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‘Using Orphans To Get To State House’
Dear Editor,
On Saturday, 24th October, Zambia celebrated her 51st Independence anniversary. People of all works of life had their own way of showing their freedom. Organisations, families and different political groupings took part in activities around the country. It was also touching to see pictures on social media of Zambians around the world joining the celebration despite the distance.
We are all Zambian regardless of where we are. Important National holidays like the Independence day accords us a chance to reflect on where we are coming from, where we are and where we are going. This is also important for us as citizens to reflect on our individual freedoms and independence. Young people ought to think about their independence and freedom from things that might derail their future.
Forget the role of politicians and think about your role as a young adult. Your role in a society that is a “fertile ground” for selfish people and politicians. Politicians who will use every possible way to show you that they care more for the poor than others. Politicians who will come in your neighbourhood with a smart phone to take selfies with orphaned children to show that they love them. But after leaving the place they will forget about you. One thing that I hate and despise is people and organisations who take advantage of people, especially children. I have differed with a lot of local and international organisation who use children, women and youth to get funding.
It is not only unethical but also not fair to these innocent people. International organisation including United Nations agency use pictures of “poor” children in their fundraising campaigns. And everyone is fine with this because it is the UN. Those of you who are in the so called developed world will agree with me that there are adverts on Television or Billboards of half dressed children from developing countries. These adverts are for the sole purpose of fundraising for projects in Africa, South/Central America, East Europe and South Asia. Photos of these children are taken without even asking the little ones. Talk about abuse.
This is what I am talking about. People are driving expensive cars on the expense of these kids. It has also become the order of the day to see people even from developing countries posting, making fan and sharing innocent children’s images.
To make matters worse politicians have also joined this. A picture of Mr Hakainde Hichilema with orphaned children of a named orphanage in Lusaka where it is reported that he also pledged to pay school fees for some of them was shared on social media. According to HH’s Facebook page, the opposition party leader said that he chose to visit and celebrate with the orphanage in order to appreciate and sympathise with the children about the current economic hardships they were going through. REALLY!! Hope he didn’t tell the kids about microeconomics and the fiscal policies he will introduce if he becomes President. I have no problem with anyone giving a donation to people who need a push. However I think HH wants to take advantage of these children to get to state house. If he and UPND wanted to make a contribution why wait for independence day.
Did he put them under surveillance to see if they are not dying of hunger. A person who gives from the heart or a person who gives does not publicly say that I have given those people this and that. A person who gives from the heart does not say I am giving you because I have seen that the government is the reason you are an orphan. HH should know that some of these children found in orphanages are there because of irresponsible parenting. Sorry to say this. So to blame the government for everything is not fair and it is unwise.
What is more shocking is that UPND supporters even those who call themselves child right activists are busy sharing pictures of innocent children. Shame on you fake child activist. Shame on all child activists in Zambia who are just noise makers. Children should be protected. Children are entitled to their own privacy. You should not only speak for these kids when it has to do with the state or just because you are looking for funding. If you are such a person you are equally like HH and UPND. No shame and no manners. Children in orphanages or women in those co-operatives don’t just need material support but also someone who can talk to them. Someone who can motivate them. Not someone who uses them to get something.
If we don’t do these things then we are just like foreign organisation who came to get pictures of children and later use them to get money for their NGOs. Every sane person will not use innocent children to get what they want. A sane and true leader will give with the right hand without the left hand knowing. HH and his team should not take Zambians for fools. People know the game UPND is playing. My advise to HH is that he should consider firing his political advisers. Because for me he is receiving wrong counsel.
Sometimes I think they are just up to making him fail. I think he is a good leader but the problem is he is scoring too many political own goals. Taking a selfie with vulnerable kids is an own goal which even breaks the net. Anyone who is close to HH and the UPND leadership should tell them to sit down and revise their political game and tactics. Using innocent children’ will not win them elections. HH and his supporters should not take politics as a fairytale where people who use crook always have a happy ending. If they think so they will be bruised even next year.
Joe Mwansa Lombe Kaluba
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on October 28, 2015. Filed under POLITICS.
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NON SATANIST
October 28, 2015 at 7:53 am
Well spoken and spot on. Only a fool can reiterate.
Mzee Hekima
October 28, 2015 at 8:13 am
Ba Kaluba you say it is unethical and not fair to the innocent children. My worry with your article is that it does not provide solutions to the plight of these Children. If people like HH do not help who will. How can you help when you cant see through pictures that such problems exist. How is one who lives in a Mansion somewhere in America going to know how poverty has ravaged some communities.
Ninshi
October 28, 2015 at 8:20 am
The author of this article seems to have hate and envy for HH. Let’s not forget tht HH has not started doing charity work this time as he has been doing such works even before he became a politician. HH has been sponsoring a lot of students up to university both within and outside Zambia every year. Why do some Zambians hate fellow citizens who try to help others? It’s unfortunate tht people like the author of the article choose to detatch themselves from reality because of the desire to exibit political sycophancy in favour of the ruling party by ‘fighting’ opposition leaders even when there is no justification. It is becoming ‘loudly’ clear that some pipo are completely bereft of any meaningful idea on what to criticise HH. Let’s support pipo who can part away with their personal resources to help those in need!
Hello Haters
October 28, 2015 at 8:24 am
Kikikiki, ba KNOWN SATANIST, multeka ama… panshi, puluputu puluputu, please! Did you mean retaliate? Well you have reitrated that you are the bigger fool,and let’s talk about the first lady using the disabled people, what can this fool who has written this article say about that, muleichecheta bwino before you throw your stones ba PFool cadres.
NON SATANIST
October 28, 2015 at 12:02 pm
THE PROBLEM WITH YOU FOOLS FROM UPND IS THAT,YOU THINK YOU SMALL gods IN ZAMBIA AND YET PEOPLE HATE YOU FROM RIGHT,LEFT AND CENTRE.PLEASE BE ASURED THAT YOU WILL NEVER RULE OUR MOTHER ZAMBIA BECAUSE YOU RE STUPID AND POMPOUS FOR NOTHING MWEMBWAMWE BAKACHEMA.
kubweka
October 28, 2015 at 9:35 pm
SPEAKING GOOD ENGLISH DOES NOT MAKE ONE POMPOUS. NEXT YEAR THE MAJORITY OF ZAMBIANS WANT H.H IN STATE HOUSE. LIVE WITH IT.
hunter
October 28, 2015 at 8:28 am
author of this article is a STUPID,IDIOT,EMBILE USELESS pf cadre……do you hear me,chi kaluba….nio yabanyoko,mukongo wa amai aako………its better to help the poor,orphans,widows THAN to dine,drink and dance.whats wrong with the gesture president HH took upon orphans ? he did it his own expenses,learn to appreciate…and not always condemn whatever HH does for USELESS pf polical millage..i tell u,if this move was taken by other parties,u would have PRAISED it……………….once more, nio,mukongo wabanyoko,…u will always hv sleepless nights bcoz of president HH
New Educated Zambia©❤√
October 28, 2015 at 8:38 am
Kikiki very funny article that shows that indeed hh will win. Every day there us a negative article about hh. It was the sane with sata pre 2011. The pf are now scared. It was ok for lungu to visit kasisi orphans and yet it is a problem for hh to help. The same idiots then go on to say hh us rich but never helps. Yet here he is helping. You are fools
Hello Haters
October 28, 2015 at 8:44 am
Tumfweko editor aka joe mwansa lombe kaluba, aka Gideon zulu, aka “father” …aka… Stop this nonsense, it’s making you look so amateurish.
Chief of Grief
October 28, 2015 at 8:50 am
Awesome piece kaluba!Bafikala bafimba kikikikikikikikikikiki PF 2016 nafuti nafuti……..
New Educated Zambia©❤√
October 28, 2015 at 8:53 am
Keep living a dream. The situation on the ground has changed. People want change. Just enjoy the remaining months of benefiting from that silly uncle of yours who works under pf.
Judge Joe Bidden
October 28, 2015 at 9:16 am
Stupid article.
Chief of Grief
October 28, 2015 at 9:23 am
U imp @ ka nez which silly uncle?Ulekwata umuchinshi satanyoko iwe!!
New Educated Zambia©❤√
October 28, 2015 at 9:24 am
Who can respect a perverted fool such as yourself
Chief of Grief
October 28, 2015 at 9:31 am
Yo father nangula noko can!!Elo iwe mwaiche kabeleshe abafyala bobe ayi,ubukile ine ka makaka!!
Hello Haters
October 28, 2015 at 9:49 am
Kikikiki, chief of sorrow it’s not makaka, it’s macaque,you know those monkeys? probably it was direct translation by your grand papa.
Chief of Grief
October 28, 2015 at 10:43 am
@haters boi kikikikikiki atleast u know wat i mean,the msg has bin chaneled waikata.
New Educated Zambia©❤√
October 28, 2015 at 9:14 pm
very pathetic typical pf reply. grow up
telemundo
October 28, 2015 at 9:34 am
hey, why are u blocking my comment sonny. I said we do not want to read about your whining sonny. Write something for the big boys and girls fulu stop
Jacko
October 28, 2015 at 10:06 am
Iwe Kaluba nga.cakutila ba HH abasangwako ku mapepo ya bufi yaba Lungu elyo naku independence celebrations,pali ino nshita imwe ba PF nga mulelanda ati HH alelomba amavoti.What we know is that your party has lost its playing field,hence,most of us who voted for SATA now we have realised that our only is now in the hands of HH.Tribalsm,nepotism,regionalism and hate must be ignored.Lungu no matter what it may,we need HH in state house to go and rectify the mistakes,created by PF and Lungu.Mr Sata left a sound economy not if fyabupuba kwati niwe ka Kaluba.Let HH lead us in September 2016 Zambia te yanoko or ya kwe nyoko awe.Twakana ifunti,lekeni abana besu bakakwate future iisuma.Kanshi iwe cicolour Kaluba wali sekelamo ukuti our students should be suffering at CBU and UNZA.Grow up iwe MAKAKA.
zambia,
October 28, 2015 at 10:47 am
The person who wrote this is a PF stupid cadre I read his post on Facebook all against HH he seems not to know the term chaity work those kids need food and others things it is worth while for HH to spend the day with them and provide than go and seat listening to Lungu who has no vision.
i enjoy sex girls
October 28, 2015 at 11:11 am
& I QUOTE,”WE ARE ALL ZAMBIANS REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE ARE”. Paragraph 2..Since we ar all zambians,what is wrong wth H.H celebrting independence wth orphans who happen to be zambians?…THE IDIOT WHO SENT THIS YO HATE 4 HH WONT TAKE U ANY WHERE..WE AR TAKING HH INTO STATELY( PLOT 1)..you must ve bin conceivd after the BURSTING of a condom.Better if yo mom aborted u or squezed her legs 4u to die on giving birth..U ar a WASTED SPERMS FROM YO FATHER..MACHENDE YAKO,MUKONGO WAKO..DO YOU GET ME?.
IF NOT
October 28, 2015 at 11:18 am
SPOT ON……………….
MUCHENDE USIYA
October 28, 2015 at 11:21 am
IT WAS SHAMEFUL TO SEE A ZNS OFFICER” SEARGENT BY RANK” IN UNIFORM DRUNK @ ROCKY GARDENS ALONG MUNGWI RD IN LSK AROUND 20:30 HRS WTH 4 LADIES HAVING SEX IN PUBLIC.HE BASHED A CAR & AFTER PEOPLE DECENDED ON HIM HE BECAME SOBBER & DROVE OFF DRIVING A “TOYOA SPACIO G/E Edition” ALR 3887..
jebo
October 28, 2015 at 11:51 am
ba kaluba u ar just an idiot without a heart 4 orphans and diesabled and old pipo. wat is wrong wen u celebrat with these pipo? how many opharnag does hh helps ? ar these pipo not zambians? think with yo brain not with yo back ba kaluba.
Fantansy
October 28, 2015 at 3:05 pm
Guess it was more important in the wisdom of the writers to attack the man H,H than to address the real social challenges we ar faced with especially in this h,i,v era , and why not perhaps suggest how we the society at large can help,
BANTU STAN
October 28, 2015 at 3:07 pm
OK CHAPWA I CANT GO TO STATE HOUSE
twetwe
October 28, 2015 at 3:08 pm
A spirited attempt just as fallen Father Frank Bwalya’s article at diverting an already angry mind. Do u firmly believe in your writings or the inner soul screams at u to be sane? Yes, there is something wrong in hiding truth that should set u free. Its fine for the first lady to visit an orphanage and not anyone with a heart from opposition.Uuuum…just tell yo masters the game is up no matter how much image building and destroying..it will not mend the current impasse.
Magaba
October 28, 2015 at 6:22 pm
All of u can you show maturity. You are just insulting each other. There is nothing progressive that you are advancing kuleniko mumano
Independent
October 28, 2015 at 8:52 pm
Acknowledge other people’s efforts if you can’t do it rather than pulling them down. Blessed is he that giveth. Kaluba try as well next time and I will personally praise you for the job you will do to the orphans or indeed to any other affected person.
kubweka
October 28, 2015 at 9:32 pm
THEN I COULD SAY THE SAME OF CALLING FOR NATIONAL PRAYERS AND RECONCILLIATIONS THAT NEVER TOOK PLACE AND BUILDING CHURCHES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE JUST TO GAIN VOTES AND SYMPATHY. THE ONE WHO CELEBRATED INDEPENDENCE WITH ORPHANS AND TOOK FOOD IS GREATER THAN THE ONE THAT INVITED PEOPLE OF MEANS TO DINE WITH. NEVER LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH.
observer
October 28, 2015 at 10:26 pm
The article is very clear let’s just get the gist of its context and avoid showing ourselves to be the mesiah of orphans just to get votes period.
The Spartacus
October 29, 2015 at 6:12 am
Idiotic, nonsensical,stupidity PF cadre in th name of kaluba trying to gain recognition. U just displayed ubupuba ubukulu sana mwana kwati chisushi cheshilu.
MMD Cadre
October 29, 2015 at 3:10 pm
how about kaminamisa Jameson who is using the name of name of God in vain by building churches just to extend his stay in State house, indeed we have imbeciles in PF. I wish we could just vote like yesterday to bring these fools out of power.
mafia
October 29, 2015 at 6:50 pm
another desperate pf idiot.you ar really stupid
eddy
October 29, 2015 at 11:04 pm
HH’S ACTIONS CANNOT MAKE ANYBODY VOTE FOR HIM!!ECL is smart and knows how to work than HH!!2016 general elections will be foe ECL to lose!!!
ImBeautifulAndILikeIt
October 30, 2015 at 4:59 am
Mr. Writer but you’ve been told off, if I were you I would never write another article to talk about HH. Kanshi finshi amichita? Just work hard and be disciplined you will get to his level maybe.
weluzani
October 30, 2015 at 8:12 am
just a hypocrite trying to cover up the evil deeds of his cronies. leave hh alone. hasnt this hypocrite seen on television some naive first lady visiting vulnerables and posturing for her husband?
real pf
October 30, 2015 at 12:44 pm
But the truth is HH will never win election,desparete now,his calling for other opposition leaders to join him.Ask nawakwi she knows him better.There is no mood for change.come 2016,he will surely loose