AS HUNGER HITS HOME, KALANDANYA MUSICAL ENSEMBLE GOES PRODIGAL – STARTS FOOLING BALLY THE WAY THEY FOOLED CHAGWA INTO THE LOSS TRENCH

Emmanuel Chilekwa

25 June, 2022

So musicians after all, don’t sing what they believe in but sing for the highest and best bidder who can aid them put food on the table? They don’t even mind whether you win or lose, they’ll always leave you nurse or lick your wounds as they criss over to the high table flowing with milk and honey – they are not part of the loss mourners.

When some of these musicians enjoyed Chagwa’s cash for artists, ECL was the man of the moment. They could not even sleep but innovate songs that even the deaf and dumb sand and danced to rhythmically.
But life is harsh. The harsh realities of life has been able to dislodge one from enjoying his birthright to ignoring even what the mind reminds them about. A hungry person is an angry man. There are no negotiations with a hungry man. There are no compromises or reasoning when one is hungry. “ Sebana wikute ” becomes a saving deed of survival.

Barely 10 months on, like many millions of Zambians who are experiencing hardships, the Kalandanya Music Promotions – KMP label has felt what it means to lose “eating privileges” from the high table of the crumbs of the ruling party. They have made a 360 degrees turnabout and swallowed their pride – they are now singing praises for Bally.

Whilst they enjoy the trappings of singing for cash-in-the-bank under Edgar Chagwa Lungu, they seem not to realize that Bally and ECL are not churned from the same needle, the two are totally different – it is water and oil, the two don’t mix because they have different viscosity characteristics.

Remember when the sun shone and they made hay, they were dishing out ama 25 pin donations to then embattled Mumba Yachi who had lost his assets as a result of a personal calamity he suffered losing his properties.

It was this record label which told the nation that to remove Lungu, you needed to come with a mazembe . They even went as far as saying “God had already picked on Lungu as winner” because he had worked developmental wonders – schools, hospitals, roads, bridges and so forth. They sang the scintillating danceable PF official song “ ALEBWELELAPO PA MUPANDO ” and that is how they fooled ECL and the looting and plundering ensemble.

Today, this same music label has started to fool the current ruling UPND party, they think UPND is the same as PF where they were being nursed and pampered with financial rewards.

Bally is another. He takes no nonsense of caderism, patronism and doesn’t have a long hand when it comes to dishing out moneys. When His Veep GBM was with him, caders enjoyed working for the party because GMD is a natural “Father Christmas”, samadya eka , he eats with people, and he eats with a smile.

The KMP music label has just found that Noah has already closed the economic redemption door. They have gone to Bally rather too late for salvation because they didn’t see that the Mazembe they talked about was in Southern Province amassing One millions tons of votes against ECL.

There were musicians who sang honestly and ardently for Bally’s success. And indeed, it is just good that the KMP should avoid going to Bally’s camp to cloud the entrance. Let those who plied their time and energy for Bally now start eating with Bally.

It would not be wrong to believe that our musicians are economic singers – they sing for money. They go where they can eat. They do not even believe in what they sing for… they have no shame to eat their words.
True, they say, insala kapondo. Well, even in the Bible, when hunger pangs ravaged, someone sold out his birthright over a bowl of soup.

Now in this Bally kamfulumende, not even a bowl of soup is available for people who just come from the green bushes to the red camp of starvation fire.
They have eyes but they cannot read. In UPND, even hardworking party officials are beging ama One pin from simple women in the diaspora. In UPND, money to dish out, theliz no.

If a musical ensemble thinks speaking and singing good of Bally TODAY will fool Bally to start smiling at them, sorry Shamwari, Bally is not interested and does not entertain such turn-coats.

I wonder why people fail to study their leaders. One thing you cannot take away from Bally is that he does not forget. Those who crossed his path, those who tortured him and those who kept him well in prison – he rewards them both: good or bad, it depends on what you did for him or against him.
Just yesterday, he was in Europe in the European Parliament. He still went to tell the white folks how terrible the past regime was, how he was incarcerated unjustly and so forth. You could see even his face was emitting the pain he went through.

Whilst he was in Europe talking about his 127 days treason torture, back home, his Information and media Minister Chushi Kasanda was at Mukobeko Maximum Prison donating beds to prisoners and she ensure she visited Cell 4 and inspected that that Cell had flushing toilet and a bed. She pointed out that at the time Bally was incarcerated, he and his co-accused were sleeping on cold floor, no mattresses, no blankets.
So, if KMP thinks that Bally has forgotten that this musical outfit never wanted him to rule, they are mistaken. These folks sang it is “Lungu na Luo” and if one argued, “ bakaimwena ”.

Hunger is not your play mate. It has knocked. Four more years, at this starvation level is no child’s play. It is that season of ‘sebana wikute’, forget the principles, after all, who ever eats or puts principles on a dinner table?

UPND Alliance partners riled by Mweetwa remarks

The UPND-ALLIANCE COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS, has no time to indulge ourselves in petty issues, with those not at our level. Ours is seeking being relevant, and a commitment to assist His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Zambia Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, to deliver the change and Prosperity, to the People of Zambia, as we promised during the 12th August , 2021 General Elections. As an Alliance, we joined forces with our colleagues, to foster both the change, and afterwards serve in government together, what we promised to:

1. Restore the rule of law.
2. Re- construct the broken economy.
3. Re- Unite the country.
4. Restore the broken down social order.

The UPND-ALLIANCE COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS, is greatly dismayed, alarmed, and shocked by the; unsolicited, unmeasured, unfortunate, irresponsible, overzealous, false, naive, insensitive, and immature statements, attributed to one Hon. Cornelius Mweetwa, against the Alliance Partners, on Friday, 24th June , 2022, at the UPND secretariat in a Press Briefing.

It is such irresponsible and immature statements, which made some of our Alliance Partners ,to be apprehensive, because of the inadvertently insidious; deception, propaganda, and betrayal of the sacred trust, reposed in this Alliance.

Whereas, the said Provincial Minister, for Southern Province , should have confined himself to his functions as; Spokesperson of the UPND, as a Party, and matters related to his Provincial functions , but rather in a strange fashion, has recently exposed his ignorance and unmeasured utterances, by overstepping his commentaries on matters related to government policy, which is the role of the Chief government Spokesperson, sadly . Furthermore , he has also been over- stepping the roles of the Presidential Spokesperson, which are not his lane and functions, sadly. We urge him to forthwith restrain himself, before he destroys the image of the Republican President, by seeking relevance in an; undue, careless, and immature manner. For a man of his Stature, as a learned Counsel he should have had a more measured approach, to politics, which he lamentably has failed.

Whereas, the UPND Spokesperson, demeaned and minimised the contributions of the ALLIANCE Partners, as little in the 12th of August, 2021 General elections, the contrary is true.That it’s Members came only three months before the elections. That there was no contracts, for Cabinet or government jobs. That the Zambian people had already decided to change government, even without the alliance. All this is further from the actual truth, that he is ignorant of, and not privy to, at the Council of Presidents level, to which he does not belong, at his level as Provincial Minister, or as a Member of Parliament.

Therefore , the Council of Presidents, of the UPND-ALLIANCE, and all its Partners, hereby, for the record state the following:

1. That all Partners gave the UPND, a required National Character, which was marred, by tribal proclivities.
2. That we answered the call of the Zambian people, to Unite, as Opposition Political Parties, against a brutal regime of the Patriotic Front ( PF).
3. That political Alliances exist for power -sharing, everywhere in the world.
4. That it was not a popular decision, to support the UPND at the time we joined the Alliance.
5. That each Partner contributed overtly and covertly, to dislodge the PF government, and generate the extra 1 million votes of the 2.8 million votes.
6. That the Republican President, Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, and his Running Mate, now Republican Vice President, were both Alliance Candidates.
7. That to insult or demean the Alliance Partners, is invariably to do it to both the Republican President Mr . Hakainde Hichilema and the Vice President, who are Members of the Alliance.
8. That agreements, as to power- sharing and Apointments, were discussed at various meetings, before and even after the General Elections, at Presidential level, which Mr. Mweetwa must respect if he is loyal to his Party President, and if he is a disciplined member thereof.
9. That his statements, are misplaced and misleading, making the President and Vice President, as deceptive towards Partners, and the entire Country, if as he stated that is their position as a Party.
10. If we contributed very little, why has the Now Republican President, Vice President, and entire Cabinet, continued to recognise the Alliance Partners in State functions? Is it not because we are Principals of this New Dawn government administration?

CONCLUSIVELY, LET ALL THOSE IN UPND, WHO PEDDLE THE NARRATIVE THAT THE ALLIANCE PARTNERS, ARE NOT PART OF THIS NEW DAWN GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE THEY CONTRIBUTED VERY LITTLE, ASK THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY. THEN THE PARTNERS WILL GLADLY OBLIGE, BUT LETS SEE THE GHASTLY CONSEQUENCES, THEREOF, COUNTRYWIDE.

BY:

DR. DANIEL MVULA SHIMUNZA.
UPND-ALLIANCE SPOKESPERSON.

UPND REJECT BWALYA KALANDANYA ENSEMBLE

Insoni Ebuntu

By Nicky Phiri

Insoni ebuntu…( this is a dream about a conversation between truth and hypocrites)

The point to my fellow young leaders is this:

Please have a set of principles and stick to them regardless.

Unless you have something you so much believe in that you are ready to lose everything, including your life in order to defend it, you don’t have any principle (s).

It is not good to be always moved my the wind of selfish and self aggrandisement.

A country can never be built by opportunist elements like these mozeshans.

Make no mistake, we are not fools like you could be.

You said then, that you did it for a pay.

We knew you lied. You did it because you didn’t have a spine to stand against evil. ..

You enjoyed, remained mute and cheered evil while evil wrecked the righteous!

Hypocrites!

We chose not to disagree with you, because we knew lies have short legs and evil while never overcome righteousness!

Today, you are here praising? And you are welcome by the way.

Question however is: who has paid you this time around? Because, you always do it for a pay?

Or is it now out of conviction? That is if you have what it takes to have a conviction.

From where I stand, your conviction is convinience and expidiance!

So, it can’t be out of conviction.

Conviction is a product of principle and principle is a product of belief and belief is a result of tested character.

You don’t have any of these, even just a quarter!

You, as far as I know have no conviction, no principle, no belief.

You are entirely driven by selfish and myopic motives..

Talk about vultures!

Okay. So when did you believe in the same person you said would never ever be?

Please don’t get it twisted. ..

He is your hero, not because you have said it, but simply because he is.

Point is, your voice is not any significant… you can keep it if you so wish.

It didn’t help your former master. So why would we think it will help us?

Your hypocrisy is embarrassing too.

While you are free to support and rally behind the vision, we will never forget who you are:

Hypocrites! Betrayers! Seller Out! Surrogates of Immortality!

Patriotic Front (PF) Member of the Central Committee Chishimba Kambwili has said his recent arrest over the offence of expressing hatred and ridicule for persons because of tribe and place of origin is politically motivated.

Dr. Kambwili was apprehended by Police in Lusaka on Monday and transported to Kasama by road where he was detained until Thursday when the Magistrate Court granted him bail.

The former Chief Government spokesperson in the PF regime was granted a K50, 000 bail pending trial on Thursday after being charged with the offence of expressing hatred and ridicule for persons because of tribe and place of origin by Police.

Speaking to journalists and supporters after appearing before Kasama Resident Magistrate Samson Mumba, Dr. Kambwili said the UPND Government was being vengeful.

He said the New Dawn Government leadership must show true leadership by facilitating sincere healing in the nation after the last August elections.

Dr. Kambwili said he was not shaken by arrests because he is used.

The NDC founding President said UPND should stop repeating the mistake of mistreating opponents that was seen from previous governments.

“They are the ones who preach that when a person is arrested they must be given police bond.If I have broken the law, yes I am not above the law they can arrest me and take me to court. I am not refusing that but apprehending me in Lusaka and transporting me to Kasama, moving me the whole night. Locking me up for four days without a police bond is not fair. The arresting officer sent from Lusaka who was supposed to deal with my police bond application was elusive. They are just repeating what used to happen in the past. Mwebamunyinane Ubutungulushi kumwena umuntu mu fichitwa fyakwe.Umuntu nga cakweba ati alecita abanankwe ifyo bamucitile ninshi tentungulushi and mwe bena Zambia mumone ukuti ilyo mulesala mulesala intungulushi,” Dr. Kambwili said in an unusually low tone.

“Umuntu nganakwata icilandushi tentungulushi isuma. Ine ifyo napitamo mu ma politics ukunkaka, ukunjikata 14 times I can tell you about the people of Zambia. I can never ever do that to another human being no matter how much we can differ. Nomba nga mwamona intungulushi shelecita ba Garry Nkombo balibekete, uyu munyinane nomba permanent secretary nani uyu? Mucheleka (Patrick), ba HH bene balibekete, Matambo (Elisha) bali mwikate. Ilya pain baumfwile ukubeketa no ku batwala mu fifungo tabafwile ukweba ukuti na banabo balapitamo. Nga mwalacita ico mwe bamunyinane ninshi tamuli ntungulushi. Ifi ifyakwikata abantu no kubabika mu cifungo as a way of intimidating opponents must come to an end,” he said.

Dr. Kambwili warned that political power was temporary.

“This country needs proper healing. Healing and we must be truthful to one another ilyo tulecita ifintu so ine teti nsakamane ifi mwampishamo nalibelela. Nomba ico mufwile ukwishiba nga imwe lelo mwafumamo. I used to tell previous governments ifi mulecita naimwe kuti baisa micita ififine. People didn’t listen, futi naimwe efyo mwayamba ukucita fimo fine ba UPND. Ndemyumfwila uluse no bulanda. Mukashukefye nganine na ba President ine teti ncite ifi pantu fyabuwelewele. Political power is very temporary, use it to advance the well being of the people and create an enabling environment where people can live well and don’t go to bed hungry. If you feel that you can intimidate me politically ine nalishimpula ngo musunga mfwaya fye ukwa kusha umutwe,” Dr. Kambwili said.

By Prince Bill M. Kaping’a Political/Social Analyst

The other day, one of our much respected and influential daily tabloids, The Mast, carried a front-page story with a screaming headline – “UPND HAS USED, DUMPED PARTNERS…..it’s highest mark of betrayal, insincerity – Changala.”

The article goes on to report that Brebner Changala, a middle-aged man who fashions himself as a good governance advocate, has complained that “The UPND has not taken care to ameliorate or indeed repay that critical support that they canvassed prior to the August 12 general election. They brought many political parties, individuals and organisations on board in which UPND was used as a special purpose vehicle to remove the cantankerous PF.”

Changala goes on to give a catalogue of individuals whom President Hichilema or indeed other senior government officials have neglected to pay particular attention to, as if they’re some kind of demigods, chiefly among them – Sishuwa Sishuwa, Gilbert Temba, Linda Kasonde, John Sangwa, Trevor Simumba, and Fackson Shamenda!

In the same story, the leader of a lackluster or kantemba political party dubbed, All People’s Congress Party, Nason Msoni, is quoted as warning the UPND of sidelining people who fought with them in opposition.

“It is dangerous political assertion to trivialise the working together of the Opposition political parties by the UPND party. Dismiss the opposition political parties working together at your own peril!” Msoni is quoted as having written on his Facebook page.

This is a sheer case of rumblings of a clique of bitter and desperate individuals that feel the President owes them a favour for having contributed to the removal of PF from power, in one way or another.

What do we make of this?

We find this highly immoral and absolutely hypocritical! It is our utmost understanding that patriotic citizens are motivated to stand up and say no to any injustice or corruption such as witnessed during the PF regime, not by utter greed or selfish reasons, but a resolve to leave a better legacy for their children, and children’s children. Now, what is coming from the so-called senior or prominent citizens is disappointing!

Why can’t they take a cue from much respected and admired civil rights activist Laura Miti who observes thus, “What seems to amaze is the number of people that feel they should have jobs because UPND is in government. Which trenches? The point is you cannot demand a job. None of us deserve a job. What we should all expect when we have a new government is that they should improve the conditions for the majority. Improve education, improve employment. One person cannot say ‘I should get a job so that my family should live well’. We even have the general public saying ’that one was not rewarded’. Why should they be rewarded? The President owes no one a job. The President should appoint the best of us as citizens. Some of them never did nothing and just lived their lives but they are the best.”

President Hichilema walloped Lungu by a million votes! As US President Joe Biden once observed, it’s the young people that braved the odds to change the government. As such, the President must be in a hurry to reward them immensely by providing them quality education and creating better opportunities for them to create wealth for themselves and the nation at large.

Why do the “nkotes”, who are better off enjoying their pension or slaving away at their farms, want to skip the queue and get the Lion’s share when they’ve had their time?

JOB WELL DONE HH.

When ZAMBIANS went to the polls last year, we knew that one of the first things any new government needed to do was to restore our position as a premier destination for global investment.

In order to achieve this, we first needed a respectable place on the global round table and ensure that we were part of the conversation.

We wish to commend President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA for his sustained campaign to market Zambia. Today, we can all see how this sustained effort is starting to bear fruit. Zambia is on the podium, the world is watching, and the world is paying attention and listening.

This is the dream of every progressive leader of a nation; to gain the confidence of like minded nations and be able to transform foreign contacts into economic contacts for investment and development.

On the flip side of the same coin, we are also mindful that the President is doing this against the background of relentless calls for him to curtail his foreign travels. This is in order to save money, as he promised during the campaign period, and of course this is understandably so. We are currently nursing an economy in ICU with a debt burden of over 30 Billion United States Dollars inherited from the previous regime.

In addition, we are mindful of those who are hell-bent on accruing political capital arising from this harsh period of economic transformation to label the President a “puppet of the west”, a “sell out”, and a “puppet of imperialists and multi-lateral financial organisations”.

We wish to warn our fellow ZAMBIANS that this is not a time to play games with the destiny of the country. This is a time for sober, considered, measured and honest introspection in approaching the issues and the process of fixing the economy.

We are happy that this President has not fallen prey to the temptation of suspending these trips which we all know he must undertake if he is to jump-start the process of fixing of the economy, just for him to impress social media critics and in order to appear consistent with a facebook post he may have made.

We know from experience that leadership sometimes requires that you depart from your own previous statement for the greater good of the citizenry.

To quote, President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa who once said,

“In the pursuit of development and justice for all, I would rather do that which is right today, than be consistent with what I believed yesterday”.

This is because as leaders, we are not infallible. We sometimes make statements based on assumption which differ from the actual reality we find once elected. We urge this President to continue being sober, and to apply wisdom and intelligence in achieving the most IMPORTANT objectives, because that’s what counts the most and that’s what he will be judged on, after five years.

In the same vain, we wish to place on record that every leader and every government or nation decides how it will relate with other countries and it’s preferences.

We urge our colleagues in the UPND to ignore those that currently wage a propaganda war against them, calling them “puppets of the west” After all, we have all been called names before, and it is part of politics.

If relating with the west amounts to being a puppet of the west, then surely, those who are waging this war and prefer that we create an East facing foreign policy must also be termed as “puppets of the East” either way, we will have East facing policies or West facing policies competing for the preferred partner with Zambia. What should guide us must be our values as a sovereign nation and how we choose to posture on the global geopolitical stage.

Well done HH. We are back on the global round table.

Dr. Nevers Sekwila Mumba
President, MMD

HH’s ADDRESS TO EU PARLY – FRAMING THE WAR IN UKRAINE

By Kellys Kaunda

As someone familiar with security diplomacy and the importance of frames in communication, especially as the concept applies to global security, I took note of how President Hichilema framed the war between Russia and Ukraine.

He used both humanitarian and economic frames while, characteristic of his delivery style, repeated the words, “we don’t want war, we don’t want war”.

From a humanitarian point of view, President Hichilema cited the human toll of the war that has needlessly lead to the loss of human life and drove millions away from their homes. Morally, this frame must appeal across every human society anywhere.

From an economic point of view, the President cited the increased prices of food, fuel and fertilizers, something that, once again, appeals to every society, anywhere in the world.

Note that these frames contrast with some of those used at the beginning of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, namely, a proxy war between the US and Russia where the latter was supposed to justifiably stop NATO expansion, that would have imposed a US military hegemony and threatening the Kremlin’s security.

This cold war narrative has been repeated by several countries including South Africa who framed the war in the narrative of the bipolar world of yesteryears.

Frames in security diplomacy have, in the past helped to accelerate arms reduction, disarmament, arms control, the elimination of cluster bombs and landmines.
Framed in humanitarian terms, namely, the impact of cluster munitions on human beings, it became evident that the moral appeal moved otherwise reluctant policy makers to sign up to international conventions that eventually led to banning of some of these weapons.

Before these frames, security diplomacy was characterized by policy makers and military experts that, not only spoke among themselves but also spoke only in terms of military hardware – the number of missiles to reduce, restrict and placed under what kind of protective protocols. That was too abstract to move the needle until the narrative was switched to the impact of military hardware on human life.

So, President Hichilema’s usage of the humanitarian/economic frames as he spoke about the war in Ukraine was not lost on Members of the European Parliament who responded enthusiastically by clapping their hands for extended periods of time.

The Kingdom of Kamwendo
By Godfrey Chitalu

The Come When Day kingdom, locally known as Kamwende or Kamwendo was located in a dense forest whose bowels boasted of rich copper, diamond, uranium and emerald deposits.

Because of its remoteness aspirants to its throne were judged not by their craniums but by calf muscles and ability to walk long distances. The founding father’s missionary walks earned the kingdom the name: Nzambi or God. Ever since his demise successful rulers have followed his footsteps.

The next in line, true to the long walk to freedom tradition popularized multi colored Swiss boots. Although citizens complained about his extravagance, they did not know that he was just a staunch traditionalist. A fiery orator and unionist, he privatized all kingdom mines before joining his forefathers. A museum of thousands of size three boots, as he was of a miniature height, can still be visited today.

During the reign of three other rulers, the kingdom grew exponentially as a result of incognito, medical and tourism travels. Unfortunately they all reunited at Embassy Park: one did so while on a journey away while the two within the kingdom. By then the kingdom was opening up to the outside with Nokia phones.

When the sixth ruler assumed office, he was well ahead of others and had read the script that Nzambi’s prosperity hinged on flying than walking. With a private jet, he had the moniker of John Walker for constantly taking the short distance to his jet. His oriental meanderings brought massive investments. He mocked contenders as weak, wobbly and joggerless.

When his rule became untenable for being too airborne, another brave warrior came into focus. He promised not only to sale the bird but to forsake walking and concentrate on rebuilding. After the Gods granted him his wish, elders of the kingdom whispered to him about the real walking motto behind Nzambi. They reminded him that prosperity for the kingdom could only be realized if he became the chief marketer within and without.

As an obedient mortal man, he accepted the challenge to maintain and use the same bird. Now Nzambi is again on the right track or is it truck – cizungu ichi! I’m off to blew sales!

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By Correspondent Reporter

I WILL not accept any form of political intimidation by the oppressive UPND government through arrests, PF presidential aspirant Chishimba Kambwili has vowed.

And Kambwili has been granted K50 000 bail by the Kasama Magistrate Court.

This is in a case where he is accused of using hate speech contrary to section 70 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.

Particulars of the offense are that on dates unknown, but between July 21 and August 8, 2021 in Kasama of Northern Province of the Republic of Zambia, the 53 year old politician allegedly willfully and unlawfully did express words of hatred and ridicule against the Tonga speaking because of their tribe and origin.

When the matter came up, Wednesday, for the explanation of the charge at the Kasama Magistrate Court, his lawyer Chola Chama of Chola Chama Legal Practioners, made an application that Dr. Kambwili be granted bail as the offense he is charged with is bailable.

Resident Magistrate Samson Mumba granted Dr. Kambwili a K50, 000 bail in his own recognizance and two working sureties from credible institutions.

The State applied for adjournment to a later date as it awaits for consent to prosecute from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Yesterday, Dr. Kambwili applied to the Kasama High Court to grant him bail, as police had denied him bond despite meeting the bond conditions.

The matter has since been adjorned to July 7, 2022 as the date for mention.

And speaking to sympathizers upon his release, Dr. Kambwili said he will not be intimidated by a dictatorial and brutal UPND administration through arrests.

Dr. Kambwili said he does not understand why he was transported to Kasama District in Northern Province yet the offense he is accused of having committed was reported in Lusaka.

He said the UPND government under President Hakainde Hichilema was a brutal regime whose interest is to silence critics.

Dr. Kambwili said the selection application of arrests are targeted at killing the PF and instilling fear in those that still believe in the former ruling party.

He wondered why President Hichilema and his government are using worse tactics than those they condemned the PF for, saying the UPND leadership is still in a disbelief of having won the 2021 general election.

“The problem with my brother President Hichilema (Hakainde) wants to do politics as if he is still in the opposition. He doesn’t believe that he won the election and he is President for the country now. That is why he is too scared with the PF, he doesn’t sleep, whenever he hears Pf speak he is frightened and the only way to deal with it is to allow his officers to arrest individuals,” said Dr. Kambwili.

HAKAINDE HICHILEMA ALANKULA NDI NYUMBA YA MALAMULO YA DZIKO LA EUROPE.

23/06/2022

Mtsogoleri wadzikoli olemekezeka Bambo Hakainde Hichilema walankhula mumsonkhano wa nduna za nyumba ya malamulo La mgwirizano wa maiko a Europe womwe wacitikira mum’mzinda wa Brussels mdziko la Belgium.

Mtsogoleri Hakainde wabvumbulutsa mfundo zikulu zikulu maka zokhuza kunkhani ya Bata ndi mtendere komanso zitukuko zosiyana siyana za dzikoli.

Mopitiliza iye wayamikira mgwirizano womwe ulipo pakati pa dziko lathu ndi maiko amgwirizano aku Europe.

KUMBALI YA ZAUFULU NDI ZIPHUPHU

mtsogoleri wathu wafuula ndikunena kuti dziko lomwe iye anapeza pomwe analowa pa utsogoleri linali loonongeka komanso lodzala ndi anthu ozikonda maka kumbali ya zacuma komanso ku ziphuphu.

Mopitiliza wati zocitika zambiri muboma lapita zinali zokomera anthu ocepa cabe koma kupatsa cilango anthu ambiri-mbiri adziko la Zambia.

Iye wati munalibe mtendere monga ufulu olankhula ,kapena kutengako mbali kuzinthu zobweretsa zitukuko.

Ndipo iye wanenetsa kuti palipano ufulu komanso kulondola lamulo zikubwezedwanso mdziko la Zambia.
Mtsogoleri wathu wasimba Niti iye akunyadira mbiri yabwino yomwe ikumveka ndi dzikoli tsopano.

Ndipo iye walongeza kuti ndi boma lake mabungwe odziimira paokha adzakala aufulu kutengako mbali mkayendetsedwe kadzikoli.

KUMBALI YA MALAMULO
Mtsogoleri Hakainde wati akuika amalamulo abwino m’malo mwake omwe azalongosola kayendetsedwe ka dzikoli.

KUMBALI YA ANYAMATA NDI ATSIKANA.

Mtsogoleri wathu wabvumbulutsa kuti akutenga kupambana masankho ngati ngati njira yo onetsetsa kuti Zambia Ali ndi tsogolo labwino lokomera anyamata ndi atsikana.

Mopitiliza wati ati iye akulaka laka kupanga dzikolathu kukhala lozama pa kafukufuku wa zitukuko zamakono kupyolera mu anyamata ndi atsikana.

Ndipo watsimikidzanso kuti ndi anyamata ndi atsikana omwe akukonzeranso dziko lathu ndi cifukwa cace anaika maphunziro aulele zomwe zapangitsa kuti ana ambiri ocokera mumabanja obvutika apeze mpata wa maphunziro.

Mopitiliza mtsogoleri Hakainde wati boma laika padera ndalama zambiri mbiri kupyolera mu Ndalama zam’madera zetchedwa CDF kuti zithandi zire zinchito zotukuka dzikoli kupitira mu nyamata ndi atsikana akumaderako.

MBALI YA ZACUMA KOMANSO MGWIRIZANO WA ZAMBIA NDI EUROPE.

Mtsogoleri wathu bambo Hakainde Hichilema wati Zambia sanacite bwino kumbali ya zacuma zaka khumi zapitazo ndipo izi zanapangitsa umoyo wa anthu kubvutika cifukwa ca kukwera mitengo Kwa zinthu monga zakudya ndi nkhani ya mayendedwe.

Iye wati izi zatere cingakhale Zambia Ali odalitsika ndi cuma cambiri monga miyala ya mkuwa ndi golide ,madzi ndi nthaka yabwino ya ulimi.

Iye wati zimenezi sizinayenera kutero.

Mtsogoleri wati kukonzaso dzikoli kumbali ya zacuma ndiye colinga ca boma latsopanoli.

Iye wati akuyembekezera kuti mgwirizano wa Zambia ndi maiko a Europe uzathandizira kuika Zambia m’malo mwake kumbali ya zacuma.

Iye wati nchifukwa cake Zambia akutsegula njira kwa onse ocita malonda.

KUMBALI YA ZAKUDYA NDI KUSINTHA KWA NYENGO.

Mtsogoleri wafotokoza kuti monga dziko lapansi komanso Afrika likupita mumasauso akucepekera Kwa zakudya ,Zambia ndi olimilira nji ,ndipo Ali okonzeka kukhala ndi zakudya zambiri.

Bambo Hichilema wati mgwilizano pakati pa Zambia ndi Europe mnkhani ya zaulimi zingapangitse Zambia kupambana ndithu.

Izi ndi Zina cabe mwa mfundo zikulu zikulu zomwe mtsogoleri Hakainde Hichilema wabvumbulutsa kuja kumsonkhano wa nduna za nyumba ya malamulo la dziko la Europe.

(C) THE FALCON

LET HH GLOBE-TROT AS LONG AS IT BENEFITS ZAMBIA

The Scoop Editorial: June 22, 2022

WE have keenly followed a ruckus over President Hakainde Hichilema’s trips within and outside Africa of economic benefit to Zambia and their purported drain on our national coffers.

Without apologising to anyone, we would like to state that for as long as these trips are bearing fruits and raking in the much-needed investment through fostering confidence to prospective Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) that Zambia is an investment destination of choice, we have no problem with it.

The only problem we have in this country is that we lack logical discourse on anything and most of us shamelessly talk about things we do not understand and because we are a people who have no interest in reading and researching, we find ourselves parroting about things whose facts we are at sea with.

Just to give a few examples; President Hichilema went to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) not long ago for a two-day working visit and held a series of meetings with his counterpart, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, before the later came to Zambia.

After the last meeting, the two countries signed a historical cooperation agreement to facilitate the development of value chain in electric battery and clean energy sector, among others. Do you know why? The two leaders are forward thinking. They are looking forward to the era of electric vehicles and how the two countries can benefit.

For starters, Zambia and the DRC have up to 80 percent of minerals required for production of electric car batteries and instead of shipping these minerals abroad in their raw form thereby exporting employment opportunities and foreign exchange, they want to do it themselves and export the finished product. Value addition!

That was no all. Few weeks after, and as a result of these engagements, the revenue authorities and all border agencies of both countries agreed to put in place procedures to allow for 24-hour border operations at Kasumbalesa, Sakanya, Mukambo, and Kipushi.

They agreed that in the interim, from 06:00 to 20:00 be dedicated towards entry and exit of trucks and measures should be made at a target of a minimum of 800 trucks to be cleared to exit the Republic of Zambia into the Democratic Republic of Congo. Is this a mean achievement? Can these benefits be compared to expenses for that trip to DRC? Hell no!

Recently, President Hichilema went to Eswatini. During the visit, Zambia and the Kingdom of Eswatini signed two Memoranda of Understanding in the areas of tourism and politics. The first MoU establishes a comprehensive consultative mechanism where the two countries will share information on various issues which maybe political, economic, or cultural in nature.

And for the uninitiated, in Southern Africa, Eswatini was ranked third in tourism in 2020 and generated around US $7.30 million in the tourism sector alone. Most of its tourism inflows come from South Africa and we all know that South Africa is among the best tourism destinations on the continent. Isn’t Eswatini a country worth engaging with on that score?

A few days ago, President Hichilema and his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta, facilitated the signing of six Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) toward scaling up the bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

These are in the areas of veterinary and animal health, international relations studies and research, promotion of cooperatives and the MoU between the Kenya Tourism Federation (KTF) and the Tourism Council Zambia (TCZ), the Kenya Utalii College and the Zambia Institute for Tourism and Hospitality Studies cooperation, and cooperation in the field of information, communication, and technology.

In terms of technology, Kenya is regarded as the second-best innovation hub in Sub-Saharan Africa. Tech start-ups thrive in Kenya, due in part to the ready availability of credit lines and other forms of financing. 2019 was the ninth consecutive year Kenya exceeded the innovation relative to GDP figures expected from middle-income nations.

On the other hand, the World Bank biennial report for 2019 ranked Kenya as the second best country in Africa for providing an enabling environment for agribusiness. So, why should a normal person raffle feathers when their Head of State seeks engagement with such a country? The problem with us in Zambia is that we are used to mediocrity.

Previous trips to Eswatini for example by some Head of State who went with a bloated delegation of a battalion of his friends and chola boys ended at taking pictures with bare-breasted girls clad in animal skins. Nothing else. Years back, we were lied to that free milk and rice was coming from India. To date, we have never seen or tested that milk and rice.

In May 2015, we were again lied to that the Saudi Arabian Government, through the Saudi Fund for National Development, had offered a US $ 20 million revolving fund to supply cheaper oil to Zambia and reduce domestic fuel prices for the next five years. This became a chorus after some Head of State visited Saudi Arabia a few days later. That fuel has never been delivered to this country. It was all lies.

So, as long as President Hichilema continues registering progress in all his travels, he has our backing. As long as he continues moving with a streamlined delegation, the costs will be minimal compared to someone who was moving with his kadansas who had no role in these international engagements.

When and if President Hichilema fails to deliver over these trips, we will be the first ones to remind him that he wasted the tax-payers’ money but so far, so good. And by the way, President Hichilema is our first Republican President to be invited to address the European Union (EU) Parliament.

The EU Parliament is not a kangaroo organisation that can be addressed by anyone. As much as it is a rare privilege for HH to address them, they also look at the calibre of a person addressing them and what value such an undertaking brings to them.

Again, no mean achievement unless you are not privy to the Sixth European Union – African Union Summit of February 2022 as a Joint Vision for 2030.