Zambia Must Prosper Party Interim President Kelvin Bwalya says his motivation to join the UPND Alliance was to protect and defend the Constitution on the principle of not allowing the Patriotic Front (PF) to go against the Constitution by allowing a third term for former President Edgar Lungu.
Mr Bwalya noted that the Patriotic Front is a Party which he had basically helped to grow, expand and helped to live with, and standing against them was merely on the principle of not allowing a third term to go against the Constituency of this country.
“My motivation was to defend the Constitution by law established, no third term, no matter the shenanigans, no matter what the semantic schemes, its was a third term, which I was going to fight to the end and I did,” Mr Bwalya noted
“As a nation, we must begin to think and defend that which we believe in strongly and my belief was a third term was looming and we should stop that at all costs and we did, and I thank the Zambians for that because they heard the message, they believed, trusted and they said yes this is a third term, no more and I make no apologies about that,” Mr Bwalya added
He stated that if there’s anybody in UPND who thought for a moment that his going against the PF and that particular President going for a third term, it meant that he was joining UPND they were dreaming, as it was merely just an Alliance where they all agreed to only work together
“I never at any one moment joined the UPND and I will never join UPND,” he said
He explained that his joining the Alliance was for a particular cause, which was to protect and defend the Constituency, while with the UPND whatever motivation they had that was their business.
Mr Bwalya cited that from the beginning, the Alliance was aware on his intentions to become President of Zambia, as this incited him to use his personal funds and resources to prevent a third term for Mr Lungu after being approached by NGOs, church leaders, senior citizens of this country, friends and relatives of the current Head of State to help with the change of regime.
“The UPND I helped form government, has allegedly failed to unite the country, failed to remove caderism and to restore the rule of law among the many promises made prior to the 2021 General Elections,” Mr Bwalya said
He noted that he would not be appointed or be given any position unless he joined the UPND, and any person claiming not to be working with the UPND but is appointed by the UPND government is lying, because one needs to follow the policies of the political party in power.
Mr Bwalya mentioned that the current government lacks philosophy and policy direction including at Presidential level, further stating that President Hichilema should consider going back to managing businesses as opposed to running government without solutions to the challenges the country is currently faced with.
He said that a government is not a business, but a succession corporate entity, and it is therefore not right to enter the government and start scattering the civil service simply because there are certain people holding positions who are not liked, even when they haven’t committed any crime nor stolen.
He further said that President Hichilema made a promise stating that, as long as someone is qualified and they are Zambian, they will stay in their positions, and he supported the President on this core.
“And now if I see that it’s not happening, am I supposed to stay quite? Because they have gone to demotivate the civil service, and destabilize systems within the civil service simply because they want to put their own people there” Mr Bwalya said
Mr Bwalya has since suggested that a truth and reconciliation committee or courts of law be set up as a way to sort out political crimes as opposed to what is currently going on where some political leaders are detained without trial for prolonged periods.
Mr Bwalya highlighted this during the Tuesday edition of Let the People Talk Program on Phoenix FM.
Well articulated. Almost all the people heading departments in Government are Tongas.
Lie !!!
All the best to my former boss! Learned so much from him. Opposition politics is a nightmare in Zambia, not seeing much of a change within UPND, stay strong and be ready for arrests.
Is Felix upnd…what if the position of second Vice President or Prime Minister had been created ? Anyway all the best it’s a long road to travel …
Compared with pf tribalism I think upnd is ok . other tribes they don’t believe that other tribes they can run this country well , Zambia does not belong to you guys alone let us give chance to other tribes to run the country.under HH I’m very happy is a good man.During recruitment in PF cadres used to recruit people.
All his children are criminals even himself swindled money for clients records are they at laz now suppose you give him a big position you will cry the way we are crying.Another PF second version of criminals better chipimo.
KBF supported the criminality of PF during the 2016 elections……….
He held lungu to ransom because he knew and supported what criminality occurred during those elections………
He made the PF pay him $3 million for his silence…………
These are smooth talking crooks ..no one can trust him in his inner circle as he will stab you in the back unlike Felix Mutati who makes a living being a huamn Chameleon and is content with any ministrial position, This one is savvy bent lawyer wants to know all your secrets then use them against you.
Thoughtful people
…..it is therefore not right to enter the government and start scattering the civil service simply because there are certain people holding positions who are not liked…
……they have gone to demotivate the civil service, and destabilize systems within the civil service simply because they want to put their own people there.
did you doubt David Kaunda advice? it has come to pass.
This man is just a journey man I can never trust him, he is just overly ambitious, in PF he wanted the top position and was kicked out he then joined the alliance when he didnt get what he wanted as a cabinet minister …he formed his party; now he will be making noises everyday. In reality a person like this is like Kalaba they claim to want to be in opposition but dont want to work with no one.
Lesa twafweni!
Ba KBF, are you sure HH has failed to unit the country? What KPIs are you using? Look a his appointments including parastatals? i think find another explanation and you do not need to fight someone always. Just say me i will do it like this and that. HH is doing a great job considering the depth of problems left by PF which was your party.
I don’t know which country he was uniting when his Party managed to polarize the nation to the extent of assuming that whoever bore a Tonga name or spoke the language was their member and if not then such individual was cursed. To the extent that Cornelius Mweetwa thinking that those teachers that applied for employment in Southern province but bore Bemba names didn’t qualify because there weren’t Tonga and therefore intruders. There’s definitely something wrong with these people
He or anyone also not complain when the president , while on the CB retairated that CDF funds for the CB were for people of the copperbelt only……………..not for companies from SP, EP ……….
useless man.ignore him
Its difficult to believe a person who only becomes active when he does not get what he wants? But your track record follows you people know who is who even as you speak…anyway as you once said you and the Head of State are ‘friends’ from Unza so you think alike…what has changed now..if I were you I would have been silent and work slowly you would have been appointed even as an Ambassador…with all the data the No.1 gets on people he was probably trying yo verify what was said about you…alas you had no patience your true colors have bloomed…
KBF is not like Elias Munshya who can drop everything to go and push pens in Oz embassy …really laughable.
It is a great pity that we do not have intellectually astute journalists in Zambia. They fail to ask the right questions when interviewing people. Kelvin has ALWAYS wanted to be President of Zambia. As a result, he was ALWAYS going to find something wrong with ANYBODY who became President. He should have been asked, ‘What should HH do to make you not to seek to be President?’
The way UPND view people who criticize them says a lot about them. I cant wait for UPND move out of power
the president is a hateful person. Our voices of criticism have gone into hiding because of terrorr
KBF, ……….
just like lungu was, is lawyer to most of the major crooks in zambia…….
Judging from the experience with lungu………
Expect the same from him…………
#HENRY first comment, so it was ok when the Bwalyas, Mulengas, Kasondes, Zulus, Phiris, Mwales, Mwambas, etc were running government departments??? You a useless cadre with no spine
Please ignore this chap Henry ..these chaps were enjoying under Lazy Lungu it was the Wild West of lawlessness.
KBF, You claim you were a founding member of PF but both Sata & stealin’ Lungu let you out, why? Because they saw you were power hungry.
You at a late stage joined UPND alliance for one sole purpose: to all HH to change/ amend the constitution to make you 2nd VP/ Prime. He saw through you, just like Lungu & Sata did as a power hungry, self- serving dishonest man.
Good luck on forming a party to “fix” HH. You are a very bad student of history cos you should have asked the likes of chagwa, nawakwi,GBM & kambwili who all thought they could “fix” Bally…
KBF is li a chammeleon. He is like CK. Remember, even our dear late King Cobra Sata(may his soul rest in peace) never trusted KBF. Even when it came to pass, the predessesser ECL, also never trusted KBF. The unfortunate art to people like KBF is that most zambans are now more intersted in analytical history than ever before and that all the leaders of tommorw are now given a golden free education and no one clever crook will manupulate fellow citîzens. it has come to pass.
KBF is like a chammeleon. He is like CK. Remember, even our dear late King Cobra Sata(may his soul rest in peace) never trusted nor considered KBF for national duties. Even when it came to pass, the predessesser ECL, also never trusted KBF. The unfortunate art to people like KBF is that most zambans are now more intersted in analytical history than ever before and that all the leaders of tommorw are now given a golden free education and no one clever crook will ever manupulate fellow citîzens. it has come to pass.
I have said this before, and I MIGHT be the ONLY one here who can see through KBF as a true threat to HH and UPND. Mark my words, if there will be a stronger opposition leader, it will be KBF.
However, he is already making mistakes:
1) His political theme to “Fix the Fixer”. That was strategically VERY WRONG, as it was interpreted, by demeaning his new political party.
2) His statement: “……and destabilize systems within the civil service simply because they want to put their own people there” . I think this is a TRIBAL statement, there is NO difference between what CK was condemned of and exactly what KBF has said. Except, he has said it in a smarter way.
If KBF continue on this TRIBAL trajectory, then he will lose the opportunity, to be the next President after HH.
This is the same man who was laughing when others were panicking at Pamodzi hotel when PF cadres forced their way into a meeting (intruder)
This KBF chap is a waste of space who does not even deserve the attention he is getting right now….If he cant even bring up his own children properly,how can he now want to rule our beloved Zambia sure….
My take is that after 10 years of HH and the UPND,the people of Zambia will never ever take people like KBF seriously… they only have nuisance value,like Mmembe,Nakachinda,Sean Zero,Kambwili, Kalaba and Kateka.
We deserve and MUST create for ourselves a new generation of genuine politicians in Zambia NOT these fakes…
KBF you are just a traitor, congrats for joining a list of fast fading opposition like FDD, Tayali and Saboi ‘s NDC.. All you see is HH this or that or his tribe. We want to hear how you tackle the debt situation for example without IMF, corruption,
iwe ci sparka you have been claiming benefits for too long. Please look for work and get a life. Be productive.
they must be a good reason you haven’t received a call.
This is the chap whose only goal and mission is to fix HH and not the economy, ignore such a Zerubbabel in the making