UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has advised Zambians to prepare for an early general election.
Mr. Hichilema said the increasing power battles in the ruling PF have given the clearest indication yet that Zambia will be heading for an early general election.
“The message to our supporters is let’s go out there and mobilize. These people are fighting because they know something that we don’t know. Zambia will be voting again soon and so let’s prepare,” Mr. Hichilema said.
Mr. Hichilema was speaking Friday afternoon when he featured on a special radio programme on Lusaka’s Joy FM.
“They are fighting because they know they need to position themselves. They have already started campaigning in the rural areas because they know that this country will have another general election before the scheduled time and we need to be ready too.”
Mr. Hichilema stated that the wrangles in the PF are also a confirmation that the PF government is running the country without a plan.
[pullquote]“They are fighting because they know they need to position themselves. They have already started campaigning in the rural areas because they know that this country will have another general election before the scheduled time and we need to be ready too.”[/pullquote]
“Mealie meal prices are sky rocketing but the party in government finds it convenient to cause a bye election. Army worms are terrorizing our poor farmers and the government tells them to use their own little money to buy the pesticides.”
He said the buck for the worsening Mealie meal situation in the country squarely stops on President Michael Sata and Agriculture Minister Emmanuel Chenda.
Mr. Hichilema said Mr. Chenda has no clue on how to address the Mealie meal situation because the man is a well-known poor performer in his public life.
Interesting!
HH seems to know what the PF squabblers are hiding.
Voting again, bring it on!
YOUNG MAN ARE YOU MAD?
Your old man ( confuser) chilufya is.
elections may 2013 watch the space
My advise to HH, consolidate your party, work and ensure that your mp’s dont cross over, build your presence in rural areas and start an aggressive policy campaign outlining what you will do differently on the major issues affecting our country. while others seem disorganised capitalise by ensuring a united front within your party
then you will build confidence of people in you
good advice
HH is in dreamland! Does he honestly think that even if this was to happen, he stands a chance of winning?? Let him invest his resources in strengthening the party and building a wider appeal to the party.
How can you say thet know something we dont know, in the same vein you ask you party member to prepare for elections? Wont you just waste your resources because you’re not 100% sure of what is cooking.
How can you say “they know something we dont know”, but in the same vein you ask your party member to prepare for elections? Wont you just waste your resources preparing for something that may not be there because you’re not 100% sure of what is cooking
Maybe he is planning to take over by power. you need to watch your mouth mr HH
Daydreaming is free, Hakainde is entitled to dream on, we know what type of politician he is.
HH & Upnd you seem to be the only reasonable voice for the hopeless Zambia. May be next general election we try HH & see how he can be of help to our mother Zambia. The pathetic failures has no agenda for this country apart from politicking, hiring & firing etc.
Kayombo, waza wove
Just because he is your tribal mate ? Loser
@Soka that’s why you are stuck with Sata because he is of your tribe, who do you want to cheat we know you guys..
faka
I see early election in an african country
I think HH makes sense than CNPs
DID YOU MEAN SENSE OR SENSELESS?
Chisenga read for yourself that’s why you repeated grade 7 four times.
HH, if u picked up for alarming the nation, you complain. What circumstances would lead to an early general election with new government barely a year in ofis?
Lets assume there is an early general election as you dream, where would UPND get votes to win a NATIONAL not provincial election?
When pipo say u ll not win an election,it is not out of malice or hatred, its real, assess your political approach and tactics!
THE BATTLE IS THE LORDS…..
“the battle is the Lord’s” not you like writing.
Even if the elections were held to day or on any future date, HH cannot win, full stop. Keep on dreaming . Its your right.
awe mwandi! HH, breaks my ribs each time he talks. Whats really the problem? May be he talks like this because he knows upnd wont go anywhere. He must be hiding something.
Opportunistic thinking. What does the in fight in MMD signals. HH you are a let down all you think about is becoming a president,. You can’t even discuss policy on how to deal with the challenges the country is facing. Kanoganibo! African politics PHD. Continue dreaming. Elections will be held in 2011. The last time I check it was in 2011, so five years more to go.
EARLY ELECTIONS OR NOT, I DON’T SEE HH BECOMING PRESIDENT.
I support HH on this one…its now clear that PF govt has got no plan..check out the mealie meal price,dollar rate to kwacha,how dirty our cities have become.
i didnt read anything about the dollar and dirt, any way thats not a plan, who do you expect to clean the gabbage you generate ?
The cynical,bitter and frustrated man has spoken.My goodness !!!
HH with his alarmist approach.LOSER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HH u can not win Northern, Muchinga, luapula, Copperbelt, Luaka or Eastern. Besides your performance in Western, North Western or Central would definitely decline from previous elections, refer to recent local gvt bye elections?
That leaves u with only Southern Province to be guaranteed, so any of your advisors who tells you to contrary is lying to you. Problem is how u got to that position with your tribe as your only qualification and you have enhanced that perception over the years, sorry it will not happen, give chance to others like Garry Nkombo, they ll do better!
If HH cannot win in those places does it signal whats wrong with HH or is it a signal of the inbred hatred and tribalism in those places? Sometimes we need to admit we’re the tribalists.
HH, you are an empty drum making noise, even if there was general elections, what can you do with one province, just shut up period.
Under5 is wishful thinking as usual!!
The only thing on HH’s mind is elections. Remember ifimuti fipalamene tafibulakutenkana. Intelligent people will always have difference in opinions. If everybody in UPND always agree with HH then forget about UPND coming into power even in 2051
Poor tactic by the feeble minded under5 chap!!
You will never be President!!
Hh behaves like the army worms destroying everything, or he had some 4 breakfast
Yaba ba HH nakukanwa kwati pali hunyele amafi.
Ba HH imwe, it’s nice to just shut up sometimes. It’s not always that your opinion will matter!
Wishfull thinking. There is only one option for HH and UPND to ever be in govt. And this is by joing forces with MMD. Even then they both have to work extra hard to unseat Sata and PF. But even to such one option there is a road block, of who leads this new opposition front. HH and Nevers cannot give each other chance to lead the other. Thus we are back to square zero. HH and UPND will never win a democratic election, esp the 2016 one. It is wishfull thinking. It may take five years for some to understand this proposition, especially those whose political ambitions are built on quick sand.
HH THE ONLY HOPE FOR ZAMBIA, LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM, HE MAKES MORE SENSE THAN BA CNPS. GO HH GO YOU ARE A WINNNNNNNER!
Chifundo muli imwe baba!
Sata nafuti !!!!!
C’mon zambia,the man HH may be in dreamland but with wrong goings in GRZ i’d say BRING IT ON.An election to replace incompetent,bumbling Sata would be welcome anyday.BRING IT ON.
All *****s hate HH but true zambians see sense in what HH says.All triblist hate him coz they dont hav a piec of his kind.I think HH his the right person for 2016.
true tongas not zambians.
Please, I will mention this once as an insider. Sata has been diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer and the doctors have given him a year to live. Doubting my information? That’s the reason his retirement home is being built how. His wife and children demanded this as a precaution. That’s the reason the top brass in PF are fighting for who is going to succeed Sata. Zambia are stupid, just like for originally voting for Sata and this time you cannot see all the signs. I had to hide my IP address.
You’re a coward to hid IP address. Who are you to be talking about an individual illness? God forbid. Are you the author of the dead? It seems your heart is merry and excited about your comments.The days are numbered said King David.
ONCE IN A WHILE FRICTIONS HAPPEN ANYWHERE,ITS NORMAL.THAT DOES NOT MEAN EARLY ELECTIONS,WHATS WRONG WITH HH?DREAM ON SUCKER,EVEN IF WE HAD FIVE BY ELECTIONS WITHIN 5 YEAR TERM HH CANNOT AND WILL NEVER WIN,THE CHAP IS SIMPLY DULL AND FAKE.
HH blame the people, they choose Barabbas!
I know HH you were let as the rock for Zambians, on you we shall build an Utopia-Zambia.
Typical Tonga man style of dressing!
Can HH surpass Panji in next elections? Bola yabipa manje… leakage!!
Lets hear what Kabimba will say on Wednesday.
HH has nothing to say. Talk about your party. HH loves PF. Why does HH likes talking about someones house? Does it mean HH party has nothing to offer apart from promoting PF. The late Mazoka was a seasoned politician who offered alternative to MMD policies. Mazoka was loved across the country. HH is only loved in Southern province. HH Party could not even win a single seat on the copperbelt or Lusaka. That in it’self talks about mountains. HH tribalism has closed the door to become a republican president. Lets look for another Tonga who is not like HH. All what HH thinks is about Tongaland, not Zambialand. HH you have killed or fixed yourself so start looking for your successor who will take your party to the rest of Zambialand.
HH you should start dreaming big. Hopeless HH.
This man has an appetite for power. I wonder whether he even sleeps
instead of talking of unemployment skyrocketing prices of goods foreigners killing Zambians and Other issues affecting Zambians you are busy talking Other political party s problem and you expect to have large following
Just listen to yourself, who has to tackle those issues HH or PF?? When opposition talks of such you are the first ones to say they are bitter or seleni tubombeko.. For your info HH has already addressed those issues in a letter to Sata, you can Google it or search thru media archives
Man you are right. HH does not address issue. Zambia has a lot of problems which opposition parties fall to address.
What is HH saying ?? Power struggles in PF are a sign that Sata wont reach 2016 so kainba and others are fighting for the PF presidency or what?? Mmmm this is quite alarming
Let wait and see
Tribalism aside,bembas just cant rule tho i have some confidence in chipimo that he may be serious abt development. Narep needs to work with upnd to oust from power this corrupt pf in the coming presidential by election. by the way pf will soon be full of mmd members. Hh is logicaly right that pf is going tthru in fighting cos tthey know something we dont know bt obvious.
advocating for another marriage of convienience? what makes you think that this time around, it will work.
property grabbers!
he has already sensed death of a president, so he thinks it is time to move in. what can be HH and RB on this earth without inheriting property from the dead. HH work hard, you too can die before your said election. witch!
its true ..we have an idea..let them fight on!!
Rubbish rants. How many times is Sata going die? You always wish Sata dead but your death wishes are faltered by God. Dull chap you are HH. Just campaign through out the country so all people vote for you than always dreaming that Sata will die to leave the seat for you….Shaaaa.
Peace and Prosperity to Mother Zambia.
MR IBU (HH). WHY CANT YOU WAIT TO DEFEAT MCS AT THE POLLS IN 2016 INSTEAD OF WISHING HIM DEAD? LEARN TO FIGHT AND WIN. DONT WAIT FOR NATURAL CALAMITIES TO DO THE JOB FOR YOU. POWERFUL MEN FIGHT THEIR BATTLES. APART FROM WISHING HIM DEAD YOU ARE PRAYING THAT THE ARMY WORMS EAT ALL THE MAIZE IN ZAMBIA THUS MAKING SATA UNPOPULAR. YOU ARE ALSO WISHING THAT THE PRICES OF M/MEAL SKY ROCKET SO THAT SATA BECOMES UNPOPULAR. YOU ARE ALSO PRAYING (AM SURE IN THE FREE MASON TEMPLES) THAT FUEL SHORTAGES COME TO GRIP THE NATION SO THAT SATA BECOMES UNPOPULAR. THIS MY DEAR SIR IS CHEAP POLITICS. YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO GIVE ALTERNATIVES. YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO TELL US HOW YOU WILL DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEMS. PROBLEMS MAY BE THERE. BUT YOU ARE NOT THE SOLUTION.
zambian people r like its political leaders everyone seems clever enough when it comes to political issues hence many comments, we have no clue and interest on matters outside politics, were as in developed world politics are least popular isses amongst people.
This bugger is talking about elections this time, tell him to campaign for 2016 not this time-fool
HH even if a General Election was to take place tomorrow, you will not win! Shut up therefore about PF and consolidate your Party. Move your Party backwards to the late Mazoka days when it was a National Party rather than the Regional Party it is today.
hh is tooo dull and stupid of not thinking 2016.
dalo,dalo,dalo,dalo
HH for life!!!!!!!!! My advice to HH is to ignore destructors who are just dead scared of him to the bone, and who are always using a certain language from a very tribal grouping that likes labeling other tribes as being tribal. VIVA HH, we are 100% behind you as yo are the only one making sense.
always thats what you say and come elections results, HH is number 3. Dream on guys its your right.
Question – Is this man out of touch with reality???
This guy needs delivarence, afisanji mambala.
Mwaiche HH, we have already done our homework. If elections were held today, tomorrow, next week, next month, next year or in 2016……………………….we know who to vote for. Oh..! by the way, its definitely not you
Nonsense………….NO SENSE!!!!!
BA HH MUZALEMA NAKUIMILILA.REMEMBER HOW YOU BECAME PRESIDENT FOR UPND , ONLY QUALIFICATION TONGA BY TRIBE.YOU CHASED BEMBAS(CHISANGA),LOZIS(LUBINDA), MAMBWE(SICHINGA),AND MANY OTHER TRIBES.NOW U C YOU CANT NEVA WIN.
HH cant win an election my bro. May be in 2050
enough guys, i think, with all these comments, hh will now take heed and change his style of politicking. am sure he now knows where upnd in general and himself in particular are politically.
Kabimba is much more known than HH countrywide by now, true or false?
HH what has happened to you and your aims. You seems to be so abssesed with PF internal business. UnTongalise your party make it an cross-tribe and national party and stop just aiming at State House. People don’t even know what you stand for. You seem to thiink Zambians made a mistake not voting you into state house. You are living an illusion. Do youself a favour find people who can advice you abjectively
Ealy elections, 30 by-elections? wishful thinking. Well I think early elections will be in 2016. In the meantime crossing ove continues!
If HH continues ranting like this he will make us believe that a Running Mate clause in the new constitution will be disastrous for Zambia. With people of his kind as VP the President can’t last a week in office. Everyday he dreams of Elections.
But then even if we had elections today would he win? I guess he would win massively in Southern Province as per custom and lose lamentably in the rest of the provinces. Its common knowledge that his popularity has been going down just like his number of MPs.
He sould be the last person to demand for General Elections.
The Problem is he cannot even read the political mood of the country. he is not different from 1 Winter kabimba.
HH is dreaming. I feel sorry for him