By Lwanzi Milimo
My mind is taken back to the time when First president Kenneth Kaunda and his son Panji were mediators for PF and UPND pact, they had succeeded and the pact was formed to strengthen the opposition in order to remove then the ruling MMD from government.
Lo and behold it was not too long before UPND leadership left the Pact, with reasons which most of gullible Zambians did not want to listen to because they were desperate for a new government. The UPND left the pact because PF leadership did not want to discuss on how they will run the country, they did not want to formulate a strategic plan on how to develop the country.
All they cared about was who should be a Minister for which Ministry. Power seems to be at the centre of everything in the ruling PF government today than developing this country. Bear in mind that this is a country that doesn’t have a qualified Chief Justice neither does it have a people driven constitution, but that is another issue altogether.
The most recent happening in the PF government have revealed much, opened the citizens eyes and also vindicated the opposition. We now know who truly sponsors violence among political parties, we now know how selective the law enforcers are and now how justice is a non starter when a country have selfish criminal masquerading as leaders.
Is it shocking in the sense that the squabbles in PF party could escalate into serious blood shed. This is violence alleged to be sponsored by Senior Cabinet Ministers, therefore one wonders how they seat down and plan to develop the country.
What foolishness is this! The last time we had a similar situation was in 2001 when Michael Sata then as National Secretary for MMD allegedly sent out his vicious cadres to axe and beat his own people that opposed third term campaign. Today history has repeated itself, Sata is the president and his cadre ministers are on each other throats yet he is silent.
On another hand it’s very important to treat things as they are and call a spade by its rightful name, the succession battles in PF are infact tribal battles, between Bembas who feel the PF party is their gods given things (not God of heaven) and non bembas who don’t trust the friends.
Whatever the case on nature of the squabbles, the fact remains PF has embarked on an irreversible journey to self-destruction. They surely don’t need any help from anyone. Unfortunately tribal wars do not end without death, dust will only settle when others begin to die mysteriously.
Its Sad! They have allowed their selfishness to ride on most important things, they can no longer have a clear vision for eradicating poverty in the country. One other most annoying thing is that these cadres are allowed to demonstrate, fight in the streets and break public property while the public order Act proponents Edgar Lungu and the police under Stella Libongani uselessly are quite.
These are the cadres that beat up worshipers in Matero, these are the same cadres that have been causing violence each time opposition party gather, Just who is in control of PF party? Imagine this is the Party that almost made successful pact with UPND? What would have been the case? Hakainde Hichilema and UPND did well to break away from them.
Finally, these infightings will still affect a lot of poor people in the country. I call upon President Sata to show leadership and for once let’s see that he is the President. We cannot have a situation that is prevailing in the country and there’s no voice from the president apart from drama each time he appears on camera.
Zambians are judging the PF leadership and the earlier President Sata acts the better.
Until next time, may God bless Zambia.
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I want to be very honest. I’m pf and I’m not happy with what is happening in our party and country. Too much tribal in PF these kola foundation are the ones destroying the party.
very good article..the illiterates call it a bitter one..kekekekeke
talking about tribes is outdated only fools talk tribes now.we are in a Zambia where most of those who were born in the 80’s don’t think tribal. Please try to think Zambian not tribal imwe ma galu
…But you are being led by leaders born in the 1920s and 1930s! You even voted for them! FYI, Sata is a heavy promoter of Bemba tribalism!
And just to support Lwanzi’s truthful analysis, the succession fight is truly tribal. I got it from the horse’s mouth a year ago while in Mansa Luapula. Even before this succession nonsense erupted, Bembas have categorically said they cannot and will never support Kabimba because he is a ‘Tonga’. I head this with my own ears while in Mansa. For sure Kabimba is part of the Tonga tribal grouping called Sala, a hybrid of Lenje and Tonga.
To prove it all, the Kola Chiefs went to state house this year to drive a point to Sata that only a Kola person (Bemba) shall succeed Sata.
All in all, the succession battle is between Bembas and Non-Bembas in PF. PF is the worse tribal party in Zambia!
B.B. Chisosa and other Bembas, you are saying no deaths will result in PF? You are truly blind and dull cadres. How about the nyimba and livingstone killings in which fellow Pfools killed each other? And the northmead foolishness fight. That is a lead towards death. Very soon, the GBM camp will start killing the Kabimba camp.
Only a hypocrite is in denial that PF has become and will be recorded as Zambia’s only ostensible 0ne term and worst tribal party in the history of Zambia.It is surprising to see that my Bemba ethnic colleagues have generally found immeasurable pleasure in keeping quiet over the blatant tribal appointments. Therefore, they should never complain when the next well meaning ,for sure, tribal balancing government comes in power in 2016 , in consideration of the clear and self destructive path that PF has found pleasure in following.
Lwannzi, your articles are always very analytical and splendid. Keep it up. Only a fool deliberately choses to misinterprets such well researched articles as yours and Professor Hansungule.I our days at UNZA in the mid 1970s,we used to say HARMER{drill the point in that thick head). Again only a fool will deny that HH and UPND have made serious inroads in the Eastern, Lusaka, Copperbelt, and Lusaka Provinces. North Western, Western and Southern(let Old Munkombwe hallucinate) are comfortable and sealed zones for UPND.At least UPND has REAL development agenda for Zambia.
You seem to be in some kind of a comfort zone or maybe dreamland,face reality and take that bitterness out of your mind!which in roads has UPND made in lusaka,copperbelt,eastern provinces?dont be mislead by these cheap internet politics,come 2016 you will be shocked by the landslide victory of PF.Lusaka,Copperbelt,parts of Central,Luapula,Parts of Muchinga,Northern,parts of north western and parts of eastern provinces will still vote for PF!
Lwanzi please be realistic and objective with your presentation in your articles because you will end up misleading a lot of people. I don’t expect a beautiful lady like you to be tribal, do not allow the good for nothings use you because when the heat comes upon you i honestly don’t see them coming to your rescue! be wary about your well being and that of the people around you!
Everything “objective” should be praise singing of PF and its leadership in your mind …….
Chiputu i’m not PF and just in case you want to know, I have never registered as a voter and never have I voted in my 3 decades plus as a zambian. partisan politics is not my thing but when i see something wrong i will use my well meant being to advise especially the ladies so that no harm befalls them.
What harm?
Blah blah blah, liar liar hand on fire…We all know that the UPND left the pact because the PF wasn’t interested in any of their outrageous demands.
firstly, Mr know it all wanted to be President claiming he was more popular despite scoring less than His Excellency in all his previous attempts.52% of HH’s votes came from Southern province alone (OMG what a pool risk, what happens the day the Southerners have another preferred candidate i.e. Charles Milupi?
Secondly, UPND demanded to have control of the Min of Finance.
Let us not forget Prof Chirwa’s Letter and the reasons behind his dismissal from the UPND. If anything Prof Chirwa was the only one vindicated following the 2011 results.
Please don’t feed us with your ZWD tactics of trying to convince everybody that the UPND is the party to vote for. We all know how cunny HH is, he wanted to use the PF’s popularity to enter Plot 1.
Now this sounds like someone who understands Zambian politics better,not the individual thoughts of a article above.well said.
This bent archaic, outdated and unpalatable, divisible brouhaha propaganda of yours will not take you any where. Tribalism only exist in your regional party the Up and down. You should concentrate on growing your Party and improving your manifesto rather than poking your nose in the PF party, by instigating Tribal fights. There will be no lose of life in PF. If you want people to die, you better commit suicide yourself.
You’re just a PF cadre living on taxpayers money you don’t deserve. PF is THE most Tribal of all governments in Zambia’s history!
Look at a pot calling the pan black ……. Look at yourself in de mirror and ask why you support PF, simple, its your tribesman party.
@Britone Bwalya. Wether U like it or not, this is a Trible comflic and Bembas are good pretenders they are going to wine PF by pretending to be indocing Sata but in the actual sense flashing Tongas. Winter thought he was cleaver by being a sell out to the Bemba party now he will dance to the tune of the tribalist GBM. GBM can never supot HH not on anything else but tribe
That is a good comment. HH did a good thing to pull out. He would have been part of PF failures.