United Progressive People (UPP) Party Secretary General Mbaita Musendeka has resigned from her position, barely two months after the opposition party spokesperson Kizito Mukuka also quit.
In her resignation letter to the UPP WhatsApp group yesterday, Musendeka said she had come to the realisation that her dreams while working in the opposition political party were mere hallucinations.
“On a sad note I left the UPP which is the only place I knew to be my home as far as politics are concerned. It’s so sad that the dreams which I had were just mere hallucinations. I thought I was going to be part of this fight of corruption to the end but I didn’t know that strangers would be given so much power to spoil the whole thing,” Musendeka wrote.
She warned that if those who have remained in the party continued pushing her, she would spill the beans.
“We all talk about corruption, injustice but the facts that led to my resignation compels me to remember this saying ‘when you point a finger at someone, three are actually pointing at yourself and you could be three times worse’. I was disrespected in the presence of many people as I handed over the notes today and I was given no room to explain my side. when I tried, he (Chishimba) became furious and left. If it happened like that to me then surely it can happen to any other. If a leader has a stiff backbone it becomes very dangerous. A lot has been said about me but if it continues I will spill the rotten beans,” Musendeka warned.
She complained that she sacrificed her personal resources to help the party grow.
“I have had to use my own resources to be at the [party] secretariat almost every day, seldom have I received assistance from the party and such has not been that which can sustain me even for a week. The highest amount I ever received was what was called an appreciation after the party president was released from woodlands police. I did not [even] use the entire amount because two days later, there was a TV program at CBC and I had to use part of the same money on the expenses because I was told to do so,” Musendeka complained.
She wished Chishimba and others well.
“…With a lot of improvement, Dr saviour Chishimba can be a good leader. I wish the UPP family all the best in their quest. I also wish to make it clear that I have not just resigned as SG but from the party as well.”
Musendeka also told this reporter that she might join another political party anytime.
“I already have too many olive branches extended but I just don’t want to rush. I am not out of politics,” said Musendeka.
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All parties are the same.That is why CK was ejected from his birth party ,for speaking the truth in their meetings
Alfred, this is fake news !
Do not believe what these guys print.
Mukuka did not quit, he was fired . The reason was he was part of the crew who plottted DR’s arrest .
Then, this SG had been looting the party resources . The president announced 2-3 weeks ago that there would be a new fund raising committee and that she should hand over the info to the new appointee.
She panicked and went silent for like a week .
Then before the meeting yesterday afternoon , she issued a statement to the media the night before saying what she said , defending her self before she was even accused of Anything and resigning on that platform.
In the Meeting yesterday , she was late and came in ready to fight. The president asked her for the receipts . She only presented one .
The president asked her for receipts not a receipt because she was in charge of buying items for the party and registration of new member cards.
The president /DR told her that she needed to hand over the info to the person who will take on that role because ideally that is not the role of the SG but she took it like it was her role and decided to quit !
On persistent request for the receipts she failed to present any and only presented one!
She fears that we will report her to the police and so is creating a notion like she has some incriminating info that would hurt the party but she has nothing.
She is jealous of the new appointee and had been looting all this long . Even when there were people in the office to be sent on errands she always insisted on doing it herself .
Infact , she was refusing to hand over to the new Acting SG and was insisting on handing over to the president .
At this she was reminded that the offices are different and that the president can not be handling the party finances, that’s what officer bearers are there for .
Ethical and responsible journalist verify the facts before press time .
This is the second fake news story these guys have son on UPP.
The other one was that he was defending ECL wealth. When DR called the editor to ask why they did that , he said it was a connection to the statement the information minister made that he was not poor.
Dr said but that’s not what you called me for , you asked me about something else and told you his wealth was not as it is now abs he needs to explain … where was I defending him.
The editor began to get aggressive on the phone shouting coz he did not want to retract the story .
Roka, readcmt comment above and on this news channels Facebook page .