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Chief Mukuni invites Chitimukulu to Southern Province on a ‘fact finding’ mission to end tribal talk

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Chief Mukuni

Chief Mukuni has invited paramount Chief Chitimukulu to lead a delegation for a fact finding mission in Tongaland than allowing politicians to divide the two tribes with their propaganda.

He said Tongas don’t vote on tribal lines as witnessed from all the past elections even before Anderson Mazoka and now Hakainde Hichilema,

Chief Mukuni said the tribal talk is only being used by politicians to divide Zambia.

He said freedom fighter Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula withdrew from the presidential race and supported Kenneth Kaunda and that Tongas even gave Zambia over 40,000 cattle to raise Air-tickets for Dr Kaunda and the entourage who travelled to London to sign papers for Zambia’s Independence.

Chief Mukuni who said he is ready to foot the entire bill for the trip said in 1991, even when there were Tongas with potential to lead, they withdrew from the race and backed Frederick Chiluba who they later gave a 100% vote against Dr Kaunda.

Meanwhile, A new traditional Committee dubbed Council of Chiefs has been established in Zambia, Reports Pan African Radio Journalist Hermit Hachilonde.

Council of Chiefs (COC) Spokesperson James Kapaya who announced the formation of the committee yesterday, said in a statement that the Committee comprises chiefs from Northern, Eastern, Copperbelt, Muchinga, Southern, Luapula, Western, Central, North Western, and Lusaka provinces.

He explained that the role of the newly formed traditional committee is to help and guide the country in terms of the traditional backgrounds.

Mr. Kapaya said traditional leaders have a duty to unite the country, especially in times of divisions and ethnic crisis which essentially requires Chiefs alongside the Zambian Government to intercede.

The committee spokesperson explicated the establishment of the committee was due to the escalating violence, tribal divisions and hate speeches which he believes the current crop of politicians are the champions to all acts that may divide Zambia.

Mr. Kapaya noted that the committee will from now onwards be giving guidance to the nation on several matters that border on development considering that the politicians have failed to do so including some church mother bodies.

“With the establishment of this committee, we wish to remind our politicians that as chiefs, we are the major stakeholders of the Zambian people and failure to offer guidance from our end may mean lack of leadership as is the case with some politicians”

“We shall from time to time be guiding the nation through our established committee on matters of peace, development among others” he said

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    • Clearly, this tribalism issue is beyond our politicians. Our Chiefs are the real leaders of our communities. Politicians come and go but the Chiefs will remain. Chief Mukuni has spoken sense and we should all support such a gesture and wisdom displayed.

    • Zambia’s peace is beyond tribal lines. Although I am Bemba, I have had a privilege to work in all the districts in Southern province and almost 90% of whole the villages in the province. I found Tongas, Ilas, Toka Leyas etc to be very kind people and always welcoming.

    • Chief Mukuni has got Cash. I recently visited him and this chief is really rich. No wonder he says he will foot the bill. From this chiefs will see for themselves the propaganda by Government.

  1. Mwine Lubemba dont even make that mistake. Those cavemen will skin you alive. Why didnt this Bunjee Jumper comdemn violence thst time ?

  2. Chief Mukuni was the main architect of tribal voting. Remember last year in the run up to January election he invited all the Tonga chiefs to a meeting in Monze to endorse HH.

    • Does anybody understand the tribal arrangement in the Eastern Province? Eastern province has two paramount chiefs, Mpezeni of the Ngoni and Gawa Undi of the Chewa. Mpezeni only commands respect in half of Chipata and that is the end of his chiefdom. On the other hand Gawa Undi commands respect from five district in Zambia, the whole of Malawi and parts of Mozambique.
      So @Chilyata there is a free lesson on Eastern province

  3. My beloved chief they have taken GBM by HH and he has fallen with him,now that UPND chief wants you next please stay away he is a not a good man. He said nothing on violence because he was for it. Say no

  4. You people who are against Chief Mukuni’s gesture to foster peace in the country are crackers, if this tribal talk is not contained it’s you and not Lungu and HH who will suffer the consequences. Despite the intermarriages between tribes we are still talking about tribalism, what message are we sending to our children born out of intermarriage. Can’t you see this is a ploy by greedy politicians to divide and rule, open your eyes Zambians before its too late.

  5. Mukuni and Chitimukulu THAT IS LEADERSHIP ! Please fill the bludgeoning vacuum – Eyi zambia ncisi cesu toonse antomwe=iyi zambia chalo chesu tonse pamo…sorry better this equation you fit Interpreters out there:
    This Zambia is our Country, all ONE 🙂
    Thumbs-up, meet-up URGENTLY AND STAND AS ONE YOU TWO – THIS COUNTRY NEEDS LEADERSHIP NOW; NOW !!

    • Which Zambia are you talking about?. There is another Zambia called Southern Province where people only vote for one party and one Candidate.

      There is another Zambia which belongs to everyone.

  6. If I were Chitimukulu, I wouldn’t accept the invitation until the people camped at Namwala Secondary school are taken back to their homes and fully compensated.

    Where have you seen a losing candidate declared winner without elections?. And that if there are elections the person who won should not Participate.

    Eastern Province chiefs where are you. Your People are being burnt alive in Southern Province and you are bust selling land to Tongas in Chipata. Work up man.

    • From these postings I can see that Bembas don’t want peace.If you want war then just say it because we capable of defending ourselves.what Mukuni is look we have always voted for people to be president on merit and we have floated people(Tongas of high quality but you don’t vote them because they are Tonga).so Bembas you have exposed yourselves.We don’t regret voting for Mazoka or HH because they have ability to make Zambia prosper,unlike Lungu who has failed.We hate nobody but poverty resulting from rampant corruption and theft of public resources in PF.

  7. @ Tutu is not only a liar but you can tell that there is a vacuum between the two ears. Well done Chief Mukuni. I also acknowledge that the Mwine Lubemba has been very positive about fostering national unity.

  8. I humbly respect chief Mukuni for inviting Chief Lubemba but the procedure is wrong or has invited at a wrong moment. These chiefs know how to invite each other, Chief Mukuni has trustees or sub chiefs whom he can assign to go and invite chief Lubemba or the other means apart from format is used. He (Chief Lubemba) cannot be invited on the media, i think the invited guest wont feel respected. In the same way if Chief Mukuni was invited that way, he would feel disrespected. That is my view.

    • But who says Protocol has not been followed, who said the reporting of lusaka times about the invitation is the invitation itself? this is a noble cause.
      Please all Zambians let’s remember we are one Zambia one Nation let’s think and think strongly on such issues. Politicians have one thing in common: and that is to serve their interest only; at all costs. Our traditional leaders are the right people to solve this mess that politicians have brought upon us. Let’s for a moment forget about HH,ECL, Nawakwi etc. Let’s focus about what damage this will do to our unity as a one Zambia. These politicians are there for a period of time and they are gone we all have a duty to protect our unity.

    • Stanley – It is very disrespectful for Chief Mukuni to say he can even foot the expenses for Mwine Lubemba to visit Southern Province. Was it necessary for him to announce that?

  9. @Tutu – I sense a whiff of alcohol abusus in yo staement…kindly translate the english sentence above into Tonga and Bemba, that is ALL I asked, just do it; WYSIWYG – Zambia is a mess and the two chiefs should be WELCOMED IF SUCH A MEET will bring sanity !! Do me a favour and just translate then you’ll see what I’m getting at 🙂

    • I think Tongas and Bembas should fight a friendly fight maybe they will start respecting each other .I thinks this is long overdue,so that we can be traditional cousins in future . Fighting may create peace in future as traditional cousins.What do you think.This ka lungu is busy pushing our heads together so that we fight while he is enjoying looting our funds.The Guy is smilling ati visiyeni vipayene ine ni kudya bwino.Zambians wake up and the fight the common enemy poverty by saying no to dictator sheep for sake of our children.

  10. THE BIGGEST MISFORTUNE EVER TO BEFALL ZAMBIA WAS THE MANIPULATIVE, DECEPTIVE, & LYING VIOLENT THIEVING P.F, PARTY BEING ELECTED TO OFFICE IN 2011.
    They are now fanning division in the nation, all because they dont want to stop stealing taxpayers cash, after exhausting the Eurobond. P.F are just a bunch of Shameless lying violent Criminals!

    • Lets invite for a restling match between a Tonga Bull Vs a Bemba Crocodile .Rules of the game first on land and then in water.lol lol haha haha.

  11. THIS CHIEF IS PLAYING POLITICS OF THE GALLERY. HOW THE HELL DO YOU GO TO THE MEDIA AND
    INVITE MWINE LUBEMBA AS IF HE IS ONE OF YOUR SUBJECTS? CHIEF MUKUNI, YOU KNOW THE
    PROBLM YOU HAVE IN SOUTHERN PROVINCE, INVITE YOUR UNDER FIVE BOY AND HIS LUBALE FAT
    ALBERT AND LECTURE TO THEM TO STOP VIOLENCE, THIS MAYHEM IS NOT BEING PERPETRATED BY
    NORTHERNRS AND EASTERNRS LIVING IN TONGALAND, ITS THE TONGAS, YOUR OWN SUBJECTS WHO
    ARE KILLING, SPEARING AND HARASSING THEM ON INSTRUCTION FROM UNDER FIVE.

    • IInviting Mwine Lubemba, why? President-elect Lungu is not a Bemba name but Easterner, so why victimising the bembas in southern province and these other two provinces. Invite Chief Mpezeni instead.

  12. Divisions are being created by the regional voting patterns. It cannot be coincidental that a part of Zambia can only vote for one party in two consecutive elections. If people truly believe and embrace One Zambia One Nation, these patterns will not be there. Nonetheless, let us all embrace one another’s views and opinions because that is democracy. Love thy neighbour as you love thy self.

  13. The truth of the matter is Harry Nkumbula lost to Kenneth Kaunda because Simon Kapwepwe resigned from ANC due financial abuse by Nkumbula. Mwine Lubemba is well informed and educated king who can not be bought by silver from junior Chief Mukuni.

  14. I personally think Chief Mukuni is not being sincere here; that is, if he really said what he is alleged to have said. Chiefs shouldn’t talk like politicians. The chief knows that southerners have always voted for a fellow southerner, not for ideological but TRIBAL reasons. And Harry Nkumbula lost to KK because he was losing popularity on account of his wantonness and tribal inclinations. He was a coward who could not steer the Northern Rhodesian ship towards independence. As for trying to invite Chiti Mukulu to southern province via online media (which He knows is not in order), Chief Mukuni is playing to the gallery like a politician that he shouldn’t be. Why not first invite fellow tonga chiefs and sit them down?

  15. Where was this chief? From 16 August when primitive cadres started butchering our relatives he was quiet only to resurface today after seing the condemnation from various stake holders. Actually what they commited is a crime against humanity.The ICC should come in.

  16. This is truly a very wise move. This is leadership, which should be supported by all well-meaning normal functioning Zambian adults.
    Zambia has a rich history of being above this tribal nonsense. Zambia has provided leadership in the region in this regard. We have even harboured loads of refugees from neighbouring Countries running away from this nonsense in their Countries.
    Advantages far outweigh disadvantages (actually there are NO reasonable disadvantages)

  17. First Mukuni must condemn violence being orchestrated by HH and his cadres, secondly he must call all Tonga Chiefs for a meeting to discuss how they can tame their subjects to stop violence, thereafter he can then Invite the Mwene Lubemba with all protocols observed. Have you listened MUkuni.

  18. Who heads the House of Chiefs or the House no longer in existence?That call should have been made by the Chairperson for the House of Chiefs and not the culprit to summon other chiefs. In what capacity is the call made and in what capacity will Mwine Lubemba gather other chiefs? Unless the victims of the violence taking place in Southern Province affects Bembas only, this approach is directed to a wrong authority.Sorry it appears like he is trying to legitimize the Tonga – Bemba treaty.HH picks on a Bemba boy to win the majority Bemba vote. Chief Mukuni ( Tonga Chief) picks on Mwine Lubemba to clear him of the tag of tribalism that has clearly manifested itself in the entire Tongaland. INTERESTINGLY, THE GOOD CHIEF DIDNT CONDEMN THE VIOLENCE WHEN PEOPLE WERE BEING BEATEN AND THEIR HOMES…

    • AND BUSINESSES TORCHED BY HIS SUBJECTS.This makes your readers question your sincerity Sir. For now, i would rather our beloved chiefs stay away until the GOOD CHIEF and condemns the violence taking place in the Tonga land. He needs to meet fellow Chiefs to deal with the violence and there after issue a statement to apologies to the nation for the violent behavior exhibited by their subjects.

  19. Psychologically Human beings are inclined to side with what they perceive their own, i.e when this inclination is shown towards country, we call it patriotism_ when shown towards family we we call it Family values or bonding. When shown towards race its called racism, and when shown towards tribe its called tribalism and that’s where the problem comes in. If it is true that a particular part of the country would vote in a similar manner/ pattern two times in a row. The questions you ask yourself is ” it is that such a people are all influenced by the same factors in terms of social, economical and cultural aspects when it comes to decision making in terms of choosing a National leader? Are other factors considered? what could they be? are there other influences involved?
    I am…

    • I am utterly dismayed when such platforms are being used as tools for fueling Hate speech, slander insults. etc towards one tribe or grouping. I should be a criminal offence to insult someone based on tribe. Unfortunately our laws on hate speech are very week.
      His royal Highness am sure has good intentions but the protocol and platform he is using to make such an invite is all wrong. I believe there are other leaders (Chiefs) in the southern province. call them and curd the situation, then extend an olive branch to Mwine Lubemba. Politicians come and go but chiefs remain. You have a National duty to preach peace. Then politicians will follow suite lest misjudge your sentiments on media platforms and use it for political expedience.

  20. So much as many of us despise and forbid ourselves „tribalism“ it is gullible to scorn one’s identity – FACT: there is ONE state called Zambia, OUR homeland, it encompasses ca. 72 TRIBES, ALL ceremoniously and traditionally “led” by a chief, a traditional guardian and symbol of the COMMON IDENTITY, and then there is the FAMILY which identifies us as individuals. There are therefore C(72,2) family identity-combinations possible( i.e. 2,556 metaidentities possible!!) RIGHT NOW, ALL ONE AS CITIZENS OF ZAMBIA, PROUD AND FREE! Never ever confuse yo IDENTITY with yo PERSONALITY – tribalism like racism is personal, acknowledging yo blackness has NOTHING in common with the racism of black-domination i.e. your tribe has nothing to do with yo personality and that is the MAJORITY OF ZAMBIANS…

  21. WISE CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR GOOD INITIATIVE TAKEN.

    SURELY, HOW CAN A GOVERNMENT WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO SHOW LEADERSHIP, BE IN THE FOREFRONT INCITING TRIBAL CONFLICT FOR POLITICAL MILEAGE.

    AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH PF LEADERSHIP.

  22. One doesn’t need to travel to southern to understand their tribal alliance. You only need to go to Ecz website and search for dundumwezi results and tdaa you get your results. So what is this bungee jumper talking about.

  23. I wish the Concourt could nullify these election and bar Lungu and HH from recontesting. Then we will see peace in the country…..

  24. Chief Mukuni should first sort out the displaced before calling other chiefs to his chiefdom. Did Chief Chitimukulu tell him that he has no transport money for him to say he will foot the bill, boasting, tongas they are all the same including their chiefs. If he has a lot of money why not compensate the displaced let alone help them, protect them from HH’s brutality. Chiefs without teeth they are all under HH he has bought them as it is they all worship HH.

  25. Traditional Protocol demands that the one inviting should first take a move by visiting the one he is inviting then the invited will return the visit.
    Secondly, is it that House of Chiefs has failed and therefore we need a second platform for chiefs? How different will this committee be from the House of Chiefs?

  26. The independence of zambia was sponsored by the tongas when they gave KK an air ticket to UK. This is a fact which will never change whether one day a tonga rules or not.

  27. Dividing the country on tribal lines is a scheme by the failed priest Bwalya Lucifer.The best Lungu can do for his reign is to distance himself from this selfish satanic individual who was one of those thrown down from heaven to come and destabilize mankind.He came through the church and thank god Catholics realized quickly and disowned him.now he has joined politics which is a recipe for ethnic/tribal divisions and his plans seem to working.God of Abraham will bring in a savior soon and his plans will be quashed.
    Mr President The Earlier you realize Bwalya’s Schemes the Better for you successful rule for mother Zambia.

  28. THE SIMPLE AND NAIVE MINDS WILL SEE THIS A POSITIVE STEP. IN PF WE ARE DEALING WITH EVIL AND CROOKED PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO AVOID THE PETITION VERDICT BY QUICKLY SUGGESTING GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY TO STOP ‘VIOLENCE’ WHICH HAS BEEN CREATED BY THEMSELVES TO DECIEVE ZAMBIANS.

    UPND DONT LISTEN TO THESE CROOKS. AVOID THESE EMMANUEL MWAMBA ‘CREATIONS’ TO DECEIVE THE NATION.

  29. Wait a minute! Is Chief Mukuni the Paramount Chief of the Tonga speaking people? We need protocol to be observed here. Only the equivalent can make that kind of invitation.

    • Paramountcy was a tool devised by the colonialists, zambian tribes had NO paramount – i.e. Mwinelubemba, Litunga, Mwata are more kings than chiefs…I beg to move the Motion: ALL OTHERS ARE CHIEFS in the classical sense…with that u can rest assured that the Tonga had NO paramount 🙂

  30. In the interest of peace , let Mulopwe Kanabesa Mwine Lubemba Chitimukulu Kanyanta-Manga II choose able men from his council to go and make peace with the Tongas under the representation of chief Mukuni . Chief Mukuni may have made mistakes in his invitation protocol and saying he would foot the bill, and even not first denouncing violence in Namwala but in his call contains a paramount positive aspect of peace between the Bemba people and the Tonga people so this is a Golden opportunity .

  31. Because as a matter of fact there has been rivalry between the Tongas and us the Bembas regardless of the fact ECL is not bemba and that bembas are not the only ones being victimized in southern province, paramount is that we the Bemba people have to make peace with the Tongas . Mwinelubemba may not even travel but able men be chosen from his supreme ILamfya council of Ulubemba to go and make peace with Tongas then Mwine Lubemba can issue a speech of unity from his Royal Palace in Mungwi .

  32. Take note that there is no createria for making one chief paronount apart from the fact the four paramount chiefs we have, Mpezeni, Gawa undi, mwine lubemba and lutunga are the chiefs that accompanied kaunda to UK to sign the independence agreement. many chiefs have lobbied govt to be made paramount but failed. mukuni is on record to have made such application to govt.

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