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No amount of insults will provoke me to answer back-President Lungu

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President Edgar Lungu flashes the PF symbol before addressing people at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe Airport in Ndola on Saturday. Picture by TISA BANDA NKHOMA/ZANIS.
FILE: President Edgar Lungu flashes the PF symbol before addressing
people at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe Airport in Ndola on Saturday. Picture
by TISA BANDA NKHOMA/ZANIS.

President Edgar Lungu has reiterated that he will not respond to provocative statements by some opposition leaders adding that no amount of insults will provoke him to answer back as doing so may equate himself to them.

The Head of State said this upon arrival at Ndola’s Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport that he is happy that there is no form of violence that has been recorded in the Roan Parliamentary by-election campaigns.

President Lungu has urged the Patriotic Front (PF) leadership in the province to ensure that no violence is registered as he will hold them accountable should any kind of violence be noticed during the campaigns.

ZANIS reports in Ndola that President Lungu who described the violence which characterised the Sesheke and Kafue by-election campaigns as shameful urged the Copperbelt provincial leadership to ensure no single cadre is imported from any party of the country.

The President said the will of the people in the aftermath of elections should be respected and vowed that Zambia shall continue being a heaven of peace.

He added that, some politicians are at the helm of perpetrating violence with a view to push for a form a coalition government, a situation he said is impossible.

And Provincial Chairman, Nathan Chanda assured the Head of State that the Copperbelt will continue being peaceful stating that, members are working hard to recruit more people in the party.

Mr Chanda added that, the party is working day and night to make sure that it returns the Roan seat which came at the backdrop of it being declared vacant by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Patrick Matibini.

Meanwhile, Copperbelt Provincial Permanent Secretary (PS), Bright Nundwe informed the President that all developmental projects in the province are progressing well.

Mr Nundwe further stated that, even if the country did not receive enough rains in some parts, the Copperbelt will have what he termed as a fair harvest.

The plane carrying the Head of State touched down at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport at exactly 15:28 hours.

While on the Copperbelt Province, the President is expected to commission expansion works at Mukuba University Campus in Kitwe’s Itimpi area.

The Head of State is also expected to commission Police housing units built for officers in the province and monitor various developmental projects in the region, among other engagements.

50 COMMENTS

    • ECL … by you saying you won’t answer back while answering back you are defeating the very purpose your silence is supposed to be intended for.

      At this stage in the game, silence is axiomatically golden!!! You don’t need to prove anything to anybody. You have been running this country for close to 6 and half years now.

      All the kids who were born at your first inaugural are no longer under 5s. You are doing just fine, just focus on work and your re-election will take care of itself.

      You’re President while the rest of them are nothing but wannabes. Especially Gay Gay, never mind him (them)!!!

      Epo mpelele,

      BRM

    • Awe mwandini ba LT ifipata fyafula … ati “Zambia shall continue to be a heaven of peace”!! Heaven of peace???

      Ni “haven of peace” naimwe!!!

      Ati “… the party is working day and night to make sure it returns”!!! Kwisa???

      I
      Ni “retains” … yaba!!! Nga cashupa ichi inkubaule just start writing in Bemba. I can translate for you despite living abroad close to 3 decades now.

      Epo mpelele,

      BRM

    • What wrong if one is a Tonga? With thinking. you are a semi human who deserves to live with animals in the forest.

    • But Zambia police are quick to brutally answer back your critics and your courts are harsh to your critics!!
      You are passive aggressive to your critics.

    • …any party of the country. The writer has used the syllable structures of our Zambian languages. Words do not end with a consonant in Zambian languages. Hence, he or she has added a vowel /i/ to “part” to fit the CV syllable structures of Zambian languages.

    • Lazy Lungu campaigning when the economy is in the gutter …what a waste of oxygen. Botswana President came on Tuesday touched down at 08:00 and back in the air to Botswana by 10:00…that’s how you develop and run a country be efficient. Not this Chawama clown who goes for three day time-wasting.

    • ALungu, you insult yourself through your actions & behaviour e.g.
      – Buying private jet & Mercedes Maybach when there’s no money for meal allowances & bursaries
      – Indebting the nation with $-Billions in a short time after the suffering we went through & the pipo who died to achieve HIPC.
      – Turning a blind eye to mass corruption & also participating in looting
      – Selling prime land to foreigners
      – Retiring civil servants on tribal grounds
      – Promoting cadre violence

  1. HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE MEDIA LIKE EVERY OTHER HEAD OF STATE.
    YOU CANT BE SPEAKING TO CADRES ALL THE TIME.

    • He never has nothing serious to say and the press will not let him dance disgracefully, He has sweet talk for the paid audience, the drunk cadres.

    • Amos chanda is presidential aid for press and public communication. If you want press conference see Amos chanda.

    • worst president in the world, if there was a class room for presidents this one will come in last and rejoice for scoring 0% ubututu ichi chene

  2. The first comment is by a trib.al. You trib.als, can’t you even once take the President’s wise words seriously? What is wrong with trib.als kanshi? Oh, these are trib.als, should I ask silly questions when I know trib.als very well?

    • upnd cadre…”the president’s wise words?” What wise words did clueless Lungu speak again? Why does he avoid Press Conferences where he can answer pertinent questions affecting the nation, instead of just speaking to die-hard gullible cadres like you? Hello? No wonder he avoided the 2016 Presidential debate. Because he can’t really explain himself.

    • Know what? Even at work when something is fine by their tribeman it’s best. If it’s some by an eastener or bemba it’s bad. We will allow these guys into power at own peril

  3. I maintain that Trib.al Hacks is no option for Zambia. If President Lungu is bad as trib.als say, then their option is complete garbage.

  4. Being called a corrupt theif everyday is not an insult…..it is because of you lungu accepting that you are a corrupt theif that all levels of the civil service think stealing and corruption is no big deal….

    • Its THIEF not ThEIF !!
      A thief is someone who steals something. Learn proper english spelling while you are still in UK

    • Yes, you have learned proper English spelling. No wonder you have written English with a lower case “e”.

    • Look at that monkey showing off that he know better English than an Englishman yet he can’t even make a spoon in his country

  5. That is how a wise leader talks!!!Moreover,this is how president Edgar Lungu outsmarts all local politicians especially the likes of Kambwili,HH,GBM and many others!!!WHITES SAY “TWO WRONGS CANNOT MAKE A RIGHT”.The opposition leaders shall continue looking fo0lish in the eyes of majority Zambians whenever they insult an innocent ECL who does not answer them back!!!What we want to hear from all politicians is data about development and not name calling!!WELL DONE ECL AND KEEP ON WORKING HARD, AS WE SHALL REWARD YOU IN 2021 WITH ANOTHER TERM TO 2026!!!

  6. What time does Lungu work? he is always campaigning. Please, lwet campaign after work (5:00pm). “I won’t respond, yet he is talking about others.

  7. Scared of ICC. Be on look out CK . They will plant offensive weapons like they did to Mwaliteta. Pf has never, and will never be a peaceful party.

  8. The plane carrying the Head of State touched down at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport at exactly 15:28 hours.
    Why give us such crap information? Of what use is this info to the taxi driver, schoolteacher, bank teller, nurse reading this in the paper?
    Mulibe vochita ba lipota.

  9. Hello Mr President. Where is Our Minimum wage?. Nashena mwalipwanya mwi asuka nga mule fwaya but we know what surprise we are going to do for you in 2021 good try mr president.

  10. Jesus got attacked and eventually killed ,the US president is daily under constant attacks so what makes you so special again Lungu?

  11. Trib.als, in trib.al tune as ever. These days they cannot even deny their trib.al genes, even when they try to deny trib.al Hacks it shows. Bwana you are trib.als waiting for “our turn to rule with trib.al Hacks” in 2099. That is about eight Lungus away from today, assuming a Lungu remains two terms of five years each…. kikikikiki …sad.

  12. #5 Spaka, “all levels of the civil service think stealing and corruption is no big deal….”.

    Trib.al spaka, the majority of those are either trib.al or planted by trib.als. Are those not the trib.als who said in 2016 “if you can’t speak our language how are you going to work with us?”. You can tell from their trib.al names when they appear in court for theft, if you search their pockets you always find upnd trib.al memberships dated 2006.

    • Dude, are you normal? You always sound stup!d and shallow coz you say the same sh!t lyonse. No depth. One day try an intelligent line of thought. The only tribal f00l is this useless president. 90% of his cabinet is just from two provinces. Hope you are a kid coz if you are an adult it is a huge waste.

  13. Go to the former Astra Cinema and see for yourself how Christopher Kang’ombe and Binwell Mpundu have allowed open public defecation right in the middle of town in full view of council workers that collect parking fees at Shoprite. It’s very embarrassing! The stench is unbearable

  14. kikikikii Nga aka saka kandalama kali kwi? This developmental monitoring in areas having bye elections. Mr. President is a drain on government coffers. Because all those PSs Directors will have to be paid . govt fuel drawn drivers allowances paid. security details paid. meanwhile people are still waiting for March salaries. Can’t the PIG commission those houses.

    • He wants to make a name for himself in everything. Yes even the inspector general could have commissioned those houses. I miss the MMD government like crazy

  15. Point of correction: You have just answered back! So you are not telling the truth! Advice and criticism are not insults! Learn to listen more to those that are giving you free advice than those Yes bwanas who have thoroughly insulated you against reality on the ground! 2021 won’t be like the easy 2015 and 2016 when the economy was a lot better than now. Your biggest fear should not be CK or UPND! The youths you have neglected will be the ones to bring you down!

  16. Mwebakwete akasaka kandalama, Mwebabomba nokulya Mwibala kumo nembuto, it’s good you have come to Kopala! There are more important issues to address than imisalula and insots!
    Please pay our University Lecturers and students and re-open CBU please so that our children go back to school! Fire that thing you have put in charge of higher education. If you don’t, don’t blame Kopala!

    • Kwena balenda. All the time he is on the move wasting tax payers money. By the way how much does one trip of his cost. The amount of money spent on one of his trips can pay one Department e.g Zampost.
      He is useless even when there is no money he can’t stop these unnecessary travels

  17. Just pay workers their salaries sir. This insensitivity to the suffering of the masses is the beginning of your downfall. By the way, what do you see in your Minister of Higher Education, sir can’t you see that she’s destroying our universities?

  18. @ Chanda, you really seem to be a bitter person. if you have issues with Bantu, deal with him and avoid showing your hatred for one particular tribe. It is God who created them and in his infinite wisdom, he saw it fit and good. please try to restrain yourself from such hatred

  19. Talking about UNIVERSITIES, why is it that only two are always the ones to talk about. What about the other many more, how do they manage their affairs? I am sure there is a lot to learn from the so called the “rest” just as we are learning something from these two. The response we got from one of the lecturers just shows what sort we have at these locations. The ruins of a nation begins in the homes of its people. Insults are not an ingredient in the formula for peace. Our minister knows very well that large chairs do not make a King but how you relate to your subjects. Please lets tone down. Procedures just have to followed and all shall be well.

  20. I LOOK FORWARD TO A DAY WHEN OUR PRESIDENT WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE , JUST SO HE CAN RESPOND TO SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS…I always admire other Leaders who always find time for their citizens….My President lets do this.

  21. The Shukhoi Wanya 4-20884 jet plane carrying the Koswe Head of Ukunya touched down at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport at exactly 15:28 hours. Now, who gives a damn really, atase, everyday ki zabukuba feela namunungu yo!

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