I belong not only to my family, but to all Zambians – Hichilema
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he is aware that the day he became President was the day he belonged to all Zambians and not only his family.
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President Hichilema said this in relation to the current impasse surrounding the death of former president Edgar Lungu whose family has refused to have him buried in Zambia.
The President reiterated that government remained committed to ensuring that Lungu’s body is repatriated to his homeland as he did not only belong to his family but to the people of Zambia.
He said this in response to Central Province traditional leaders who revealed that it was their desire to have the late former president laid to rest in his country.
“Your desire is the desire of the majority, that the sixth president is buried here, in his land of birth.”
“Once you become a chief, you are no longer just a family asset, you are an asset of the whole chiefdom. The presidency is even worse. I’m aware, the day I chose to be elected and became a president, I knew that now I’m no longer the Hichilema family asset. I was an asset of the people of Central Province, all the provinces, 20 million of them,” said President Hichilema.
He added that Zambia was the only country the late former president knew as his home.
The Head of State said this yesterday when he engaged with 23 traditional leaders from Central Pronvince.
“We don’t know any other country that our sixth president calls home, all our presidents are buried here and it is a choice the Zambian people made. When we live, we have issues even with our wives and our children but when we die, first, we bury and after burial we can talk about our issues,” he said.
And Central Province chiefs represented by Chief Shaibila encouraged the President to continue engaging with the Lungu family so that the former President’s body can be repatriated to Zambia.
Chief Shaibila further applauded the President for his peaceful nature even in times of trials and urged him to continue uniting the country.
“We want you to continue fostering peace and unity among our citizens. Work towards creating an environment where every citizen feels valued,” said Chief Shaibila…https://kalemba.news/politics/i-belong-not-only-to-my-family-but-to-all-zambians-hichilema/
By Catherine Pule
Kalemba, July 1, 2025
No, you belong to your family. Bu President ninchito fye!
An Idiot who calls himself a Dr. my foot.Please stop embarrassing yourself,fulu fulu hatred.Whoever gave you that title should be arrested and it has to be revoked with immediate effect
An idiot is your dad who never taught you manners.
You are even more than idiot.Stop calling yourself a Dr.The only issue am seeing here is the Man himself is one you have never liked right from the time he
was in opposition. Even u know this deep down your hearts but we don’t care because you never
share his vision, hence you never even voted for him despite he won with a wider margin which may
even be doubled next year. Keep on dreaming Zambian Dr.
This is absurd. You call yourself Dr but you behave like a grade two!!! Should people educate you about what presidency is??? This is a fake PhD you never went to school you are just posing with fake titles .
The family wanted to bring the remains on 18th June 2025. You brought in other terms and abrogated the Agreement. You further cancelled the National Mourning..
The family decides to bury in South Africa, again you go to court, dragging the poor widow to stop the burial. What kind of person are you?
Let 2026 come, I never want to see your presence again in Public Service…go away with your useless Politics, of hypocrisy, the insulting Praise Thugs, the Rabid Rogues in Koswe, Zambia Watchdog…You have turned Zambia into nightmare.
Begone S….
Its not you to determine that. It may be your wish but you alone have no right to demand that. You will have to get the rest of Zambia to do so.
Emotional naiveity laced with tanrums when PF wrecked this country doesnt mean you will have your way. We have just seen a UPND leader jailed after thinking that crossing the party line would grant him carte blanche to criminal acts. The world doesnt work that way.
This country was bankrupt in 2021. And the individual at the helm (and I put it lightly) were incompentent. Your expectations are understandably not met. Lets be adults. Kaweche Kaunda a person as agrieved as the Lungu Family is consoling the family. However, lets not incite and instigate feelings when they are in a very emotional state. That is wrong. Its taking advantage of a person in a vulnerable state.
Lastly dont mislead. We all saw the statements made by Makebi Zulu and their insinuation. To the point Patrick Kamgwa had to put the record straight. We read articles of utterances made by the late Edgar Lungu as well as those made by the state. The hate suggested is not what I saw today, when a hand written note was writtem by Edgar Lungu in 2023 wish HH happy birthday. Lets stop creating aspiration of relationship that we were not perview to as the two are the only ones who know what kind of relationship they had. Mr Lungu is dead. And Viva voce excerise can not be engaged with Mr. Lungu (the dead can not testify). Let the man be granted a reapectable burial. Its not our place nor our fight.
The criminally accused will live to fight their cases. Lets not mix matters
You are not a saint my man. You talk about a poor widow. Do you even know what a female vulture is? You cannot call a jezebel who stole money from the Zambian public and built modern flats while they died in squalor a poor widow. A family that looted unabated as a weeping family? A family that wants to escape to RSA for fear of legal redress on the loot they are refusing to release a grieving family??? You are a very poor person where you are and probably don’t even have a car let alone a house and this group of thieves have several houses each from our money and you call them victims???? Is your head ok??? Are you normal??? People said if you come to Zambia and don’t get rich there is something wrong with you because Zambia is a blank cheque. With what I see on the behaviour of Zambians everywhere. I think they are right. You cannot call a person with dubious roots a Zambian and allow him to rule as president and when he and his evil gang try to escape and God catches them for you they become “victims” of the state machinery! Zambia confused even the lord God. The other country we can be equated to is Israel. Remember the trouble Moses endured from them in the desert for 40 years???
Yes indeed President HH is the father of the nation that’s why people shout out “Bally” when they see him any where.When he gets inaugurated after winning the 2026 election we shall hear too much the word Bally meaning father.President HH is really more loved by the people he is the bally of the nation.