Guide young people around you, activist urges Lungu
A GOOD governance activist has urged former president Edgar Lungu to provide parental guidance to young people within his political circles to save them from legal troubles.
Commenting on the recent jailing of Maureen Mabonga and Munir Zulu over utterances that eventually earned them charges and convictions of seditious practices, Dillon Mayangwa noted that Lungu needed to provide adequate counsel to his youthful loyalists.
Commenting on the recent jailing of Maureen Mabonga and Munir Zulu over utterances that eventually earned them charges and convictions of seditious practices, Dillon Mayangwa noted that Lungu needed to provide adequate counsel to his youthful loyalists.
Mayangwa said Lungu’s loyal youths should pick lessons from the former president if they mean what they claim that they are inspired by the former Head of State.
He asserted that Lungu’s past political conduct, marked by an absence of violence and legal conflict, should serve as a model for his supporters.
Mayangwa expressed concern that young politicians claiming inspiration from Lungu are instead promoting divisive rhetoric.
“It must be made clear, especially to the youths that claim to be inspired by our Former Head of State, Mr Edgar Lungu. If you have followed well, you will note that Edgar Lungu in his political career has never conducted himself in the manner that those that claim to be inspired by him are conducting themselves.”
“The late Micheal Chilufya Sata trusted him because of his standing in society. But, these young ones are committing crimes with the intention of pleasing seasoned political figures. You wonder what kind generation is being raised, or who is teaching them. This is a time for the youthful leaders to refrain from being tools of distraction but to build the nation,” said Mayangwa.
He said youths should draw life lessons and avoid being used by politicians.
Mayangwa urged young politicians to uphold high ethical standards in their leadership roles, emphasising that their primary allegiance should be to the Zambian Constitution and their constituents, rather than individual politicians.
“As a Zambian civic leader and youth, their allegiance should be to the Constitution of Zambia and their electorate not the individuals that will dump them like tissue at the time of crisis. I really feel for these young politicians who are blindly following sadists with a mission to destroy their future.”
“Look at those young politicians who have run away leaving behind young families while the old politicians they claim to stand for are in five star hotels and their children are safe and grooming stable families,” said Mayangwa.
Mayangwa expressed sympathy for the jailed MPs and cautioned young politicians against being manipulated by senior figures.
“The jailing of youthful Members of Parliament is quite sad and a big lesson and reminder to the young people. When you are a leader, the choice of words is very important,” said Mayangwa.
Kalemba May 20, 2025
Very sober advice but hey! wait for the response from the old seasoned politicians. They feel they are not wrong, what is wrong is the law enforcement wing. They sugar coat the offences, trivialize them, bring in misplaced and advanced experience gained over years to try and obscure the reality and make some Zambians believe in their propaganda. Sometimes succeed.
True to the words in the article: The young politicians are cheered by the older ones when they insult leaders, confer them with titles and shower them with praises and when the law enforcement stretches they assist them to flee or they get jailed “THEY” remain seeping coffee and sleeping in queen-size beds while the family of the young politicians is left alone to struggle to survive. A sorrowful development and reality.
The advice is really timely and without malice. Problem is the old gurus are not advising the youthful MPs same time the young want to show off the old. At least those outside have sobered up at the smell of Cyber Security Laws. Surprisingly, they don’t know how to give checks and balances without criss-crossing with the laws they make and the models they look up to are infact the most arrogant and short circuited to them advice is a sign of capitulation not wisdom.
Hopefully, lessons are being learnt though with hard labour – could have been avoided through timely advice.
Timely advice to those that blindly follow concepts and ideas that they dont understand.
I would go further and ask that this advice be extended to Mmembe. Where has socialism worked? Where have the rights of citizens in socialist countries been upheld? Lets work hard and stop thinking someone else will be our saviour. Lets find ways to live within our means; as much as possible.
In a marriage if we are always seeking to bring outsiders in the issues of the home. What happens?
If probably the intent of the behaviour of not following law is to create an image of bad governance on part of government, can they stop? The penal code itself is very much readable and understandable more especially by law makers.The question is why do they break the law with impunity.I just sympathize with their families.Their families need them home but they chose to do wrong things may be to appease somebody.
Well-thought-out advice but the writer misses one point. Edgar Lungu doesn’t care as long as the utterances had an appearance of creating trouble for HH.
Useless advice, and as usual, the brigade members are in full support, neglecting their mandatory patriotic duties.
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What law has he. The only law he has is chaggwa only
The same people who are in jail right now is because he encouraged them so what advice can he give them now.