Kuomboka 2017 ceremony is on-BRE

1. You decided to do the Kuomboka because of the Lawsuit? This is the same type of leadership we are witnessing even in PF, reacting to every little thing that HH says. Zambia is in trouble.

   • TRIPLE YAWN…..

   • Thank me and few of us who demanded heritage of Lozis. PF paid you just 1 job of Inonge.
     PF nearly costed Litunga a job, all those court cases of dethrone over Barotseland thing.
     No kuomboka no Lozi…. I have a point.
     The only Lozi who understand me is NDOBO.

   • LT reported that ~”Meanwhile, the Barotse Royal Establishment has been advised against going ahead with preparations for this year’s Kuomboka traditional ceremony.

     Cultural expert Muyendekwa Sishekano is concerned that hosting the ceremony amidst the current confusion and tension will do more harm than good for the Kingdom of Barotseland”.
     Its a know fact that citizens in the kingdom are frustrated with their Monarchy ~Litunga and Royal Establishment for their reluctance in supporting the speedy implementation of the 27th March 2012 Barotseland National Council Independence Resolutions.
     There won’t be Kuomboka ceremony this year, useless BRE is ready for the traditional dethronement of Litunga Lubosi Imwiko II~in the mighty Zambezi river.
     The Skeleton Key
     ~206~

   • I am not lozi, but come on people, why are you working to destroy what used to be leading traditional event in Zambia, one of the few events that used to attract foreigners/tourist to visit Zambia.
     Instead of supporting the idea to revive this event, you are entangled in binary issues like pending law case. Shouldn’t those two be separated? The lawsuit is against an individual Lubosi Imwiko, but Kuomboka is a tradition event that should take place with or without Lubosi Imwiko. period.

   • @General Kanene – the Kuomboka is all about the Litunga. Without the Litunga, there’s no Kuomboka. It is only a ceremony when it is the Litunga moving from the water. Whatever the Litunga does is a ceremony, including taking a walk.

2. Barotse ,Ashanti ,Buganda – all these kingdoms are just feel good tribal outfits just held together by rich customs and traditions.Real power nowadays lies in Lusaka ,Accra and Kampala .

   • Agreed but this is the nature of traditional culture. It is the same between Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street. Traditional culture is about cultural cohesion and not political influence.

3. A few more donkeys, this time posing as BNC, BNCdonkeys perhaps?
   Has the so called BNC wondered what would happen to all those Lozi teachers, engineers, lawyers, businessmen, judges, tanker drivers, miners, accountants, economists etc and their wives and their children and and and …. who reside and make a living in the “rest” of Zambia perhaps Kasama, Monze, Mwinilunga, Chavuma, Pemba, Chipata, Nega Nega, Chisekesi, Mansa, Feira, Choma or even Namwala near HH village? Would BRE accommodate them all? Are they willing to abandon their professions and livelihoods to go back to Barotseland and become peasant fishermen or rice growers or even drim besters for the Litunga?
   Come on UPNDonkeys, I never gave you permission to export donkeys to BNC.

   • Mukongo wa maho. king kantim

   • Terrible ki sitoto – maboya a mahe! Which country only has one nationality? A modern country has foreign workers and residents. Wherever you go whether USA, Russia, China, UK etc people come from all over the world to work, trade, visit, enjoy etc. Unfortunately Zambia will never develop if the majority are numbskulls like @Terrible who cannot think properly .

4. ……Meant drum beaters for the Litunga…

5. The only native administration in this part of the world with a well-thought out government structure, and that earned the Lui the admiration of the British. If only Zambia had learned a thing or two from this organised society, we wouldn’t be having such stewpid ministries as Ministry of Vender’s Desk, or Ministry of Religion – all created for no reason other than political patronage. Lui tumezi ahulu ba shemi (just a bit of Lozi dialect from my rich language toolkit)

   • That is the beginning of a mistake. I have a Lozi friend who worked elsewhere in Zambia other than western province. He was surprised to see how other traditional settings were organised. It is good to be proud of your own little tradition but not at the detriment of others. South Sudan today has 5+million people under starvation, the greedy leaders who are fat lied to them that when we become a nation you will all eat and have Jobs. Today it is a sorry site. I can’t imagine such in any part of Zambia. Those disillusioned and lying to their ignorant subjects, your subjects’blood will drip from your hands. There is power in unit and less power in selfishness.

6. Disgruntled enemies of development will be ashamed. Kuomboka will go on as planned. There is no tension in western province. Tension is only on the few minds of the jealous Brotse post owners. Barotse post and the late watchdog are one and the same….they are cowards with no offices..! BRE plz go ahead with kuomboka. We will come in numbers and shame the devil….!

7. This is the chance we have all been waiting for, konji ka buyowane bulena Kaongolo ka Nyambe Unungu wa Mataba ka bukuba ahulu! I hope ka ziba kutapa, otherwise ka ta miniswa mikope ya muunda ha butuku ona Maande ya Yeta Nalute monei pazuhezi.

8. @terrible, musukwalaho inamunungu tuwe, zamaya uyo itakula yona ng’anda yeo ye omelezi kwa musuku. Hauswabi ni kuswaba ku tuntulikanela fa patelo inge u nunka cwalo wa kangamba kapa wa linong’u! Ona ngambaanga yahao yeo itaku totobezi mwa kuunu nja ya mutanganyo tuwe ?

   • Whatever!

9. Since of took over nothing seems to go right in this country. Pf has brought divisions because it is easier for mediocre government to rule while people are divided. This ceremony was a source of pride and I used to bring a lot of foreign women and men to witness it thus increasing forex.

   • Pf *

10. All the way from Eastern Cape, RSA, to Jozi, to Nellsprit in Mpumalanga, to Windhoek, the Amsterdam of Africa, to Gaborone and Katima Mulilo,- Namibia, where the children of the Great King, Mawaniketwa King Lubosi Lewanika and the 1912, Vice President of ANC for the Union of South Africa, the Lozi citizens in these countries south of the Zambezi and Limpopo and those in the diaspora, we say come one come all. The Honouring of King Lewanika by the government of RSA, symbolizes the great contribution that he made to maneuver the mind of a white man, without using force or exposing his subjects to danger in Southern Africa. Let the Maoma sound roar across southern Africa.

11. @8 Ngombala, what gibberish is that? The litunga speaks good english, and you can’t speak a word of english?

    • Mmmmh! You have pea brain boyi, so you have failed to decipher that message to you.

    • @Terrible the ultimate PF idyot. No culture, no manners, no history. @Terrible is as good as a piece of turd.

12. I am from the East, one thing I fail to understand is this: if the Lozis say we want to break off from Zambia and form our own country. What is the problem? Why should we deny people their desires as if they were slaves

    • Good question. If some Zambians hate Lozis as much as they claim, why do they want them to continue to be part of Zambia. Why not redraw the boundaries so that like people stay and live together? What is so sanctified about Zambia as drawn up at the Berlin Conference? And what is so irreversible about the BA64 when bigger and older states like USSR have collapsed?

13. People forget that the Kuomboka ceremony was not a ceremony for its own sake. It has been from necessity – when the plains of Barotseland flood as the Zambezi bursts towards the end of the rainy season and whole villages have to move to higher grounds – including the king. When the water subsidies, they move back. Of course its been a marvel to watch and now and then been adulterated by attention seeking politicians. In short, if the rains do not flood the plains, there is no need for the ceremony. But it has nevertheless been held for symbolism sometimes. What needs to be preserved are the holistic rich Lozi traditions, heritage and autonomy in some of the areas of human endeavour.

14. @ Terrible, kea bua seRotse puo ya hetsu! Haiba Litunga u pyopyola sikuwa, ha sipyopyolele kafoo hanina taba niyena. Mi wabona, wena umuboni kai inge a bua sekuwa kakuli mulomo wahae ki Ngambela? Kona mwa shandaulezi sizo sahetsu, mbumu ku mbwasauka ka sikumwa mwa mipanda ni manyai kiba ba teelelizi! God damn you and your lousy Litunga, you can have him if you want, unomwaha luna lu tamehile ku tulula Kaongolo ka Mwanang’ono fa lioma!

15. Those making noise about Barotse Kingdom need to master some simple comprehension skills of written work. The Barotse Agreement stipulates and gives the Litunga some autonomy with the Republic of Zambia. This can be compared to the autonomy of the state of California, with then Governor Anold Schwarznegger, under the United States of America, or Abudhabi under the United Arab Emirates. The agreement was a sort of a federation. If anything, the Lozis should just complain of denied autonomy as stipulated in the agreement. Frustraations should not blind you of seeing historical facts from myths.

16. Maybe someone, fanatic enough, can post any phrase or paragraph that gives the Barotse any power to sever ties with the Republic of Zambia, and become an independent kingdom.

17. Kuomboka was meant to shift the king from his plain based palace when floods occur. Of course that was the only safe way to evacuate the low lying palace to the higher one. Mow the place has a Morden tarred road from Lealui to Limilunga. Why not just jump on a backie and drive to Limulunga without taking unwarranted risk. We are in the 21st century folks. Move with time.

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