STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
_UPND tells KBF to leave HH alone_
_… Won’t tolerate embittered opposition leader attacking President_
Saturday, 30th November, 2023
*LUSAKA* – ZAMBIA Must Prosper leader Kelvin Bwalya Fube has developed a morbid habit of unjustifiably attacking Republican President, His Excellency Mr Hakainde Hichilema, in the name of freedom of expression.
The United Party for National Development (UPND) wants to put it unequivocally clear that it fully supports democracy and wants it to thrive as it has done in the last three years under President Hichilema.
But the ruling party will not allow its leader to be insulted by the likes of Mr Fube whose political and legal credentials are, at best, tainted.
Contrary to Mr Fube’s assertions that President Hichilema has driven the country’s economy to the ground, the President has set a strong foundation for economic takeoff. President Hichilema is reconstructing the economy left in ruins by people Mr Fube now strangely believes are saviours.
Zambians remember that the same people Mr. Fube has decided to support now are the same people he denounced and abandoned towards the run up to 2021 Presidential and General Elections.
Mr. Fube’s utterances leaves average citizens wondering whether he (Fube) has heard about debt restructuring which forms the basis for economic growth? That’s a global economic growth fundamental no politician worth their salt should ignore.
Why is Mr Fube playing blind to huge investments, especially in the mining sector where thousands of our people have been employed?
The UPND is not averse to criticism but it wishes to remind Mr Fube that President Hichilema has performed exceptionally at a time the country is reeling from the worst drought in living memory.
We know that Mr Fube still remembers criminal activities perpetrated by the Patriotic Front under the leadership of Edgar Lungu whom he is now prostrating for.
People were maimed and killed, bus stations and markets were no-go areas for non-PF members while the treasury was looted dry.
Sanity has now returned to bus stations and markets which every Zambian can access. Under the UPND leadership, no Zambian has lost their life for belonging to any political party.
This is the Zambia every citizen yearned for and President Hichilema deserves commendation rather than condemnation for bringing sanity to the country.
This is a President who, at once, employed more than 40,000 civil servants and has continued doing so. This is unprecedented in Zambia. We can catalogue countless achievements under President Hichilema.
Mr.Fube should know that as UPND, we choose civility over recklessness.
We urge him to respect the Presidency in all his utterances.
ISSUED BY: GILBERT LISWANISO
_UPND NATIONAL YOUTH CHAIRMAN_