Kambwili strokes tribal fires

Kambwili on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview

Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili has launched a stinging attack on the people of Southern Province, accusing them of voting on tribal lines.

This is a latest in a series of state-sponsored tribal hate speech directed at the Tonga-speaking people of Southern province for repeatedly rejecting the ruling party in preference to the opposition UPND, a party that is led by Hakainde Hichilema, who hails from the region.

In an explosive interview with Grevazio Zulu on ZNBC’s ‘Sunday Interview’ last night, Kambwili charged that Tongas “would vote against Jesus Christ” if he stood against UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema in an election.

“There is a Province in this Country where even if you bring Jesus to stand in an election against a certain leader, the Province will Vote for that leader & not Jesus.” Stressing “These people have been voting for the same party since 2001. They are so tribal such that if Jesus Christ stood against their tribesman, they would reject Jesus. If a stone was to contest against a candidate from any part of the region, these people would vote for a stone.”

And Kambwili also took aim at opposition leaders in the country, calling them “mad” and “unreasonable”, adding that the only thing remaining is to run checks to determine their levels of insanity.

The outspoken Roan constituency MP explained that the opposition leaders are failing to appreciate development that the PF administration has brought because they are mad.

“These are mad people. They cannot see what we have done over the last four years because they are mad people, all we cannot know is their levels of madness,” Mr Kambwili said.

“The PF has performed wonders. We can only compare it to UNIP in terms of development. It is only that Zambians are being told lies by the opposition using propaganda as you know lies travel faster than the truth. This is the reason I am saying that the opposition is a bunch of people who are mad. That is madness to blame President Lungu for everything. It is the only the level of madness that we are yet to ascertain.”

He continued, “In my language we say, Pachalo takwaba ukuwamya (On earth, you cannot satisfy everyone) and this is the reason why man killed Jesus Christ. The PF has delivered, if you threw a stone, there are 99.9% chances, it will land on a PF project.”