By Binwell Mpundu
WE ARE VERY INTERESTING PEOPLE FULL OF PRETENCE, INFACT WE ARE COWARDS AS ZAMBIANS.
President HH took nothing to the northwestern, Southern and Western Provinces other than going to preach Tribalism and yet we have all pretended like we have not heard him set this country on a dangerous path of tribal divisions.
In Sikongo he went to lie that the people of western province were where being denied Jobs on the previous government.That is no true and we all know it. There are too many many Lozis that were employed in government before UPND came into power and we all know that.
He went on to lie that the people of Southern province and Western Province were being beaten upon arriving in Lusaka at intercity for simply being Lozis and Tonga, again that is not true and a very dangerous statement to be made by a leader. Imagine if a bemba made a statement to suggest how bembas are being sidelined for employment and promotions in the UPND government how the police would have moved very fast to charge him with hate speech. If what president is preaching is not hate speech then what is hate speech.
President HH has been preaching about the Chibulo Mapenzi who was shot by police, he has been Preaching about the death of Lawrence Banda who was killed by a PF cadre and urging the people of Kaoma not to forget those who killed lawrence Banda,but interestingly when he went to the northwestern he forgot to talk about Jackson Kungo who was killed by UPND cadres not with a gun or poison but with stones and sticks while they recorded the gruesome murder. For president HH the killing of Jackson Kungo who was a provincial chairperson of PF does not matter and he wont even talk about it anywhere but he will be quick to talk about Vespers who was killed by Tear gases at UNZA,he will talk about Mapenzi who was killed by a stray bullet from the police.
President HH could not even remember that his government through the police opened fire and killed young people in Mufumbwe, he wont even mention that his government open fire and killed a Young boy in mufulira through ZNS, all those deaths do not matter.
The President wont even talk about the young student who died at UNZA by falling into a trench caressly left open by ZNS, but he is quick to talk about Vespers who died from tear gases.
The President has been suggesting the other regions hates him for simply being Tonga and coming from Bweengwa while he forgets that the same regions gave him over a million votes in 2021.It is very interesting how tge people that hates him would give him 1.3million votes.
Let us be very realistic here fellow citizens. The truth is that there is no Tonga or Lozi who was being beaten at intercity for simply being Tonga or Lozi, the President is lying and simply want the Tongas and Lozis to hate the people from other regions. It is possible that UPND members could have been harrased or beaten for wearing UPND regaria at intercity and not to say Tongas or Lozis were being harrased and beaten at intercity. We all know that equally PF supporters were beaten and chased from their homes in Southern province during the 2021 elections but its not true to suggest that it was bembas or easterners who were being beaten and chased from southern in 2021.
We all need to rise up and stop the president from preaching hatred and divisions as he goes campaigning.Tribalism can set this country on fire. The President needs to stop it.
ALENI.