SEAN TEMBO SUPPORTS MUMBI PHIRI
TRIBALISM? WHAT TRIBALISM?
By Sean Tembo – PeP President & TONSE ALLIANCE Spokesperson
Hon. Mumbi Phiri’s statement that if a Bemba picks an Easterner running-mate, then we will win, is a political strategy statement and not a tribal statement, as some are alleging.
Those who say this is a tribal statement, can you explain how it amounts to a tribal statement?
Also tell us what combination of candidates would not amount to a tribal presidential ticket? To begin with, how does a ticket made up of two regions amount to a tribal ticket? If Hon. Mumbi Phiri had said the winning ticket needs to be a Bemba with another Bemba as running mate, then perhaps that would be seen as tribal. But that’s not what she said.
Let us avoid politics of blackmail. By the way, l agree with Hon. Mumbi Phiri 100%. The ticket that has the greatest chance of removing UPND is one with a northerner (Muchinga, Luapula or Northern Province) as presidential candidate, and an Easterner as running mate.
Of course, other ticket combinations can also win, but in my view, the ticket that has the greatest chance of winning is the one Hon. Mumbi Phiri proposed.
Anywhere in the world, political parties have regional strongholds. Nothing wrong or tribal about that. Even in the US, democrats are strong up north, and republicans are strong down south. The middle states such as Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, etcetera are referred to as swing states, or battleground states, and decide the election outcome.
It is almost standard practice that both democratic and republican presidential candidates pick a running mate from a swing state, because it is meaningless for a democratic presidential candidate to pick a running mate from a southern state such as Mississippi or Alabama because such a running mate would not bring any votes to the ticket from where they’re coming from, because those are staunch republican states.
Similarly it is meaningless for a republican presidential candidate to pick a running mate from northern states such as Vermont or Massachusetts, because such a running mate would not bring any votes to the ticket from where they’re coming from, because those are staunch democratic states.
In my considered view, both Hon. Given Lubinda and Hon. Raphael Nakachinda cannot win a Ward Councillor seat on a PF ticket, in their respective home villages, because those are UPND strongholds. That’s a fact. You might like it, or you might hate it, but it’s a fact.
The majority of those trying to condemn Hon. Mumbi Phiri’s statement are either UPND supporters or those that have been hired by the UPND to undermine the opposition from within.
These are quite a number, by the way. But us well-meaning opposition leaders will not be bullied or blackmailed into floating a politically-impotent ticket, which will make us lose next year’s elections.
We shall not be shy to openly talk about a ticket that has the greatest chance of winning us next year’s elections. What Hon. Mumbi Phiri said is a matter of fact. Whether you like a particular fact or you hate it, nothing changes, it remains a fact.
Anyway, TILI TONSE 欄 and the Future is SET ✌
SET 05.10.2025
It was all AI. People should stop getting excited over nothing. Go fix load shedding instead, you thieves. Stop fabricating lies about Mumbi. She is not a tribalist. Tribalists are those that always vote for their tribesmen no matter what, since 2001.
COPY AND PASTE SOUTHERN PROVINCE.
REJECT TRIBALISM, CORRUPTION AND OPPRESSION.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN 2026.
Its seems you did not learn the lessons from the last election. Go ahead, make tribalism your core campaign message again. Perhaps this time you will get the message from the Zambian people.
Ati Mumbi Phiri statement is not tribalism but strategy. Hello, were you going to say the same if it were coming from a Tonga politician?
I would say:
Mu 2026 HH being a Tonga should Choose a running mate from Western or Southern or NWP.
THIS IS A UPND STRATEGY TO WIN ELECTIONS IN 2026.
We don’t want to hear any stupid remarks labeling it as tribalism. It is just a UPND strategy. So, Kasonde Mwenda shouldn’t utter any useless tribal comments doing so he should start with Mumbi Phiri.
Mr. Crab, I think it would be a good idea for Hakainde to have another Tonga as running mate. There is nothing wrong with that. Let people practice their tribalism in the open instead of lying about it or using imingalato. It is not like we are not seeing tribalism everyday via appointments and job allocation. One province does not even experience load shedding.
Wako ni wako.
COPY AND PASTE SOUTHERN PROVINCE.
UMUFULO PA MUFULO.
FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE.
FIGHT TRIBALISM WITH TRIBALISM.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN 2026.
My brother is now justifying tribalism,me I won’t dwell on that I will vote for UPND government again
Dundumwezi 2016 Presidential Elections
Hakainde Hichilema 27883 , Edgar Chagwa Lungu 262.
How did the people of Dundumwezi and the entire Southern Province use clear Tribal Passion to get these results? They employed a Strategy, and Quietly went about executing it.. AWAY FROM NOISE.
Have they abandoned this strategy? No ways.
They have even perfected it..and Quietly there’s mass Mobilisation within families, communities, registering everyone for NRCs and Voters Cards..eyes set for 2026. Can you call this Tribalism? They will say its not.
Meanwhile Zambia doesn’t even know by how much the Population in Southern Province has grown from 2010. In the last Census Results, it’s still blank.
When in 2026 you get 100,000 votes for Hakainde and 56 for the Opposition in Dundumwezi..and similar results in Southern Province, don’t be surprised. They know what they are doing.
This is the issue I have with loud mouths like Mumbi Phiri…They talk anyhow.
And end up playing in the hands of real Tribalists.
This is not how to do politics. This is foolishness..
Know what to publicly share, and know what to keep under wraps. It’s called Strategy.
The UPND has a private Agenda which only the inner Circle know about..It’s this agenda which they have been following from the time the party was incepted…
And for us who have analyzed the UPND, the Agenda goes way back to Colonial Liberation Struggles, Immediate Post Independence Zambia, the Second, and Third Republics. Do you know why one of Hakainde ‘s first tasks as President was to visit the burial site of the late Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula.
You can see the Agenda being actualised in all spheres , but you won’t hear any One talking about it.. Even this Bill 7 Hakainde is insisting on is part of the UPND Agenda which is very clear to the discerning eye.
So ba Mumbi Phiri, Politics is not making noise anyhow. Even in Kitchen Parties there are secrets.
Let’s see how you will handle the Avalanche of Condemnation from the real Tribalists in Zambia. They will come for you with all their Arsenal… even Chiefs will come for you.
They see TRIBAL SPECKS in others, and Imprison the SPECKS, but carry TRIBAL LOGS , They Ride on TRIBAL LOGS, They live TRIBAL LOGS … That’s who they are.
Only others are Tribalists, them are who they are!
Try condemning their behavior, and Prison Calls…Copy their behavior, they will accuse you of Hate Speech, Tribal Wars , Tribalism…
Bwafya pa Zambia!
Tribalists like you can never change.pf is gone and not coming back anytime soon.We have people like you with a Congolese background inciting tribal hatred.You are now many just like Mwamba from Tanzania who don’t have a heart for Zambi caus you are foreigners.We see you.Hopefully next year the government should start arresting people like you and send you to your home countries where there is no peace
The problem with tribalists like you is that you cherry pick things just to suit your narrow point of view instead of looking at things objectively. In 2011, president HH got only 1,758 votes in the whole province of Luapula, while the late former president MCS got 151,822 votes. Can that also be clasiffied as tribalism? Did you every hear president HH and UPND crying that it is tribalism? We know tribalists like you behave, where, if things are done by others, you condemn it, but if same thing is done by your tribes mate, you justify it. Please try to be objective when looking at things, not the way you behave most of the time.
No alternative to UPND . . The opposition are NOT united. They fail to manage party affairs hence not ready to manage the country. They are jostling for plot 1 That S.Tembo is short sighted .. Can think beyond the box.
NO CHANGE IN 2026 .
Tribalists like you can never change.pf is gone and not coming back anytime soon.We have people like you with a Congolese background inciting tribal hatred.You are now many just like Mwamba from Tanzania who don’t have a heart for Zambi caus you are foreigners.We see you.Hopefully next year the government should start arresting people like you and send you to your home countries where there is no peace
In Zambia, we want politics of brotherhood and not of cousinship or tribalism. Lungu had picked Inonge and things balanced and people were happy, but the moment he picked Nkandu Luo, there was no balance there and Zambians rejected him because he picked from one side. In the same manner if Hakainde had had chosen his running mate from the same side, Zambians could have rejected him. For the sake of those who don’t know, Zambia is made of two regions, North Eastern Rhodesia and North Western Rhodesia, so Zambians will never accept a one sided party or government. That’s why people are saying Mumbi Phiri’s statement is tribal because playing one sided politics in Zambia is tantamount to tribalism and it should be rejected and condemned in strongest possible terms. Capable Leaders both as presidential candidates and as running mates ere there in all the 10 provinces of Zambia and picking from only two provinces for both of them is in acceptable.
Again for the sake of those who don’t know, the name Zambia was derived from our mighty Zambezi River, our fore fathers founded this great nation on unity as it can be seen from our National Anthem. Zambia is the land of joy and unity and one land and one nation is our cry, dignity and peace neath Zambia’s sky, let’s all her people join as one, brothers/sisters under the sun, everyone strong and free. One Zambia, one Nation, we don’t want tribalism wherever it’s trying to show it’s ugly face or in whatever form it may come. Abash tribalisma! Abashi, mu Zambia sitifuna musokonezho. May God bless Zambia.
@ Musonda
What offense have I committed?
How many people do you want to be arrested?
All am saying is that there is no way a group of people can give one candidate 27,000 + votes and another 200 without Organization? And other candidates 5 , 2, 0 .What form of Organization went into this? This was not a normal Statistical Distribution! Mobilisation , and obviously immoral Mobilisation went into this, in order to get this abnormal behavior.
And am saying that if anyone thinks we have seen the end of this abnormal Distribution of votes, then wait for what is coming on 13th August 2026. It will be worse.
Jesus Christ tells us in the Gospels , Hopeless Hypocrite, ” Why do you seek to remove the SPECK in your Brother’s eyes , and yet you fail to see the LOG in your own eyes. First remove the LOG in your own eyes, then you will see clearly the SPECK in your brother’s eyes.
Mumbi Phiri makes hollow noise which doesn’t go anywhere.
Others methodically design, plan Strategic ally , and quietly implement …and the country sees the Abnormal Distribution Graphs.
So Who is bad?
@ Iwe one ngwee nkuku man.
Leave Musonda alone. It seems you are in support of those incarcerated on charges of tribalism
The problem with tribalists like you is that you cherry pick things just to suit your narrow point of view instead of looking at things objectively. In 2011, president HH got only 1,758 votes in the whole province of Luapula, while the late former president MCS got 151,822 votes. Can that also be clasiffied as tribalism? Did you every hear president HH and UPND crying that it is tribalism? We know tribalists like you behave, where, if things are done by others, you condemn it, but if same thing is done by your tribes mate, you justify it. Please try to be objective when looking at things, not the way you behave most of the time.
Even tribalism is political strategy baba. The sooner PF disappears, the better for our country.
PF has such negative energy!
Pa lest we’ll just ask for a referendum to divide the country into 2 regions kkkkk
Am sure me I’ll remain in Lusaka province the capital of Zambia
Dimwit and poor suggestion
This is just evidence showing that some of you politicians are genetically engineered tribalist. What kind of education did you atain Mr. Sean zero tembo (SZT)? What mumbi phiri is alleged to have said is pure tribalism simple and straight forward, even a 5 year old child can deduce that. For your own education, it would not have been tribalism if mumbi phiri mentioned names of her preferred candidates without mentioning their tribes just like am proposing mulenga Sata for president and Tasila Lungu for running mate. But mentioning a preferred tribe of candidates itself.