Get a copy of the PF manifesto

By Chali Mulenga

THE government says it will not tolerate civil servants that are engaging in active politics as they are frustrating government programmes and the Patriotic Front (PF) has directed all government
departments in the country to ensure that they have a copy of the their party manifesto.
Southern Province Obvious Mwaliteta has said that his office has received reports that they are civil servants that want to participate in active politics.

He was speaking in Livingstone when the Patriotic Front (PF) Secretary General, Wynter Kabimba paid a courtesy call on him at his office in Livingstone, he said that theses same civil servants want to even contest the parliamentary seat in the province.

Mr Mwaliteta said the even PF government would not allow this kind of conduct and urged
them to step down.

“A lot of these same civil servants are frustrating the efforts of the Government and the best they can do is to resign their positions,” he said.

Mr Mwaliteta said that if they did not resign then his office would take action against them as it was aware of them as it had list of names.

He said the government is doing a lot of things and that it is determined to fight poverty.

Mr Mwaliteta said the government is implementing the decentralization policy by creating new districts.

He said that the ghost town of Pemba will now be valuable to the province.

The minister said the party is fulfilling the promises that it made to the people and wondered why the opposition and the church was questioning whether the party was implementing the promises it had made to the people.
“I wonder why the opposition political parties and has been urging the government to deliver on its promises,” he said

He said the PF government has the made date to fight poverty amongst the people.

And Mr Kabimba said the ministers and other government officials in the country should have the PF party manifesto so that the Government programmes that are implement are in line with the party’s manifestos.
“Each government department should have a copy of the manifesto so that Government programmes should be line with the party’s manifesto and refer to it when they have a copy in their offices, so that they area doubting,” he said.
He said so that there is no doubt what should govern this country.

The Secretary General said it is his responsibility to go round the country and ensure that the party is kept alive and strong.

“We need to keep the party alive and strong as this is the responsibility of the party members,” he said.

He said there is need to grow the party so that it can be stronger than it was yesterday and that is what the party’s survival depends on.

The Secretary General said the survival of the party depends on the programmes that it would implement.

He said the party is regarded as the engine of the social development and the party has been given the mandate by the people of Zambia to govern the country.

Mr Kabimba called for unity in the party and also urged members to be disciplined.
The Secretary General urged the people in the country to support President Michael Sata as he was the major task of ruling this country.
He said the party would support the programmes that the government is doing in the province so that the people that are under privileged are helped.

“The party will be measure in the way it has uplifted the livings standards of the poor,” he said.
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