The June 5 HH presser in Lusaka
…did it answer all your questions?
I have been a journalist of many years, bagged an excellence World Bank Investigative Journalism award for my work, and rose all the way to the top of the media management ladder.
I have been a diplomat for a long time, having worked at the highest level as Ambassador, bagged an Ambassador´s award there too.
In all fairness, I can humbly I have bragging rights to say I can comprehend lots of current affair’s issues, socio-economic, political, and international relations with not much ado, analyse them too.
On June 5, however, I found it hard to comprehend what our dear President Hichilema set out to tell the nation during that almost three-hour press conference.
I heard him talk about Edgar Lungu and Edgar Lungu and Edgar Lungu again, some Jay Jay Banda here and there, then some arrests and a stiffer law against tribalism on the cards coming June when parliament resumes sitting.
I heard him speak about being on ´Death Row´ while he was in opposition before becoming the 7th President of Zambia, but I wasn’t sure which one, ´Death Row Records´? a music label founded by Shug Knight, Dr Dre, and Dick Griffey or the real one.
We must ask counsel Makebi Zulu for a legal opinion on this because the jury is still out.
I waited for a long time to hear about the prolonged hours of load shedding (lack of electricity), escalating costs of mealie meal, fuel, and other commodities for a long while.
I thought that would be the first issue on the President´s Bucket List, but it came in one line at the tail end of the hour’s long presser just before the question-and-answer session started.
The Q&A was ever my favourite point at a presser, adrenaline raising for a news junkie like me, but then I can’t even recall what questions were asked by our local scribes during the presidential address.
Don’t get me wrong, asking no questions sometimes means you have understood everything.
So, I come to hear in my ignorance and limited knowledge; what did you hear at the President HH presser, and what did you not hear so I can learn from you?
There´s no wrong or right answer, just the facts, Folks. Happy weekend! Charge your phones and laptops in advance if you do not want to miss the Chipolopolo-Morrocco game tonight at 9, so you can watch it on your gadgets. Ciao bello!
Amb. AM. 07.24
Emmanuel Mwamba. You are just sh***t who has failed to achieve anything in life. Your pride and boastfulness will never take you anywhere. There are journalist’s of caliber and not you!
I get worried when someone is writing an article and they start by giving us their credentials. It means what follows is rubbish. Check how many grammar errors in the article first. Then source of information is Makebi? Yangu tata mayo, elo lwanya.
3 hours is a waste of time but dividing the nation is destroying the country- I am sure if you had a functioning brain you could have isolated that as a key point.
Bragging is for the cheap and those that seek recognition.
As soon as someone talks like this man starting with bragging I know we are dealing with those whose ka IQ is questionable.
Those who entered campus as mature or later in life !!
Lol
Planting seeds of discord. Just like the devil in the garden of Eden asked Eve about God’s instruction about the fruit. The evil tongue is questioning the presidential presser which was so timely and interactive. Only the culprits were guilty and made to know someone is watching their schemes.
Thank you HH you timely guided the nation and you indeed provided leadership…..
My take on that presser………
Sorry I don’t listen to blabla…blabla….blablabla…and blablabla.
No direction