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HH owes Zambians an apology-Given Lubinda

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Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda speaking during the official opening of the first joint Pan-African Grain Legume and World Cowpea Conference currently being held at AVANI Victoria Falls Hotel. Picture by Jeffrey Oliver
Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda speaking during the official
opening of the first joint Pan-African Grain Legume and World Cowpea
Conference currently being held at AVANI Victoria Falls Hotel. Picture
by Jeffrey Oliver

HAKAINDE Hichilema owes Zambians an apology for telling the international community through a BBC broadcast that Government had exported all the maize at $US200 and was now importing the grain at $US500 per tonnes contrary to the prevailing situation, Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda has said.

He said Mr Hichilema has become a danger to the country’s growing democracy by exhibiting dangerous traits of dictatorship and Zambians should reject his selfish desire of taking up the governance of the country, Given Lubinda has said.

Mr Lubinda said Zambians would certainly reward Mr Hichilema by voting against him for praying that Zambia’s economy should collapse for him to win the presidency in the August general elections.

He stated that Mr Hichilema owed Zambians an apology for deliberately misinforming the international community that Zambia was in a food crisis when the truth was that the country was food secure.

Mr Lubinda, who is Agriculture Minister, said Mr Hichilema was a self-centred man who was suffering from egoism that had made him unsuitable to take up the leadership of the country.

He said in an interview that Mr Hichilema was willing to trade his soul with whoever would promise him victory in the coming general elections and that was why Zambians were going to reject him again in the coming general elections.

Mr Lubinda said he had been informed that Mr Hichilema was allegedly paying some people to influence and create an artificial shortage of maize on the market and cause panic among millers and the general citizenry.

“On 13th August, Zambians shall reward Mr Hichilema for his dictatorial tendencies. Mr Hichilema will be rewarded for praying for famine so that Zambians can suffer. He has been trying hard to create fear among citizens that the economy was collapsing so that citizens can revolt against President Lungu and the PF. Dictators survive by invoking fear in the people. They survive by creating pain among citizens so that the can remain in power and that is why Zambians must consider Mr Hichilema a danger to the country’s growing democracy,” Mr Lubinda said. Mr Lubinda said he was aware that Mr Hichilema had allegedly been praying for a drought so that there could be famine in the country which would force Zambians to rise against President Lungu and the Patriotic Front (PF)

He said however that Zambians were lucky to have President Lungu who had been praying to God, calling upon His name for solutions to the economic challenges the country was facing.

Mr Lubinda has challenged the UPND leadership for a live television programme to discuss the food security in the country so that he could show them that they were nothing but cheap political liars.

“I am challenging Mr Hichilema with his UPND team for a live television debate on any media house including the BBC where he was telling lies. I will show them that they are nothing but liars who in desperation for power have resorted to cheap political lies. But Zambians cannot be fooled by such cheap tactics and have seen through them,” Mr Lubinda said.

He said Mr Hichilema was unlikely to win the presidency in the coming general elections and that his participation in the country’s politics would end after August this year.

Get political parties on the directive by President Lungu that all civil servants who have filed in their applications to be adopted to contest political positions should immediately resign.

28 COMMENTS

  1. We can see panic in your statement Mr lubinda, how would you know HH is praying for femine?
    For your own information in case you do not know, mealie meal is selling at 125.00. And a lot of people can not afford that. Just try to work unlike telling us about HH and his prayers, .

    • Given Lubinda (I wish they could take you away) anyway just explain why Supermarkets are restricting us to I bag of mealie perversion. The problem really is Edgar, he has no vision and appointed people that lie to him..more like the Emperor’ new cloths. Consolation however is that this inept and incompetent lot is going out in Aug.Twachula pa fula

    • I CAN SEE PANIC IN HH’s ACTIONS AND TALK. HIS TIME IS COMING TO AN END AND HE HAS EVEN INTENSIFIED ON COPYING SOME OF THE THINGS SATA USED TO DO. ALLIANCES WITH POST, MEETING DIPLOMATS (ALTHOUGH SATA USED TO BE INVITED) BY INVITING THEM AND SO ON. GINDI JASIKA MUSANKWA. JUST START PACKING.

    • Lubinda and PF you are the ones who owes Zambian apologies for destroying the Zambia economy, you found the price of bunga at K39 per 50kg and now it is even up to K100 per 50kgs. Your government is sending children to bed on empty tummies thanks to your incompetence.

  2. Given, u might have a point that HH lied. At least it could among the few lies he has done by being misinformed by his team, but the PF has told us thousands of lies. Lead by example by apologizing first & it might take you the whole day to get thru the lies the PF has told so far.

  3. Bo Lubinda. Didn’t the president say, “Zambia will have to import maize so that no one will go hungry?” Or maybe sir, you are asking to the president to apologise as well?

  4. Ba Lubinda economics yamipita sure!
    its simple supply and demand. when supply is higher than demand, price is low; and conversely, when demand is higher than supply, price is higher. Now the question is what was price/mt of maize then, when supply was high and what is the price now that demand is higher than supply? These are question ba lubinda you should answer not personal attacks

  5. Comment: Well articulated counteraction … but not worth all those words… we need evidence… show us the stocks of maize on television that a live discussion. Where is the maize? thank u.

  6. Comment: Well articulated counteraction … but not worth all those words… we need evidence… show us the stocks of maize on television than a live discussion. Where is the maize? thank u.

  7. Talk about remaining relevant. Bo Lubinda, you have failed, what are your achievements in that ministry? Shortage of mealie meal. Don’t deflect your incompetence on HH. You are supposed to be addressing critical matters in your ministry such as shortage of mealie meal. But your focus is on irrelevant matter. By the way, HH is not your counterpart. Your counterpart is UPND chairman for agriculture

  8. No need, you are all liars and unreliable. Did PF deliver the constitution in 90 days? Do we have more money and lower taxes? Alas, none of these have happened! We a re starving, possibly he is more accurate! You owe us an apology!

  9. Bah humbug! A thousand apologies are owed by those running the country and not one has been given yet so I couldn’t care less about the opposition who are not the ones currently running the nation in to the ground while simultaneously lashing out at anyone but themselves.

  10. Honorable President Lungu & Minister Lubinda:
    The Investor Farmers in Zambia support the Ruling Government.
    We can not vote but as Farmers we Believe in God and His Word …the Word teaches us to Pray for Government.
    As Investors we Trust the Leadership receive Wishdom to Lead Zambia to Prosperity, a Save Free Economy,
    and Thank God for the Good Land He has given to the Zambian People.

    • RETIRE;ENT FRO; ZHQTM YOU ZILL BE THE ONE ZITH NO ;ONEY IN YOUR POCKET BECQUSE PF ZILL NOT QFFORD TO PQY YOU FOR YOUR HQTE SPEECH, GOOD NIGHT,

  11. Mr. Lubinda, it is you and PF that owe the Zambian pipo several apologies: When you came into power in 2011:-
    Wat was the price of 25kg bag of b/fast meal? Wat was the exchange rate of Kwacha to a USD? Wat was the average commercial bank lending rate? How much was load shedding then? Wat was the price of a loaf of bread? Wat was the price of a meda of beans and a meda of kapenta? Wat was our financial debt to the international community? How many cabinet ministers (ministers and their several deputies) did we have then? Let us bring pangas on board also; if you have correct answers to these questions, u will realize it is your PF that owes Zambians (including yourself) several apologies. Infact PF deserves to be shut down. The devil is working thr PF against Zambian pipo.

  12. No No Given Zayelo! you owe the Zambian people an apology for causing panic and for failing to preserve rations for the nation as the country now faces a serious food crisis on top of others,power,fuel,intolerance,violence,exchange rate,inflation,identity,and many more that i can not mention.
    august Zwaaaaaa!

  13. It is better to keep quite than to continue yapping about the same thing every day. If you are sincere Lubinda, please talk about chishimba who has been stealing and smuggling maize and mealie meal to Burindi. You are quite because he is raising campaign money for your party?

  14. bo lubinda we a adults and hh cant fool us we o know how desperate this person is, he can even sell the country jst gain plot one awe sure im even scared of this man

  15. Mr. Lubinda, we are not going to eat debates.Just the way you have been going round the country showing and commissioning road projects, just go round show us were you are hiding the maize and off load it on the market,instead of wasting time having worthless debates,while poor zambians are dying of hunger.For once man up and accept responsibility.Stop aportioning your failures on others.And i thought you are a true christian,how can you say that HH was praying for famine.Are you sure God can be commanded by a mere mortal to act against his will.Do you serve the living God for you to even doubt the omniportence of the almight God?….GOD acts as he wills, no man can command him to do otherwise. He allows everything to happen the way they do for a purpose.

  16. Who is going to watch the live debate when people are looking for mealie meal. Just stock the shops with the mealie meal then the talking will die.
    Thought the elections were on 11/08. What’s happening on the 13/08?
    Given you can do better. Adopt the demeanour of people like Ngosa Simbyakula or Dr John Phiri. They will still be gentlemen even after 11/08 who ever wins.

  17. He has been trying hard to create fear among citizens telling people that the economy was collapsing so that citizens can revolt against President Lungu and the PF.

    A good debate face off will be good. Let’s wait to see if he will take up the challenge! HHS is trying his best to be crafty. It’s time to start exposing him. So far it is difficult to understand what alternative UPND are offering to citizens. It’s all very basic….food prices up, vote UPND, Kwacha has been on the up vote UPND, Diplomats have visited HH vote UPND! What PF need to start doing is challenging him to bring out what his solutions are going to be! Also foreign news items on how West economies are facing same challenges should be shown to educate the citizenry so they can accurately see the lack of…

  18. It’s all very basic….food prices up, vote UPND, Kwacha has been on the up vote UPND, Diplomats have visited HH vote UPND! What PF need to start doing is challenging him to bring out what his solutions are going to be! Also foreign news items on how West economies are facing same challenges should be shown to educate the citizenry so they can accurately see the lack of choices for HH to do any better. Nail him down, let his emptiness be seen.

    • @Patriot

      Spare your PF, they have nothing to show in order to nail him down.

      He has just brought out the truth, live with it bro.

  19. Editor,
    1. They claim to be pro-poor people, yet PF removed subsidies on food and fuel in the early months of attaining power.
    2. They followed this by increasing their salaries twice before imposing a wage freeze on civil servants.
    3. They call other parties tribal but their cabinet in the last four years has been dominated by same region and so have their recent filing of applications for nominations for 2016.
    4. They claim to be consultative but keep changing and reversing policies when stakeholders complain.
    5. They claim to be distributing development equitably but built two universities in one district.
    6. Edgar Lungu wants to empower women to leadership positions, but he is the one who instructed his MPs to shoot down the proportionate representation clause in the new…

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