Lungu vacates Sunzu’s house
FATHER of the nation Edgar Lungu says he has vacated the house government was renting for him as former president.
This comes in the wake of Lungu’s return to active politics to battle Miles Sampa for the PF presidency.
After months of hide and seek over his political intentions, Lungu finally went public with his desire to return to politics.
In his return speech, Lungu declared himself PF president saying he would continue where he left off when he resigned after his massive electoral defeat in 2021.
This morning, Lungu went to the PF secretariat but was prevented entry by police after which he stormed Police Force headquarters to seek an explanation as to why he had been stopped.
After being told the Inspector General of Police was not available to see him, Lungu expressed his frustration, stating, “Meanwhile, I’m going to help my wife pack. We started packing yesterday,”
“We left that home. We didn’t even spend the night there. I hear they are organizing cadres to hound us out of the house. We have already packed, and we have left.”
Lungu said he wouldn’t be blackmailed by using the benefits as nothing would stop him from pursuing his political agenda.
“They think they can blackmail me by giving me crumbs and all these things. Ba bepelefye, I will seek my rights,” added Lungu.
Lungu also instructed Lubinda to convey to UPND cadres that he has already vacated the house government was renting for him as part of his retirement benefits.
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Miles Sampa can convey messages to UPND, his sponsors.
The scene is set now. Gloves are off.
It is a shame it has come to this. I had actually thought I had seen the last of ECL. Now I am not so sure. He was a bad president. But Hakainde is a lot worse. Oh dear.
I understand that you are greatly affected and disappointed with the turn of events in the political party you so much adore.
It is also understood that your emotion disklike and hatred of the current Head of State is your right. And no one can dispute with that. When emotions are bent in particular way against someone. It does not matter what they say or do. It is already resolved in your heart to respond in a negative way. No amount of good decisions can make you change the posture of your heart. You simply hate that’s all. And it’s understood.
However, a serious question must be answered regarding the issues of interference. I don’t know what is happening in the back ground. Just like it was not right for PF to have organized and supported the team that almost destroyed MMD it is not right for this administration to do the same. A wrong is a wrong. Having said that it should not be forgotten that the PF leaders were very immoral and wicked to want to destroy another party and now want to pretend that they are holier than thou.
Secondly before you blame the outside people for causing disorder in the internal organisation don’t you think you need to have an introspective evaluation of the internal administration of the political party
Looking from the outside one can notice the real problem being the weakness of the internal management structures which have been deliberately maintained to keep all others out. The leadership crisis which was created was self inflicted and hence created a vacuum where others felt the had to benefit or salvage a dying undemocratic party.
Who was to blame for this was certainly not the current President. But I understand your frustration. Instead of facing the truth about the weak and unfair practices in the camp you love. Instead you feel it is profitable simply blame another person for the internal inefficiencies and ineffectiveness of others. It’s a normal human weakness which looks outward for someone to blame instead checking internally for the weaknesses and problems created within the institution.
Frankly speaking if a political party is united, with sound legal structures , and democratic process which defuse tension. There is no way an outside influence can cause problems from within. Let’s agree that with the resignations that were willingly given out the was a leadership crisis that was created. Question is how can the previous guys claim to be legit. Who legitimized their appointment? Very tricky.
So logically speaking it’s important to honestly apportion blame rightly. It’s not true that everything is because of one individual whom you hate. Even the devil can only be found in one place at a time. To blame him for everything may not be beneficial as some decisions made is because we just wanted to do what we did deliberately. Our desires led us there. Just like now the schemes to outsmart each other in the party in question have led them to where they are.
People think ECL does not know the consequences of his action. He is fully aware and cannot be blackmailed with benefits while becalled names and publicly deaming him ‘ati kutupa uko’ He is better in the ring.
Govtnis giving crumbs ro mwine wakasaka.kikiki
The truth hurts but it helps one to have a correct perspective of life and heal. ECL is resentful and in denial jst like most of his followers. All these problems PF is in, the architect is ECL.
The late ba Chikwanda told ECL not to criminalize ambition but the voice of reason from the old man fell on deaf ears. Bcoz of his instiable appetite for power ECL chased anyone who harboured ambition to be president. We saw KBF, kambwili, miles being thrown out in the cold. ECL even threatened the judges to give him a third term. Which up to now no normal human being can justify. There are many people that believe that had PF chosen a different presidential candidate to contest against HI, the defeat by HH would not have been very humiliating. HH would still have won coz the majority of the people were fade up with PF lawlessness but the margin would not have been that high.
When ECL resigned the decent step would have been to go to the convention and many PF members agree that Brian Mundubile would have won but instead ECL was scheming behind the back. Miles saw an opportunity and went for the kill. Remember miles beat all the other candidates at the last convention b4 the ECL/Inonge winner camp pushed him aside. Now that court judgement is on his side it is game over for ECL. Truth is that they are many PF members that wanted ichipani to have somebody different at the summit but ECL was blocking with his schemes. Now as things stand everybody will be pointing fingers at UPND when the architect of this downfall is ECL.
‘Miles saw an opportunity and went for the kill.’
This has cracked my ribs!!
There’s an opportunity in Lungus decision for parliament to repeal the former Presidents retirement Act. This Act was so unfair to the Vice Presidents who were running mate such as Bo Inonge Mutukws Wina. Whilst Lungu continued to enjoy the so called crumbs , Bo Inonge had nothing completely. Here we are . Our benovelence to Mr. Lungu is today being called crumbs. Surely if this is not insulting the Nation as a collective then what is it? My plea is that Mr Lungu should return those crumbs so that we re direct them to areas where they will b much appreciated.
Bo Inonge receives a normal govt pension naimwe, after the hefty tax free gratuities. She was in govt and there is normal pension, just not the abnormal benefits given to former Presidents, Speaker and chief justice.
This life can be so unfair. KK survived on crumbs up to his death and remained grateful , Chiluba also survived on the same crumbs to his death and remained grateful. Rupiah to his death was grateful for the crumbs. Mwanawasas widow is also lining up for the crumbs . Says widow is also getting crumbs and never complained. Today Mr Lungu is insulting our modest benovelence as crumbs. This is very unfair.
Kaili he has ill gotten wealth. Sadly he is already looking finnished.
Well, Edgar Chagwa Lungu is the first former President in Zambia to call retirement benefits accorded to former presidents crumbs. I think Mr. Lungu has started his political come back on a very wrong footing. But he must now realise that he no longer has any power, and it would be naive for him even to try storming police offices. That was folly and risky.
Mr. Lungu should tend carefully because he lives in a glass house.
Exactly.
That was not a wise thing to do. It is important to act in a responsible manner irrespective of the circumstances.
The man Mr lungu lacks wisdom. He has zero wisdom together with his followers. I’ll gotten wealth makes your head very big. The man never worked for those millions he has , in 7years becoming richer than most presidents in the world. The wife was even giving nieces dollars for safe keeping instead of keeping it in the bank. Ba mwankole is back coming to undo all the progress made but 2026 he will be sent to the dust bin of political history. The lazy supporters of lungu are very happy hehehehe. Eating free money.
When he sang nalitumpa ine, idiots in his camp saw sense because they are senseless, sensible Zambians saw a real stupid person that he is.
The humiliation he faces starts with arrests soon to come, court appearances as suspect of looting, plunder and theft. There is no way each idiot in his family could have amassed the wealth they are flaunting, if Lungu was not the long finger. STUPID IDIOTS.
And so, the chikala has returned to hang himself….that’s vision man thats vision
It was pure dishonesty and fraud for Mr. Lungu to have accessed the retirement benefits he is calling crumbs. He never left active politics. Deception is his middle name.
He is now worth US$790million by some accounts. How he accrued so much money in seven years on a presidential salary and allowances boggles the mind.
Maybe this is an opportune time to get him to tell us how he got his “magic money”. As for him referring to the presidential retirement benefits as crumbs, the Bible says “pride comes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall”.
Long way to go.
Hope he won’t regret listening to cadres by taking this step.
Let no man emulate the folly of ECL!
He is as f00lish as Esau in the Bible, selling his birthright because of Beans!
Stop referring to him as “Father of the Nation.” He was never one!
He is a thug!
The beauty is that we should not waste our time on him because the constitution BARS him from running for the Presidency, having been SWORN TWICE to the same office!