United Party for National Development(UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has accused President Edgar Lungu of abusing the authority of his office by directing police officers to arrest innocent political opponents based on rumuors.
Speaking at a press conference this morning, the UPND leader said that there are serious violations the our country’s governance systems by the President of the Republic of Zambia Lungu and his PF party and government against opposition leaders, members and jounalists and ordinary citizens.
Below is the full speech
Fellow opposition party Presidents and their representatives
My dear vice Presidents of the UPND
The National Chairperson and members of the NMC of the UPND
Your Excellences, Ambassadors and High Commissioners accredited to Zambia
Honorable members of parliament
Representatives of International organisations
Civil Society organisations including all Church mother Bodies
Members of the Press
All invited guests
Countrymen and women
Good morning
We thank you sincerely for making time from your busy official duties to attend this press briefing called at short notice. The purpose of this Press briefing is to bring to your urgent attention serious violations to our country’s governance systems by the President of the Republic of Zambia H.E Edgar Chagwa Lungu and his PF party and government against opposition leaders, members and jounalists and ordinary citizens. We also want to use this press conference to appeal for urgent collective efforts to bring to a stop these blatant violations before our peace and loving nation is plunged into a violent and lawless country especially as we head towards the 2016 Presidential and General elections.
Your Excellences, members of the press, ladies and gentlemen.
What exactly are these serious violations?
1. Violence, Intimidation and threats
2. Lack of freedom of speech and assembly
3. Abuse of government institutions to suppress political opponents and citizens
From 2011 when the PF came into power, our country witnessed a number of serious incidences of violence firstly within PF against fellow members of the party. We witnessed high levels of lawlessness and anarchy whereby PF cadres could demonstrate against their own leaders without police permits, by blocking roads and inconveniencing motorists without any regard and endangering innocent citizens.
In addition, the country has witnessed the closing of public offices such as District Commissioners, Town Clerks, RTSA offices just to mention a few. This has been done with impunity and in full view of the police.
Your Excellences ladies and gentlemen
You will recall the wrangles, controversy and violence surrounding the election of the PF Presidential candidate prior to the 2015 January presidential by-elections. The country witnessed violence including use of pangas, threats and intimidation including racial abuse against the Acting President Dr. Guy Scott. The country finally witnessed the selection of the ruling party President by show of hands with pangas against their own constitution.
Your Excellences, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.
Initially we all thought this culture of violence and intolerance would come to an end but alas this has not happened. Instead the culture of violence has now escalated to alarming levels beyond the PF and extended to the opposition and ordinary citizens especially during by-elections.
This Country has witnessed unprecedented levels of politically motivated violence which has left some of our citizens with injuries and others dead.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
If this violence is not checked, this country is headed for anarchy. This we must never allow. We all know what happened in other African countries such as Kenya in East Africa, and Ivory Coast in West Africa.
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,
You will also recall how during our 2015 Presidential by-election the helicopter carrying our former First Lady Dr. Maureen Mwanawasa and former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Mrs. Mutale Nalumango was stoned by PF cadres when they attempted to address a campaign rally in Shiwang’andu Constituency in Chinsali. This incident happened in full view of the PF and government leadership.
The country has continued to witness violence against our women and youth in markets and bus stations including streets where they are struggling to earn a living. Everyday we hear how our women are being harassed and forced to pay levies to PF party cadres in markets and on the streets thereby denying the councils the much-needed revenue to provide social services to our people.
Bus drivers and operators are being forced to pay illegal levies to cadres at bus stations especially the intercity bus station which is controlled by PF cadres mainly of foreign origin with questionable immigration documents. These PF cadres have made the transport business sector in Zambia generally difficult for our bus drivers and operators. The PF government has deliberately ignored the Bus Stations and Market Act, which if implemented would have brought law and order in our transport sector and markets. Small scale farmers from surrounding districts of Lusaka such as Chongwe, Chilanga, Kafue and distant provinces like Eastern, Northern and Western Provinces are harassed and forced to sale their farm produce at low prices by PF cadres in full view of the police, particularly at Soweto Market.
Recently the country has also witnessed increased violence through the use of firearms (guns). This happened in the Mulobezi parliamentary by-election where UPND members were attacked and shot at by the Secretary General of the PF Mr. Davies Chama and the District Commissioner by the name of Mr. Manjolo. Despite the police knowing and witnessing these incidences, Mr. Chama and Mr. Munjolo have not been arrested by the police.
Your Excellences, ladies and gentlemen,
You may wish to know that the gun violence did not spare me and my entourage as we were also victims of the same when we visited the Copperbelt. Known PF cadres attacked us. We were blocked from appearing on a scheduled radio programme at Ichengelo radio station. Some of our scheduled meetings were deliberately disrupted by organized PF thugs. Members of the public who tried to attend our meetings were threatened and intimidated with violence.
All this is done just to make our party organization work difficult. This violence is not only targeted at opposition members, but also at ordinary citizens, students, professionals, journalists, the church, civil society organisations, bus and truck drivers, marketeers and other traders who may have just refused to pay money to known PF thugs.
Your excellences, ladies and gentlemen,
It is most unfortunate that President Edgar Lungu is now abusing the authority of his office by directing police officers to arrest innocent political opponents based on rumuors. Only last week without shame he categorically stated that he had information that some opposition leaders were having meetings in some areas of Ibex Hill Lusaka planning violence ahead of the 2016 Presidential and General Elections. He also accused FDD president Edith Nawakwi of violence against the ECZ and directed her arrest. As if that was not enough he accused our own UPND Vice-President Hon. Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (GBM) PF MP for Kasama central that he assaulted a PF member and directed his arrest to which the police swiftly swung into action and arrested, charged and took him to court. President Lungu further accused and threatened the police for not arresting the opposition. This is a President who has never spoken or directed the police to deal with any of the above-mentioned violations against citizens and opposition members.
President Lungu has never condemned the political violence that has taken place in the by-elections or violence against marketeers and bus drivers in our markets and bus stations because that violence was perpetuated by PF cadres.
As a result, despite all these well documented evidence of violence, shootings, intimidation, abuse of public assets and sheer theft by PF thugs the police have failed to act for fear of losing jobs. Except in the case of the Kitwe PF thugs after enormous pressure and condemnation from some of the NGO’s, Church leaders and donors that we saw some arrests being made and matters referred to our courts. But can you imagine after being threatened with guns these thugs were merely slapped with a laughable charge of public obstruction and yet we were threatened with violence using guns.
However, on the other hand some of the opposition members who are framed of alleged political violent conduct have their cases tactfully twisted to harsh non bailable offences such as aggravated robbery just to fix and weaken the opposition. As I speak we are aware that we have one of our party member who has been detained for more than five months in Chelston police cells against the constitutional provisions.
Your Excellences, ladies and gentlemen,
What is most saddening and shameful to say the least is that only three weeks ago, I had the privilege of attending parliament and followed the debate on a private members motion moved by PF Chongwe MP Hon. Sylvia Masebo and seconded by MMD Lukulu East MP Hon. Dr. Kalila which was ‘Urging the PF government to ban the indiscriminate use of guns in the country especially during elections’.
What happened is that the PF ministers and members opposed this motion without regard for the lives of innocent citizens and without shame voted against this well intended motion.
Clearly they are supporting the use of guns in elections because that is part of their scheme to win elections through violence and intimidation. It is not surprising to find that most of the PF cadres in stations are armed with guns and pangas, with the full knowledge of President Lungu.
Your Excellences, ladies and gentlemen,
The PF have continued to frustrate the opposition especially the UPND against holding party meetings aimed at organizing our party structures at the lower levels. We are aware of President Lungu’s intention to use the police to prevent our party meetings and public rallies using the Public Order Act as justification.
PF intends to use the police to harass, intimidate, detain UPND and other opposition leaders so as to weaken the opposition. In addition, we are aware of a well-calculated smear campaign and propaganda against potential opponents aimed at diverting attention from issues affecting our citizens.
Ladies and Gentlemen
I want to appeal to the public at large to be vigilant and refuse to be cheated by the PF propaganda against opposition political opponents using state media, i.e. ZNBC, Daily Mail. Times of Zambia including one private media house which has shamelessly allowed itself to be used to transmit false stories against innocent citizens and political opponents. Sheer lies such as one told by one Bishop (who does not even have a church) will even become louder as we approach the 2016 General Elections. Let me again repeat myself on this important spiritual issue that I Hakainde Hichilema is God fearing and a Christian member of the Seventh Day Adventist. (SDA) Church.
The public media is being abused to scandalize political opponents who are never given an opportunity to be heard, and yet the public media is funded by taxpayers’ money.
The one and only main media house that speaks and stands for the voiceless masses, the Post Newspaper has been harassed, intimidated, charged with all sorts of imaginary charges and its Editor-in-chief thrown in jail just to weaken and silence them. Public institutions such as ZRA, have been used against them so that they are closed. Why? Because the Post newspaper and its Editor-in-Chief have been exposing their corruption and wrong doings.
The One Zambia One Nation motto is now being used by the PF only as a disguise or cover up while brutality and divisive activities and tribal statements such as one by the PF Secretary General Mr. Chama continue being the order of the day.
Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,
We demand that President Lungu acts more responsibly by issuing a statutory instrument that will ban the use of guns, pangas and other offensive weapons during elections and including the upcoming by-elections in Lubanseshi, Solwezi West, and others before anymore lives are endangered or lost.
We further demand that President Lungu publicly denounce and stop the violence that has been committed by his PF thugs against other innocent citizens and political opponents. We call upon enforcement agencies such as the Police, ACC, and the DEC to refuse to be abused by those in power against opposition and political opponents including business individuals, journalists and other citizens who hold divergent views.
We demand that the PF government stops interfering with the public media professionals so that they can operate freely as per provisions and requirements of public media. We further demand that the PF government stops abusing the Public Order Act so that the police do not deny the citizens the rights to freedom of assembly.
· We call upon you journalists who may be victims of some of these PF evil schemes against your fellow brothers and sisters to refuse to be abused by the PF. Remember we are one people. We all go to the same shops, churches, schools, and hospitals. We face the same economic difficulties and are all looking for solutions that will alleviate poverty in this country.
· We call upon fellow citizens to refuse to be used by some PF leaders and individuals who are benefiting alone and are buying expensive properties outside the country using money earned corruptly.
· We call upon the church and civil society organisations to continue voicing out on these issues as they have the potential to break up the nation.
· We call on fellow opposition political parties to get united on these matters and speak with one voice.
· We call upon the international community to take keen interest on the blatant violation of human rights in Zambia that have the potential to destabilize the country and cause anarchy as we move towards elections.
Conclusion
Your Excellences, ladies and gentlemen,
The PF strategy and evil schemes of employing violence, intimidation and threats as away of weakening the opposition parties, which should be stopped now also includes:
· The abuse of public Institutions such as Police, DEC, ACC, ZRA and the public media to silence and weaken political opponents, journalists, individuals, and citizens with divergent views.
· The use of propaganda and sheer lies of who we are aimed at misleading the public.
· The abuse of the Public Order Act to deny citizens the right to freedom of assembly.
· The misuse of government resources especially vehicles and District Commissioners in by-elections and the recent threats by President Lungu to have political opponents arrested.
All these violations and many other abuses not highlighted can plunge this Country into total chaos.
We are sounding an early warning here because we love our country and would do everything possible to safeguard the unity and peace that we have enjoyed and have been known for as one of the main attractions for Zambia as a peaceful nation.
However, instability in a country does not just spring up. It is normally a culmination of certain events such as what we have outlined above and like the popular saying goes, ‘prevention is better than cure.’
So far, it is very clear that the actions of Edgar Lungu as Head of State and his PF government is slowly but steadily turning the country into chaos. We would want them to devote their energies on the numerous economic challenges such as the rising cost of living due to increased load-shedding, fuel increase, increase on mealie meal prices and other foods, lack of decent job opportunities, improving education and health care, paying retirees, reducing borrowing and debt, and paying our farmers on time.
These are the issues we want to concentrate on. Yet the PF leadership wants to test the patience and resolve of the people of Zambia that are hungry for economic liberation.
They want to drag us into meaningless debates and evil vices that have the potential to break the country apart.
As UPND, we do not want to be part of this anarchy that is being perpetuated by the PF regime. Lungu and his regime will be held fully responsible for whatever will happen in this country through their evil schemes, careless statements, and dictatorial actions.
Thank you very much for your attendance and may God Bless Zambia
As usual under 5 crying wolf..if one came from space and read this speech, he would think that Zambia is now Uganda in the 70s under IDI AMINI DADA. This type of attention seeking with data full of outliers is just laughable and serious a waste of media’s time.
I think the best opposition leader the country has now is Edith Nawakwi. Not this media attention seeking under Five
No MMD-B HH has a point, especially the intimidation and violence which are never condemned by Lungu.
Let us not sweep these issues under the carpet just because we re not at the end of these injustices, and more so the freedom of movements.
The precedence has been set by cadres and i don’t like any bit of it, Lungu should condemn, and they need prosecuting. These people are sadists for lack of words.
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BB2014
Great speech Mr President. We support you and your cause to liberate us from the shackles of perpetual poverty
President HH, you should include a question and answer session with journalists as part of the press conference to allow discussion of how you will address the various challenges facing Zambia. This is something your opponent has been avoiding since coming into office because he has no answers for the Zambians. That way he will be forced to do the same.
Useless lazy Lungu has been flying below the radar and getting a free ride. You have to be prepared to face tough questions if have to be president of Zambia
Viva HH
@ MMD fimpfimo
You seem to be wallowing in a pile of shit whilst these pathetic fools run amok. Wait until one of yours is maimed. By the way, since MMD is no more, whose ass are you licking? Your avatar and what you spewing do not seem to match. Need I say more?
Your name suits you dear. But what is zambia today? Can u point out the untruths in HH’s speech? Bootlicker indeed!
Boootlicker, apart from you hated for HH, you can be objective. HH will be president next year and you better start getting used to he idea.
HH is ,and will continue next year as UPND president , my fellow countrymen /women please accept that HH is a loser and will never be president of Zambia unless for Tongas only
Totally malaise from yea yea from this Kachema and they call this guy presidential material. Kayak mwe!!!!
Desperate Icilema, nothing to do, nowhere to go, politically!
Mr hh but you were allowed to assemble,with police protection, and issue this very statement,and you freely went back to your mansion without any harassment.
Ba Bootlicker i used to have some respect for you but ever since you become a PF cadre you have lost credibility. Are you so blind not to see the violence happening in the country? The same Nawakwi you are supporting was a victim of intimidation from the Lungu you are suddenly hero worshiping. Its so called learned people like you have have let Zambia down
HH is a cry baby, this guy has never governed a country, worked in government or just a ward councillor but busy talking rubbish about governing. Don’t worry it EL 2016 and beyond
He is just jealous and ashamed that honourable Siamunene who Icilema called names is now the Defence Minister. People need to wake and realize that this Under 5 is a very petty and jealosu man. When other score right he feels like its a mistake.
H.E. Edgar Chagwa Lungu is scoring big economically and socially and the opposition have realized that indeed they are way way behind and have no chance whatsoever to much the might PF. The launch of the YOUTH JOB CREATION policy by PF has actually unsettled the UPND and Rainbow. With this hope that has been given to our young innovative masses, why would someone start feeling bad?
To the youth, ignore the opposition and take the opportunity that the PF under H.E. Edgar Chagwa Lungu has initiated. Promises by HH and Kabimba will just die…
Maikalange you have exactly the same thinking as Davies chama. For your own info HH has been offered posts of Vice President many times before but he is too principled. He is not like some people who get so excited and puffed up by power and start dressing up in expensive designer suits
There is a slow boiling under the surface and it’s only a matter of time before the push back will begin. The problem of the super powerful cadres is most noticed by the type of people who will never access LT. Anyone thinking it is all luvvy duvvy fluffy clouds of happiness on the ground will NEVER understand the realities on the ground and will remain content to sit in the Ivory tower of superiority complex with ignorance hugged and held close. Love or hate the guy for telling the truth. That’s your choice. However differentiate that from how OTHERS experience the kind of Zed that you have the condescending privilege to ignore. Nuff said.
Well said A Phiri Anabwera! It is always to keep things into perspective- if you are in diaspora, whether you like it or not, you don’t have the privilege to experience the hardship that the common zambian is facing back home. Hearsay is never accurately portrayed.
Three Musketeers – thanks. I have spent ten of the last twelve months in Zed. The responses up here show little understanding of economic, social and political realities felt by the vast majority. ED has de campaigned himself greatly and remains his own biggest stumbling block to the extent that he is watched more than the opposition and unless he wakes up to this fact or rigs – he is out next year.
That’s our man of wisdom not the ***** drunkard
Ati A Bishop Without A Church. Ati Am Sda Member
No time to read all this. Heard it several times before.
All sensible Zambians unlike some bloggers employed by PF will understand that HH means well for all of us. A violent free nation is good for all
I have noticed that those from east are just supporting Wako ni wako like my brother chief bootlicker. I have followed his blogging from the days when he was supporting Lupia until now. Now he is supporting Chagwa and my conclusion is hes from the east.
HH is telling facts but unfortunately Zambians are now polorised on ethinic grounds. However, the game changers this time around will be the bemba speaking. Watch the space.
I think bootlicker is from the easter, looking at the way he supported RB and now EL. HH has a point unfortunately this country is now polorised on ethinic grounds. However the bembas will be the game changer this time around
TheEngineer,
Many times I read your trash & I feel pity for the party upnd for having supporters of your type. I just see the devil next to you and hh celebrating as you cry cry baby with the under five. Nga anya you support him, but you forget to clean his backside. All you do is to give him a new napkin & tie it with a pin…& wait for another nyaaa. hh is a disgrace to say the least & him inviting the diplomats is a shame…just like the Gay and the lesbians group that think they have rights when in-fact they are in sinful sickness. hh is fake and he is only voted by the region that base voting on tribal lines. If I may ask: Who drafted that speech he even failed to read properly? Was it Banda or the new vice president? The trio are pathetic cowards that run from one party to the…
HH IS A CRYING BABY THE MAN HAS LOST ALL HIS CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES AND IS NOW APPEALING FOR HELP FROM DIPLOMATS WHAT A SHAME. PF IS WORKING AND IT WILL CONTINUE WORKING. MAPATIZYA FORMULA IS UPND’S VIOLENCE BRAND NAME ZAMBIANS KNOW THIS.
WITH GBM IN UPND EXPECT MORE VIOLENCE WE DON’T NEED TO TELL THE NATIONAL THAT GBM IN JANUARY 2015 CAME WITH 100 KGS OF MALEGENI AND GAVE HIS CADRES IN KASAMA WHO INJURED PF CADRES. SO HH AND GBM HAVE NO MORAL RIGHTS TO CONDEMN PF LET ALONE THE PRESIDENT.
ON APPOINTMENTS THE CONSTITUTION IS VERY CLEAR ITS ONLY EL WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO APPOINT ANY MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND NOT HH.
HH MUST ALSO WAKE HE HAS NO POWERS OVER ZAMBIA BESIDES THOSE IN HIS HOUSE AND UPND SO IS GBM WHO RUNS TO COURT FOR ANY SIMPLEST ISSUES GOOD FOR HIS LEGAL TEAM WHO ARE…
Actually for me it looks like hh was looking for sympathy and support from the Post in that press conference! He really thinks it will win him next elections! You have to pity the guy because now he has been terribly exposed to the fact that he has no agenda for Zambia except to have power for sake of having power!
Lungu told us that he wanted to collect all the taxes on behalf of the zambian people from all those evading tax and on that basis we gave him our vote, now this man comes and says ECL is using ZRA to persecute the Post! How on earth do I give such a man my vote ? Who has no vision now! Words are not deeds!
Well spoken James. Zambians are aware of this man and his outdated tactics. It is a failed project and they will never succeed. Its similar to the Post every day they quote the same few disgruntled individuals to discredit govt. They are useless hypocrites.
@Maikalange uli cikopo! What economic scores are you seeing? Do you live in this country! Uli mwa sana chikala!
Mushota, Mushota…
Quoting you:
“and they need prosecuting. These people are sadists for lack of words.” Since you portray to be a PHD learner.. your skill is endangered. You never write anything when you lack words. You only wrote because “YOU ARE THE SADIST” yourself….however you will not make it with the PF. Try it on hh the coward.
Maybe he will smile just by being supported by a Bemba, PHD learner, stack in a foreign land, non voter and a joker.
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BB2014
Understood!
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BB2014
Who were the classmates of this failed politician mwebantu kanshi? Can someone tell him that nobody needs him in Zambia. He is a liar with no shame. All the trash he has wasted his ink on is something he has been habouring in his small brain.
The fact that NO ONE from the opposition has come out to support the YOUTH EMPOWERMENT POLICY for the much talked about job opportunities simply shows that the these guys in opposition especially UPND, FDD, Post and some fake broke people are just power hungry and do not have the interest of the youth as they portray it. So, the Zambian people must be very careful of who they choose to believe, one who does something about their situation or on who simply promises.
The opposition behave like pr0stitutes, who pretend to like a man and once paid…
President HH, you should include a Q&A session with journalists to sell yourself more. Invite foreign media as well. Your useless opponent who happens to be our embarrassment of a Zambian president avoids such because he has no answers to Zambia problems
President HH, next time include a Q&A session with journalists to sell yourself more. Invite foreign media as well. Your useless opponent Lungu, who happens to be our embarrassment of a president avoids such as he has no answers to Zambia’s problems
Viva HH
I can agree with UPND but not with HH. Why is he still hanging on to leadership? He is educated, intelligent and born again whatever, but look at others like Chipimo jnr. Same intellectual and religious capacity but it does not mean they can canvass votes throughout Zambia. This is politics! We need more fire to crack the PF camp no longer relying on HH. He has had his time enough to give others chance and whoever is behind his wamuyaya must be a nut! @ Maikalange, do not call our leader a failed politician, you also have many if not hundreds. Let it be our bone to chew you pretender. We are going to give you a shock because a new guy is in the offing we can not say it now. Those monks who have called me names suggesting I should have stood as Veep because I commented on GBM are hopeless…
Edga changwa lungu is most peaceful presindent
PF has no carpet to hide your trash Mushota.
HH the proverbial petulant little kid stamping his feet saying, it’s not fair, it’s not fair.
Grow a pair you self-absorbed little (insert swear word here)!
Well said BUT I haven’t heard you talk about your monze thugs who are brutallising PF members. These thugs from upnd have your direct support with your great lawer mwimbu. First remove the log from your eye. Can you tell this nation when you appologised or simply condemned these thugs , Red Linso and crue bear wounds from your thugs his car was damaged did you condemn your thugs? No you are a shameless lier hh malabishi.
Oly people who benefit from E. Chakolwa Lungu’s evil corrupt deeds keep praising and adoring his evil rule. It will not be long before they will turn against him. How on earth a head state still employs a minister who has shot and wounded an unarmed person becuase of political defference?Lungu has that man’s blood on his hands.
HH Chililalila all the time.Seeking sympathy and attention from within and without
On the 15 April 2010 FODEP observed that the escalating violence in Mufumbwe by elections between UPND and MMD cadres left nine people injured and hospitalised. So HH you lied when you say violence started in 2011 when the PF came to power.
You do not mention who closed the public offices and in the circumstances will not comment on this one
You say the country finally witnessed the selection of the ruling party by show of hands…. That is rich coming from some one whose party has never held a convention since 2006. In any case you assumed the presidency of the UPND using the tribal card. A quote from the Zambian Intelligence News, ” I have decided to go for the UPND presidency because a Lozi can never win the presidency of the Republic of Zambia – Hichilema”
The plane carrying…
Comment: Why do you keep repeating the same things like a broken record. We have heard this so what?just read a little and i knew where you were you heading to coz i don’t have a small brain.
The Plane carrying Maureen Mwanawasa was stoned due to the ineptitude of the pilot. Instead of landing at the site where the UPND rally(meeting) was taking place, the pilot ended up landing where the PF rally was taking place. May be the pilot was attracted to the PF rally by the bigger crowd.
Mr HH, your party has of late been supporting people like Dr Rajan Mahtani and now the Post newspaper. Is it a question of plunderers watching each others backs?
HH is simply trying to woo the embattled PAST editor Mmembe to consider covering him in the gutter paper. This is why HH lyose Kufaula. How can HH say trying to recover taxes from Mmembe is violence or persecution. Off all Zambians, HH picks GBM and he says UPND makes gains in Northern and Muchinga province. Sick and laughable.
HH invest in telling Zambians alternatives of policies to govern not simply wanting to replace PF. Zambians were last cheated by Sata and those tricks will not work. They will vote for PF because PF is showing facts on the ground infrastructure even if the debt is rising. spend much of your time explaining why Zambians should look at you as alternative.Mmembe is marketing the most discredited item Kawamba or Kambimba what ever. For Mmembe it is not about…
For Mmembe it is not about alternatives but to recover lost influence or power to control presidency. This is not about the people but control of power by remote. Mmembe is for Kawamba as this Kawamba is responsible for these rogue High Court Judges that are always shooting down Government legal matters. This is what they have lost. Realignment of government institutions to suit his selfish agenda and HH is not anywhere near or in the equation
HH will do well to work with FDD, NAREP and other parties as alternative to PF not trying to use Mmembe. Mmembe has no Friend except Kabimba and Mutembo and rogue High Court Judges.
At least HH held a press briefing and raised issues which should interest all peace loving Zambians. The whole nation still awaits a Press Briefing from HE ECL, to inform the nation on the status of the Zambian economy.
HH has nothing to do no wonder he can have all the time to make press conference to fight for symphathy, this guy HH is a big lier and hope people even given him a chance to smell the wind at state house. I advise HH to stop alarming the nation due to him being power hungry.
Comment: let hh tell zambians how is going to improve the economy not just criticising. hh stop insulting an innoncent edger give him time.
They say, it’s difficult to get advice from unmarried. And there is nothing wrong in borrowing for the reason. What is wrong to borrow if you wish to build a school?Would you starve your children when the Millie meal has run out all because you debts are not good.
Not inspiring n out of context
LT why did you change the outlook of you site only to go back to the old way of doing things, the Zambian way. We need innovation and modernizing.
So much hatred. Why insult the man! Meet him punch for punch with facts. No wonder lwa kumuha from this failed nation.
Uninspiring and out of context
Always crying foul. Sata inspired many for the things he said he was going to do and not what MMD was doing to him. Tell us what you will do so we can vote for you and not what has been done to you. HH’s speech is hypocritical and self centered. I want to hear how HH will develop Zambia.
Comment:All human beings are tribal… otherwise there wouldn’t be terms like Genocide, xenophobia and groups like Boko Haram, ISIL etc. The fact that you pretend not to be tribal yet you feel inclined to certain ethnic groupings makes you tribal. People’s comments on HH’s speech clearly explains 2 things; 1. Hatred for Tongas and 2. Lack of patriotism. However, I will not talk about the first but rather add a word on the second. Is zambia too special in God’s eyes that what happened in Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda etc can not happen here?? What is wrong with HH’s condemnation of violence?? Where you all PF symoathisers in zambia during the 2015 presidential Bye elections campaigns?? Was that good for zambian? If you are a true patriot as most zambians claim to be then answer these…
Politice surely have gone to them dogs. HH has always been a cry baby Ask Odinga and Tsvangirai. These two *****s were exactly like you but are new longer factors in Kenya and Zimbabwe respectively.