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MMD should be like an attractive woman – Siliya

MMD should be like an attractive woman – Siliya
By Abigail Chaponda in Ndola
Mon 10 May 2010, 04:00 CAT

Education minister Dora Siliya with Alex Mubanga alias Shimpundu Pankoloko during the MMD card renewal exercise in Ndola on Saturday - Picture by Abel Mambwe
MMD should be like a beautiful woman who attracts people, party spokesperson Dora Siliya has said.

During the third card renewal exercise in Ndola on Saturday, Siliya asked party members to work hard because victory will not come if they fold their arms.

She said the MMD government had a correct plan for the country and should therefore continue selling itself if it wanted to continue in government.

“What we want is to have a landslide victory. This landslide victory is not going to come with folded hands. We must sell ourselves and a party is supposed to be like a beautiful woman who attracts people. The party has to attend to the branches because that is where the people are,” she said.

Siliya also said UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema was only interested in going to State House and wondered how he could win an election when his party was only popular in one province.

She said the pact should not waste people’s time because all it wanted was for white people to love them.

Siliya said her government was still working hard to improve the economy and not daydreaming that money would come into people’s pockets.

“I want to talk about the local government. We as government have not failed to give them the grants and the CDF (Constituency Development Funds). We give them the money. You are saying roads are bad, we have given the councils money to repair roads, where is the money, this is why President Banda decided to come here on the Copperbelt to expose what the councils are doing,” she said.

“Ndola was on fire when late president (Levy) Mwanawasa was there. This is what we want. Ndola should be on fire and so you have a big challenge ahead of you.”

While Siliya was talking a cadre shouted that MMD members did not want Ndola district commissioner Moses Mumba because he was a PF member and Siliya assured the cadre that she was going to take care of that.

And Kabushi Constituency youth information and publicity secretary Peter Mwansa said people in Ndola had rejected Mumba because he was not friendly to party members.

He accused Mumba of always shouting at people who approached him.
“As MMD in Ndola, we don’t want him because he does not work according to the party wishes. He should be taken somewhere else,” said Mwansa.

And Copperbelt minister Mwansa Mbulakulima said his party was going to set Luapula Province on fire.
“Next week (this week) we are going to Luapula and we are going to set Luapula on fire,” said Mbulakulima in reference to the “conference to discuss development” which is expected to be graced by Frederick Chiluba.

Mbulakulima said a revived MMD on the Copperbelt would grab all the parliamentary seats during elections.

Labels: ALEX MUBANGA, DORA SILIYA, ELECTIONS, VOTER REGISTRATION

posted by MrK @ 6:31 AM