United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has told President Michael Sata to stop bullying and tormenting the Bemba speaking people who have willingly chosen their own Paramount Chief Chitimukulu using their traditional council.
In a statement released to the media today, the UPND Leader said that UPND is fully aware that there are no disputes regarding the choice of Henry Kanyanta Sosala as the new Paramount Chief Chitimukulu of the Bemba speaking people and government must never interfere in the people’s choice.
Below is the full statement
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
For Immediate Release
Hakainde Hichilema
The PF and the Chitimukulu
The PF government continued overstepping and interference into traditional leadership of the country must stop forthwith.
The case in point is where President Michael Sata and his PF administration have continued to bully and torment the Bemba speaking people who have willingly chosen their own Paramount Chief Chitimukulu using their traditional council.
As UPND, we are fully aware that there are no disputes regarding the choice of Henry Kanyanta Sosala as the new Paramount Chief Chitimukulu of the Bemba speaking people and government must never interfere in the people’s choice.
We in UPND want to recognize Mr. Sosala as the duly chosen Paramount Chief Chitimukulu and must be allowed to settle and serve his people and the people of Zambia.
The UPND stance on such issues is that we will respect the choices and processes of various traditional leadership as the law clearly states, unless there is an impasse within the family, which can also still be resolved through courts of law.
As UPND, we believe this is a totally none political and straight forward matter, which the PF and Mr. Sata are just being dictatorial about, just like they do with other issues of national importance.
Hakainde Hichilema
UPND President
There goes our attention seeker again ! Always jumping at whatever opportunity to have his pathetic voice heard.Opportunists will never cease to amaze me ! Smh
@sailoso
you seem to be the one who is an opportunist jumping at every mention of HH. stop projecting your hate each time HH says something. respond with valid points why you think he should have put it differently. the point is straight forward, Sata stop meddling in traditional affairs of ba shilubemba. but an 1diot sees something else
Apparently in his deluded mind he thinks the grass is always greener on his side.Oh i get it,for someone to make it in politics he or she must try to pretend to know it all.And stop using my chief for your cheap propaganda.We all know you will never rule Zambia.How pathetic.
Its not attention seeker ,this is a national matter that threatens the peace and security of all Zambians,as u claimed to be a ganja smoker,u know the song,”u give them a mile they take 2 miles”if pf govt is not stopped on chitimukulu saga what will prevent them to degazett other chiefs like,mukuni,kanongesha,undi and others.
The pedestrian politician’s insatiable appetite to make political capital out of anything is what has driven the once vibrant and thriving UPND into the ground… into political quagmire and abyss.
There are laid down rules and procedure in any succession process of any traditional establishment that must be followed.
Refrain from bringing your tribal, corrupt and selfish accession to UPND leadership as a new and standard paradigm to power.
Leave the bembas alone they are much smarter and capable of resolving these issues without your unsolicited, uncouth and contemptuous advice.
An attention seeker indeed.For him the opposite of whatever PF does is the best.If PF decided to urinate him he can decide to take a crap instead because it is the opposite.Cheap politics.
HH AND HIS ATTENTION-SEEKING SCHEMES. MAN LEAVE THAT ISSUE TO THE MINISTRY OF CHIEFS AND FIMO FIMO. IT’S THEIR JOB TO SORT OUT AND NOT YOU, MAN. YOU FACKEDUP YOUR CHANCES TO BECOME PRESIDENT TWO YEARS AGO.
@Gen @Saulosi
It seems you are novices in the game of politics. To be an effective political figure you have to jump at any single opportunity that comes your way as long it makes sense to the electorates. But you have to be reasonable of course. And HH is 1000 times more sane and reasonable than Sata and you lot.
He has every right to add his voice against mad Sata’ s injustices to fellow Zambians. If I have the right to comment on the Chitimukulu issue, why shouldn’t HH do the same.
If you PF minions have been barred from commenting on this issue by your leader, then don’t transfer aggression to us who feel absolutely free to support our brothers in Lubemba against Sata’s oppressive tendancies.
Try for once to be realistic in your reasoning and thinking.
Viva HH…
He can continue his opportunist ways but one thing is for sure,takatekepo.
Evidence is slowly emerging that Sata endorsed the illegal allocation and issuing of plots in Kitwe and Chingola. When MMD carried out the same operation Sata even made the chingola mayor to apologise and assured the same residents whose houses are being demolished now that when PF takes over they will be no house demolitions.
Now based on this, who is more reasonable between populist Sata and pragmatic HH?
Sata without politics he can not survive, and this is a fact. He almost went bust if it wasn’t for GBM who lifted his ass and Mwanawasa air lifting him for treatment. I doubt if Sata can save nevers Mumba ‘s life by air lifting him to SA. HH does not need SATA’S help because his medical insurance can air lift to any destination in the world.
Only UPNd and HH will retsore…
@Saulosi; If this is all about attention seeking, then HH is doing a good job of it. However, the core of the matter is the a govt should not interfere with traditional matterS where it is not warranted to do so. In this case the Paramount Chief in question should be allowed to enjoy being one as his people have picked him in the best way they know how, as they have done so for over a hundred years now.
you are also an attention seeker just like everyone else.
everyone whats to be head, I don’t think that is a problem
@ en
UPND is on the rise and on fire. Thats why sata sends his thugs to attack HH where ever he goes to talk to people because he knows that HH is now a crowd puller.
Sata hoped UPND to be finished once Mazoka was no more. I commend the people who thought it wise to replace Mazoka with HH.
I doubt if UPND would have been vibrant if Schinga or Sakwiba had taken over. These two chaps are broke. They would not have managed to single handedly nurture UPND back to life.
Sakwiba also thanks HH for having taken over the party ,thats why he fights tooth and nail to defend HH against Sata’s tyranny.
Sichinga would have auctioned the party to PF. to form UPND-PF.
Viva HH, viva UPND. Hate him like him 2016 he going to plot 1 to restore Zambia ‘s lost fortunes.
Ha ha ha very interesting comments.I like it when you keep it civil like this.Keep it up.
Where is HH’s wife kanshi! She needs to check her man! He is wayward and an embarrassment. She’s probably withholding affections, hence this behavior.
Bakalamba are you being paid by PF. What is their for HH to gain? He has a duty as a president of a political Party to voice his concern. Your Sata was talking why should HH not talk.
@Saulosi, Gen and other PF minions.
And so for a bowl of porridge, you have sold your birth right or indeed want to auction the birth right of the Bemba speaking people! In law, we say there is a cause of action for any citizen to add their voice of reason. And you Saulosi, are you just paid to jump at any story as first commentator and/or perpetual commentator? Shaa!!
Now this is what I call presidential material! Am officially applying for the VP sit HH !
I Know SATA Too Well, He Can’t Lose Elections to HH, Confesses Mweetwa !!!
“We can’t win the 2016 elections no matter how much money we shall put in the campaigns because Michael Sata is still a darling of the people” says Cornelius Mweetwa.
Mweetwa the UPND mouthpiece told his confidants that “no matter how much money UPND would put in the campaigns, UPND would still lose because President Sata continues to command a lot of followership among Zambians.”
According to the source, Mweetwa has advised some of his confidants to make sound decisions before 2016 because, they will serve in the opposition until the end of the world.
This has become another Mushota. He has stopped making sense.
I just wish Sata died when he had a heart attack when in opposition. I wonder why the late LPM (MHSRIP) saved Sata’s a$$. This man is not only a danger to Zambia, but to himself as well.
@MM Le
well at least sata is an a$$ which is a useful and integral part of all living creatures as it is retained once used, while your HH is the actual sh!t expelled and flushed down the toilet or dumped into the pit-latrine and spitted upon
Is Sata alive mwebantu? The man I saw swearing in a Mbuzi was a shell of himself. He needs to be evacuated asap otherwise mwebena Zambia mukalalosha nombaline. All those pf supporters eg Sau, Gen, Peter etc mukafilwa nokulosha…mukalwala polomya yekayeka.
You are the reason, PF is viewed as a bunch of retards. You have no ability to put up a civil debate, except insults.
Iam Happy that saulosi yu have admitted that yu are a Bemba today.I was wondering why yu hate HH so much.So hate the man just because he stop full stop.God forbid,Iam praying God Jehova will soon show yu a vision like he did to saul who later became Paul in the bible,so that yu become the greatest crusader and campaigner for HH.My br saulos yu will not eat HH,but his policies and his economic development.Yu and yo children will have there freedom and pride as Zambians in country rich and beautifull.Alow him to show yu how to create wealth and hunting Ba kolwe and fingubala.
I am inclined to believe Paramount Chief Chitimukulu is chief of the Bemba and NOT necessarily the Bemba speaking people. I guess there is a difference.
Very correct Saulosi! He really needs attention but what he is forgetting is that the President is not a mad person who can just wake up and say this is not supposed to be a chief. Aitaya like the flop rally he had in mandevu.
Ba Mighty Shansa i was their it was packed mulechimona
@MIGHTY SHANSHA
“…the President is not a mad person ..”
You almost cracked ribs. You don’t need to be a head headshrinker to see that Mr. Sata isn’t normal at all. He is a raving maniac, insane.
@Wantashi
You cracked my ribs bro. Ati ” You don’t need to be a headshrinker to see that Mr. Sata isn’t normal at all” lol.
You are the reason, PF is viewed as a bunch of retards. You have no ability to put up a civil debate, except insults
Saulosi shut up for goodness sake.
Never mind him. He is Mushota number two. Very soon he will overtake Mushota in terms of stupidity.
saulosi you never cease to a amaze me; you must really hate HH to the bones because you distaste and dispise whatever comes from HH’s mouth.
Exactly @Sara. This Saulosi homo sapien (if he indeed is one) would oppose HH even if say HH was campaigning for Zambia’s debt relief. Saulosi’s DNA is programmed to virtually oppose anything the HH says, good or bad. Saulosi’s DNA needs to be genetically modified to tone down.
@Mfumu, the same way Saulosi’s DNA is programmed to oppose anything that HH does is the same way HH’s DNA is programmed to opposed whatever Sata and PF do even if it is good. They are both St,upid people!
Genetically Modified hh what you seem to forget is that HH and Sata are two worlds apart. HH is a wise thinker who thinks for the good of the whole country (PF included) while your Sata’s capacity to reason just stops at PF and its cadres.
@mighty..or whatever .the cadreism mentality of PF is welded in your blood and it seems nothing can be done to cure it.
The problem we have is we don’t have many options in the opposition.This Hyena Hyena is just a loser and attention seeker,Elias Chipuma also has no proper agenda.Pastor Mumbwe is only fit for the pulpit.George Chombo must just be an English lecturer.We are in trouble.
@coolio or is it poolio, You are a kind who will feed Sata’s shi$ if he told you to do so. Shame on you, and I pity you.
Saulosi and mighty Shansha you sound like troubled people and I guess you are some of the brainless cadres that were sent to foreign mission by Charles Mwango.Your failure to comprehend even basic issues makes me say that and I guess am right.
SATA IS JUST AN ***** FORMER POLICE OFFICER WHOM PEOPLE HAVE MISTAKENLY GIVEN HIM POWER THAT HE CAN ABUSE,BUT HIS TIME IS COMING TO DANCE TO PELETE.HE WILL BE LUCK WHEN HE DIES
Ba HH, just keep away from this battle. Apparently the Bembas are quiet and happy about it so it would seem otherwise they would have sent a strong message to HE.
Maybe they are too afraid to take on the man seeing as most of their ilk and kin are beneficiaries of lofty GRZ positions and business contracts.
Iwe Chongololo, this is not a matter for you, as you seem to luck wisdom. A chongololo is somebody who is childish, if I recall UNZA colloquial. Why would Bemba’s be happy that they are being humiliated and their traditions rulership desecrated?
Bembas are livid with Sata and this you will see in the voting patterns, especially of royalty- Abena Ng’andu, who are not a small clan!
Hate or Love Him HH is the man … HH 2016 am in .
@Coolio tamumfwa bakalamba Ati Ba George must be an English lecturer ka? Nice one- Bena ba ma bombastic yeka yeka… ati “am going to prison with gusto”
NDELOLESHAKOFYE LELO…………………………………………………………………………………………..
ati..son mule..grew from a dog seller to the mighty Mayor of the great city of Lusaka while the Father grew from the Might constable sabela to become a president of canaan. its incredible achievement for the royal family which has no known educational qualifications. Anyway in canaan,the Christian nation no qualifications are required for a higher position in government.
nangu mutuke insele, ifwe ni HH chabe…puting zambia on a fast truk to development bane..tiyetiye…HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH washala weka saulosi mambala
spot on HH..tell Mr.Charles..kekekee
In lozi we call him chalesi.
Hakaivotela humwine will never rule.
Calo ca bawiso?? He is the incoming Presido sir.
Chalesi is sick. Who is your presidential candidate in PF after Chalesi has gone?
lulu chikakwipaya ichikonko my dear.We are Zambians weather Tonga, Bemba, Lozi or Nyanja.Zambians know HH is the best candidate for the Job, full stop.
This chap is constantly complaining – all he does is complain. Tell me now wise people – is this what Zambia needs in a leader? This chap would complain that he is hungry when you can clearly see his cheeks are ballooning from consuming too much T-Bone Steak. This guy’s cheeks will grow even bigger if he ever became a leader of the nation.
If HH is a complainer then I dont know how to classify Sata when he was in opposition.
Start making plans bwana, inchito zisasila mu 2016.
Sorry boss, we have decided for HH your so-called complainant and its final. Compare him with someone who used to line-up at filling stations with an empty yellow container whenever fuel ran out. Who is more of an attention seeker. Just heed Wanzalu’s advice and start attending Interviews. I’m now 95% sure that it won’t be PaFyamba in 2016 . . . . . . .or much earlier!!
its better to have a healthy leader with ballooning chicks, than a leader with shrinking chicks, umulandu wamisango of wrecking women, including LULU on the list
Sata is the biggest attention seeker, he should leave our elders to choose Chitimukulu… it is not his job..
And stop saying that HH will never rule, you will be in for a shock in 2016…. is Sata can rule, anyone can rule. Sata is the most incompetent leader Zambia will ever have
But some Bembas are foolish someone pumping sense to say Sata stop the wrangle with Bashilubemba then you condemn HH for what let us be serious guys zambia is for us all. SATA and PF have failed just admit that. HH is in the right direction to pump sense in PF govt . You Bembas you are so good to condemn other tribes but look what is happening in your own bedroom you are mute as if all is well. Can you say something on this stupid leadership . Are you not ashammed of yourself to what is going on in the country? please let us be serious. HH is correct on this one. GOOOOOOOOOO HH goooooo
They used to call him ‘King Cobra’. Bullying is second nature of our most illustrious president, Michael Chilufya Charles Katongo Sata!
And I quote:
International Community called upon to recognize Bulozi statehood and impose sanctions against Zambia…
June 10, 2014Newslwatile by BNFA Executive
Following President Sata’s steadfastly refusal to sign the PCA Arbitration Agreement in an apparent recognition of Zambia’s acts of flagrantly violation of the Barotseland Agreement 1964, where to date approximately more than 10,000 Bulozi representatives have appended their signatures in order to allow for an independent and neutral arbitral tribunal in The Hague to rule upon the status of the Barotseland Agreement 1964 in accordance with international law, the people of Bulozi (Barotseland) are accordingly calling on the international community to recognize their sovereignty status and to impose sanctions against Zambia
Ehh! Bembas, ukusebanya mfumu yabo all because of supporting Sata being president of Zambia. Sata is not/ has not been the last president of Zambia. Paramount chief Chitimukulu has been there ukuteka Bemba tribe way long even before Sata came into being. Today ati yo pantu tuli pa plot 1, who is Chitimukulu? Ubupupu fye wa ba bemba. HH means well in his statement and other Bembas ati yo ni attention seeker! Ma labisi ya mbuto iyi.
Its funny how everyone seems to think they should speak on behalf of the bembas, when the bembas themselves are not making so much noise. HH doesn’t give a hoot about the bemba people but today he wants to pretend like he can speak for them when he despises them. What people can do for votes!
HH; don’t waste your energy and time trying to ingratiate yourself with the ‘ Bemba speaking’ people. They will NEVER vote for you! That I can guarantee you.
Kalanga this time balimubwafya they have to see who means well for them. HH is the man
Kalanga street..I wonder why you are wasting your energy on a nonentity if HH is one. Why are you bothered by that? I can tell you are an unmitigated triablist..
Dismiss 2201, Kalanga Street’s observation at your own peril. Your problem, and not Kalanga’s is that you are not politically minded. Otherwise, Kalanga has stated the truth, ugly though it may sound.
HH alaponokwa nomba. te chalo cha ba wishi. this bafoon tries to talk about things that don’t concern him is chitimukulu tonga you moron.
This is merely a tip of an iceberg. You have spoken your mind out and probably spoken on behalf of many others, who see things similarly. Our folly is in ignoring and dismissing such. It is a reflection of the texture of our unity as a nation.
Another insignificant statement from a strategy less HH whose role in UPND is to get as many PR moments as possible. I sincerely hope that this statement is not a pathetic attempt to win bemba votes. I hail from Mbala and I can assure you UPND will not win there. You still do not get it do you? Talk about policies, tell us what you will do better to improve our livelihoods not this constant attention seeking. Who advises this man?
Its all in your head. They call it selective perception. In other words, you see what you want to see. It is a disease of the mind.
Any political leader is head figure and needs to be aware of any boundaries, tribe and any race in the country he wish to govern. U lot r voters not politicians its only that African seem to be well about things but can’t apply it in their lives.
The PF which is openly identified as a Bemba party by the opposition has invited this criticism from HH by being obstinately arrogant about issues they have no say on. This is a trait that this party wobt discard. The president cant involve himself in ethnic cultural issues. He should leave those to those versed in their own culture. A Bisa interfering with Bemba traditions is insulting just as vice versa.
I hear this country is broke because all our reserves have been spent carelessly. Instead of addressing this issue, they HE Sata, chooses to torment traditional leaders and some Zambians, let me hold my tongue here, trash mind thinking Zambians , still see sense and defend this failed alleged president. Not even a president of his own people much less the ordinary Zambian. Is it because why the rest of us are not connected to the family tree, the favoured few still continue to see the fruits of their labour? There is a time for joy and a time for sorrow. Your time will come to answer for your deeds.
Our father who at in haven how lord is your name lead us from PF and deliver us into UPND for PF is evil, has lead us into destruction and their leader SATA is wicked for he has lot the nation just like his name(chilufa), for PF is hell and UPND is HEAVEN and HH our leader, cause these PF mega phones to repeat for salvation is in UPND, for we shall win in 2016. Viva HH and UPND.
Cry my Beloved Country…I thought there was no room for tribal politics in zambia?
How can a sane person say this and that leader will not win any votes in a particular region on account of their tribe? this is the worst form of sectarianism. Lets wisen up and begin to play progressive politics.
Emmanuel, you are playing the ostrich. Tribal politics is alive and kicking in Zambia. Check the history and you will find that, over the last 50 years, those regions have never voted for someone outside of their tribal groupings. Who between you and them needs to wake up?
hh can comment on any issue affecting zambians,surely he does not need to be bemba to comment on grz-chitimukulu impasse just to mention this to some weired thinking fellows.
Mei Matungu… You are entitled to your own opinion..thats the beauty of democracy… courtesy of the MMD under the late Dr. Frederick Chiluba which the current leadership is trying by all means to annhilate.
Indeed tribal politics has been there but not as rife as it is under the PF. For me, they have lowered the level of political debate and discourse to scandalous levels of ethnicity. Let us stop playing the Devil’s advocate, its time we started empathising with our brothers and sisters who are living in penury in the marginalised parts of this country… We are zambians after all… May God richly bless Zambia and prevail on any inimical elements to the development process of our great land.
DONT TELL US WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW YOU MUPPET! What is your proposition? What are you going to do different? Or is it that you have no plan for our great nation?
Mr bodyguard , Stop looking down, head up always !!!!!!
THE HATE FOR HH FOR SOME DULL CREATURES IS AMAZING
SOME PEOPLE WILL NEVER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HH THE INCOMING PRESIDENT TALKS ALOT OF SENSE. YOUR HATE FOR HH IS NOT TAKING YOU ANY WHERE. HH HAS A RIGHT TO COMMENT OVER THE ISSUES SURROUNDING PARAMOUNT CHIEF CHITIMUKULU FOR A CHIEF IS ANY PART OF ZAMBIA IS A CHIEF FOR ALL ZAMBIANS. UNLESS YOU MEAN TO SAY YOU ARE AN ***** WHO WILL NEVER MOVE OUT FROM YOUR CABIN AND GO TO ANOTHER PROVINCE.
VIVA HH . VIVA UPND. PARAMOUNT CHIEF CHITIMUKULU IS A CHIEF FOR ALL ZAMBIANS JUST LIKE CHIEF MPEZENI, CHIEF NALUBAMBA OR CHIEFTAINESS WAITWIKA.
where is mushota these days LT community. is it that her/his internet was disconnected cause couldnt pay bills??or may be ricky or whatever the name of husband died? kikiki
on serious issue, most of you of bemba origin are proving to be the worst tribalist by the day just from the comments. u defend your charles even if its clear he is failed guy. and you show so much hate for hh. am not tonga but but everyone is seeing and soon you gona realise that all tribes dont support you cause of your pompous, sarcastic and stupid nature. WATCH THE SPACE!!!
Humulumendo Humubi Haleisa Haleisa Hinohino! Hifipuba Haufela Hakuipekanyeni, Huno Humwaka Hukunya Humulumendo Humubi Hambile, Haleisa Haleisa Huambile He!
Bembas and their hate for HH, it stinks. Ba Kaboke imwe mwatushupa saana no bu sakala bwenu. Uno umwaka nga ci Ukwa Charlie Mwanga Katongo Zondwa cafwa ku bwekela ku Mwata Yamvo Ituri Forest eko mwa fumine!
I see a lot of bloggers breathing fire against HH for blasting Sata for his involvement in bemba chiefdom saga. HH is aspiring to become a President of a nation and not a region. Hence, he should be seen to be impartial in his fight for equality and rule of law. No tribe in Zambia is superior to others. I have seen dummies and imbeciles in all tribes. Your hate for HH will take you down emotionally one day. Realize that HH is a smart man compared to prior Presidents we have had in the past and current. Can you imagine if sata was tonga or tumbuka. Nothing is special about chitimukulu crap, and if HH talks about it you want to yap like he is gaining mileage out of it. HH can still win elections even if bemba chiefdom did not vote for him. Zambia is huge. Wake up and be realistic.
Imimbulu…….notuma jacket twakuwasha mu boom.!!!!
what has happened to the one zambia one nation slogan ba zambia?
The blogger who says HH is not aspiring to be president of a particular region is spot on! The biggest challenge that we have in this country is that of being easily swayed by propaganda.. just because at some point in zambia’s dirty politics, some hugely invested in driving this tribal agenda everyone jumped on the bandwagon and believed that its only certain tribes that can rule this country. When other tribes practise tribalism its not tribalism… what is good for the gander should be good for the goose.. let those that say HH can never be president substantiate their claim with utmost rationality as opposed to peripheral reasons such as tribe. That is the more reason development will forever be a pipedream. HH, Sata,…
HH’s political miscalculation, which was also Mwanawasa’s and RB’s, is clinging to the empty hope that he can sow and expect a bumper harvest in Bembaland. I wish him the best of lack.
KK’s 27 year long empty rhetoric of “One Zambia One Nation” never succeeded in making us into one – a unitary nation. HH must know where to sow and expect a yield. Bembaland is not one of those places. The fiery hostility against him on this blog is merely the tip of an iceberg.
Zambia the Real Africa where non issues like ethnicity reign supreme when it comes important national obliagations like choosing our leaders. should we replicate the same modus operandi when it comes to marriage? am just thinking aloud..
Hahahah, ba HH this is a cheap way of trying to gain political milage in Northern province. Just keep your mouth shut. We know your stratagey. You want to divide the bembas!!
Politics is about strategy and opportunities. As much as I don’t like HH and his way of running the UPND, I salute him for coming out against PF’s handling of the ChitiMukulu issue. It is the PF that has made the opportunity available for HH. It will only be a fool that would not grab such an opportunity in this game. The only problem with HH is that next he will say something that will undo this statement completely!! He is a master of inconsistency!
Those who hate HH,such lot saulos,gen etc, are known pf cadres/bloggers paid from taxpayer jst to oppose UPND, c even their phrases of hate are repeated as stereotype that have no beginning nor ending since what they write does not comefrom their heads/hearts. For them job’s done and they are paid by pf. They dont use their independent thinking they’re money oriented cadres,they are not genuine, they work like robots.