“SORRY ZAMBIA FOR BRINGING YOU HICHILEMA,” MAJOR CHIZYUKA SAYS AS HE ENDORSES MUNDUBILE AT SOUTHERN PROVINCE VIRTURAL RALLY

“SORRY ZAMBIA FOR BRINGING YOU HICHILEMA,” CHIZYUKA SAYS AS HE ENDORSES MUNDUBILE AT SOUTHERN PROVINCE VIRTURAL RALLY

I apologize to Honourable Sakwiba Sikota, Western Province and the entire nation for introducing Hakainde Hichilema as acting President of UPND in 2006, when Mr. Sikota was actually the acting President of the party at the time – Major Chizyuka.

LUSAKA – Former Namwala Member of Parliament and one of the founding figures of the United Party for National Development (UPND), Major Robbie Chizyuka, has apologised to Zambians for his role in bringing President Hakainde Hichilema into national politics.

Chizyuka made the remarks during a virtual campaign rally organised by the NRP-UP presidential campaign for Southern Province this afternoon, where he endorsed Brian Mundubile and Makebi Zulu ahead of Thursday’s August 13 general elections.

Chizyuka said that when the UPND was looking for a successor to its founding president Anderson Mazoka following his death in 2006, he and others considered Hichilema largely because of his financial capacity.

He said, with hindsight, he should have considered other factors before supporting Hichilema to take over the leadership of the party.

“I want to apologise to the people of Zambia for bringing Hichilema,” Chizyuka said during the Southern province virtual rally.

He also apologised to Tonse Pamodzi  Alliance Chairperson  Sakwiba Sikota, who was then UPND Vice-President and whom Chizyuka said should have succeeded Mazoka.

Chizyuka’s intervention represents a significant political endorsement for Mundubile, particularly because of his history within the UPND and his association with the party during its formative years.

Madyekuku also endorses Mundubile

Veteran politician Syache Madyekuku, a former Cabinet Minister under President Frederick Chiluba and former Member of Parliament for Sinazongwe, also endorsed Mundubile during the virtual rally.

Madyekuku was among political figures who played a role in the political developments that eventually saw Hichilema take over the UPND leadership in 2006.

His endorsement of Mundubile adds another veteran political voice from Southern Province to the NRP-UP campaign, which has been attempting to break the UPND’s traditional dominance in the province.

Businessman and Cuundu Culture Chairman Innocent Matyola also endorsed the Mundubile-Makebi ticket.

Matyola appealed to voters in Southern Province to “move with the rest of the country”, arguing that the province should not remain politically isolated.

He accused the current leadership of benefiting Hichilema and a small group of people at the expense of ordinary UPND members and the wider population.
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