Hon. Davies Mwila’s Remarks Unacceptable—Ambassador Mwamba
Lusaka, December 7, 2025 — Ambassador Emmanuel Mwamba has issued a measured yet unequivocal condemnation of recent remarks by former Patriotic Front (PF) Secretary General Hon. Davies Mwila, calling them “racist,” “unacceptable,” and fundamentally at odds with Zambia’s constitutional values, remarks that surfaced even as the nation mourns the sudden passing of Kasama Mayor Theresa Kolala Khumalo. These comments are particularly troubling given the current socio-political climate in Zambia.
Ambassador Mwamba began by extending heartfelt condolences to the late mayor’s family, the Kasama Municipal Council, the PF leadership, and the people of Kasama. Mayor Kolala Khumalo passed away on December 5, 2025, at St. Fidelis Mission Hospital in Chilubula a date that, poignantly, marks six months since the death of former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu on June 5, 2025. Mwamba urged Zambians to honour her legacy not with political point-scoring, but through the values she embodied: unity, peace, and principled cooperation.
As the conversation around these remarks unfolds, it is crucial for leaders in Zambia to promote dialogue that uplifts the nation rather than divides it.
It was against this solemn backdrop that Mwamba addressed Hon. Mwila’s comments, aired on Diamond Live, a pre-recorded programme broadcast on Diamond TV. “I watched the segment with disbelief,” Mwamba said, describing Mwila’s remarks directed at PF Acting President Given Lubinda as not only inflammatory but deeply offensive. He emphasized that because the show was pre-recorded and hosted by an experienced anchor, the station bore a clear editorial responsibility to excise such content before broadcast. “To air it was not oversight it was negligence,” he stated.
At the heart of the controversy is Mwila’s insinuation that Hon. Lubinda is constitutionally ineligible to lead the PF or stand as its presidential candidate due to questions about his parentage. Ambassador Mwamba firmly rejected this claim, citing Article 100(1) of the Constitution and Section 17 of the Electoral Process Act No. 35 of 2016, both of which affirm that eligibility requires only that a candidate be “a citizen of Zambia by birth or descent.” He noted that Lubinda meets this threshold unequivocally.
Mwamba then provided essential historical context. He recalled that the so-called “parentage clause” which once required both parents of a presidential candidate to be Zambian was introduced in the 1996 constitutional amendment and later challenged in the landmark 1998 Supreme Court case Lewanika v. Chiluba. The Court interpreted the provision generously, recognizing that individuals who acquired citizenship at independence in 1964 or would have, had they been alive satisfied the spirit of the law. Critically, Mwamba reminded the public that this clause was fully repealed in 2016, rendering any reliance on it today not just outdated but misleading.
“Hon. Mwila served ten years as MP for Chipili and as Minister of Home Affairs,” Mwamba said. “One would expect him to know better. If he does not, it is a failure of memory; if he does, it is a betrayal of principle.”
He called on Mwila to issue an immediate and unreserved apology not only to Hon. Lubinda but to the nation. “We are a republic founded on multi-ethnic, multi-racial, multi-religious, and multi-cultural unity,” Mwamba stressed, quoting Article 4(3) of the Constitution. He further invoked Article 11, which guarantees equal enjoyment of rights “irrespective of race, origin, political opinion, colour, creed, sex or marital status.” Remarks that weaponize ethnicity or perceived racial identaity, he warned, “are not political critique they are constitutional violations disguised as opinion.”
Beyond the personal affront, Mwamba expressed deep concern about the timing and intent of Mwila’s statements. With the 2026 general elections approaching, internal cohesion within the PF is more vital than ever. He noted that since 2021, the party has faced “unrelenting institutional pressure,” including what he described as politically motivated actions by the Office of the President and the Registrar of Societies such as the controversial installation of a rival faction led by expelled Mafinga MP Robert Chabinga, which Mwamba alleges was designed to fracture party unity and undermine members’ constitutional rights to freedom of association.
Even so, he insisted, internal disputes over leadership, general conferences, or successionmust be resolved through dialogue, not division. “We cannot allow external forces to dictate our destiny while we tear each other apart from within,” he said.
In closing, Ambassador Mwamba appealed for restraint, reflection, and reconciliation. “The PF has lost two giants this year President Lungu and now Mayor Kolala Khumalo. Let their legacies remind us of what unity looks like. Let us honour them not with noise, but with dignity.”
He ended with a quiet but firm admonition: “Zambia deserves better. And so do we.”
And you expect Zambia to develop with such kind of leaders……its so scary to think that this moron once had power…very useless Pompwe…no wonder PF lost and they’re not coming back…Thank God
So who is the preferred candidate of the “ambassador”? Parentage clause is what he was making noise about when failing to prove Lungu’s parentage. Anyway retired/sacked ambassadors should stick to ambassadoring arguably if they hallucinate that they still have a job
Mwamba is obsessed with “ambassador ” title kikikikiki and even Davies Mwila why are they calling him Honorable…..are all these permanent titles….??? Someone please educate me… Why are we calling theives “Honorable:
We should judge people on merit
No wonder Mwila is aesthetically that disgusting, the heart and mind are equally repulsive! I mean, the pompwe’s face alone lends much credence to the belief that human beings are descended from apes, his anti Lozi shenanigans stink. Lungu was Mozambican, Sata was Mnwacusa from Tanganyika, Banda was Malawi/Zimbabwe, now you want to block Lubinda, mu nyelile!
Any person who is a racist is ugly…..just look at his face….yak
This Mwila guy needs to be sat down and counselled. The guy attacked his colleagues publicly on TV, then after casting aspersions and using very uncivil language, at the end of the interview of attacking his party colleagues openly on TV, he says let us unite as PF.
Mwamba says: “To air it was not oversight it was negligence,”.
How so?
The nation needed see that PF is filled with people who are willing use nasty and unpalatable language even against their own.
Ever Mwamba constantly uses unpalatable language, look at one of his latest articles wishing for mayhem in Zambia.
It is the modus operandi of all high ranking PF officials to nasty, but with Mwila , it was against one of their own.
So Mwamba, don’t pretend you are shocked.
It’s normal tradition, culture and actual life in Pf. Remember Gbm, moved out and said a lot of things against pf, later he rejoined. Next was sampa, he moved out and also joined hh but later enjoined. Next was chishinba kambwili who moved out and revealed a lot of corruption and thievery in pf. He showered elot with allegations of bupompwe, but later he enjoined. It not strange to hear mwila saying whatever he has said . But what is foolish to hear is kambwili and sampa commenting negatively and loudest against mwila, because whatever the two revealed and did against pf were thousands Times more than what mwila has done. It’s life of the buffoons
It’s normal tradition, culture and actual life in Pf. Remember Gbm, moved out and said a lot of things against pf, later he rejoined. Next was sampa, he moved out and also joined hh but later enjoined. Next was chishinba kambwili who moved out and revealed a lot of corruption and thievery in pf. He showered elot with allegations of bupompwe, but later he enjoined. It not strange to hear mwila saying whatever he has said . But what is foolish to hear is kambwili and sampa commenting negatively and loudest against mwila, because whatever the two revealed and did against pf were thousands Times more than what mwila has done. It’s life of the buffoons
It’s normal and traditional to pass such comments and assertions. Gbm, and kambwili even used insults at one time,and we thought they had left the pf for good. Sampa and kalaba did the same too,but later they enjoined mwila has not even said a lot as compared to what ck and gbm had said. But surprisingly,people like ck are even talking loudest forgetting all mountains o rubbish they had said against pf, and ecl
To air it was negligence is not correct. Independent TV is not a censored government service, it exists to stimulate debate as part of multiparty politics. Once GRZ starts clamping the media, we move to a dangerous place.
The same way PF people keep saying they are going to vote is how we that ushered HH into office are going to defend him at the booth. I will be there at 4am because I never want my children to grow up in country where cadres reign supreme and where people simply print money to put in their side chic’s houses. Nah.