Thursday, March 28, 2024

Sinkamba Lambasts SADC Heads Again, Reiterates that they are A Bunch of Cheerleaders

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Green Party President Peter Sinkamba has lambasted SADC Heads of State and Government for moving at lightning speed to cheer outcome of elections when their colleagues are re-elected but turn a blind eye to critical issues that threaten peace and stability in the region.

Commenting on the on-going insurgency in Cabo Delgado Province in Mozambique where government troops are have been battling to regain control of Mocimboa da Praia, a strategic town in the country’s gas rich area whose port was seized last week, Mr. Sinkamba reiterated that “SADC leaders should not be a bunch of cheerleaders but rather, they must provide pollical leadership in the region when it matters most”.

“The region is under a very serious threat. Jihadist groups in Mocamboa da Praia have since 2017 raided the area occupying vast territory terrorizing the masses killing over 1,500 people and displacing over 250,000.

“One of the Jihadist groups that carried out the latest attack is Islamic State Central Africa Province which is an Islamic State-affiliated group whose publicly-stated goal is to establish a caliphate in Central Africa.

“The goal to establish a caliphate in Central Africa has very serious implications for SADC. Put simply, it means that ultimately this group intends to take over most Southern and Central African States. If this group succeeds to take over and control liquefied natural gas facility currently estimated at US$60 billion, and such moneys are invested in arms, it is possible for this group to achieve its goals. So, I expect the SADC leaders to take this insurgency seriously and wipe it completely before it becomes financially empowered. I expect SADC leaders to draw lessons from Khalifa Haftar’s forces in Liibya which has been difficult to eliminate because it is financially empowered from the oil fields it controls,” he said.

“As I have stated before, if it is election of their friends, these SADC leaders speak in unison and loudest conveying congratulations. When it comes to matters of Defence and Security Cooperation, it is each one for himself and God for all. This attitude is wrong. These SADC Leaders should move in now and wipe these Jihad groups before they overrun the region and impose a caliphate here. I am sure we have capability in the region to wipe these groups before they consolidate their grip on serious financial resources and reign regional terror,” he added.

15 COMMENTS

  1. How I wish Paul Kagame was part of this bloc?

    We have pimples of leaders in SADC just selfishness and cowards.

    Mwanawasa and Ian Khama of Botswana tried to shake it a bit but the numbers couldn’t add up.

  2. Spot on! SADC is a toothless regional body…the weakest! ECOWAS wouldn’t tolerate some of this nonsense happening in the SADC region…ECOWAS would have sent troops to Mozambique to crush the insurgency…ECOWAS would have put sanctions on SA for xenophobia. SADC is a bunch of cowards that hide under the veil of “respecting the other country’s borders” when what is happenining there has ripple effects affecting the entire region!

  3. Sinkamba is a loose cannon who needs help with whatever he is on. Ok since we are cheerleaders we will see what happens when it comes to seeking our authorisation on your ka little weed project. I don’t know of cheer leaders being able to authorize such things. Good luck

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  4. He can’t even make a political grade in Zambia, not even a single MP or Ward Councillor! This one party politician takes too much weed and is now delusional!
    Just quit politics, sir, you don’t need to prove your irrelevance because you did it many years ago

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  5. This gang watched as millions fled Mugabe’s terror…..

    The gang has a unwritten message to each other….

    ” don’t condemn my dictatorship moves incase you might need to use the same moves on your people…..”

  6. Well articulated. I think the Green Party President is making a very serious and pertinent point. Prevention is better than cure.

  7. They are failing to sort out issues in their own countries and you expect them to sort out SADCC issues. Just look at the economic and governance mess in Zambia. I don’t belong to the opposition but God gave me senses to see that Zambia is in a mess and not because of Covid 10 but because of mismanagement.

  8. Sinkamba is right, there is a brewing insurgency by the Islamists in Mozambique who came from East Africa coastal area of Tanzania as stated are now in Mozambique in Mocimboa da Praia region in Cabo Delgado province. These are ruthless people who have killed lots of poor people. Mozambique boarders Eastern Zambia. There is Islamists activities already in some eastern part of Zambia. The trouble is most Zambians in so called popular party hardly read and do not even know Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique just raising fists as if bracing for a fight.

  9. Zambia could contribute the military type equipment they have procured for Police to use in fighting these militant Islamists in Mozambique.

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