“Slander Is a Tool for Fools” — Makebi Zulu
Lusaka | November 10, 2025
Patriotic Front (PF) Presidential aspirant, Hon. Makebi Zulu, has clarified his decision to participate in the ongoing party presidential race despite the unsettled matter surrounding the burial of the late former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, describing his participation as both an act of loyalty and honour to the fallen leader’s vision for Zambia.
Speaking this evening when he featured on EMLive, Hon. Zulu has addressed concerns from within and outside the party suggesting that his involvement in political activities during this period was inappropriate.
He clarified that the ongoing disagreement over the burial of President Lungu was not a political stunt, but rather a matter of principle and broken trust between the family and the government.
“The question of the burial of President Edgar Chagwa Lungu is an issue for all of us,” Hon. Zulu stated.
“In speaking for and on behalf of the family, I communicate the desires of the family the desires of the late President as a person that is properly principled ought ordinarily to do.”
He emphasized that the matter had been mischaracterized by detractors:
“It is not a comfortable matter to discuss, but it has been moved and made to seem as though the idea of the burial is a political move. Obviously, that is being drawn by the detractors.”
“No one is talking about how the family is not the one that went to court, how the issues that surround this matter are issues of trust the trust that has been broken down between the family and the government, not by reason of the actions of the family, but by reason of the actions of the government.”
He stressed that any genuine reconciliation must begin with rebuilding confidence.
“Unless and until trust is built, which is what is being worked on to build trust between the family and the government, it would be very difficult and unprincipled to give in to demands that you know will not eventually be followed.”
Hon. Zulu further argued that respecting the wishes of the deceased and his family is a moral duty that transcends politics:
“Any person with their soul or with any iota of morality should be able to respect those particular wishes and not replace the wishes of the deceased or indeed the wishes of the family with their own. To do so is what would be manipulative.”
“Within the party, I’ve had discussions from those who are supporting my colleagues to say, no, you can’t participate because there is this burial that is pending.
And I’m thinking, okay, but everyone else is participating and we haven’t buried. They form part of the ECL family. They form part of the patriotic family. So, what is good for the goose is certainly good for the gander.”
He stated that his political engagement was in fact an act of honour to President Lungu’s legacy, not defiance.
“We are not participating in the political process for purposes of disrespecting ECL. We are participating in this political process for purposes of honouring ECL, considering what he died for. He died so that we may restore democracy. He died so that we may restore the rule of law. He died so that we may restore the respect for institutions of governance. He died so that we may restore the issues of human rights.
He questioned the logic of restricting citizens’ voices or progress in the name of mourning:
Hon. Zulu concluded his remarks with a philosophical reflection passed down from his late father:
“My father once told me this. He says slander is a tool for fools. That is to say, where a person loses an argument, they’ll resort to slander. They’ll resort to insults. And they’ll not be addressing an issue for what it is.”
In a light moment, he acknowledged the ridicule he has received for his outspokenness, remarking:
“I’ve been nicknamed Malukula, International Malukula.”
You are lying.Your father never told such a wise saying about fools, unless you there were just the two of you.Your alleged murderer brother must have missed the session
So one brother is a Malukula and another a Murderer? What a family!! And you want to bring that curse on our country. Sometimes its good to just sit down and eat your evil money quietly with your family. Why do you want to subject your family to all these negative vibes? Eat your dirty money sir quietly mambala iwe
Who is the government? So you mean the pipo of Zambia are at loggerheads with the lungu family then why do you want them to vote for you
I love your opening line which is also a simple question that only those that dont pay any attention to Civics would fail to answer if not for malice! In the current scenario amongst all haters mostly stemming from opposition parties’ politicking for whatever reasons “government” when mentioned is a synonymous meaning of “HH.”
Makebi belongs to the coven of the HH haters for no other reason than to not accept Lungu lost to HH and the Lungu mantra of “No Tonga shall ever rule Zambia!” Here I’m not trying to stimulate tribal sentiments for haters or debate for I don’t subscribe to the “Zambian type caste system” propagated by the politicians of low mentality! The dead Lungu if indeed dead can not be the spirit that is guiding Zambians! I wonder if Makebi and all other “learned” men and women of the legal profession get affected by amnesia in following the law once aligned with opposition party politics! Time will tell!
Please advise this man to come on live prgs, so that we can also call him. He doesn’t make sense when he pauses the question, who went to court? We, the people of Zambia, went to court because, out of the selfishness of one family and spokes person, they wanted to deny us the chance to also say bye to our fomer president. They wanted and still want to burry him like a commoner. The hatred for one man in the name of the president, had clouded their judgement . The truth is, it is not HH you are denying a chance but us mere Zambians. Don’t be fooled by your 1.8m, you won’t go anywhere. You will just succeed to deny Kalaba a fair chance of staging a competitive bid to plot one. It is a disgrace really that you come here with a straight face, wanting to further exploit the dead.
Indeed you are a Malukula, an international one for that matter Imagine, you leave the body of Lungu in the fridge and come to Zambia and start politicking using the same corpse. That’s un African and un Zambian, if your conscious is free from all this, then you are not okay, there should be something seriously wrong with you.
Can you quickly release the body of Lungu so that it can receive a decent and befitting burial. Mulekwata insoni.
Where are the elders to advise this chap? He has now run away from SA and leaves the Lungu family alone. Does this chap has any conscious? Where in the world do you leave the body in a morgue, disappear and move on with your life? If Lungu would rise from the dead he would curse these idiots with a mysterious lightning on a blue sky.
Makebi should be held accountable for all the nonsense surrounding ECL’s burial and all. The PF machinery is pure garbage and belongs to the dumpster. Just hatred for one man who is doing remarkably well for all Zambians across the nation. Government should summon this guy to State House and tell the nation what in the world is going on with ECL’s body…President HH must act now on this guy or else I see nothing but total confusion leading up to the 2026 General Elections. That Makebi Zulu sneaked into the country without consequences considering the circumstances is a nightmare for me and am sure many other patriotic Zambians are thinking the same. He has to tell the nation the exact situation of ECL’s body and the ever impending burial. If MZ can be giving interviews to score political points then he might as well tell the nation the absolute truth about the Lungu family and ECL. Please Mr. President summon this guy period. Naba delela baad.
Makebi should be held accountable for all the nonsense surrounding ECL’s burial and all. The PF machinery is pure garbage and belongs to the dumpster. Just hatred for one man who is doing remarkably well for all Zambians across the nation. Government should summon this guy to State House and tell the nation what in the world is going on with ECL’s body…President HH must act now on this guy or else I see nothing but total confusion leading up to the 2026 General Elections. That Makebi Zulu sneaked into the country without consequences considering the circumstances is a nightmare for me and am sure many other patriotic Zambians are thinking the same. He has to tell the nation the exact situation of ECL’s body and the ever pending burial. If MZ can be giving interviews to score political points then he might as well tell the nation the absolute truth about the Lungu family and ECL. Please Mr. President summon this guy period. Naba delela baad.
No you are undertaker