Many did not know about Dundumwezi constituency until during the just ended 2016 general elections during announcement of results. Dundumwezi is now the most talked about constituency.
This is because the Voters in the rural constituency located South West of Kalomo town in Southern province gave incumbent president Edgar Lungu 252 votes and Hakainde Hichilema of the opposition UPND 30, 000.
There is one thing about the people of Dundumwezi, they don’t just vote anyhow. In 2006 while the rest of the constituencies in Southern province voted for UPND, Dundumwezi voted for an Independent.
Lusaka Medical Practitioner Mwanahamuntu has this to say about Dundumwezi:
Dundumwezi it is unknown to many people unless hunters since there are plenty of wild animals under local game management scheme. Earlier this year, I wrote about a friend of mine, Joseph Peme, who disappeared, non of his remains have ever been found as many now believe he was eaten by lions. In my few hunting trips there, I have never seen a power line. Dundumwezi has no vocabulary such as power shedding. How 252 people voted for government remains a mystery. I suspect these were mistakes. Dundumwezi has become famous by itself.
Himba Miyoba had this to say about Dundumwezi:
Now go to Dundumwezi and see if there is anything the PF planted for you to expect to reap in form of votes. To start with, there is only a third grade road from Kalomo to Dundumwezi since time in memorial. The last time I heard a president talking about Dundumwezi and Siachitema (just talking about not going there) was in 1991 when then president Kenneth Kaunda went to campaign at central grounds behind Chungu garage in Kalomo town. These are remote people and places who feel so neglected. Why not visit them even during campaigns and also give them green chitenge materials and white T-shirts?
Your counterpart HH got votes from your so called strongholds because he visited and interacted with the people there. They saw him..they touched him they listened to him.
Chikankata is just 157 kms from Lusaka. 31 of these kilometers is a stretch of dilapidated second grade road (almost classified third grade) with 12 of those kilometres roughly upgraded to bituminous standard in 2006 when there was an MP from the ruling MMD. There is a very important referral hospital there though the road is in this state.
Late President Michael Sata went to Chikankata and made pronouncements that he would do the road. He instead created a district (not that it was a bad thing) but this is a long term plan to expect immediate response in form of votes…however, because president Lungu touched that place and interacted with people, he got reasonable votes considering the fact that it’s not his stronghold.
I have given you guidance. These people were looking forward to a president who will diffuse the ticking tribal time bomb. In their vote they were very sure the tribal victim candidate would be the best to fight the vice. But now we have you (PF) who championed the vice. Please save the nation.
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The bible says to everything there is a season…Ecclesiastes 3:1 and also Ecclesiastes 9:11 says time and chance happens to them all. In as much as the electoral shocking voting pattern surprised Zambians, I believe God was elevating Dundumwezi so that their plight is heard. God can use any situation to bring a point to someone’s attention and this is the time. It reminds me of a child who was delivered on the tree in Mozambique during floods. This plight attracted supporters who pledged to take care of the mother and educate the child up to university level. ‘Time and chance happens to them all’. The situation has caused me to find out more about Dundumwezi. Apparently I have discovered its not a tribal issue here but total neglegence by all of us. I have asked a lot of Tonga friends and they do not know exactly where Dundumwezi is. If they do they do not have details on its terrain, economic activities etc. To me it shows they also haven’t taken keen interest in this area. I come from Luapula province but I can tell you a lot about almost every part of and its activities. The bible says in everything give thanks. Lets just thank the Lord that elevation for Dundumwezi is now. Rev Joyce Mwanza
The only uniting strongest bond is the family bond.The civil service can adequately deal with this problem.All the new appointments in civil and quasi civil service should aim sending officers to provinces they do not originate from.All easterners and northeners to southern,western and northwestern and the latter to northern and easthern provinces so they may marry from there in new districts to strengthen one zambia motto .The more pipo intermarry the better zambia will become politically stable in another 50 years to come.Pipo learn to admire those they can see over time and negative cultural barriers break gradually like not marrying from a certain tribe which could be a potential recipe for tribal politics.
The voting in the three provinces were the opposite of one Zambia one Nation. Take it or leave it. Mind you we have ten provinces and the future elections maybe influenced by this trend. i therefore urge our Presido elect to go flat-out sensitizing and re-uniting our mother Zambia. Maybe the idea of one party participatory democracy in KK’s error was good for our nation of 72 tribes.
This just my opinion cause i am entitled to one.
BY THE WAY ANYONE WITH A SMALL PIN CHARGER????????
Why worrying about Dundumwezi when your peace is at stake? Please concentrate more on how you can rid youreselves of what haappened last week. Dundumwezi here or there your peace is at stake. I want to encourage every Zambian who loves this country and its peace to see far much further through window how Zambia must look like in the future. You can not allow foreigners and few individuals come and steal your hard earned peace and freedom by rigging a election. I will leave you with this: Dont blame somebody else when you leave your wife to sleep in the same bed with a stranger. If they have sex dont blame anybody because you allowed. A rigged election is never free and fair. What you need to understand is lives, your life is at stake. Your best friend may end up being your enemy. Stop this tribal talk. Tongas arent tribal. Stop it now
Thanks for the advise. But in SP even if the president visits them they would still give a little or no vote at all. The President went to Mazabuka, Choma, Livingstone just to mention a few he literilly got not more than 500 votes in each. But people in Eastern province they gave HH votes more than 1000 in some cases. But he has not made any development there but people still voted for him. Even if you are searching or looking for a caliber person do you mean to say ECL has no caliber at all. NO. That has to do with something else, TP?
This is one very interesting articles I have ever read after the TWO Greatly coined FORMULAE Namely: Dununa and Dundumwezi.
Before you make any comments please read through this article and get the point. One thing I can say is that let us not harshly judge or demonize the people of Dundumwezi. But if my memory can recall, this is one constituency once represented by either Ms Musokotwane, or Madyenkuku. What were these characters doing all these years if, as reported there is no visible infrastructure development?
No Sikumba No. There are other remote areas in South, N/Western and western that gave Lungu better votes. Here we are talking of an area over-neglected and never visited. Lets be more factual!
In fact to me they are both wise and straight! they didn’t hypocritically vote for a person they don’t know. Their vote, to a good father, means a lot. its a child’s call for attention.
Yes we all know that Tongas always have an excuse for their tribalism.
Dundumwezi is a true reflection of tribal voting. Voters in remote PF stronghold gave HH reasonable votes. I know my relatives very well. Asking them to vote for PF is like asking a Horse to pass through the eye of a needle.
I AGREE 100% WITH THE WRITER THE PEOPLE OF DUNDUMWEZI ARE KINDLY ASKING FOR THEIR PIECE OF THE ZAMBIAN PIE.NOW THAT SOMEONE KNOWS THAT THEY EXIST AND IN BIG NUMBERS,IS REASON ENOUGH FOR PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT MESSAGE THEY ARE TRYING TO SEND OR ELSE SOMEONE WILL BE DUNDUMWEZIED AGAIN AND AGAIN. KEEP IT UP DUNDUMWEZIANS YOU SURELY KNOW HOW EXERCISE YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO VOTE.
they cant understand they are still dancing dununa.electricity economy and violence all iz dununa reverce wait 4 five years of the visionless president
These are foolish thoughts. Ukwimi is a remote former refugee camp 67 km from Petauke. The road is equally very bad very bad. How many votes did the masonist get from there. If people continue thinking like the writer, a Tonga will never win in this generation
I have been to both Ukwimi and Dundumwezi and there is nothing comparable. Dundumwezi is remote. However please read the article carefully. What the writer is saying is that the President should have gone there even once. You don’t expect people who don’t read TIMES OF ZAMBIA, DAIL MAIL, DAILY NATION, THE VISION, KACHEPA Etc. to know you. They don’t even read dead NBC. The difference between Lungu and HH is that Lungu talks too much about those who didn’t vote for him, while HH talks about everyone loving him. These are two different attributes. Don’t complain about those who did not vote for you. Thank them for enhancing Multi party Democracy. I don’t even know why people discuss these voting patterns because they have always been like that. Bembas and Chipata boys especially just never vote for a Tonga, Luvale, Lozi, Lunda or anyone connected to the Bantu Botatwe. The other group is always made to compromise in order to foster peace. Check the history and you will see that it is always the non Bemba/Nyanja groups which are asked to compromise in order for peace to prevail. I think this is unhealthy for unity.
Black bird, I can see that you only read the ZWD and the zambianeye. Lungu thanked the people of Dundumwezi for 252 votes he got not your free mason who thinks the presidency is his entitlement.
In addition to what Bluebird is saying – HH went to Ukwimi, he was seen, touched and haerd by the people in Ukwimi. But Edgar NEVER EVER BOTHERED to go to Dundumwezi.
I was expecting someone to talk about this idiot who think all the votes that the president got had no tonga voters. it hates me to hear nkambwili call us tongas tribal when on the other hand some tongas voted for the president and other MPs respectively, including himself from his constituency. The man hates Tongas i hope this time around the president will tame his tongue. the man hates tongas. anyway i forgive the handsome youngster.
The same mouth says one zambia one nation and the same mouth says tongas cant rule.Just wait and hear what fat Kambwali is going to say the moment he opens his mouth.
Does the pf even understand the big English used in the article. I wish it was as easy as it is to dance their dununa.
Good advice to PF. Take it or leave it.