Emmanuel Mwamba has taken up his appointment as Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa consequently counting himself out of the forthcoming Kasama Central by-election where he was an emerging front runner on the Patriotic Front ticket.
Mwamba, a former spokesperson for second Republican president, has issued a lengthy statement detailing events of his association with President Edgar Lungu’s government, how he was shuffled from Malaysia to South Africa, and also addressed reports online media reports as well as explained his position on the Kasama Central seat.
The Evelyn Hone journalism product states, “Shortly after the January 2015 Presidential By-Election, President Edgar Lungu appointed me as Zambia’s High Commissioner to Malaysia.
“I promptly accepted my appointment and proceeded to start a 5-week Diplomatic Course. Many colleagues, some senior members of the party and ministers, and many of our supporters and well-wishers called me to express disquiet proposing that I go back to President Lungu and attempt to persuade him that I be given a local position because they felt that I was probably more useful in the country.
“My views were however consistent. ‘All appointments come from God. It is God who appoints, promotes, and establishes us’. I insisted that President Edgar Lungu was gracious enough to choose me among many deserving colleagues, patriots and many hard working workers of the party to afford me this opportunity and it was wise that I promptly accepted and took up the position as given,” he says.
Mwamba says he is always guided by Jeremiah 29:11 which reads; “For I know the plans I have for you, plans NOT to harm you, but to prosper you and to give you hope and a future.”
He says following the PF Media, Publicity&Strategic Committee’s report on the postmortem and review of the January 2015 Presidential By-Election which was submitted President Edgar Lungu, a transfer was effected in his favour to go to South Africa.
“I thanked him for the honour and trust he had shown in me and in my capability to undertake such a senior assignment. Because of this transfer (from Malaysia to South Africa) and many other factors that have been beyond my control, the time and period to take up my appointment was delayed. Unfortunately and because of this I was a subject of numerous speculations and malicious innuendoes by online media and social media blogs,” Mwamba complains.
He says despite being privy to exact and correct information about his delay, he chose to remain quiet and suffered the humiliating but false reports.
Mwamba says the Kasama by-election had come earlier than he had anticipated.
“My reflections were that GBM would attempt to lock the seat in the courts of law until probably 2016. I told myself that I would take my appointment in South Africa and come and consider running for the seat whenever it was declared vacant.
“However, the seat has suddenly become vacant following the decision by GBM to accept the position of Vice-President (Administration) in the UPND. Following this development the seat became vacant probably faster than we had all anticipated,” he says.
Mwamba says he had to make a decision on whether to stand or not consulting among others Paramount Chief Chitimukulu Kanyanta Manga II and various members of the party and senior officials and colleagues.
“After wide consultation, I have chosen to honour the appointment given to me by President Edgar Lungu and carry out my duties as expected with due diligence and commitment as I have displayed in the past, when I have been given such an opportunity. I also pledge to support which ever candidate the party will choose to be our candidate for Kasama Central,” he says.
Mwamba has since urged the PF candidate to emerge out of Kasama to take up the serious development issues and needs affecting Kasama Central and the country.
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