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PF unstable in W/Province, says Oyati

PF unstable in W/Province, says Oyati
By Moses Kuwema
Fri 25 May 2012, 13:29 CAT

A MEMBER of the PF's central committee, Winnie Oyati says the party in Western Province is not politically stable because of the intra-party divisions.

And PF secretary general Wynter Kabimba says the party has taken a position not to empower its members using the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission because the CEEC was a corrupt institution set up by the MMD.

Speaking on Tuesday during consultative committee meeting held at the provincial minister's conference hall, Oyati who is also chairperson for culture, said the party could not afford to have divisions especially in a place like Mongu where there were 'a lot of problems with 'other issues, the other side'.

"Politically, we are not stable, the party is not. On the other hand, we have a lot of problems here in the province and for you secretary general, you are the only person who can really unite us. I can tell you that somehow, the province or the party is a bit divided and we cannot have divisions in the party especially here in Mongu ... We need to be united as a party, but if we are divided it becomes a problem," Oyati said.

Oyati also said the province was too vast and the party was in need of transport in order for it to mobilise members.

"As PF we won not that most of the people were PF, no! We won because people wanted change and out of that change that we have put in, it is better to capitalise on it, to make sure that those who voted for us they don't go back," she said.

In response, Kabimba asked the provincial executive committee to write a report which would be submitted to the Central Committee at its meeting on June 2.

Kabimba said in its report, the provincial committee should suggest remedies to the problems.

"There is a central committee meeting on June 2; I expect a report on this meeting through the provincial committee, which must be submitted, to give an idea to the central committee about the political situation in Western Province. Don't just give what the problem is, recommend what the remedies could be. We depend on your analysis of the situation because we are not here. But also don't exaggerate the situation," Kabimba said.

During the same meeting, Kabimba said the PF had taken a position not to empower its members using CEEC because it was just a corrupt institution that was set up by the MMD.

"We are trying to look for new methods of making sure that this citizen empowerment is fairly and equitably handled. You used to hear huge figures, you know about youth empowerment under MMD, I have not come across any youth that was empowered, it's zero. The chaps were just stealing money," he said.

Labels: CEEC, CORRUPTION, PF, WESTERN PROVINCE, WYNTER KABIMBA

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