MUNDUBILE INVITES HH TO VISIT, STAY IN ZAMBIA FOR A MONTH CONTINOUSLY
Lusaka, Wednesday (February 1, 2023)
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Brian Mundubile says President Hakainde Hichilema should learn to stay in Zambia for at least 30 days continously, for him to take note of the challenges being faced by citizens.
Mr. Mundubile who is also PF Presidential Candidate said, President Hichilema as a result of his frequent trips, was misled by the ZESCO Board Chairperson on electricity generation situation.
“As you know, governance is a collective responsibility where the President and his cabinet need to provide solutions and resolve challenges that people face,” he said.
Mr. Mundubile said it was necessary for President Hichilema, to appreciate challenges people face without waiting for others to mislead him.
“I have a problem, like many other Zambians, with the foreign trips by the President. You have seen that he has made in excess of 30 trips in just one and half years that he has been in power,” he said.
Mr. Mundubile said it was worrying that President Hichilema travelled out of the country every week.
“You are aware that recently we had a confession from one Board Chairperson who said that he misled the President. It is also true that the President was misled on the issue of maize stocks in the country. The President was misled on the stock levels of drugs in the country. The President was misled on the procurement of fertiliser. You can only imagine that the reason why this President is easily misled is because, maybe, he is not in the country most of the time. He is not spending a lot of time to address himself to the issues that are obtaining,” he said.
Mr. Mundubile that this situation in Zambia would be normalized if the President decided to stay home for most of the time.
“I wish to take this opportunity to humbly invite the President of the Republic of Zambia, Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, to come to Zambia and remain in the country for at least a month or two so that he can fully appreciate what is obtaining,” he said.
Mr. Mundubile said that, if President Hichilema accepted the invitation to spend more time at home, he would be able to tackcle the shortage of drugs, push for fertiliser procurement to start early and appreciate that Zambians were facing loadshedding because electricity was being exported at the expense of it’s citizens.
“If he stays for a month in Zambia, he will appreciate that most of the storage sheds are empty because all the maize was exported. In this way, he can begin to address the challenges as they are and be able to provide solutions,” he said.
Mr. Mundubile said it will be difficult for President Hichilema to govern the country in the manner that he desires, for as long as he is continuously traveling out of the country.