President Hakainde Hichilema is attending the Kuomboka ceremony in Mongu, joining traditional leaders and thousands of participants as the Litunga of the Lozi people begins the ceremonial relocation from Lealui to Limulunga. Hichilema’s presence underscores the importance of this cultural event.
The Head of State, Hakainde Hichilema, will arrive in Mongu in the morning and proceeded to the Lealui Royal Village, where the early stages of the ceremony were set in motion following the sounding of the Maoma drums. The drums signalled the start of the event and the readiness of the Litunga to depart the flood-prone plains.
From Lealui, attention has shifted to the Nalikwanda, the royal barge that carries the Litunga across the Zambezi. The vessel, paddled by a coordinated team of rowers, forms the centrepiece of the ceremony, with President Hakainde Hichilema and other dignitaries observing the procession as it unfolds.
The Kuomboka ceremony marks the Litunga’s annual movement from Lealui, which becomes inundated during the rainy season, to Limulunga on higher ground. The relocation is driven by rising water levels in the Zambezi floodplain, but it has developed into one of the country’s most recognised cultural events.
President Hichilema’s attendance places the national leadership at the centre of the ceremony, reflecting continued engagement between government and traditional authorities. His participation follows a pattern in which the Presidency takes part in key cultural gatherings across different regions.
Large crowds have gathered in Mongu to witness the event, with residents and visitors positioning themselves along the riverbanks and at key viewing points. The ceremony continues to draw attention beyond Western Province, attracting participants from across the country.
The presence of the President alongside traditional leadership underscores the role of Kuomboka as both a cultural and national event. While the ceremony remains rooted in Lozi tradition, it has grown into a gathering that carries broader national significance.
The sequence of activities is being carried out in line with established tradition. The sounding of the Maoma drums marked the beginning, followed by preparations for the Litunga’s departure and the organisation of the Nalikwanda procession.
As the procession moves forward, the focus remains on the Litunga’s journey across the Zambezi and the ceremonial elements that define the event. The structure of the ceremony reflects continuity, with each stage maintaining its place within a long-standing cultural framework.
Economic activity in Mongu has also increased around the ceremony, with accommodation facilities, transport services, and small businesses experiencing higher demand as people converge for the event.
The President’s attendance adds a layer of national visibility, bringing together state leadership and traditional authority in a setting defined by heritage and continuity. His presence has been noted among dignitaries observing the proceedings.
He has messed up the economy, let him sort it out
What is your understanding of the economy? You appear to be uninformed and lacking economic knowledge.Possibly dull and an illiterate. Zambia’s economy was in dire straits under the previous administration. Those who governed us at one point failed to repay the loans they had taken, resulting in penalties. For the past four years, Zambia has been struggling to recover from a significant fiscal deficit. There was no growth in the GDP during that time. They left the country in a state of insolvency and the economy in a precarious situation. It is indeed a tragic narrative, with a GDP of -1.8%, but now we have improved to +6%.
It is such thinking like for this Musonda chap where your standards are so low that you think things are improving just by listening to propaganda. Coupled with the same propaganda, a gullible mind thinks an economy is improving, you buy in to propaganda meanwhile livelyhoods are very much on standstill and you are declared one of the poorest countries on the planet, and it is normal for you.
With his GRZ out of his control I dont see it happening
Hamusonda, you are extremely empty.
1. The previous administration left a deficit because covid had closed economies the whole world. Hence even the default(start reading widely)
2. There is no GDP to talk about now, because the major contributors of that GDP does not spend that GDP in Zambia(simplified for you to understand) Its GDP on paper, the reason the quality of livelyhoods is not improving
3. With your improved GDP of +6% , your mealie meal, cooking oil, sugar, fuel is more expensive than the PFs -1.8 GDP growth. For clarity mealie meal was K130
Definitely one of us needs a doctor but surely not me
Very well put Chochise
How can you have an economy just improving in statistics only, in the pocket it is noto noto? Who in Zambia today can say my economy has improved since 2021?
Another uninspired fool. Attend school and learn fundamental economics.Law of demand and supply. Your nation has recklessly taken on loans. A significant portion of the budget is allocated to servicing the debt. I suppose you now comprehend the origins of the high cost of living. Any diligent student of economics recognizes the proper order for economic recovery: stabilize the currency, lower inflation, rebuild reserves, and subsequently foster growth. That is precisely what HH has accomplished. Zambia has spent the past four years emerging from a fiscal abyss.Pf was just a grouping of criminals.Stop misleading people with your ignorance and your illiteracy
Another uninspired fool. Attend school and learn fundamental economics.Law of demand and supply. Your nation has recklessly taken on loans. A significant portion of the budget is allocated to servicing the debt. I suppose you now comprehend the origins of the high cost of living. Any diligent student of economics recognizes the proper order for economic recovery: stabilize the currency, lower inflation, rebuild reserves, and subsequently foster growth.
Another uninspired fool. Attend school and learn fundamental economics. Your nation has recklessly taken on loans. A significant portion of the budget is allocated to servicing the debt. I suppose you now comprehend the origins of the high cost of living. Any diligent student of economics recognizes the proper order for economic recovery: stabilize the currency, lower inflation, rebuild reserves, and subsequently foster growth.
Another uninspired blind being making noise. Attend school and learn fundamental economics. Law of demand and supply .Your nation has recklessly taken on loans. A significant portion of the budget is allocated to servicing the debt. I suppose you now comprehend the origins of the high cost of living. Any diligent student of economics recognizes the proper order for economic recovery: stabilize the currency, lower inflation, rebuild reserves, and subsequently foster growth. That is precisely what HH has accomplished. Zambia has spent the past four years emerging from a fiscal abyss. The PF was merely a coalition of wrongdoers.
Talking about mealie meal?How old are you?Start farming and produce your own cheap mealie meal.Do you know how much a bag of fertilizer costs?When there is no rain do you know how much impact this causes?You area dull chap,go back to school.You anticipate purchasing mealie meal at the same price over a period of time.Do not display your ignorance in this matter.
@Miko Masa an embecile like you wont understand anything about the economy.You cant even manage a small business making $500 000 dollars per annum you want to talk about the economy!Who doesn’t know your very kinsmen who once ruled us at one time defaulted in paying back the money they borrowed which even attracted penalties.They put 60% of this money in their pockets and an idiot like you want to come here clapp your bums for them?Most of the projects we saw during PF if not all, were done for the future to come and pay. They used borrowed money and they borrowed carelessly.Only the economically illiterate wont understand what it takes to recover from years of mismanagement.Zambians you are just dull I blame the education they give you people.Very useless
We should just emulate the standards set by Malawi and Botswana. You feed people with hot air, no second term.
Please today no politics let’s observe this ceremony that is part of a very rich tradition if you feel aggrieved in anyway you have an opportunity go cast your vote
Okay. Cease fire agreed
Whether you like it or not, Musonda is right. Unfortunately, we have to go through some pains to gain what you guys are complaing of.
At the rate the prevous govt was going, our children’s children will/would never gotten out of debt.
Or you do not care because you only worry about you today and not how your offspring will live?
@Miko Masa an embecile like you wont understand anything about the economy.You can even manage a small business making $500 000 dollars per annum you want to talk about the economy!Who doesn’t know your very kinsmen who once ruled us at one time defaulted in paying back the money they borrowed which even attracted penalties.They put 60% of this money in their pockets and an idiot like you want to come here clapp your bums for them?Most of the projects we saw during PF if not all, were done for the future to come and pay. They used borrowed money and they borrowed carelessly.Only the economically illiterate wont understand what it takes to recover from years of mismanagement.Zambians you are just dull I blame the education they give you people.Very useless
@Miko Masa an embecile like you wont understand anything about the economy.You cant even manage a small business making $500 000 dollars per annum you want to talk about the economy!Who doesn’t know your very kinsmen who once ruled us at one time defaulted in paying back the money they borrowed which even attracted penalties.They put 60% of this money in their pockets and an idiot like you want to come here clapp your bums for them?Most of the projects we saw during PF if not all, were done for the future to come and pay. They used borrowed money and they borrowed carelessly.Only the economically illiterate wont understand what it takes to recover from years of mismanagement.Zambians you are just dull I blame the education they give you people.Very useless
Many of you here lack economic understanding and expect instant wealth after years of poor management. You do not believe in nurturing and investing the small resources you possess, waiting to reap substantial rewards in a few years for yourselves and future generations. You desire immediate gratification and demand free money and food. Zambia’s education system remains underdeveloped. A grade 12 student in Canada can balance economic equilibrium and analyze outcomes. In the USA, most grade 8 and 9 students can assemble a car engine without assistance.
In contrast, an older individual from the university struggles with these fundamental skills. Zambian university degrees are considered inferior, often awarded to those who do not achieve an honors degree in the Western world. This is why many of you lack understanding.
@Saddam Hussein Boulevar Economic recovery does not occur immediately; it requires time to impact the average person. In simpler terms, this phenomenon is referred to as a ripple.With time everything falls into place.You people go to school and do basic econommics
Attend school ???
For what? try and employ grade 12 school leavers you’ll be shocked however there are exceptions for sure Our education system is sub sub sub standard and until it is overhauled we going nowhere