STRANGE THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN PRESIDENT HICHILEMA’S GOVERNMENT
A KBN TV EDITORIAL
In four years, so much has changed and many strange things are happening with President Hakainde Hichilema and his administration. Lately, citizens have been whispering and questioning certain decisions made, very clearly suggesting that the government could be panicking about something, possibly a realisation
that time is fast ticking to the next elections and the UPND’s popularity may not be as it was as at August 12, 2021.
Some say, the President has moved from an admirablable opposition leader who promised that he together with his cabinet would be declaring assets annually, to one who frowns at entertaining the thought of declaring his assets.
From an opposition leader who castigated the then ruling Patriotic Front for its attempt to push Bill 10, saying “the constitution does not belong to the PF” to a President who signals a desire to ignore the Constitutional Court ruling to try and bulldoze his way with the widely rejected Bill 7, still calling it deferred when infact it’s a nulity.
And just when Zambians thought they had seen it all, the administration came back with the most obnoxious and laughable Land Deeds and Registry Ammendment Bill No.13 that has shocked everyone to think that the UPND administration could propose stripping constitutional authority from the lands tribunal and give the powers to cancel title deeds to a junior civil servant at the Ministry of lands.
It’s actually not surprising that a Parliamentary Committee (mostly composing MPs from the ruling party) tasked with gathering stakeholder views, was yesterday left with no choice but to recommend that the Bill be sent back for further consultation.
Twelve months to the general elections, someone should tell Mr. Hichilema that these desperate decisions, whatever the motive, are making him unpopular even among his ardent supporters.
Let’s face it, as if suing the Lungu family was not enough, his government has sent an urgent request to inspect the body of the late sixth Republican President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, just few days before the Pretoria High Court is due to make a ruling on whether Lungu should be buried in South Africa or in Zambia.
Many people have now started asking tough questions about what’s really motivating this unusual appetite of wanting to see and inspect the body of someone who is not your relative.
A death certificate was issued and it was presented as part of the evidence in the ongoing court hearing in the Pretoria High Court.
Is President Hichilema’s government suggesting that South African authorities conived with the Lungu family to fake his death and issue a fake death certificate? Declaring a period of national mourning was in itself an acknowledgement that ECL was dead.
By insisting on inspecting the dead body, is President Hichilema’s government rubbishing South Africa’s foreign minister’s visit to State House to inform him about the Lungu’s family request to bury their beloved in that country? Does that diplomatic effort look unreal, fake and staged?
We find these decisions to be very difficult to understand and we question whether indeed President Hichilema has Advisors or not. We think that the President is misdirecting himself by applying his time, energy and national resources on wrong priorities.
While ZAMMSA is stinking with corruption, no senior government official implicated has been arrested. While the FIC report says USD 3.5 million left the country last year alone, we are clapping for USD 184million IMF loan.
These should have been his priorities. Not Bill 7, not Bill 13, not even inspecting a dead body!
Clearly something has gone wrong. It’s either Mr. Hichilema doesn’t care or he won’t just be bothered about these scandals or what Zambians think about him, his leadership and actions.
It’s not surprising that our recent poll indicates that the President’s public rating has plummeted to 48.8 percent while 76.3 percent of respondents say they want change of leadership next year.
While i disagree with some of his decisions, your poll being purely online is unrealistic. I you did a realistic poll probably the number wanting change would be half of what you want it to be.
Ba KBN, you will end up making people think you are just a paid mouth piece for the PF if you insist that your survey was authentic.Look at how you have excited Mundubile and perplexed Fred.You seem to have researched on whether there is need of change of government and who is the first choice among Presidential hopefuls.In the first place people don’t even know the 2026 candidate for PF/TONSE.I wonder how your people in your survey pointed at Mundubile when there is bo Lubinda, and other contenders within PF/TONSE.In your survey it appears you don’t value the views of those who didn’t know about the survey.Those who didn’t want to participate because they didn’t see the sense in the exercise.Those who don’t have internet.And just others who are non voters but can talk about choices like the Jehovah’s eyes.It was like making an experiment without including the specimen that matters ba KBN, never do that again.On other things you have mentioned are subject for debate.Thats why we have the Parliament.We can not restrict our selves to old ways because the colonial masters deemed that fit.Yes the land powers are vested in the President but some land officer can also have powers to revoke the title deeds if his office finds something strange.And the one whose title deeds is revoked may go to court and file a complaint.These are just proposals I presume which are debatable.The idea of giving titles for longer periods like 99 years sounds fantastic but there can be situations of concern on particular lands that may arise.Those were thoughts of colonial masters to protect the interests of their fellow settlers.Dont fear change in such a manner.Change of some laws may come with good and user friendly safe guards that are beneficial to all citizens.The UPND government focuses on the support for the people to have better lives.The vulnerable people must have land too not only friends of those in power like it used to be before.President Hichilema’s love for his people is evident on various efforts he has made and people are there to see and smile.On ECL’ body the government must have a right to see and check the status of the body more especially that it has over stayed without burial in a foreign land.The people of Zambia have interest and it’s the duty of government to safeguard that interest.
President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA is still admirable more now just as he was in opposition to us who listen to his pronouncements and way of leadership. He is another, a well forcused cool President. Indeed, His Excillency the President of the Republic of Zambia, President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA.
Not forgetting your PF group survey that you did with your defended results, us the 2.8 million we are not moved or shaken ours is FORWARD with a visionary leader for a great and better Zambia while yours is that of DUNUNA reverse with the murderers , blood thirsty group who dwels on insults, name calling, hatred, tribalism, stealing and corruption.
With His Excillency President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA in the driving seat now and up to 2031;
1. The python bitting debt that you as a group of PF thugs, corrupt elements left even defaulted in the process is being restructured.
2. Free education for our children is assured.
3. Meal allowances for our children in public universities is guaranteed.
4. Loans and bursaries for our children in public universities is always being assured and uncreasing.
5. Massive recruitments (employment) for our childrem every year as is being witnessed.
6. Peace and Unity in the Country- No more useless America One, Mis-used comanda title by PF cadres, no more KAMUGODI by PF cadres, no more burning of Zambian kwachas by disgruntled PF cadres, no more having vehicles carelessly moving on public roads with ECL 2021 number plates, no more threats by PF cadres threatening civil servants that they will eject them from their offices or burn them in the offices. No more of these foolishness.
7. No more retiring civil servants from certain regions and tribes in national intetest.
8. No more Cabinet with only two regions being in the full càbinet positions including at PS level and foreign service jobs or positions.
9. Incressed CDF which is doing wonders in the communities.
10. Fixing the economy and awekening sleeping mines lime shaft 28, Kalengwa mine, KCM where the liquidator a Lingu was found with about 24 million IS dollars in his account such hige amounts from the national assert to one individual talk of tbe girl Faith Musonda having sucks of money from without, all these are being fixed. Finshi fimbi twingafwaya.
Ours is FORWARD with purpose, attracting investments and empowering our citizens by working for what they need and want than just tantamenu and corrupt tendancies.
So, you the Pastor- owner of KBN station is definately in the old and dark come 2026 the peace loving Zambians will maintain the peace we are enjoying now under HH. For you who want PF you will also have your choice to remember the gassing, the insults, the killings, the urinating in the mouth of journalist, the attacking POLICE Force Headquarters even threatening the Officers by PieF cadres , and closing medea houses is your choice too. We will see who is who
NIPANO TULI
You cannot honestly expect normal people to vote for that pathetic coward mundubile. Are you serious? The guy reminds me of one Enock Kavindele when he challenged Kaunda in his unpopular times then chickened out in the last minute. Mundubile lost our respect when he started singing Lungu’s candidacy after court ruling against the same and went foolishly on even when Lungu himself accepted the verdict. Kavindele repeated his cowardice again on the Lungu case. They went to SA and a request was made by Lungu’s friends in the inane regional joke called SADC to have the Lungu family court cases dropped. He kept quiet about that and only came to reveal it when Makebi Zulu had already watered it down. So it became just a small matter on social platforms. Once a coward always a coward. So I disagree with Tonse offering a coward of Mundubile’s type against Hichilema. It will be suicide.
PF TV Station & Journalists just the opposition and Kobon TV.
Definitely people know what the ruling party and it’s government have achieved, come next year.