THE United Party for National Development has predicted that the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) will suffer mass defections claiming that some ministers and members of Parliament Have personal ambitions for the presidency.
UPND president Hakainde Hichilema said the violence that rocked the PF during the transition following the death of president Michael Sata was likely to engulf the PF again because some senior leaders had not shelved their ambitions to take over the leadership of the party.
He said the violence that characterised the ruling party national congress last year would be nothing compared to what would happen in the next intra-party democracy because some PF leaders had not shelved their ambitions to contest the presidency under the ruling party ticket.
Mr Hichilema said the wrangles, controversy and violence that characterised the transition period should not be allowed to happen against and called on President Edgar Lungu to root out violent cadres from the ruling party.
He said there would be more confusion and consternation in the Patriotic Front after the dissolution of Parliament in 2016 and that a number of Ministers and MPs were likely to abandon President Lungu.
“As we get towards 2016, the violence that characterised the transition period in the PF will come back. There will be more confusion in the PF after the MPs and Ministers have been paid their gratuity and most of them are going to be with us
Speaking at a media briefing at Pamodzi Hotel yesterday, Mr Hichilema claimed that there was instability in the PF which had directly affected the political stability of the country and that unless President Lungu addressed the many challenges facing the country, he was not going to have it easy in 2016 general elections.
“As we get towards 2016, the violence that characterised the transition period in the PF will come back. There will be more confusion in the PF after the MPs and Ministers have been paid their gratuity and most of them are going to be with us. The violence will get worse because some of the PF leaders still have the ambitions to lead the party because they feel President Lungu forced his way to the PF presidency,” Mr Hichilema said.
And Mr Hichilema has called for a united opposition stating that there was nothing that could keep the opposition political parties apart because they had a common agenda of serving Zambians who were the victims of what he termed poor governance.
Mr Hichilema claimed that the PF had failed to improve the lives of the people alleging that most of the people in Government were serving their personal interests at the expense of the majority poor Zambians.
He alleged that some of the PF government officials were involved in corrupt activities and that they were allegedly buying expensive and exotic properties in South Africa’s plush towns such as Sandton.
He said it was shocking that some leaders in Government had suddenly become opulent in their life-styles when many Zambians were struggling to barely survive because of the economic hardships they were going through.
Mr Hichilema said the opposition political parties should unit and demand from Government to have the private members motion of banding the use of firearms during elections to be taken back to parliament because the culture of using guns by cadres during elections was promoting violence.
“When our time comes, the public media will be freed so that it can criticise the UPND in Government. We want to turn round the economy of the country but the PF are in government to serve themselves. I have been recieving calls from my freinds in South Africa who have been asking me about some Government officials who have been looking for agents to buy estates and they are looking for such property in Sandton. Where did they get the money to buy such expensive property. I am in business and I know how long it takes to make money,” Mr Hichilema said.
You are in opposition take advantage
Another laughable political rhetoric.
He is right i feel.
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BB2014
Maureen wants to go back to the State House through HH!
lusaka times no no no no!……… warn sensitive readers/viewers in advance, maureen is danegrously happy in HH`s hands,,, i wont say much, there are kids around,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
This picture, no, mwe? I already feel like disappearing to go play with myself.
Dirt minded chaps, simuona mukazi na mwamuna pamodzi ninshi vachitika kundala, fools! As a matter of fact hh is right on that one, keep burying your small brains in the sand, but these words will surely come to pass.
Confusion has already started. LT reports that PF will discipline those that have started campaigns. Next year will be total chaos for PF. Their president Edgar has no vision, what do you expect
The real Zambian president has spoken!!!
Viva HH
HH why talk about these Fools? utilize the opportunity to Prove to Zambians that you will be different. Clear the Tribal issues that people always talk about, come out on TV and clearly put up a strategy that will change people perceptions..
They say you leadership is tribal based. clear that bwana.. It will help you..
Take advantage of the confusion
And you want them to join you
Politics is all about numbers. Why chase them?
These two look like a couple. Keep dreaming HH, its Edgar Lungu again 2016
Comment:hh is a prophet of doom! Why trying to remove a speck in another person’s eye before plucking out a big log in your own eye? Zambians are looking for leaders who can solve their many problems and so far pf has continued to show willingness as shown by massive infra development for all to see! Wina aza luza again!
And hows that PF “Confusion” your business ba hh?
Do you anticipate there will be problems in UPND the fact that you ‘ ve lost them so many elections? IS it PF ya nyoko HH IWE? You should be concerned about your party and not other’s?
Comment cry baby,cry.
as for me, I wish Edgar Lungu was not born. He is the worst leader to have ruled Zambia. HH we love you 2016 is yours dear.
Government officials are buying Sandton properties and all some *****s can say is prophet of doom, cry baby, keep dreaming, niyanyoko etc. Is Zambia a nation full of imbeciles or what? I think these imbeciles would cheer on someone raping their wife or mother because its the same thing. Tiye ikakako mpamvu tiye nayo ….
You are right. Just shows how dirty tribal politics are. As long as the ones stealing are thier tribesmen, they cheer them on at expense of the country.
He Is right , there is masive corruption in Pf.
That is why building is the most expensive activity in the whole world when it is done in Zambia. PF have inflated the costs of building to benefit their corrupt companies knowing it is borrowed funds that will be used and Zambians will only notice the scam when they have to repay the borrowed manee. It was chikwanda who eluded to overpricing scam which blamed on the overblown budget.
Sometimes it doesn’t take long to make money. See an opportunity and seize it. Know what I mean, HH? (Insert playful wink). As for the never ending confusion… Africa above said it best.
I’m sure the economy is prepped to dramatically ‘improve’ just before elections e.g. Fuel at the pump, mealie meal cost, shifting all that govt dollar back in to kwacha at an opportune time. Old school. The fun part is the comedic drama up ahead. The serious part is we need to make better choices for the sake of our nation.
SUPPOSE THERE WILL BE NO CONFUSION…. . .. WHAT IS YOUR PROPHECY
So this under 5 is banking on the so called confusion to craw to State House? It will not happen! Just sell yourself properly to the electorates otherwise you are in for another rude shock!………..And the biggest problem is that you are not salable ba hh, maybe try to change your name to Akainde Ichilema Kanyanta Manga!
I am busy buying property in the most expensive suburb in South Africa and those poverty a stricken imbeciles can always cheer me on!! Poverty has rendered them “brain-dead”!! You see them moving around but they are just zombies!! They vote like robots without using their brains while I enjoy my 6-bedroomed mansion in Sandhurst!! Keep cheering till you’re black in the face. Meanwhile, my family will have a bright future of private schools abroad, private hospital services, comfortable transport. What do you zombies have? Keep on cheering…..
Ba Mumb8 – Just wait, soon they will burn you and your mansion there.
What has the confusion in pf 2 do with us?look at him busy condeming pf mp’s whom he say they r corrupt but he want them 2 join his party.how can u say this women is a prostitute and u r busy with lobola negociations.can u please convence us 2 give us a vote not what u r teling us haisha.
iwe hh u always talking about pf and thinking we jump out of the boay wanya we wont we shall beat u at election time again
What a waste of time. What’s wrong with someone having some ambition? So in Upnd noone apart from mighty HH can aspire for president?
One expelled UPND who is a minister has already soiled himself in some corrupt. Some good company donates materials for a govt project , the guy takes to his plot. Since they (PF) are corrupt they will ignore the open corrupt practice. Guess who????? Not Masumba of course, but his like. ‘Vote wisely’.
Comment: Try to provide solutions criticism for the sake if it won’t help you means wakwesu
ati Zambia needs a united opposition, but who is going to be President of the united opposition when 2016 comes? Is it you or Nawakwi or Kabimba? You are all selfish chaps with chicken brains.
And Please HH intra-party democracy is very important, UPND have never been subjected to any intra-party elections from the time you ascended to presidency, all you do is to appoint and not subject people to president. In my hood Kabwata, roads of PF are shinning like I am in SA or Europe. What we need first as a country is to have infrastructure development in areas such health, education, road sector etc, other things will come in thereafter. Na 2016 ifwe ni PF even though they’ve made some mistakes. Even you when you come to presidency you will make mistakes and in fact worse ones since you…
Acts of despiration who will want to succeed Edgar before he does his 2 terms. There will be no confusion in 2016. May be in 2021. For 2016 everyone knows it is ECL in 2016. Sorry brother HH, you still have many years to wait before trying again. After your 2016 loss there will be discontent in UPND and people may demand for a new leader.
That is why you have such a name.
Confusion was caused by muzungu opusa and since muzungu opusa is out of picture, HH forget it.
This is true, and it pains, watchd out , Sampa , has been quiet, a lot more , you think they are happy, they appoint full ministers from opposition, you think the sitting one PF MPs are happy, a lot of things are wrong, the Chanda’s, Simusa just to mention a few. The have rised the cost of electricity, Chagwa has no vision, it was just pity , that they put him there, not 2016.
The real confusion is for married man leaving the wife for another woman publicly. We need leaders of integrity too not just visionary.
Which married man has left his wife? I suppose you have proof which can stand in a court of law. Or are you just spreading the usual rumours?
So you mean one cannot stand alongside a lady unless you are in a marital affair. Poor thinking, Move and see how people interact wekasebanya we.
Whoever, HH , says something you call him names, till it happens. He once talked about electricity,
And it never took long, loadshedding on , please don’t hate a person by his tribe, but what he can do for your country, this is the man, who is for the people. Vote wisely 2016
YAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. NOT WORTHY MY COMMENT. WILL MOVE ON.
John kabengele HH did not predict load shedding because we all it was coming. No rocket science here. By the even far flung Ghana are going through the same problem because just like zambia they went to sleep at independence
lets so hard so that we succeed 2016 is yours HH.
2016 VIVA LUNGU
HH YOU WERE GIVEN ONE MONTH TO CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENCY WHILST PF WAS LOOKING FOR A PRESIDENT YOU STILL LOST ITS A PITY YOU ARE HOPING FOR THE SECOND CHANCE SORRY YOU WILL NEVER GET IT COZ PF IS NOW VERY ORGANIZED AND VERY STRONG 6 BY ELECTIONS YOU GOT ZERO.
AS FOR 2016 YOU WILL BE CLEANED AND DUSTED SO STOP DREAMING. YOU ARE A SADIST WHO WISHED EL DEAD BUT SORRY OUR PRESIDENT IS VERY FIT AND COME 2016 YOU ARE FINISHED.
WINA AZALILA AND ITS YOU AND FAT ALBERT WHO LIVES SCARED RUNNING TO COURTS IN ORDER TO CLING TO THE KASAMA SEAT KKKKK
Lungu has outlived his usefulness. Too much Kaloba
Posing with Maureen is more news than what hh is saying
Thats typical Zambian thinking dear, No morals.
Mention the people buying expensive property in South Africa if you can’t then shut your stinking mouth up!!!
HH, don’t bank too much on the anticipated PF confusion in 2016. Remember how you failed to beat them at their most divided the last time out? It’s expecting too much to flog them when ECL is in-charge, with all the trappings of his office. As for the party pacts, forget about opposition alliances bwana HH. Since Eden these alliances never work and you HH are partly to blame, as per RB during the Chitambo bye election of 2009, “the problem with the pact was that each one of them wanted to go to State House. …during the forthcoming election, both of them (Sata and HH) will stand at the same time, unless they can change their names to HakaSata.” [The Post, Monday, August 03, 2009 12:19:32 AM]. Just re-work your strategy brother HH.
HH MUST LEAVE
HH must leave the Presidential race…I have no apologies for stating time and again that we do not need HH for 2016 Presidential elections. 1. He has lost 4 times 2. He is demonstrating inferiority complex by borrowing people from MMD and PF…3. He surely has departed from late Mazoka’s legacy (may his soul resat in peace) 4. He seems to be having marital issues with Mutinta (wife) 5. the areas where he is likely to have high votes are being shared with Wynter’s Raibow Party, 6. Has has caused us the UPND much pain because of his dictatorship.
Please people I have no ambitions to stand for any position in the party but I have the right to comment for the benefit of all, and please let us respect each others opinions.
BB in Kalomo
With the widespread thuggery and corruption in PF I won’t be surprised if officials in late Sata’s unruly party use guns and machetes to kill each other next year.
is it true that HH is Maureen’s wife ????????????
Eliko bad eiyena ??????????????? fili uko tuleya
Where is Mutinta Hichilema, Maureen Kakubo seems to be very comfortable around HH.
HH is surely exhibiting ‘under 5’ political characteristics.This guy is purely an amature in politics,how does that unsubstantiated infor give him political mealage?I now understand that being a shrewd business person is no guarantee to making a successful politician.HH needs to learn from better politicians like Mulongoti,i think!Just a reminder,HH failed to beat His Excellency ECL when he was just minister.How about now when he is commander in-chief of the armed forces.Far fetched dream isnt it?
Hhhmmm,now that is an intimate pose, nice picture for the centre page of the Past news.
HH calls for a United opposition. And the leader isssssss… HH! Can HH accept a junior position in any united opposition front? Not at all, in fact his party and ethnic group will note allow that even if HH agreed to play second fiddle to, say, Kabimba (kikikikiki red lips president? Kikikikiki). Another reason why you can be happy that 2016 is for Edgar Chagwa Lungu again.
Since HH is able to foresee and indeed predict how things are going to be in 2016, how come he did not see his loss in the last elections? He could have saved his money and time spent in elections.
This couple looks very nice together. I hope they will get married some day in future, even through a polygamous marriage. Just look how happy Maura is. When did you last see that smile. The ambi has done her a lot of good also. Keep it up bane.
Ba HH just use your strategy than praying that PF goes into confusion again. This will not happen mr HH. No wonder you are called an under5. Grow up shaaaa.