Powerful message by Hon Kangombe
Contact: UPND Sesheke MP, Romeo Kang’ombe.
Phone: +260 97 4661210
Email: info@upndzambia.org
WILL TRIBALISM SAVE PF IN 2021
I want my girls who have the Bemba/Lozi blood to grow up in a country free of tribalism – Kangombe
I have been following with a heavy heart of course the efforts by the Patriotic Front to remain in power using divide and rule formulas.

The Patriotic Front came into power in 2011 on pretext that it was a pro-poor party. They promised to uplift the lives of the poor people in the country through job creation, lower taxes and more money for the poor. Just after assuming power we saw the opposite happening. PF started by removing subsidies on a number of commodities causing the cost of doing business to go high. But they managed to convince the people that monies saved from subsidies would go a long way in developing the country. We didn’t know that by ‘country’ they meant PF officials and their friends. To date we don’t know where the funds being saved from subsidies go.

The PF did not end there. They went on to acquire huge loans in the name of euro bonds. They promised to invest these loans in ZESCO and Zambia railways among other sectors so as to improve efficiency and service delivery. Did that happen? Have operations at ZESCO improved? No. In fact ZESCO has become worse than before. Citizens are now experiencing long hours of load shedding and frequent power outages. Most parts of the country still have no access to electricity. Small businesses have have collapsed as a result of this. The poor people have become more poorer. PF has failed to fulfill it’s promises. Where did the money from the euro bonds go? In the pockets of PF officials and their friends. Go round the country see how they are building everywhere. Boot licking ministers who never owned a wheelbarrow today they can afford to buy a hat from the president worth K200,000. Go and check at the files at the anti corruption office, it’s all about government officials facing charges involving millions of dollars. That answers you where the euro bond went.

Time for repayment of loans has come but the government has no money because they did not invest the funds wisely. Now they go back to poor people who they forgot when they were stealing asking them now to pay back the loans. People are forced to pay back loans through high taxes, high fuel prices and high electricity tariffs. The poor people are now paying for the loans that were shared by PF criminals. This has angered citizens who had so much expectations. From lower taxes to higher taxes. From promising more jobs now they’re promising to take citizens to the Middle East as slaves.

As 2021 elections approach, PF has nothing to tell or promise the people. They have nothing to show for the 10years of being in power apart from their mansions and big cars while the people are dying of hunger. Realizing that they have lost political fortunes, the PF has now resorted to dirty politics just like the MMD did before 2011. PF has resorted to politics of violence, fake propaganda and tribalism.

The Patriotic Front is so convinced that if they can divide this nation through tribal hatred and divisions then they can retain power. Their plan is to infuse fear in our people that UPND will neglect other tribes when they form government. Total lie. PF using money hungry boys in their media department is trying by all means to reduce our politics to tribe wars. PF is no longer a political party but a traditional grouping which seeks to take our country back to the days of shaka.

But will tribalism save PF in 2021? Absolutely not. The people of Zambia have passed through that stage of buying cheap propaganda from small boys and girls. The Zambian people rejected dirty politics of lies, slender and tribalism in 2011 and they will still do that in 2021. The Zambians will not trade their much cherished peace just to retain criminals in power. UPND has attained the character of a national party through hard work and shall not allow criminals who want to continue stealing to dent our name. UPND and Hakainde Hichilema respects everyone in this country and when in office will not discriminate anyone. We shall respect all traditional leadership whether they believe in us or not.

We appeal to our members to avoid being lured into tribal battles by toilet papers masquerading as newspapers. We must remain focused, we have come a long way to be where we are. Avoid attacking our traditional leadership because of fake propaganda. Personally I have respect for Mwinilubemba whether he believes in UPND or not and I will be visiting him soon to assure him that will always respect tradition. I pledge to use everything within my means to crush the fake propaganda and propel my President Hakainde Hichilema to victory.
2021 harder nabena
ROMEO KANGOMBE
Sesheke MP

SUNDAY CHANDA AND RICHARD SAKALA’S PLANS TO CAUSE ETHNIC WAR

Daily Nation proprietor Richard Sakala and PF Media Director Sunday Chanda have been tasked to drive a serious but dangerous tribal agenda where a picture will be painted that UPND hates Paramount Chief Chitimukulu of the Bemba speaking people.

In a meeting held last week on 16th July 2020 at the Daily Nation offices in the industrial area, PF through Sunday Chanda and Richard Sakala resolved to push this line so that the UPND President Hakainde Hichilema or other UPND officials can be dragged in the debate and respond.

“This is a well orchestrated agenda and being supported by other senior PF officials with a view to slow the UPND momentum gained in the Northern zones. You know that once the chief has already been installed and recognised by government, nobody can dethrone him/her. All previous presidents have had issues with some chiefs, but nobody dethroned them. Remember even late President Michael Sata had issues with chiefs like Jumbe in Eastern Province. At one time Sata revealed that he knew what Chief Jumbe was plotting, but did he dethrone him? Remember how Chief Mwata Kazembe was at one time even whipping PF supporters in his areas, but did any regime dethrone him?

There are many examples. If anything, it is even the UPND President Mr. Hichilema and his officials who fought hard to have the current Chitimukulu recognised and be installed. At that time Edgar Lungu as Home Affairs Minister then deployed battalions of police officers to block ba Sosala from ascending to the throne. How can they today even think of now dethroning him after such a fight?”, sources wondered.

In the PF circles, it’s generally agreed that they have no more messeges to tell Zambians and time is running out.

According to some insiders close to this scheme, the feeling is that the many youths that have been given NRCs in the Northern zones should be driven into tribal hatred against the UPND because the UPND messages so far resonates well with the youth. The PF fears that the issuing of NRCs is actually working against them as there are reports that the majority of new youth voters are bent on voting for the UPND.

“The plan is to drag the UPND President Hakainde Hichilema into tribal response and hope he can make a mistake which Sunday Chanda and other PF surrogates can capitalise on. You will see more of such tribal stories in the Daily Nation most of them written by Sunday Chanda himself even quoting fictitious characters then following day Sunday Chanda will be writing press statements condemning. For example the alleged scheme by HH is unknown other than that it is just a plot. The report has failed to offer details of how the UPND leader is going to carry out the mission.

There’s a lot of fear and desperation in the PF camp. They have no messeges for the masses anymore due to economic hardships. Hence the tramp card now is to push the tribal narrative for their selfish reasons. UPND members should equally open their eyes as they comment on this issue. They will fall in the Richard Sakala and Sunday Chanda tribal trap”, revealed a source close to the scheme.

Richard Sakala and his Daily Nation has been particularly picked in this agenda because of his fear for another jail. In the run up to the 2016 elections, Sakala was heavily funded by State House through dismissed Edgar Lungu’s Press Aide Amos Chanda.

Even the Daily Nation news delivery vehicles were bought by State House though Sakala has now personalised most of them into his private business of fish ponds in Lusaka West and Siavonga.

As of now, the Daily Nation is being distributed using government media vehicles such as the Zambia Daily Mail which is another crime.

And to make sure they push this tribal agenda, Daily Nation has been funded to increase circulation even if it’s not making any profits and being bought but it will be given freely to citizens especially in the Northern zones. The Daily Nation is already heavily funded by State House that’s why it’s electronic version is readily available early in the morning to anyone even without any subscriptions by readers.

“The panic in the PF camp is real. You know the latter rains that can even destroy crops as is it goes? They can even burn the country in their quest to remain in power or for everyone to loss out”, sources close to the scheme revealed.

This is PF’s umpteenth time to accuse HH of some plot to over throw someone or something and usually the efforts have come to nought. During the 2017 market infernos that gutted several trading places across the Republic, Hichilema was accused of being responsible inorder to make Zambia ungovernable.

And recently in a series of bizarre gassing that left hundreds of citizens dead around Zambia, the government through various senior officials pointed their fingers at Hichilema, and as usual without any evidence. The Chitimukulugate is perhaps the most dangerous scheme to inflame passionate ethnic outrage hate against HH, UPND and tragically against the Tonga people.

Sunday Chanda, the Daily Nation and surrogate on line media have lined up a group of individuals to issue a series of commentaries inorder to push the agenda into momentum.

Kalulu Tapusuka Mipya Ibili

Dr. Henry Kanyanta Sosala

PART I

‘’Kalulu tapusuka mipya ibili,’’ is a Chibemba proverb which can literally be translated as: ‘’The hare does not escape the burning plains twice.’’ The actual lesson is that no one should take his luck for guaranteed or push one’s lucky star too far. And this applies to me because in the first place, President Michael Sata de-gazetted me and later President Lungu gazetted me. I must not, however, ’’try to push my lucky star too far,’’ because Mr. Hakainde Hichilema and the UPND have resolved according to the Deputy National Secretary-General Patrick Mucheleka to dethrone me as Mwinelubemba Chitimukulu as soon as they step into the corridors of power.

I think the only option is: PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE. The problem is that some people create their own storms, but get mad when it rains.

Andrew Roberts in A History of the Bemba wrote: ‘’’The most important social institution among the Bemba people other than the family is chieftainship. There are over thirty clans represented in Bembaland, but the one clan with political significance is the Bena Ng’andu, the ‘people of the crocodile.’ This is the royal clan, to whom is reserved succession to many chieftainships……no other chiefly clan in the region has gained such power for its tribe as the Bena Ng’andu. It is above all this institution which generates and perpetuates historical traditions. The social basis of oral traditions among the Bemba is thus primarily to be sought in the institution of chieftainship. The affairs regarding which the Bemba look to history for guidance and inspiration are the affairs of chiefs; And yet although such history serves to affirm and reinforce the power and prestige of a ruling group, it is nevertheless accepted by the Bemba at large as being in an important sense their own history. The glory of the Bena Ng’andu is something in which all Bemba can share and derive a sense of communal pride.’’

The question is: why did President Sata de-gazzete me? It was because he knew me as a controversial strategist who operated behind the scenes since I was with him in the United Progressive Party (UPP) that was led by Mr. Kapwepwe. His fear was that it would be highly dangerous for me to be at the helm of Bemba power. A.L. Epstein, a social scientist who carried out a research on the copper-belt wrote in his book, Politics in an Urban African Community: ‘’The Bemba-speaking peoples, make up by far the most numerous category in towns. The Bemba are a proud people, conscious of their military past and are known to Europeans and their fellow Africans alike for their arrogance…’’

The late Mr. Valentine Musakanya said the Bemba aristocracy and arrogance always believe not only in their inheritance, but also in the vocal aggression…. Their aristocracy has no foundation in wealth or known education but essentially in just being Bemba. The Bemba being a born-warrior regards “the innate temperament trait” as his only survival instinct and strongly believes that fear and coward-ness are the gateway to self-destruction. And hence the saying “cibe cibe, umwenso ni mfwa.”

President Sata was very uneasy with my becoming the Bemba leader as you can see from what The Daily Nation reported in the obituary: In 2014, Mr. Lewis Changufu was almost arrested for calling for a meeting to discuss the impasse between the PF government and the Bemba Paramount Chief. Quoting intelligence sources, then President Sata was reported to have instructed state agents to find anything that could incriminate Mr. Changufu. ‘’ We have been asked to come up with anything that can link Mr. Changufu to crime. The President wants him arrested ASAP (as soon as possible) (ibid. 28th April 2016).

On the other hand, the Chinese government wanted to assist traditional rulers in Africa and formed what was called Africa Opportunity Co-ordination Organization based in Nairobi. Dr. Wang came to Zambia and asked the Minister of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs to give him the name of a chief who would represent us there and the Minister chose a relative, but Dr. Wang discovered that he was not given the right person and so he travelled to Kasama and told me that I was the right person. And when he went back, he sent the following letter of appointment ‘’ With your royal position and high level of traditional knowledge and experience of the traditional norms and culture in Zambia, Africa AOCO board has appointed you to spearhead the formation of Pan African Development Committee in chiefdoms not only in Zambia, but in Africa as a whole.’’

But that did not go well with powers-that-were since their preferred candidate was not picked up and so they became irritated and decided to destroy my character and integrity internationally. The Minister accused me of ‘’masquerading as Senior Chief Mwamba’’ (The Post 1st May 2013). And on 9th instant The Post came up with the front page headline: ‘’Sosala masquerading as Chief Mwamba declares Sata.” (ibid.) Dr. Wang later sent me a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding that was drawn by the Ministry of Chiefs appointing the same chief as Zambia’s representative, but the whole thing has now died a natural death.

And in fact I was warned by Dr. Mbita Chitala about my articles in The Post as well as by Mr. Sikota Wina when he visited Kasama. However being a free-thinker I am supposed to be ‘’audacious,’’ i.e., to be extremely bold, daring, recklessly brave and fearless. I can therefore never be a convert to anybody’s opinions whether political or otherwise. And I have always been encouraged by Edgar Allan Poe’s words: “In criticism, I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.”

I have even continued now to educate people on our local radio stations. And I feel totally liberated because one of the tenets of being a free-thinker is the ability to tell people what they need to know, rather than what they want to hear. It was the great Greek philosopher, Socrates, who felt that it was necessary to create mental tensions, so that individuals could rise from bondage of political myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative and objective analysis. And therefore the poor masses in villagers should not be perpetually condemned to choose in the false and highly perverted blinding conditions. The authenticity of one’s choice must be promoted by his ability to understand, at least, the falseness of the conditions under which he must choose, so that he can rise from the bondage of falsehood to the majestic heights of understanding

The Daily Nation newspaper of 4th July 2014 came up with headline: ‘’CHITIMUKULU WAS DULLY INSTALLED —-PARLIAMENT. It then went on:’’ The government has been advised to recognize the appointment of Henry Kanyanta Sosala as Paramount Chief Chitimukulu. Supporting the motion tabled by the Committee on delegated legislation, Namwala MP Moono Lubhezi told Parliament that Henry Kanyanta Sosala was dully installed as Paramount chief Chitimukulu and that government should correct the Statutory Instrument de-gazetting him so that he could be recognized. Ms. Lubhezi said that the House of Chiefs did not receive any complaint about the installation of the new Chitimukulu and that the government should recognize him.’’

On the other hand, President Sata had a strategy of dealing with me. The plan was that I was to be arrested and Mumba Yulaya was to be installed as Chitimukulu, but by God’s grace, the plan was prematurely aborted a week before its being executed because Honourable Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba resigned as Defence Minister: ‘’ …it’s important for Zambians to know that I hail from the Bemba royal family and there is no way I am going to forsake my own blood for the sake of politics. So for me as GBM, I am sorry. I am a very principled person and I resign from government.’’ The ancient scholar, Eliphaz said, ‘’God upsets the plans of the crafty, so that nothing they try seems to succeed. He traps the wise in their own schemes and what they thought would succeed, doesn’t.’’ (Job 5: 12, 13).

United Party for National Development(UPND) has denied reports in the Daily Nation that the party has resolved to dethrone Chitimukulu as soon as they step into the corridors of power.

In a statement to the media, the party said that they will not directly respond to His Royal Highness Paramount Chief Chitimukulu Kanyanta Manga II’s reported sentiments in the media through the media, but have placed themselves at the disposal of Chief Chitimukulu to summoned them for a candid discussion on the concerns raised.

Below is the full statement

As UPND, we try our best to skirt around from engaging our Royal Highnesses everywhere publicly. We hold them in high esteem as custodians of our diverse cultural diversity and as key partners in our holistic development agenda for Zambia. This includes even those who may be harbouring hatred against us and our leadership.

UPND, as a political formation, with a strong and committed membership that spreads across our country, are therefore perturbed to read words attributed to Mwine Lubemba, His Royal Highness Paramount Chief Chitimukulu Kanyanta Manga II in today’s edition of Daily Nation newspaper (Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Vol 6 Issue 2659). If he surely said those words, we then don’t know exactly where this is coming from. We wish to appeal to His Royal Highness not to allow himself to become a tool of people with ulterior motives meant simply to divide our people through discredited and debunked tribal labelling.

As UPND, we are a political formation that reflects a multi-ethnic, multi-racial, multi-cultural and multi-religious character of our nation. We firmly believe in our national motto of One Zambia One Nation, not as a mere slogan to deceptively hide behind, while festering divisions through fomenting tribalism. We hold the motto, as taught by our national founding fathers (and mothers) as the rallying cry for national unity to drive holistic development equally and equitably to all our people across Zambia without fear, favour or ill-will.

Furthermore, we will not directly respond to His Royal Highness Paramount Chief Chitimukulu Kanyanta Manga II’s reported sentiments in the media through the media. We hold him in high respect as one of our Royal Highnesses. We are at his disposal to be summoned to address his concerns candidly as is befitting his status in society.

We will always respect Traditional leaders because they have a serious role in people’s livelihood, as they are there to use their respected voice which is always appreciated to facilitate and guide their subjects for sustainable development and foster unity.

We have in the past demonstrated our commitment and love to some of our traditional leaders in the country, at the time we felt they were neglected and not respected by the government.

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has addressed the problem posed by political cadres, setting out his thinking on the subject on social media.

“Friends, it’s time for an honest conversation about political cadres, that many of you are concerned about,” Hakainde writes.

Asking people to come with an open mind on the subject the UPND leader explains that in looking at the challenge he has first sought to understand its roots. HH says to do this we “must begin by humanising them and not be led by our personal prejudices based on what we have observed as unbecoming conduct.”

“A cadre is a youth, a human being whose circumstances have necessitated their engagement in this form of occupation,” he writes. He goes on to give an example of a young man called Moses, who is in his early 20s and is unemployed.

He describes a harsh start to life and difficult upbringing in which many of his basic needs went unmet. As a result Moses ends up with a worldview of hopelessness.

“As he grows into his teens, his heart is hardened by the tough circumstances of living in want and survival means engaging in social deviance. His heroes are local “Commanders,” who move with bundles of cash and dominate the informal economy within his community. He can relate to them as they have a similar background as he. He is moved by the allure of being able to make a living from pledging fealty to these Commanders, and is happy to do their bidding, even if the acts are criminal in nature,” HH narrates.

“Moses realises that these Commanders source their power in the informal economy from their linkage to politics. This ostensibly makes him fiercely loyal to the political party from which the Commander is aligned. They adorn themselves in party regalia and chant slogans as they traverse the markets, bus stops and informal trading areas collecting tolls, levies and tribute from traders. The police look the other way as they engage in their activities with impunity” he continues.

HH says that for someone like Moses he may not be able to see any alternative for making a living given that he has no education or vocational skills.

“In order to sort out the issue of cadres, we have to address the matter holistically with the strategic engagement of a political, economic, and sociological approach. Appreciate who Moses is and know that there are millions of youths just like him in similar circumstances. Understand the informal economy and how it works and marry that with the intricacies of local politics. This issue will not be solved in a short time frame, but we can begin a process that resolves it” Hichilema proposes.

The UPND leader goes on to set out a proposed solution with three distinct phases. Phase one consists of education, skills and vocational training, phase two is focused on SME development, and phase three is concerned with strengthening institutions such as the police and local government.

“These measures will not displace Moses and his friends, but will offer an alternative opportunity for them to be incorporated into a formal structure with dignity and decent pay,” the UPND leader writes.

“We are determined to provide youths like Moses with skills, jobs and business opportunities. Remember that Moses is human, and his circumstances are not his choosing but rather arising from the dereliction of duty among leaders for far too long,” he concludes.

DPP WANTS PEOPLE WHO WITHDRAW CASES FROM COURT PUNISHED

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lillian Siyuni has proposed an amendment to the law to introduce penalties for people with a tendency of recanting or withdrawing court cases. She is alleging bribery by suspects as the main cause.

She laments that the tendency by victims to withdraw abruptly was terribly affecting her work due to the huge waste of time spent on cases that ended up closed.

Did the DPP apply her mind to the proposal? I do not think so.

It is true that suspects, especially assault ones, tend to pay their victims so as to withdraw their cases. Wives and husbands also tend to withdraw GBV cases against their spouses. Boyfriends and girlfriends, and others, who are related in one way or the other do withdraw cases after monetary gains or family interventions. The question is: should victims be punished for withdrawal of cases?

I do not think the DPP fully understands the consequences, especially to the State, if punishment were to be handed down to persons that withdrawal cases. First of all, if punishment be meted out, it should be done to the State and to individuals. For what is good for the goose must be good for the gander. If bribery is the reason why individuals enter nolle prosequi, then bribery is the reason why the DPP always enters nolles. If corruption is the reason why individuals enter nolle prosequis, then the same is the reason why the DPP always enters nolles.

Thus, if individuals must be punished for entering nolle prosequis, then the DPP must be punished for doing so too.

And looking at cases that the DPP enters nolles, e.g. the treason case against Hakainde Hichilema and fives others, the State would be paying colossal sums on account of nolle prosequis which the DPP enters time and time again.

So, Ba DPP, tondolo musuma. Dont start a fight you will regret sooner rather than later.

Already, government is grappling with the payment of retirees per Constitution Amendment 2016. And also grappling with the provisions to do with ministers from within or outside parliament. K75,000 bills pending to be paid. Now, government wants to reverse the Articles through Bill 10.

Don’t start fights from all fronts. Sinkamba Peter

Contact :.Deputy National Youth Chairperson Gilbert Liswaniso 0977447412/0977780397

Email : info@upndzambia.org

POLICE/ PF MEETING COSMETIC

Lusaka (22.07.2020) – United Party for National Development-UPND is concerned that a well intended meeting between Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Bonny Kapeso and ruling Patriotic Front (PF) led by Lusaka Province Youth secretary, Kennedy Kamba was a pure cosmetic move.

Firstly, we find it misplaced that PF Provincial Secretary, who is on record and famed for committing the gravest of violent crimes against citizens could represent the PF Chairperson for Security, Stephen Kampyongo who is also the Home Affairs Minister.

And how can Mr Kamba lie though his teeth that ‘the misconduct of an individual member of PF should not be construed as the position of other members of the party. But the fugitive Emmanuel Banda is PF Easternprovince Youth Chairperson and friends with the Head of state? We can smell a rat in this matter.

Secondly, we wonder at what point Kampyongo, who is by default Kapeso’s boss, takes off the Ministerial jacket of Home Affairs to answer to Mr Kapeso seeing that all the criminal activities that PF cadres have been committing are done with his blessings of the ruling party.

Thirdly, we have also noted that the apology from the PF over the uncouth behaviour of some PF cadres at the Lusaka Magistrates court last week was aimed at distorting facts and turning the attention of Zambians from the gravity of the matter at hand.

Furthermore, the failure by the Zambia Police Service (ZP) to arrest Emmanuel Banda for invading and assaulting Police Officers in an ISIS style manner erodes the very good intentions Mr Kapeso’s appetite to end the feud and rift between unruly PF cadres and the ZP whose work has been made extremely unbearable due to interference in their duties by the ruling party.

That stated, it defies all logic that Mr Kampyongo could continue doubling as both PF security Chairperson and Minister of Home Affairs because that makes it impossible for him to execute his duties fairly and in the interest of the majority Zambians craving for peace and unity.

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UPND’s Scheme Tribal, Vengeful, Divisive & Anarchist.*

By Sunday Chilufya Chanda

We find the scheme by the UPND to dethrone the Mwine Lubemba Chitimukulu Henry Kanyanta Sosala, in the unlikely event of forming Government, extremely reprehensible. This evil scheme by the UPND , but it is a censurable scheme that will backfire terribly on Mr. Hichilema and his Party. It seems Mr. Hichilema and his Party have not embraced in old wisdom that, “you do not spit into the wind because it will come back in your face”.

His Royal Highness Paramount Chief Chitimukulu, Mwine Lubemba is a crusader and messenger of the liberating power of truth. And, “you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free”!

Is not Mr. Hichilema interested in the liberating power of truth, no matter who says it?

Is Mr. Hichilema so bound and driven by tribalism and vengeance that, he is so irked and troubled by the wisdom, truth and principles of
His Royal Highness Paramount Chief Chitimukulu, Mwine Lubemba? And is it moral for Mr. Hichilema’s UPND to be actively planning ill against the Mwine Lubemba?

Driven by his tribal and divisive instincts, Mr. Hichilema has found reason and peace in allowing his Spokespersons in the Alliance, to insult and demean the Mwine Lubemba. This scheme is not imaginary. This scheme is real and in active sponsored operation, which is the only reason Mr. Hichilema has not seen any value in apologising to the Mwine Lubemba for the insults he has received from Mr. Hichilema’s alliance.

This anarchist and divisive scheme is not only targeted at the Mwine Lubemba, but at the Bemba speaking people as a whole, because; one cannot respect a people whose “King” he/she derides or insults.

Further, the above-mentioned scheme is not only targeted at the Bemba speaking people everywhere, but it is also targeted at the paramount Chiefs Litunga of Barotseland, Gawa Undi of the Chewa people, Chitimukulu of the Bemba, and Nkosi Ya Makosi Mpezeni of the Ngoni speaking people.

We can say to the UPND that they are now playing with fire. We want to advise Mr. Hichilema and his UPND to immediately stop spitting in the wind, because that will come back to hit them in their faces.

Driven by vengeance and division, Mr. Hichilema and UPND aspire for the highest office in the land so that they can unleash their vengeance and division.

True to his nature, for example, instead of him preaching nation building and unity, Mr. Hakainde Hichilema this week issued a veiled threat to dismiss all civil servants and diplomats he labelled as Patriotic Front supporters. This is coming from the mouth of someone who lies about creating jobs, when his agenda is to make hundreds of our brothers and sisters jobless based on tribe, region and his suspections about their political persuasion.

How does Mr. Hichilema create jobs by destroying jobs and livelihoods of civil servants only because of his suspicions or because of the civil servants’ tribe or region? Infact, Mr. Hichilema’s job creation strategy is a misnomer given his crusade to fire civil servants based only on his suspicions, flimsy reasons, and tribalism.

Given his apparent lack of understanding of governance, and given his apparent innate disrespect for institutions; Mr. Hichilema needs to be reminded that the country has a professional Civil Service Commission with specific rules and guidelines. If Mr. Hichilema has any solid evidence of any “Patriotic Front” civil servant, let him bring such evidence to the Commission and the nation.

Only there is no such hard evidence, only more falsehoods, divisiveness and anarchism from Mr. Hichilema and his UPND.

The threat against civil servants is an empty, veiled threat because based on our information, the UPND is all targeting civil servants from both PF strongholds, including some from UPND strongholds. According to the UPND, originating from a region that is not their stronghold and you are a civil servant, to them that’s an admission of guilt of supporting the Patriotic Front. To paraphrase Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: “We all want a Zambia where each one of us, including civil servants, are judged by the content of our character, not by our tribe or region!”

Therefore, the UPND’s vengeful vendetta targeted at civil servants coming from Western, Luapula, Muchinga, Northern, Eastern, Copperbelt, North-Western and those Southerners who are deemed not to support UPND — should be condemned by all well-meaning Zambians.

We appeal to all Zambians of good conscience to condemn Mr. Hichilema’s anarchist tribal, regional “cleansing” and witchhunt agenda of Zambia’s civil service.

Lastly, but certainly not the least, we want to appeal to our brother the NDC leader Hon Chishimba Kambwili if his conscience is clear that he is in partnership and colluding with those people insulting his Paramount Chief Mwine Lubemba. To the NDC leader, we ask; do you find being a party to an alliance insulting your own Paramount Chief Mwine Lubemba, a honourable and moral thing to do?

The author is Patriotic Front Media Director at the Party Secretariat

Date: Wednesday, 22nd July 2020

Ernestine “Tina” Martin Wyatt, the great-great-great-niece of Harriet Tubman, has hit back at Kanye West after the rapper blatantly renounced and criticized the record of her aunt.

West in his first event since he declared himself a presidential candidate in November’s general elections went berserk and in a lengthy monologue claimed the Underground Railroad conductor never actually freed the slaves.

“She just had them work for other white people,” he said.

Tubman, according to historical accounts, escaped slavery using the Underground Railroad in the fall of 1849. She would later serve as a “conductor” for many other escaping slaves.

In a reaction, Wyatt slammed West’s comments as utterly ignorant and uninformed, stating that the “Yeezuz” rapper would still be on a plantation were it not for the sacrifices the likes of Tubman made of the emancipation of the black race in America.

“If we were left alone, we would be in an entirely different place. And he needs to understand that if it weren’t for people like aunt Harriet, especially her… because she was already free, she didn’t have to come back, she didn’t have to risk her life but she did it countless times.

“And if it hadn’t been for people like her, he would still be on that plantation, he would not be able to be out there saying the things he said and he wouldn’t have the money he makes,” Wyatt told TMZ.

West is no stranger to controversy. Last year he claimed bizarrely that he was free from the clutches of the Democratic Party following his acceptance of Jesus.

West told veteran Los Angeles radio and morning show host, Big Boy in an interview that the Democratic Party for years brainwashed the black community into patronizing abortion.

“We’re brainwashed out here, bro,” said West. “Come on, man. This is a free man talking. Democrats had us voting [for] Democrats with food stamps for years. What are you talking about? Guns in the 80s, taking the fathers out the home, Plan B, lowering our votes, making us abort our children…Thou shall not kill.”

Contact : UPND Media Director, Ruth Dante
0976503165/0977780397
Email : info@upndzambia.org
PRESS RELEASE
LEAVE TRADITIONAL LEADERS, FOCUS ON REAL ISSUES
Lusaka (22.07.2020 ) – As UPND, we try our best to skirt around from engaging our Royal Highnesses everywhere publicly. We hold them in high esteem as custodians of our diverse cultural diversity and as key partners in our holistic development agenda for Zambia. This includes even those who may be harbouring hatred against us and our leadership.

UPND, as a political formation, with a strong and committed membership that spreads across our country, are therefore perturbed to read words attributed to Mwine Lubemba, His Royal Highness Paramount Chief Chitimukulu Kanyanta Manga II in today’s edition of Daily Nation newspaper (Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Vol 6 Issue 2659). If he surely said those words, we then don’t know exactly where this is coming from. We wish to appeal to His Royal Highness not to allow himself to become a tool of people with ulterior motives meant simply to divide our people through discredited and debunked tribal leballing.

As UPND, we are a political formation that reflects a multi-ethnic, multi-racial, multi-cultural and multi-religious character of our nation. We firmly believe in our national motto of One Zambia One Nation, not as a mere slogan to deceptively hide behind, while festering divisions through fomenting tribalism. We hold the motto, as taught by our national founding fathers (and mothers) as the rallying cry for national unity to drive holistic development equally and equitably to all our people across Zambia without fear, favor or ill-will.

Furthermore, we will not directly respond to His Royal Highness Paramount Chief Chitimukulu Kanyanta Manga II’s reported sentiments in the media through the media. We hold him in high respect as one of our Royal Highnesses. We are at his disposal to be summoned to address his concerns candidly as is befitting his status in society.
We will always respect Traditional leaders because they have a serious role in people’s livelihood, as they are there to use their respected voice which is always appreciated to facilitate and guide their subjects for sustainable development and foster unity.

We have in the past demonstrated our commitment and love to some of our traditional leaders in the country, at the time we felt they were neglected and not respected by government.
UPND MEDIA TEAM

REPORTS CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HH HAS VOWED TO FIRE PF SYMPATHIZERS FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE ARE FALSE, MALICIOUS AND MERE PF PROPAGANDA.
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BY: CASTROL KAFWETA | TUE JUL 21 2020 |-
Fellow citizens! We have noted with great concern the fake, misleading, and unfounded reports circulating on social media on PF blogs that our incoming Republican president Hakainde Hichilema has threatened to fire all Patriotic Front PF sympathizers including their members.

We strongly urge the general public to treat such propaganda manufactured by the desperate Sunday Chanda and the Patriotic Front with the contempt they deserve. Our Bally! Your Bally understands and sympathizes with the Civil Servants and their suffering is the main reason why UPND is geared to form government next year.

If you’re a PF member or sympathizer and you have the right qualifications for the job, why should HH fire you? On what grounds will the president fire you? You and I knows that every job in government have specific requirements that are needed and those who meet the requirements takes the job but this is not the case in PF. Cadres with no qualifications are the ones being recruited leaving out people with qualifications. This is what we’re coming to correct and not to abuse people who are rightfully occupying a job.

As UPND, we do understand that it is the civic duty and right of every citizen of Zambia to participate in political and public affairs of this country. We do recognize, respect and will continue to fulfill the right of citizens to belong to their political parties of their choice regardless of the position or job they have in government. It’s their right and in no way will president HH abuse civil servants because they support or belong to other political parties.
We wish to consort our reasoning with that of the PF Propagandist that affiliation with PF, NDC, FDD or indeed DP is not an offence, it is a democratic right in as much as it is to belong to the mighty UPND. As such, we would not be so stupid as the PF who have been abusing civil servants who are perceived to be UPND sympathizers. We’re a party of intellectuals and we’re founded on the predicate of the rule of law.

Fellow country men and women! I want to categorically state here that president Hakainde Hichilema will be too busy with significant national issues that will not allow him to waste his time in identifying who’s PF, DP, or NDC because the president will focus his energy and time in ensuring that Education is made affordable for everyone to access and that the price of commodities such as Mealie meal, Cooking oil, fuel, ZESCO units, and Fertilizers are reduced to suit the common man in Zambia.

To our Civil Servants! I wish to mention to you that Sunday Chanda and the Patriotic Front PF do not mean well for you. You’re the living testimonies to understand what I am talking about.

In the UPND government, all civil servants will have lowest loan interest, sponsorship for school will be reintroduced, salaries will be increased by more than 5%. UPND government will be the only government in the history of Zambia where your works and inputs will be valued and rewarded with good pay and respect.
Our government will be blind to such allegations being made by Edgar Lungu through his Propagandist Sunday Chanda and Dora Siliya.

The nation must understand that president Hakainde Hichilema was very categorical when he stated that employment will be based on qualification not on tribal lines. This is the point that Sunday Chanda and his colleagues in PF misunderstood and have since resorted to capitalize on this very important statement.
Surely, will you be in support if UPND started recruiting unqualified people in the civil service?

How would you feel if you applied for a Job with the necessary requirements and we pick a unqualified candidate leaving you out?

This is exactly what the PF government under the leadership of president Edgar Lungu are doing. They are recruiting cadres without any qualification into the civil service such as the Zambia Police, Zambia Army, ZNS, ZRA and many other government institutions.
Is this what you want to see in the UPND government??

WE EXPOSE THE 2021 RIGGING FRAUD PLAN THROUGH FRAUDULENT VOTER REGISTRATION

The rigging of the 2021 Elections is already underway, we’ll simplify it here ;

PHASE 1 – MOBILE ISSUANCE OF NRC’S IN PERCEIVED PF STRONGHOLDS SINCE DECEMBER 2019

The National Registration Office under the Ministry of Home Affairs commenced issuance of NRC’S in perceived PF strongholds. They have been issuing NRC’S in these areas because they want to boost Voter numbers in these areas and suppress Voter numbers in areas where the PF is weak.
NRC’S are also being issued to children under 16 years old to boost Voter numbers in those areas.
This exercise has been going on for 8 months now in Luapula, Northern, Muchinga and Eastern provinces.
Even Davies Mwila confessed to this 4 months ago in a PF meeting that over 50,000 NRC’S had been issued by the PF in Chief Mibenge’s chiefdom.
The PF has issued hundreds of thousands if not a million or more NRC’S in these areas.

PHASE 2 – ECZ ONLINE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS

The National Registration Office has now developed an online database of the NRC’S that have been issued in these 4 provinces.
This electronic file can now easily be passed to ECZ to print voters cards for the people who were issued NRC’S, some of whom are children and even foreign nationals living along the Congo and Malawi border.

The ECZ has now introduced an online Voter registration system without consulting stakeholders and political parties. This is the beginning of phase 2.

Under this system, a Voter who registers online only has to upload their details, NRC and passport photos onto the ECZ website from their phone and they are automatically registered as a Voter.

They DON’T NEED TO REGISTER THEIR FINGERPRINTS which is a critical safeguard and security feature of the old system. They want to remove this requirement, this means that one person can attempt to register as a Voter multiple times.
After registering online you only need to go to the registration centre to collect your card without proper verification mechanisms like fingerprint authentication.

What’s going to happen is ECZ will print hundreds of thousands of voters cards for the people in these villages in these 4 provinces and then claim that they registered online.

But the truth is they didn’t register online, the ECZ would have acquired the electronic file to print these cards from the National Registration Office officials that are complicit in this plan.

The children who have been given NRC’S and voters cards will not have to physically present themselves at a Voter registration office. Everything has been done for them.
You will only see these children on election day coming to vote and no one will stop them because they will have NRC’S and voters cards.
You will see alot of voters cards having the same photographs as the NRC, which is supposed to be impossible because these are two different institutions. But you will see it as a common occurrence in Luapula, Northern, Muchinga and Eastern provinces.

PHASE 3 – DELAYED ISSUANCE OF NRC’S IN OPPOSITION STRONGHOLDS

The National Registration Office will limit the number of NRC’S issued in opposition strongholds. There will be very few mobile registration centres in Southern, Copperbelt, Lusaka, Western, Central and North Western Provinces. You will see machines breaking down, not working or them saying that materials for printing NRC’S have run out. But you won’t see the same problems happening in Luapula, Northern, Muchinga and Eastern provinces.

PHASE 4 – SHORT VOTER REGISTRATION PERIOD OF ONLY 30 DAYS.

In previous election cycles, Voter registration has always been for a period of 90 days.
This time the ECZ has stubbornly refused saying it will only be for 30 days.
They want very few people to register as voters in the opposition strongholds to limit the number of voters.
The perceived PF strongholds don’t need a long registration period because the cards would have already been printed for them and issued to the people who received NRC’S.
You will also see fewer Voter registration centres in the opposition strongholds.

RESULT

The results of this fraudulent process that we will see when they complete it in November is that ;

1: Extremely high new Voter registration numbers in Luapula, Northern, Muchinga and Eastern provinces.

2: Extremely low Voter registrations numbers in Southern, Lusaka, Copperbelt, Central, Western and North Western Provinces.

You will see a province like Luapula or Eastern having numbers as high as Lusaka and Copperbelt in terms of Voter registration yet the population of Luapula is only half that of Lusaka.

This will give the PF an artificial boost going into the 2021 elections.

Be on the look out for voters cards like these, which have the same face on the NRC. They will be issued fraudulently.

We implore the people of Zambia and all opposition parties to reject online Voter registration.
REJECT IT THE SAME WAY WE’VE REJECTED BILL 10.
Every person should be required to present themselves before a Voter registration centre, they need to register their fingerprints, and they should physically be verified by a Voter registration officer.

WE ARE SAYING NO TO ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION, IT’S A FRAUDULENT PROCESS AND WE WILL NOT ACCEPT IT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. -NDC Media

By Patson Chilemba

Zambia’s High Commissioner to Australia Frank Bwalya’s chef was finally fired from her job at the residence over allegations bordering on the use of charms, after Bwalya’s wife found a snail in the cup, sources familiar with the situation have said.

Sources familiar with the domestic quarrels involving High Commissioner Bwalya and his wife Joyce on one side, and the chef known as bana Chanda, which have spilled over and are being handled by the Australian government, through their Department (Ministry) of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told Daily Revelation that High Commissioner Bwalya’s, Joyce suspected bana Chanda of using charms against them.

The sources have said bana Chanda has rejected the assertions, saying the allegation was simply being used to get rid of her by Joyce.

“To bring you up to speed, yes the chef has been complaining about the alleged mistreatment by the madam, but what sort of broke the camel’s back was a situation where bana Chanda was called to the kitchen by the madam, as she was holding a cup that had a snail in it. She told bana Chanda that she had called her to show her the snail she found in the cup so she would not refuse once she showed the same to High Commissioner,” the sources said. “Of course the chef has been arguing during the meetings, wondering how a snail could have gotten from outside, onto the tray and finally into the cup.”

The sources said bana Chanda has been insistent during the meetings on her position that High Commissioner Bwalya cautioned her about his wife, to be careful as she could create a situation which was going to lead him to fire her.

“But the High Commissioner and the madam have insisted that she is not someone they want to continue living with. Of course she (the chef) has complained bitterly that the madam has failed to consider his job over the action she has taken, saying she wouldn’t want his job to end in the same manner her’s has ended,” the sources said. “Of course what you may need to know is there is some rumoured family ties that High Commissioner is related to bana Chanda. She’s been complaining that her life has been ended badly as she was repaying loans, paying hospitals bills for family members in Zambia, and that her future and those of her family members have been ruined.”

Well placed sources familiar with the matter have told Daily Revelation that there have been serious problems between the Bwalya’s and bana Chanda who is employed by the Zambian government and attached to the High Commissioner as chef at the envoy’s residence.

Sources said the alleged mistreatment of bana Chanda eventually led to the termination of her employment.

Daily Revelation understands that because of the nature of the arguments and her being fired, bana Chanda was forced to complain to DFAT, a government department that also looks into the affairs of diplomats and is responsible for issuing visas to them.

The Department has taken the matter seriously, particularly that the chef was fired and expelled from the residence and was therefore being taken care of by the Australian government.

Foreign Affairs permanent secretary in charge of administration, Dr Ronald Simwinga said the Ministry had asked High Commissioner Bwalya to give his version of the story as High Commissioner there, saying the Ministry was not aware about the matter as the Mission in Australia had not registered it with headquarters here. – Daily Revelation

Contact: UPND Sesheke MP, Romeo Kang’ombe.
Email: info@upndzambia.org
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
KANGANJA HAS REDUCED THE POLICE SERVICE TO PF CADRES PLAY GROUND
“Better days are coming. We shall restore the dignity and respect for our men and women in uniform” -Kangombe
Since the coming of the Patriotic Front (PF) into power, we have seen very important institutions in our country being reduced to play grounds of Party cadres. One such institution is the Zambia Police service.

The police Inspector General Mr. Kakoma Kanganja working with PF officials have taken away the powers, respect and dignity that our men and women in uniform deserve. It is very disheartening to see our men and women in uniform saluting and taking orders from political party cadres and the police chief is comfortably watching this. Unfortunately, even the President who is supposed to protect such institution against any abuse is also comfortable with this threat to national security.

How can a government be so careless to legalize lawlessness in the name of politics. This is not funny and PF itself will be devoured by this monster they have created. Remember these cadres started by attacking the opposition members then they went for a cabinet minister and now they have started attacking the police right at the police station. Next they will start attacking Judges and when there is no one to attack they will attack the president himself. This is how much we have compromised the national security our country. Our markets are now called barracks for cadres. Surely this PF leadership is a curse to our country.

I want to put it on record that we stand with our men and women in uniform as they pass through this persecution from the police IG and his minions. We are assuring our officers that better days are coming when they will be allowed to execute their duties without any interference. Days are coming when their respect and dignity will be restored.

We urge our men and women in uniform to remain strong and resolute during this period. As we heard towards elections police officers and many other institutions should remember that it’s not only voting time but also the time to liberate themselves from PF cadres. Our first priority when in government is to clean up the public service and restore professionalism. We shall get rid of all the ghost PF workers who are draining our country’s treasury. We shall also restore order in the local councils; all markets will be managed by local authorities. Law and order will be our firm; you can’t develop a nation using lawlessness and disorder. This is what PF has done and we shall avoid it.

We shall make sure that our youths are given formal employment and business opportunities so that they can contribute to the development of our country. We shall also harness the God given talents and potential of our people. No one will be left behind; everyone will participate in building the economy of our country regardless of political affiliation, tribe and status in society. We shall not make hypocritical pronouncements of “one Zambia one nation” on the national broadcaster but in practice dividing the country. We shall practice the spirit of unity in truth and this is why we are called UINTED Party for National DEVELOPMENT. Unity and Development is vital for our country’s prosperity. Join UPND and register to vote.
UPND MEDIA

By Patson Chilemba

Domestic arguments involving Zambia’s High Commissioner Frank Bwalya and his wife Joyce on one side and the Zambian female-chef employed at their residence has attracted the involvement of the Australian government.

Well placed sources familiar with the matter told Daily Revelation that there have been serious issues involving the Bwalya’s and the Zambian lady, only known as bana Chanda, who is employed by the Zambian government and attached to High Commissioner as chef at the envoy’s residence.

Sources said the main assertion is that High Commissioner Bwalya’s wife, Joyce Nkunika has not been treating Bana Chanda well.

Sources said the alleged mistreatment eventually led to the termination of employment of their worker.

Sources said since Joyce joined High Commissioner Bwalya, the Chef has been complaining about her welfare and her being fired from employment broke the camel’s back.

Sources added that the loss of her employment plus the mistreatment compounded the misery the chef was going through, which she is not taking kindly.

Daily Revelation understands that because of the nature of the arguments and her firing, forced High Commissioner Bwalya’s chef to complain to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). DFAT is a government department (Ministry) that looks into the affairs of diplomats and is responsible for issuing visas to them.

The Department has taken the matter seriously, particularly that the chef was fired and expelled from the residence and was therefore being taken care of by the Australian government. The intervention is being handled by DFAT director for communications David Geyer, and has involved High Commissioner Bwalya and the chef who have been leveling counter allegations against each other. The head of administration at the Zambian Mission in Australia, Alick Banda has also been part of the meetings, but refused to comment on the matter when contacted by Daily Revelation.

However, when contacted by Daily Revelation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs permanent secretary Dr Ronald Simwinga said the Ministry was not aware about the matter but had asked High Commissioner Bwalya to give his side of the story

“Now this is what happened like I told you yesterday I was being very frank, I wasn’t aware and nobody was aware at the office so we have asked Frank, High Commissioner Frank to give his version of story because we cannot write what we don’t know. You get my point? So we have said look we have received this query so what is it about?” Dr Simwinga said. “Because he has never logged in with us that there was a problem. So for us as far as our records are concerned the status quo should have been the case. So according to our records the lady is working at the house and there is no problem because there is no report of any.”

He said as far as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was concerned, the chef, according to the records of the Ministry, was still on the books of the Mission.

Asked if the Ministry had also attempted to get in touch with the Australian government over the matter, Dr Simwinga said the Ministry could not get in touch with the Australian government directly as there was an Embassy there already, but the Ministry had already made arrangements with the Zambian Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe to get in touch with the Australian Embassy there so that they could get in touch with their government (as per diplomatic communication channel and protocol).

On the final query made to Dr Simwinga as a follow up on the query regarding the matter, the permanent jokingly said: “I report to you eh? It’s like you are telling a junior that I have been waiting for that file, how come you are not bringing it? That’s how you press people are powerful eh you can make the PS jump.” – Daily Revelation

By Patson Chilemba

Defence minister Davies Chama says no Zambian can be unhappy at the improvement happening in the nation, including the men in uniform.

Speaking with Daily Revelation, Chama said only those who did not mean well would be unhappy over what he described as the country’s rapid transformation within a short period of time. He said even those in the defence forces were happy over the work the government was doing for them, saying a lot has been done in terms of improvement in housing units, in areas like Kamwala, commissioning of the 48 marine units in Kawambwa.

“So there is a lot of infrastructure improvements in terms of their housing and generally their welfare even in terms of equipment holding, a lot of things have improved greatly. It’s only that you caught me napping I don’t have notes to give you the necessary details,” Chama said. “Yes indeed they (men in uniform) are happy, they are very much happy, they are very much happy. Muli bama setting ba journalist, pakuti unchitefye quote ati ah people are not happy. Why are you like this? Indeed me I’m a happy soul and every Zambian is supposed to be happy.”

Chama said people only needed to look at what is happening in the nation, and that only those who were anti-progress would not see the transformation.

“Which Zambian cannot be happy? Unless those who don’t mean well. The transformation that has happened within a short period of time. Look at the improvement to the nation, things are changing for the better,” Chama said. “And I have said in the next 50 years (the timeframe he says PF will be in power) you can just project at this rate at which we are moving consistently, Zambia will be a different country altogether. So unless those people who are always anti-progress, the enemies of progress they are the only ones who cannot.”

Asked what format Mulungushi Textiles would take, whose reopening President Lungu announced for the second time recently having already announced another reopening in 2016, Chama said Zambia would hold 34.66 shares, with China holding the rest.

“From estimates we are looking at $150 million investment, from both parties, each share holder have to meet their own,” said Chama.

On the allegations linking President Lungu as having partaken in sponsoring attempts to overthrow the Rwandese government of Paul Kagame, Chama said the journalists must go with the statement that was recently issued from State House, saying there was no truth in the allegations against the President.

REMEMBERING FTJ CHILUBA’S FAILED THIRD TERM ATTEMPT AND HOW IT EXPOSED, AS SHALLOW AND SHAMEFUL, THOSE WHO BLINDLY AND ARROGANTLY SUPPORTED IT:- HISTORY ABOUT TO REPEAT ITSELF

By Friday Kashiwa

During the whole period of almost one year of the unnecessary, unproductive and divisive debate on his unconstitutional third term bid, President Fredrick Titus Chiluba knew what he was doing, but he cleverly, conveniently and covertly kept the cards to his chest.
From the early 2000 up to May 2001, FTJ pretended not to be interested in the third term debate, not interested in the prospects of a successful third term bid in his favor, he was overly non-committal.
But deep down his heart and behind the scenes, he was a major player, financier and ultimate beneficiary.

Though he wasn’t even a lawyer, FTJ knew that according to the current constitution that time, he was not entitled and didn’t stand a chance to run for a third term, so he had to look and come up with some crooked and dictatorial scheme of manipulating the constitution so as to allow him to stand again.

So through his supporters and other surrogates, they came up and put into high gear motion a call for a referendum to change the Presidential term of office.

Not to be seen as an interested party, FTJ then left the whole dirty and donkey work of the third term campaign to be done and driven by his surrogates like;

• Some compromised Pentecostal men and women of god, the Pastors who started preaching to the whole nation the gospel of CHILUBA IS GOD CHOSEN.
• Some compromised one-man or two-man civic organizations which were hurriedly and secretly formed to push the third term agenda.
  These empty tins but vocal civic organizations were heavily funded by the ruling party to mount the third term massive campaigns through campaign posters, Billboards, Newspaper adverts and several other media appearances.
• Some compromised and hungry cadres and some senior party members within the MMD.

Interestingly enough, these included even some seasoned politicians like Michael Chilufya Sata, who were used but later on dumped when third term bid failed to work out.For the first time in the history of Zambian politics, we started witnessing the parading of our traditional leaders, their Royal Highnesses to, out of ignorance, support the third term bid..
That was the beginning of the eventual decay and disrespect of the institution of Chiefs.

Notwithstanding the above efforts and all those rented groups and their ill intentions, political dribbling and engineering, they all failed to secure GOD GIVEN FTJ’s third term bid, a very good example of not using God’s name for personal and political expediency.
On 4th May 2001, amid a barrage of local and international pressure and condemnation, President Fredrick Titus CHILUBA backed down..
During his State House press conference Mr CHILUBA dropped the much awaited Political bombshell announcing that:-
” I’m not going to stand..
I want to make it clear, clear, clear, I’m not standing for a third term.
I also want to make it categorically clear that there will be no referendum..

There can never be a referendum if am not standing.”
Zambians wasted over one year of productive time fighting the unconstitutional third term bid and afterwards all hoping that FTJ lesson and episode would teach other subsequent republican Presidents a lesson: To not only respect the constitution of the land but also the will of the people, the Zambians.

Unfortunately, people don’t learn from history.
As Zambians, we are back again fighting the same unconstitutional third term bid and similar sponsored mobs that we vigorously fought in 2001.
They have regrouped again, same type of Men and Women of god now calling themselves Christians for Edgar Lungu.

They have regrouped again as briefcase Civic organizations mounting Bill 10 campaign billboards from unknown but definitely same political sponsors.

They have regrouped again as Shallow and Shameless leaders and cadres of the ruling party and unfortunately some of our Royal Highnesses, the Chiefs have been Incorporated.

They have ALL regrouped to again deceive the current Head of State, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, that he has the chances to run again.
They have regrouped again to push for constitutional changes, contained in BILL 10, which changes Zambians have overwhelmingly and roundly rejected.

But the goodness and consolation to the Zambians is that History Always Repeat ITSELF.

The constitution is PEOPLE DRIVEN.
Soon and very soon, all these illegal Third Term and Bill 10 Political gymnastics will come to pass and all those supporting this illegality will all run away from President Edgar Lungu.

Just as they did to FTJ, most of them will again scamper in all different directions, faster than the RATS they eat.
History Is About To Repeat ITSELF.
Friday Kashiwa.
Shiwangandu.

By McDonald Chipenzi

ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION AND THE CURRENT ELECTORAL LAW

Checking through the legal framework currently in force governing the elections, I have not bumped into any provision that allows or talks about conducting online voter registration when registering voters in Zambia.

This may be another illegality being committed by the Electoral management body ahead of the 2021 General Election .

There is no legal framework that currently provides for the online registration of voters either in the Constitution or subsidiary laws, rules and regulations unless these have been just made. Therefore, this may be an act of illegal and lawless by the ECZ.

These actions of the ECZ, however, well intentioned they may be, require the backing of the law and that will be the only protector to the Commission in an event of an electoral dispute.

The current Electoral Process Act of 2016 and the relevant statutory instruments (1973 as amended in 2005) prescribe voter registration by physical means, not online.

The absence of any provision in the law that allows the ECZ to conduct online voter registration explains why the government seeks to introduce such legislation in the proposed Electoral Process (Amendment) Bill of 2019, which remains before Parliament to date awaiting the passage of Bill 10.

Under this amendment Bill, the principal Act is proposed to be amended by the repeal of section 74 and the substitution therefore of the following:

“The Commission may use electronic means to register voters, transmit results from a polling station; and facilitate voting of a citizen outside the Republic,” end of quote.

Why not wait until the law is amended and enacted before undertaking the online registration exercise than rush into such an illegality and lawlessness?

The trouble with the opposition and Zambians at large is not only failing to thwart these illegalities but also it is that we never take seriously the administrative and legal details of the elections.

By the time they wake to, it will be too late and pursuing a petition thereafter might be an exercise in futility.

I submit.