WESTERN WIll BE BAROTSELAND ON MY SWEARING IN DAY -FRED M’MEMBE.
Socialist Party (SP) President Fred M’membe says a Statutory Instrument will be issued on the day he will be sworn in as President of Zambia to declare Western Province as Barotseland.
This came to light when Dr. M’membe paid a courtesy call on Ngambela Mukela Manyando, Prime Minister of Barotseland, at Limulunga Palace, the Headquarters of the Litunga, King of Barotseland.
Dr. M’membe said he had consulted widely over the Barotseland issue.
“If that continues to be your wish, it will be done the very day I will be sworn in. We shall remove Western Province and replace it with the original name, Barotseland,” he said.
Dr. M’membe said no one ought to stop the declaration of Western Province as Barotseland as it has no negative impact on the rest of the country.
Dr. M’membe said name change is not new as regions and countries do it as need be.
Meanwhile, Ngambela Mukela Manyando, Prime Minister of Barotseland, said the Barotseland Royal Establishment (BRE) governance system remains intact, discharging functions across Barotseland.
The Ngambela paid tribute to Dr. M’membe over the courtesy call on the Traditional Leadership.
Politicians President DR Fred M’membe is also ready to meet Linyungandambo members to discuss more about this important issues the agreement of 1964 which signed by KK and Litunga sir Mwanawina III.
Oh finish! No message for the voter from this end!
Just sit down if you have got nothing to say, mind you after loosing this election you will be 75,so no chance for you to do that heinous confusion
Barotseland is a British colonial strategy which continues to work today it is time for the people in Western Province to wake up and realize that they are Zambians with full rights and privileges
Hoo! Hoo! hoo! Why use Chama Chakombo campaign gimmicks.
It is a blatant lie that Dr. M’membe will restore the name Barotseland to Western Province the same day he is sworn in. The government machinery will not be in his hands until after he is sworn in and even then the name change won’t be a priority. Government protocols take precedence over his personal priorities.
How long does it take to prepare an SI? It is not him who will prepare the SI. It is the technocrats in the civil service and they have their own way of doing things.
It is shocking that this kind of pronouncement can come from a man with such academic accomplishments. But then one can be academically gifted and still lack emotional intelligence, the ability to understand people and act WISELY in human relationships.
Contrast his statement with the Ngambela’s response which was non-committal and diplomatically framed. That is wisdom.
Dr. M’membe is lying through his teeth.
M’membe does not know whether he is moving forward or moving backwards. Who wants to discuss that sensitive issue at this time? People of western province have since integrated into the rest of the country and are enjoying the fruits of CDF. Where are his party structures in the country and let alone western province? M’membe and Kalaba your dreams are unrealisable.