, 2007 [04:00]

Former Lusaka mayor Susan Nakazwe yesterday led over 200 Patriotic Front (PF) cadres in joining the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) in Mandevu Constituency. Nakazwe immediately declared that PF was not going to win Mandevu’s Justin Kabwe ward 21 seat and that she would make sure her new party won. Nakazwe, was in the company of former John Howard ward three in Chawama Constituency, councillor Boniface Musondamwaume who complained about the way they were expelled from the party.

“We did not deserve to be fired because we were only doing our civic duties. I would like to thank Mr Sata and his shadow cabinet…they should work hard. I would like to thank the PF members for supporting me. The PF of 2007 is not the PF we used to know,” Musondamwaume said.

And in welcoming Nakazwe and her group, MMD Lusaka Province chairman Geoffrey Chumbwe said he would do everything in his power to ensure her stay in the party was comfortable.

He urged the MMD members in Mandevu’s Justin Kabwe ward to choose who they would like to represent them as councillor and forward the name to the party officials.

Nakazwe and Musondamwaume were expelled from the PF earlier this year after they disobeyed party orders not to welcome China’s President Hu Jintao at the Lusaka International Airport during his state visit to Zambia.

Labels: DEFECTIONS, MAYOR, SUSAN NAKAZWE

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