Exiled Rwandan politician shot dead in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG - A Rwandan opposition politician living in exile in South Africa has been shot dead.
Reports say Seif Bamporiki was killed while delivering furniture to a client on Sunday afternoon in Cape Town. It is not clear whether the murder was politically motivated. - BBC. __________________________
I AM not only psychologically ready but also have the capacity to adequately represent Matero Constituency which is vast, Lusaka lawyer, Dickson Jere has said.
And Mr Jere has promised to lobby Government so that the dilapidated Zingalume Road in Matero could be worked on without delay.
In an interview, Mr Jere said he had been unveiled by the Matero Constituency PF executive as one of the aspiring candidates for the parliamentary seat in the August general elections.
He said he was the right person for the constituency because he was the only aspiring candidate who could point at a number of things he has done in all the five wards. “My campaign won’t be, who Dickson Jere is. My campaign will be nchito za manja zanga. When I go to Katambalala (Market), I will be playing music and dancing because there will be nothing else to say because my works will be speaking there,” Mr Jere said. Mr Jere said he was a new bleed of a politician, who believed in action and not mere political rhetoric and appealed for support from the residents of Matero.
He urged the electorates not to experiment with leadership this time around but vote for tested leadership.
Mr Jere said in him, the residents of Matero constituency have somebody who is tried and tested to be their representative.
“I tell people that there are three things that you need to ask yourself when you are putting yourself up to be a Member of Parliament. One, are you psychologically ready to take up this battle? Matero is one of the biggest constituencies in the entire country and it is not a joke to be its representative. It is huge. So for one to say I want to be a leader of Matero, you need to have the capacity to deal with this big constituency. And I am ready.