Hichilema deserves continuity, term limits take us backwards – Tayali
ECONOMIC and Equity Party (EEP) leader Chilufya Tayali is advocating against presidential term limits, describing them as a setback to national development.
The opposition leader expressed support for continued leadership under President Hakainde Hichilema.
In a video posted on his Facebook page last night, Tayali said limiting the number of terms a president can serve destabilises countries by forcing frequent leadership changes.
Tayali said he was speaking in his personal capacity and not on behalf of any government institution.
“I’m against that presidential limit and this is me. I’m not in government. I’m not anywhere,” he said.
He argued that while elections should continue to be held every five years, voters, not constitutional limits should determine whether a leader remains in office.
“We should maintain five-year elections but remove term limits. If a leader performs poorly, we can vote them out, just as we did with Edgar Lungu. But if a leader performs well, we should not restrict ourselves from re-electing them.”
“We must stop blindly imitating other countries like the United States and instead govern ourselves according to what truly works for us,” Tayali added.
He said constant changes in leadership take countries backwards, adding that this informed his decision to support President Hichilema.
“Presidential limits are changing leaders now and then. It takes our country backwards. That is why I am supporting Hakainde Hichilema today,” he said.
“I want him to continue because he has sown seeds which are germinating now. What is this germination? Germination in terms of investment. You have seen investor confidence. Investor confidence does not come when there’s instability. Investor confidence does not come in an environment where leaders are always changing. It doesn’t,”
By Daniel Banda
Kalemba February 27, 2026
Advice from fugitive Chilufya
Mr. Chilufya Tayali is missing home, hence this desperation to curry favour with the ruling party.
The fact is Mr. Hichilema will serve for two terms, Kwamana. There are literally hundreds of people who are equally good or even better than HH that can carry on from where he will leave off.
The two term limit is an excellent safeguard against dictatorship.
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Two terms is not enough for a good leader to fix the country.HH was supposed to be given 3 terms
Even ten terms will not be enough for a “good” leader to fix the country.
Part of good leadership is preparing a successor. Mr. Nelson Mandela ruled for two years then prepared Mr. Thabo Mbeki to take over. The Lord Jesus was with his disciples for three years then he left them to spread the gospel. Their impact was literally worldwide and is still felt today.
President Hichilema will have two terms and I believe he is not so foolish as to tinker with the constitution to allow him to go beyond two terms. In any case, we as Zambian citizens, will not accept that.
Ba JMC, if you think Hakainde can vacate office alive, you are totally naive. You should listen to what KK said about this man. A psychopath will do everything to remain in power. History has shown us how they have been removed from office. The levels of corruption and theft under this regime are unbelievable. If you can not see that, there is something wrong with you.
REJECT TRIBALISM, CORRUPTION AND OPPRESSION.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN AUGUST.
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Tayali, l know you want to come back home, but that should not lead you to discredit all other presidential candidates in Zambia.
Let me tell you a fact. Lusaka and coppebelt have moved on, with that, you can make your own conclusion
Which lusaka and copperbelt?
Tayali is a dangerous character. He made allagations about certain individuals aside from Former Minister of CommerceMulenga all those who named as conspiring to undermine and upsurp the leadership in UPND have responded in denial of your accusation that you DARED them to prove you wrong.
Your sabre rattling and noise making does prove what you say is legitimate. Like Mwamba you mislead. Sadly certain quarters
Believe you and can not make a distinction between falsehoods and facts nor do the follow your disceptive attempts. But we all know that all these attempts are get this administration to drop the criminal charges against you.
But that in priniciple would be wrong and against their own policy of governing by the rule of law. They charged you and by now you should have been sentenced in absentia.
We have enough clowns let alone mentally ill persons among us. We dont need carnally charged failed former seminaririans projecting some sense of usefulness in society. The Catholic church should also seriously vet the kind of people they admit into their flock let alone clergy.
Ba Indigo I believe HH is a man of integrity and I have no doubt he will leave after his two terms.
As for Super Ken, whatever he said about HH doesnot amount to much. He was no prophet and had his own serious weaknesses.
The corruption you talk about is there but not to the levels that we witnessed under PF. Remember the fire tenders which cost USD1million each and were insured for USD25,000? The ambulances costing USD750,000 each? The money spent on FTJ Chiluba university with nothing to show for it? The money.given to Nyati(?) Construction for the Ndola-Mufulira road again with nothing to show for it? Those who are stealing under this regime will have their time in court. Just keep the evidence. We will get them.
If HH is a psychopath, where do you place Mr. Lungu with his violent cadres and the many people who lost their lives under his watch?
On the whole, we are definitely much, much better off than we were under the notorious PF regime.