PRESIDENT HAKAINDE HICHILEMA SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL WITH PARTY MEMBERS WHO FEEL MORE ENTITLED TO HIM AND THE PARTY THAN OTHER MEMBERS.
Elijah Temboh writes;
The biggest thing that destroyed PF and which still has potential to finish them completely is the notion of some party members feeling more entitled to the party than other members simply because they were founding members of the party. They never welcomed new minds that joined the party which were later given ministerial positions. The likes of Hon Kambwili and Hon Miles Sampa have always desired to be in the driving seats because they are founding members. Some members felt more entitled to the President and their followers became unruly cadres on the ground because their bosses had direct links to the president for example Innocent Kalimanshi.
I want you to fight this right now. When you delay, these people will form cartels that will be difficult for you to fight when we draw near to elections. PF couldn’t fight Kalimanshi 😁because he had become a heavy weight. There are people who feel more entitled to the party and there are others who feel more entitled to you. The likes of Obvious Mwaliteta feels more entitled to you to an extent that the vice-president and the party SG are nothing to him. President Lungu was so tolerant to such and surprisingly we began to hear Hon Kambwili calling the vice president AKAKUNKUBITI.
Innocent Kalimanshi became a principality because he was connected to someone who had direct link to the president. There are so many of such. So watch out for such in your Party and Cabinet and deal with them at this time before it is too late. Such people disregard anyone except the President. We saw how some appointments were resisted in the PF by true greens and even today they are still fighting over positions based on this notion. And those appointed on merit are fought for not being founders of the party. We heard how the appointment of Mr Anthony Bwalya was resisted from within the party.
I have observed with much concern how Mr Mwaliteta can issue a statement on your absence which got approved by Hon Jack Mwiimbu and Hon Garry Nkombo who are both ministers without the consent of the vice president. This shows some serious signs of anarchy within the party. In your absence the second in command is the vice president. And if cadres can’t regard her, you are not safe. I have also observed other cadres protesting some appointments like that for Kingsley Chanda. Cadres issue ultimatums to the police IG. Who does that please.
We saw this during President Lungu’s tenure. Cadres felt more entitled to him to an extent that ministerial appointments that were made on merit like that for Hon Dora Siliya was fought for simply not being a true green. Hon Dora Siliya did an excellent job as Information Minister and Chief government spokeperson but she couldn’t do a good job at party level as a spokeperson because she had opposition from within the party because she wasn’t a true green. There was no unity of purpose. This is what I see currently with Hon Chushi.
Mr President sir, without fear and favour, just like Hon Chishimba Kambwili felt more entitled to the party than any other members, I see honourables; Garry Nkombo, Jack Mwiimbu, Cornelius Mweetwa, Obvious Mwaliteta including others who are acting silently like Mr Banda William being more entitled to the party and to you than any other. Mr Mwaliteta and Mr Banda William may not be a founding members of the party but these feel more entitled to you. No wonder their commands are taken seriously by senior party members.
The Vice President and the Chief Government Spokesperson has been acting on ceremonial basis because the true reds who are more entitled to the party and the President have taken her role. This Mr President will do you harm at a later stage. The earlier people respect protocol, the better otherwise they will start calling your vice president AKAKUNKUBITI.
Just like the other true greens made it difficult for the likes of Chanda Amos except that he was a professional, these few people within your cabinet and outside that feel more entitled to the party than the rest, will cost you. Your presidential aide can’t freely excute his duties. The information Minister is very quite after the ‘majoritarian’ incident. The Vice President only answers questions in parliament. From parliament she becomes a follower not a second in command.
I have also observed that you have alot of information deseminaters; Party Spokesperson, Information and Broadcasting Minister, Presidential aide, Party SG, Alliance Party Spokesperson and the same Mr Obvious Mwaliteta. To bring professionalism and discipline, I am recommending that you reshuffle Hon Cornelius Mweetwa from Southern Province to Information and Broadcasting so that government position on key issues doesn’t conflict with Party position. Either you take away the baton from Hon Mweetwa and give it to Hon Chushi or whichever way so that party Spokesperson becomes chief government spokeperson.
Don’t hesitate to fire all misbehaving party members calling themselves founding members. These will always serve a certain interest parallel to yours. Take the approach of the late Levy Patrick Mwanawasa. Give powers to the vice president. Give powers to the information Minister. Give powers to presidential aide. Let them know that professionalism in these fields will pay you and cadreism will cost you drastically. Sooner or later we will begin to see the breakdown in the rule of law if this is left unchecked.
Thank you bally.