Jonas Shakafuswa says the northern region is the most aggrieved after failing to return power in the August 2026 election

NORTHERN REGION IS MOST AGGRIEVED: Shakafuswa Says There Is No Superior Ethnic Group In Zambia

Former deputy finance minister Jonas Shakafuswa,says the northern region is the most aggrieved after failing to return power in the August 2026 election.

Shakafuswa writes:-

THERE SHOULD BE TRUTH FOR A NATION TO RECONCILE. 

The so called election fall out is manifestation of a very polarized Zambia. Let us be honest. The most aggrieved party is the northern region. Not all Zambians. This elections offered them the best opportunity to “return power” in the hands of their region.

You will remember a Catholic Priest, Father Lupupa preaching in church that it is better to rig elections than allow a certain tribe be in power? It failed. That tribe got power. That’s when the fight started. Nothing the tribe could do was seen as being right.

The tribe also started reacting to maintain “law and order”. This has been the Genesis of our problems in this Country. As long as we believe only our tribe is entitled to hold power over other tribes, we will never experience true democratic rule.

We have to come out and be true to ourselves. This Country does not belong to any ethnicity. It belongs to all Zambians. There is no superior ethnic group in our Country. We all are equal. Removing the superior ethnicity tag from your life will be the begging of reconciling our Country to a true one Zambia one Nation.

A nation without regional borders. A Country which does not employ on ethnicity lines. A Country which moves together as one people. The ethnic tag should not be imported in the civil service.

Defense Forces and all quasi government departments. All those who seek Justice should remove their tribal coat for all of us to experience true Justice.