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Kitwe residents boo Dora Siliya

Kitwe residents boo Dora Siliya
By Misheck Wangwe in Kitwe
Tue 12 July 2011, 11:58 CAT

KITWE’S Wusakile residents on Sunday booed MMD spokes-person Dora Siliya after she spoke ill of PF leader Michael Sata at a rally. The residents expressed annoyance with Siliya’s unwarranted attacks on the PF and its leadership at the rally which was held at Wusakile High School grounds.

They demanded that Siliya (right) address real issues affecting the nation and not Sata and his massive support on the Copperbelt.

Siliya, who arrived in Wusakile around 15:30 hours, told the gathering that Sata would introduce homosexuality and take youths to war-torn Afghanistan if elected into office as some residents jeered in disagreement and raised the PF symbol, the clenched fist.

“Awe kabiyefye ku Lusaka. Ba MMD namufilwa uletubepafye ubufi pali Sata. Ifwe kuno ni pamaka…Naku Afganistan kuti twaya kabili tamwatufwaila incito. Uno mwaka ni pamaka Just go back to Lusaka.

The MMD has failed and you are just lying about Sata. We will vote for Sata… even if it means going to Afghanistan we will go because we are jobless. We will vote for the PF this year,” the residents shouted as Siliya continued to speak on top of her voice.

She said the PF was undemocratic and had never changed leadership since inception while MMD had changed presidents thrice.

She said the MMD policies on development were clear and the party had demonstrated to the nation its capability to deliver but it was surprising that the people voted for the opposition.

Siliya said the MMD was not like other political parties that thrived on insults.

She said Wusakile residents would only see meaningful development if they voted for the MMD.

She said it was sad that the people of the Copperbelt had continued to vote for the PF when Sata failed the province and the people during the time he was in government.

Siliya was accompanied by science and technology minister Peter Daka, MMD Copperbelt chairman Joseph Chilambwe and Kitwe district chairman George Lungu among others.

Labels: DORA SILIYA, KITWE, MICHAEL SATA, MMD

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