ZAMBIA DOES NOT NEED BITTER AND VENGEFUL LEADERS – NJOBVU
…says Zambians are looking for visionary leadership devoid of vengeance, retribution and bitterness.
LUSAKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2026
DEMOCRATIC Union party President Ackim Anthony Njobvu says the narrative on the ground is that Zambians are tired of recycled politicians as the country heads towards the general elections in August this year.
Speaking when he featured on ‘Chat Back’ programme on Radio Christian Voice in Lusaka this morning, Mr. Njovus said citizens are looking forward to have a visionary leader who who is devoid of vengeance, bitterness and retribution.
He said the reason the UPND has failed to perform, is that once they formed Government, they wasted time fixing and jailing perceived political opponents instead of working to revive the country’s economy.
” Zambians are tired of recycled politicians and that is the narrative on the ground, but due to the propaganda being advanced on social media Zambians may end up making wrong decisions in the coming 2026 elections, ” Mr. Njobvu said.
“Democratic Union will be on the ballot this year because Zambians wants to find a leader with a vision to run this country. We don’t want a vengeful leader in the office of the President,” he said.
And Mr. Njobvu said DU will only consider joining an alliance when calls for opposition unity by Zambians intensify.
He said currently his party is in talks with the Tonse Alliance but only waiting for calm among warring factions in the alliance.
“When Zambians asks us to join a united opposition force, we shall consider, although we are in talks with the Tonse Alliance, we want calmness to prevail and then we can consider joing the Alliance, ” he said.
Meanwhile, the DU leader said it unfortunate that the Electoral Commission of Zambia is rushing to make changes to the Electoral Process Act few months before the elections.
He said this move can be perceived as the ‘imingalato’ that the UPND wants to use in this year’s elections as attributed to Information Minister Cornelius Mweetwa.
“Is this the imingalato that the Information and Media Minister Cornelius Mweetwa referred to? Why do they want to remove the official ECZ mark from the ballot papers. During voting someone may just sneak in ballot papers in the polling stations and so we say no need to change the features on the ballot papers, ” Mr. Njobvu said.
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While the rejection of cycled politicans is true. We also reject oppotuntists who laud themselves as leaders.
Mr. Njovu a few months ago you made a number of statements that sound just like the said recycled politicians make. Outburst that lack substance dont make you sound smart. It does the opposite. Andford Banda uses his words sparingly and is way more effective in his message and direction. How often do you hear him speak?
Ms Banda tried to overshadow him. With one stroke she was put in her place.
That to me is up coming leadership. Grromed right. Andford if his policies and outlook is not disruptive to the status trijectory…would a formidable force when HH completes his second term.
National leadership is stewardship. Service to Zambians…how one seeks to serve Zambians by making their lives better.
Tell me how does an unverified story of restrain change who Maxwell Chongu a credible leader? When he regained with terror in PF when did he serve Zambians? He served himself. The culture of placing selfserving individuals interested in lining their pockets needs to be a thing of the past.
Any current opposition seeking relevance should place leaders at the top worth of the name. Clean record and performance. Muchima messed up at the Ministry of lands. A costly mistake that has cost the state millions if not billions. Insult the very people that elected you? Incompetence of the worst kind. The mess he was sent to clean up and has failed at the Ministry of Health, reflects on the state. Masebo should not think she is on holiday. The cleaning up at Lands needs serious and pragmatic action. The statement she made at the start of the year shows she is being fed lies.
Ministers need to state facts and those facts need to be credible and verified. The Minister of Energy embarassed himself.
Ba Mulenga ba ma shina….four years and what have you got to show? No serious policy has come out of the ministry. You only have yourself to blame.
What Zambia needs are leaders who have the courage to safeguard national resources and hold plunderers to account. For far too long, our politicians have taken us for granted and plundered our resources with abandon knowing very well that there are no dire consequences for their irresponsible and selfish conduct.
Until we have a leadership that holds politicians to account, our treasury will continue to bleed billions of dollars. That is why politicians like Mr. Njovu are scrambling to jump on the looters’ train. It is the easiest way to make huge amounts of money in Zambia today.
And Mr. Njovu is labelling accountability as vindictiveness, vengeance and political persecution. Under his reign, we should expect looters to have a field day and at the end of his rule the treasury will be empty.
If you consider it as harmless and normal for a politician to gift his son 79 vehicles, 23 pieces of real estate without any viable business investments, then you need to have your head examined.
Why do you think every Jim and Jack is gunning for the presidency? For most of them, it is not to serve but to have unlimited access to the national treasury.