CHIEF Government spokesperson Kennedy Sakeni says United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema is endangering the youth by inciting them into riotous acts.
Mr Sakeni said this in reference to last Thursday’s incident in which police teargased UPND cadres who had escorted Mr Hichilema to Lusaka Central Police for questioning.
He said in most instances innocent young people are left to languish in hospital and police cells while Mr Hichilema is in the comfort of his house.
“Mr Hichilema’s recent conduct is just a repeat of the many instances when he has mobilised innocent young people, caused them to break the law, and then abandoned them to bear the consequences of his actions while he retreats to the comfort of his Kabulonga residence,” he said.
“And when the barest minimum of courage demands, Mr Hichilema even grows cold feet and fails to appear for a mere interview at the police station.
“Young people must now be wary of being used by Mr Hichilema, who cannot even be there to protect them when he makes them break the law. To him they are just human shields he uses to protect himself from the full wrath of his cowardly acts,” he said.
Mr Sakeni, who is the Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services, said it is about time Zambian youths realised who Mr Hichilema really is and reject his tendency of using them as shields for his cowardly acts.
Mr Sakeni said young people should realise that a leader should always protect them and his actions must always be in their interest.
He said these are the qualities that make President Sata “light years” ahead of Mr Hichilema in terms of leadership.
“Even when he was in opposition, President Sata ensured that his supporters, particularly young people, did not use their political grievances to damage property or commit any acts of lawlessness.
We therefore wish to advise our young people to avoid being used by a cowardly ‘General’ who cannot stand the battlefront of his worthless wars, which are born out of bitterness and frustration as a result of his declining political fortunes and growing insignificance in the political life of the country,” Mr Sakeni said.
He said on several occasions, President Sata restrained his supporters from any violent means of resolving concerns, qualities, he said, Mr Hichilema would never possess.
He said Mr Hichilema was a secret admirer of President Sata’s political tactic and strategy.
“But being a bad student that he always has been, he is doing it the illegal way in different circumstances from those that prevailed when President Sata was in opposition. Let him know that there can only be one Michael Chilufya Sata!” Mr Sakeni said.
[Zambia Daily mail]
unruly and unprofessional police, in this day and era, still acting like police for the colonial masters. upgrade your facilities, why are you wasting time and resources calling HH to answer foolish questions, investigate who is killing and raping these girls in lusaka. Are you zambia police or political police. as for the minister…. SHUT UP!
Why did Sata choose this buffon of all people to be a govt spokesman? He is an embarrasement to my country. The nman looks like a chimpanzee and thinks like a mosquito.
1+1=2
Typical bemba ***** and illiterate
Let hh be come calm and respect himself,to become a presindent.Don’t use students to support you.Time for you is still there to become a presindent.support the presindent of the day,dont frusrtrate him.
There is no need to frustrate him. No sense of direction, no sense of purpose
Well said about this baboon by the two bloggers. Tomorrow is battle front for sure. Watch this space
You have declared unprovoked war against the state, so brace yourselves, be brave and cease to complain when battered.
Don’t say you were not warned timely.
This guy looks like a monkey. Where did they find him? He seems to have no brains
I am made to think that this guy is wearing a mutton cloth on his chin. Are there any guys out there who think to the contrary. I don’t think so. So even what comes out of this man’s mouth can never be trusted. I rest my case!
But doti too much.
surely what is there to admire about H.E. Pres Sata. A bag full of broken promises! A country full of confusion!
As far Sakeni is concerned, the PF violent thugs are angels, but peaceful UPND and MMD youths are not expected to raise complaints against the Police brutality, and therefore they are worth condemning at all costs.
Sakeni is Very Dull.
Sakeni, please just go to Sata’s village and eat monkey stew with him. This beef from Zambeef and HH’s farms that you are chewing in Lusaka has totally intoxicated you and scrambled your little brains… Nothing sensible has come out of your mouth since you became a shu shu shu in Kaunda’s days!
Indoti ba Sakeni! Iyoo kwena tuletekwa.
YOU ARE SPOT-ON Mr MINISTER. THE YOUNG MAN IS A HORRIBLE COWARD WHO NEEDS CHILD-SHIELDS ALL TIME. HE IS ABUSING THOSE CHILDREN.
HH stop using tear gas against innocent children
Zambia has all the characteristics of a failed State.
In a failed State, the police and the judiciary serve the interests of the President and the Party in power, and not the interest of the nation. In a failed State all key institutions are run by the President`s cronies and not professionals. That is the situation in Zambia right now. Very unfortunate!
That is true about the behaviour of Mr. Hichilema. He is not being helpful to his followers. Why cause them injuries? Don’t lead your followers into trouble badala. That picture of Sakeni was taken before elections. It is an old one. He stopped shaving until the defeat of MMD because he was so pissed off.
Please HH, refrain from using batton and tear gas. That is only alloved to be used by police in their offices. Democracy at work
WHO IS THIS UGLY MINISTER WHO LOOKS LIKE A DEAD MONKEY ? CAN THERE BE SOMETHING SUBSTANCE THAT CAN COME FROM ROTTEN MONKEY’ S MOUTH ? WHAT A MONKEYLIKE MONISTER ZAMBIA HAVE SERVING AS MINISTER IN THE PF CNP GOVERNMENT.
BUT if there is a chhikalah who has realy disappointed me it`s not even mmembe ni aka akabwa ka anthony mukwita.he has brought this daily tissue down to even bwezani left it.
let peace prevail upon the nation
Experience at work?
The Police are acting on GBM instructions. This Sakeni, his dirty appearance is the way his brains thinks????? sata also thrived on showing shortly banione banione…… even in Church he wanted to enter when everyone has entered so that everyone sees him, remember even during the Interparty meetings he wanted to always cause a stir. Chanda Chimba warned us but we did NOT listen.
This man is very ugly. Is he even married? They should not be showing hios picture. Just report about what he says.