PRESIDENT HH’S SON USED DIFFERENT NAME TO AVOID SPECIAL TREATMENT DURING ZNS TRAINING – PS
PS Thabo Kawana revealed that President Hakainde Hichilema’s son, Habwela Hichilema, trained under a different name to avoid preferential treatment from instructors.
Kawana said lieutenant Hichilema lived as an ordinary cadet, sharing meals, dormitories, and bush exercises with his peers.
He emphasized that Habwela’s placement in the military unit was based on merit and dedication, not nepotism.
Kawana said the First Son passed each phase of the demanding Officers Selection Board, demonstrating his aptitude and fitness for duty.
He spoke during a joint press briefing with ZNS.
“To ensure impartial training, Lt. Hichilema trained under a different name to safeguard fairness. Instructors might be intimidated by training his son.”
“Lt. Hichilema faced disciplinary measures like his colleagues. He lived in cubic accommodations with three other officer cadets, blending into the training routine.”
Kawana said Habwela impressed everyone with his humble attitude, diligent work ethic, and determination despite the challenges.
He stressed that Hichilema earned respect through his perseverance and hard work, not by exploiting his presidential connection.
Kawana revealed that Hichilema remained anonymous during training and only revealed his identity upon commissioning.
Brigadier General Mable Nyone, ZNS chief of public relations, commended Hichilema’s outstanding character and the First Family’s success in raising such a fine young officer.
She affirmed Hichilema’s achievements, including his military ranks and insignia, were a result of his hard work, determination, and resilience.
Brig Gen Nyone urged respect for Hichilema’s choice, recognizing his passion and commitment to defending Zambia and its people.
That’s commendable!
KK’s children went for ZNS training without fake names. And KK was a real proper leader. How we miss such leadership. In military training, there is no preferential treatment. But if someone is used to telling lies, they will lie at every opportunity they get, even when lies are not necessarily. To some people, everything they say is a lie. Trust a liar at your own peril. Liars tend to be thieves, cruel, adulterous and conmen.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN 2026.
Some one enlisted at our National security training Institute under a fake name, trained under a fake name….and only assumed his real name on graduation!
The saga doesn’t end there..
The confusion from the same government …
The young man was a volunteer says Statehouse Communications Chief Hamasaka.
But the volunteer program at ZNS hasn’t started yet!
No , actually he wasn’t a Volunteer but enlisted for the regular program, leading to his graduation as 2nd Lieutenant Habwela Hichilema, though he used a fake name . Permanent Secretary Kawana.
So from my understanding, as stated by Kawana , Lt Habwela Hichilema has started a career at Zambia National Service, using his real names, and is in the employ of Zambia National Service, as 2nd Lieutenant Habwela Hichilema.
But lies and propaganda seem to be fighting each other on this issue.
If the young man now decides to go for Academic Training elsewhere, is the Zambia National Service going to give him study leave one month after graduation? Or we will be told that actually he was just a volunteer, and not in the employment of ZNS, an early bird for a program which had not yet started?
How the web created around the young man is going to be unwind will be very interesting..
Propaganda and Lies at loggerheads…Seems the reconciliation is proving difficult.
The boy has got a right to choose his own path away from his father.He is a Zambian citizen just like everyone else.There is nothing strange here.Idiots like you are trying to make this an issue.Foreigners like you and Mwamba trying to create an issue over nothing.Baboons and idiots pls accept that pf lost the election in 2021 move on.Bitterness won’t change anything.If it really pains jump in front of a moving train just check its time table. Pf is not coming back baboons
This is certainly better than gifting children with cash, vehicles and land suspected to be proceeds of crime.
We seem to love make a mountain out of a mole.
The government should leave this issue alone instead of repeating the matter and only shining light on the young man.
Putting his life in the light of the public only places him under undue pressure for him only to falter and then the cycle will begin. Let him shape his own destiny without the undue pressure he never asked for.
Tasila was living in America until we decided to shed light on her. Even these court cases. Its because of the pressure to be “the president’s daughter” or follow in his footsteps that she finds herself in this position. I may not be speaking factually to this. But lets take a hypothetical situtation. Imagine Edgar Lungu was never President. Would we even know about Tasila? She would be living her life quietly as she had lived it.
We place undue presaure on the children of VIP that they never asked for. And while throws this on to them. We should never exerbate the situation by further beating the drum. Ba Kwana. Give it a rest. Enough has been said in the issue. Let sleeping dogs lay. Whenever wants to keep dragging his name in the mud will have to face him and the law. Lets not incite malicious characters who spend their lives wishing they were him and therefore spout all manner of negativity.
Then even his certificate or whatever should have the name and nrc which was used for training.