Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba wrote:
Disgraceful departure by Gary Nkombo
Minister of Local Government, Hon. Gary Nkombo and his delegation, protested at Umutomboko Ceremony by leaving early even before the Mwata Kazembe had performed the revered Dance of Conquest, the very symbolic reason of the ceremony.
Disgraceful!
Apparently, Nkombo was protesting at the organizers’ refusal to recognise him as Guest of Honour and the Mwata’s harsh words against the clearly unfair incaceration of Kawambwa MP, Hon.Nixon Chilangwa, Pambashe MP, Hon. Ronald Kaoma Chitotela and Kawambwa Town Council Chairperson, His Worship, Kalumba Chifumbe, who were charged and imprisoned on the alleged offence of malicious damage and torching the UPND Mahindra campaign vehicle in the August 2021 elections.
Nkombo was representing President Hakainde Hichilema and in my view, must have stomached the complaints, and attended the ceremony especially the Dance of Conquest.
So why did Government spend a lot of money, hiring planes and helicopters for their travel? To come and walk-out of the ceremony?
Now we have seen the video evidence of what happened at the Mutomboko Ceremony. No amount of spinning can change what is clearly a disrespectful departure by the UPND Government officials. The people you are disrespecting in Luapula Province today are the same people you will need tomorrow. Pride indeed blinds.
Maybe they just came to get sulligate.
Or maybe they came to see which part of Luapula they will give to the Vietnamese or Rwandan government.
Vote widely in 2026.