There was drama at the MUVI Television studios on Sunday when MMD faction leader Nevers Mumba accused the producers of the popular live talk show, The Assignment, of scheming to embarrass him.
Dr Mumba was incensed when his former spokesperson and now national secretary of the rival MMD faction Raphael Nakacinda called in via video call to challenge his claims regarding the leadership of the former ruling party.
The former Republican Vice President, who was featuring on Muvi TV as MMD president, refused to take part in any discussion with Nakacinda, saying the latter was not his equal.
He told the producers that he would engage the leader of a rival faction Felix Mutati because he had a claim to his position.
“If he is national secretary let him talk to his equal number. If Mutati comes, I will stop here and talk to him because he claims to have my position.
Master Chimbala then asked: “But Doc if ten people are all claiming to be what they are not how then do you acknowledge the status that is higher when they are all declared illegal and illegitimate?”
To which the visibly disturbed Dr Mumba responded: “No, I’m saying to you that if president Mutati comes right now and sits where he (Nakacinda) is seated, we will have the discussion. Right now you are making me talk to somebody who I have no business talking to.”
Dr Mumba later tried to force entry to the production studio of the TV station where he accused the producers of the program of hiding Nakacinda.
“I know you planned this so that you can embarrass me. I should have been told that I was featuring with somebody. This was a scheme to embarrass me. This is wrong and you know it,” fumed Dr Mumba as he stormed out of the studios
He is reported to have threatened to go to Prime Television to expose Muvi Tv on What he claimed was a scheme to destroy his argument against the Felix Mutati and Nakacinda-led MMD faction.
Dr Mumba waited for over 30 minutes so that he could prove if indeed Nakacinda was not right at the studios as well.
One would wonder why Dr Mumba opted to chicken out of featuring on the same platform with the people he claims stole the party from him instead of taking advantage of the opportunity to bury the never-ending debate of the MMD leadership.
On the other hand Nakacinda courageously called in to confront his former president so as to prove once and for all to the Zambian people who the true office bearers of the once vibrant party are.
Nakacinda calmly produced evidence to prove that the convention was legal as per constitutional requirement of the party and produced the ruling from the High Court which threw out the injunction petition against the holding of the convention.
It would seem that Dr Mumba is trading on an ever thinning ice as his arguments are not backed by any evidence and documentation to support his claims that Felix Mutati and his NEC stole the party from him.
Throughout the rest of the program Dr Mumba who was hit off balance by the online video call from Nakacinda, went on to utter wild aspersions about his popularity even when ironically Dr Mumba only managed to gunner 15,000 votes ridding on a party which has structures in all corners of the country
Based on the lack of evidence and documentation from Dr Mumba, the incidence on Sunday at Muvi TV seems to conclusively settle the debate on who the legitimate leadership of the party are and these are the Felix Mutati led leadership.
So now you can fiture on assignment on phone? These tv stations. Why not bring both on board if you wanted them to discuss. Anyway this is drama
Kikiki ati nackachinda calmly proved evidence … on a phone bane. what kind of reporting is this?????
Ba Zambian eye, who wrote the shit I just read? PF?