UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has stated that he is not afraid to challenge the PF government and President Michael Sata over governance issues.
Mr Hichilema said he was ready to be jailed for the sake of Zambians and vowed to speak out on several national issues affecting the country.
Speaking during a campaign rally in Kapiri Mposhi yesterday to drum up support for UPND candidate Lawrence Zimba in the 23rd April parliamentary by-election, Mr Hichilema charged that the PF lied to the people of Zambia during their campaigns in the run up to the 2011 general elections.
“I am not afraid to say that the PF lied during their campaigns in 2011… I repeat, I am not afraid… I used to be scared but after President Sata threw me in cells several times, I am not afraid. I am ready to go in cells even 200 times for the sake Zambians,” Mr Hichilema said.
And Mr Hichilema has claimed that the ruling PF wants to create a one party state by enticing opposition Members of Parliament (MP) to ditch their political parties and join the ruling party.
“Why are we having by-elections soon after another by-election? The PF are causing these unnecessary by-elections because they want to introduce a one party state . . . they want to introduce dictatorship… but we say no we don’t want . . . we do not want dictatorship we want democracy,” Mr Hichilema said.
Mr Hichilema has alleged that the PF government has no policy on agriculture.
He said the UPND will ensure that the challenges being faced in the agriculture sector were addressed.
[pullquote] I used to be scared but after President Sata threw me in cells several times, I am not afraid.[/pullquote]
“PF has no policy on agriculture. They have a poor agricultural marketing policy. I am speaking as a farmer and Mr Zimba is a farmer. You cannot be distributing fertiliser to farmers in January or February that is why we are having increased prices in mealie-meal… as UPND we want to correct the situation,” he said.
“The PF government has failed in many ways. There are no medicines in clinics and hospitals and yet all of the sudden they have found money to buy chitenge for campaigns,” Mr Hichilema said.
“Teachers have no accommodation, orphans are not going to school but they are busy flying in choppers. Let me tell you, the PF government has failed to run this country,” Mr Hichilema said.
And Mr Zimba said he had been frustrated by the PF during the time he served as an MP for Kapiri Mposhi.
Mr Zimba said he would continue with his developmental programmes in Kapiri Mposhi once he is re-elected on the UPND ticket.
ZANIS
Lie too chik ala maybe you might become a president after all.Still riding on a tribalism band wagon and you think walikwata amano.
Yes say something old man
maturity in politics will come when the opposition could provide health critics and Government willing to listen (by listening l don not mean always doing what others say immediately). But we should not insult Government becasue we are not in power. Only one person can be president at a time. And the president is for all including the oppositions. For this reasons all meaningful contributions from all the political parties aimed at improving the lives of Zambian should be welcome.
H.H. non of us the majority of Zambians wants you as our next president so please don’t bother about challenging the PF on election promise, we the majority don’t want to hear any your ranting.PF will continue ruling after end of Ba Satas 2nd term
PF was critisising the wrong things MMD was doing and they now are doing the same things. Which shows they were just jealous and used to admire.
Other merely campaigning, all the people in Kapiri Mposhi should be alert. No imported voters. No violence. Ballot boxes should be checked. All parties should have adequate number of agents who should have access to voting centres, counting and totalling centres. All forms of corruption should be captured on camera phones. Buying of voter cards should be stopped at any cost. no relief food donations. OP chaps should be identified and exposed on this platform.
H.H! LOL!
Still talking about campaign promises of 2011 really? all politicians are liers including you bwana HH.
HH why would u be jailed for an accusation like this.? Even u do lie so don’t come out holier than thou..if u are that clean then politics is not for u…why do u opposition leaders always cry foul during campaigns.? Your fellow Mumba is also crying is this your strategy.? All the best but am sure PF will again do u
HH you also lied when you suddenly decided that RB was not corrupt after screaming from the hilltops about his corruption! Fact of the matter is that politicians always sugarcoat whatever they do to gain votes and soon afterwards start showing their true colors. Politics are changing – a smart time is coming when we will throw you in jail for lying about your campaign promises! I am confident that time is at hand – so politicians watch out!!!
ALL OF YOU RANTING THAT YOU DO NOT WANT HH TO BE PRESIDEDNT YOU WILL BE SHCKED. HH IS A ZAMBIAN AND HE HAS THE RIGHT TO CONTEST FOR PRESIDENCE .WHO KNEW THAT THIS DUNDERHEAD OF A PRESIDENT SATA WITHOUT MORALS MANNERS AND WITHOUT INTELIGENCE AND KNOW HOW OF RUNNING THE COUNTRY WILL BE PRESIDENT. COME 2016 HH FOR PRESIDENT. WE WANT PEOPLE WHO KNOW ABOUT AGRICULTURE TO RUN THIS COUNTRY NOT BA SATA FROM MU CHINGA WHO HAS MESSED UP THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR.WHATA KNOWS IS TO PUT PEOPLE IN CELLS FOR FILMSY REASONS AND TAKING THIS COUNTRY BACK TO KKS ERA WE REFUSE THAT .
Loser — L L L L L L
Ba Mwisho, wake up! Stop dreaming. HH cant win elections wit his inconsistency on important issues. Today ati Rupiah is corrupt, tomorrow ati no, he’s not corrupt. Abantu balimumwenamo.
we all want HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH TWANAKA NEFIKOTE MU STATE HOUSE WITH NO PLANS.FYONSE FYALIBOLA
Taxpayers money is working. A lot of cadre comments on this thread. Funny that some cadre thinks PF should not be held accountable for the lies they told people in 2011. Dear sycophant be reminded that PF is destroying the country because of those same lies! Therefore it is okay to continue hammering them on the same till 2016! Welcome to Democracy 101 my dear Neo communists!
Whether you like it or not HH is the next president of the republic of Zambia. The majority has already decided. Remember, when i was telling you Sata was going to be the next president after Rupiah, some fools were saying sata will never be president of Zambia, so when i tell you that HH is the next president, some fools say HH will never be president, i dont know whether am dealing with the same people, or there is another bred of fools. Mark my words and learn something.
HH should have included South Africans as people he is ready to die for. Next they will himm let him hold a press conference there.
Nothing inspirational or new from the Tonga tribalist.
However, we are fed with old man telling lies to the nation. Sata has no new ideas of thinking to move forward the country except to be seen that he is dismantling the opposition parties in the country. Zambia is isolated internationally and no foreign head of states can come to Zambia with with the type of democracy of repression in the nation.
Mishima and PF Mutale, upon the living God, HH can never be President of Zambia. Nevers Sekwila Mumba stands a better chance than HH. That is just a Fact.
In the meantime, dream on, after all it’s free to dream!
VIVA HH WE LOVE U. THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE AGAINST YOU ARE REALLY TRIBALIST. YOU ARE NOT TRIBALIST. WE WILL VOTE FOR U BECAUSE U CAN MAKE A BRILLIANT PRESIDENT. NOT SATA
@#17 there is nothing this bemba tribalist is offering the people Zambia. the only people benefitng from his govt are the northeners so sata is the chief trbalist just like you who is accusing hh as a tribalist,if you were not a tribalist you would not have commented on hhs tribe. we want people who are level headed in state house not if welewele.hh .hh condemned the way rbs immunity was removed it was not right because they did not follow the normal procedure you pf cadres you cannot hold an intelligent discussion because you are so dull.tha is why kabimba ebarrssed us on bbc
is this tribalistic wagon ready to die for zambians? umutonga uyu….some terms better not be used. which Zambians are you referring to? aba tonga from southern or what?
IT IS SUCH DULLNESS WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY A LAUGHING STALK. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT AS LONG AS SATA IS THEIR TRIBESMEN THEY WILL SUPPORT HIM WITHOUT CRITICISM EVEN WHEN HE HAS FAILED TO PERFORM. LETS BE OBJECTIVE WHETHER ITS YOUR MOTHER WHO HAS NOT PERFORMED TO EXPECTATION, WE NEED TO CRITICISE FOR THE SAKE OF DEVELOPMENT. IF HE HAS FAILED, LETS AGREE AND SEEK FOR FRESH THINKERS. THIS ISSUE OF JUST SUPPORTING WITHOUT ANY SENSE OF ANALYSIS IS AN INDICATOR OF KAPONYA TYPE OF APPROACH TO ISSUES. OUR SHOOLS OF THOUGHTS AND AGUEMENTS SHOULD BE BASED ON FACTS AND NOT JUST YAPING.
..PF want one party state….creating bye elections..HH, what about the pertition you have made in Livingston would it not result in a by-election if you won your petition? I strongly believe this man will never be Republican President. I remember rich BY Mwila and his ZRP. The harder they come, the harder they fall. Down, down, down and further down goes his popularity, proven by election results. Anyway we need noise makers along the way. Thats the way we get by. How can one run 100m sprint for a long distance stretch and expect to win? They run out of steam. Going no where fast. Hehehehehe, auch!
HH you could have been running the Zambian Economy by this time. RB told you to be a vice president in charge of Finance, Development & Commerce. While the Late Kunda
(MHSRP), would have kept his Legal & Justice Ministries.
The fiight goes on..
CAGE SATA NOW!!
HH must come up with catchy slogans, that will really resonate with and galvanise the masses to vote him into state house. Long and winded eulogies about PF failures are boring and won’t get him anywhere. Hasn’t he learned from Sata? Tell the people what they want to hear in simple slogans. To dribble past sakala nyongo RB, Sata had to be creative with his ‘more money in your pockets within 90 days’. It worked.
don’t need be a rocket scientist to see that, hh will never be president, its like after a vasectomy, you keep telling your wife ati, soon il make you pregnant.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM IS OK. ACTUALLY THE PF NEED TO BE REMINDED OF THEIR CAMPAIGN PROMISES. IN FACT THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. HOWEVER THE WAY HH DOES IT SEEMS TO BE SHROUDED WITH ILL MOTIVES OF PULL HIM DOWN AND BITTERNESS. NO DOUBT SATA IS NOT PERFECT. BUT HE WHO IS PERFECT LET HIM CAST THE FIRST STONE AT SATA. YOU MAY BE SO ENGROSSED IN PICKING A PECK OF DUST IN SATAS EYE WHEN YOU HAVE A LOG IN YOURS. IT IS NOT JUST A YOUNG PRESIDENT THAT ZAMBINS ARE LOOKING FOR. WE LOOK FOR A PERSON WITH HUMILITY, WHO IS NOT TRIBAL. A MAN OF THE PEOPLE, WILLING TO WORK FOR THE PEOPLE.
H.H. you betrayed your self, by now you would have been vice president under PF if you had kept your pact with Ba Sata but you went greedy and wanted to be the president. Greediness and dirty heart has taken away the only chance that you had of ever becoming a Zambian president .don’t blame Ba Sata or Kabimba just blame your self ,you have chopped off your feet with your own cunningness .please be reminded sane Zambians will never vote you in for plot one. H.H. bootlickers keep day dreaming .
Foolish bloggers acnt dealk with the issue.
Did PF lie- Yes
Is PF raping our country -Yes
So why protecting these embeciles
PF is the worst gvt in the history of our country. PF has made Zambia a laughing stock on international stage. Thats why during PF’s tenure NO credible head of state ever visited the country.
Corruption is more rampant than in Chiluba’s time.Sad
we have a lot of i…diots on this site. when u talk of tribalism it means u are the tribalist. issues HH raised are cardinal, but imbeciles think its nonsense. no wonder our country is moving backwards instead of forward because imbeciles prefer to choose fellow imbeciles. oogh this country sucks
HH LYING IS PART OF THE GAME OF POLITICS.
READ WHAT ABOUT WHAT I PROMISED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ON WHEN I WOULD CLOSE GUANTANAMO DETENTION CAMP.
Nitalimezifela………….
it seams this site has been floaded by tuma standard two from patriotic f001s(pf).just like their felow standard two in state house,their arguments are so empty.one needs to be a f001 for them to understand.
@34 your name says it all. Why call others Std 2s? HH will toast the death of his opponents because he does not understand politics. We voted PF not because of the 90 days thing. We knew it is not possible to undo the 20 year damage the MMD had done. What we know and see is what the Problem Free are doing. Of course as human beings they cannot be 100% correct. They will have their faults. HH wants the PF to fail because that is what he thinks will make him president.
34 your name says it all. Why call others Std 2s? HH will toast the death of his opponents because he does not understand politics. We voted PF not because of the 90 days thing. We knew it is not possible to undo the 20 year damage the MMD had done. What we know and see is what the Problem Free are doing. Of course as human beings they cannot be 100% correct. They will have their faults. HH wants the PF to fail because that is what he thinks will make him president
34 your name says it all. Why call others Std 2s? HH will toast the death of his opponents because he does not understand politics. We voted PF not because of the 90 days thing. We knew it is not possible to undo the 20 year damage the MMD had done. What we know and see is what the Problem Free are doing. Of course as human beings they cannot be 100% correct. They will have their faults. HH wants the PF to fail because that is what he thinks will make him president
Always talking about the unfulfilled PF campaign promises. Tell us what you gonna do different. Always yapping about other people failures does not make you look good.
When are these by Elections going to stop. It seems everyone is in campaign mode all the time. As for HH, he blew his chance when he had the opportunity to merge with the PF. He remains a very bitter old man who will never be elected as president of the republic.
That hand in the picture reminds me of a class thief who used to steal our pencils and rubbers. Please change your symbol.
Always praising yourselves with wisdom and intelligence .Liars!Upnd, u must b that provebial lciwelewele,icisushi ,icipuba,icinangwa of the Bible WHO THINKS HE IS WISE IN HIS OWN EYES KANSHI HE IS A BIG FOOL. BRING YO HH WE TEACH HIM POLITICS.
Any way, HH prepare to petition this one also because you will lose both in Kapiri and Lukulu and your watchdog will be crying foul again. They are more propagandists than Post Newspaper was to Ala Bee.
HH and our brother Mumba can’t come up with their own strategy sad indeed.Sata politically is far much ahead of them. look he has come up with new ideas he will surely leave a mark If I may ask what mark has RB left to be remembered ? As for our president he has created new districts ,rebate of our currency, linking Zambia with that 8000 road net work, very soon there will a good stadium in MONGU and a new University in Chinsali . Come on you blind lads ,let us salute our president.I don’t live in Zambia but I can see development coming
Believe me. 2016 will be a year of reckoning. Zambians are fed up of these lying non performers. All tribes should vote against these banyamulenges who only know corruption and supporting each other even when their leaders are stupid. After that we will make Zambia a federal state, so that such foolishness never repeats itself. If they think Sata is better than HH, then let him govern them. We want progress. HH is the man for some of us. He will shame these Bemba critics by being the only founding father who loves this country so much and bring development to Zambia. Tanaka na fi kelenka.
show us current pictures of hh campaigns in kapiri pliz osati va kudala
Is RB corrupt or not. Let us listen in to your 2011 campaigns. And today?
tired of this dirty game almight God have your way.
The People in UPND, after Mazoka died, they said they want a Tonga to be a president of the Party… that is how come many People left UPND. Sakwiba Sikota was the one who was supposed to be a President of UPND because he was Vice President under Mazoka.
That is how come Other people else where say UPND is a Tribal Party…. After H.H left the Pact many more People left UPND…. as long as there is an element of tribalisim UPND will not go any where…. Zambians have intermarried, they are not tribalists. People who dodo Politics are the ones who talk of Tribalism. Not all notherners are Bembas. not all CoCopperbelt people are Lambas not all Southeners are Tongas. We are all Zambians.
Which lies are my brother HH talking about? Your bitterness has blinded you to such an extent that you and your followers cannot see what PF is doing to fulfil their promises! PF is only a year and a half in office but already we can see the light at the end of the tannel! A year or two from now, PF will be a dear to all positive thinking Zambians!!!!! Watch the space!!!!!!
Give a homeless one you in your house, he will take all the rooms!
one room.
Am a layman in politics but I can assess the situation and read peoples mind and understand . When you look at Hikaindes stance it seems this man lacks advisers who perhaps are just interested to drain his pocket or perhaps Hikainde is just arrogant and does not listen to what others say. First of all he must put himself as a liar before telling others liars because has lied a lot and if wise enough he must apologize to the Zambians. He is a type of a person who cannot inter-prate Zambians minds in what to say to convince them why should vote for him and his party.
Hikainde is talking about poor PF governance but where did he govern and what polices was he applying.
Concerned Citizen
Paul P. C.
Orapa – Botswana
my president… cant wait for 2016 or is it next year considering ukwa’s health
@ Malikopo: Which majority are you talking about? What is the source of your statistics? Just speak for yourself. Majority is a fallacy! Just look at the last general elections. Is 42% majority? If this is true then we are in for a rude shock!
@ Paul Poda Chisulo even yourself you are a liar. Surely do you need to govern before you call others liars? hey PF promised 15 bags of fertilizer instead gave two. Is this not a lie? Fertilizer arrived in the country in January. Is this not poor planning? just enjoy the good planning of the Tswana Government and stop pretending that you understand issues on the Ground. Tell us what HH should say in order to please Zambians. PF lied its way into Government and that is a fact that will never be erased. You may like it or not but PF is ruling on Lies. They are simply liars.
Country of haters trying very hard to turn bread basket provinces into basket cases, You will always remain behind and poor due to your blind support of non-inclusive politics composed of voting on tribal lines. Only a few of your so called relations are benefitting from your uneducated voting patterns. Even your so called relations that you spring to power not on merit but stupid balloting have no mercy on you. You deserve each other. I am sure most of you will fail to decipher this message for lack of understanding.
Look at your streets! Lumumba road is a dump! dirty buggers. How do you live like that? Why is it that dirty people don’t fall Ill? For the need to stay in power you encourage the so called ‘kaponyas’ who lack any form of education to influence national development policies. Donchi kubeba markets! Donchi kubeba my foot. Get them off the streets and give them an education for God’s sake that way they will be better informed and vote on merit the next time around.