BREAKING: TONSE ALLIANCE REJECTS UNITED OPPOSITION FRONT OVERTURES – TEMBO
By KBN TV Staff Reporter
Tonse Alliance says it has unearthed a scheme where some Alliance members are working with the remnants of UKA and Socialist Party to create what they are calling a United Opposition Front both in Lumezi and going forward
Tonse Alliance Spokesperson, Sean Tembo told KBN TV in an interview that the United Opposition Front was allegedly opposed to having the former Head of State Edgar Lungu as Chairperson of the Alliance.
“They want to create a parallel structure where the Chairmanship can become debatable or rotational with the intention to get rid of ECL,” Tembo said.
He said it was regrettable that some members of Tonse Alliance were entertaining the idea to push the Socialist Party as the anchor Party and main beneficiary of the scheme.
“It seems the plan that was initially exposed through the leaked audio has actually not died down and the push to collaborate with us in the Lumezi by-election is not in good faith,” he said, adding that “if they continue with the scheme, it will be impossible to go into Lumezi with them.”
When contacted for a comment, United Opposition Front representative, Muhabi Lungu said he was reluctant to respond to Tembo about Lumezi or the details about working together adding that “the people we have been working with from Tonse don’t include him.”
Lungu confirmed that he and Ambassador George Chulumanda were the architects of the United Opposition Front, an idea they have been developing over the last two years.
He said the idea was premised on getting parties together to marshal a united opposition going into the 2026 elections.
“We didn’t want a messiah, that was a general principle without refering to any specific individual or political party. We said anyone who is excited about power is a wrong candidate to the extent that they don’t want to be legitimised by others,” said Lungu.
He said the greatest danger to the UPND, is a reasonably united opposition but the UPND and its surrogates are trying to kill the unity in the opposition.
He refuted claims that the United opposition Front was trying to front a specific individual saying ” we don’t have preferences of which person or party, but we just wanted to have a legitimate process.”
Both UKA Chairperson and Socialist Party officials were not available for comment by press time.
Human Dynamics: A Group without a Leader and a Group that is not united is heading nowhere. Only Ants work and move without a Leader, because nature planted that Instinct in them, unfortunately as Humans nature denied us that, we always need Musogoleli
Now, you have United Front Alliance, UKA and TONSE ALLIANCE, altogether three opposition so- called alliances purporting to bring together all opposiyion parties?! How about that? What do you expect will be the the result? At the same time, Kalaba’s party is going it alone after failed attempts in UKA and an initial overture to join Tonse Alliance. I am sure M’membe’s party at this juncture of squables will go it alone. We are watching the space.
He is just a ka trouble maker this ka Sean Zero Tembo. He fights everyone and yet he has no constituency. Not even his wife is a member of his party. Just go whistle in the dark Sean!
So he has a wife. but he doesn’t even vote for himself.
You see, many centuries ago we had great thinkers. They came up with proverbs, Phrases and Wise sayings that have stood test of time. To date no more new ones, we still refer to the old ones and they sound so new and full of wisdom.
WHY AM I SAYING THIS?
The case of Alliances.
The Bemba Wise Man said: Mikolwe nga ya fula takucha bwangu similarly Too many cooks spoil the soup.
These Wise sayings are not invain.
The night will never grow to morning dawn for the Alliances and their mission is invain! Too many big heads and heavy opinions weighing over each other…Let’s wait and see going into 2026.
Plan B syndrome.We are watching.