LEAKED: FULL Report And Resolutions Of The Barotse Royal Establishment Consultative Meeting Of The Barotse Traditional Council Held From 24th To 26th January 2024

When the preamble is a fallacy…It is fake , a misrepresentation, I don’t read further, because it becomes nonsense. The President didn’t say there is no Barotse Land. President Hakainde Hichilema said , there is no Country by the name of Barotse Land in Zambia .. Period.
And again I state ,there is Barotse Land, and there is Mbunda Land, Nkoya Land, Lunda Land, Ngoni Land….and n >73 Lands in Zambia. But these are not countries!
That’s what the President said.

For those who don’t know the so called Barotseland anthem is the Lesotho national anthem word for word. It was “imported” by a missionary called Coillard when he relocated from the then Basutoland, now Lesotho.

The president was right there is no Barotseland in zambia. What else do you want the president to say.?In other countries this could be termed as mutiny. Some people in this country think they are superior than others.

They lie that the Barotseland Agreement of 1964 is what made Barotseland a part of Zambia! Far from the truth. The Barotseland Agreement of 1964 was a last ditch effort by a Litunga who had been disappointed by his people because MaLozi people voted against his wishes. When it was apparent that Britain was granting Independence to Northern Rhodesia Litunga Mwanawina demanded to secede from Northern Rhodesia. The British said NO. Litunga and some white settlers who didn’t want Black rule sponsored a separatist party which was called Sicaba Party which was only active in Barotse Province! The Litunga and his ruling class unleashed violence on UNIP and ANC political activists and banned them from campaigning within Barotseland. The Litunga demanded that UNIP and ANC, the two Nationalistic Independence movement parties must not field candidates in Barotseland because they could never win against the Sicaba Party!

The Governor of Northern Rhodesia told the Litunga that since he was so sure that UNIP and ANC could not win he should let them contest the elections in preparation for Independence.

Litunga Mwanawina Lubosi told the Governor that if the Nationalist Movements would lose the Elections in Barotseland, then He would have the right to secede it from Northern Rhodesia before independence takes place.

Barotseland had two Parliament seats! UNIP and ANC political activists were banned from campaigning mwa Bulozi and they had to campaign at night to avoid being lynched by the Litunga”s sponsored thugs! The Sicaba Party on the other hand were bought a Land Rover and funded to the tune of £240, which was a lot of money back then for campaigns! Despite the fact that the Litunga”s preferred Sicaba Party was campaigning freely throughout Barotseland in a Land Rover and had money to bribe voters with, while UNIP and ANC were banned from holding any campaign meetings in the Barotse Province, the two UNIP candidates, Mubiana Nalilungwe and Arthur Ñututluti Wina won with massive landslide victories.

In 1963 demands were made that the Katengo should be made an elective body instead of having appointed representatives! Elections were organized and planned for January 1964. Again the Litunga and his ruling class at Namuso (Lyaaluyi) backed the Sicaba regionalist party and demanded that if it won those Katengo Élections, then Barotseland would march to independence as a separate country! Again the results were a disaster for the Litunga Mwanawina 3. UNIP which was banned from campaigning within Barotseland again scooped all the 25 Katengo seats!

That UNIP victory is what killed the Litunga Mwanawina’s secession wishes. The people of Bulozi had spoken through the Ballot that they wanted to be part of the Nation of Zambia. The people of Bulozi outright rejected their Litunga”s selfish motivés by voting against the Litunga’s wish. Because the Sicaba Party failed to win even a single seat in the Katengo Mwanawina had no moral standing to demand for Secession. Mwanawina was using those elections as a referendum for him to secede if the Nationalist Movements lost against his preferred Sicaba party! To his disappointment the United National Independence Party (UNIP) which was the party he hated the most won both the Katengo and Parliamentary Elections with landslides.

The Malozi had stabbed their Litunga in the back. Mwanawina was stranded because his desire was thwarted by his own people through the ballot. Following this disappointment, Mwanawina appealed to the Secretary for the Colonies on how to preserve his rights and privileges under the new Government! The newly elected near future Prime Minister of soon to be independent Northern Rhodesia, Kenneth Kaunda and Litunga Sir Mwanawina were invited to England where the Barotseland greement was signed.

Contrary to what the Secession propagandists tell you the Barotseland Agreement was not a marriage certificate between Barotseland and Zambia. Barotseland was already an integral part of Zambia (Former Northern Rhodesia). What the Barotseland Agreement did was to safeguard Mwanawina’s selfish interests which he failed to secure through his Sicaba Party. The Agreement gave Mwanawina powers to have his own taxation system, powers over management of forests, etc. The Agreement did not create Zambia. Zambia already existed as Northern Rhodesia – one entity that was governed by one Governor representing. Barotseland was simply a Protectorate within that Colony of Northern Rhodesia!

You may be wondering why the MaLozi voted against the wishes of their Litunga and chose to back one of the Nationalist Movements instead of the Sicaba Party! According to my late grandfather, The MaLozi people didn’t want to be indirectly colonized by the White Settlers from Southern Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe) Those white settlers are the ones who bought the Land Rover and provided the £240 for the Sicaba Party. By voting for the Sicaba Party, the MaLozi people would have sold Barotseland to the financiers of that regionalist party who would obviously want to reap some benefits from the victory of the party they sponsored! The other reason was that the majority MaLozi never ascribed to Litunga Mwanawina’s desire to secede Barotseland from the rest of the country. Third, the Litunga received massive financial support from the UK government which benefited only the Litungas and their immediate families and dependants and not the majority MaLozi people! In short our Litungas have been selfish, self centered gluttonous manipulators who used those financial resources on themselves and those close to them. And this is the case to date. The educated MaLozi back then felt that if that selfish clique was given the opportunity to handle their affairs, the status quo would remain!

That is the History they don’t want you to know! The BA 1964 was not a marriage between Zambia and Bulozi! The BA 1964 was a desperate attempt by a Litunga who had lost the support of his people to salvage some economic authority!

You may be wondering why Kaunda signed it. UNIP was in a hurry to free this country from colonial rule. The Litunga’s manœuvres were delaying the march towards independence!

DON’T BE CHEATED.
Even those saying if they attained Political Power, they would restore the Agreement are liars! If you read that agreement you’d notice that it indirectly creates a “state within a state”, and no president will ever grant that, not even a Mulozi President will tolerate it

Wake up Lozis. The Litunga and his gang are not advocating for democracy, or for your freedom to choose your leaders or for you one day to become leaders of that province, they are advocating for a dictatorship where ONLY they rule you own you and own the ground you walk on. They are selfish greedy people who think they are better than you because of the womb they came from. Sickening and retrogressive and archaic. Everything they advocating a world of yesterday with zero plans but full of greed.

The BA1964 provides for petitioning the High Court of Zambia in the event of dissatisfaction by either party and not separation or secession by Barotseland from Zambia or expulsion of Barotseland from Zambia by Zambia. There’s no record that this option has been exercised by either party, nor is there an explanation why this option has not been exercised. Instead we have seen that the Barotse Royal Establishment has engaged in correspondence with successive Zambian governments over the BA1964 issue. While the BRE has made public some of its correspondence to the government, the government has not disclosed its replies.
In spite of whatever has happened, there’s no denying that there’s an issue that requires attention in Western province/Barotseland. It’s a testament to the maturity of Zambians that the situation in Barotseland remains peaceful in spite of the infantile language of some youths and even adults such as Samuel Kalimukwa. The latest statement from the BRE suggests that government has been in touch. I see the beginning of discussions to resolve the Barotse question.

Why do we waste time on none issues. How can anyone in this age and era advocate for the the restoration of feudalism?

The British granted indipendence to Tanganyika and Zanzibar, but we’re only prepared to grant indipendence to Northern Rhodesia. Inspite of Litunga Sir Mwanawinas pleadings, the British totally refused to grant indipendence to Barosteland, why?

I am sorry to those who keep saying there is no BAROTSELAND and that this is a fallacy. Sorry, because documents are there to prove that. And I am sorry to say this, because this is the more reason why even the late President Kenneth D Kaunda (MHSRIP), tried to please Lozis by appointing most of them as Prime Ministers more than other tribes in the so-called Zambia.

Secondly, where do you think Dr. Kaunda got the motto: One Zambia One Nation??? He formed this idealogy which is still being used TODAY from the acceptance of the LOZIs to join the Northern Rhodesia to gain POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE THROUGH THE BA 1964 AGREEMENT. Read your History instead of confusing the masses!! The so-called Zambia is fortunate because this is involves the very HUMBLE AND CONSERVATIVE LOZIs. Had it involved some tribes that I won’t mention, the so-called Zambia would not be there today. PERIOD!!!

Which part of Zambia is this region..? Western province? A referendum can help settle matters