I haven’t started campaign rallies yet; wait – President Hichilema
President Hakainde Hichilema says he is yet to start holding campaign rallies.
“I have not started having campaign rallies yet. Wait. I’m putting the seeds in order. Watch my steps.
“I’m watching and I’m saying mwacepa sana (you are not my equal). I heard some people, after having a rally in Kitwe, saying ‘we have already won.’ Mwacepa sana baice bandi (you are not my equal, my young men),” President Hichilema said in Kasama last evening.
This was during a meeting with Northern Province UPND adopted candidates and party officials.
The President said once he is done with meeting adopted candidates and party officials, he will take another step.
He said he has been a presidential candidate in many elections and knows intricacies around a candidate’s popularity or lack of it.
“I have been through this process of elections for many years. We need to win and win big. We need to campaign and campaign hard. We need to work hard,” he said.
President Hichilema added that the August 13 election is not an ordinary one where those seeking office say nothing about what they will do for the people.
“This election presents a lifetime chance to the people of Zambia to secure, through a vote of continuity, the lives of millions of our children who are accessing free education in all public schools across the country,” the President said.
President Hichilema noted that his seeking of re-election lies in three thematic areas of love for the people, desire to deliver, and the realisation that a lot more needs to be done to further uplift the lives of the people of Zambia in all corners of the country.
He further told UPND officials not to engage in fights but to focus on hard work and be resolved to deliver victory for the party so that: “we can continue driving development for the nation.”
“Abena Northern, let us continue to work together for the good of the country,” said President Hichilema.
June 16, 2026
They hold rallies seemingly having numbers and they think they have already won the elections, this is laughable.Zambia is a vast country now with about 8 million registered voters.It is very possible that only a quarter of rally attendees have voters cards the rest didn’t register and full of under age who followed entertainment.There is still a lot of work for you the opposition.In this election don’t forget about mathematics of probabilities and statistics.To remove UPND there are two straight conditions that are existing, there are those who want UPND to win and they will make sure their favorite party wins the election and they will vote yes come 13th August and there are those who may not want UPND and they won’t vote for UPND but will spread their votes among the opposition Presidents who may be close to 14.The other registered voters who could have joined in voting but are not seeing the once mighty PF on ballot may shy away and not vote.The question is who stands a chance of winning this election? The answer is obviously the UPND.Why? The UPND share of votes is for UPND only and for opposition votes they are for sharing, the ratios shall be determined by the individual president’s popularity.The yes and no condition for the stay of UPND in power is dependant on the more yes for UPND which shall not be troubled by the shared no for the 13 presidents of the opposition.This critical thinking is not for small brains.Above all history plays a role.I don’t think the people have already forgotten the previous rule of the PF where majority of the contenders came from and they admire the misrule.Some can even openly say they will follow the legacy of late ECL.What legacy is it to admire when the people rejected that not long ago?
In democracy, the choice of the people matters we shall wait for that choice the people shall make.COME THE 13TH AUGUST 2026.