WHY HAKAINDE HICHILEMA HAS FAILED
[Lessons for others intending to lead Zambia]
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Dr. Canisius BANDA, a once close ally of HH now writes ✍️….
Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has publicly acknowledged that “both government and the nation have failed…’
He has taken responsibility and described the situation as a wake-up call.”
Hakainde Hichilema
President of the Republic of Zambia
October 2025
In-depth Reasons
1. His severe lack of grounding in both domestic and African nationalism. This is a vital requirement for any leader intending to occasion the continental renaissance.
2. His unbridled and unquestionable faith in foreign-led private sector governance.
3. His disdain for the public service and ,view of it as a hindrance and not the required tool for governance and economic anchorage. His sense of being outside the framework of Zambia’s Republican Constitution and capacity to flout and run roughshod with it.
4. His insistence in running government as a business and firm but false belief that government has no business in business. Government is a social construct.
5. His lack of depth on geopolitics and naivety about national strategic positioning. Pandit Nehru and Kenneth Kaunda should have have been his guide posts for non-alignement.
6. His willingness to easily trade moral principle for personal ambition.
7. His social awkwardness with people. His lack of emotional intelligence and people skills. He fails to connect with people as people.
8. His lack of sincerity in dealing with his own team, his overblown sense of self and lack of fearless and competent advisors. He views his Vice President Mutale Nalumango and most of his cabinet ministers as only utilitarian and as redundant/mere padding. His know-it-all attitude is his nemesis.
9. His excessive faith in non-Africans and willingness to dance to their tune regardless of how manipulative it may be.
10. His failure to effectively use the the IDC as a national development vehicle, and the absence of original thought in developing and implementing a home-grown economic recovery and growth plan. His view of debt as a problem. Debt is an asset. The whole world runs on debt.
Dr Canisius BANDA
Development Activist
16 November 2025
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This man once had the opportunity to become the Vice President of our nation.
Today he is just busy scratching the pubic hair growing on his face.
All this is bitterness and regret. Nothing onstructive worth reading here. Mr Banda, just move on and start looking after chickens. You thought Zambians would miss you? Zambia is bigger than you Bwana vima ndevu.
If HH has failed, what about you? Can you tell us at least one of your successes if there is any? Ne nsoni tamukwete sure.
Just ignore him.
He is regretting to have left Newdawn as he could have been enjoying the fruits now.
He is telling the truth you moron!!! I voted for HH but through 3 years I was able to see through all these points Canicius has said and they are all true.
And Zambia will do good to get rid of him.
This is my independent and educated opinion. A nation is a social unit not a business venture.
HH has failed terribly to become a politician with human feelings but has remained a cunning, linguist, bootlicking puppet to foreign capitalists and imperialists, beating even the worst Ramaphosa at it.
That is why Trump has liked him and so has England, China, France and Germany. Russia is just watching and feeling sorry. He is the striking opposite of a boy young enough to be his son….Ibrahim “Abraham” Traore.
Which is the better Devil? Russia, China and the West are two sides of the same evil Coin. Your educated opinion is no better, Sir.
He has got no home kanishasi banda
Pilgrim how did you fail to become VP? Did you not read the mood of the people before you decided to defect to PF? You are making the same mistake again.