By: Mulundika Mukelebai
If Dialogue Was the Goal, Why Did Government Sue Ba Mukamfwila?
Dragged from Her Mourning Mattress to the Cold Bench of a Pretoria Court
The family of the late President Edgar Chagwa Lungu has firmly and emotionally rejected the government’s proposal for mediation, describing it as insincere, poorly communicated, and disrespectful to their grief.
According to the Daily Nation Newspaper, “ECL FAMILY OPPOSES – says the Zambian government has not informed them what it exactly wants from the proposed mediation, states that they are not ready for an outside court settlement MEDIATION.”
And now, a burning question echoes in the hearts of many Zambians:
If dialogue was truly the goal all along, why did the government drag Ba Mukamfwila still wrapped in mourning to the cold benches of a Pretoria courtroom?
Why file a lawsuit against a grieving widow only to later sing songs of unity and reconciliation?
This is not just a contradiction.
This is a national shame.
For years, Zambians bore silent witness to a relentless campaign of humiliation and hostility directed at President Lungu:
1. He was mocked mercilessly. The phrase “kuntumompa uko” echoed through public discourse with impunity.
2. His morning jogs became a crime, as police stalked his every move.
3. He was threatened with vulgarity, including the vile suggestion that he be circumcised.
4. He was removed from a plane, humiliated internationally, despite official clearance and invitation.
5. He was allegedly denied medical access when his health was failing.
6. He was kicked out of a bishop’s office, simply for paying a spiritual courtesy call.
And now, suddenly, we are told:
“If we don’t bury ECL in Zambia, the world will laugh at us.”
Laugh at who?
Where was the world’s laughter when he was mocked, threatened, and mistreated?
Where was the moral outrage then?
This selective morality cannot stand.
The Zambian people cannot be expected to forget the pain inflicted on their former Head of State simply because it is now politically convenient to speak of “unity.”
We are not amnesiacs.
If the government is genuine about healing, it must begin by confronting the truth the truth of how it treated a man who once held the highest office in the land. It must acknowledge the pain it has caused, not just to President Lungu, but to his widow, his children, and the millions of supporters who looked up to him.
Because respect, like legacy, must not be seasonal.
It must be constant in life and in death.
You don’t slap a grieving widow, then extend a hand of peace.
You don’t sue, then call for dialogue.
You don’t shame a man, then ask to be his pallbearer.
Mediation… after court?
No. Finish what you started.
The family is on firm ground. His enemies want to be close to the body for well known reasons.
In the meantime, there is a grave waiting be occupied.
“He who digs holes for others, shall himself be buried in them” -Edith Nawakwi, RIP mama.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN 2026.
Taking the matter to court was purely an attempt to delay you from going ahead with burring ECL in a foreign land because that was your resolve.After which you can now hold dialogue.You can’t fool us now because we are now well informed.
Clearly, there are no adults in Zambia. What we have are idi-ots, chancers who cannot think beyond their personal interests. Some were even sponsored to fly around to be part of a dirty opera…these damn losers.I personally think there is no need to glorify this chap even in his death. By doing so there is a possibility of rewriting his filthy life history. You know what, they enjoyed with him, they injured the trajectory of development, they never cared. They enjoyed the suffering of the masses who later, when time was right gave them a kick in their backside. They can burry him anywhere they so wish. We have already moved on. No time for drama. We have to work, they have the money they never worked for. Let them deal with their on conscious till they meet again, hope they will have answers to the people who died at their own selfishness. Remember, even Lucifer, has followers.
PF idiots at it again. Forget it ba President you’ve tried enough these fools cannot change. Let us move on. The court will decide.
I have never seen idiocy life this displayed overtly by our own brother indigo blue or whatever he calls himself. All he does is annoy others with his inane and rickety water of a brain…eish..