WE’LL USE ANOTHER PARTY IF PF IS BLOCKED NEXT YEAR – MAKEBI
MAKEBI Zulu says the PF will use another party to stand in the 2026 elections, in an event where the party is not allowed to be on the ballot.
Zulu, who is PF aspiring presidential candidate adds that as things stand, it will be impossible for President Hakainde Hichilema to get 50%+1 in the 2026 general elections.
He adds that President Hichilema is insecure because he promised what he cannot deliver.
Speaking when he featured on Prime TV, Tuesday, Zulu said the opposition were holding meetings and would emerge stronger from the defeat of Bill 7.
He added that the PF would not disclose the special purpose vehicle they might use for fear that the party might be victimized.
“There’s need for the opposition to come together; the issue of Bill 7 is something that just put a blow on the people of Zambia to say, your people can’t even be trusted, now we need to rebuild this trust. I can assure the people of Zambia that we are going to emerge and we’ll emerge stronger out of this because we have a plan and as late as yesterday, the other day, we are having meetings almost on a daily basis. We know that we need to go in a particular direction, cognisant of the fact that the long reaching hand of this administration may not allow PF to be on the ballot, we’ll keep fighting for PF but we’ll not be oblivious to the fact that they will not allow it,” Zulu said.
“As such, we are really prepared that we are going to move together with the people of Zambia on a vehicle that we dare not disclose at this particular time for fear that the persons that are holding this organisation may be victimised”.
Zulu charged that the decision to increase the number of constituencies is meant to reward the long serving members of UPND, who may be threatening to contest as independent MPs.
“The fact that they’ve increased the number of constituencies does not necessarily mean that they are going to win the next election because it doesn’t impact the presidential vote. The presidential vote still remains that he must get 50+1. As things stand, it is impossible for President Hakainde Hichilema to get 50+1, he will not get 50+1. This move was intended to serve most of the dinosaurs that are in the UPND.
The level of discontentment in the UPND, if you’ve noticed, has been that there are those that are said to have served for a very long period of time and what the UPND has been grappling with, you saw that meeting they had at their conference centre, where they were saying, we will not allow any independents, we’ll not allow anyone to go independent. It’s because they were looking at the constituencies where we have these members of parliament that have overstayed,” he explained.
“These members of parliament are saying, listen, ‘we know we have been there for long but we just formed government, it is our time to also enjoy, after we usher you into government. Why do you want to disadvantage us now?’ Now, at this stage, what the UPND was looking at is, how do we save the status? Let’s go to those constituencies where these people are and divide them, so that these long serving members of parliament also have an opportunity to stand on one part of the constituency and create a part of the constituency for their competitor, who, if we don’t adopt, is going to stand as an independent and will disturb the configuration of our numbers. It was a political move of the UPND, nothing to do with the good of the people; it was a fight for survival”.
Zulu argued that increasing members of parliament did not in any way guarantee that government would be much more efficient.
“You are saying we are creating new constituencies so that you could have more CDF, that is not making sense because you are just telling us that the system is broken. So, the question of the increase of members of parliament has got nothing to do with efficiency in terms of governance but it has everything to do with enshrining oneself to be able to overstay in government, to be able to manipulate the law into one’s favour.
Increasing the members of parliament does not in any way guarantee that government will be much more efficient. When you were coming into government you were saying we have a bloated government, we are going to reduce the ministries, then you create a 115 [parliamentary seats], what are your priorities? We have farmers that are queuing up to receive monies which FRA has not paid and you are going to spend over K5 million on each member of parliament,” Zulu noted.
“We already have a budget that has been passed, our budget, 90 percent of it is personal emoluments, 10 percent towards debt servicing and development. You can’t achieve anything with that 10 percent. In terms of development, it’s nothing. So, you have 90 percent that has already gone towards personal emoluments, salaries, wages and all. You did not factor that into your budget.
At the end of the year you come and introduce 115 new members of parliament. These 115 new members of parliament, they all have to be paid salaries on a monthly basis, not just that, there are allowances that go with that, not only allowances, they are entitled to vehicles which essentially, government gets to pay for. You have this huge wage bill [but] you are saying we need to introduce these new members of parliament”.
He further charged that President Hichilema is insecure because he promised what he could not deliver.
“I think we are where we are because of just one word; insecurity. I think President Hakainde Hichilema is insecure; he’s insecure because he promised what he couldn’t deliver. He stayed too long in opposition and made all the promises that are in the book and has delivered on none of them. There was a promise of fertiliser, a 50kg bag costing K250.
What is the cost [now]? I was just buying fertiliser, it costs over a K1000 to buy one pocket of fertiliser. You have a person that promised that and now he’s insecure that I’ve not delivered on this promise, how do I secure myself in this position or in this seat that seems to be sweet. He promised that fuel will be costing K12, where are we now? It’s not costing K12,” said Zulu.
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What the country need is a leader not one who wants to settle scores, for that we can give you a boxing ring to sort yourselves out, while HH talks too much for a president, your support for plunderers is worse because it takes us back wards and shows us what kind of person you are, your support also of wrong traditions of keeping dead people for so long is one that does not rhyme with the country’s traditions, so all in all you are a wrong person for a Zambian presidency, the earlier you get that into your head the better because it will save you and your backers a lot of money
What a useless agenda.
Remove HH.
Then what ?
Clean out the national treasury and take us back to days of financial recklessness?
Keep hallucinating.
He’s a bitter chap, he can’t be near anything like power, hell no!!
Hakainde has to go, period. The country needs to be united. KK warned us about him but we did not listen. We need a leader that can put an end to this tribalism, corruption and oppression. A leader that can put citizens first, not for himself and his friends to loot our resources. We need transparency in governance and fairness in justice. We need someone that is not embroiled in witchcraft and village superstitions.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN 2026.
Ba Indigo, so simply by removing HH the country will be united? And all our ills will be cured?
Mr. Makebi Zulu is definitely not the person who can unite the people of Zambia. He is just as divisive as his late boss, Mr. Lungu.
Ba Indigo, who do you propose should take the reigns of power? Don’t just stop at saying, “HH must go”. Who is your replacement?
Fact is, in HH we have a responsible, reliable, caring leader. He has managed to stabilise the country which was brutalised by the PF regime of which Mr. Makebi Zulu was and still is a part.
JMC just ignore HaaIndigo, his toxic tribal hatred for HH reached insanity levels many years ago and I don’t think HH gives a damn about it, let alone if he even knows there is an insignificant daily Blogger called HaaIndigo with red eyes and high BP hatred on HH. With HaaIndigo all his daily life revolves around “HH Hatred”
10 % towards paying debts. Makebi, who contracted the debt
we pay for?For once just be frank and honest. Everything you
are saying goes into your face. So what would you do in the event that
you were to be elected? Does it just end at beating HH?
Tell us what you would do differently please
Is 50%+1 threshold impossible to get in 2026? You attribute this to the old UPND stalwarts who are reluctant to let go and let fresh blood take over.. To you this may result into several aspiring candidate to go independent. You have completely misread the status quo in UPND. If anything, the party has strengthened its structures to the point of allowing the old guards to retire voluntarily. There is no scrambling for candidature in UPND.
Hopefully there are parties that are out there that just want to be used or they were formed to be used.
Then what?
AIKONA man. Malukula sure, you live ichitumbi ku mortuary ku South ati you can remove HH from power? Wubepelefye. You can mobilize ifitumbi, amalomba, utuyebela, basangoma bonseeeeee! Tawakayimone. Be it what, nikumanda ekobakakuvotela. As I see you, you will be chasing the shadow of yiur dead eclu.
Acting like amwanakashi uwulufishe umwawume but a-amba ukushinguluka nokupitana muma bars mukufwaya indalama nabawume? Takwaba! people will see that as eee uyu-mukamfwila especially if the dead is not buried ninshi kula-endafye neminyama. Everyone else who sees such a one will be reminded of the same. The case at hand.
Mr malukula yabaaaaa. Big problem
Zambians donot want gold diggers like your uncle lungu.is it what amaulume told you where u hid him? And then u also buy estates in South Africa? Pity to those Zambians who will support you heartless pronconsul Africanus
Makebi Zulu has just reminded me of Jimmy Cliff who sang that “the harder they come, the harder they fall.” Makebi Zulu is going to fall hard, if Lungu who was still in power fell, what more with Makabi Zulu who is not even in power? He is saying that they have meetings everyday but does he think that eve HH ali che Ndwii, waiting for Makebi Zulu to come and defeat him. HH is a good political war planner, there are many people who came before Makebi Zulu including ECL whilst HH was still in opposition, they failed. It will therefore be a big miracle for Makebi Zulu to defeat HH next year especially that he is the one in power now. Most likely, Makabi’s plan will end up as a day dream.
Ichitumbi chamufunganya uyu muntu please, kupena uko nomba
Then what? Is that your manifesto?
Rather hostile a statement. Remove UPND and then what? What do you have to offer? Nothing you just want to pardon you klepo family so that they can abuse Zambian?
You can name it malukula party or hard heartened family or makebi Zulu family killed gutila muleya party I didn’t care whichever the name you are going to pick up.
What a gool , I would not waste my vote on such
Stolen money has got a mouth to talk.You share Eurobond money leaving the country bankrupt today lamenting to be a presidential candidate.Makebi stop smoking.Now I understand why your young brother is capable of killing,same reason you are capable of using the former president `s body as a campaigning tool.You are from a bad family, not a good man.Go back to God and pray