United Party for National Development (UPND) Secretary General Stephen Katuka has said that UPND will not take part in tomorrow’s Independence day celebrations which falls on every October 24 because there is nothing worth celebrating for.
Mr Katuka told journalists that there was nothing to celebrate for that would make the UPND to take part in the celebrations.
“Celebrations are a happy moment, so who is happy to celebrate, because there is nothing to celebrate for as the economic situation is bad, the poverty level is high”, he has said.
Mr Katuka said that even if people go to celebrate this day, only few people will go to wine and dine in statehouse.
Mr Katuka said that it was so disheartening to note that the the freedom fighters who fought for the Country’s independence have been neglected and abandoned by government.
Mr Katuka added that the people who fought for the Country’s liberty are the ones suffering and the people who are enjoying are only few, who did not even take party in the Country’s struggle for independence.
Mr Katuka further said that celebrate the independence day would be like endorsing the poverty of the poor and the loss of liberty.
Meanwhile, the General Secretary says he is not not sure whether the party president Hakainde Hichilema will issue a statement in relation to the independence celebrations but what is certain is that he will celebrate the day in his own way.
Ba UPND, be patriotic. This isn’t about PF and UPND. This is about Zambia. This is immature and unpatriotic. You can celebrate independence and still oppose PF.
@Journeyman, true. Ba UPND it is better not to announce your non-participation in any event more especially Independence celebrations. Just shun away quietly. Fed up of your daily ‘shunning’ of public events.
It would be HUGE mistake putting these fools into power. Who says independence is about PF or UPND? You’re always politicking about everything. Very BORING!!!
AS USUAL!!!!!!!
UPND has become irrelevant in the current political set up in Zambia!
And I’m not even a PF supporter, let alone cadre!
Ba under 5, who was expecting you to participate anyway? So if your cult leader were to be elected President, God forbid, All the 16 million Zambians “will go to wine and dine in statehouse” on this day? I pity your blind followers!!
They don’t even need to be patriotic. Its just being reasonable. We are a free country and that is the truth whether PF rules us or UPND rules us. All of us should gather to celebrate this freedom and debate who should take us further from colonialism.
JourneyMan – Do you even understand what that word means ..I mean you are basically enslaved yourselves to the Chinks who are pulling the strings on everything even awarding loans for overpriced substandard projects like KKIA ..yes substandard designs and taking all the money back to China for you foools to payback with interest…54 years and you can not wipe your own a$$$.
Wake up!!
We have moved on without UPND. Not bothered at all.
Fuc.c you UPND. Who give a damn where you shi.t! If you shun independence will that bring back Colonialist. Rebels without a Cause!
And they call themselves the biggest opposition in the country,,,,this is total madness and no wonder they always come up short in every election…so in short No independence celebration in Southern Province
@1.9 Nubian Princess my love i miss you
i dont know why my comment always comes after Nubian Princess maybe we were meant for each other,,,who knows,,,talk of two hearts beating as one…
This upnd is a party of f00ls who even shun prayers and all other commemorations. What type of government would they lead if one day they formed govt. God forbidoooooooo….they think all commemorations are PF things. We shall see who will vote for you. Of course tongas, lozis and kaondes will give you all their votes but those cannot take you to plot 1, never!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@jayjay, let’s agree to disagree. But no need for the unpalatable language. am sure we can have an intelligent conversation without resorting to demeaning and offensive language.
cheers
To go and celebrate what? I am PF. To go and celebrate poverty!
I use that type of language for it to sink in…you can not such words with this corrupt govt that is doing the exact opposite.
Celebrating Zambia’s independence has nothing to do with corrupt Lungu’s PF. If you don’t want to be where Lungu is, why don’t you find your own venue? Boycotting Independence celebrations in itself is unpatriotic.
The picture being painted on celebrating the Independence Day anniversary is that of gathering on the grounds of State House or some stadium for marching and dancing. Attendance is taken to be indicative of patriotism. However partisan politics always championed by the party in government has derailed the supposedly desired euphoria for the who is who stance being employed and who claims the limelight! Were the celebrations devoid of the heavily skewed partisan nature and supervised by Cabinet Office as apex of government service as to be inclusive of across the nation participation of the invited to fete, I don’t see how the spirit of appreciation for celebrating the day would not prevail. So long it remains a party driven event boycotts will be with us for a good long time!
UPND’s face of evil.
TRIBAL UNION.
Corrupt HAKAINDE THIEF.
But HH and UPND, its true you are hyenas for sure. Anyway we dont need your presence just as you will never taste the corridors of power. How possible is it that everything in Zambia in the eyes of HH, the Alpha and the Omega are bad? Hmmm, fortunately God has given us the eyes to see for ourselves development Zambia is recording under PF. Its actually a scandal for anyone to associate himself/herself with these losers. Zambia may have challenges like all of us, but that does not mean I wont rejoice when I see the development I never knew would one day come. Zambia does not need and will NEVER need HH and UPND.
Anyone who cant recognize good things achieved by his friend is a devil, poison.
He is apaisoni, poison yawa wamako.Katuka can’t see the new development going on in Zambia.Such political leaders once are given chance to rule, they will spend most of the time blaming the previous government. This is what Mr.Sata vow to do>He said he was to continue what they had started by with a chang in the approach.Thank God those who remained have tried to be on the track, of course with a challenge.People are talking about how faster it is now to travel from North Western province now because of the good good road cobstructed!Oh they said they won’t eat roads.These good roads have eased the trvell from one point to another and in turn transporting their produce!!In that not enough to celabrarte about?I gree with you’Zambia doesn’t needhh and upnd’.All the leaders who have…
This face appears to belong to the ancient gods. The same where HH came from the boy they worship in Namwala.
Bla Bla Bla, vipuba ivi. Go throw your selves in Zambezi river for crocs to feed. We are sick and tired of your obscured views.
Ngombe ilede!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO WHO CARES , YOU ALWAYS SHUN THE CELEBRATIONS. WHY SHOULD WE CARE. THIS PARTY OF MINE HAS BITTER PEOPLE , SO BITTER THAT THEY ARE READY TO SACRIFICE A HUMAN BEING JUST FOR THEM TO GET WHAT THEY WANT. I WISH I CAN LEAVE THIS PART BUT I HAVE HOPE FOR THE YOUNG GENERATION THAT WILL TAKE OVER ONE DAY
Yes who cares and who’s going to miss the ugly face of Katuka? Tabomfwa ne Noni sure? Since Upnd don’t recognize this day may I suggest that all Upnd members report for work? That way they will underline their protest.
The celebration of independence is to commemorate the freedom struggle and liberation of the Zambian people from the oppression of the colonizers. We celebrate the exercise of self-governance and sovereignty over our own territory. Therefore boycotting this on the basis of poverty and poor governance is redundant and immature. Our failure to succeed in self governance, democracy and economic growth is a result of many factors including individuals from all parties and past regimes. Do NOT insult the people that died so that UPND members and all Zambians can enjoy walking into a shop and not buy from the window! UPND members own businesses and mansions and send their kids to private schools and are well to do than many ordinary Zambians. Be grateful and a part of the bigger picture for…
True but Upnd independence only means HH at State House. Poverty has been there. Politicians use poverty for political mileage not that they really care about the poor. But in spite of my poverty I cherish my independence.
Ba UPND this shunning of celebrations is getting boring. Just attend, the few supporters you have are getting fed up. I do not like the PF for what they have done to Zambia but c’mon we are celebrating independence put politics aside.
My thoughts exactly…very boring aba bantu. Always politicking. Bitterness can never go beyond this.
All heads are different worlds. It is not therefor any surprise that one chooses to do it his own way but a team works together for a common goal. These are the so called “largest” opposition and yet their thinking is NOT so “large”. While you shun the celebrations, the electorates keep shunning your party and eventually shall find yourselves a central committee without branches. Ubukali bwa Nyense. People are seeing what sort of leadership the UPND has, a self centered one where only one man dictates the conduct of the rest. Lungu was not in the picture when Zambia was declared a Christian Nation and imagine how long ago that was. We wont miss your presence because you are one who sees only mistakes in others. Another press brief???
Shameful Indeed this is not PF or UPND thing , this is Zambia reberation, why people think with their head instead of brain
Without independence HH would have not become as wealthy as he is. So if all Zambians became rich would HH attend the celebrations. Answer is still no because he was going to find another excuse for boycotting the celebrations.
UPND, people have no choice in 2021 as PF has disappointed them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUT
The behaviour of UPND gives no alternatives but SONTAPO pa PF. A day like independece is where you particepate and make political mileage not funerals e.g. UNZA student!!!!!!!
The problem with this tribal party UPND is that they think IF AT ALL HH comes into power there will be no poverty, unemployment, suffering and that Zambia will be a paradise. This kind of thinking on the part of UPND followers is what makes them worship HH, they think HH is the Messiah to Zambia. What they forget is that poverty, unemployment will still be there under any human government. I think UPND under a different umbrella may be a better party than having HH at its helm. HH seems to be preoccupied with the appetite for power than anything else, in this vein he cant make a better national leader. To him everything done by PF (except himself) is bad, now what kind of a leader is he, who does not see what others are able to see.
Their is to have have a chance as a Tonga tribe!! Sejani, thier chief tribal planner.No wonder ba Matongo and ba Hachipuka left the party because of being tribal>Let them bring Sikota as the Predent of upnd and you receive massive support, as long as he is not also tribal, from the majority of the province!!
They have delusions that is why they think that if HH were coach of the National Team, we could have won at least 10 World Cups. They are so dull.
Mr Timothy Walamba once said at rally that some are so useless that when they quarrel with their wives they even boycott food. …food which they actually brought home. He added that it’s to boycott sharing a bed with her than shinning my own food.
Nothing new here *yawn*
Ignore them people of Zambia. These are useless and heartless people. They have always done this to their electorate. Big f00ls.
Hachinama?
UPND is a cursed party indeed!!!!Zambia became independent on 24/10/1964,was PF in power then?The hatred for PF Govnt from these tribal creatures camped in UPND is now very annoying.So for UPND,there is nothing good in Zambia?We celebrate our freedom from those who made us slaves AND WHO ARE HH’S SUPPORTERS TODAY (WHITES)!!!!WE LOVE OUR PEACE AND FREEDOM FROM THOSE WHITES!!!What kind of shallow thinking is this by UPND?As long as this tonga party continues practicing evil politics,then it will never rule Zambia.We thought upnd could win in 2099 but now we can push that date to 3099!!!WE’RE TIRED OF YOUR NONSENSE FI UPND!!!ZAMBIA IS NOT HH AND HH IS NOT ZAMBIA!!!Kainde will die but Zambia shall continue until the Lord Jesus Christ comes back!!!
LOOK,WE DONT CARE WHETHER YOU CELEBRATE…
And so what?? Stay away who cares?? The fact is that Zambia is independent. No one has invited you bushe mw aba shani??? Awe kwena nangu kufwaya uku teka?? Stay away no one will care. You are just showing people what type of persons you are. Nangu ku temwa uku teka, awe mwe
Even better! Who wants to be in your company anyway?
UPND under the injured HH is no longer a political party but a Rebel group.
They feel worse than Savimbi used to feel.
The eccentric nature of these people is a grave danger to this nation and the earlier the Government realizes the better. UPND does not mean well and let us not cheat ourselves that one day they will change their thinking. We must ban this cult as soon as possible.
UPND is a cult indeed led by a cult leader UNDER FIVE. He has no sense to distinguish sense from nonsense and he wants to a president? What a time waster!
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.”
As an inventor, Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb. When a reporter asked, “How did it feel to fail 1,000 times?” Edison replied, “I didn’t fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps.”
Boyi csar how are you? It’s been long,you have also trekked from tumfweko. Come you putting on that coat,nerdy glasses and a stethoscope ,i don’t expect you to be so scantily knowledgeable like the the hooligans above.remember in laboratories we always say genius is close to madness.say to kakolwe when you visit tumfweko.
IF YOU QUARREL WITH YOUR WIFE, DOES IT MEAN YOU WILL NEVER CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTH DAY?
You stop celebrating your wedding anniversary.
Fellow Zambians,don’t forget that HH is Tonga,all he think is abou himself.The problem with this tribal party UPND is that they think IF AT ALL HH comes into power there will be no poverty, unemployment, suffering and that Zambia will be a paradise. This kind of thinking on the part of UPND followers is what makes them worship HH, they think HH is the Messiah to Zambia. What they forget is that poverty, unemployment will still be there under any human government. I think UPND under a different umbrella may be a better party than having HH at its helm. HH seems to be preoccupied with the appetite for power than anything else, in this vein he cant make a better national leader. To him everything done by PF (except himself) is bad, now what kind of a leader is he, who does not see what…
Alibe nzeru!
Good Move. We are behind you all the way!
I last attended independence celebrations in 1980 and no one ever missed me and neither did I trumpet my absence.
WHEN YOUR JOB IS TO OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE NO MATTER WHAT, PA LAST YOU BECOME USELESS…
Katuka is mentally tired and should be fired from the upnd for failing to control his rotten brains. He thinks we are HH’s pets. The upnd really lacks leadership. Just stay away and watch us celebrate. Western and southern province still have people who will never jump into the failed party whose leader hh can’t put a smile on his face.
Understatement. …his brain is retarded.
Can someone come up with a serious opposition party before 2021 general elections cause these jokers are not a good alternative.National independence is any country’s pride and it shouldn’t be politicized.He should have encouraged his members & followers to celebrate even indoors.That is why PF sees themselves beyond 2021 cause there is no real threat to them despite the country experiencing the worst economic performance since independence.
You come up with one mr serious.
Even Muliokeka is far much better and wiser than these f00ls!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have never any person in UPND who thinks straight maybe it is because their leader CHILDISH is an UNDER FIVE and MENTALLY-DISABLED.
seen
Independence is also celebrating the very Freedom fighters you are mentioning. Could Zambia get a better opposition than UPND please.
Useless tribal party always thinking bad about our country. Stay home and will celebrate our independence in peace.
Useless contributions too tribal why this hatred HH is a zambian who can participate in politics in Zambia what is difference between HH and Kalaba or Kabwili other people have formed one man party but they are not labeled tribal.WHY?? My heart bleeds
The manner you ascend to the leadership of your party matters.
Their issues are not ribal rooted ad that of upnd.They declared way back when Mazoka died,chased Sakwiba Sikota.Please research more on upnd stand.When hhwas in cstody, we nevr hesd of an acting presedent and yet thehad and have vice president.mwamba and mucheleka, my good hard working Mutale Nalumango,please baMutale, come back to MMD who discovered you as a good matrials for Zambian Leadership.
Looking at all these comments If I were HH I was going to rush to the media now and tell all UPND members to celebrate independence tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! other wise………….. I foresee another disaster in 2021 for UPND.
A GIGANTIC DISASTER AWAITS THEM IN 2021, THEY THINK BY SINGING CORRUPTION EVERY MINUTE THEY WILL WIN PEOPLE’S SYMPATHY, NEVER…..PEOPLE ARE SEEING ROADS, WATER RETICULATION SYSTEMS AND ALL MANNER OF DEVELOPMENT BEING CHURNED OUT BY THE PF. EVEN IF THEY STEAL, AT LEAST WE ARE SEEING WHAT THEY ARE DOING. GROW UP YOU F00LS, POLITICS LIKE TAYALI ALWAYS SAY TEYABANA.
we need better opposition the UPND! If we not careful lungu will win in 2021 !
True, plead for Hachipuka to takeover if Sekwiba Sikota can’t come back, as a matter of agent. Ala I was shocked to see those who were demonstrating as upnd members, they looked as hired mercenaries and vulnerable.
Who asked you to attend?? Sensible people will don’t worry……
the old man is right, there is nothing to celebrate. only lungu and his people will enjoy the day. if people can lineup from north end to south end of Cairo road selling different merchandise then we are not free as a nation.
UPND has over lived its usefulness. Throw it to the dust bin. Next!
The most corrupt party is UPND. Their brains are corrupt so many rust on their brain. They have this Party called UPND because of the independence.They even have freedom of saying and doing whatever they feel like because of independence. Where there is no freedom you cant run a regional political Party. Even in developed Countries not all people are employed .We see people in the streets begging. If by miracles you given chance to rule which am doubting you will not provide employment to every citizen not even your family. Only hard workers enjoy life.
I am PF but surely I go and leave home tomorrow that I have gone for independence celebrations. In an event that such a thing happened, I will not a doctor to certify me insane, I will do it myself. UPND mwandi, our party is a big let down, In any case to go and celebrate what. Ndine ofuntha?
Some people are hypocrites. Did PF in their 10 years in opposition ever attend a state function at State House?
Two wrongs don’t make a right. Upnd can shame Sata by doing what he never did. …attend national events. Show the people that you’re more enlightened than Sata was.
Katuka and UPND must be careful with their reasoning. It might mean UPND never coming into power because they don’t want to commemorate independence day with Zambians
Dear All, I am neither UPND nor PF, But UPND be assured that you have a democratic right to stay away, despite the many non reasoning messages condemning you. Please don’t be pressured to go and attend something you don’t wish for. You have every democratic RIGHT to stay away. let them burn their fingers typing and condemning you. Life is not life and death. You are not even allowed to hold meetings in this country and they go and fool you that you are independent, atase.
So baUPND you want Zambia to be under colonial rule,you backward,useless,greedy,childish and above all immature.I and my family we will never join a political tribal grouping like UPND IN OUR LIFE TIME.
I was at Independence today all the message was about lungu and the dressing was just about lungu hear the songs about lungu. Now fellow citizens Independence is not about the ruling party, in fact they just found the even already in progress just like UPND if cthey came in power they just fall into something that started 54 years ago. So all political parties please avoid these problems let it be neutral when it comes to national even no party legaria, no song of worship an individual it is for everyone not one party no that is the ignorance that is there in all party cadres who feel they have it all. Remember it is not you who fought for it , PF was not there , UPND was not there, make it neutral it is not about campaigning like it was this morning.
You will not be missed iwe katuka. Who asked you to attend anyway? This is very childish and foolish thinking. It just goes to show the levels of immaturity in this tribal grouping. Zambians can see through your selfishness and greed. Shame!
What is there to celebrate? Let those who think we are better off now than we were at independence celebrate.
Ill leave this here:
Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over the territory. The opposite of independence is the status of a dependent territory.
It is true it is opposite of celebration for the country it has been sold to foreigners to celebrate its like telling PF even to bring slave trade as well
The UPND has always boycotted every national event, so there’s nothing new. However, I will be very happy to see you boycott violence as well
If you are a upnd tri.bal member and you were born in 1964 in Namwala, and you are poverty stricken, you would hate the day your father and mother copulated, and the day your mother finally born you after nine months. You would say that life is not worth living, and so you would commit suicide. That is the philosophy in upnd, you should expect mass suicide of upnd tribal members today because of the poverty in the country.
Okay Katuka stay but you don’t have to tell us, just like I will not have to tell you whether I am able to attend or not, but mine is ability to attend the independence of my country NOT tri.bal sentiments. By the way what tr.ibe is Katuka?
Nelson Mandela on his ordeal at Robben Island stated having been in prison close to the “enemy” he realized that the struggle had been wrongly fought. The way forward was to engage at the intellectual level. Denial of food, clothing etc. became a thing of the past because he cited the rules much to the chargin of the oppressors. 5 years into FTJ rule people became disoriented KK began to gain ground then mistakenly he ‘boycotted’ the election. He might never have won but many UNIP MPs would have gone to parliament. Ones biggest mistake is to fail to endear oneself to PF support. Lets attend these functions humble ourselves! That’s how you win.Boycott at your peril.
Proof that these UPND crooks are looking to carve up their own country with their own celebrations to the rest of us. Soon they will have their own Christmas and New year. Whatever you stand for is not in the interest of Zambians if you boycott national events just for political mileage. If Zambia was attacked tomorrow, these lot would side with the aggressor. No different to rebels trying to overthrow a government.
I went to church this morning for independence celebration Mass. To my surprise there were quite number of Upnd members and officials in attendance with some of them in national colors. I wondered which Upnd Katuka was talking about. …Lusaka or Copperbelt
UPND awe sure ….time wasters!!!
Just watching the independence celebrations by real Zambians, really nice and successful with our guest His Excellency Emmerson Mnangagwa really entertained. I hope trib.al Hacks is not watching, otherwise he may drop dead necikonko, kabili that is why he stops his trib.al psycophants from celebrating….
Sorry ba hechi hechi, imwe bu Presido tamwaka bumonepo. If we decide to replace Edgar Lungu the replacement shall certainly not be you. You can be “president” of dead and directionless upnd, no problem. If you doubt me, let’s meet in 2021, not at the Concourt pleaseeee!!
Imwebantu you forget so quickly. When MMD was ruling PF use to shun this Independence celebration
so imwe ba PF it’s a Chiwamina Galu type of reasoning.
@ Yaba: You are a lair, Sata’s PF was participating in all National celebrations and the MMD sometimes would block the PF. All Zambians saw that. Just admit that your HH and UPND are just under 5s period.
What is the different between the colonial times and now? what fruits of independence are you enjoying that one should celebrate for? 1. People are denied right of assembly. 2. Divergence views are suppressed. 3. Tribalism is a campaigning tool for the ruling party and their cadres. 4.poverty levels sky rocketing 5. Stinking Corruption and theft levels. 5. A big number of UPND membership have lost their government jobs for belonging to this party. What independence should upnd celebrate, when reality their members are treated as if they do not belong to Zambia. The is nothing for upnd celebrate for. Let the ones who feel they are independent go celebrate, it is a matter of consciousness.
Cry babes always. Self pitting people who think they are untouchable….. what a delusion!