MAKEBI ZULU’s INDEPENDENCE DAY ADRESS
Fellow Citizens,
As we commemorate sixty-one years of independence, we gather as one people united by history, bound by hope, and driven by the dream of a better Zambia.
Independence was not just a date on the calendar. It was a promise a promise of freedom, equality, dignity, and opportunity for every Zambian, regardless of tribe, region, or status.
Yet today, that promise remains unfulfilled for too many among us. Too many of our young people are jobless. Too many farmers struggle to survive. Too many voices are silenced for daring to speak the truth.
That is why, fellow Zambians, I stand before you today with a solemn conviction and a renewed call:
It is time for Zambia’s Second Independence.
Our founding fathers and mothers Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe, Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula, Mainza Chona, Mama Julia Chikamoneka, and many others fought with courage and sacrifice for our political freedom.
Today, it is our turn to fight for our economic, social, and democratic freedom.
For what do we see in our beloved Zambia today?
We see an economy that serves foreign interests before serving our own people.
We see tribal divisions where unity once reigned.
We see cyber laws that muzzle citizens and criminalize free thought and speech.
We see young people bright, capable, and ambitious left on the margins of opportunity.
We see a government more interested in control than compassion.
This, my brothers and sisters, is not the Zambia our forefathers envisioned.
A truly independent Zambia must be one where:
▪️ Power is balanced, and no office stands above the people.
▪️ The nation’s wealth our land, mines, and water benefit Zambians first.
▪️ Every voice, from the youth in Kanyama to the farmer in Mwinilunga, is heard and respected.
▪️ Justice serves all, not just the powerful.
The Zambia we seek to build under Second Independence 2.0 is one that is pro-life, pro-poor, and founded on faith and moral courage. It is a Zambia where no child goes hungry, no worker is exploited, and no citizen is silenced.
To all those who have suffered for speaking the truth, to those who have been jailed or forced into exile your courage is not forgotten. You are the torchbearers of this new liberation. The dawn you fought for is coming.
And to you, the youth of Zambia listen carefully:
You are the drivers of Second Independence 2.0. This is your moment, your generation’s call to duty.
The freedom you enjoy today was bought by the sweat and blood of those before you but the freedom of tomorrow depends on your action today.
Register to vote.
Stand up for your country.
Do not allow apathy or fear to silence you. Your voter’s card is your weapon, your voice is your power.
Together, we can rebuild a Zambia where the ballot, not intimidation, defines leadership where service, not self-interest, guides governance.
Let us reclaim our voice.
Let us restore dignity to the poor.
Let us bring back respect for the rule of law especially in the presidency.
Let us rebuild our foreign relations based on mutual respect and national pride.
Fellow citizens, Independence 2.0 is not a slogan, it is a movement of hope.
A movement to reclaim the heart and soul of our nation for democracy, for justice, for equality, and for the future of our children.
Our journey begins today.
Our freedom is not behind us it lies ahead.
Let us rise as one people and complete the work our forefathers began.
May God bless Zambia.
May God bless her youth.
And may Zambia forever bless her people.
U have been groomed on how to make more Zambians poorer by your masters lungu and co idiots
Where were you when cadres ran havoc? Where were you when HH was arrested 15 times? Where were you when we were based? Where were you when in lungu’s cabinet was full of bembas and easterners? Where were you when meal allowances were withdrawn? Where were you when JJ Banda was bearing up police at station and even peeing in a journalist mouth?
We can listen to you! Perhaps you are speaking to those that keep USD400,000 in the house! It is you who has caused more pain by letting president lungu lie in a fridge for 4 months, all because of ego than anything else. Did you see or learn anything from Kenya funeral? I doubt, you guys are full of yourselves. By the way, Zambia is not HH. It is the Zambians at large you punish.
Worthless effort to address Zambians, who are you anyways?
This idiot has no shame and thinks Zambians are foolish. His PF did exactly all the things he is highlighting here and the youth came in numbers to remove PF. What an arrogant person you’re all because of the money you’re looting from the looters. For real you’re an international malukula. In what capacity are you addressing the Zambian people? You’re a proper moron who has brought a curse and embarrassment that Zambia has never witnessed before.
He feels at any turn he can congregate the nation and address us, I don’t know where this big headedness is coming from, anywhere one cannot write off the fact that he has probably grown financially as a result of rubbing off with the money spinners.
But why is it that, you Makebi zulu from your blindness pretend not see the mess you have created over the dead, your big snake lungu that even his wife and children think they are all prexide ts of Zambia including to dictate o er the affairs of the Country sure.
You under PF killed and shed blood. A sin which is obvious if it was ohers you could just have repented and acknowledge your wrongs like Saul who later became Paul and worked tirelessly to the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Shame on you
You saw Lungu going into a wrong trajectory and you clapped and accepted his appointment as minister. Today you want to demonize HH who is going into the same direction of saving self and servitude to white capital and you act wise. We know you all. Your PF made educated people look stupid. All one needed was to go to the backyard and lift weights, bulk his muscles and wear green vests and beat innocent citizens and be called Commander.
Today UPND cheated the youth to vote for them promising heaven on earth but once they did, they are throw in the gutter and called junkies.
You are all the same: selfish, nepotistic, tribalistic cowards focussed on lining your pockets.
You all know we need economic and social independence (our fathers fought for and gained the political one). We have to regain our mineral wealth the bustard son late Chiluba and his goons gave away. We need courageous men and women that can yank our mines from foreign capital and ride through the storms that will follow with the support of Russia and China will reluctantly join the support cause her sons are part of the criminal gang.
Ibrahim Traore has done is successfully on a mineral much more lucrative than copper. But our cowards who are more educated and older than him have failed.
What are shame!!!
But why is it that, you Makebi zulu from your blindness pretend not see the mess you have created over the dead, your big snake lungu that even his wife and children think they are all presidents of Zambia including to dictate over the affairs of the Country sure mwebantu. We only have one President, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zambia President Hakainde Hichilem. period.
You under PF killed and shed blood. A sin which is obvious if it was others you could just have repented and acknowledge your wrongs like Saul who later became Paul and worked tirelessly to the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Shame on you Makebi