By CIC PF Reporter.
HH HAS SPONSORED PEOPLE TO QUESTION MY DEGREE FROM CAVENDISH UNIVERSITY SAYS PF SG.

BUSHE LISUKULU LYENU? NIMPWISHA KABILI NEMWINE DEGREE, PF SG HITS BACK AT THE CRITICS QUESTIONING THE CAVENDISH UNIVERSITY OVER HIS GRADUATION.
Ruling Patriotic Front (PF) Secretary General Hon Davis Mwila has hit back at the critics questioning his degree. Internet in Zambia went ablaze following the photos of the PF SG in a cavendish university graduation gown captured in the office. When the photos made it online mixed reactions rose as others wondered how someone who obtained his GCE qualifications last year in 2019 could be be a graduate in 2020.

Cavendish university has received wide condemnation and doubts about it’s educational credibility to explain how a 4 years degree program in any field could be obtained in one year. Other bloggers say there is a possibility of his enrollment in 2016 so that by the time he graduates in 2020 he cleared his GCE. But deep thinkers are still questioning the qualification bar for one to enroll if at all any non qualified citizens are free to enroll while studying with the university they are rewriting their papers. CIC is trying to get an official position of the matter with Cavendish university.

But Hon Mwila has said people questioning his degree are being sponsored by HH the UPND president to demean and undermine him but says he won’t be distracted.

Hon Mwila has accused CIC of being sponsored by the UPND leader to spin online dust over his graduation, he said if CIC had not covered his story most Zambians would not have heard about it or said bad things about him because he genuinely acquired his degree.
Meanwhile CIC Public Relations officer Ms Maureen Chanda has said that CIC has nothing to do with the PF SG graduation neither was it sponsored by any opposition leaders as named by the PF SG. Ms Chanda says people are curious and CIC as the online tabloid of press information was as curious as any Zambian because certain people trust it hence they asked.

“Hon Mwila would do justice by just answering simple and straightforward question when he enrolled at Cavendish university and what was the status of his qualification by then. If he answers that people will move on instead of politicizing a non political issue as you are aware fun or jokes as it maybe Hon Mwila is a public figure and Cavendish university is a global university heard quartered in the UK with branches worldwide but their credibility is now in public domain hence as a media house it’s our duty to provide an interactive platform for discussions” says Ms Chanda.
Hon Mwila is officially a graduate in Bachelor of Science in Project Management.
CIC PRESS TEAM

SENIOR chief Mukuni says the UNDP and its cooperating partners should not release US $13.2 million to the Electoral Commission of Zambia until it addresses five key issues including not discarding old voters’ cards, political violence and hate speech.

In a statement, Mukuni however, commended the United Nations Development Programme and its cooperating partners such as the European Union, Germany, Britain, Ireland, USAID and France for funding ECZ to strengthen Zambia’s democracy.

“The donor community must be lauded for this generous gesture. I however, wish to express concern that unless stringent conditions are laid out to ensure that the ECZ adheres to specific benchmarks that guarantees delivery of a free and fair election, the magnanimity of the donor community through this generous act, will not yield citizens high expectations and will be a wasted effort,” he said. “In that regard, I call upon all stakeholders among many, the Church mother bodies, the civil society, labour and student movement, Law Association of Zambia and the opposition alliances, to rise to the occasion and exert pressure on the donor community to undertake to release the funds only if ECZ complies to stakeholders and citizens’ demands on the following thorny issues – (1) The voter registration exercise. The unilateral decision by ECZ to deregister the old voters’ roll in preference for a new register that will undeniably defranchise millions is unrealistic, unreasonable and uncalled for. It should be vehemently opposed, rejected forthwith and immediately addressed by the ECZ. (2) The issuance of National Registration Cards. This is basically a conveyance for citizens to register to vote, is directly linked to the electoral process. The insistence by the ECZ to insulate themselves out of this responsibility is unconvincing, and as a matter of fact reckless. EZC must collaborate with the Ministry of Home Affairs in ensuring as many citizens as possible obtain NRCs to enable them to vote.”

Mukuni said the , ‘Strengthening Democracy in Zambia’ project undertakes to provide financial support that would assist the commission in building capacity and strengthen inclusive participation, and civic engagement of all stakeholders in readiness for the 2021 elections.

He said the funds totalling $13.2 million of which 80 per cent has already been raised, would undoubtedly go a long way in providing necessary resources to boost the operations of the ECZ.

Mukuni listed the other thorny issues as being the public order Act saying that the ECZ must invoke necessary powers that it possesses under the Act, by ensuring the police provides equal and fair opportunities to political parties to meet citizens and canvass for support without arbitrary arrests or threats of arrest of opposition party leaders and supporters.

“Currently the opposition faces arrests, intimidation and all manner of harassment from both the Police and ruling party cadres,” noted Mukuni. “(4) Political violence. The ECZ must vigorously engage the Zambia Police and political parties in ensuring that violence is nipped in the bud, regardless of whether these cadres are from the opposition or ruling party. Evidence is abound where the police have turned a blind eye on violence perpetrated by the governing party cadres while ironically arresting the victims of the violence. This is unacceptable and in the long term compromises national security and (5) Hate speech. The ECZ have a statutory duty to ensure canvassing for support by political parties must be within acceptable norms that must not compromise decency. ECZ must collaborate with Police to curtail hate speech based on ethnicity regardless of who says it. Currently hate speech directed at certain sections of the communities carried out by institutional office holders is rife. This has potential to cause huge damage to Zambia’s unitary status and must not be allowed to continue.”

HARRIS, the first Black woman in the US Senate from California, who run against Biden for the presidential nomination.

First-term United States Senator Kamala Harris’s star was already rising fast when she jumped into the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in early 2019. Liberals in the party loved her for being the face of the party’s future – a young, Black woman.

Despite entering the race as an immediate frontrunner, Harris, who was also the only African-American woman running, was out by the end of the year – before even the Iowa caucuses. Her struggle to maintain support was driven by an inability to articulate clear policy positions and a backlash from an attempt to attack rival Joe Biden’s record on race during a June 2019 debate.

Many thought the dust-up ended her chances of being considered for the vice president slot. But they were wrong.

According to political analytics Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s selection of Senator Kamala Harris gives him a running mate who can appeal to African American voters who wer core to Biden’s base of support and serve as a fierce critic of President Donald Trump’s record in office.

A former top state prosecutor in California, Senator Harris came with a law-and-order career record that would help Biden steer a tricky, centrist line between Black Lives Matter protesters and white Americans who worry about attacks on police funding.

Harris, 55, the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India, is a former California state attorney general who became popular with liberal activists for her tough questioning of appointees and officials from the administration of President Donald Trump – including Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, during Senate hearings.

As one of the earliest congressional critics of Trump’s immigration policies, Harris pushed hard for a deal to protect from deportation those immigrants who came to the country without documents as children, a group known as the Dreamers.

Harris made history in 2016 when she became the first Black woman elected to the US Senate from California, and she has pushed back against critics of “identity politics”, who she says are using the term as a pejorative to marginalise issues of race, gender and sexual orientation.

She was among a handful of Democrats who aggressively questioned Kavanaugh at his Supreme Court confirmation hearing about his views on abortion and on the special counsel probe into potential Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

In the Senate, she introduced a bill to give lower-income families cash payments and tax credits to help battle wage stagnation and rising housing costs, and she has been a strong advocate of criminal justice reforms.

In a memoir published in 2019, Harris described herself as a “progressive prosecutor” and said it is a “false choice” to decide between supporting the police and advocating for greater scrutiny of law enforcement.

She is, however, no favourite of progressives in the Democratic party. Many have criticised her record, including her sometimes reluctant approach to criminal justice reform and her fighting against lawsuits brought by sex workers and opponents of solitary confinement in prisons.

She also came under scrutiny for declining as attorney general to prosecute OneWest Bank, which was once headed by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, for alleged foreclosure violations. Harris, who voted against Mnuchin’s confirmation as head of the US Department of the Treasury, said she “followed the facts” in declining to prosecute.

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VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina says women do not want to depend on the benevolence of a dictator or the good will of a President.

She says the PF has never run away from facing the issues of women empowerment.

Responding to Senga Hill PF member of parliament Kapembwa Simbao during the Vice-President’s Question Time yesterday, Vice-President Wina expressed disappointment over the failure of Bill 10.

She said Bill 10 was progressive and should have been endorsed by all members of parliament.

In his question, Simbao wanted to know if the government had come up with an explanation on the failure of Bill 10 and measures to improve women representation in Parliament.

“Mr. Speaker, I want to say that the failure of Bill 10, embarrasses me as a man and I wonder if I am in the same country with those who proudly, boastfully brought it down. Mr Speaker, the demographic of this country shows that women make up 51 per cent of the total population. And they also make up 60 to 70 per cent voters in this country and yet in Parliament women are less than 11 per cent. And her Honour the Vice-President knows that because she’s been there for a long time and this is because the present system we use of first past the post is not favourable to women; it is very competitive. So Bill 10 provided a sure way to increase the number of women,” said Simbao, a former minister in the MMD government. “So Mr Speaker, I want to know from the Vice-President if government has come up with a very good explanation to the 51 per cent (women representation) in Zambia while their attempt to improve the numbers of the women in Parliament was not supported by the same party [UPND] that wants to rule them, starting from next year and thereby failing this Bill 10, thank you Mr Speaker.”

In response, Vice-President Wina said UPND members of parliament had done a disservice to women, the youth and people with disabilities who were guaranteed some safe seats in the House for them to participate in decision-making in the running of their country.

“Mr Speaker, I heard some leaders saying ‘no, no, no, when I get into power, I will appoint women’. Mr Speaker, I can assure the honourable members that even if President Lungu chose all ministers of the provinces, if he chose women, the number will still be negligible. That’s why we need a constitutional provision that will guarantee the number of marginalised people in Parliament. Women do not want to depend on the benevolent dictator or the good will of a President,” she said.

“The President should be assisted by laws that stipulated that the numbers should be increased and it is a right of every woman to participate in the governance of her country. It is a right of the young people. At independence, Mr Speaker, most of the ministers were young. And they were able to move the agenda of this country – to lay the foundation for the prosperity we are enjoying today. But UPND does not want to see women participate. When they even know that in their strongholds they can sponsor women but that party does not do so because they don’t want to see the faces of the women in Parliament. It is as simple as that.”

Vice-President Wina further accused those who rejected Bill 10 of enjoying suppressing women.

“Mr Speaker, the countries that have put women at the forefront such as Rwanda here in Africa and countries like Sweden have seen substantial development in running their countries but here in Zambia, especially in the political party that wants to take over from PF, which they will not do, they seem to relish suppressing women. I don’t want to take it further, to know how women are treated in their homes,” Vice-President Wina said but Speaker Dr Patrick Matibini advised her not to take that line of debate. “I withdraw that last part, Mr Speaker, but this was an opportunity. Bill 10 was offering an opportunity to the young people, to the women to be part of this governance. So long as we are leaving women out of the governance of Zambia, we should not expect much development. Women see what men do not see some times. And it is only appropriate for a progressive country like Zambia to ensure that when progressive bills of this nature are introduced in the House, these bills should be welcomed and endorsed by all members of parliament. Mr Speaker, I am still very disappointed. And the women in the UPND, I hope will be able to impress upon their leaders that they should change mind and look at women as equal contributors to the development of their country.”

But leader of the opposition and Monze Central UPND member of parliament Jack Mwiimbu asked why the Vice-President was u-turning when her party had rejected clauses that were proposing increasing women representation in Parliament.

“Your Honour, the Vice-President, I have noted that you have not stopped mourning over the demise of Bill 10. Your Honour the Vice-President, your party in 2011 defeated the motion that was moved by the MMD that included proportional representation by walking out of this House. Again in 2015, on the floor of this House amended and removed the clause that was proposing the proportional representation on the bases that all women should be free to contest. Why are you summersaulting now because of the obnoxious Bill 10 that contained so many bad clauses that led to its defeat? And also Your Honour, the Vice-President, we give you members of the UPND to vote with you, you still failed. You are the one that failed the people of Zambia by not coming with a good constitution.”

In response, Vice-President Wina asked why Mwiimbu did not debate Bill 10 if it was obnoxious.

“But he kept quiet throughout. When it suited the member of parliament to debate, he walked out, which means they were running away from a progressive bill,” said Vice-President Wina.

“Mr Speaker, PF has never run away from facing the issues of empowering women and we will continue to do so and not the other party, UPND, that does not even talk about what they think is wrong in the bill but only keeping away from the House. That is cowardice.”

By Amon Jere.

The Constitutional amendment Bill number 10, popularly known as bill 10, was meant to fix lacunas in our current constitution amendment Act number 9 of 2016. Therefore, Bill 10 presented an opportunity to fix the lacunas in our current Zambian Constitution.

Indeed, the Bill had a lot of progressive clauses and its collapse has robbed the people of Zambia of progressive Constitutional development.

The biggest losers are the Zambian people, more particularly the women, youth and the differently abled. The Zambian youth, women and the differently abled, have been robbed of the opportunity for effective representation in Parliament. We have also lost the opportunity of delimiting our vast constituencies especially rural ones. Smaller constituencies would have made it easier for government to deliver services effectively and bring development closer to the people. It is sad that the opposition turned a very progressive constitutional development agenda into a partisan political issue.

In the 2016 General Elections, the same opposition fought and defeated the Referendum on the Bill of Rights, which was also a very progressive Constitutional development.
The Bill of Rights was going to enhance the rights of all Zambians and would have addressed the Public Order ACT at the same time.

From the foregoing, it is clear that the opposition are not on the side of the Zambian people.
The opposition have fought at every turn, efforts by the PF Government to enhance the rights and improve the living standards of every Zambian, without leaving anyone behind irrespective of their race, tribe, gender or other physical and social disposition.

I therefore call upon all Zambians to wake up and also turn their backs on the opposition. It is strange that some sections of the opposition in Zambia are desperately trying to link the collapse of bill 10 to the eligibility of President Lungu to stand in 2021.
It is a fact that Bill 10 had nothing to do with the eligibility of President Edger Chagwa Lungu.

President Lungu qualifies to run for Presidency in the 2021 Presidential elections, with or without Bill 10. Constitutionally, there is nothing that can bar president Lungu from running for office of Republican President in August 2021.

The Constitutional Court judgement is very clear and leaves no iota of doubt on the eligibility of President Lungu to run for Presidency in the 2021 General Elections, when it stated that the period between 2015 and 2016 when President Lungu served as Republican President following a byelection, after the demise of President Sata, does not constitute a “term of office”.

Therefore, President Lungu is fully entitled to serving two full Five-year terms of office, the first being August 2016 to August 2021 and the second being August 2021 to August 2026. Let it be known that the decision of the Constitutional court is final and cannot be appealed or challenged.

This means that the talk of challenging President Lungu’s eligibility in the Constitutional Court, can best be described as pedestrian talk, lumpenism or a tavern discussion by serial litigants over a gallon of Chibuku.

I make a passionate and rallying call to the Patriotic Front family as follows: I appeal to all PF members in Zambia and in Eastern province in particular, to be united and focused on mobilizing the party on the ground, so that together we can deliver a resounding victory for the President and our Party in August 2021.

I am calling for party unity in Eastern Province. Let us all work as one with a single unity of purpose and that purpose is to get our President re-elected in 2021.

I am calling for an end to intra party fighting and arbitrary suspensions, especially in Eastern Province.

By Simon Mwewa Lane

TAYALI’S DECIETFUL METHODS OF MANIPULATION

When I see some of the irresponsible posts that the conman throws up on Facebook…I question his sanity and his ability reason properly.

The President Of The Republic of Zambia recently posted an encouraging scripture for the entire Nation to ponder on…but the conman took it and attributed to himself and claimed that the President was personally referring to him. Nonsense!!

The conman’s narcissistic nature is beyond description. He even goes as far as asking the President to send him some funds via e-wallet. He tries to manipulate the Head Of State by using the leader of the Reds as bait.

Ethiopia is going through a tumultuous time and the conman thinks we don’t see through his opportunistic methods of deceit. He was in Ethiopia not long ago but after 5 days, he suddenly rushed back to Zambia without a clear explanation.

Now he wants to go back to Ethiopia. He even suggested that he can drive there if needs be [ butter pa menso ka ] when we know that he wouldn’t go there by Road.

Why would he go back to Ethiopia? For what? To go there and then rush back unaccompanied? I can conclusively say…”Sheba will not return”…if she does return I will be vehemently surprised.

Sheba’s eyes have been opened. She now realises that she married a man that only thinks of himself and his survival…everyone else is just a pawn in his sick game of self-preservation

I look at the vlogging landscape and I’ve noticed that most vloggers fear him. You ignore his rantings and you don’t realise that, as insignificant as he is…he can spark a tribal war in this country. I’ve been saying that since he attacked the late Vespers.

Tayali is a clear and present danger to the peace and stability of this country. He is a spanner in the works, a Judas…a Benedict Arnold, a purveyor of division and deceit. A man that will sell you for 30 pieces of Silver and demand more.

Such a man should not be allowed anywhere near the corridors of power…his self delusional quest to one day govern this country is a pipe dream with no attainable mechanism.

Tayali is in the same category as Ba Mulyokela, cosmo mumba and chama chakomboka. All certified maniacs that dream with their eyes wide shut.

Selah

SMLtv

#ArrestTayali

PeP STATEMENT No. 58 ISSUED ON SATURDAY, 7th NOVEMBER 2021: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

1. As Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP), we are deeply concerned with the fast pace at which the Zambian Kwacha has been depreciating against major convertible currencies, which is now trading at around K21 to the US Dollar and having breached the K20 psychological barrier barely three weeks ago. This scenario contrasts significantly with the fact that our major forex earner, copper, is currently trading at an all-time high of about US$7,000 per metric tonne. One would therefore generally expect an influx of US Dollars in the economy and therefore a significant appreciation of the Kwacha, but this is not the case. The question is; why?

2. Our belief is that the reasons for the Kwacha’s depreciation are several, but all manageable. The first major reason is Government’s failure to formulate and implement a policy that would compel mining companies to remit the gross proceeds of mineral sales back to Zambia and only be allowed to repatriate profits, as and when they are declared. Currently, the scenario is that mining companies externalize the gross proceeds of mineral sales. Consequently, significant economic events such as an increase in copper prices or an increase in the volume of copper exported, do not have any positive bearing on the exchange rate. This situation is totally unacceptable and must immediately be addressed. The Zambian people must ask their Government why it is failing to formulate and implement a policy that would compel mining companies to remit back to Zambia the gross proceeds of mineral sales. Additionally the people have a right to know wether high level corruption has a hand in Government’s inertia in this regard.

3. As Patriots for Economic Progress, our view is that the second major contributor to the continued fall of the Kwacha against major convertible currencies is the diminishing productive capacity of the economy due primarily to the unstable and unaffordable supply of electricity, which is a key production input. Over the past two years, this country has seen the largest increment in electricity tariffs at the same time that it has seen the most unstable supply of the commodity. This combination of adverse factors has caused our economy’s productive capacity to significantly diminish and several businesses failing and shutting down. In order to address this problem, it will not be enough to only increase the country’s electricity generation capacity, but there is also need to revise the tariffs downwards so that they can be affordable to an average local business. The argument of seeking to compare our local tariffs to those in the region by first converting them to US Dollars is cyclic, because our continued loss of productive capacity causes the Kwacha to depreciate which makes our electricity tariffs appear to be reasonable in US Dollar terms, when in fact they are not.

4. As Patriots for Economic Progress, we believe that the third major contributor to the continued fall of the Kwacha against major currencies is the inadequate leadership at the Central Bank. We have argued in the past and we are arguing again now that the current Governor of the Bank of Zambia is not the right man for the job. Our view is that, although he has the requisite qualifications, he does not posses the competence, public demeanor and mental stamina necessary for a person in that position to get the job done. It must be noted that one of the key roles of a Central Bank Governor is to exude confidence in the financial markets in particular and the economy in general. The recent lame statement by the BOZ Governor that he had stabilized the Kwacha at K20.31 to the US Dollar speaks volumes about the true extent of his incompetence. We therefore call upon the relevant appointing authority to consider beginning to search for a possible replacement at the Bank of Zambia because the current Governor will not take us anywhere.

Thank You and May God Bless the Good Citizens of the Republic of Zambia and Our Ailing Nation.

YOURS SINCERELY

SEAN ENOCK TEMBO (SET)
PARTY PRESIDENT
PATRIOTS FOR ECONOMIC PROGRESS (PeP)

CHIEF MUKUNI WANTS DONORS ATTACH CONDITIONS TO ECZ FUNDING
READ HIS FULL STATEMENT BELOW…
Press statement for immediate release from Senior Chief Mukuni.
6th November 2020
DONOR COMMUNITY MUST ATTACH ECZ FUNDING TO SPECIFIC CONDITIONS
In October 2020, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and its cooperatingpartners among many, the European Union, Germany, UK, Ireland, USAID and France, in collaboration with the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ), launched the ‘Strengthening Democracy in Zambia’, project which inter-alia undertakes to provide financial support that would assist the Commission in building capacity and strengthen inclusive participation, and civic engagement of all stakeholders in readiness for the 2021 elections.

The funds totalling US$13.2 out of which 80% has already been raised, will undoubtedly go a long way in providing necessary resources to boost the operations of the ECZ. It also underscores the donor community’s commitment and desire that Zambia achieves free, fair and transparent 2021 election that will reflect the aspirations of the Zambian people, and meet International standards of a credible electoral process.

The donor community must be lauded for this generous gesture. I however wish to express concern that unless stringent conditions are laid out to ensure that the ECZ adheres to specific benchmarks that guarantees delivery of a free and fair election, the magnanimity of the donor community through this generous act, will not yield citizens high expectations and will be a wasted effort.

In that regard, I call upon all stakeholders among many, the Church Mother Bodies, the Civil Society, Labour and Student Movement, Law Association of Zambia and the Opposition Alliances, to rise to the occasion and exert pressure on the donor community to undertake to release the funds, on if ECZ complies to stakeholders and citizens’ demands on the following thorny issues;

1) The voter registration exercise. The unilateral decision by ECZ to deregister the old voters’ roll in preference for a new register that will undeniably defranchise millions is unrealistic, unreasonable and uncalled for. It should be vehemently opposed, rejected forthwith and immediately addressed by the ECZ.

2) The issuance of National Registration Cards. This is basically a conveyance for citizens to register to vote, is directly linked to the electoral process. The insistence by the ECZ to insulate themselves out of this responsibility is unconvincing, and as a matter of fact reckless. EZC must collaborate with the Ministry of Home Affairs in ensuring as many citizens as possible obtain NRCs to enable them to vote.

3) Public Order Act. The ECZ must invoke necessary powers that it possesses under the Act, by ensuring the Police provides equal and fair opportunities to political parties to meet citizens and canvass for support without arbitrary arrests or threats of arrest of opposition party leaders and supporters. Currently the opposition faces arrests, intimidation and all manner of harassment from both the Police and ruling party cadres.

4) Political violence. The ECZ must vigorously engage the Zambia Police and political parties in ensuring that violence is nipped in the bud, regardless of whether these cadres are from the opposition or ruling party. Evidence is abound where the Police have turned a blind eye on violence perpetrated by the governing party cadres while ironically arresting the victims of the violence. This is unacceptable and in the long term compromises national security.

5) Hate speech. The ECZ have a statutory duty to ensure canvassing for support by political parties must be within acceptable norms that must not compromise decency. ECZ must collaborate with Police to curtail hate speech based on ethnicity regardless of who says it. Currently hate speech directed at certain sections of the communities carried out by institutional office holders is rife. This has potential to cause huge damage to Zambia’s unitary status and must not be allowed to continue.

It is in view of the foregoing that I call upon all stakeholders to strongly lobby the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and its cooperating partners to ensure no funds are released until the ECZ adheres to the above critical benchmarks. It is very much within the power of ECZ to stop this.

*Senior Chief Mukuni of the Leya people of Kazungula, Livingstone and Zimba Districts and all the Bene Mukuni*

By Implementers team
“THE GROUND WORK FOR 2021 ELECTIONS!!”
In our analysis this morning, we simply ask these questions which we may consider to determine our preparation for the MUST WIN 2021 Elections:
*1*. What Measures have we put to ensure that we register more voters in the Exercise which is starting on Monday?

Remember that this exercise will only take place for a month and we expect alot of setbacks in our Strongholds!

*2.* Out of the 9 million targeted number by ECZ, do we have our own target as a party? ( In our previous article, we suggested that Provinces, Districts, Constituencies and Wards should have targets).

*3.* How many of us in this forum have already started the process of voter registration or by targeting to take people for registration? It is our hope that each one of us here will take a lead in this process.

*4.* Did we know that we have a big number of frustrated and undecided voters? If so, what message do we have for such people?
*5*. What specific message are we going with in this crucial Election? Are we still maintaining the 10 point plan?

There is need to have specific messages to the government workers, Farmers, Old citizens and Retirees, Youths, Women, Churches, Entrepreneurs, Business men, Students, etc….
In our view, our messages should be SIMPLIFIED and be specific to the needs of various groupings!

*6.* MAYORAL CANDIDATES shouldn’t depend on Presidential vote!!! Why are they in hiding? Come out and mobilise the way aspiring Councillors and MPS are doing! We have noted with sadness that the City of Lusaka may not be won as no candidate is seeing working on the ground? Really, how should we surrender the city to the seemingly out of his mind, Miles Sampa? We have followed more of our members going to the Facebook patting Miles Sampa on the back? Are we serious taking over the Mayoral seat?

*7.* How many of Our top Leaders are going round the Country mobilising?
Did we know that we have 170 days before kick off of campaigns for 2021 ( with only 23 weekends)? In our view, these weekends could have been used in visitations of various Churches across the Nation!

*8.* In terms of transport and Security for the Youths, is it a repeat of 2016 mistakes? These two will help us to secure votes.

Our fellow members, complaining alone won’t help us! Riding on the happenings in the country eg Dollar, electricity, Bill 10, etc is not enough to secure masses of people to vote for us! Lets go on the ground, *MOBILISE, REGISTER , VOTE* when time comes and PROTECT the vote!! This is our Good and Last Opportunity to win the Presidency and take over Power, we need to Win Big!!!
Ours is to analyse, analyse and implement without fear or favour.
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By Kambuma kambuma.
IS IT THAT 30MILLION ARTIST EMPOWERMENT ONLY MEANT FOR THOSE WHO ARE WELL KNOWN AND NOT THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED?

After looking at this picture my heart can’t believe that this man was not included in the 30Million ZMW artist empowerment fund. Maybe he didn’t see the advert. I forgot he is a blind man.! The society we live is never fair at all. We’re is Ubuntu? What criteria was used to give 200000+ to an individual. The money was just too much for an individual when we have a lot of artists who needs money.

Maybe he is not famous. Truthfully speaking this man deserves the package more than Slap D or Mark 2. Tell me how much per song does slap D or Mark 2 charges to jump on it or for recording? More than a thousand. A lot of us watch & listen to this man for free everyday we pass Cairo. All Mr Michelo gets are coins but we go to shows for Mark 2 or Slap D were they charge k50+ yet we think the man doesn’t need money.

Maybe he is a Tonga? Honestly speaking alot of beneficiaries were just bembas : Mwila musonda, Maluza Kaira, ba kopala laka all these are Bembas. The president needs to inquire only Bembas were given the package. Are they the only special people in this country. Enough is enough..!!! Then we should see Ministers saying bill 10 was meant to empower the disabled. Fools…!! We have caught you red handed naked…!!

It is true that this empowerment sega was done out of panic I now see what Seer 1 says it makes sense. The rout taken by Mr Lungu shows that takapite believe me or not. We cannot have inequality and hypocrite reaching such levels everywhere only friends to PF are more Zambians than others. Artist are not the only people affected by the pandemic. What about the civil servants, have you ever thought how they survive.

To you fellow youths it’s high time you value your nationality. Next year they are coming for your votes with beer, t-shirts and K50 when your friends were receiving K3 000 000 then ati pabwato. Zambians wake up, the police continue receiving foolish orders.
CIC PRESS TEAM

Socialists are patriots
By pointing out the mistakes, weaknesses and even abuses of those ruling our country today, we have not turned ourselves into enemies of our people.
Our opposition to the third term bid by those in government today doesn’t make us unpatriotic.

Socialists are patriots and we wish to see our country succeed, with or without us.
You will never see us gloat over national reverses, nor talk down the achievements of those running government. We wish to see the economy recover and do well. We do not look to defeat those running government today on the back of national failure. There will be sufficient grounds without that to argue for their removal. We will not win merely by default, but by our ability to capture the public mood.

Those in government today seem to be guided by the wish to destroy any meaningful opposition; by the determination to have a third term of office for their supreme leader. That is not a recipe for governing well. Theirs is a political party held together by the fear of losing power and its benefits. That will to retain power is the one idea they hold in common. But with the passage of time, that will prove an insubstantial glue. The wheel of fortune turns and that which once appeared fresh, with the passing of time goes to seed.
For us, there’s no choice between being principled and unelectable; and electable and unprincipled. We should win because of what we believe in. A new and complex era such as this requires principles more than ever. It requires a lot more awareness.

This awareness is built by adding experiences of the past and present together with a vision of an anticipated future. It has to be built by adding together all the revolutionary thoughts, the best ethical and humane ideas of all authentic religions, the sum total of the preaching of many political thinkers, of many progressive schools of thought. And political ideas are worthless if they are not inspired by noble, selfless sentiments.

Likewise, noble sentiments are worthless if they are not based on correct and fair ideas.
It is our principles and values that make us a party of compassion; of social justice; of struggle against poverty and inequality; of liberty; of basic human solidarity; and the day we lose those things is the day we keep the name of the Socialist Party but lose the reason for its existence. And ours is a simple enough vision. But it will require supreme national effort. It is a task for a whole people, and not one fixer, genius or MacGyver. Great challenges. But great rewards for all of us if we can rise to them as we can.

We need the good that is in the heart of each of us to serve the good of all of us.
Politics without principles, values or standards seem to be engendering a tendency for our politicians and their supporters to jettison long-term goals for immediate gains.

This forgetting of the great, the principal considerations for the momentary interests of the day, this struggling and striving for the success of the moment regardless of later consequences, this sacrifice of the future for present, may be ‘honestly’ meant, but it is and remains opportunism, and ‘honest’ opportunism is perhaps the most dangerous of all.
Fred M’membe
Mwika Royal Village, Chinsali
November 5, 2020

Banda Sakanya
Copperbelt ~ Kalulushi
THE 64 MINISTERS THAT OVERSTAYED IN OFFICES IN 2016 MUST PAY BACK NOW
ECL must pay back for his 64 Ministers that over stayed in offices after the dissolution of parliament on 13th of May 2016, or they should themselves as individuals pay back salaries, allowances and other emoluments they withdraw from treasury from the day of 13th May 2016 when parliament was dissolved.

ECL a bad lawyer at law misled the nation and his Ministers to continue serving even after their services came to a halt on the 13th of May 2016 when parliament was dissolved.
UPND and some civil societies petitioned this matter to constitution court and the judgement was on 8th August, 2016 ordering all the 64 Ministers to pay back the salaries, allowances and other emoluments they withdrew from treasury from the day Parliament was dissolved.

The 64 minsters appealed to the same constitution court against the judgement through the attorney general Likando Kalaluka to re – open and review the judgement and vacate the portion where it had directed that the minister refund the emoluments they got.
And on 17th Nov, 2017, the constitution court still passed the same judgement ordering minsters to pay back.

Even after the court having detailed from which date and what to pay back, ECL and his minsters have arrogantly opted not to pay back to the treasury.

ECL, his leadership and PF surrogates have ignored the ruling by concourt for ministers to pay back to the treasury, but have opted to respect the judgement on the terms of tenure of office of the President and are loudly threatening anyone who will think of challenging the eligibility of President ECL of standing in 2021 as having served two terms of office.
We expected the same surrogates making noise on the fallen bill 10 and third term to have made the loudest noise on the judgement of ordering ministers to pay back to the treasury has that is critical to the growth of this nation than singing praise worship songs for ECL whose terms have completely elapsed.

ECL has served under two different constitutions; the 1996-2016 and the amended one from 2016 and therefore the 1996 under which he ruled for a year and months to complete late Sata’s term, a term was described as once you are sworn in office and it can even be a day or months. Therefore he served a full term.

And he has now served his last term making two terms.
Disgraced Danny Pule, Spuki Mulemwa and the disillusioned group should stop threatening those preparing to petition ECL in order to protect the constitution.

Why is this Danny Pule, Spuki Mulemwa, Chanda, Musoma, the kandile group threatening that no one can appeal to the constitution court because it is the final court and the ruling was final when 64 ministers appealed to the same concourt through the attorney general to re – open the judgement and vacate the portion that said the MPs refund the emoluments they got?

The good part is Danny Pule, Chanda, Spuki Mulemwa, Musoma and others are not lawyers but ba Lusaka Kandile group with no direction.
#PAYBACK THE MONEY

President Edgar Lungu Must Distance Himself From The PF CEO’s Exculpatory Letters.
It’s incredible that the Patriotic Front (PF) can wash its dirty linen in public through its party Secretary General following the recent embarrassing fall of the Constitution Amendment Bill No. 10. This circus, however, must be confined to walls of the PF Secretariat and not extended to State House because there we have the President of the Republic of Zambia who must, at all cost, defend the Constitution of the land.

The three Members of Parliament the PF Secretary General is trying to punish for their Constitutional decision not to vote for Bill 10 are protected by the same Constitution that President Edgar Lungu swore to uphold and defend. And the PF’s decision is in complete contrast to the statement issued by the Government Chief Whip Hon. Brian Mundubile in which he challenged the UPND Leader, Mr. Haakainde Hichilema, to respect his Members of Parliament stating that they are not his little children who he can command at any time to do his will and not their Parliamentary functions.

Speaking on ZNBC radio 2 Evening Show programme, Hon. Mundubile said and we quote, “President Edgar Chagwa Lungu respects his MPs because he understands their role to both their party and the people they represent in their Constituencies”, while emphasising the fact that UPND MPs worked against the success of the Constitution Amendment Bill No. 10 because Mr. Hichilema withdrew them and locked them up like his little children. This has been the narrative of the PF, condemning the Mr. Hakainde Hichilema for preventing his MPs from representing their Constituents on issues of national interest.

If anything it is this issue of representation, or the lack of if, that has been advanced to justify the wasteful by-elections especially at the Ward level. This decision by the PF Secretary General must be condemned by all true proponents of democracy but more importantly, it goes on to validate our call for the people of Zambia to fully understand the true definition of democracy which in no way means multiparty or plural politics.
The word democracy, which derives from the Greek word “demos” meaning “the people”, simply means people participating in the important societal decisions which affect their lives. Nowhere does it imply western plural politics. But since in the actual setup, each individual cannot meaningfully participate in decisions for the whole, it has come to mean decision-making by “representatives”, who are said to decide and act on behalf of the people, not their political parties.

And this has always been our greatest fear; where electoral parties are not based on differing fundamental values, as is the case in the west, where the current political system originates, they unnecessarily interfere in the direct relationship between the Constituents and their representatives. The preparation of exculpatory letters clearly makes it mandatory that Members of Parliament must listen more to the needs of their party presidents than those of who voted for them, leaving electorates defranchised.
This, unfortunately, is not democracy but dictatorship and no intelligent justification, in whichever form it is given, is acceptable because in a democracy leaders listen to the people’s needs and not vice versa. It is, in fact, this sort of ideological fallacy that has led people to believe they have a choice in political decisions, when in the actual fact they do not.

Multi-party politics in the early days of the US Republic, for instance, was frowned upon. George Washington even discouraged the idea because he feared parties would interfere with elected officials’ ability to represent the common interest. One wonders whether people should trust independent Members of Parliament more that political party seats come August 2021. How many times have we seen parties adopting candidates who are unpopular on the ground?

Having advanced our position on the subject, it’s our belief that the PF Secretary General’s decision does not have the blessings of the Head of State, His Excellency President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, who happens to be the PF president, with president carrying a small letter p. If that is the case, this should explain the numerous intra-party wrangles the Patriotic Front is going through. We question the leadership qualities of the Patriotic Front CEO.

The Head of State and those close to him must always realise that leadership is the ability to identify and put those with the technical know-how and ability in key positions needing such expertise with a view to realising sustainable economic development that must benefit an ordinary child in rural Zambia. Politics should not be a self preservation tool but a vehicle for development. Some senior members in this government are making President Edgar Lungu to appear as a leader of a Russian circus.
Mpandashalo Evans Mwewa
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A CURSE FROM THE BLACK KNIGHT
– SIKUTO SA Mwanawina in DETAILS
it is common knowledge that the Litunga Sir Mwanawina cursed those Barotse National who were participating in Zambian politics between 1960 and 1968, specifically the Wina family and Lozis based on the Line of rail.

But as you will see from this article, Mwanawina’s curse has transcended into other successive generations. We have seen a number of Lozis who have come up to contest for presidential seats in Zambia, but they have failed, because of the curse.
Now, you might mistake Mwanawina for being a bad person, for him to have cursed Barotse Nationals in Zambian politics, no he wasn’t a bad person. There is a very important reason why he did it.

Sir Mwanawina used powers and authority in his own right as a leader ordained by God to rule, just as those who came before him . Before John Cecil Rhodes created Zambia(Northern Rhodesia), Barotseland was a country own it’s own, even in 1960 it
was recognized as such. When Northern Rhodesia was created by Europeans , The other Litungas before Sir Mwanawina did everything possible to make Barotseland safe and to keep it out of the scramble for Africa by European countries. This was done smartly: through dealings with other monarchies in Europe and a few compromises.

The Litungas were not the only ones using this method to protect their nation from the scramble. In Botswana for Example, King Khama III also did the same. In retrospect, it appears it was the best way of protection! Because King Lobengula, for instance, who never made deals with other European monarchies was attacked and killed by Europeans who were scrambling for Africa!

Now, Sir Mwanawina, in 1964 was in the process of continuing from where his
predecessors had left, so that if everything had happened without interference from the Lozis he had cursed, Barotseland was going to become like Botswana today.

But unfortunately, some Lozis who were jealous of the Litungaship sold out. They conived with foreigners across the Kafue river to dilute Barotse Nationalism. These people were Mr Namakando’s children. Mr Namakando Wina was once the prime minister of Barotseland, but he was laid off his duties due to certain issues and he was not happy with that. So his hate and vengeance towards the throne was transferred to his children, Arthur Wina and Sikota Wina.

Thus , the two Lealui boys carried on and when the opportunity presented itself at Munali School in Lusaka, they finally joined political movements in Northern Rhodesia together with others like

Nalumino Mundia. These political Movements were hostile towards African Nations like Barotseland because they were motivated by self interests.
In Kaplan’s book, pages 195-196, it is observed that Nalumino Mundia had a personal mission of spreading UNIP in Barotseland, something that didn’t go well with the traditional government in charge of Barotseland then who, Like Linyungandambo and BNFA today, did not want Northern Rhodesia’s brand of politics meddling in Barotseland.

In November 1961, Nalumino Mundia, Liatitima Mubukwanu and Ngombala Lubita with a large group of vociferous supporters assembled at Lealui to agitate for UNIP and Nalumino Mundia. A small contingent of mobile (riot) police ordered Mundia and his supporters to disperse and of course you can guess they would not do that so easily. “A riot ensued–the first in
Barotseland under white rule–ending only after the police used tear gas against the crowd.” It’s in this skirmish that Nalumino Mundia’s vociferous UNIP supporters used cow horns (manaka) against the police. The horns came handy for the butchery and slaughter place were situate about 300 metres south-east from the Kuta.

Another narrative states that, in the month leading towards the Barotseland Agreement ,there was a mini civil uprising which Lozis called “Ndwa ya Manaka” .The Wina brothers & collegues incited people, to rise againist the indunas and the king.Land Rovers were loaded with cow horns(manaka) which were used to beat the indunas perceived to be “Anti Joining” Zambia.

They were sponsored by UNIP and motivated by promises of jobs in the Cabinet Kenneth Kaunda had on the plater
for them. The Winas did all this without thinking about future generations, “Us”.
This incident happened way before the signing of BA’64, especially that it preceded the 1962, 1963 and 1964 elections. This is the forerunner to the campaigns that influenced Marotse to tag along with UNIP and intergrate Barotseland.

For the sake of understanding, and also, for the sake of the fact that it was the same Litunga Sir Mwanawina whose famously known for signing the Barotseland Agreement 1964, let me share a brief background of the Agreement and on why it was signed:
After the elections of 24th January 1964 swept Kaunda and UNIP into power, “…UNIP had taken sole possession of the central government, and it now SEEMED to have won effective control of the
Barotse government as well…… The elected councillors refused to follow the party line….. joined the traditionalists……. In the end, it was the central government which was forced largely to capitulate…. ” by accepting that despite electoral defeat, Sir Mwanawina has to be accommodated through a memorandum that finally concluded as BA’64(Barotseland Agreement 1964).

The purpose of the Barotseland Agreement, 1964 “was to establish Barotseland’s position within Zambia in place of the earlier agreements between Britain and Barotseland which would be terminated…… in October ” 24th, 1964.

A serious student of history would arrive at the conclusion that rather than Sir Mwanawina, as many people think, it was Kaunda who was forced to sign the BA’64 when he was already Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesia! Because Kaunda
signed the agreement reluctantly and with misgivings, he abrogated it in August 1969, nine months after the passing on of Sir Mwanawina lll. This abrogation followed a sham constitutional referundum of June 1969 through which Kaunda premised he has been mandated to make certain desired changes to the country’s 1964 constitution.

Whether this agreement or treaty was to be written into the new Zambian constitution or referenced as an addendum is now water under the bridge : Kaunda was determined to abrogate it at an opportune time and we know he did after being forced to sign it. This is why he has since opted for silence apart from a feeble attempt of bringing it back to life when campaigning for the multi party elections of 1991.

Fast forward to the St. Lawrence indaba of March 2012. Yes! I want to be intellectually antagonistic here , my apologies:
Without BA’64 of 18th May 1964, what
would you have waved to the international community today when you had been politically acquisitive on being INTERGRATED as demonstrated by the 1962, 1963 and 1964 voting despite being warned?

Henceforth, know who was forced to sign the BA’64 because he didn’t like the preservation “of traditional rights and the Litunga retaining powers over local government matters…..”
Sir Mwanawina’s advices, admonishings and foretells to the Barotse and the Lozi UNIP stalwarts are vividly remembered and some of stalwarts have not shied in confessing how true events have unfolded.

It’s only the pain of today that makes one shift the blame and hunt for a scapegoat.
Finally, for the serious, download Pierre
Englebert’s scholary article “Separatism in Barotseland and Casamance “. Quite some good summary.

Sir Mwanawina’s lll, who preferred independence instruments instead, was forced by a veer of history to instead force the new KK/UNIP central government to sign the BA’64 as a salvage. That is the lifeboat without which KK today would have simply referred the Barotse to the three elections of the first half of the 60s.

Furthermore, there are many accounts which vividly provide clear evidence on the reasons why King Sir Mwanawina cursed the Lozis in Zambia. It was not only in Mwanawina’s reign that the Wina brothers , Kononso , Sipalo and other UNIP elements caused trouble, even in Mbikusita’s time they resurfaced as you will see from the following thrilling accounts of Batuke Imenda , a son of a
Barotse official(Imenda Sibandi , Induna Mukulu wa kashiko) at the time:
-In his loyal service to Mulonga, Imenda Sibandi put his neck on the chopping board during the Sekeli Konoso rebellion against Mwanawina.

-Imenda Sibandi risked his life in a near Mwanawina overthrow led by Nalumino Mundia, Lyatitima and Sikota Wina in 1963 in Limulunga.
-From 1951 to 1965, an illiterate Sibandi rarely stayed in Libonda. He was ever called to Lealui to defend the rocky Mwanawina reign.

-The Mbikusita new reign came with its own challenges that led to Sibandi’s transfer from Libonda to Lealui. Again, the same click in the likes of Lyatitima, Sikota, Ñutuluti, Mukuni etc caused havoc.
-These sacrifices were undertaken by a man who was in internal exile, prepared to die for his masters.

On his death bed, Induna Imenda sensed the “sitoyo sa bana ba Wina” in our eyes, against Mulonga and his last words were:
“Ilukui, Sibandi, Numwa and Batuke, my time is nigh, but as I go to join my ancestors, never should any of the products of my loins stand to destroy the institution of Mulonga. I passed through trials and tribulations with you but that should never be the reason for you to fight a system you belong to by blood… one day a God appointed ruler of Barotseland will correct this mis-endevour.”

10 minutes later he was no more. That was on 27th August 1985.
As we stand to watch and see history
unfold, we will continue to stand by our father’s words.
Among Mbikusita’s sworn enemies were Mupatu, Walubita Mukele Walubita, Muimui Anakandi, Silumelume Mubukwanu Lyatitima, Nakatindi Yeta, Mutau Nalubutu, Lifunana Akabeswa and his young brother Imasiku Akabeswa from within the traditional establishment and of course, the UNIP clique.

There are other narratives which implicate Mukwae Nakatindi Yeta as being part of the this click .She wasnt. She found herself alienated from the centre of Barotse govefnance after her father’s rein and especially after her elder sister Mulima was succeeded by her near agemate and cousin Makwibi Mwanawina. When UNIP was allowed to operate in Barotseland in 1960, she was recruited as a star in their ranks. Many of the Barorse nationals who jumped

on the UNIP band wagon were motivated by anti Barotseland and anti Mwanawina agenda. Mbikusita Lewanika soon became their number one enemy because of full backing and assisting Litunga Mwanawina whom they wanted to isolate and weaken even at the cost of destroying Barotsekand. They teamed up well with Northern Rhodesian UNIP who had their own reasons for demonising MBIKUSITA. But this agenda was most passionately carried out by Barotse nationals. The plight of Barotseland is caused and maintained by Barotse people … not by Kaunda or Bembas or anybody other than ourselves. However, Mukwae Nakatindi tried not to be engaged in overtly anti Barotseland, anti Mwanawina and anti Mbikusita campigns . But her name and presence in UNIP was capitalised towards that end.

Again,one day in 1963, a rumour spread that Mbikusita was back from Rhodesia
. The UNIPs and traditionalists led by Mundia and Sipalo descended on Lealui, specifically to attack Mbikusita. As they went round the capital, they sang the song “eee Mbikusita ki ndonki ya makuwa.” As a decoy, acting Ngambela Imenda decided to hide Mbikusita in his house (the current ruined Mukola house in Lealui). It was then advised that for safety purposes, Mbikusita be shifted to another hide out, a house belonging to a Ma-Nawa Musialela – Mrs Lingomba. Around 20.00 hrs after the first Mwenduko was sounded, our house was surrounded by UNIPists. The fight ensued, but the Indunas came out victorious. Among the casualties was Mupatu, who ended up in the hospital. He was brought to Lusaka R. M. Mukuni and thereupon, hatred started.

In November 1968, the said group ganged around Lealui spreading the word that “Mbikusita aki mwana a Lewanika.” At this point, Batuke Imenda bravely told
Francis Lishomwa Suu when he was displaying open fear that “…nikoba lata nikoba salati lutamu yolisa. Luta palelwa kueza cwalo abatalu bonisa ndatahe!”
Later on , a 1969 Lozi language newspaper, Liseli (light), reported Litunga Lewanika II (Mbikusita-wa-Lewanika) stating that:
“Do not be stressed and disheartened
Do not be stressed and disheartened, by confusion and lose talk in the land
Our faith and hope is set upon God
Those fighting us are our off springs and our in-laws But, whoever sticks his own finger into his own eye, he shall regret later.”
This was in first anniversary public address to the Kuta on N’ulule 6, 1969, at Lealui,
Barotseland.

The message is that these challenges, which are not entirely external, should not lead to surrendering into despair. These challenges should guide toward recognising and keeping faith that these challenges can be overcome. They are usually and fundamentally most likely to be self-inflicted. Therefore, these challenges can be overcome by victim people’s own consciousness, awareness and effort.
Mu sike mwa Bilaezwa

DO NOT BE STRESSED AND DISHEARTENED
“Musisike mwa bilaezwa ki ze kalauka mwa naha.
DONOT BE STRESSED AND DISHEARTENED, BY CONFUSION AND LOSE TALK IN THE LAND
Sepo ya luna lu ibeile ku mulumo.
OUR FAITH AND HOPE IS SET UPON GOD
Ba ba lu lwanisa ki bana ba luna ba ku pepa niba bal u nyalezi.
THOSE FIGHTING US ARE OUR OFF SPRINGS AND OUR IN-LAWS
Kono ya I Kenya mumwana mwa lito ili yena, kwa pili u ta inyaza.”
BUT, WHOEVER STICKS HIS OWN FINGER INTO HIS OWN EYE, HE SHALL REGRET LATER
Now , there are different versions of the exact words that King Sir Mwanawina uttered when he cursed. Some say he uttered:
“Manyukunyuku bomu bata kuyo kopana nibona, ba, bata mifetubela mi, bata yo minyandisa. ”

The other one is:
“Malozi nakoye mwaipusa kono mubata
kuli muto buswa ki batu basili. Kwapata mukabe muni hupule.”
Whatever the case, Here we are. Barotseland is the poorest and they even want to obliterate it from history. It is also clear how this curse is affecting those fighting against Barotseland.

For instance, Nalumino Mundia was told that, “wena mane bata sana bayo kubulaya basa Kona feela kuinga zeba bata”. True to his curse, Nalumino Mundia’s life is believed to have been cut short by KK.

In addition, the King also gave some direct words to the wina brothers: “you are young and naive. You will try by all means to buy yourselves into their acceptance, but there shall be a time when they will reject you”. True to this curse, The two brothers were the darling of UNIP & Manyukunyuku until the KK’s time came to an end. With all his best qualities,
Arthur Ñutuluti Lubinda Wina was rejected for a street wise crook by the name of Frederick Chiluba .

It’s also worth noting that, Fredrick Namakando Mumembe used his post newspapers to influence every Zambian to hate Barotseland. Today, the party he campaigned so hard to put in Power, has closed his post newspapers, not because of promoting prejudices against Lozis and BA1964, but because Sir Mwanawina cursed those who betray Barotseland.
This therefore implies that we need to be cautious of where we are standing in this battle, you may attract curses on yourself.

More information on this can be found in books which documented events that occurred during the 1960-68 period.
Gerald Kopland, in his book published in 1968, The Elites Of Barotseland, also gives other examples.
#MbungaPanAfricanist

FROM MALAMA
SORRY #HH I CANT HIDE WHAT I WITNESSED WITH MY EYES ANYMORE, FORGIVE ME IT’S NOT YOUR WISH.
For the first time in my entire life I witnessed something very strange with my naked eyes, something that people have been hiding for a long time in the name of protecting him from being worshipped, something that HH has never allowed anyone to publish.

As for me,its unavoidable to make a public expression of gratitude in this manner. My conscious wont allow me not to make mention to the public about how good hearted you indeed are.

Allow me to announce to the country that HH is indeed a man with a good heart which does not look at how capable or incapable others are for him to help.

From the day the late President James Lukuku (MHRIEP) passed away HH has been their for the family. Despite the economic hardship we are all going through including HH,
1. HH bought a casket from ideal funeral services which i personally chose.
2. HH bought 2 cows for the people to eat at the funeral house.
3. HH bought the burial place in memorial park.
4. HH provided food.

5. HH provided transport,in short he SINGLE handedly sponsored everything and for the first time in my life, l witnessed HH spending with my own naked eyes not ukushimikilwa because I was among the people who where running up and down preparing everything as directed.

HH does not allow people to disclose the help he renders to the general public but for me I will not follow this rule because hiding this very important information leaves so much panic in the hearts of the people witnessing like me & others. As for me I just cant hide it and am sorry that the public should know HH has the poor at heart ,ignoring his good work is not a good idea at all.
Thank you HH God bless you more & more …
Mr Mindset Activist
Malama Stanley

A VOTE FOR HH AND THE UPND WILL MEAN THE FOLLOWING…
By: Anthony Bwalya
In 2021, we are not just taking political power away from the PF and giving it to the UPND.
This change must, should and will deliver:
1. A lasting solution to the over $20bn debt mountain, 50% of which is reasonably understood to be illegal loans.

Zambia cannot afford $200m per month in interest repayments on her various loans. A UPND administration is targeting $50m per month in interest repayments, allowing government to spend more money on essential public services such as putting teachers into classrooms, doctors and nurses into hospitals, essential medicines and equipment and creating real opportunities for the youth.

2. A dedicated crusade against grand, politically motivated corruption. Under the PF, Zambia loses around $2.5bn PER YEAR to grand crime involving high ranking government officials.

Other than expanding the functional independence of crime watchdog bodies such as the ACC, FIC and the police, we need to expand expert funding to these institutions in order to intensify their ability to respond to complex crime.

3. A progressive, people centred personal TAXATION regime which will deliver a minimum K850 into people’s pockets. We are LOWER PAYE to literally put more money into your pockets, and this what the $1.5bn 5 year tax reform plan will mean.

4. A progressive, people centred PENSIONS regime that will, for the first time in the history of our country, allow contributors into NAPSA to enjoy partial, periodic access to your pensions contributions in real time WITHOUT having to wait for retirement.

This is aimed at delivering real value for money for our people who are projected to lose 40% of the value of their pensions at retirement.
5. Reduced cost of agriculture by reducing the cost of inputs, among them fertilizer and seed.

Under the PF regime, a bag of fertilizer is costing K550. This is because the PF are allowing their private sector fertilizer dealers to put a 320% markup per bag of fertilizer imported.
Note that the PF regime is spending $500m per annum on exploitative fertilizer import contracts.

A UPND administration will deliver a bag of fertilizer at no more than K150. This will be done by prioritizing reinvestments into Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia, and shed off the theft on markup which is paid for by poor farmers.

6. Restoration of MEAL ALLOWANCES for students at UNZA and CBU, and engage in progressive discussions around the equitable expansion of student support mechanisms to other institutions of higher learning, including private institutions such as UNILUS.

UPND policies on education will be about expanded choice of learning for students.
7. Restoration of service years for health workers who were fired from their jobs by the PF regime of Michael Sata, merely for daring to speak up for themselves.

We will restore the culture of open and honest engagement within the civil service and abolish the culture of threats and intimidation against our civil servants.

8. Infrastructure development at less than 50% the cost of works under the PF regime. While the PF have inflated all public works contracts by 50%, a UPND administration will deliver value for money on all public works and channel all excess funding to critical areas of the economy.

The UPND opposed the $1.3bn costing on the Ndola – Lusaka dual carriage way, and the PF have since U – turned on what would have been the biggest single act of theft on a public contract.

In 2021, vote Hakainde Hichilema and the UPND for an inclusive, equitable Zambia.
#changeiscoming
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Vice-President Inonge Wina says the credibility of the 2021 general elections is certain.

Responding to a question in parliament from Monze MP Jack Mwiimbu, Mrs Wina disclosed that the Electoral Commision of Zambia will compile a new register of voters for the 2021 general elections.

She said the new register will increase credibility levels.

“The house may wish to note that stakeholders questioned the credibility of the voter register that was used in the 2016 general elections. They further requested for an audit of the register before the elections on 11th August 2016. Arising from stakeholder concerns, external auditors were engaged with the help of the UNDP under a program called electoral cycle project to audit the 2016 register of voters. One of the recommendations of the auditors was for the commission to compile a new register for the 2021 general elections,” she said.

The Vice President further indicated that to enhance the integrity of register, strengthening and enhancing security features, including the capture of biometric data, 10 finger prints and portrait will be requirements for the new register.

“UPND petitioned in the courts of law the 2016 general election results on the basis that the voter register was flawed. International and local observer missions recommended that the commission compiles a new register for the 2021 general elections in order to maintain a credible free and fair electoral process as demanded in a democratic dispensation. Mr Speaker based on these factors, the commission resolved to compile a new register of voters for the 2021 general elections in 2020,” she stated.

And Chitambo MP asked the Vice President which region had the majority of the 1.4 million dead people in the voter’s register.

But Mrs Wina urged leople to trust the electoral process.

“Mr speaker, it is not possible to give statistics as to which province lost more people than the other but what I urge honourable member of parliament is to have trust in these systems, if we continue to erode that trust, that’s where conflicts arise after elections. We should try to ensure that we support ECZ where it is faltering, we give advice and ECZ is committed to consult stakeholders at every move that they make in the electoral process so honourable members, have a platform to engage ECZ where they feel that they are not very pleased with the process that is being undertaken by ECZ,” Mrs Wina said.