The Saga; Commissioner Officer, Habwela Hichilema
Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba Wrote;
Unknown to many, the commissioning parade or passing-out parade of officer cadets, intake 06 of 2024, that graduated on 15th August 2025 at the Joseph Nyirenda Training School in Kafue, held an interesting secret-the graduation and commissioning of Habwela Hichilema, the second-born son of the Head of State.
President Hichilema, in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, presided over the passing-out parade of a cohort of 400 officer cadets that included 28 from Malawi, Mozambique and Namibia who have now become commissioned officers
But State House Chief Communications Specialist, Clayson Hamasaka has issued a formal statement that the commissioning parade, uncharacteristically, held among them, a volunteer, in Habwela Hichilema.
Now this makes utter mockery of the facts so far available.
We all know what a commissioning parade is. We also know the enlisting of non-commissioned officers parade is and we also know the graduation of any individuals that may participate in the skills and volunteer programs thst are undertaken by the Zambia National Service (ZNS).
I’m also aware that the ZNS announced and stated that it is expected to launch a Voluntary Skills Training Programme to equip young Zambians with practical skills and foster self-reliance.
The program, is seeking over K17 million from the Ministry of Defence, is expected to begin with an intake of 1,092 youths, with seven selected from each of the country’s 156 constituencies.
Now Hamasaka wants to convince the nation, that the commissioned officer, Habwela Hichilema, was in fact a mere volunteer that participated in a program that has NOT started and proceeded to train with officer cadets since 2024 and graduated and was commissioned in full officer cadet uniform?
The lies, the secrecy, the camouflage may bear the true intentions of President Hichilema.
If President Hichilema was sincere with his intentions, it would have been like founding President, Kenneth Kaunda, who openly allowed his children to go for national service training and Panji and Wezi were proud to proceed for full military training and career and became commissioned officers who rose through the ranks!
If President Hichilema sought to lead from the front, Habwela would have been celebrated, but the story broke, not from the State or ZNS, but from social-media with a poor phone camera picture!
Hamasaka, we are not children!
Hamasaka is lying that Habwela was a volunteer and was merely part of the commissioning parade.
In Zambia, only those who join Zambia Combined Cadet Forces and The Zambia Territorial Force (Home Guard) can hold the same rank and join the commisdioning parade as officers in the Zambia Army, ZAF or ZNS; this is the law.
I know President Hichilema enjoys breaking the law and regularly disregards procedures, but
I sincerely think this case is not one of them.
It’s the handling of a sensitive matter.
It’s also a clear case of the usual incompetent Hichilema’s media team, attempting to diffuse an explosive situation but ending up fueling the saga with unresearched and poorly crafted cover-up answers.
Even when there is no reason to lie, they lie.
It is actually commendable that Hakainde sent his son for ZNS training. He can even send his unmarried daughter, Chichi, for this training. There is nothing wrong in doing so.
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It’s does not matter,iwe chi mwamba.If he meets the criteria.What is the problem?
This Mwamba thing awe sure. Tawakwata fyakucita? You be commenting only every inkhani takwaba. Ubo bulofwa. Find something better to waste your time on.
Icho !
Muamba, the narrative twister, the fugitive, the ZANACO bank thief.
Zero credibility, but never misses a day to tell lies.
No apologises for misleading that “Why Me” was murdered.
You can twist narratives until you grow a tail, but the 2 arrest warrants on your head have no expiry date. Even after 2031, they law will still need you to answer for your crimes.
There goes the PF cadre with no substance and no relevance to the masses. The cadre turned fugitive, uzayonda mu diaspora, ulimbe mambala.
There is no name as kapoma in Bemba vocabulary.Just use your village names. Ala mwasebana kale.
You are dreaming of Bemba this, Bemba that, etc! Get a life and do sensible stuff instead of always dreaming tribal, thinking tribal with that Bemba mentality of yours of entitlement to everything!!
It’s a waste of time to read propagandist article, if you know what I mean.
So even the information you gave us over the death of president Chiluba it was not true????who is working in statehouse between you and hamasaka???
Emmanuel Mwamba is a propagandist and a time-waster. He spends his time looking for ways to fabricate his lies and searching for faults. It’s no surprise that when he was politically appointed as High Commissioner and Ambassador, it was not due to intellectual or professional qualifications, but rather his political connections and sycophancy. He is among those who dedicated their time to disseminating false and malicious statements about President Hakainde Hichilema during his tenure as an opposition leader in the UPND. Mwamba and his associates attempted, by all means, to tarnish the UPND leadership with all sorts of falsehoods, but they ultimately failed, and his outdated tactics are no longer effective.
Similarly, the opposition political parties in Zambia lack constructive dialogue and debate, they failed to provide proper checks and balances. They are good at engaging in trivial and cheap politicking.
President HH son is a Zambia like any other citizen.He is more Zambian than you Muamba/Mwamba from Tanzania.There is nothing wrong here and this young man deserves to be anything he wants to be.If there is a person doesnt qualify to be near government its you Muamba./Mwamba who is foreigner from Tanzania.Its high time the government should look at you as a number one critical problem we have