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The Plot Thickens: HH, MILUPI In Plan To End ‘Bemba’ Rule
The United Party for National Development (UPND) and the Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) have embarked on a scheme in which they have taken their political battles against the PF as a fight for power against Bemba speaking regions.
And sources have disclosed that former president Rupiah Banda is more supportive of UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema than MMD president Nevers Mumba.
Tribalism has crippled Milupi too
Recently, ADD president Charles Milupi was in Western Province where he was alleging that the PF government was scheming to reduce the powers of the Litunga of Western Province. Milupi is said to have held a series of meetings to promote the alleged “anti-Bemba” scheme.
Hakainde
“What PF must realise is that the whole campaign by UPND and ADD has gone tribal. Mr. Milupi is using the Barotseland Agreement to turn the people against the PF by portraying issues like they were injustices committed by the Northerners against the Westerners. But if you observe closely, he has not even stated clearly if he himself would honour the agreement in the event that he was elected president, and if so, how he would honour it. So it’s just a political gimmick to take advantage of the people’s passions about the agreement. That’s why some of us are not in support of Milupi and HH because we do not want tribalism,” a source said.
The source wondered how Milupi hoped to be a president for the whole Zambia when he was working with people calling for secession and has not clearly stated whether he disagreed with the idea of secession.
Milupi is also reported to have said during a programme broadcast in Lozi language on a South Africa based radio station, Channel Africa, that the Litunga was superior to other traditional leaders in Zambia, such as Paramount Chiefs Chitimukulu of the Bemba and Mpezeni of the Ngoni.
“How is he going to be president if on one hand he’s working with those advocating for the secession of Western Province while on the other he wants to rule Zambia? What is his position on the question of honouring the Barotseland Agreement?” The source wondered, adding, “If you remember, Milupi was almost beaten last year for mentioning the word ‘Zambia’ at a meeting in Mongu.”
And other sources have said that there is disenchantment within the MMD as a result of the activities of former president Rupiah Banda, who seems to be more trusting and supportive of Hichilema than his own party president Mumba.
“RB is for HH. That’s why he gave his blessings for William Banda’s decision to join UPND. Ask yourself, who was in that advance party that was involved in an accident for RB’s trip to the Eastern Province, recently? Wasn’t it UPND members?” said the MMD insider.
The source revealed that the party was divided regarding Rupiah’s activities, saying there were those who supported the idea of MMD just helping UPND to remove PF, while the majority feared Hichilema was too tribal to be trusted with power.
“My brother I can assure you that RB is still bitter with President Sata over his defeat last year. He is in hurry to revenge using other people, and he thinks Hichilema is his better ally since the young man hates President Sata, and generally Bembas, and he is equally bitter,” said the source before adding, “But do you think this is good for the country? No! RB must completely come to terms with his defeat rather than sowing seeds of division all because of losing an election. Most of us in the MMD would rather work with PF than UPND.”
The source further said Hichilema and Milupi were hoping to ride on Nevers Mumba’s strong stance against President Sata to gain countrywide support from MMD.
“The problem is that Nevers is quite naïve. He does not see the scheme behind the alliance with HH and Milupi. If you remember there were other opposition leaders that teamed up with HH and Milupi on the issue of suspension of judges. Where are they? They realised that there was more to that issue than just judges, so they have withdrawn to the rear,” the source said.
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mubqngq
July 22, 2012 at 2:47 pm
Amartures!
BEMBA
July 22, 2012 at 2:55 pm
No matter how hard the westerners will try, they will never rule this country. Imagine if they can react like this whilst in opposition, what can happen if they were to lead this country? Total chaos. God knows this and will not allow them. GO SATA GO, GO CHIPIMO GO AND GO MUMBA GO. Let the dog lie.
Honda
July 22, 2012 at 3:11 pm
The gimmick being used by the opposition is to fight fire with fire. Fight tribalism with tribalism. Actually people should not continue advocating for Bemba rule because this may result into genocide. All other objective tribes know how Presidents from Bemba speaking groups have let us down with their own tribalism, nepotism, corruption, plunder of national resources & generally lack of ability to govern. The Bemba groups know their own inferiority in terms of education & social development, so they end up using their numbers to impose useless presidents on Zambians. One day this will backfire, be warned in advance. The day Easteners will realise that they are just being used like mops will be the end of Bemba rule because all other tribes will gang up against these Bemba tribalists who like accusing others of tribalism.
Concerned citizen
July 22, 2012 at 3:11 pm
In zambia there are almost 72 tribes and 21% of it are bemba speaking pipo. Then Nevers Mumba, this name sounds lik he is 1 of the 21%. So for Mulupi and HH to embark on this alliance is a share of waisting time. The trueth is that HH will not win any election but the part that will challange FP is not yet formed. STOP Tribalism HH & Milupi.
nyatu
July 22, 2012 at 3:15 pm
we cant trust you u want to brin confusion in the country upnd,mmd,etc muleibepafye pf 4 good now fishi mukachita ba hh and that one
kolwe
July 22, 2012 at 3:31 pm
this is a ****** observation to say the list. please leave HH and Milupi alone.
we support them not because of their tribes, but because they are decent.
and who has promoted tribalism in zambia, milupi, HH or sata?
oh pleae u guys, get a life!
sam
July 22, 2012 at 3:31 pm
I have great respect 4 milupi and hh. Iv heard them seperaty speak on economic isues objectivly: milupi wen at ceec and hh at unza. But if ths is the way they a going (tribalsm) in the contest they a putng thngs, i gaurantee them failure. Not in ths age and tme. Ths is v retrogresv 2 the trio and the nation. Am nt bemba, i must admt/ they cant hav my vote.
JS
July 22, 2012 at 3:34 pm
AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE, You are a Bemba who seems to have bitter hatred for Lozis and Tongas. Now you are trying to divide the nation on tribal lines with your well calculated tribal arguments intended to insite Bembas to attack the Lozis and Tongas. You are such a tribal Bemba and yet you are calling Tongas and Lozis tribal to cover you evil tracks. Now the bloggers have bought your lies and are insulting the Lozis and Tongas just as you had intended it to be. SHAME ON YOU TRIBAL BEMBA. But I know that not all Bembas are as tribal as you are.
RB
July 22, 2012 at 3:40 pm
Keep dreaming u selfish punks!
one
July 22, 2012 at 3:47 pm
Yes, Bemba fought for whites to see u HH and Milupo free and happy.. now that you got what you wanted,, u can misbehave like that ba fee colour… By the way hw many are you fight one tribe??? watchout,,,
JAHGUIDE
July 22, 2012 at 4:29 pm
we ned a change n dis nation.we nid pipo lyk joshua to lead us. We dnt want nepotism, injustice,monopoly etc. We nid peace, love justice and RESPECT! Ukwa it tym u learn.
Just Wondering
July 22, 2012 at 4:31 pm
I like to think of myself as an objective person, & I hate tribalism. Infact my best friends are Tongas and Lozis – nice people they are! However, my observation with work situations is that when you have a Tonga heading an organisation, then it becomes a Tonga organisation! When Late Mazoka was leading in one of the elections, I got a feel of what it would be like to have a Tonga president – it was scary!
IKE
July 22, 2012 at 4:33 pm
The whole story is a total falacy,bemba lunacy.the author is jst scared of his own shadown, who tod u to vot 4pf? y shud it b that wen a bemba toks its gospel fact not tribal?sem stetment said by hh o milupi its tribal,m woried,bemba wil dvid the country along tribal lines,this we shal not alow,n way wek is in gud progres,kam 2016 u wil c wat we r up to.zambia fo zambians,no 1wil stop the revolution.we shud len to to toleret other views fo groth
Mutola Nkhani
July 22, 2012 at 6:15 pm
@JUST WONDERING…..you are xtrimly right!!!!!!!!!
Narrant
July 22, 2012 at 6:22 pm
Resuscitate the Kola Foundation, somebody.
francis
July 22, 2012 at 6:28 pm
People can i ask a question the three poltical leaders who want to embark on alliance. who is going to be the president and the vice, because what i have seen the all three they are just power hungry they all just want to get into power this things of tribalism tonga,bemba,lozi is nothing we all one.One zambia one nation we love each other am telling you,this guys they are just fighting a losing battle let them fight for nothing.
Jayjay
July 22, 2012 at 6:32 pm
Looks like this tribalism thing is heating up. The fact is that even the voting pattern is on tribal line. A bemba will never vote for milupi or HH no matter how good anyone of them might be. Failure by pf to balance up tribes in matters of governance is creating animosity towards bembas.
boteni
July 22, 2012 at 6:35 pm
hey tumfweko do you have journalists how can this be news. stop insinuating like an individual. you report with hate why. be objective, remember always that you are writing for everyone not for bembas only. stop marginalizing you writing. look for professional reporters.
natolafye
July 22, 2012 at 6:57 pm
Politics is a dirty game for those who have not gone far in education,most bembas are gud at it
kj
July 22, 2012 at 6:59 pm
zambians whats wrong with u so mean these people sata hh milupi rb kk and mumba are tribelist those people are neutral its u who are tribelist reason for me to say this kk preached one zambia one nation mcs called hh into pact him self sata knew that hh can do for zambians kk supported hh we should always write things to unit our nation do u want to see our nation divide u can say hh will never rule de same way u said to mcs as long he is zambian pipo of zambia one day will say let us try him de way we did to mcs sata zambia for all zambians
chanda Kennedy
July 22, 2012 at 7:03 pm
Every Zambian is my brother and sister. I fend for myself and my being bemba contributes nothing on my plate.
Love is all that I pray we embrace. Each one of us has an obligation to love one another. Peace to you all.
Kina o
July 22, 2012 at 7:20 pm
Kanti king?
Shameful
July 22, 2012 at 7:25 pm
Plz let’s stop this trible talk. The people who talk trible are Bembas. All they say is HH will never rule Zed. Citizens are interested in someone who can deliver for the nation and.not tribe. You like it or not Sata has failed and people have seen. His is one term kwasila and HH next presido.
concerned
July 22, 2012 at 7:26 pm
tumfweko u r a let down. U r the one whoz been encouraging tribalism. Shame on u. Your reporting needs to be impartial and professional. Its clear to c where u belong!
RICHIE SPICE
July 22, 2012 at 7:36 pm
@JAHGUIDE.WEL SAID BRODAMAN.AS A COUNTRY WE NEED LOVE,PREACH UNITY AND FYT INJUSTICE. PEACE ,LOVE AND HARMONY. JAH GUIDE
mwikala Patalala
July 22, 2012 at 7:41 pm
Clearly i can see desperation in the pa fwaka party. this level of desperation of faking stories quoting so called ‘sources’ will not fool zambians. It is a smokescreen to distract the people of zambia from the real issues. It won’t work. we have been through this napoleonic propaganda before and now zambians are politically mature not allowing themselves to be cheated. and this is the real reason that HE MCS won the elections. In their desperation MMD tried all sorts of tricks but nothing worked becasue people had enough of the propaganda. if you want to save the Pa Fwaka party my advise is simple ‘please change your tactics’.
Tupac`tha king`
July 22, 2012 at 8:03 pm
6.5million or 50% of the population of the country and you think you can do that with ya` wilted ballz wishful fackn`thinking bamatole.Fack RB,fack malushi,fack unda5 n`fack yo mathafackn`mamaz bafikala we ill bomb on you mathastaninaz.I’ll tell ma dad 2 chase thiz two poor tonga&lozi maids we keep here.
tongabull
July 22, 2012 at 8:09 pm
Continue preaching hatred and you shall reap the fruits. This pf govt and its presidency and its vuvuzela is slowly taking the country to the blink of civil war.
Makuli
July 22, 2012 at 8:57 pm
Makuli, Buhata, Boza, Ubufi, Lies, Kubeja ba Tumfweko
Mbala Mafia
July 22, 2012 at 8:57 pm
Zambians PF’s plan is to divide the opposition and if you ve been analyzing the political stuation in the country you will see that the PF is behaving like we will be having general elections in the next two months. They have reason any way, because they that their president who is also a republican president might not rule up to 2016. But next time around it will be an uphill battle and PF might be the shortest saving party in govt.
Hot gee
July 22, 2012 at 9:25 pm
Weather u lyk it or not zambia will only be ruled by a bemba or easterner, tongas and lozis u are wasting yo tym n zambian politics, jst leave it to us so dat we rule forever.i can assure u no sane bemba or easterner can vote fo a tonga o lozi.
malicous
July 22, 2012 at 10:01 pm
No wonder u
wadada mupondo
July 22, 2012 at 10:10 pm
NO ONE CAN BE A PRESIDENT OF ZAMBIA WITHOUT A BEMBA VOTE.
pf
July 22, 2012 at 10:40 pm
ka vwipi iwe,talk to us wen you grow taller
blackson chifita
July 22, 2012 at 10:47 pm
Tumfweko is the most tribal with its sponsor Sata.HH has never been tribal.You have just run out of ideas.
concerned pf suppoter
July 22, 2012 at 10:48 pm
uv let us down in the mining sector,we thot wen pf comes things wana change.to our surpliz th opposite has happened.in solwezi therez is proper casualization of labour at the mine.some of us have worked for more than two years on temporal basis without comfirmation to date.shame indeed on u.a cosmetic developmental approach wont do u gud in the long run.pliz we still beg u to move in ad help us get gud jobs
SOJSMM
July 22, 2012 at 11:01 pm
Anyone who speaks against another tribe in any way is of no good to our nation. in all tribes you find good and bad people. lets deal with individuala and not tribes … the writings by people like ‘Honda’ indicate how far pipo go in speaking against the whole tribe instead of the one wrong person. God bless us and make us further united as a nation …
Zambia shall be saved
July 22, 2012 at 11:46 pm
Zambia needs serious prayers and fasting.
sanders
July 23, 2012 at 3:35 am
The post at it again or simply Mmembe at it again misleading Zambians the way they did in the case of Sata. These desperate people have seen signs on the wall that the gimmicks they used to put Sata as a president are failing and Zambians have realised the deceit. Let us not be brainwashed over tribalism when it comes to quality leadership, we have lived as one nation, intermarried and made strong friendship across all tribes of Zambia. The greedy PF sponsors or political engineers are out to brain wash the zambians with this rubbish machinations. To me it is all speculations, no concrete data pointing to Milupi and HH fighting the Bembas. There will be more stories comining from their deception factory without thinking of an ordinary Bemba suffering like any other ordinary Zambian and loking for the day this country will develop and provide the needs of its citizenry.
Whazup
July 23, 2012 at 4:03 am
Zambian are smarter than that, they know the leader when they see one, e.g Mazoka was voted by all kind of tribe in Zambia with out look where he was coming from, and it has been like that and it shall be like that, no mater how tribal some one want to play. So when the southerner and westerner will produce a leader like Mazoka or Sata or Late Mwanawasa people will vote for him in numbers just like they did with the others. The thing is HH or Milupi they are not leaders and no mater how they will try they shall never rule our mighty Zambia
bob
July 23, 2012 at 4:29 am
Atleast us lenjes we hard a chance to rule.ba mambala muleibepafye.
haachila
July 23, 2012 at 8:35 am
Tumfweko:You are just a Kama- Bemba tribe mouth piece. Who doesnt know this.You and the useless POST NEWS PAPER are for Bembas and are the ones who are tribe.
So to hail with your useless opinions. You monkeys in a maize field.
RELOADED
July 23, 2012 at 9:02 am
Hey people please stop preaching tribalism..its one zambia one nation.it doesent matter were u come from we belong to a big family called zambia…God bless you all
DR K
July 23, 2012 at 9:07 am
Befor ka HH and bo milupi,th country’s political hemisphre was quite nd peacful.thus,i dt know were nd why these guys wat to take our peacful nation.
msana wanzili
July 23, 2012 at 9:15 am
haachila
You say ”So to hell with your useless opinions. You monkeys in a maize field”. If we are monkeys in a maize field then what are you, scavengers mopping away maize crumbs? mulechaila guys.
Snoopy doggy doggy
July 23, 2012 at 9:20 am
yaba, olo lwanya kanshi
Snoopy doggy doggy
July 23, 2012 at 9:21 am
just look at their faces, can these fellaz suit to be presidents
MUNYELO PWETE!
July 23, 2012 at 9:36 am
Hey! its a bright monday morning! Good morning to you all fikala fyenu! Stop preaching tribalism and hatred you sons and daughters of wild animals! Mwabe mputi na malepe ukufita! Viva pabwato and abash regionalism!
peace
July 23, 2012 at 9:40 am
GYZ WE NED CONTINUITY OF PEACE SOME OF OUR TRIBES HAVE NEVER RULED BUT WE R QUITE WHAT DO U WANT TO ACHIEVE STOP BIKERING & LET THEM CONTINUE RULING IF THEY R DULY ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE.
peace
July 23, 2012 at 9:50 am
M VERY very DISAPOINTED WITH THE APPROACH OF NEVERS TO POLITICS I THINK CHIPIMO ALA PANGA PO SENSE SANA THAN HIM,Ba milupi nabo chimo no mwaice wabo under 5.ukutekabambi patali u need to convince us