
United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has said that Zambians should not trust President Edgar Lungu and his Patriotic Front (PF) Government.
In a statement reacting to the calls made by President Lungu to people on the copperbelt to trust PF, Mr Hakainde said that President Lungu’s failure to lead with compassion, strength and clarity of purpose, as well as his string of broken promises and flip-flops, means by now the majority of Zambians wouldn’t trust him with their wallet, let alone the future of their great nation.
Below is the full statement
Why Should Zambians Trust Lungu?
President Lungu has pleaded with voters on the Copperbelt to trust him. Following reports of growing opposition strength in the area he has sought to explain away current challenges by saying he did not cause them and that Zambians should trust him. But what has Lungu ever done for Zambians to trust him?
Mr. Lungu must know that trust is not something people can just give blindly. You must give people reasons to trust you. Often this will be on the basis of certain personal qualities or your track record based on past performance. Here is where the problem lies for our President: broken promises and betrayal have been routine for the PF in Copperbelt and across the country over the past five years and Lungu himself has fallen down very publicly on this measure by assuring miners that they would not lose their jobs just weeks before thousands were made redundant. Meanwhile, even at State House he has been at odds with many of his ministers, with several defecting and more supporters leaving the PF than at any other time in the party’s history.
If Mr. Lungu is a true leader then he must also know that when you hold an office such as the presidency there is a big responsibility that comes with both action and inaction. This is just as true in the case of the economy as it is with the rising levels of crime and violence in the country, which are in part a factor of the failure by authorities to serve justice for victims. Our President may not have hacked anyone with a panga personally, but by failing to oversee justice for the victims he is presiding over an environment in which such violent behaviour is likely to persist.
On the economy, if we are vulnerable to copper then it is because government has not walked the talk on diversification. If mining companies have halted operations then it is because PF policy flip-flops have increased uncertainty and the power sector crisis has increased costs. Moreover, the speed of the PF’s reaction to events has been unacceptable, always waiting until a situation spirals out of control or frustration spills out onto the streets to take any action.
In sum, make your appeals but know that your failure to lead with compassion, strength and clarity of purpose, as well as the string of broken promises and flip-flops means by now the majority of Zambians wouldn’t trust you with their wallet, let alone the future of their great nation. Lead by example and earn that trust, don’t just ask for it.
Hakainde Hichilema
UPND President
I think we should all trust President Lungu for a better future instead of Utopian promises from a fake wanna-be politician like (HH). Hakainde you are too bitter, too angry and arrogant. We don’t trust you. Your cheap talk sounds like you are master bating in public. Puke
You all pokiticians have the democratic right to compete. But young brother HH, tell us what leadership record of provable achievement with positive impact the following will point to as expendable capital in UPND?
1 ). GBM-Defense
2). Guy Scott-VP
3). Miless Sampa-Commerce
4). BaShinono-Agriculture and Commerce
5). Mwiche wandi Mulenga-Mayor and Deputy Minister
6). Mwaliteta-Deputy Minister
7). The 2 more embattled cabinet ministers scheduled to defect this week.
Other than just insulting Lungu out of bitterness, these will have it hard to redefine themselves and gain a voice of needed leadership narrative. Be warned they have ganged up in support but in faith that you fail again, they can then kick you out and asphyxiate your dream of ruling. Surely it’s inhiration…
#Kudot cursed is the day bano.ko bakufyonene.
Kaponya (HH) you have given Zambians every reason not to trust you with their mines and other national assets. You have failed to condemn the violence in your UPND and you fail to discipline your thug cadres. So who is weaker between you and the Great Lungu? You succumbed to the pressures of undervaluing our assets just a few years ago and corruptly acquired Lima Bank assets. You claim to be religious for publicity and yet deep down you know what a demon you are. We don’t want you to turn State House into a Free Masson Lodge. Your love for money has been your downfall because you, Lucifer have become the root of all evil.
I cannot personally trust HH who was part of the liquidation of Zambian parastatals and enriched himself from the process. At least we know that if given the instruments of power he would similarly enrich himself and not care about the rest of Zambians. I would rather trust Presidents Lungu and PF and not this crooked know-it-all bozo in the name of Hakainde.
Politicians politicians you think elections are a matter of changing number plates among yourselves ka. That is not what Zambians want. We are not hopeless to subscribe to vagabonds with trails of failures to come back in straight jackets. Government is not a business of individualism but institution. If your Government will be a constituent of the same who failed, then no need for change till we are ready to take over for a people’s Government in 2021.
(HH) 6 times now UPND under your care has failed to deliver victory you need to start thinking properly. Your rantings show that you are completely out of touch with the grass roots and the common man. If you can call someone a morron today you think his family can vote for you tomorrow? You think you’re smarter than everyone yet you’re just a crook, a thug from the farm. You don’t know anything about real politics and you’re an Under5, an infant. Your campaign message is weak and your use of Zambian Witch Doctor (ZWD) to propel you to State House has failed because people have seen the malice and contradictions in your smear campaign with your partner Loyd Himambo. Why do you sponsor Zambian Witch Doctor are you a Sangoma?
#KUDO boi ati cursed is the day banoko bakufyonene tabakwebele bwino kanshi bakufyonenefye boi. ***** Lukuku
LT THIS IS TOO MUCH OF THIS CHAP KUDOS. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU HOLD THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENCY YOU HAVE TO DEFEND YOUR ACTIONS DESPITE YOUR SITUATION – THE LPM NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT THE GLOBAL CRISIS THAT BEGAN IN 2007 BUT WORKED HARD TO ENSURE THAT ZAMBIA WAS NOT AFFECTED AS MUCH. HH IS VERY RIGHT. YOU CANNOT HAVE A LEADER FINDING EXCUSES AND BLAMING OTHERS WHEN THE BUCK STOPS AT THE INCUMBENT. LUNGU IS MORE ACCOUNTABLE AS THE INCUMBENT THAN HH FOR THOSE LIKE KUDOS WHO NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE NOW HAS TO DEFEND HIS RECORD – INCREASED COURRUPTION, ECONOMIC COLLASPSE, SLEEPING DURING MEETINGS,INCREASING HIS PAY WHEN OTHERS ARE SUFFERING ETC.
But we love Kudos for giving us a different angle. Come on we can’t all agree surely??
You are no more unpleasant yourself!
MR. KUDOS, YOU ARE RIGHT IN WHAT YOU HAVE SAID ABOUT THIS ONE MAN CALLED HH THE MAN WHO THINKS THAT HE HIS THE ONLY MAN WITH KNOWLEDGE TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS IN ZAMBIA. THIS PARTY HAD A LEADER IN THE LATE ANDERSON MAZOKA MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE THIS SAME MAN BELIEVED IN TEAM WORK WHILE UNDER HH WE SEE A LOT OD STOOGES WHO TREATS HIM LIKE A SMALL god, NO WONDER IN HIS LANGUAGE THERES NO WE, ONLY I, AND ME AND THIS SAME THERES NO HUMILITY ONLY PRIDE AND SELF CONTENTEDNESS. WHAT ABOUT ECL THIS MAN IS SO HUMBLE AND A TEAM PLAYER AT THE SAME TIME. BRAVO EDGAR. C. LUNGU, BRAVO PF.
ALL OF YOU WHO ARE SUPPORTING LUNGU AND CONDEMNING HH ARE BENEFICIARIES OF THIS CRUEL, INCOMPETENT, INEPT, CORRUPT AND FAILED LEADERSHIP AND REGIME OF LUNGU. NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU TRY TO MALIGN HH, IT WILL NOT CHANGE THE HARSH REALITY PREVAILING IN THE COUNTRY. HIGH POVERTY LEVELS AND THE UNBEARABLE HARDSHIPS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE INCOMPETENT, CORRUPT AND INEPT LEADERSHIP OF PF ARE HARD AND PAINFUL REALITIES THAT WILL NOT BE JUST WISHED AWAY.
Hahahahaha!
Kudos, you have made my day! How wonderful to hear your exhortations to trust Lungu! Of course we all trust him wholeheartedly.
We trust him to be drunk on the job whenever real leadership is required.
We trust him to hire a $300,000 airplane to go and party in New York when the Kwacha is collapsing.
We trust him to keep on borrowing kaloba until our great great great grandchildren are guaranteed to live their lives in poverty.
And we trust him to let all his friends steal as much of the Eurobonds as they can with no consequences.
After all, he is an expert embezzler himself with TWO convictions already.
Yes, of course we trust Lungu. TO FCUK ZAMBIA UP EVEN MORE THAN HE HAS ALREADY!
Comrade HH I promise to vote for you if you ask your MPs to pay back the Mid-term gratuity, or if you promise to pay me half of my pension after TWO years service.
Kudos no matter how much you insult HH, we have resolved to vote him into office. Sorry pal, it just remains like that
kikikikiki
He is a hardcore swindler who swindled his client their hard earned cash and a proven thief records are their at LAZ and thats why he has been awarded the 2016 most incompentent and idio.tic president and soon to be awarded the most cluless,visionless,useless,hopeless,brainless,dullness,ruthless,heartless and a drunkard of the millenium.EDGAR CHAKOLWA KALOBA WRUNGUU and Panga man of the century.
HH is not mu friend. But am humbled by his leadership, I can’t point 2 wrongs in him.
Tongas are difficulty people, but not HH or VJ.
#Kudot cursed is the day bano.ko bakufyonene.
PF cadres senior citizen & kudos, while you continue demonizing HH with insults (for the reason which up to now is unknown). UPND is making progress, soon we’ll have a dissolved parliament, and all the ‘non factors’ will be flocking to the opposition. Continue hanging around your keyboards for which you’re paid for while Zambians in Zambia speak with one voice on 08/11
i beg to differ ba spark,i think these ywo guys blog on princilpe,lets not be emotional here.This is the reason upnd has been losing,you are not tolerant to divergent views.
@4. Spark Jarrow, kindly exceipt and share here insults in my posts. You will find that i’m one of the very few democrats who never ever insults because I strongly believe insults belong to the intellectually challenged. I have the brainpower to drive an informed discourse based on issues. Challenge or defend the issues I have raised.
What record of successful leadership defectors will stand on to be leaders Zambian want? Where they successful, transformative or engines of failure? Why they failed?
@Senior citizen I like it when you want to sound intelligent. The fact still remains that your politically biased comments are far from being leveled intellectual. You should graduate from partisan politics and vie for good governance. One should aim to make their party better. You should be in the forefront giving positive criticism on PF faults. HH is not our issue here because we have not entrusted him yet with the instruments of overseeing the national affairs. Let’s focus on ECL for now. Are you sure he has done a faultless job?
I would not trust anyone who abused
The privilege of being a Liquidator and Privitisation agent of our country resources
Enrich himself
Amen to that
And you trust someone who stole from a client and there is evidence to that fact? Please provide the evidence against HH?
Don’t give a convicted fraudstar a second chance, we gave the first chance and he depleted the eurobonds.
We trust Lungu and PF than HH with his insults, he insulted Nawakwi, Ba Sata, Scott. HH is hateful and the people like gbm, mulenga, scott, miles sampa have failed to take accountability.
Sata satanically mocked a dying man, Mwanawasa, Lungu is a convicted criminal who Zambians stup!dly have handed the keys to the cash box. And you wonder where all the money has gone?
Comment: HH is a chef who promises a heavenly dis dat he knows perfectly well he can’t cook! Edgar is da future we need and HH shud retire frm politics after dis years election. Wen is he goin 2 learn dat Zambians dnt want him? So sturbbon fella.
Yet he challenged this sitting party in their term and came up 1.2% short. I like the way you say WE and yet you are standing alone using a stollen phone.
WE, The King Makers, are solidly behind Edgar Chagwa Lungu. Abash petty minded regional leaders championing fickle motives through “tribal laundering”by garnishing their party in hidden tones- a hyena will always be a hyena even if its spots were hidden!VIVA PF!”!!!
@ D4
” …Edgar is da future we need …”
And what is that “future”? Corruption, indebtedness, unemployment,destitution, hunger, lawless….
What about “inevitability” of greatest achievement of PF? Be ready to roll red carpet for IMF!!!
Welcome back to the “future”? Greece troubles will pale in comparison to the “future” of Zambia.
all you ignorant pf souls saying …HH this HH that…..Let me tell you once and for all you fu*king id!ots…HH IS A MORE RESPONSIBLE PERSON THAN EDGAR LUNGU AT A PERSONAL LEVEL. HH IS A BETTER LEADER THAN EDGAR LUNGU. UPND WILL FORM GOVERNMENT ON AUGUST 11. Do you get it you retards?
@Mr Himangaba(emamwamba),If you in touch with grassroot reality,you wouldn’t believe it that people still love Edgar Lungu and his PF.To say HH is forming grz is surely an impossibility because the people in compounds and on the streets re still supporting PF.Believing UPND will form grz is creating a fertile ground for HYPERTENSION,DIABETES and other serious ailments.
@Himangaba my ass…
HH is a self centred narcistic sonofabitch. All the individuals who have crossed to UPND did not campaign for Lungu so what difference are they gonna make.
my family and i will always TRUST president LUNGU uwamutembo,umuntu uwumfwa kubantu,ushakwata filumba.Why trust HH a person with a dubious background
Lungu swindled a client and there is evidence. What evidence do you have on HH?
HH IS VERY RIGHT. WHEN YOU HOLD THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT YOU CANNOT BE FINDING EXCUSES ALL THE TIME AND TRYING TO BLAME THINGS THAT HAPPENED 20YEARS AGO. WHY THEN DID THE ECONOMY PERFORM WELL DURING THE LATE LPM’S TIME. THIS DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. PEOPLE FORGET HOW MUCH HAS BEEN BORROWED TO PURUSE THESE PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE REDONE EVERY YEAR. ITS LIKE BUILDING A BIG HOUSE BUT YOU CANT AFFORD TO PAY THE LAND RATES OR WATER BILLS OR INTEREST ON THE MORTGAGE.
Who is paying attention? Is this speech or a lecture?
HH the weasal…Cretin…… he will never rule Zambia
Keep dreaming. Zambians know the truth and will not be fooled.
KUDOS AND OTHERS. NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU TRY INSULT AND DEMONISE HH. IT WILL NOT HELP EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING:CHATTER A PLAN AT A COST OF 300K USD, FAILURE TO DISPLINE PEOPLE LIKE KAIZER, THE RAMPANT CORRUPTION AT STATE HOUSE, INCREASING HIS SALARY, COMMISSIONING MALLS OWNED BY FOREIGNERS INSTEAD ENCOURAGING ZAMBIAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP SO THAT WE OPEN MALLS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, OVERBORROWING THAT WILL AFFECT THE FUTURE IF THE NATION ETC.
Ifwe KuLuapula NiBaEdgar epela! The rest nibangwereee!!!
Trust and respect are earned. What has the President and his PF done since he became President in January 2015? The President promised money in our pockets but we never got the money and instead cost of living rose while he increased his salary four times. On what basis should we trust him given his record. No way! Those who trust ECL will do so at their own peril!
and why should zambians trust you? kindly give us a reason. so far you just seem to be good at saying this and that but you dont give alternatives or solutions. one would have expected you to say trust me because i said so and so and i have done this and this. and that i stick to my word not one minute i say street vendors will be removed next i change, next i say i will bring change but only to bring back recycled politicians like george mpombo, sylvia masebo, gbm etc
All PF members are recycled. Sata was also recycled – he was UNIP and MMD before PF.
Ponder this – UPND is becoming the new PF! It will be the same thing twice over!
Can we trust LT to moderate comments before they are posted?? It seems very hard to believe that any effort is being made. Could it be that the insults contests is in fact being encouraged by LT itself? Ofcourse that doesn’t make sense at all. I glance on ZWD often but don’t recall seeing such volumes and intensity of vulgarity as seen on LT. After parliament is dissolved and campaign begin, I shudder to imagine the unbridled forum of self-defeating tirades and foul outbursts we shall witness……..so sad really. Lungu deserves our respect as HH does, no need to take matters so so personal……..my two ngwee worth of advice:)
I have never heard this hh denounce violence or during the time of ritual killings .What type of a leader is he?.secondly edgar lungu was not there when you negotiated the selling of mines on behalf of the zambian population who up to date are still suffering bkoz of your selfshiness to enrich yourself.On that one my dear hh ,you can’t convince the zambian populace.
We do respect your tenacity HH and you must surely be a nice person, but political office is wrong for you. You have not even humbled yourself to start in a lowly office and PROVE your way up in Gov’t.
Secondly, the picture above on thus article is proof why Zambians can not trust you. The picture is one in which you actually smile! In most you don’t. BUT, look, you are not looking at the person you are greeting…….no eye contact! How trust worthy is that?
Why should we trust HH! Never won an election not even at ward or maybe even at Unza or even at Grant Thornton….so Edith best person for the job
Unfortunate weasel, Edgar is our guy nafuti nafuti 2016.
Yes we dont trust Lazy Lungu…so why should we trust you? Why can’t we have an issue based debate..simply stating that he is the bad one so you have no choice but to choose me is not good enough.
We docile Zambians need to wake up and cherish our votes even educate the lazy illiterate voters on the streets; these guys have to sell themselves to us…we elect myopic leaders because of this; to this day I don’t know what any of these parties stand for or their political ideologies. Only Edith’s FDD has outlined hers.
You simply can not stand on a platform like Lazy Lungu and say I stand for “pro-poor growth” whilst borrowing recklessly at unsustainable levels for overpriced infrastructure development…who is going to pay for the debt, how can you be pro poor if the selfsame poor will pay for this debt.
On a point by point basis, president Lungu has only been in office for little over a year. In that time he has done exactly what he was mandated to do, provide Continuity of the last President’s Mandate. A tough job considering the ups and downs, but job of nerves well done nevertheless.
-Compassion- Lungu has Aced this, most people know him to be humble and a listening President.
-Strength, we have watched him in the last month running from pillar to post trying to find solutions. Working with neighbours very well, proving his International Relations credentials.
-Clarity of purpose, has been proven, he delivered the Continuity in Infrastructure
developments as was Mandated in the last election.
-String of Broken promises and flip-flops, this one is unfair. President Lungu…
-String of Broken promises and flip-flops, this one is unfair. President Lungu has been challenged with fluctuating International Markets which has derailed ALL world economies worldwide. A fact you dispute AND that dispute you being an Economist!
-Trust = Personal Qualities or your Track Record based on past performance, President Lungu, has been in office for little over a year, carrying out the core essential promises as Mandated to provide Continuity in Infrastructure developments. No Flip Flops there, and it is you and your supporters that have tried to distract him from following his economic policies. In the Media you actually argued that he ought to HAVE flip flopped to meet the Market changes!
-Miners Redundancies due to Poor copper prices on the Market and in fact HH and…
-Miners Redundancies due to Poor copper prices on the Market and in fact HH and other Opposition bullied him to change the new Mines Tax ZRA were to collect. Bullied the gov’t to give Mines leeway in the changing economic conditions.
-Supporters leaving the PF than at any other time in the party’s history….is a good thing since most were there by Nepotism, and you now have most in your Party!
-Responsibility that comes with both action and inaction, is a balanced approach. Sometimes No Action Is An Action.
Old man Sata was on a wrong road to start with…simply stating continuity means continuing with the recklessness which has got us in deeper trouble….MMD though became pompous managed the economy prudently and Sata and his govt including Lungu came in maxed up the credit cards at high interest rates and depleted the savings…end result is what we have today.
To be honest we needed improvements in infrastructure. Our roads were not suitable nor capable of providing Logistic advantage to Trade inside or to outside Zambia. A good Road, Air, Rail infrastructure is necessary for any advanced country. All countries even in the West Borrow for these. They raise Bonds on the financial markets to sustain development. In that respect, thus current gov’t have done nothing out of the ordinary. The problem was the movements on the Markets internationally that affected all economies.
Yes, everyone borrows but not at high interest rates and the rule of thump when it comes to borrowing is “borrow to invest”…not borrowing to invest in overpriced roads at $1 million per kilometer; what ever happened to all that money poured in ZRL…$120m here, $100m there..you talk of infrastructure development like its simply putting up structures with no proper checks and balances at any cost, no cost management. For every $10m invested in this selfsame infrastructure development, $3million is evaporates due to corruption and a further $1million could have been saved by implementing modern value engineering methods.
There was nothing wrong with the borrowing, for necessary infrastructure to promote and facilitate industry. All gov’ts borrow for developments, Raise Bonds etc. to do so.
The problem was the changes in the economic conditions.
The man really scares almost every one. Greeting some one when his mind and soul have no contact to the one being greeted. This man called Akainde is something else. Really scary!
HH is ugly lookin. Just look at his face. Like a croc after catching a prey. Sorry hh try pon maybe you can win presidency for ponstars.
#HH TECHILEMA Bana.ko ububi kwati fyakulwa fya ng’wena bawiso amato.le kwati yambu.shi yalepelala.
I can trust HH on the following points:
1.His religion is questionable
2.He has no political experience
3.He was part of the mines privatization questionable process
4.He does not explain his vision and how he can do things differently
5.He has failed on five attempts to win an election, his friend ECL tried just once and he won
So on these few reasons I can’t trust HH for presidency.
In general …So which is the right religion to you? This is why you Africans will never get any where…you have been brainwashed to the extent that you are out of your minds.
Black people became slaves and Christians at the same time….marinate on that; wake up!!
meant I can’t trust HH
Shame that you cannot trust your own posting
Kkkkkkk-La Liga which grass roots are you in touch with which is not in Zambia!Get real & smell the coffee,why do you think HH is receiving most of the officials from PF?Do you think these former PF officials are all dull than you?I think you must be irrational & or politically blind!If Lungu & the entire OP are to the fact that the grounds aren’t fertile for PF then who’s you to counter this?Lungu can not entertain you for he knows the truth on the ground!Ask Frank Bwalya & Kambwili as well as Chama,they know the truth not you a small cockroach or flea on a rat!
zambia is a christian nation so a defined religion matters.
Hypocrite why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly. HH you dine with the Devil! HH can not be trusted himself. He does not pay his workers well; His UPND is the perpetrator of violence; He was one of those accountants who dubiously enriched himself at the expense of the power Miners who lost their jobs in the 90s; One of his Veep was shamelessly evicted from the house he was renting and his Boss, HH, did nothing; HH has failed to publicly denounce violence; preaching hatred today on Saturday instead of being holy as he claims to be an SDA and finally the recent defection of crooks and thugs from PF to his party. HH is not worth of any TRUST. Indeed, remove the speck in your eye first before…
Cont..
… you raise that accusing finger.
The sole purpose of all these power hungry failed politicians joining their fellow loser hh is just to make sure Lungu loses this election. Instead of telling us how they are going to do things better than pf, they are just busy criticising…! My fellow Zambians, lets not be cheated by hh..! With the diversification programs already started by pf, we will soon be out of copper dependance sydrome…! Viva pf…!
“The sole purpose of all these power hungry failed politicians joining their fellow loser hh is just to make sure Lungu loses this election.”
Your statement doesn’t make sense most of these people defecting were ministers in this corrupt govt…you were happy to appoint them as ministers they resign you call them losers and failures….this type of lazy mindset has been perpetuated by the likes of Kambwili, Chama, Mumbi has to cease; god put a brain in your head to think use it don’t waste it.
Somebody who doesn’t know the truth about Lungu & PF he/she must vote for him but somebody who knows the truth about Lungu and PF cannot vote for him, Lungu is doing nothing I myself can’t vote for him. VIVA UPND-HH
Tell us the truth so that we vote with you
#Munene wano.ko the sole purpose is to kick out Chakolwa Edgar chikal.a Wrungu and pump some sense into your stinking empty head of yours that you deserve better.
HH is arrogant
He does not listen to good advice
He is selfish
He cannot connect/relate with the COMMON MAN
He should definitely not be trusted
President Lungu might have his shortcomings (due to his forgiving nature), HH will be a brutal/draconian/ruthless president…IF VOTED INTO POWER!
when it comes to trusting someone with running the affairs of this nation Bwana HH you wouldn’t make my list. Better to trust LUNGU than someone who took part in the reckless privatization of our mines.
If you cam trust a convicted fraudstar, you can trust anyone.
Currently, there is no single political leader capable of uniting Zambians. However the rise of unashamed anti bemba journalism and persecution of Bembas and Easterners between 2001 and 2008 is doing the job for us. The Tonga tribalism has and will continue to create a strong sense of common destiny among Zambians countrywide. In case anybody has illusions, George Mpombo joined hands with others like Maureen Mwanawasa yesterday to pursue that agenda. I hope this will help Bembas to shed their illusions.
HH, give us more tribalism please. Some people learn only through pain, personal pain.
Tribalism and racism is for small-minded prejudiced people who are too terrified to face the future, mainly due to their own self-limiting beliefs. From your comment it is clear that you, my friend, suffer from ‘Selective Perception’ because of where you grew up. Your misguided belief in tribalism and all that trash has formed a screen of myopic logic thru which you see the entire World around you.
I like lungu the way he smiles,handles issues very unique and expected of a president.
Zambian never vote for a devil who take money as his god and see others nothing
Viva lungu vote lungu
Behind that smile is a convicted fraudstar.
That’s the image of a con artist you have described there, behind that fake charisma there lurks a vicious vindictive and completely amoral kleptomaniac mind. Will you please not forget so quickly that the president is guilt of stealing from his client not too long ago? Will you? Now if you have such a long fingered guy handling the national coffers do you really have to wonder why Zambia is broke and can’t feed itself?
I promise to contribute based on the analysis of the article.The job losses on the copperbelt by Glencore owners of Mopani was a decision made in the board room.They decided to take off ? tonnes of copper from the market by suspending mining operations in Congo and Zambia.The share price plummeted because of the huge debt Glencore had, the main driver for this was cost cutting amid commodity price down turn.Remember that Mutanda mine in Congo was recently commissioned This was a huge investment.Though not well known, power deficit in Zambia carries an engineering solution with little political will.This deficit was hinted in a paper I read before it became worse.Some (confidential ) mine contracted a consultant to ascertain power demand in Zambia as they focused on expansion.Mineral…
CONT.Mineral policies in a country like Zambia are not easy to formulate.You need to optimize to a balance.This are private companies that need profit.They also strive to invest socially and keep the corporate image.Referring to ‘flip flopping’ this is an unfair statement.Stakeholders requested for reconsideration of policies.Listening and implementing policies with all stakeholders participating does not amount to ‘flip flopping’. Economic diversification should be supported by infrastructure development e.g roads which I think is taking place.You have to start from there in order to open up other areas and economic activities e.g agriculture,
Insulting and demosing HH or Lungu is not the way to pass the message.Respect is key
I expected by now UPND had zeroed in on their messages to the people. I had hoped by now UPND would have a theme for their message clear and loud. But Alas, UPND has no message to the people other than “Lungu has failed”
The weakness of this message is that it does not match with reality on the ground. For example, You tell the people of Western Province, Lungu has failed, but when they wake up they see new roads, new clinics, new schools what does that mean to your message? The people of Monze for the first time in 50 years have township roads tarmarked, but you still tell them Lungu has failed? The people of Chama can now use a tarred road not just when they Lundazi, but in their own township? UTH for the first time in the history of the hospital has an MRI and CT machine, Chilenje…
WHICH WESTERN PROVICE DO YOU REFER TO IS IT MONGU YOU TALK ABOUT COZ THATS THE ONLY PLACE THAT HAS THE ROAD INITIATED BY MWANAWASA AND A FEW HERE AND THERE BLACK THINGS WITHIN TOWN?
@Sinazeze bullet:YOU ARE 100% CORRECT!!UPND AND THEIR HH HAVE NO CLEAR MESSAGE!!NOBODY IN ZAMBIA APART FROM THEIR FOLLOWERS KNOW WHAT HH STANDS FOR!!when we voted for Michael Sata’s PF the message was very clear e.g:”LOWER TAXES,JOBS, NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AND MORE MONEY IN YOUR POCKETS”.this message from PF was VERY CLEAR AND LOUD IN ZAMBIA!!BUT WHAT DOES UPND STAND FOR?ASK ANYBODY ON OUR STREETS.YOU WONT GET AN ANSWER!!! PF HAS DONE SPLENDID WORKS SINCE 2011 SO WE MUST VOTE FOR THEM IN LARGE NUMBERS TO APPRECIATE THEIR GOOD WORKS!!”IFINTU NI LUNGU-2016!!!GO PF GO!!
UPND is receiving job finders everyday. PF will keep on being cleaned as rejects keep on going
Ba upnd kuwayawayafye!!!!
The devil you know is better than the devil you do Not Know.
Lets us Vote the Tonga way if you are not Tonga.
#mwansa john kabili mulifupuba thats why waupela iul.e
Mr HH, of course it is not for you to tell us whether to trust Edgar Lungu or not. We already trust him far more than we trust you and we have decided to continue to trust him with our country’s future. Lungu relates to us and we relate to him. He smiles naturally and dances naturally, whereas everything you do is posing for the campaign pictures, like that sorry dance with your family when you were at your farm.
And how can anyone in their five senses even begin to trust HH when we don’t even know what party he leads now? We don’t see UPND anymore but a changanya mix of all political undesirable characters. Are you still the same economic manager that did not complete the job of selling himself? Do you still lead UPND or what is your new party called sir? If you are no longer UPND…
Are you still the same economic manager that did not complete the job of selling himself? Do you still lead UPND or what is your new party called sir? If you are no longer UPND but a mix of majority MMD and PF rejects why should we even change government? I suggest that you name your new party PMUP (PF-MMD-UPND) and start selling yourselves afresh. What do you now stand for and what exactly is your message now? Even tongas are now confused. Gary nkombo and Jack mwiimbu, you do agree don’t you?
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Trust is priceless! Lungu is a lawyer who abused a client’s money and got de-registered as a practicing lawyer by Lawyers Association of Zambia (LAZ). So how can I trust him? As a politician Lungu has broken alot of promises and canot be trusted either. There is no way I can trust Lungu with my vote, wallet and my future. ECL must fall#
Mrs Wina summed up everything yesterday in Parliament when she called a spade a spade. Majority of Zambians who participated in Privatization did not do it for the country but their own pockets.
How can you give a country to such a person
ANYWAY, THE CHOICE IS YOURS
AS FOR ME AND MY MOM, WE WILL VOTE FOR THE PF
HH haha haha…don’t point a finger at Edgar when you have done more evil……The house is kabulonga belonged to the MD of Lima bank how then did you become a seating tenant! And the money you stolen if Lima bank and under valuing of national assets of you to have shares….A useless economist who failed to advise the then government correctly. Stupid
Yaba! Kudos you are too wise for these guys, haters will hate continue with good works my good friend, tell them the truth chabanyonga