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Chipimo: UPND And Others Should Address Tribal Politics
THE National Restoration Party (NAREP) has added its voice on the need to address the issue of tribal politics that is gradually affecting Zambia.
NAREP president Elias Chipimo said in an interview yesterday that if the issue of tribalism in the political arena was left unchecked it might cause serious consequences.
Mr Chipimo said a national conference to discuss the best solutions of dealing with tribalism in politics should be called.
His party was willing to share the table with other political leaders and stakeholders to come up with a solution which would address the issue of a non-tribal society.
“There is need for the involvement of all leaders, youths and women to come together and discuss how we can have a non-tribal society,” he said.
He however, said there was nothing wrong for people to associate with people who shared similar cultural trends, but this should not be done to disadvantage other tribes.
“There is basically nothing wrong with tribalism, as people always feel close to people they share the similar culture with. What is wrong is excluding others based on tribal grounds,” he said.
Last week Vice-President Guy Scott said political leaders who want to engage in politics on tribal grounds were wasting their time as there was no room for that in Zambia.
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am a serious PF DIE HARD.
July 2, 2012 at 10:26 am
those who talk about tribalism are the tribalists themselves……PF is the worst tribal and nepotism party. chipimo is oneman party so we cannot take him serious. he is a non starter for zambian politics…he will soon be exitict like siulapwa.
kakolwe
July 2, 2012 at 10:27 am
Advice to all Zambians, Shun every lunatic who parades his/her tribe as being superial to others. We’re all the same
jali
July 2, 2012 at 10:54 am
Ba tumfweko please help me, I have not seen upnd being mentioned anywhere in the article. Why is it mentioned in the headline?
Tupac
July 2, 2012 at 11:03 am
The wise has spoken it’s up to you to take or leave it.This man speaks wisdom no wonder he has won many zambian youths’ heart.
Chelete
July 2, 2012 at 11:43 am
@ jali your upnd only exist ku zwdogs and southern province
ven
July 2, 2012 at 12:05 pm
UPend tribal party you have been told muleke….
Mambwe
July 2, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Those who talk about tribalism like Chipimo and Scott are the tribalists themselves. There is a normal attachment to one of your own of which everybody practices. For example, look at UNIP and later MMD in Eastern Province. I do not believe that UPND is a tribal party. There is just the dislike of a Tonga or Lozi and hence people do not want to associate with them. Therefore, when they remain with their own people it becomes tribalsim. If thats what you think, why can n’t you show them an example. If we have elections in Muchinga, Luapula, Northern and Copperbelt LET THE PEOPLE VOTE FOR UPND.
ðÞÞå
July 2, 2012 at 12:21 pm
@ kakolwe…. bakolwe basékana ifipato!
Ngola
July 2, 2012 at 12:23 pm
I CAN IMAGINE, IF THE CHIEF JUSTICE HAD DECLARED HH AS THE WINNER OF THE 20TH SEPT. 2011 POLL – THERE WOULD BE NO CELEBRATION AS WITH WHAT HAPPENED WITH MCS
Mwape D
July 2, 2012 at 12:38 pm
It is tribal only if a Tonga or Lozi is involved. Am a Bemba myself but I detest this Bemba superioty complex.
Ngola
July 2, 2012 at 1:01 pm
Mr sata you are a pile of hippo fieces.
Tonga Bull
July 2, 2012 at 1:06 pm
we all know who the tribalists are in this country. lets not allow sata and his fellow monkey eaters to destroy our country. one zambia one nation.
chola mwenya
July 2, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Chipimo should grow, enough of this stupidity among our politicians, just because you have got a brown envelop, filled your stormach with taxipayers money by SATA, then you turn all your back on your fellow opposition, to mee thats rubbish and stupidity.
jali
July 2, 2012 at 3:00 pm
@chelete- pliz grow up. I asked a simple question..is upnd mentioned in the main body of this article? How does the author then come up with that heading? Your blind loyalty is dangerous to your existance. Please engage in productive debate. You must be chilete. As a matter of fact am not even a cadre but your response sucks. It exposes your inadquacies,fox. Let us be objective.
mulilo
July 2, 2012 at 3:43 pm
Chipomo still ku chipimo clinic yo advise could still be with you till after 15 years in politics. thax 4 starting yo longest jouney boyi. Just continoue riding on Satas back with Nawa-kwi!
Barotse diaspora
July 2, 2012 at 3:47 pm
Am not a tribalist but i want my land only and alone.
Mubobo
July 2, 2012 at 4:31 pm
But some pipo are very dull.just coz chipimo and Nawakwi went wth sata are nw riding on sata’s bck.grow up chaps!! Even if he is new on the political platform,he is sensible than the Tonga pig.Bravo chipimo!!
Unity
July 2, 2012 at 5:01 pm
Please do not mislead readers, the same article is on Lusaka times and there is no mention of UPND, neither does the article, responsible journalism is need.God bless Zambia and all Zambians, one Zambia one nation.
Unity
July 2, 2012 at 5:03 pm
meant responsible journalism is needed.
chanda mwamba
July 2, 2012 at 5:12 pm
True tribal sentiments affects all of us. If HH is wrong, its only him and not all tongas, if sata is wrong its only him andnot all bembas, if banda is wrong its only him and not all easterners, PLEASE there no tribe that is superior, Although in bemba we say UMUSUKU UBI UTUSHA IMPANGA ( a bad musuku tree that smells bad affects the whole bush/field) Our leaders are in the lime light and what they do affects us all ABASH TRIBALISM- ABASH
GunnerME
July 2, 2012 at 5:18 pm
This very site is grossly infested with tribalists! Ive read insults here directed at those that write in other languages other than a certain ‘superior’ language! Crawl up here & own up you sad cowards!!!
dan
July 2, 2012 at 8:13 pm
well, i get really pissed off when some bloggers use this platform to insult others. tongas are zambians, just like the rest of you. why do some people harbour so much hatred against others? chipimo is a wrong chap to talk about tribalism. HH did not choose to be tonga, hence you haters must go and hang. propaganda will not take you anywhere.
ta
July 2, 2012 at 8:30 pm
ba chola you are sick,you need help its people like you who need to be educated like hh that some body who campains on tribal lines will not ever rule zambia.even a child can tell just by loocking at hh inch men that the little man has problems with other tribes. he will never be like graet tonga men like masoka or vj etc.
Firestone
July 2, 2012 at 8:49 pm
Shame on you Kipimo!
Terrorist
July 2, 2012 at 8:59 pm
@Chelete u ar a mad dog wth rabbies if left unchecked u wil spread those ur rabbies 2 alot of pipo coz u talk wthout reasoning u ar the same chaps who wil remain 2 be beggars 4 so long coz u cnt differentiate gud and bad *****…………..
Bemba bull
July 2, 2012 at 9:20 pm
@Chelete,chikala choobe waufwa na chipimo…
Wanu Ngwee
July 2, 2012 at 11:00 pm
Chipimo, why are you contradicting yourself? It is the same tendency of being and associating more closely with people of your own culture than others that results in and in fact constitutes tribalism. It means you’d find the cultural practises of others less acceptable than yours, same with your choice of a man or woman to love.
Nadi Dei
July 3, 2012 at 5:01 am
I am happy to see that visionary leaders such as Chipimo have began to advocate for a tribaly tonned down Zambian Society. This is what David Kaunda envisioned. This is what we badly need to aim at even more seriously nowadays. The republican presidency is for a Zambian: from among our beloved tribes in Zambia. I challenge all sorts of leadership in Zambia to help bring down the high tribal temperature (tribal warming) that negatively impacts on our thinking and imagination, today. Leaders heal us, please.
Kabila
July 3, 2012 at 6:55 am
Chipimo is a political misfit. Hez not worthy listening 2. He must work at building his family party. In case he has 4gotten, in da last elections he only managed 5pin votes da whole Zambia while his mates like Muhabi tho he lost got 8pin. Chipimo has no right 2speak 4Zambians worst 2misuse our resources with another failure in da name of fdd. Chipimo went with his tribesman sata, da chief justice and deputy are also frm da same place. Whoz tribal here?
Pulamasaka
July 3, 2012 at 9:45 am
bembas..spare us on this rubbish..you are useless..
wazanga
July 3, 2012 at 10:34 am
tribalism will not take us anywhere for heaven sake.
wadada mupondo
July 3, 2012 at 11:43 am
chipimo is desperate of a job so he thinks sata will give him even sa an appointed mp
Chilima Wazafwetete
July 3, 2012 at 12:12 pm
Chipimo must have balls to tell Sata to stop his tribalism. He is the most tribalistic president Zambia has ever had.
ulimbe
July 3, 2012 at 5:45 pm
chipimo next presindet.
chimps
July 3, 2012 at 6:34 pm
Long live Chipimo, getting populaer, all the time !You must do own evaluation as UPND,a formidable party needs to grow outside the box [province] !You must fight PF policies and ideals and not Bemba speaking people ! You need numbers to be a national leader, and you know what am talking about !” Do not insult the crocdile before you cross the river ! “
Gumu Gumu
July 3, 2012 at 7:19 pm
Ka chipimo just shut up you job seeker. U went to Brazil to kiss a**.Who do u think you are trying to lecture intelligent Zambians.Just contnue a** kissing with nawakwi its your habit.
mutoba kongwe
July 4, 2012 at 8:15 am
Zambians, good at talking but very bad when it come to working. Its take it or leave. Chipimo has spoken so it is up to any of us to take the advice or ignore it simple!!! tekwamba ukuponta mwembwa mwee
Mpangula Mputyu
July 4, 2012 at 8:19 am
Chipimo is a One man party leader. Ever since he started dinning with SATA, he thinks with his balls. The biggets tribal party is PF, the party he goes to bed with. Sata in Chinsali claimed Nevers Mumba neglected them when he served as V/P for a very short time in Levy’s MMD Govt. Does this mean u develop your own province first??? No wondr Sata created a province where he comes from. OUT Sata in 2016. TB Joshua, proffesize Sata’s fate.
Kaumba
July 4, 2012 at 12:28 pm
So Elias went to Brazil, then what next? Any value added?