North-Western Province Permanent Secretary Colonel Grandson Katambi retired has commended President Hakainde Hichilema for fostering national unity through the promotion of traditional ceremonies across the country.
Speaking during a fundraising dinner yesterday for the Lwaanza Traditional Ceremony in Solwezi, Col. Katambi said the event demonstrated the growing sense of togetherness among Zambians from different regions and cultural backgrounds.
He noted that, for the first time, the Lundwe-speaking people under Chief Hamusonde of Bweengwa District in Bweengwa were able to host a fundraising dinner in Solwezi something he described as unprecedented.
“President Hakainde Hichilema has worked hard to unite this country. It is for the first time that a fundraising event for a ceremony from another province is being held here,” Col. Katambi said.
He added that the occasion was a clear indication of how interconnected and united Zambia has become under the national motto, One Zambia, One Nation.
“Traditional ceremonies remind us where we are coming from, who we are, and the values that bind us together as a people. They promote unity, teach respect, and pass on important lessons from one generation to another,” he said.
Meanwhile, Chief Hamusonde, speaking through his representative, Princess Hamusonde, said the dinner created an opportunity for people from diverse cultural backgrounds to interact and learn from one another.
“This dinner provides an opportunity for interaction and for sharing our cultural pride and the values attached to it,” she said.
The traditional leader also invited the people of North-Western Province to attend this year’s Lwaanza Traditional Ceremony, where they will have an opportunity to witness the Tonga people’s cattle-rearing traditions and participate in the auction sale of livestock.
And Organising Committee representative Mike Munkombwe said the successful hosting of the event was further proof of the national unity that President Hichilema has consistently advocated.
Bushe ba PS Nyaba abalinenfwi? , Awee banee natubeko serious ne chalo
And who said traditional ceremonies are being promoted by the President. All past Presidents used to attend traditional ceremonies. And Presidents movements must be limited to allow them sit down and plan for the country rather than just moving round using our tax. Hence the country is in a mess
The man has just been going round campaigning in traditional ceremonies, meanwhile poverty levels are sky rocketting by the day. A traditional ceremony still remains a traditional ceremony even without the President attending it, same like a state funeral. So let us always be real and measured in our statements. Strangely in the third world, every thing should revolve round a Presidency even in under performing situations like ours in Zambia