Banda Sakanya
Copperbelt ~Kalulushi
MUNDUBILE SAID THE BILL COLLAPSED BECAUSE HH LOCKED UP UPND MPs AT HIS RESIDENCE
PF chief Whip hon MUNDUBILE on ZNBC Sunday interview program said the bill collapsed because HH locked up UPND MPs at his residence. He said they had organised 10 UPND MPs to vote for the bill but because HH locked them up, they could not turn up to vote.
He further said Zambians have lost out an opportunity to have a new constitution that was supposed to see an equal representation of the disabled people, women and youths in parliament.

Bubbling with dimming confidence, he said PF will win 2021 general elections wether bill 10 has collapsed, and he said Zambians will rise against UPND for denying them an opportunity to have a new constitution.

Hon MUNDUBILE is a lawyer and a chief Whip, but to see him lying was a shocking scene and it goes by to say that if the Chief whip can lie, then the intention of Bill 10 was more evil than anyone had thought off.

QUESTIONS

~ How can older people be locked up against their will?
How locked up were they when we watched them streaming live seated waiting for the speaker of the nation assembly to announce the verdict.

~Why lie that delimitation of constituencies will not take place because bill 10 has collapsed when delimitation provision is already in the 2016 constitution, Article 58 and 59?
~Was Bill 10 magically going to make youths, women and the disabled become MPs and give a good representation in Parliament?
Why doesn’t ECL nominate more youths and have an equal representation of youths in parliament?

~We know that the current constitution does not bar the disabled, youths and women to stand for parliamentary seats, and why can’t PF regime encourage them to apply?
~Zambia was declared a Christian nation and what more does PF want? Does PF think by declaring Zambia a Christian nation once more then stealing and looting of public resources by PF regime will end?

We have always said we have llars in governance and everything they dream and think is lying to cover up their misdeeds and here is hon MUNDUBILE lying to Zambians that HH locked up UPND MPs that is why Bill 10 collapsed.

They openly lied that they had mobilized 10 UPND MPs to pass the Bill but their shame that number was no near and cover up, they are now living that HH locked them up.
Not even a stupid fool would believe the cheap propaganda from someone being called a chief Whip.
Surely PF leadership has lost shame such that lying has become their main stay in governance.
Zambians should realise by now that PF eadership has no moral fibre of truth and nothing they will say will be truth.

Zambians have rejected it because they know it was meant to prolong ECL’s stay at the helm of power for long, inturn keeping you in power and shield you from possible prosecution for having looted the country with impunity.

Let hon Mundubile understand that Zambians are against PF regime for subjecting them to poverty and hunger, that is why Bill 10 collapsed because if Zambians were not happy we could have seen them protesting.
The fall of Bill 10 is the fall of ECL and the entire PF regime.

CISCA URGES JOHN SANGWA TO STOP PRESIDENT LUNGU CONTESTING 2021 ELECTIONS

The Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) has urged State Counsel John Sangwa and Kelvin Bwalya Fube and other legal minds in Zambia to challenge what the organisation called the unlawful nomination of President Lungu by the Patriotic Front (PF) as a Presidential candidate for 2021

In a media statement celebrating the fall of Bill 10, CiSCA said that the lawyers, in this race of constitutionalism, must take the relay baton from the MPs and stop the 3rd term by challenging the unlawful nomination of those whom our Constitution disqualifies from standing.

Below is the full statement

CISCA STATEMENT ON THE FALL OF BILL 10

The Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) joins the rest of Zambia in celebrating the fall of the infamous Bill 10. The fall was the only logical conclusion because the National Dialogue Act and its accompanying National Dialogue Forum gave birth to a stillborn Bill 10. We further resoundingly applaud the patriotic judicious Members of Parliament that refused to betray the people of Zambia. By defeating Bill 10 in Parliament after so many ploys by the PF Government and their cronies to hoodwink Zambians into believing that if Bill 10 flops we will suffer, the MPs have shown their allegiance to the Constitution whose authority is derived from the people of Zambia. The joy of witnessing the unplugging of the life support system from the comatose Bill 10 was indescribable.

CiSCA would like to remind the PF that scheming is not governing, scheming is just pure treachery unworthy of a democratically elected government. This is a lesson to them that constitution-making processes cannot circumvent the doctrine of consensus building. Therefore, an approach of turning constitution-making into a battle ground is foolhardy as the end result is the well-deserved defeat that Bill 10 has suffered. We want to remind the PF that when you are in power there is no need to show where power lies on every issue. Not following laid down procedures is what has plunged our country into debt. The late highly vexatious Bill 10 project will now be a case study of ‘how not to facilitate a constitution-making process’ in constitutional law.

CiSCA thanks the supporters of Bill 10 for enhancing democratic discourse and the affirmation that freedom of expression is mutually inclusive. If you exercise your freedom of expression, then do not be outraged if anyone says something back in disagreement.

We ask our fellow citizens who live by the value of ‘silence is golden’ to reflect on Martin Luther King Junior’s maxim, ‘the ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people’. Yes, the Constitution is not an easy read but if you cannot bring yourself to read it all just learn these three articles; Article 1, this Constitution is the supreme law of the land; Article 2, every person has the right and duty to defend this constitution and resist or prevent a person from overthrowing, suspending or illegally abrogating this constitution and Article 5, Sovereign authority vests in the people of Zambia, which may be exercised directly or through elected or appointed representatives or institutions.

Finally, we urge State Counsel John Sangwa and Kelvin Bwalya Fube and indeed other legal minds, to in this race of constitutionalism, take the relay baton from the MPs and stop the 3rd term by challenging the unlawful nomination of those whom our Constitution disqualifies from standing.

Judith Mulenga
CiSCA Acting Chairperson

By CIC Intelligence.
LUNGU FURIOUS WITH THE FALL OF BILL 10, PLANS MASSIVE RESHUFFLE.
President Edgar Lungu is reportedly very angry with the fall of Bill 10 as that puts his bid for a third term into serious questions now, State House sources have revealed.

Highly placed CIC sources revealed that President Lungu was assured by some of his close Ministers and senior party officials that they had done their homework in securing numbers in Parliament to pass Bill 10.

“You saw how the boss addressed the crowd when opening the flyover bridge on Friday. He is very angry and has lost trust in most of his inner circle because he is convinced they are working against him. From the flyover bridge on Friday, he never even worked and went straight to State Lodge where he was joined by friends like Valden Findlay and Bank of Zambia Governor Christopher Mvunga for a drink up. He even developed High Blood Pressure (BP) soon after losing the vote. He had to be put on some medical observations by his personal physician. You should watch the space next few days or weeks. He may make serious cabinet reshuffles and party realignments. He was even accusing some of his Ministers of working with the UPND President Hakainde Hichilema,” sources revealed

Insiders says President Lungu was so furious especially looking at the money he released through some of his close associates in the PF to entice the UPND MPs and Independent MPs to support Bill 10.

“What even annoyed him more is that some PF MPs and a cabinet minister like Brian Mushimba runaway to the U.S. at a crucial moment like this and never voted for Bill 10.

The boss had heavily invested in this Bill 10 as most of the money from KCM was being channelled into this project. Ba boss naba fulwa elo na balubana apa so. He was very sure. His Ministers and senior party officials got a lot of money for this project but they pocketed the money because they also never wanted Bill 10. Some UPND MPs and Independent MPs also got money but they duped the boss on the last day. If they knew they had no numbers, they were going to withdraw the Bill than being exposed to such an embarrassment of losing the vote,” sources revealed.
CIC PRESS TEAM

It’s very sad that as Zambians and Michael Sata’s family were remembering him on the sixth anniversary of his passing Dora Siliya was busy attacking him.

“Let’s not vote lazily the way we did on Rupiah. We lost him because we are many but few voted and we lost him. Those eight bags of fertiliser we got under Rupiah disappeared because Sata ate Cassava which doesn’t require fertiliser and you started calling us Paya Farmer and it’s now under President Edgar Lungu that agriculture has been revamped. These elections of next year are not an easy one. It’s war abale anga. It’s a war, we should make sure everyone registers as voters and vote on 12th August 2021 or else we will lose. Napapata, we go wrong, we in government, but forgive us please. Pray for us, we know we have gone through problems in these five years but let’s not lose this presidency because we still have a lot to do with it in our families, communities. We are not only happy for Edgar to be in State House but to work for us. If this presidency leaves, Eastern Province, nobody among us will be alive when it will be back here…Let’s not be lazy. If Edgar Lungu loses next year, good agricultural system will collapse. So we have to put on much effort if Edgar is to win next year because we still have a lot to do…” Dora told 300 village headmen and indunas in Eastern Province last Sunday.

It’s clear that despite having joined Sata’s party – the Patriotic Front – and being a minister in its government, Dora is still pained by Sata’s 2011 electoral defeat of Rupiah Banda.

This is understandable. Dora has never liked Sata. She only joined the Patriotic Front after Sata died. Dora used to denounce Sata and accuse him of all false things – if you vote Sata he will cause war in the country, men will be marrying fellow men and women fellow women.

It’s not a secret that Sata died without ever winning any elections in Eastern Province. Eastern Province never used to vote for Sata and the Patriotic Front. Eastern Province only started voting for the Patriotic Front after Sata died and was replaced by Edgar Lungu. And one would ask: is the Eastern Province now voting for the Patriotic Front or Edgar?

But no matter how much Dora hates Sata, there has to be a sense of gratitude. Sata has given them a political party that is today keeping them in power – power they don’t want to lose or relinquish.

Bill 10 Was A Political Trap Against UPND And HH By PF, Lungu Has Won The Game – VJ
BY ADMIN_BATOKA ON OCTOBER 30, 2020
Vernon Mwaanga, Lusaka
Last night, another terrible political blunder for 2021 was committed by Zambia’s largest opposition party, the UPND under the able leadership of HH. While we all identified some ills and flaws in Bill 10 and did not support it somehow, l am of the firm view that the political drama and gamble around Bill 10 in parliament yesterday was won by PF and President Lungu as opposed to UPND and HH.

From where l sit and view this issue, it is clear to tell that the PF government had a clear scheme of setting up a crooked trap on UPND and HH with reference to the 2021 campaign, using the infamous Bill 10 narrative. Here is how UPND and HH lost it to PF and Lungu yesterday in parliament:

1. By rejecting Bill 10, HH and UPND have rejected increased youth and students participation in parliament through a mixed member system. What will UPND tell the youth and students in 2021 campaigns? Clearly, UPND has now lost it by abdicating the entire pro youth and students national agenda to PF;
2. For failing to support Bill 10, UPND has lost trust and support from the evangelical church community who wanted the Christian declaration properly constitutionalized. This works against HH who is widely accused to be a Satanist and supporter of homosexuality;
3. By denouncing Bill 10, UPND has denounced the Zambian women who wanted increased representation in parliament via a mixed member system. UPND’s position on women is also against SADC, AU or UN protocols that calls for increased women participation in political leadership and public life;

4. For frustrating Bill 10 to fall, HH and UPND have angered the physically challenged and other minority citizens such as the death, blind, albinos, wheelchaired, etc who could have entered into parliament without open vote competition. UPND and HH have lost these groups to President Lungu and PF for next year;
5. By spitting on Bill 10 with dirty UPND saliva, I think HH has ‘puffed’ into the faces of Zambian chiefs and traditional leaders who wanted to end their current succession wrangles, gain government protection and restore sanity in their chiefdoms. So, Lungu and PF now have a sweet message to chiefs, headmen and traditional leaders against HH and UPND for next year;

6. For defiling Bill 10 with malice, I am of the view that HH and UPND have rejected constituency delimitation agenda which is a wide public outcry across Zambia. How are they going to face voters who have been longing to have their own new districts and constituencies to determine their own development using their own CDF? Clearly, UPND didn’t know that the devil was in the details of Bill 10 against their 2021 campaign.
7. By ejecting Bill 10, UPND has decided to keep the number of MPs both fixed and limited to 150 when the country’s population has tripled and many stakeholders today wanted a bigger parliament. It also means the size of their MP in parliament will either remain the same or reduce next year especially that President Lungu and PF have entered, taken over and will get many seats in Western or North Western Provinces ;

8. For killing Bill 10, my bird’s view thoughts are that HH will now suffer double condemnation from the masses as the tag of being the ‘theft protagonist of privatization’ as well as enemy of progressive national agendas such as the 2016 national referendum as well as 2020 Bill 10 will increase against him going into 2021 Presidential elections;
9. By denouncing Bill 10 via parliamentary absenteeism, HH and their alliances have accepted that, after losing in August next year, they are fine to face their political horrors of 2016, to petition the presidential election results and get the final judgement within 14 days instead of 30 days.

10. And when l saw pictures of HH and our UPND MPs dancing openly to celebrate the fall of Bill 10 at his house in New Kasama yesterday, l realized that PF had won the Bill 10 trap against the opposition. If you followed the debate in parliament, all 89 PF spoke for the Bill merely to put it on record against UPND for 2021 elections.
To me, Bill 10 has revealed to all of us that PF plays hard school and well schemed politics of real of science and mathematics while the lead opposition use impulsive and manual tactics. And by winning 105 for Bill 10 less by 6 votes, the science of numbers still remain in favour of Bill 10 and PF as opposed to UPND and HH.

Generally, the political novices think that the fall of Bill 10 has weakened PF or Lungu. The reality now is that PF and Lungu will go into 2021 campaigns with a better narrative and stronger message against HH and UPND. If fact, where they have some challenges, Lungu and PF have a better excuse now to justify some of their failures in delivering development using the fall of Bill 10 by blaming it on the UPND and HH.

Unless you are too sure with all facts presented before you, it is better not to start fighting battles you dont fully know or understand. What has happened to Bill 10 is not good news for UPND or HH such that, l didn’t expect opposition MPs including their president dancing. That dance is certainly a bad political statement as well as a voter threat for themselves in 2021.

When you have elderly people to consult in the village on key public matters but you choose not to do so, failure becomes both unforgivable and unjustifiable.
I end here for now.

By Hon. Ronald Chitotela, MP

POSTERITY WILL ALWAYS BE AN EQUILISER JUST LIKE TIME
Just like I did state in my contribution to the debate on the floor of the house on the issue of AMENDMENT BILL NUMBER 10, I repeat here and now that the Patriotic Front was desirous to present to the people of Zambia a constitution that would look at the interests of the youths, women, church, the differently abled and general welfare of the people.
President President Lungu has demonstrated true patriotism through his desire and eagerness to give an opportunity to the youths, the women, the differently abled to have representation in Parliament without contestation, to give the declaration of Zambia as a Christian Nation space in the constitution against it being only a declaration of intent in the preamble. To give the Chiefs security against the current situation where wrangles among them is the order of the day.

The delimitation of constituencies is another thing that President Lungu was desirous to give to the Zambian people. This was going to enhance us as a country economically and socially, but the UPND have said no to all that in the name of politics, what a shame.
The above among many good clauses in the just fallen Bill 10 have basically been shuttered and fought by our colleagues in the UPND purely on partisan politics. The UPND has denied the Zambian youths, women and the differently abled an opportunity to have their voices be heard in Parliament by shooting the Bill down. Maybe because they still want to remain in Parliament even after serving for 20 years for some of them.

The UPND have said no to security for the Chiefs, they have said it is ok to have these wrangles and quarrels among our traditional leaders. They have demonstrated that they are comfortable seeing our traditional leaders in a vulnerable state as is the case now where anyone can rise and bring confusion among themselves.

President Lungu and the PF did their best to see to it that the uncertainties among our traditional leaders must be the thing of the past through amending the constitution which could have seen our traditional leaders have maximum security. He intended to see to it that youths, women and the differently abled need not to go for elections for them to be in the House of Assembly, he was desirous to see to it that the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation becomes part of the constitution.This will remain a great achievement on the part of President Lungu for what he has always wanted os the best for this country.
To our traditional leaders, the women, youths, differently abled and the church, be reminded that this same UPND will come to you next year to seek for your vote even after denying you a chance to secure your future. They will come and beg you to vote for them back to Parliament for the fifth term for some of them after denying you chance to be represented also in the same Parliament. Will you listen to them with this daylight betrayal on you?

I urge you our traditional leaders, the youths, women and differently abled that come 2021, may you increase the numbers of PF members of Parliament and renew the mandate of President Edgar Lungu so that we bring back this progressive Bill to parliament to secure our bright future for mother Zambia. They have said no to you, please say no to them also as they come to seek for your vote.

As for us in Pambashe, we shall go for President Lungu as he has shown and demonstrated true patriotism and good leadership. One thing I want to assure those that have fought Bill 10 is that they will meet the same people they have denied the opportunity in 2021
RKC – Pambashe Member of Parliament
30-10-2020

TAKE A DEEP BREATH, RELAX AND REFLECT PRESIDENT LUNGU. YOUR TEAM IS MISLEADING YOU, NEXT THE PF CONVENTION WILL BITE YOU— Michael
“Time to sit and reflect if truly you have a good team to work with you is now. Otherwise this is a huge sign that President Lungu is being given a political crocodile smile by his team. President Lungu was told all is well, we have numbers to pass Bill 10. Despite PF not having numbers to reach 2/3 for the Bill, it depended on opposition and Independent MPs to help. Such are numbers which continuously the President was assured PF has done ground works and it has.

Now that Bill 10 has fallen, President Lungu should then question himself if he has genuine Chief Whip, Genuine Ministers, Genuine Vice President and Genuine MPs. Further he shud doubt the PF leadership. All these guys lied to him continuously that they have numbers in parliament to win Bill 10.

Further all those corrupted Chiefs who were paid to say Bill 10 is good should realise their shame. Further all those Church leaders, Civil society Organisations who supported Bill 10 should be shameless and evil. We thank the gallant UPND, NDC and 4 Independent MPs for siding with Zambia and say no to Bill 10. Even if Bill 10 was to be voted by citizens still more it would’ve falled. Ba PF God was and is watching you. How can you mislead the Disabled community and youths that the current constitution doesn’t allow them to be in parliament. Read article 259.

Now that Bill 10 is done, the PF convention is the next block President Lungu should handle with care. The questions is:-
1. Are all PF members ok with President Lungu as 2021 candidate?
2. Are all PF members agreeing that President Lungu has done only 1 term?
3. Are all PF members happy with how President Lungu is running the party?
4. Are true greens happy that the MMD in PF has taken charge of the party?
President Lungu should be careful with another misleading promise *All is well, you will win at convention and contest 2021, Mr President you are the sole candidate for 2021*
President Lungu should realise that teeth are bones. Not every time you see teeth then that person is happy.
Zambians have spoken, Bill 10 is done and dusted.
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WITH BILL 10 DEAD, THE MAJOR PROBLEM WE HAVE ON OUR HANDS IS ECZ
Bill 10, the fraudulent issuance of NRC’S, the fraudulent voter registration process, jailing of key opposition leaders and the concocted privatization inquiry are all part of a well calculated sceme to weaken the opposition, strengthen Lungu and guarantee him a third term against the will of the people of Zambia.

1: Bill 10 is now dead so let’s set that aside, they’ve suffered a tremendous blow.
2: The PF has been largely successful in the fraudulent issuance of NRC’S. They’ve issued NRC’S to children, suspected foreign nationals and certain individuals have received multiple NRC’S. They’ve also issued more NRC’S in their perceived strongholds and very few NRC’S in areas where opposition is strong.

3: The last phase of their plan is to create a fictitious voter register where they will control the number of people who register in each region so that they skew the voter register in their favor.

In order to achieve this, they need to throw away the current voter register to pave way for a new one.
But this act is illegal and is in total contravention of the Electoral Process Act of 2016 which clearly states that the voter register has an infinite life, and that’s why these matters are in court today.

The ECZ has been hijacked by PF, all of the commissioners of ECZ are PF surrogates and all their decisions are meant to aid the PF.
We the people need to make it loud and very clear to the ECZ that we won’t accept a fraudulent voter registration process.

Nshindano and his friends must learn from what happened in Malawi just this year. They are doing exactly what the Malawi Electoral Commission was doing, trying to rig an election for Mutharika.

In the end there was a people’s uprising, the Electoral Commission leaders fled, one was found trying to cross the border into Zambia, others are facing criminal charges.
Let he who has an ear listen to what the voice of wisdom is saying.
Do the right thing and follow the law ;

1: Maintain the 2016 Voter Register
2: Remove dead people by obtaining death records from the district councils and traditional authorities, the records are there.
3: Add new voters through registration
4: Allow a voter registration period of 3 months as has always been the case.
5: Avail the final voter register in digital format to stakeholders so that it can be scrutinized and run through facial recognition software so that duplicate faces and children are identified and eliminated from the voter register.

6: Subject the ECZ IT systems to independent systems auditors to review the system to confirm that one individual cannot register more than once with the same fingerprints, this is the only way to eliminate those individuals that were issued with multiple NRC’S by the PF.

These measures are all a pre requisite to a free and fair election.
When it comes to foreigners, we will physically go to the villages and identify those who live across the border but were issued with NRC’S.

CiSCA Statement on the Fall of Bill 10
Lusaka, 30th October 2020: The Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) joins the rest of Zambia in celebrating the fall of the infamous Bill 10. The fall was the only logical conclusion because the National Dialogue Act and its accompanying National Dialogue Forum gave birth to a stillborn Bill 10. We further resoundingly applaud the patriotic judicious Members of Parliament that refused to betray the people of Zambia. By defeating Bill 10 in Parliament after so many ploys by the PF Government and their cronies to hoodwink Zambians into believing that if Bill 10 flops we will suffer, the MPs have shown their allegiance to the Constitution whose authority is derived from the people of Zambia. The joy of witnessing the unplugging of the life support system from the comatose Bill 10 was indescribable.

CiSCA would like to remind the PF that scheming is not governing, scheming is just pure treachery unworthy of a democratically elected government. This is a lesson to them that constitution making processes cannot circumvent the doctrine of consensus building. Therefore, an approach of turning constitution making into a battle ground is foolhardy as the end result is the well-deserved defeat that Bill 10 has suffered. We want to remind the PF that when you are in power there is no need to show where power lies on every issue. Not following laid down procedures is what has plunged our country into debt. The late highly vexatious Bill 10 project will now be a case study of ‘how not to facilitate a constitution making process’ in constitutional law.

CiSCA thanks the supporters of Bill 10 for enhancing democratic discourse and the affirmation that freedom of expression is mutually inclusive. If you exercise your freedom of expression, then do not be outraged if anyone says something back in disagreement.
We ask our fellow citizens who live by the value of ‘silence is golden’ to reflect on Martin Luther King Junior’s maxim, ‘the ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people’. Yes, the Constitution is not an easy read but if you cannot bring yourself to read it all just learn these three articles; Article 1, this Constitution is the supreme law of the land; Article 2, every person has the right and duty to defend this constitution and resist or prevent a person from overthrowing, suspending or illegally abrogating this constitution and Article 5, Sovereign authority vests in the people of Zambia, which may be exercised directly or through elected or appointed representatives or institutions.

Finally, we urge State Counsel John Sangwa and Kelvin Bwalya Fube and indeed other legal minds, to in this race of constitutionalism, take the relay baton from the MPs and stop the 3rd term by challenging the unlawful nomination of those whom our Constitution disqualifies from standing.
Judith Mulenga
CiSCA Acting Chairperson

UPND Have Won The Battle But Will Lose The War.
By Wiseman Tembo.
Deja Vu (history repeating itself) is what the nation experienced and witnessed yesterday as Bill 10 of 2019 failed to make it because the opposition (UPND) MPs had no balls to debate and vote on the floor of the house like they courageously do on social media, radio, TV and other platforms. “Zambia backwards” should be the UPND’s new slogan because their aim is to see Zambia stagnant and underdeveloped. Bill 10 had progressive clauses but they refused it because of their pettiness and bitterness.

Bill 10 was a Bill for the nation but the UPND Leader, Mr. Hichilema privatized and politicized it for reasons best known to himself. Bally will pay for doing this to Zambians. In 2016 the UPND misled the citizens on the enhanced Bill of Rights. They lied that voting for the Bill of Rights was voting for President Lungu and the PF and they have done exactly the same with Bill 10. They managed to mislead Zambians that the Bill was evil but failed to highlight the “evils” that were in the Bill.

Mr. Hakainde Hichilema had dutch-courage debating the Bill on Social media calling it poisonous but he didn’t allow his MPs to debate it on the floor of the house. He had them locked up at his house and had their phones taken away from them. The Zambian citizens were robbed of a moment of knowing how poisonous the Bill was. The UPND have celebrated the falling of the Bill because they desperately needed something to celebrate about because they have never really had any major victories to celebrate as a political party in their entire existence

Robert Nesta Marley alias Bob Marley’s song titled “time will tell” applies perfectly to the UPND’s Bill 10 falling-off celebrations. The lyrics in-part go like “time will tell oh time will tell, you think you’re in heaven but you living in hell.” Come August 2021 the UPND will realize that they were in hell and not heaven when they will only have 14 days to convince the Courts that the elections were not free and fair after losing futi.

The UPND have won the battle but am more than certain that they will lose the war. They scored an own goal by killing Bill 10. Some clauses would have helped them a lot politically but they opted to use political emotions as opposed to using political maturity hence the Bill dying-off. Time will tell. Vili kwamene tiyenda. The death of Bill 10 will make the UPND pay a hefty price. Politics teyabana iyo, come August next year Hazalila Hagain.

About The Author: Mr. Wiseman Tembo is a Social and Economic Issues Analyst. You can reach Wiseman Tembo via WhatsApp on +260 972415342.

Pleading with village headmen and indunas at Mwala Hills in Eastern Province to forgive the Patriotic Front government and give it another chance in power last Sunday, Dora Siliya said they are not ready to hand over power to anyone unless in 2026.

She begged them to sensitise the people not to vote Edgar Lungu out next year because it would disadvantage development in Eastern Province, which was in the pipeline.

She told them that if Easterners would not vote in numbers then Edgar Lungu will lose the way Rupiah Banda lost.

She said people in Eastern Province should vote in numbers to overcome Southern Province.

“We shouldn’t relax that Edgar azawina (will win) since he is an Easterner but if we vote lazily, our friends in Southern Province will challenge us and we will be removed in power. Let’s not vote lazily the way we did on Rupiah. We lost him because we are many but few voted and we lost him. Those eight bags of fertiliser we got under Rupiah disappeared because [Michael) Sata ate Cassava which doesn’t require fertiliser and you started calling us Paya Farmer and it’s now under President Edgar Lungu that agriculture has been revamped. These elections of next year are not an easy one. It’s war abale anga (my brothers and sisters)! It’s a war, we should make sure everyone registers as voters and vote on 12th August 2021 or else we will lose. Napapata (please), we go wrong, we in government, but forgive us please! Pray for us, we know we have gone through problems in these five years but let’s not lose this presidency because we still have a lot to do with it in our families, communities. We are not only happy for Edgar to be in State House but to work for us. If this presidency leaves Eastern Province, nobody among us will be alive when it will be back here…Let’s not be lazy. If Edgar Lungu loses next year, good agricultural system will collapse. So we have to put on much effort if Edgar is to win next year because we still have a lot to do. For now, we are not ready to hand over power to anyone unless in 2026 we are going to say ‘now namwe a Tonga mungatoleko ici cinthu but pakali pano usogoleri tikali nao nacocita (you Tongas can as well take over [the reigns] but for now we still have a lot to do with this leadership),” this is the wako ni wako gospel according to St Dora Siliya.

Is this how regionalised or tribalised our politics and elections have become?

Does this explain why our people in Eastern Province never voted for the Patriotic Front when Michael Sata, from Northern Province, was its leader and presidential candidate? The Patriotic Front only started winning in Eastern Province when Sata died and was replaced by Edgar Lungu, who hails from Eastern Province. How can this be explained? Is it part of the wako ni wako doctrine?

If Eastern Province is for Edgar and Southern Province for Hakainde Hichilema where does it leave those from Northern, Muchinga and Luapula provinces? What about those from Western and North Western provinces? What about those from Copperbelt, Central and Lusaka provinces?

This calls for some deep soul searching. Each region or tribe is today effectively being challenged by Dora to find their own presidential candidates if they are to see development. Where will this leave our politics and elections?

From what Dora is saying, why should Northern, Muchinga and Luapula provinces continue voting for Edgar? Why should Western, North Western, Central, Copperbelt and Lusaka provinces continue voting for Edgar or Hakainde, and not their own?

WE MADE A MISTAKE TO VOTE OUT RB AND VOTE FOR SATA, HE KILLED OUR EASTERN AGRICULTURE BECAUSE HE ATE CASSAVA. TRIBALIST DORA SILIYA TELLS EASTERN PROVINCE

By Michael.
29th Oct, 2020.

Its hypocritical for PF today to celebrate the Life of Late Sata because of the people in it now. It’s disgusting to listen to the audio by Hon Dora Siliya addressing a meeting in Sinda saying Sata killed the Eastern agriculture because he was eating cassava.. The hatred Dora has for Sata is supported by the current PF leadership and its shocking to see them parade and mourn late Founder and President. Those are crocodile tears.

Addressing Village Headmen and their subjects in Sinda District, other than being tribal hated on Tonga ethnicity, Dora Siliya says RB gave Eastern fertilizer but eastern chose to remove him from office by voting for Sata who used to eat cassava and neglected Eastern province and concentrated on Bembas. Dora says Eastern Province should learn from the past mistakes it made by voting for Sata when they had their relative a Chewa RB. Just after voting for Sata, Eastern province suffered. She urged Eastern to vote for Edgar Lungu to continue having water and roads and fertilizer. In 2013, we called PF as Paya Farm because Sata was a President. She has accused President Sata of having killed Eastern Province as he stopped given them 8 bags of fertilizer.

On a shocking note other than hatred for Sata, Dora has accused Tongas of mounting to remove ECL from Presidency. She has asked Eastern province never to vote for a Tonga person. *” Lets not give out the presidency to Tongas like we gave out to Bembas in 2011. RB was President for 3 years only because we made a mistake to vote for Sata but God has again blessed Eastern with an Eastern man President Lungu who has been in office for 5years”* Why should we make a mistake again and vote for a Tonga man.

Having MPs and further Ministers like Dora is a curse to the nation. Such people are preoccupied by hatred and Tribalism than development and meeting the needs of the people who voted for them. Go to petauke Central, there is nothing as development which Dora as MP has done. Certainly she can’t say she brought Kalindawalo Hospital. Petauke has no township roads, no water, no order yet she has been MP for over 15 years now.
Dora is the enemy of the true PF. Dora is the enemy of the state. It’s therefore hypocritical for current PF and its leadership to celebrate life of Sata while still housing the people like Dora who hate President Sata with a passion even in his grave.

What kind of *One Zambia One Nation* does President Lungu believe on when majority of his Ministers and other Party leaders always find a way to offer ethnicity hatred against Tongas. Not long ago we saw how Hon Luo, Bizwell Mpundu, Chanda, Christopher Yaluma etc propelled hatred on Tongas. We saw how the Sinda MP in Kasenegwa Elections denounced fellow citizens for Tongas. Where have we gone wrong as a nation.

Who said PF is for Easterners and Bembas only? We see PF parading defectors in Western, North Western, Southen provinces etc joining. Or maybe true PF is for Easterners only.

Michael

ZITUKULE Consortium has asked President Edgar Lungu to fire information minister Dora Siliya for threatening the peace of the country.

Zitukule Consortium executive director Nicholas Phiri said if no action is taken then it will prove that it’s the PF who are on a political agenda of tribalism in the country.

“We condemn in the strongest terms possible remarks attributed to Minister of Information and government chief spokesperson Dora Siliya while addressing people in Eastern Province. Ms Siliya is reported to have said that Tongas have risen against the people of Eastern Province and that Easterners needed to vote for their own or the Bembas would laugh at them if Mr Edgar Lungu lost power in the 2021 general elections. These remarks are reckless, dangerous and mischievous. In view of this, we call upon Dora Siliya to immediately resign from government for threatening the peace and unity of the country,” Phiri said. “If she doesn’t resign, we call upon the Head of State to drop her as Cabinet Minister to demonstrate that he doesn’t condone tribalism. We note with sadness and disgust that Cabinet ministers and some senior PF officials have continued to preach tribal sentiments as a means for canvassing [for votes]. This is not only regrettable, but also absolutely unacceptable.”

He said national leadership should be about individual capabilities and qualities rather than ethic affiliation.

“It is our view that failure by the Head of State to drop Siliya or force her to resign will validate our long held view that tribalism is the official policy of the PF regime and that the declaration of the National Day of Prayer, Fasting, Repentance and Reconciliation is nothing but a political scheme that takes advantage of the Christian heritage of the country,” Phiri said. “We also call on the Ministry of National Guidance and Religious Affairs to prove its relevance by condemning remarks attributed to Siliya in the strongest terms possible.”

On Sunday, information minister, Siliya appealed to traditional leaders to forgive the PF government and give it another chance in power.

The minister, who is Petauke Central PF member of parliament, made the remarks at Mwala Hills in Sinda district.

Siliya was addressing about 300 village headmen and indunas.

She expressed disappointment that in 2016, in Sinda district, President Edgar Lungu got 7,000 votes while UPND’s Hakainde Hichilema got 5,000.

Siliya said Tongas have risen against Easterners in a bid to grab the presidency from them and that this was a war which must not be lost.

She said Tongas must not be allowed to grab the presidency before Eastern Province exhausts the privileges that comes with it. Siliya urged traditional leaders to ensure the UPND was not given any votes in 2021.

By Fred M’membe

Information and broadcasting services minister Dora Siliya says they are not ready to hand over power to anyone in 2021.

“We shouldn’t relax that Edgar azawina since he is an Easterner but if we vote lazily, our friends in Southern Province will challenge us and we will be removed in power. Let’s not vote lazily the way we did on Rupiah. We lost him because we are many but few voted and we lost him. Those eight bags of fertiliser we got under Rupiah disappeared because Sata ate Cassava which doesn’t require fertiliser and you started calling us Paya Farmer and it’s now under President Edgar Lungu that agriculture has been revamped.

These elections of next year are not an easy one. It’s war abale anga. It’s a war, we should make sure everyone registers as voters and vote on 12th August 2021 or else we will lose. Napapata, we go wrong, we in government, but forgive us please. Pray for us, we know we have gone through problems in these five years but let’s not lose this presidency because we still have a lot to do with it in our families, communities. We are not only happy for Edgar to be in State House but to work for us. If this presidency leaves, Eastern Province, nobody among us will be alive when it will be back here…Let’s not be lazy.

If Edgar Lungu loses next year, good agricultural system will collapse. So we have to put on much effort if Edgar is to win next year because we still have a lot to do. For now, we are not ready to hand over power to anyone unless in 2026 we are going to say ‘now namwe a Tonga mungatoleko ici cinthu but pakali pano usogoleri tikali nao nacocita,” Minister Siliya pleaded with over 300 village headmen and indunas from Eastern Province last Sunday.

This fear of losing power, of change is widespread among our colleagues in the current government and the ruling party. And it has been openly expressed by many, including the President himself. It has actually become a phobia.

Philosophizing a little on this issue, I would say we have no alternative to meeting the future, we have no hope but the changes, advances, and improvements that the future may bring. Even if our current leaders want to stay in power forever, they won’t be able to do so. Nobody controls the future. No matter what schemes they may pull, other times will come.

The fear of change or changing things is called Metathesiophobia. It is often linked with Tropophobia which is the fear of moving. The origin of the word Metathesiophobia comes from Greek ‘meta’ meaning change and Phobos meaning fear.

Metathesiophobes often tend to live in the past and may also be depressed. Their phobia makes them unwilling to move, to progress, or to change anything. This can severely impact one’s work and personal lives.

The fear of change is evolutionary in humans. Since times immemorial, man has liked routine. Our internal predispositions – heredity and genetics – teach us to resist change mainly to ‘always feel in control’. But the normal fear of change becomes a full-blown phobia when it is irrational, persistent and very intense.

Fear of being unable to adapt can also deter one’s adaptability. Insecurity and guilt are other common emotions behind Metathesiophobia.
Benjamin Franklin once said, “When you are finished changing, you are finished.”

The fear of change is a natural survival instinct ingrained in humans. However, in cases of extreme Metathesiophobia, life can become very difficult. It can negatively impact one’s work and/or personal lives.

Thought of change or adapting to a new environment may lead to a full-blown panic. Avoiding change, one may go to great lengths, break ties, tell lies, or make excuses, manipulate electoral processes, rig elections, commit human rights violations. This can affect many things and lead to irrationality. Often the phobic is aware that his/her fear of change is irrational. However, he/she is unable to overcome it.

The root of Metathesiophobia is deeply embedded in one’s psyche.

Many people suffer from this phobia but the key is to accept change as part of life. Nothing lasts forever. Change is inevitable, there’s no need to fear it. We must always prepare for it and be ready to embrace it.