THANDIWE SENDS BIRTHDAY WISHES TO HH
Birthday Message to President Hakainde Hichilema
Your Excellency President Hakainde Hichilema,
Happy Birthday, Sir. May your day be filled with the kind of peace and freedom that so many Zambians are now denied under your leadership.
We wish you good health, a long life, and above all a moment of uncomfortable but necessary reflection. As you celebrate another year, the country you lead is witnessing the systematic erosion of the democracy we all once hoped you would strengthen.
Instead of upholding the values of freedom, transparency, and accountability, you have chosen the path of control. Civic space is shrinking. Dissent is treated as a threat. State institutions are being bent to serve political ends. The rule of law is fast becoming a tool of convenience rather than a pillar of justice.
You did not inherit authoritarianism. You are constructing it.
Mr. President, on your birthday, the question is not rhetorical. Will you spare our democracy, or is it merely collateral damage in your pursuit of unchecked power?
Birthdays are moments for celebration, yes, but also for reckoning. You stand at a crossroads. Continue down the path of repression, or pull back and allow the democratic space to breathe again.
Zambia deserves better. Your office demands better.
So enjoy your birthday, Mr. President. Enjoy the cake, the cameras, the comfort of loyal praise. But when the festivities end and the lights dim, ask yourself what kind of legacy you are leaving behind and who truly benefits from it.
Happy Birthday. And may you find the courage to lead with the integrity that democracy requires before it is too late.
Sincerely,
Thandiwe Ketis Ngoma
#zambianwhistleblower #ZWB
THANDIWE SENDS BIRTHDAY WISHES TO HH
