I love Hichilema and I don’t owe anyone an apology – Charity Banda
INTERNATIONAL chief mourner and Miles Sampa’s “puppet,” Charity Banda, who has changed camps faster than a chameleon changes its colours, says she owes no one an apology for suddenly supporting President Hakainde Hichilema.
Speaking when President Hichilema met the UPND alliance at the secretariat yesterday, Banda said she loves the President and will ensure that she campaigns for him with every fibre of her being.
She warned that the PF was in an alliance with the ruling party and that anyone found masquerading as a member of the former ruling party while ignoring the leadership of President Hichilema should be arrested
“Abo abalikunse, napapata, PF ili mu UPND as an alliance. Whoever will masquerade with a PF chitenge will be dealt with by the police. As the owners of PF, we are in UPND alliance. And nobody should question me because I don’t owe anybody an apology,” she declared.
“Ine ba president HH twalibombelepo nabo mu opposition. Elo bamwisa baleisa balenjipusha, awe napapata (I once worked with President Hakainde Hichilema when he was in opposition but outsiders want to start questioning me now). Let me work with the man who has a vision for Zambia. I love President HH and I’m not here for jokes. Leave me alone,” she said..
The staunch PF cadre further bragged that she is a seasoned politician with a motherly heart and loves the peaceful environment created by the UPND.
“I’m a very experienced politician and I know how to politic. I’m a mother and I love where there is peace,” she stated.
Banda also spoke about her crying when former president Edgar Lungu died which everyone with white teeth laughed about, saying she cried like a chief mourner and was not faking it because she truly loved him.
“That’s how I cry when I love someone. Even when Mwanawasa died, I cried as Sata looked on,” she said.
By Catherine Pule
Kalemba, June 11, 2026