Ever since they recovered from their shock defeat in the 2021 general elections, the Patriotic Front, since metamorphosed into the so-called Tonse Alliance has been shamelessly flexing its muscles, bragging they will soon bounce back into power!
However, if we bother to interrogate the record of the PF in power…..one wonders where they are drawing their courage from as their tribalism and regionalism was record breaking…..out of this world!
Before embarking on the proverbial road to Damascus, one Fred Namakando M’membe was a Capitalist par excellence…. running a thriving business empire – from an influential newspaper, courier services, trucking business, and real estate to communication. Whenever it suited him, he would use his tabloid to greater effect to scandalise and humiliate UPND, the main opposition political party at the time, to such an extent of dismissing it as nothing but a Bantustan!
Hitler’s Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels once said, “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually believe it?” True to this, some people would eventually start buying into The Post Newspapers’ propaganda which the defunct tabloid continued ramming down the throats of the public with screaming sensational headlines such as, “UPND is tribal; a Bantustan!”
Fast forward, M’membe has now supposedly discarded his fancy business suits for the more casual slacks and baseball caps! We suppose M’membe has equally bid farewell to his Limousines and vacated his breathtaking mansion in Rhodes Park for a modesty bungalow in Chibolya. One thing remains constant though – his warped imagination UPND is a tribal party and that a manifestation of this can be attested by those being appointed to various government positions.
“Those who are refuting that this is the most tribally inclined government in our post-independent history can prove us wrong with facts – graphs, charts, figures, and so on. Let them publish the ethnic composition of the leadership, management and boards of each ministry, department, parastatal, agency, commission and so on and so forth,” M’membe has dared.
Our yet to be published explosive book, Dilemma of One Zambia One Nation; Presidency, Governance & Regionalism delves into the murky world of Zambian politics and provides answers that may put an Ostrich egg on M’membe’s face, and of course, other detractors and naysayers.
Although this book actually indemnifies President Hichilema of all accusations of tribalism and regionalism, UPND leaders are seemingly reluctant to sponsor its publication when their colleagues in PF and Tonse would have jumped at the golden opportunity without warning!
Anyway, since it’s said figures don’t lie, kindly refer to the data hereunder……by the way, this is just a kadyonko (tip of an iceberg):
UNIP – KENNETH KAUNDA
Eastern – 2; Western – 4 ; Northern – 3 ; Central – 2; Luapula – 2 ; Southern – 6; N/western – 3; Copperbelt – 1 ; Lusaka – ; Minority – 1
MMD – FREDERICK CHILUBA
Eastern – 2 ; Western – 3 ; Northern -8 ; Central – Nil ; Luapula – 3 ; Southern – 6; N/western – 2; Copperbelt – 0 ; Lusaka – 0; Minority – 1
MMD – LEVY MWANAWASA
Eastern – 4; Western – 3 ; Northern – 3 ; Central – 4 ; Luapula – 3; Southern – 2; N/western – 3; Copperbelt – 1 ; Lusaka – 1; Minority – 1
MMD – RUPIAH BANDA
Eastern – 3; Western – 4; Northern – 2; Central – 4; Luapula – 2; Southern – 9; N/western – 6; Copperbelt – 2; Lusaka – 1
PF – MICHEAL SATA
Eastern – 1 ; Western – 1; Northern – 10; Central – 2; Luapula – 2; Southern – 12; N/western – 1 ; Copperbelt – 1; Lusaka – ; Minority – 1
PF – EDGAR LUNGU
Eastern – 7 ; Western – 1; Northern – 13; Central – 1 ; Luapula – 2; Southern – 1 ; N/western – 2 ; Copperbelt – 2 ; Lusaka – ; Minority – 0
UPND – HAKAINDE HICHILEMA
Eastern – 3 ; Western – 3 ; Northern – 7; Central – 3 ; Luapula – 1 ; Southern – 4; N/western – 2; Copperbelt – 1 ; Lusaka – 1
If you took the trouble to compare and contrast the above analysis, you’d find that certain Presidents took the trouble to try and reunite our country by ensuring every region is represented in government. Would you surely want to bring back in power those that consider themselves superior to others…..those that can bring war to this country, unmatched only to Rwanda?
Aikona man!
Prince Bill M Kaping’a
Political/Social Analys0
Kapinga stop making it like PF was tribalist. Your analysis is nauseating because its a gross exaggeration. The opposition UPND forced PF into tribalism. They refused PF appointrments of their tribesmates and it is all in your newspapers unless you dont know how to read things that are not in your language. You want the young generation to forget that UPND even expelled members appointed by PF so you can go on to label Bembas as tribalist. They are a very liberal tribe who dont believe in tribalism and always adapt to a situation.
Just tell UPND to start working, your time is better wasted wisely. You are in your fourth year now as a government with absolutely nothing to show for. People themselves are able to tell on who is tribal and who is not, they can’t be lectured to by a UPND cadre. And this thing of saying i am not tribal but all your actions point to the contrary must stop. I voted for UPND but feeling very let down because they are focusing on things that don’t matter – people want bread and butter issues solved. The cost of living is very high since 2021
Indeed I can’t understand this ka little tribalist hiding his tribal sentiments in criticizing PF. His article is about what? Cos he is attacking PF but his insults are for Fred. When did Fred become PF? And what are those riff raff statistics? As obfuscated as the absent logic in his tribalism inciting rant here. Some of us dont live, eat, breathe and drink tribe. We grew up in Wusakile, Kantanshi Masala section 25 where there were no tribal demarcation like in Zambezi
What wrong did Zambians do to deserve what we are going through. Economy and governance totally collapsed. Just propaganda self praises being the order of the day. Ati we have achieved 90%, how? Are you okay?
CDF is an MMD program. The original MMD of course. UPND just increased the allocation and started praising themselves
What’s wrong about that? Are you sick
How about boards and management of parastatal bodies lets have data on that as well then come back….
PF was even more tribalistic than this, if you look at the parastatal appointments, diplomatic or boards, its was ba Kasai bekabeka! Sata was worse because it was not even just Bemba, that Mnwacusa wa Tanganyika only favoured Bisas and his wife’s Swaka people. The chap even went to the extent of trying to install a Bisa Chibesakunda as Chitimukulu until beshiLubemba bebele “Nga twasonta ati Kanyanta Manga e ChitiMukulu ninshi chapwa”.
It’s a very wrong way to use figures to make a point. Government is just the President and Cabinet. But the entire public sector is bigger than government. Where are the numbers from there? In any case these are stationary numbers. Is the writer trying to tell us they remained fixed throughout the tenure of these past presidents?
The writer is a buffoon
“Eastern – 3 ; Western – 3 ;”
Ma intellectual amusement Zambia! Yayi mwe
“Eastern – 3 ; Western – 3 ;”
Ma intellectual amu Zambia! Yayi mwe.