Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Chishimba Kambwili unreservedly apologises to President Edgar Lungu

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Leader of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chishimba Kambwili has unreservedly apologised to President Edgar Lungu for issuing damaging remarks towards the Head of State.

Speaking during media briefing this morning, Mr. Kambwili unreservedly apologised to the Head of State and his family for remarks made in the past.

“The issue I am going to tackle this morning is one that Reverand (Serge K Changa) has been talking to me about and wanted to see this issue and other issues surrounding this are resolved amicably…., one of the people that I should also recognise, pertaining to this issue is the late Father Chilinda, may his soul rest in peace, what I am going to say today is what Fr. Chilinda wanted to see,” he said.

“Let me start by saying is that I am a Christian like many of the Zambians who believe in truthful, reconciliation and forgiveness, during my self imposed political hibernation I have reflected on a number of issues that I thought I should address today,” he added.

Mr. Kambwili specifically singled out a press briefing he held where he questioned the association of President Edgar Lungu and Mr Valden Findlay.

“As many of you maybe aware, our offices as politicians are viewed as voices of the people and a lot of information verified and unverified is passed on to us. In about August, September 2019 my office was availed with some complaints and at that time I thought it is only right that I bring this information to the public. I have however realized that I should have cared enough to engage the people involved or even take time to verify the raw information that came to my attention in the line of my political duty as an opposition leader,” he stated.

“Having said this, I want to unreservedly apologise to the President of the Republic of Zambia Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu for the misunderstanding that he is a drug dealer as insinuated by some sectiond of the media then. I shall be also be quick to mention that at know time did I verify the information I was given regarding Mr Valden Findlay who I also unreservedly apologise to.”

Mr. Kambwili said that in October last year he tendered an apology to the Head of State and thinks it is his duty to once more clear the matter which in his view has created a lot of tension among the involved persons.

“It is only right that we flip a new page as a sign of brotherly love and genuine reconciliation. Further let tender my apology to the immediate families of His Excellency the President Mr Edgar Changwa Lungu and Mr Valden Findlay who could have been directly or indirectly affected by my statement.” He said
He added that ordinary he would have quietly approached the aggrieved persons privately because the matter has been in public domain he thought it is only right that he uses the same medium he used then to share this information.

“My prayer is that His Excellency Mr Edgar Changwa Lungu and Mr Valden Findlay find it in their hearts to forgive me. I am however reminded by the Zambian singer Ephraim’s song ‘ndi muntufye, limo limo naine ndanaka’ to error is human and to forgive is divine…… I tender this apology, without any prejudice or malice” He said.
Meanwhile Mr Kambwili has announced to the NDC general membership that at an appropriate time time, the membership will be told the party’s political direction after the failed alliance with the UPND.

71 COMMENTS

  1. Kambwili is a finished politician and who doubted his moves?

    This one is not a principled man and failing to stand the pressure is failing to stand test of time.

    This Kambwili is not trustworthy and can sell Zambia to the foreigners just for his freedom and money.

    Kambwili will be used like toilet paper by PF and discard him later.

    Very unprincipled man.

    PF must go!

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  2. TO ERR IS HUMAN INDEED !!
    INCLUDING ASSOCIATING WITH INCORRIGIBLE TRIBALISTS WHO SEE EVERYTHING THROUGH THE TRIBE LENS

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  3. You the worst thing ever happened to Zambia. Dogs vomit ready to be consumed by the dog. #Perpetual suffering.

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  4. TO ERR IS HUMAN INDEED !!
    INCLUDING ASSOCIATING WITH INCORRIGIBLE TRIBALISTS WHO SEE EVERYTHING THROUGH THE TRIBE LENS!

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  5. When $160,000 was annouced that has been stolen from his house by his children’s friends, something leaked in my ears and my brain was Oooho, let us wait and see where CK will say and this what he has finally spoken out of his mouth.
    Talk of Corruption, theft, pilphering of tax payers, mistreatment and killing of all sorts that came out of CK’s own big mouth hailed on ECL and his entire Cabinet!!! Even when they say no he has asked for forgiveness what about GBM?
    I would believe that these are the terrible dividers of the mother Zambia lest l forget KK who built Zambia on his phillosophy of Humanism.

  6. What happens to his court cases, “justices made simple”?
    Amos Chanda must be laughing is lungu’s out, remember this –
    Chanda who was drinking Savannah dry, also mocked the UPND vice president GB Mwamba.
    “Chilya chipuba chi GBM instead chibwele twise lya nacho,” Chanda said.

  7. He has realised that if he goes with UPND then they will squeeze
    Him so better say sorry and stop
    Going to jail in Corvid times.He will
    Follow GBM shortly to PF.

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  8. Very unpresidential…..hope his equally clueless supporters didn’t shout “yabuluma…” … hehehe, talk of the tail between legs.

  9. Political prostitution of no shame and no principles! As most Zambians envisaged this to happen so it has come to pass that if he was a dog the people would have seen its tail between its hind legs! It’s all a question of escaping jail and failed attempt to destabilize the opposition! Let him also apologize for all other past insults heaped on the Zambian people and free advice is that he leaves the political arena and concentrates on rebuilding his integrity for he still remains in a hard place should he think he is a useful heavy weight for PF! To PF he has to play subdued and obedient, to the media he has to build bridges for image building, and to the opposition he is treacherous and ready to exchange souls for personal gain. He has a lot of juggling to do.

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  10. It is good to realise when to apologise to the people you have hurt, I really hope he has done it in good faith and not the perceived reasons such as being fixed in many different aspects of his life. I hope this man will grow up and tame his mouth from now onwards. It is very clear that he is very often delusional and paranoid hence making several utterance that have no or little basis. Now quit the NDC and rejoin the PF, they will welcome you back home!

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  11. We told you Kambwili that you are not Tonga to associate with UPND. We even asked you consult with GBM. It not possible to form a successful alliance with a party that has had more vice presidents and alliances than any other party in this country. We are waiting for you to come back to the all inclusive party PF but do not expect a position until 2026. The problem Kambwili has is his mouth and his brain are disjointed.

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  12. CK is shallow in business as in mind aswell……..

    Right now as he is sitting on the fence negotiating with PF , he is trying to judge the direction of elections do he goes the right way……

    absolute coward with no morals……

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  13. He got paid by the desperate thieves. Dude is useless. No wonder George Mtonga celebrated when this clown was thrown in Jail. I wonder what ka Tayali is thinking about this clown going back to PF.

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  14. APOLOGY IS ACCEPTABLE. BUT WHAT NEXT? HIS NEXT MOVE IS WHAT WILL MAKE HIM OR BREAK HIM. BUT SIR PLEASE LEARN TO ENGANGE YOUR BRAIN BEFORE YOU USE YOUR MOUTH AS SOMEONE HAS ALREADY POINTED OUT. AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU ARE DOING THIS. YHE OTHER TIME YOU BLAMED THE DEVIL. I DONT KNOW WHO YOU ARE BLAMING HIS TIME. SIN DOES NOT ALWAYS COME FROM THE DEVIL. IT ALSO DOES COME FROM THE WORLD AND THE FLESH.

  15. They say you’re finished, I say you still has it. It, what? Potential of course.
    This is one thing I have come to learn about you, this that even though your own mouth leads you astray (I usually call it diarrhea mouth), you have a big HEART to say you’re SORRY almost always.
    My take is that you have a rare trait that pushes you to apologize.
    I always said you could do better.
    I can almost certainly tell you that ECL forgave you the moment you finished the last word of your insults.
    Every dog has its day. Indeed to err is human but to forgive is divine.

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  16. Ive already seen this apology on youtube. What I was looking for are the comments from bloggers and these have been curtailed – Sadly. So much for freedom of speech. This marks the beginning of the end for LT with their excessive censorship.

  17. From Chishimba Kambwili to Chishimba Chimbwii. Practicing politics of the belly, Mwamona investments!!!!!!!!!!!

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  18. When I said that mr kambwili calls me and the president in the night asking for audience I was called a liar. Here is evidence. We thank you for the apology and will end there. At least you are man enough to say sorry as you have realised that pf is the winning team. Strong signal.

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  19. What a hypocrite. One day he says he is in an alliance with UPND and the next he cuddles up with Lungu. Nobody believes you anymore Kambwili! You don’t deserve to be in politics. And one more thing: you are overweight, in fact, obese. Slim down before it is too late

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  20. “Empty vessels make the most noise” how can such a man be trusted? typical of short distance runners. Leave the long distance race to the strong and able men. Good on you though for apologising and owning up, no more somersaults going forward. You may have lost some faithful followers and be in dire need of damage control in both camps, but hey that is village politics anything goes man, not surprising.

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  21. Today kambwili is hated by the tribal upnd party because he has apologised to the leader of our nation for insulting him. Can you see how messed up upnd are? They will throw you away after using you just because you have done the right thing and apologised for the wrong you did. Evil to the core

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  22. Kambwili a corrupt useless fool that went back to the fools that abused his wife and daughter, has no dignity whatsoever. He got paid, had his balls squeezed. No wonder someone is bonking his lady when she is in England. That’s suicide because Kambwili himself is on ARVs. Don’t make that fat fool you. Anyways, kambwili is a finished recycled politician that even people from Luanshya will not be voting for this corrupt crook that Tayali snitched on, or was that PF crap?

  23. Kambwili is irrelevant, the thieving PF just wasted the borrowed $1,000,000 they paid this washed up irrelevant recycled garbage politician. Not surprised though that the desperate thieves would spend that kind of money on a finished crook like Kambwili.

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  24. KAMBWILI THINKS HE IS POPULAR AND CHARISMATIC ENOUGH TO SAVE THE PF BY HELPING IT WIN THE 2021 ELECTIONS. THIS IS SHEER POLITICAL MYOPIA. ONLY JOHN MAGUFULI SAVED CHAMA CHA MAPINDUZI FROM EMBARASSMENT IN 2015 BECAUSE WAS GENUINELY POPULAR AND LOVED BY THE PEOPLE SO THAT WHEN THEY VOTED, IT WAS MAGUFULI THEY HAD IN MIND NOT THE THEN UNPOPULAR CHAMA CHA MAPINDUZI. CAN KAMBWILI DO THE SAME TO PF?

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  25. The good book says that ‘a canine returns to its vomit.’ It did not vomit because the food was bad, but because it was sick. Once it gets better, it remembers the food it regurgutated. Chishimba Kambwili was uncomfortable in PF as they investigated his corruption. When he was fired he started screaming all sorts of things. Now he has realised that there is nowhere to go, he is returning with the tail between his legs. I wonder what his NDC supporters who followed him out of PF feel now.

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  26. Words of wisdom for aspiring Party Leaders and future Zambian Political Parties….never ever take on these hippos running away from other Political Parties to join yours, Politics in Zambia is not about ideologies but about greedy selfish men like BUFFOON CK.

  27. So after apologizing will Finlay and ECL forgive CK and welcome him back into PF? Just as well CK is out of the Opposition Alliance otherwise he would have done alot of damage to HH and UPND Alliance. CK is good riddance for bad rubbish. Leave CK to go back to PF and lick his vomit. The man is untrustworthy.

  28. That’s what any sensible adult does, you apologise when you realise you’re wrong. Well done Mr Kambwili.

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  29. @Diaspora Lady, Bowman Lusambo says go wipe old white people’s behind. Ain’t you supposed to be working in the nursing home? Instead of kissing the dead PF’s bottom shoes maybe you need to do what is good for you.

  30. Amos Chanda must be celebrating with bottles of Savannah dry and also mocking Kambwile like he did on GBM.
    “Chilya chipuba chi GBM instead chibwele twise lya nacho,” Chanda said.

  31. MR CHISHIMBA KAMBWILI WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TODAY- TO APOLOGISE THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA, MR FINDLAY AND THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA IS THHE MOST BRAVIEST AND HONORABLE THING TO DO BY ANYONE WHO MEANS WELL TO THE NATION AND THE LATE MR MICHAEL CHILUFYA SATA WITH WHOM YOU FORMED UP PF. MOST PEOPLE FEAR APOLOGISING BECAUSE THEY NOT STRONG BUT WEAK. REAL AND STRONG MEN AND WOMEN APOLOGISE WHEN THEY NEED TO. I PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR THE BRAVE STEP YOU HAVE TAKEN. AND WITHOUT WASTING TIME, PLEASE, JOIN HANDS WITH PF (YOUR REAL PARTY) AND HIT THE GROUND TO CAMPAIGN FOR PF’s VICTORY. WELL MEANING ZAMBIANS WOULD NOT LIKE ZAMBIA TO BE RULED BY A TRIBAL PARTY AND THOSE WHO WANT ANGLO-AMERICAN TO COME BACK TO ZAMBIA. WE WANT TO RUN OUR MINES AND MINERALS PROCESSING TO FINISHED PRODUCTS HERE…

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  32. FROM 32
    …WE WANT TO RUN OUR MINES AND MINERALS PROCESSING TO FINISHED PRODUCTS HERE IN ZAMBIA BY ZAMBIAN. I SALUTE YOU FOR YOUR BRAVERY, SIR.

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  33. At some point in future, Kambwili is likely to shower Lungu with more insults. That is a sign of having learning difficulties.

  34. @28
    KAMBWILI IS POPULAR THAT’S WHY ALL UPND HAVE FLOODED LT TO DISCUSS HIM IN BAD TASTE FOR LEAVING THEM.

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  35. He holds a Guinness Book record for apologies. What a strange homosepien!! After the polls be ready to hear him apologize for apologising. That’s CK for you.

  36. Kambwili was dribbled in the Alliance. As a convict, they would not feature him as running mate. He smelt the coffee. He needs survival and so he had to make peace with PF. But he should have announced his come back to PF at the same press conference. Now everyone knows that is his next move. When he worked with opposition he was heralded as a great man. Now the opposition has taken him to what he was before he joined them.

  37. Limo limo ndanaka…… kikikikiki. Anyways, you are welcome @ home as a prodigal son. The failures will say anything in bitterness because they want his input so desperately on their side but it looks chance is slowly slipping away to their uncountable foreseeable defeat…….

  38. I completely fail to understand that there is even ONE Zambian who still believes and follows this overweight dilly dally – he changes his mind more often than a dog changes food bowls. And would Lungu fall for that? If he takes him back into the PFake fold, he would run back come August 12. Same like that other overweight traitor GBM

  39. We told you that when they seize you by the balls you’ll squeal for life like a pig, now you see? malaca kleptis

  40. Chishimba Kambwili seems to have realised his mistake of joining hands with a corrupt leader like Hakainde Hichilema. But it is too late now. CK should have thought of consequences before aligning with Hichilema and UPND.

  41. HH used CK like tissue paper and dumped in dust bin once the utility was over. Now he is trying to save himself and salvage his sinking political career. HH has ruined CK’s life.

  42. I hope CK stands by what he said. Not unlike last time when he denied supporting postponement of general elections due to Covid19. That was infact a great suggestion. The massive funds used for elections could be used for fighting Covid19.

  43. With this, the so called opposition alliance has met its end. Anyway, it was not going to work without CK and Dr Nevers Mumba, being part of it.

  44. The biggest winner in this sharade is the Zambian people…….

    CKs Court cases will now be dropped, if there was any doubt how corrupted our judicial system is under lungu , here you are…..

    70 % of cases are politically motivated to fix lungus critics….

  45. Dear CK, had you been a true Christian, you wouldn’t have indulged in serious crimes you have been convicted for. And better you don’t speak of so called political hibernation and introspection. This is nothing but realisation that you had been in the wrong company of Hakainde Hichilema all this time. Now you are trying to gain sympathy of President Lungu to save your political career and live. Do you think we can’t understand your intentions?

  46. One more attempt to rejoin PF. CK is a clever politician who has realised that the so called UPND Alliance is going to doom and all those part of it would be wiped from the political landscape of Zambia. Don’t you think it is too late and too little, CK?

  47. Better late than never CK. One should never shy away from accepting the mistakes. It helps in improving the situation and one emerges as a better human being. Good you apologised.

  48. In fact, it takes a lot of courage to accept the mistakes. It is even more difficult for someone in public life. Such admissions can be counter-productive as well. They can end the political career in no time. Yet CK has taken the risk.

  49. CK has reduced himself to a mere side kick of big leaders. Earlier he was playing at the hands of HH now, he is looking for new master, when dumped unceremoniously. He has to do something and that too urgently to save his sinking ship.

  50. You are bang on! I feel pity for his supporters who stayed with him after leaving PF. Now they must be struggling to stay afloat amidst the antiques by CK.

  51. CK has only apologized for one thing and that is,his utterances on Valden and ecl on drugs.He is yet to apologize on the insults he showered on Ecl over corruption.

  52. @Tarino .. sums it up when with the point that today’s politicians are devoid of ideology. I would add principle and courage. They pail into insignificance in comparison to some of our venerated African politicians of the yesteryear’s who stood by their convictions. In the last decade, Zambian politics and the social-economic base that has informed them, have become selfish, individualist, immoral, unethical, opportunistic and even more lately, shockingly backward. No plan, no economic blueprint, no guiding acumen, no vision and hence no solutions for creating an environment in which all who have genuine potential thrive and the vulnerable are provided a safety net. CK is just one of the offshoots of this decadence.

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