KK says he was tricked to sign statement questioning credibility of polls
Zambia’s founding President Kenneth Kaunda has retracted a statement attributed to him where he was questioning the credibility of next week’s polls.
KK, who has just returned from Namibia where he was hospitalized says he was tricked into singing the statement by Fred M’membe and Mark Chona, the Watchdog understands. Sources close to the freedom fighter have told the Watchdog that he is bitter as he didn’t really understand what he was signing when it was given to him by Fred M’membe when he went to his house Wednesday afternoon.
Sources say Mark Chona, who has tricked KK before in his life, was at KK’s house the whole of Tuesday discussing elections.
Sources say the statement was drafted by Chona and M’membe.
And KK’s office has refuted the statement saying it was not done by KK.
Chief of staff in the office of the first President Godwin Mfula told reporters in the evening that the letter was circulated by the Post newspaper and was not on the letterhead for the office of the fisrt president.
Mfula also said KK does not use such strong language in his statements. Mfula also cast doubts on the authenticity of the signature on the statement.
Mfula explained that all statements by KK are done in his office but that he did not know about this one.
He also said that KK is still on bed rest and always sedated thereby making him incapable of understanding some issues.
In the earlier statement which he has retracted, KK had said revelations that Universal Print Group the printers of ballot papers for next week’s election has been involved in acts of corruption with Electoral Commission of Zambia officers is a grave indictment on the electoral process.
The statement which KK was coerced to sign stated that the revelation in itself threatens the peace and stability of the country because it undermines the credibility of the electoral process in the eyes of the Zambian people.
The statement said the act breeds justifiable suspicion of possible collusion and electoral malpractices that may lead to the election result not being accepted by both the losers and the winners.
The statement said it is therefore in the interest of everyone that the ECZ rises to the challenge and deal with the complications that have been created by the revelations of the character of UPG to the reasonable satisfaction of all key political players.
It warned that ignoring such a serious problem may prove to be a naive and costly mistake that the country cannot afford.
The statement called upon the ECZ, to act in a way that makes the preservation of peace possible regardless of the outcome of the elections.
It said this will require that the Electoral Commission of Zambia urgently sits with all key political players, including the church, to ensure that this problem is resolved in the best way possible for the country.
KK, as ECZ ambassador for peace is being paid huge sums of money.
The pictures of KK in the newspapers and bill boards are not done free of charge but ECZ is paying him millions of Kwacha.
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tribalism is prominent among those pipo who vote for sata bkoz he is a fellow tribesman.shame.zambia is not just nothern province.
dd - September 22, 2011
07:44
Iwe @joe ka jilly jilly is there bandaland province in this country? You are an asshole! Ifimatobo kwati bashikulu bobe ba banda!!
How many here have passed thru elementary school? - September 21, 2011
16:16
Wait for the biggest upset ever on Zambian politics! While RB was fying around like a bird, and while Sata was swimming in the comfort of urban support and forget the rural voters, HH spent a signficant amount of time in the countryside, explaining his manifesto and interacting with rural dwellers. We the urbanites who believe in the UPND manifesto continued to sell it to many and won many hearts. It is time for HH and the UPND to harvest from where they sow. Sata and RB will want to pick something where they did not sow but sorry, this is not possible.
Bob - September 20, 2011
10:50
Clearly today is the last day and things are getting interesting to say the leasts.However, I fo hope this is not true as Mmembe is a journalist and although he may be entitled to his own opinion and to one vote, I cannotsee how it would be in his or anyone’s interests at all to credit or discredit the elections.
Na Judah - September 19, 2011
15:15
Thats bullshit how can KK sign somthing he does not understand…dats his statement he even admittd.
JULIGE - September 19, 2011
15:07
KK SHAME THEM
IT IS NOW OPEN FOR ALL TO SEE HOW SHALLOW THESE PAPERS ARE.
SHAME ON YOU. KK HAS SHOWN HOW BAD THESE PAPERS ARE.
Koloko-bwazi - September 19, 2011
11:29
Who ever posted this should have plucked up courage again to indicate that KK accepted having authoured that letter. Why this defeaning silence?
mark-lee - September 18, 2011
18:21
please ba ZNBC,ba DAILYMAIL and ba TIMES so u people from there no one can stand firm and tell us the truth.imwe bafikala u were saying its not KK who wrote that letter,dont be stupid and foolish.When we win all the directors of these institutions should be by now start applying for jobs someway else because we are WININING PF donchi Kubeba.PLEASE NOTE THAT IF WE LOSSE THERE SHALL BE CIVIL WAR/WE DIVIDED THE COUNTRY becouse we are not prepared to got back Mwakaunda.
shapwa shapwa pa 20 - September 18, 2011
10:29
Uno Mwaka MMD kuya bebele. REST IN PEACE
mmd - September 17, 2011
12:35
The post reported what our First head of state said about the UPG/ ECZ corruption allegation and “KK’s office” denied, now KK has put it in writing that he did actually say what was written in the post. What will his office say this time ? Drama at its best.
bamwine - September 17, 2011
06:32
A tribalist is a person who perceives and judges the world from point of view centered about own tribe. A person driven to achieve goals determined to uplift or serve desires of own-group above others. To answer my question – both are to some degree. The worst mistake is to bring tribalism into politics as this force is very destructive. As you know politics being a field of different opinions, tempers can easily flare.
In 2001 as UPND was seemingly headed for victory and for the first time in Zambian political history, a political party ie UPND declared that “the party’s objective was to have a tonga president at state house”. This is a pure tribal statement. (Anyone who support(ed)s this is a tribalist). This pronouncement by party stalwarts like Mr Sejani, sent shock waves across the nation. Potential Non tongas were hounded out of the party.
Majority tongas welcomed rather than condemn the new UPND position. in fact supporters were overtly reminding everyone that it was time for “a tonga…” .
The party had over estimated its popularity.
Having shown its true color, Mass defections and resignations at every level ensued. Upnd was a party not to be trusted with political power. UPND will never recover from that grave sin.
No need to sleep at polling stations. Vote counting in full view of all representatives starts soon after voting ends at 18:00hrs. Results will be validated and endorsed by all present, announced and stuck on notices for everyone’s eyes. This is the procedure. If there are “riggers” planted somewhere they definitely have no chance in these proceedings.
shilesa - September 17, 2011
04:50
A president elected from among chiefs? Why
shilesa - September 17, 2011
04:44
SO, THE TRUTH IS THERE WAS NO FORGERY AFTER ALL……SURELY ONE CAN NOT SIGN A BLANK CHEQUE UNLESS YOU’RE CONVINCED THAT IT IS GENUINE……WHETHER HE READ IT OR NOT, THE SIGNOTORY IS KK……MOST SPEECHES ARE AUTHORED BY TECNOCRATS IN GOVT, BUT ARE READ BY MINISTERS WHO OWN THEM AS THEIR ORIGINAL THOUGHT, PERIOD………LEAVE M’MBE OUT OF THIS NONSENSE……INSHIMBI, NI NSHIMBI……
DONCHI KUBEBA PART 8 - 4 DAYS TO GO!! - September 16, 2011
12:29
Samson Phiri, that’s what we are hoping the next government will do but if it’s RB forget about it.
MI6 - September 16, 2011
09:07
membe, sata and your group shame on you zambians are not fools the way you think,now you are only remaining with 4 days they will show you how foolish you are.just start preparing your selves for the sermons for huge debts you have accrued.
collins zimandola - September 16, 2011
08:27
I am covinced that many Zambians now agree that the solution to our county’s econonomic problems depend on a polititical system supported by a good constitution. My appeal to whichever party that will assume power next week is to look at our constitution with the seriousness it deserves. If such a party does not deliver on the constitution, the people of Zambia should exercise their right to call for an early election and remove them from power. We should continue to do so until we get the people driven constitution that we have have been fighting for in the past 47 years. The keys issues in the constitution are the change to Head of State(elected among the members of the house of chiefs on a 5 year rotational term of office), a head of government or Prime minister elected by his/her party and who goes on to win the majority votes in a general election and the appointment of ministers from outside parliament. This will gurantee the separation of powers.
Samson Phiri - September 16, 2011
07:32
KK has always been an id.io.t. This fool was overcharged by a factor of three by Anglo American when nationalising the mines in the late 60s. Anglo American Corporation still boast today that it is KK who transformed them into a global corporation by providing them with a windfall to expand beyond Africa. so I am not surprised that he appended his signature to a document he didnt read!
This is the same KK who inherited a country with a per capita income of $1500 and stupidly managed to bring it down to $300 in his 27 years of misrule! Fonko Fonko is half-literate like Sata and Banda.
Musiwa Likota - September 15, 2011
19:38
5 days to go! make sure you prepare choppers at stand by to fly some people to south for treatment because of the serious rude shocks of losing for the fourth time. Viva real change
zambian chiwala boys - September 15, 2011
19:35
what Zambians need more than anything else is change of attitude, PF , MMD or UNIP in power if the attitude does not change we will contitue in poverty. We are very lazy and talkative people with alot of academic papers without performance. If they will be change then it will be minimal. We enjoy easy and causal life. let us not point fingers at tribe but our work culture is pathetic.
MARCROTHUMIA - September 15, 2011
18:45
PF should not be displaying mock coffins coz they may just be for their Presido. Once beaten this time around (and he will be beaten) that’s the end. What a bitter pill it will be to swallow!
Me - September 15, 2011
17:42
Something is very wrong about this information. HOW ON EARTH CAN the entire former president be tricked into signing a document after having discussions with the supposed trickers for the WHOLE DAY?? Hope the big man has not been forced to retract what he sincerely believes in. This does not make sense. KK is too inteligent for suck trickery.
The Clergy - September 15, 2011
16:12
IN YOUR DREAMS!
Nangu Fye - September 15, 2011
16:10
20th sata plot 1
bwezani - September 15, 2011
15:25
Who is KK anyway, i still remember how cruel that man was,only you boys and girls of today dont know what that man can do with power in his hands.
nomba ninshi - September 15, 2011
14:12
God forbid!
Kanamaso Kakubeka - September 15, 2011
14:05
20th for HH KWASILA
Thomas mizinga - September 15, 2011
14:04
Me. You are cheating you are Bemba iwe!
PIPO VOX - September 15, 2011
12:47
Am not Bemba. but i support PF views on PAYE and other taxes. I want to feel proud and protected as a Zambian. Why should i be suffering in my own father’s house? i only have on country to call home and i should enjoy it. God placed me in Zambia not to suffer but for a better reason i believe. so, please, those who want to be ruled by foreigners, go to their countries and leave us alone
You people who are in towns and using internet,most of you don’t know what people are going through kwa Chama, in Petauke and many other places. I wish you can just travell to go to some of these places. Tourists know Zambias problems than ourselves. Some of you fellows have not even visited you grannies villages. you only meet them when they visit you here in towns shame
Me - September 15, 2011
12:35
Is it possible that a former President of the country signed a document without understanding it! And this man ruled Zambia for 26 years?
Moby Dick - September 15, 2011
12:23
The Real Muntu, I totally agree with you. My heart bleeds for our children of mixed tribes. My own children have a mother from another province. Sometime in the past, they came home on a particular day feeling downcast. Upon my enquiry, they asked me to explain why certain people speak ill of my tribe. Since they have my name which every Jim, Jack or Jane knows to be of my tribe, they, without reasoning took it for granted that the children were…… and spewed the rubbish we all are reading from some of the bloggers on this site.
Lets be careful of the words that leave our mouths or else it will be too late to repair the damage these words would have caused. Hatred, bitterness and anger have never been a virtue. Be careful of politicians who are vindictive and promising to do this or that to their rivals when they come into power.
Tackle the real Issues - September 15, 2011
11:46
God will never allow a serpent to rule this country. KK once said that one serpernt is not presidential material. FULLSTOP. Let no guy person use KK. Amen
Lusaka. - September 15, 2011
10:02
Whether KK signed or not, the message has reached the ears of those that need to hear !
Seka uponoke - September 15, 2011
09:34
PF, sata, membe and the post are wickedly desperate for support from the Zambian people by resorting to all sorts of tricks, including deceiving an old kk, which unfortunately will not salvage them from their eminent destruction. That is why they are doing their best to casty doubt on ECZ so that by deception they try to convince Zambians to fight against one another. Thanks be to God that Rupiah is winning genuinely while sata permanently goes into the archives and Mr. membe will be moving from court to court for the many offenses he has committed. 2016 HH or Chipimo will carry the day. God bless Zambia and through faith in His Name there will be no war after the results confirm RB as republican president. All should take heart for the LORD our God is in control.
john chansa - September 15, 2011
09:20
Ba Gay at play, real serpent membwe and group frustrated and disgruntled loser. May your soul rest in confusion when u die ka idiot. Why shud u started involving the old man who is nt well int the pretex of caring. Wait and see kabili wether ur snake will enter the state house meant for human beings not gays.
Muntu ni PF - September 15, 2011
08:49
Ba Gay at play, real serpent membwe and group frustrated and disgruntled loser. May your soul rest in confusion when u die ka idiot.
Muntu ni PF - September 15, 2011
08:47
for christs sake do you guys think the big man was tricked?well i dont thnk so he was the first presedent and he has a very big undarstanding than most of us.i think he is trying to trick us
jones - September 15, 2011
08:42
if KK is denying the statement he signed for,i equally question his credibility as ECZ ambassador of peace.
sweden swex - September 15, 2011
08:32
KK welcome to the world of Membe and his paper the POST…YOU by now should know the agenda of this accounts clerk who believes he can build or bring down any person..and many lives have been destroyed as a result of this man..but this time its personal..he wants to be freed of the kongole he took from Rajan and DBZ, his and his fat friends signature are on those ‘loan’ agreements..he has to pay back…but how? Back a user friendly presido..but Membe has been myopic this time round…he has forgotten what LPM did to FTJ..He has forgotten who Sata is..and he wil meet and pay his dues regardless of who wins..he should have backed the PACT but he knows HH would never support a life line to relieve him of the money he owes to FBZ and DBZ…he has his knickers in a twist..
swales - September 15, 2011
08:30
@Katanshi, I thought HH in that debate was far much articulate than Chipimo. Magande was brilliant and Miyanda was very practical but too slow. The problem is not HH or Magande but their tribe. Most of you bemba speaking guys will never see anything good in a tonga, lozi, luvale, lunda. You may see a little bit in Kaondes and Lambas because their languages are closer to yours. This tribe tag is becoming boring and counterproductive. Lets look at Zambians as human beings without that nonsense of tribe tags. Chipimo is a brilliant young man and I love his principles but dont promote him on the basis of tribe because you will end up destroying him. What if other tribes gang up against the bembas? Will this be acceptable? What about us who have parents of different tribes and we love our parents so much, what should we do? Should I abandon one of my parents so that I’m tribally right?
Yesterdays debate between Miyanda and HH was fantastic and I think it was appealing to most neutrals.I suggest that a party where Miyanda, Magande, HH, Chipimo, Mutesa, Milupi, Nawakwi are members be formed. This will spare some of us who are not inclined to slogan shouting without substance from unwarranted rhetoric.
The Real Muntu - September 15, 2011
08:26
Zed poor people, you are very wrong, you must be the only one still living in the tribalism error, not all of us that support pf are bemba or are from northern province, most of us are not even close to bemba land, but we are rational people we do not let tribe affect our choices as far as politics are concerned . i for one i support pf because it has the numbers to beat rb and his mmd, am lozi and i think hh is the better candidate but voting for him is the same as voting for mmd because he does not have the numbers to win this year’s election. i do not support mmd because of its un democratic tendencies and the arrogance of its leaders. so be informed my brother ZED POOR, its not just bembas supporting sata even lozis, tongas, north westerners, lenjes ,or in short all tribes in zambia are supporting sata because he has the numbers to win this year’s election, what the people don’t want is mmd and its arrogant rb to continue ruling this country after 20th september 2011
ffffffffffff - September 15, 2011
08:23
What is the suggestion of this article that KK is being paid a huge sum of kwachas? Is he compromised and can not be trusted or was he asked to with draw?
Zed Poor People - September 15, 2011
08:16
the fight is now between mmd & pf.even kaundas sons who haul from bandaland province can see who is winning.i bet panji will advise his father to vote wise & not on a broken watch
joe ka jilly jilly - September 15, 2011
08:14
leave mmembe alone, viva pf
ffffffffffff - September 15, 2011
08:08
kk is used to this kind bahaviour of saying things and then refuting them later, he did the same kind of thing in 2005, when he said all zambians who didnt want the UDA, which was the aliance among UPND, UNIP and FDD to leave zambia at Anderson Mazoka’s funeral. ZNBC had to show a video recording showing the old kk saying the same thins he was refuting. so kk is just a coward, what is contained in that statement is the correct thing expected to come from a former head of state who is interested in the preservation of peace and unity of this country.
so you mmd vuvuzelas stop castigating mmembe he is just informing the nation of the happenings taking place in the country
Ngambela - September 15, 2011
08:06
I seem not to understand why PF supporters (a good portion) you fail to agree that you support Sata simply because he is bemba or is from Northen province. Be factual, it is your right to support your own. What is sad is that you have an issue when others support their own. Need not worry we shall soon be talking of dividing this country if Sata loses or wins this year’s election.
Zed Poor People - September 15, 2011
08:04
Gentlemen time to sober up and reason like educated people you claim to be. Dr.Kaunda says he was tricked,tricked that what? Mfula is waken up in the night to give a statement and says it is not Dr.Kaunda but in the morning story changes that he did ot know what he was signing. Gentlemen of all people Dr kaunda cant sign something he does not understand. Furthermore if he signed without knowing are we also saying he forged hus own signature when we say thats not how he signs? lets wake up gentlemen and fight for our rights.
dux - September 15, 2011
07:54
PF & Membrane are very desperate, the hour has come let us just go and vote do your PVT and concede defeat.
Judge Ngoma - September 15, 2011
07:22
#2 Peace to all sharom. who is suppose to get on with their lossing parties? The PF supporters who have lost 4 times or the MMD chaps that have been winning and are stillin power?
engines - September 15, 2011
07:19
First it was bradford and now kk! Come on people get a life Leave membe alone and concetrate on your loseing parties.VIVA POST VIVA SATA
Peace 2 all sharom - September 15, 2011
06:55