Friday, March 29, 2024

Excuse me! Let me speak

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Excuse me! Let me speak. If you let me, I shall speak calmly and rationally. When I am done let come on me what may for I have staked my life in order to fulfill nothing less than a dream for my country. The dream is nothing too big than to see a place in the world that changed the thinking of its people; a place that changed Africa. It is an impossible dream, I know, but so was the one about landing on the moon.

In speaking to you I am driven by the following words: “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars and change the world.” The source of these inspiring words is Harriet Tubman, a courageous woman who led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad.

I know you too are a dreamer. You dream in the magic of the night. Together we are 14 million dreamers. But like Yoko Ono said: “A dream you dream alone is only a dream, a dream you dream together is reality.” When you dream alone, you fantasize only to wake up and realize it was only a dream. Some of you by dint of your perseverance and remarkable acumen are able to realize some of your dreams. Many of you have failed, and when you have, you have failed yourself, and your family.

One of the most tragic things about Zambians is our failure to dream together; to advance passionately in the direction of our dream, and endeavor to live a life that befits all. The poorly educated, many who are illiterate and often blockheaded, and the few learned, many who are proud, selfish, narcissistic, and inept, make it impossible for us to create a Zambian Dream. This is our anathema; it is what has made it impossible to propel ourselves onward to new and heretofore incredible heights.

It is the lack of a Zambian Dream that has rendered our politics crappy and a huge disaster. Indeed, it is this lack of a Zambian Dream that attracts people of low morality to our politics. As currently evidenced our political arena is thronging with an incredibly large passel of ignorant, visionless, corrupt, re-circled, and get-rich-quick politicians whom we have little choice but to deal with as best as we can.

Edgar Lungu

Edgar Lungu addressing the Mandevu rally
Edgar Lungu addressing the Mandevu rally

Take Edgar Lungu for instance, it is clear he is visionless, and has no steering current. He is so myopic he is wallowing in Sata’s turbulent legacy. Who says Sata’s legacy is exemplary?

As president, Sata, to his fault, failed to share his dream with the people of Zambia. He wanted to run the country all by himself. Everything was about him. For more than three years his dreams were laid on a foundation of sand on which he built his own Government and created his own rules.

Sata lacked the desire to tap on the talent and intelligence of Zambians and use them to build a modern nation. He hated good performers because he feared they might take the limelight away from him, and he publicly lambasted the incompetent because they made him look bad. He failed to understand that his success as a president hinged on producing good leaders. Instead, he focused on attempting to produce more followers. He willed his own transformation and enthralled members of his party in an awe of what was in reality a mirage. In the end his style proved disastrous, generating as it has greater hostility in the PF, and leaving the party and the country at the precipice.

Sata’s legacy is not exemplary leadership, and yet, it is what Lungu intends to propagate. Lungu and many in the PF can’t see that Sata foundered. It is irrational of Lungu to become Sata’s copycat and replicate a chaotic reign. Also, it is iniquitous of him to enter a presidential race without a vision. He who leads on the vision of others lacks passion and therefore fails to provide direction or the drive to advance. He is like a fireman who rushes to the burning scene without water.

Unless Edgar Lungu defines his own vision, he will take us nowhere.

I like Lungu as a person, but sadly he is not daring and different. He is uncharismatic, uncreative, and impractical. He is buried in Sata’s thoughts. He does not understand that visionlessness is failure; that one’s vision is a valuable asset. Given a choice between him and Miles Sampa, I would go for the latter. Sampa is a young dreamer.

Rupiah Banda

Rupiah Banda in Mpulungu
Rupiah Banda in Mpulungu

I like Rupiah Banda as well. He and his likes are the reason I launched “Hunt for Successor” in 2011. I had hoped that Banda and the late Michael Sata would be the last of the septuagenarians (70 to 79) to rule the country. During their terms in office, Frederick Chiluba, Rupiah Banda, and Michael Sata were bereft of a true egalitarian vision. They lamentably failed to advance change; to raise a wakeup call and turn a dreamless and visionless country into a nation of collective practical dreamers responsible for their country’s destiny.

These three presidents, concealed behind a pretense of commitment, projected an ambiguous image of hope which in reality produced a false sense of expectation. Under them we continued to witness mining and industrial mortgaging and outright obliteration. Instead of glooming and flowering talented and educated Zambians, among them, engineers, metallurgists, geologists, innovators, and inventors, they groveled to bribes and sold our mines and other industries, completely breaking the spine of our nation. Corruption, and deception, continued to be the country’s modus-operandi.

It therefore breaks my heart to see Rupiah Banda trying to make a comeback. First, I did not think Banda, a man the world holds in high esteem for handing over power peacefully in 2011, would be overly self-centered and so desperate as to turn into a brute, and in typical hyena style, snatch the presidential candidacy from Nevers Mumba.

Banda is a good example of avarice and greed being alive and well in Zambian politics.

It is these two words, “avarice” and “greed” that have been the driving force behind our failure as Zambians. “Avarice” is defined as one’s insatiable desire to gain and hoard wealth. This is what is at play as Banda begrudges personal wealth.

By conducting a coup de grace on Mumba and the MMD, Banda has showed us that he is a run of the mill heartless and rapacious politician who does not care whether we advance as a people or not. One thing for certain is he will not win because he will not be able to string the MMD together in time for the elections. Between now and then, we shall see massive cross-carpeting and defections. Come January 21, 2015, the MMD will be as dead as UNIP, maybe worse, and Rupiah Banda will grapple with irredeemable dishonor.

As the ruling PF party is hounded by manipulators and schemers, and tragicomic power squabbles continue to consume it, and as fatal battles brew in the MMD, the presidency is for Hakainde Hichilema of UNPD to lose. Before I proceed, let me make it categorically clear that at no time has Hichilema paid for my articles. I do not know him. I may have been less critical of him over the years not because I am a member or support his party, which I am neither, but because my main target was president Michael Sata whom I had seen depart from his campaign promises and plan his own divisive and destructive political game. He created for himself uncontrollable and arbitrary power which if remained unchecked would have led to a one-party state.

Hakainde Hichilema

Hakainde Hichilema interatc with Kabwe residents

The demise of president Sata and the brittleness of the PF party have left Hichilema within striking distance. Unlike Lungu and Banda, Hichilema has made appreciable strides and his vision is well articulated. From the speeches he has given this far, it is clear he is inspired by hope and a better tomorrow.

Born in 1962, he is what this country needs; a young intelligent and healthy president who can bring greatness to Zambia; one who represents idealism and a “Zambia shall succeed” spirit;

one who will not hesitate to designate duties or offer opportunities to some of Zambia’s most intelligent driven young minds.

By virtue of his age, passion, and vision, he is the Holy Grail I set to seek back in September 2011 when I wrote my first “Hunt for Successor” article. I was looking for someone who would symbolize an end to stagnation and a beginning to prosperity; one who would change Zambia’s history and the culture of ineptness. I was looking for a youthful politician who would tackle the extremely high inflation, as well as the high unemployment rate, and show Zambians in rural and urban areas how to make a decent living.

Most of all, I was looking for a youthful leader who would surround himself with a coterie of people that would bring forth talent that has been untapped; one who would tolerate and work with those whose ideas were radically different from his; and lastly, one who would slay the ugly head of corruption, tribalism, and nepotism. Since Hakainde Hichilema has crossed the Rubicon, we should all give him a chance. If he wins, the period between January 20 and the 2016 election will serve as a litmus test. This, countrymen, is a golden opportunity.

By Field Ruwe

Field Ruwe is a US-based Zambian media practitioner, historian, author, and a doctoral candidate. Learn more about him on his website www.aruwebooks.com. On it you shall access his autobiography, articles, and books. Contact him, blog, or join in the debate. ©Ruwe2012.

84 COMMENTS

  1. “Excuse you to speak!” Whom are you speaking with, nobody like to speak with you Field Ruwe. Are you speaking or WRITING? You are speaking with ghost of Sata, the man you helped to die.

    • Mr. Ruwe. Thank you for this article. I have never read one like this in a very long time. It is candid, concise, inspiring and to the point.

      Indeed until we start to dream as one, Zambia is going nowhere. We need visionary leadership who not only dream, but have the ability to induce others to dream with them. It is time we started dreaming our dream as a nation.

      Once again. Thank you.

    • That’s not fair Nostradamus! Field has never run away from the fact that he has always put his life on the line unlike us who are the ghosts on this channel. He has a name and a face but we are faceless and nameless! You and I spoke about the ills of the Sata regime and the fact that the people who are soliciting for votes in PF are the ones who lied to us about the constitution, the health status of the president and many other ills or lies or whatever we may decide to term them. The late president was terminally ill and that was the best kept secret in the world. He (Sata) was the most powerful man in Zambia and died fearsome and feared by his ministers and cabinet and all the issues affecting the PF are solerly his (Sata) alone! Right now, there is no blame game needed. Viva HH!!

    • Ruwe has always opposed anything PF and is no surprise which side he leans.

      They say an opinion is like an arse everyone has one. We have just read Ruwe’s arse

    • Only in Zambia can a clueless, visionless drunk from a compound with a walking stick think of becoming a president

    • @One Hit Wonder, say what you wanna say. The way Ruwe was attacking a sick (now died Sata, happy for some), was unbearable in any culture. I will never forgive that Field Ruwe…. The man hated Sata even after death. Enjoy your elections. It is your time.
      Just read his title “EXCUSE ME, LET ME SPEAK!”. Who does he think he is?

    • Field Ruwe,are you sure you’re a historian? If you’re a genuine historian what do you know about tribalism and HH? Maybe you’re a fake historian,let me remind you how HH became president of UPND:He made it clear through his supporters that only a Tonga was going to take over from Mazoka…….tribalism runs in his blood. Secondly if you’re ‘looking for someone who would symbolize an end to stagnation and a beginning to prosperity’,get his number maybe he might give you some of his millions so you can stop mopping floors,and being a security guard in the USA.
      Vote Edgar Lungu

    • Yes Mr Wanzelu, I saw that too! we are back to suspending the suspender by the suspended through suspension of the suspended.

    • If we are to dream as a nation and not as individuals, then we must refrain from attacking personalities that we need to dream with. You stated well “an individual dream is but a fantasy but together we can make it” so together; your dream my dream, HH’s dream, EL’s dewam, RB’s dream, every Zambian’s dream. Together we can go miles, not by following one man’s dreams. May they all form but one government- I mean HH,EL, RB and everyone else and may each individual Zambian rally behind them. Only then will this poem be applied. Otherwise it is but a “fantasy” dream.

    • Delusion is a psychotic condition where a sufferer sees things that others can not.How can you say Field Ruwe helped Sata die? If anyone really helped Sata die it wasn’t Ruwe but those closest to him who were in fear of losing their gravy train.They pushed him unnecessarily to keep pretending that he was not a sick man and people like Ruwe were in the forefront of asking them to come clean and let him to take things easy.Even the strongest beast of burden is excused from toiling when it is not well, what more of a human being. You Sata diehard zealots and his family are the only ones who should hang your heads in shame.And ,by the way,Field Ruwe is absolutely right about Hakainde Hichilema.He is quite simply the best out of this pack of candidates.

    • As usual .. typical Ruwe nonsense but trying so hard to sound professional and hide in the ‘phd student ‘ crap… show me a book written by HH talking about his rise to fortune i bet you will find non on the market… We have excused you to speak but sorry to say , thats a crap article.

    • What a fcuk’ing joke! These guys sold us a dummy and we should all take a minute and ask ourselves whether we are without blame for ushering in the most confused party in the history of our country. We are not even sure to this minute whether we feel aggrieved by this PF lot or not as I see a few pockets of bloggers who have their eyes wide ‘shut’! One very noble person told me the following and I have never proved him wrong. There are three (3) types of people in this world.
      (I) Those that know what’s going on
      (ii) those that heard something’s going on
      (iii) those that don’t know what the fcuk is going on and have not heard a fcuking thing.
      Most Zambians belong to category (iii)!
      I only go to Zambia to remind myself why I left in the first place but now I blog to force issue…

    • Use your head, not your emotions, please! Learn to think with your head and not with your heart. Counter his statement with another statement. Use brain and intelligence please!

    • Most Zambians belong to category (iii)!
      I only go to Zambia to remind myself why I left in the first place but now I blog to force issue…number (I) above!!

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    • You are seriously ignorant. Written words speak when you read them; they are simply stored voices. That’s the reason you heard what he wrote.

      Go to school please!

    • Your candidate cannot even go to UNZA and give a talk on how he accumulated his wealth because it is was supposed to be a secret .
      Can you also tell us how he managed to have shares in all the companies he privatised?

      The house he lives in – in Kabulonga is a Ramcoz house ,the Ramcoz he privatised.

      Wechipuba we , your wife looks after you. Get a proper life.

      You must be bored to death to be writing rubbish like this.

    • FIELD LUWE IS ANOTHER !D!OT WHO HAS JUST COME TO ENCOUNTER DEMOCRACY IN ZAMBIA. HE DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY IN MALAWI. I DON’T KNOW NGA KUBA GOOD AMA ZAMBIANS OR KUBA IFIPUBA SUCH THAT EVEN A COMER FROM NOWHERE CAN START CHAMPIONING DEMOCRACY WHICH YOU HAVE ALREADY MOLDED. RRUWE, WHY CAN’T YOU WRITE ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY, MALAWI?

    • @Nostradamus
      This guy is a friend of mine. I went to school with him in Florida. His hatred for Ruwe is personal. He is not a Sata family member. His father once worked with Ruwe in Lusaka. I doubt he even reads the articles before he comments. He simply attacks him and wishes him the worst.

  2. Author, you nailed it, this election is for HH to lose. I don’t see normal people voting for a dishonest fellow like kamina misa Lungu.

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    • @Wantanshi , did you read how people dislike your family member Ruwe? He may hang himself one of these days, ask him to keep selling his articles for $10 to Tumfweko and ZWD.
      Bringing it here is simply a disgrace to his family.

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  3. Ths is a Golden Jubilee gift in form of HH.
    Its time we move on with our country under UPND.

    God loves Zambia. Wht a marvelous God.

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  4. Yangu mayo just say you are HH how come your candidate can’t sell himself ? My friend your candidate will never rule Zambia for reason known to himself. It is not education but humbleness & relationship u have with pipo. He needs to win muchinga, Copperbelt, lusaka not just southern

  5. Very dull and biased article. Man , are you the King maker? Just wait for 21 January 2015 when your under 5 HH will mourn like a hyena after losing the fourth straight time. Its us who are on the ground and we know what we are talking about. HH came into power against the backdrop of ” ONLY A TONGA CAN BE PRESIDENT OF UPND” a thing which people of Zambia have kept in their hearts and will never vote for HH lest he says ” ONLY A TONGA WILL EVER BE PRESIDENT OF ZAMBIA”. Thus HH is losing come 21 January 2015.

    It pains but that’s the truth.

    Peace and Prosperity to Mother Zambia.

    • even here on this blog, if we are to take a vote, HH will win. you can continue with sinking PF boat, but i can assure you PF has made us to think twice on what really was meant by “donchi kubeba”
      now we want to give them their donchi kubeba…….we are voting them out and believe me PF will remain in history as the only party that ruled for a shortest period of three years in power. PF was Sata(mhsrip) and Sata was PF. that he is gone, thats the end to PF.
      just wait and see.

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  6. May urge all my fellow Bembas who has read this article to please vote HH. He is ripe for the job, he has been hardworking and focused his eyes set on the prize.

    • what hard work in terms of politics? Ruwe, that is your opinion and you are entitled to it. those of us who will vote for Edgar have a different opinion.

    • Don`t urge Bembas to vote for HH because they will urge you
      to vote for EL.

      Let them choose for themselves!!! But you vote for HH, whether
      win or lose because its your vote and your right.

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  7. Truly this is a golden opportunity. In 2011, PF lied to us and they admitted that they lied to get into power. What will make them different now? As things are they are enriching themselves by giving themselves road contracts. They want to continue chewing our money. They have failed to give us a new constitution and now they want to lie that they will enact it before 2016. My friends, this is not a time for joking. Our children’s future is in our hands. Let us vote for HH and bring back sanity to our country before it crosses the line of no return.

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  8. Great analysis Ruwe!! Let those who hate facts who like ethno-linguistic politics and politics of benefits condemn you!

  9. All of you campagning for HH are based in countries abroad and you are not a factor in Zambian politics. besides the voters dont even have access to online news. so continue wasting your breath. Viva Edgar, Viva PF. What PF has done is there to see and those developments speak volumes and will speak for Edgar, not the insults that you peddle against the man. I for one can NEVER vote for a free mason.

    • @salaula I for one may read online news alone but do you know how many I have discussed / influenced in Zambia? And by the way am still working on getting more people on #FlightHH2015.

      Have a good afternoon.

      Viva #FlightHH2015 & 2016.

    • Yes indeed. Ruwe How long have you been out? You have no idea what is obtaining in Zambia. That is your opinion. Suggest to HH that let Cannisius Banda be the UPND candidate and see HH’s face and other Tongas around him. By the way does it mean HH has no flaws of his own just like the Banda and EL? You are really myopic!!

    • Its not everyone abroad who wants a freemason. I for one will never vote for a thief and freemason , he wants to give free education when he can’t even educate his wife.
      He confined her to the kitchen .

      A chauvinist pig ! via Nawakwi

    • @salaula are you not a voter on line? Lungu’s supporters can’t even think logically in their quest to support a failed project.

  10. HH IS CLUELESS….HAVE U WATCHED THE COCA COLA ADD ON DSTV ABOUT SOCCER FANS….THAT ONE FOR D CLUELESS FAN FITS HH SO SO WELL…CLUELESS ON POLITICS…HE WILL DO A JOB ON TRAINING IF HI GOES TO STATE HOUSE…..Politically clueless. And this article smells tongish….

  11. As usual, Zambians will crucify you for telling the truth. This is not just the truth from this brilliant writer, Field Ruwe, it is also a perfectly articulated article. However, I know my people too well to appreciate such wisdom and sophistication.

    Sir (Field Ruwe), I have read a lot of your articles and you are simply the best. All Zambians in diaspora greatly appreciate your work you are doing. Forget about the critics who are not going anywhere.

    If Zambians fail to use their heads this time around in choosing a right candidate to propel the nation forward, they would have themselves to blame. What a contrast; a Christan nation that is cursed! Not because of the Lord, no, but because of evil corrupt leaders they have been electing to lead the country. Thank you sir for…

  12. Born in 1962, he is what this country needs; a young intelligent and healthy president who can bring greatness to Zambia; one who represents idealism and a “Zambia shall succeed” spirit;

    Munda you forgot wealthy.

    When we are sick and need a doctor, one shows up do you first ask them what tribe they are before they provide you with a service that might just save your life?
    You have an impending exam in strategic financial management, a tutor comes around to help before they open their mouth you ask them what tribe they are?They are capable and qualified but you reject their willingness and desire to serve on the basis of their tribe. So why do e do that in politics? Does not make sense at all.

  13. Biased article politics is about numbers….compare mandevu rally with all of hh rallies.which one was bigger? January hh is retiring from politics

    • Uko wapya munzi. News is emerging that PF cadres who were ferried to Mongu for Lungu ‘s rally are now demanding for payment they were promised.

      I said it that this ferrying of PF cadres to boost numbers for Lungu’s rally will back fire very soon. Here we are now, a certain Andrew Chilufya complained on QFM this morning that PF is good at promising but it never fulfils its promises.

      Soon we shall hear those from Chongwe, Kafue, Chilanga and other Lusaka townships start complaining about non payment for being ferried to attend Lungu’s rally on a promise that they will get paid.

      Ife mu UPND ni ziiiiiiii. Bantu are even lying on the ground to welcome HH.

      Viva HH.

  14. Quite biased, but not biased article.
    unfortunately the numerous electorate in the gettos won’t understand what u r talking about

  15. I agree with you Salaula. I am also not for HIIIII. Nipabwato. Let them continue day dreaming. We know how tribal these people are why use someone’s campaign strategies. He should have come up with his own. Zambia for God and only a Christian Nation no cultist needed. God has already spoken and he says we are crossing the bridge. He is in control. VIVA Edgar Lungu. Shame on Masonists.

  16. i think no one has the right to dictate to someone for who to vote for but rather decide in the ballot where you will decide your the future for Zambia

  17. This is the first time his title could have been ‘Hunt for a Successor’ but probably more accurately ‘Hunt for Field’s Choice of Successor’…

    I would go with ‘Fielding UPND’ or ’Ruing the Dream’. Chuckle.

    This seems more palatable as an opinion than the usual force fed vitriol I have come to associate with you.

    Meantime:

    Campaign (HH) has had a good run of the ‘promising’ ground
    Campaign (General) is MIA
    Campaign (MMD 1) has ‘rebased’ his former successes
    Campaign (MMD 2) is still ‘courting’ his peers
    Campaign (ED) has ‘flooded’ us with new promises
    Campaign (MS) is miles from his campaign
    Campaign (EN) is talking decentralisation sense
    Campaign (EC) and others are playing ‘invisible chess’

    Does the ‘hunt’ retire in January or do we get a new round of vitriol…

  18. It is surprising how shallow Zambians are. you choose wrong leaders and later start insulting the very people you voted for. Now you want HH. Soon after he has tasted the sweetness at plot 1 he will forget about you and start to enjoy with his wife Mutinta. Banda did it with Thandiwe. and you start to insult him as well. HH does not know any of you chaps busy supporting him on this forum. These so called Zambian living abroad have no right to say anything about Zambia. they abandoned and betrayed this country for so called greener pastures which have turned out not to be green after all. where they are not even free enough to piss in the toilet and can’t even speak on small matters. shame, they should just keep quiet and leave us alone to decide. *****s.

  19. How I look for 21 January 2015 when there will mourning in the UPND camp as usual they will say they will win in 2016 …until Jesus comes they will be fielding HH. What a naïve way of looking at politics? HH is clueless and he is losing again for the fourth time in row. Continue pacifying yourselves its your right but reality will dawn on you come 21 January 2015. Edigar Lungu is winning whether you like it or not.

    Peace and Prosperity to Mother Zambia.

    • You cant have peace and prosperity with chakolwas. It is naive for any sane human being to think that a country can prosper with clueless and visionless leaders like EL. If this is the calibre of leaders Zambians want, then we might as well forget about development

  20. Mr Ruwe let me thank you for your good English and art of poet. You started your article well and ended poorly like a grade 7 chap failing to answer multiple choice exam.
    1. Do u remember how HH came to be president of UPND?
    2. Do u remember what HH said during the UDA conversion of 2006?
    #your descriptions of RB as greed &avarice is just best descriptions of HH. Dig deeper u will regret.
    3. Do u remember how HH handed the cattle saga for him to become rich?
    4. What is the vision of HH?
    #the guy is rich and uses his riches to bar other capable UPND members like Gary Nkombo to rule.
    5.did u ask why Sakwiba Sikota resigned from UPND and Given Lubinda?
    # in conclusion u lack critical eye on HH. You like him yes but u hide is many weaknesses read history of HH’s…

  21. What vision has HH unfolded before the people of Zambia? What political experience? I certainly see nothing at all, apart from the fact that he is young. What has he talked about that we have not head before? The problem is that you forget so fast that you have forgotten how HH ascended to power. Don`t forget how the sekwiba sikota was treated for wanting to take over after the death of Anderson Mazoka. What has changed now?

  22. I’m no supporter of HH but on this one the author is spot on…let’s give HH a chance for 1 year as it’s clearly evident that the lawyer barred by LAZ has vision at all.

  23. Ruwe, is my Tonga relative, you can tell from the brilliance in his analysis. I think he should come back and vote – we grew up together in the Matero neighborhood. Bravo field!!!

    • Ruwe is not UPND, Chibamba is not UPND..if GBM was to write something about HH, he will write along the same lines of Ruwe and Chibamba…so, is GBM tonga?

  24. Ruwe ulichikopo sana, excuse me: You are such a disappointment. How do you just waste time typing this irrelevant piece of crap in your pathetic English! If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up.

    So, mubutotoli bobe, you believe HH imbwalala yakaso will set foot muli presidential motorcade? Grow up my man. I feel you can do better in life … Naleka Nine Shi Mule!

  25. From Ruwes article it is very clear that this guy is out to campaign for HH! It is not right to demean other candidates for the sake of supporting HH imwee

  26. the most worried people are those who were give jobs by the dead snake on account of being relatives daughters sons causin nephews in both foreign mission and within surely pf and upnd cannot compare pf is the worste tribal party where nepotism was being surported by king snake [i dont balance tribe but brain.] are you telling us that bembas are more intelligent than other tribes in zambia . now we want some one to unite the country and move it forward one with proven results and that is hh come 2015 you will cry. good day.

  27. Edgar Lungu is not fit to tie Hakainde Hichilema’s shoe laces.The two are poles are apart in terms of vision and leadership. Lungu is merely trying to ride on Sata’s so-called vision and legacy. But what legacy exactly did Sata bequeath him?All I remember are the incessant lies and broken promises. Zambians really should be fearful of Lungu if he is offering them a continuation of Sata’s lackadaisical performance as president.HH,on the other hand, has vision and a courage of his own conviction about Zambia’s place in this world and people can see for themselves.

  28. Most people seem not to accept the truth. Zambia has to move forward. All those who got jobs because of family relations and bonk mates have to park their bags and visit the grave site.
    Zambia is bigger than individuals and we have no time to waste. Already we have poor rains and we need planners not chakolwas. This PF should not be allowed to even appear on the ballot paper

  29. @19 Kawez
    We hear your views on HH and urging everyone to know HH’s history about his worth and how he became UPND president.
    To begin with HH was not operating in vacuum to succeed in his businesses. HH has done all his businesses in Zambia within functioning laws of the land. If you have issues refer them to ACC and concealing them is an offence on your part but take heed you may be cited for falsehood and perjury in courts and character damaging of individuals.
    UPND is the most national representative party in the nation as at now. Those of you from PF dominated govt are now crying foul because power is sliping through your grip. When change comes, it comes blindly. Zambia does not want to be reminded about Sata and his dictatorial rule of corruption. Zambia decides on 20/01/15.

  30. “Ifintu ni Lungu”, “Pa Bwato” bla bla all Bemba slogans, rallys spoken in Bemba, blogging in Bemba, chaps ruling are mostly Bembas/ Luapula/ Northerners appointed by one late MCS; and now all Easterners and Bemba chaps rallying behind one ECL, urging or supporting the view that non-Bembas cannot win in Luapula, Nothern and Eastern provinces or later on rule Zambia and you want to convince me that you yourselves are not TRIBAL? To hell with you. Zambians wake up and get rid of this TRIBAL CARTEL of so called Bemba/Easterners. They are dividing this nation before our own eyes for their own selfish and greedy reasons. Let’s change to show these myopic chaps that Zambia is for all of us an no one is more Zambian than any other.

  31. IT’S SO SAD THAT THESE ZAMBIAN POLITICIANS ARE UNDRESSING PEOPLE RATHER THAN ADDRESSING THEM AND THEIR PROBLEMS!!!

  32. what article? That was job application from some one who is tired of washing old peoples bums as I have ever seen. Lets count how many of us bloggers on this site really have a chance of influencing the voting pattern in Zambia? By and large the majority have little chance. I am in touch with my relatives in Lusaka, Chipata and Ndola and the information I am getting is that among the grass roots supporters EL is leading. Remember bloggers do not vote, grass roots supporters do vote. ON A HAPPY NOTE I WILL BE LUSAKA AS MY LEAVE HAS BEEN APPROVED TO CAST 4 VOTES FOR ONE EL. YES ADVISED MY WIFE AND 2 SONS WHAT IS GOOD FOR THEM.

  33. Rhetoric even a blind man can see the what Ruwe is trying to portray in his article. As much as I agree with him on RB, the rest is just smearing mad on other people while trying to campaign for HH. Can Ruwe be bored enough to write about the Oppen Heimers sponspring HH and why they want so much that he becomes president. We are better off with PF than being screwed by a group of criminal masquarading as saviors for our country. Voetsek!

  34. Any wonder we ended-up with presidents like Chiluba and Sata! That is the way we think and reason.

    I know of a country where they elect presidents on the basis how handsome a presidential candidate is perceived to be. That country has had more than its share of corruption, bad performing economy, you name it – they don’t know how to choose good leaders.

    In Zambia it is scoundrels like Edgar Lungu who are always bewitching us with their insanity and drive us crazy. We vote for them en masse and cry later.

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