The inauguration of President Edgar Chagwa Lungu as Zambia’s sixth president by Chief Justice Mambilima left HH, GBM, the UPND and their opposition allies like my fellow Pastor Nevers Mumba dreadfully puzzled. Although it is within their constitutional rights to verbally reject Lungu as their president, the existential reality remains; Lungu is their president until 2021. It is also illogical to claim that Lungu is not their president while sitting UPND MPs in Parliament. By sitting in Parliament, UPND has legitimately acknowledged Lungu as Zambia’s president—common sense is not always that common.
Long before the ruling, I told one of my UPND friends that HH made a big mistake of taking the case to the ConCourt. This is because no Zambian presidential election has ever been overturned by our cadre-driven courts. This does not mean it will never happen, but the truth is our courts seem to have power over Parliamentary elections but never on presidential elections. KK tried it under Chiluba—the only thing he got was a very big legal bill and sometime at Mukobeko maximum prison!
[pullquote]no Zambian presidential election has ever been overturned by our cadre-driven courts[/pullquote]
The UPND should have claimed victory mentally. Politically, this would have had a positive psychological bearing on the electorate. HH and GBM would have had social capital to their claim—the election was stolen from us—we meet again in 2021. This claim could have been employed as an organizing tool. But once the ConCourt and Supreme Court made their rulings, Lungu and the PF have this mental capital—they defeated HH on polls and in two courts—the ConCourt and the Supreme Court. To use soccer language, the referee produced the red card. You can complain as much as possible, but the ruling stands – you are out of the game!
HH and GBM can take their case back to court—but it is a waste of time. Legal avenues maybe limitless, and lawyers are always looking for money from desperate clients – just ask our founding president KK. Unlike KK, however, HH and GBM have limitless resources; hence many lawyers and desperate politicians are lining up for a good taking. Yet promising to reverse Lungu’s victory through the courts is illogical – it is like promising to kill an elephant with a stick.
Regardless of what various “experts” want us to believe, HH and GBM lost the petition on technical grounds. I sympathize with HH and his allies. Nonetheless, they must understand that under the current Constitution, the ruling of the ConCourt cannot be challenged. Pastor Nevers Mumba’s letter of desperation to President Lungu, employing him to ask the ConCourt to hear the petition is inviting the president to commit a constitutional crime. It is also interfering with the judiciary. As President, he cannot undo the Constitution he pledged to defend—in fact, he can be impeached for the same. In short, this is a constitutional matter that would demand Constitutional amendment. Until then, the case is closed!
If the Constitution is not ironed out, we are headed for another drama in 2021. Here is another scenario. Assume the PF loses the 2021 elections to UPND, and takes the case to the ConCourt. The UPND can easily waste time by ensuring that petition proceedings are slowed down until the 14 days are over — winning the case on technical grounds. Across the globe and in Zambia, criminals have been acquitted on technical grounds. Usually lawyers go after loopholes in the law to win cases—this is the difference between a smart and a dismal lawyer. But this does not mean a crime was not committed. On the contrary, lawyers took advantage of some legal loopholes to win their case.
My plea to the UPND leadership is reorganize and start preparing for the 2021 elections if they love Mother Zambia–which I believe they do. Nonetheless, telling cadres that Lungu will be pushed out of office before 2021 is mere propaganda. Such paranoia will negatively project HH as a desperate power-hungry individual — something the PF controlled media will keep on saying—thus enforcing a deleterious perception of HH in the electorate.
If I am HH, I would ignore the Zambian Watchdog’s and other “legal experts’” guidance, and start my campaign for 2021. For a person with a dream, 2021 is not too far. I pray HH will heed.
By Rev. Kapya Kaoma
My niggers still shackled in the Caveman’s mentality?
Get us a topic that talks about HOW TO SURVIVE WHEN A TYRANT IS IN POWER.
With you employing such language I wonder who is shackled…
Worthless article that has come two seconds too late
Thanks
BB2014
With RELEVANCE at stake, Katubi (GBV) and SMALL ‘god’ FROM THE SOUTH (Heck Heck) will keep making noise until Kingdom come. But who cares!? They better NOT CROSS the NATIONAL SECURITY line though, otherwise ba ZAMANGIWA!
Change will never come from politicians but none political citizens who have the heart for our children.its true that fighting those in power in africa is tough but thinking that it cant happen and upnd should wait till 2021 is not the correct approah,better trying than never.we the people ekatinyokola njala in three months time maybe we shall realise that belly of politics is wrong.
I COULDN’T AGREE FURTHER. THE ARTICLE IS STRAIGHT TO THE POINT AND ONLY THOSE WITH DAMAGED LEMBA MUKUTWI WILL NOT HEAR AND LISTEN TO THIS ADVICE. THE ONLY THING THE WRITER DIDN’T MENTION IS THAT HH CAN NEVER RULE ZAMBIA. POLITICALLY HE IS A MISFIT WHO BASES ALL HIS POLITICS ON TIBAL SENTIMENTALITY. HIS OTHER WEAKNESS IS HIS FAILURE TO COMMENT ON HOW AND WHERE HE GOT HIS WEALTH WHICH ALL ZAMBIANS INCLUDING HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN BELIEVE, THROUGH DUBIOUS WAYS.
ZWD had its own results to please HH who had given them a lot of cash.
Who cares what Lungu is! Even Bokassa crowned himself as emperor of the CAR but he continued being a laughing stock of the independent thinking world.
Dont force us.Lungu is a forged president period.We leave everything in Gods hands.HH will be our president in our hearts.
Hahaha no wonder your hearts are always hearting…
Hypocrite. HH will never lead this country until he commits suicide.
Lungu lost the 11th August elections hence there is no way he can be my President. HH is my LEADER.
in your dreams………….
So You think nothing of the majority who voted for Lungu & PF… just count the MP numbers and your eyes will be opened. If HH has more MPs than Lungu then you are right otherwise you are living in an illusion
Ba Shu Shu Shu unless you are telling us you continue stealing his votes and the courts will continue being hostile to the Mighty UPND.
Which sensible Zambian can vote for HH! It is only his tribesmen and I thought you knew this! So stop cheating yourself you will die of heart attack while HH will still be enjoying his life.
Vry correct and on point…….#ECL
Upnd spread rumors that HH had won the case at ICC and Edgar had handed power to the Speaker. This caused pondamonium in Solwezi and you wonder why HH and gbm should be arraigned.
Whether you like it or not ECL is president period. For hh, he just doesn’t want to transfer power
GOD DOES NOT DELIGHT IN AN EVIL CRAFT AND CRIMINAL MAN LIKE LUNGU. YES HE IS YOUR PRESIDENT AND THAT IS WHY OPPOSITION MPs HAVE NOT ATTENDED HIS CEREMONIAL OPPENING OF THE HIS ILLIGAL PARLIAMENT.
YOU PEOPLE SURE YOU DONT KNOW THAT EVEN NOW SOME PF MPs STOLE VOTES FROM THE UPND?
IF LUNGU WAS LEGALY VOTED IN AS A PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA, THEN HIS TERM OF OFFICE WILL EASY AND HE WILL ENJOY IT BUT IF IT IS A STOLEN ONE, GOD SHALL KNOCK HIM DOWN BEFOR 2021. MARK MY WORDS. YOU WILL SOON TURN AGAINST HIM BECAUSE HE WILL NOT CONTROL NJALA AMONG CIVIL SERVANTS. FUEL TOMORROW WILL GO UP AND ALL THINGS WILL BE UP.
Well it is such mentality of men of Gold that drive this country backwards. By the way in other words the rev is admitting the wrongs in the our courts and he thinks there is simply nothing that can be done. This is the very thing HH and GBM are fighting for and they should be commended and ridiculed. Yes Lungu is the president because the corrupt system says so and we the citizens can only try to fight the mediocrity and hopefully it changes for the better. It is a pity that we always have to take steps backwards instead of forging ahead. Bashima pepo do not just think about your bellies, think also about the future of the majority sufferers!
HH worshipers, we do not need anyone to admit anything. Us the majority and supreme people voted for ECL.
What kind of a reverend is this one who thinks emotionally, other than logically. if you would support someone even when that someone is wrong then you don’t love that person. your support for lungu is not genuine. what we want in Zambia for us to develop our country is someone who respects rule of law, and respect for peoples will. Lungu doesn’t. today lungu is enjoying himself the govt resources that other people sweat for. the majority of these people didn’t want lungu but he imposed himself. This is a fact which lungu, xaviour chungu, esau chulu, rupiah banda and kaiser zulu know very well. The sad part to this is that time moves fast but the fact remains recorded in history. If people rejected lungu after just 18mths how about after 6 and 1/2years ; wait and see what a desperate…
Typical Bemba Pastor. All talk, and no logic.
Mad Max Chongo,
The article is very good and well thought out unless you tell me that UPND MPs are not in parliament saying hia hia to ECL’s opening speech. No surprising that you comment is just a tribal comment and nothing more. I wonder why I am even wasting time responding to you. TRIBALIST
When I looked at the headline”Lungu is Zambia’s 6th President, HH, GBM and the UPND Admit It” I thought that is something “HH, GBM and the UPND” have acknowledged in writing or in speech at a press conference. Alas, it is the opinion of a cadre on the opposite side.
” HH, GBM and the UPND” are all one and the same. If you say UPND have…… it goes without saying HH and GBM are included.
“Implied” is not the same as “admitted”. The author should know this. ” HH, GBM and the UPND’s” admission of the ECL Presidency is “implied” in their actions not stated clearly.
The fact, however, is that ECL is the Republican President whether UPND acknowledges it, accepts it, or chooses to ignore it.
What matters to some people is not the party but the tribe. Milupi and Magande opted not to compete but rally behind one HH.
What is wrong with that you cadre?
To be honest ….even the dullest Lawyer in the world would have won this case for PF without trying too much.
No Evidence, No Case. Dismissed Forget Technicalities…not even needed. The Petitioner was Lying, Malicious, Vindictive and hastily filed a dud! Repent at leisure when the bills come in…
Didn’t even know whom to Serve……
Just turned up to court without respondents notice! Wants to be President…..
And i quote “Usually lawyers go after loopholes in the law to win cases—this is the difference between a smart and a dismal lawyer. But this does not mean a crime was not committed. On the contrary, lawyers took advantage of some legal loopholes to win their case.” End of quote.
The Reverend is not objective in his analysis. he is not being fair to lungu, because what lungu has done by forcing his way to power disadvantages lungu more than any other person. The future shall judge lungu properly when everything shall be looked at clearly when its cast in the anals of history. there shall be no debates at that moment, only the facts shall speak for themselves. kaunda ruled for 27 years,chiluba 10 years, and bithe never wanted to go of their own will but eventually they were made to go. leave lungu as he is, he is just planting his own bomb.
No dear friend. Nothing us ever clear in the anals passage of time.
HE Lungu us the Democratically elected President of Zambia, the ballet spoke. All this psycho-babble trying to put a spin on the dismal failure of HH and UPND is just prolonging the pain of defeat.
Ballot going a ballet spin!
Munungu wa hae reverand yo. Really worthless artical.
HH can reject lungu’s presidency if he so wishes, that’s his business. However he should do so within the confines of the law, otherwise at the rate he is going he may end up committing a serious crime. Comments coming from his members like ‘hh is the legitimate president’ are purely treasonable and no one should blame lungu if the law visits them
Do not worry Lungu does not respect the law and he has no time unleashing the law he does not respect!
well the reality is that ECL is the president of Zambia. I don’t remember any other person being inaugurated. So those dreamers in UPND can continue with their fantasies.
It is not tyhe question of who and who was not inaugurated. The question is did lungu win the 11th August elections? The answer is no HE DID NOT WIN THE ELECTIONS HE LOST AND THE STOLE. You want to call him My His Excellency. NO WAYS.
My dear stop calling courts cadre driven. UPND simply did not have a case. up to now they don’t have. even if they just socially claimed they were robbed of victory, we would have just laughed at them. HH prayed for the elections to be overturned by abuse of court process. unfortunately the constitution does not say as he wished namely that a president who is petitioned steps down or aside as Mumba wa ciwowo likes to say. the constitution doesn’t say that. HH even admitted he only read the constitution in less than an hour. and he expects to understand it? so boastiful. unfit to be president!
The headline is misleading
And i quote ” Usually lawyers go after loopholes in the law to win cases—this is the difference between a smart and a dismal lawyer. But this does not mean a crime was not committed. On the contrary, lawyers took advantage of some legal loopholes to win their case ” End of Quote. This is so very true. Wether Lungu stole the vote or not will always remain a mystery…but the fact of the matter is that he used smart lawyers to win the concourt petition..not Martha Mushipe kind of lawyers,kikikiki.
I am still waiting to see evidence of how a majority party in Parliament lost the Presidence. Every one who voted in those PF MPs was PF or a PF sympathiser who voted PF. HH and GBM should show us how people voted for them while voting for PF MPs at the same time. Show me your Parliament and I will show you State House.
I agree with the Rev only on one point that HH and GBM have lost the sympathy vote that Sata tactifully used so craftly by telling his supporters to hold their peace when he claimed his victory had been stolen. He assured them they would win next time and they did. From the results it was clear HH had made inroads into PF strong holds and he was well positioned for a killer punch in 2021. But then the courts and the tension of waiting for a President tilted the…
What It Means and Does Not Mean to Honor Our President
by Mark Altrogge
Fear God. Honor the emperor. 1 Peter 2:17
A couple weeks ago I wrote in a post that we should never badmouth the President, but honor him. We are to honor him because God commands us to, not because we deem him worthy of honor. Peter told his readers to honor the emperor, who was Nero, a wicked murderer. But what exactly does it mean to “honor” our President? Here are a few thoughts:
First, to honor the President means we recognize that God has placed him there.
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist…
Then courts and the tension of waiting for the President to be innaugurated shifted the sympathy to the President Elect. The PF highlited the Dundumwezi voting pattern to cast UPND in tribal light and many people bought their side of the story so much that if a re-run had been ordered at that time Zambia would have voted in exactly the same pattern but with Dundumwezi extrimism which would have left us gravely polarised.
PF are the master of lies and dupery. There is nothing but lies, lies, lies about dundumbwezi.
One thing is clear. Lies have short legs. There is no sympathy vote for PF. PF is by nature a government of looters and thieves. Lungu is the chief warlord looter. The chickens will soon come home to roost. The North Western enclave of Zambia will be vindicated that a PF leadership is wrong for Zambia for it stands on simple philosophy: massive looting, corruption, theft, violence and unconsitutionalism. Watch.
What it means to honor the president continued
those who resist will incur judgment. Romans 13:1–2
No matter how much we disagree with or disapprove of our president, we must realize that God has placed him there to accomplish his own sovereign purpose, as God did with Pharaoh in Moses’ day:
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”Romans 9:17
Since God has placed our president in office, we should speak of him respectfully, not in a dishonoring, mocking way. We should also pray for him and bless him. God commands believers to pray for our leaders and all who are in authority (1 Timothy 2:2). We should bless our president. Hey, if Jesus commands us to…
What It Means and Does Not Mean to Honor Our PresidentWe should bless our president continued
Hey, if Jesus commands us to bless those who curse us (Luke 6:28) (and I’m not saying our President curses us), then we can certainly bless our president.
Remembering that God is sovereign should lead us to pray that God would move upon our president’s heart, as it says in Proverbs 21:1:
The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.
Pray that God will direct and move the hearts of President
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and all our leaders to promote righteousness, life, the kingdom, and glory of God. Ask Jesus to give our leaders wisdom. Ask God to turn their hearts like streams of water.
Finally to honor the President means we should be subject to him and our government:
Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. (1 Peter 2:13–14).
To “be subject” or “submit” to our government means to obey the government. We may not be happy about taxes or regulations we must follow, but God…
Honouring God continued
but God calls us to do obey our government unless it commands us to sin.
What honoring our President DOES NOT mean
To honor our president does not mean we must agree with everything he says or does or that we must commend it or condone it. Or that we cannot speak out for truth and righteousness. To honor our president does not mean that we cannot work within legal means to oppose him and change policies we don’t believe are righteous or helpful. To honor our president does not mean we can’t express where we feel he is wrong.
To honor our president does not mean that we must obey laws if they require us to disobey God. If the President were to forbid us to proclaim the Gospel, we would have to disobey him. But we should obey and submit to all laws that do not…
But we should obey and submit to all laws that do not cause us to sin, even if we don’t agree with them.
Fear God. Honor the emperor.
We seek to honor the President because we fear God. God is the only one we must seek to obey every time, without question. And this wonderful God we fear commands us to honor the President, who is in our God’s sovereign hands and subject to our God’s sovereign will.
Mark Altrogge has been senior pastor of Sovereign Grace Church of Indiana, Pennsylvania, since 1982. He has written hundreds of songs for worship, including “I Stand in Awe” and “I’m Forever Grateful.”
False doctrine. Why honour Mugabe, Mussolini, Hitler, Museveni, Haile Salaise, Mubarak, Gaddafi.
Lungu is not any different but worse than Hitler and Mugabe combined.
Worship your Lungu in the catholic church and we shall worship Lord Jesus who doesn’t drink lutuku.
WELL DONE UPND MPs THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.
Useless article by a stupid Reverend…who said MPs become MPs because there is a president…very dull…keep your lane fake reverand and keep away from things you don’t understand..hope you are not misleading your flock to hell too
Rev Kaoma if you have nothing sensible to say better you keep quiet.UPND MPs will be attending parliamentary sessions not because they have accepted Lungu as President,NO.It’s because they have a duty to represent their constituents who elected them to those offices. It is not Edgar Lungu they will be following to parliament. They are there to serve the nation and this nation is not Edgar Lungu. This nation is ALL Zambians including Edgar Lungu.
When phiri, mwale, zulu, banda surport lungu there is nothing wrong but when Mwanga and Munkombwe surport H.H it is tribal why?The easteners are more Tribal period!
Remember that the dove refused to fly. Never never forget that
Ba LT please give us the composition of Chitulika village votes starting with the total registered voters and the total votes cast,i want to know if H.H was in power would be saying the same things Lungu says about Dundumwezi.In fact it is not Dundumwezi he is refering to but it is the entire Southern province and the Tonga people.
UPND’s representation in parliament is a paltry 35%. On what basis is their president claiming to have won? Perhaps the entire UPND needs prayers for deliverance!
This is the cancer with UPND, why boycott the official opening of parliament. We all know how PF dribbled UPND and the game is over is now time to move forward with nation as a whole. UPND is the biggest opposition and its MPs should equip themselves with good strategies to provide constructive checks and balances to PF govt. Lets look forward to 2021 and nothing else.
Would you accept the robber who has stripped you of your assets including your gun and then stands over you and coerces you to accept your stolen loot as his as the legitimate owner?
Better to die standing than die kneeling…..Lungu PF is the vote thief. Nothing changes.
And reverend Kaoma, just campaign for your fellow thief.
So imwe ba UPND, who determines who won the elections? Especially the claim that UPND won, who has independently decided in your favour ba UPND, yourselves as far as I know. Now where on earth have you heard a party declare itself winner? Only in southern country.
For those of us who are priviledged enough to agree to watch ZNBC news, latest news is that the provincial chairperson of UPND in northwest has been arrested for inciting residents and spreading false news that President Lungu has handed over power to Hichilema. This Hichilema has no heart for his officials and their families including small children. How many of his officials will he get locked up to satisfy his selfish motives? For God’s sake HH, those guys are parents and husbands. Now tonga bulls will prey on their wives who will be left breadless and with unsatisfied conjugal requirements. Meanwhile iwe chi HH you are enjoying all these things every night….kikikikikiki
Mushota will die ne cinkonko! You must go to the convention and replace your fellow Tonga in a Tonga Party. You will make it but not nationwide!
As if that is not enough cruelty by HH, next he will be using these poor souls in prison to seek cheap publicity by going round the prisons with hordes of cadres posing for pictures and pretending to be visiting them and their wives and children….kikikikiki….
This matter is still b4 Concourt. Fr Kaoma is not a Constitutional lawyer nor a Concourt Judge to make such a declaration. The Petetioners would like a declaration for Concourt that Lungu was declared the 6th President of Zambia on a date and was sworn in by the CJ. To our knowledge Concourt has not yet made such a judgment or declaration. The Petetioners want this judgment to persue justice thru the UN International Court of Justice. It doesn’t matter how long it takes but history will judge Lungu as a person who stole Zambia’s 6th Presidency in 2016. Meanwhile the vote theft and fraud will hound Lungu for the rest of his life if he has any sense of shame.
UPND needs to separate sense from no senses because at the end will look fools in eating own vomit. No matter how long it will take but one day shall accept that Lungu remains a Zambian President and what will be the reaction from the people who were incited to join in rejecting Lungu.