We have left UKA because Saboi and CF have no respect for Lungu – Soondo
A PF-aligned opposition political party has left the United Kwacha Alliance (UKA) saying Saboi Imboela, a founding group member and Citizens First are being disrespectful towards former president Edgar Lungu.
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United for Better Zambia (UBZ) president Apostle Hector Soondo made the announcement of his party’s exit from the alliance in a letter to chairperson Sakwiba Sikota.
Top on the list of reasons for the party’s exit from the UKA according to Soondo was; “Failure to discipline Ms. Saboi Imboela and Phumulo Situmbeko who disrespected the former Head of State Dr Edgar Chagwa Lungu in their voice notes.”
Soondo also listed the alliance’s failure to discipline Citizens First Party members for insulting Lungu’s intelligence
“Lack of respect towards the former President Edgar Lungu by council of Presidents to the extent of taking advantage of the Eligibility Case that President Lungu will never be on ballot paper in 2026 and the Court will not allow him as if you are the judges in the matter,” Soondo complained.
He accused the alliance leadership of failing to involve others in the working relationship in counsultion with the assembly of Presidents and the Council of Secretary Generals in decision making.
“If you can’t do that with a small number of UKA alliance members, can you do it with the millions of Zambians,” Soondo wondered.
“As united for Better Zambia UBZ Party from eight months we have been working with you, we have just observed that you are just time wasters and you are wasting Zambian People’s time who have put hope in UKA when you are not even ready to help them from getting out of the hardship they are going through now and form government soon just like it was clearly in the two linked audios were your UKA founder partner Saboi Imboela said you as UKA you are not in a hurry to form government in 2026,” Soondo.
“Due to these and many other reasons,we feel we cannot continue working together as partners because seemingly we have different objectives. We therefore wish to categorically state that we have resigned from being members of the United Kwacha Alliance,” added Soondo.
Kalemba September 13, 2024
That is an excuse. Why should Lungu be the basis?
Deal with the problem…if Saboi is the problem deal with her. Dont use her as an excuse.
We teether around isaues instead of facing them head on. If this party is worth its ounce in salt. The are just running from the issue instead of dealing with it. Saboi stated clearly her take. She brought the issue of why UKWA was centered on Lungu as opposed to test all leaders as potential and elective leaders. Is that not democratic?
Truth hates. Saboi was only right when she spoke about the real PF and most of Lungu’s kandiles got upset. Three years is too short to forget about the atrocities committed by PF and please don’t force us to forget. Ati no respect, kwati ni comedy.
But why leaving the alliance just because of Lungu who doesn’t even belong to your party? Is that not a lame excuse? Can you please come with a better reason.
This is a bunch of failures. You can not rely upon ECL as though he is all in all. ECL did his part and if people are more mature in Leadership, you would have waited for an an alliance to have elections than imposing your mind in a failed leadership of ECL.
God is dealing with you and will dismantle you because you hold dangerous schemes for the Nation.
We’ll just stick to the devil we know. We don’t want to make the same mistake we made in 2016 and 2016!