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The Post Tell Off HH ‘You Deserve To Be Cursed For Telling Too Much Lies’
Hakainde
Politicians should not be reckless and untruthful in the things they say. This is a position Hakainde Hichilema cannot argue with. How can he say the Zambian government of the day is training militias in Sudan and expect not to answer for his assertions? If what Hakainde has been claiming is true, let him go to court and prove it.
Without proving through evidence that what he said about the Zambian government training militias in Sudan is true, Hakainde may be successfully prosecuted for causing to be published and broadcast false news with intent to cause fear and alarm to the public.
But so far, Hakainde has not provided any evidence to show that the Zambian government is training militias in Sudan. Hakainde has even stopped talking about this issue that he was so passionate about a few weeks ago. Probably this is in the hope that the police will forget about it.
Instead, Hakainde picked up another lie: that The Post had entered into a deal with President Michael Sata over the Zambian Airways debt. Again, Hakainde will not be able to produce any evidence that will stand in any court of law as evidence of The Post getting into a deal with the President so that the money it owes the Development Bank of Zambia is not paid.
Hakainde knows very well that The Post never borrowed any money from the Development Bank of Zambia; he should also know very well from his friends who were dealing with this matter that The Post never guaranteed any debt of Zambian Airways to the Development Bank of Zambia. But it is not the truth Hakainde is after. It is smearing people he perceives to be political opponents that Hakainde is after.
Today, Hakainde is in trouble for lying about the government’s training of militias in Sudan. The police have given Hakainde an opportunity to make an ordinary statement – a statement made without being warned and cautioned – in which he should retract his reckless and false statement and have the matter closed once and for all. But he has refused to do so, leaving the police with no option but to arrest and have him prosecuted in court.
We know that both options are not easy ones for Hakainde. It is not easy for Hakainde to apologise for his lies. He has never done so since he entered politics. And moreover, there are serious political consequences for him to accept that he told lies. Hakainde knows very well that his political opponents would try to make political capital out of this.
And he is not ready for that kind of thing. What Hakainde is forgetting is that when mistakes are made, when false statements are made and they are apologised for and retracted, it becomes very difficult for political opponents to use them in a very strong way against him.
But opening himself to prosecution may leave Hakainde in a far much worse situation if he doesn’t have the evidence to show that it is true the government has been training militias in Sudan. He may also need to show that he actually never made such a statement. But there is abundant evidence to show that Hakainde actually made such a statement. His defence over this matter will be a very difficult one.
And if he is convicted, the political consequences will be devastating and far worse than if he had apologised. Hakainde will have a criminal record. Is this really what he wants?
It is always better to admit when you are wrong and you will avoid embarrassment. It is said that “a wise person will not speak until the right moment, but a bragging fool doesn’t know when that time is” (Sirach 20:7).
Lying is truly an ugly blot on a person’s character, but ignorant people do it all the time. No wonder it is said that a thief is better than a habitual liar, but both are headed for ruin. A liar has no honour. He lives in constant disgrace.
We have consistently advised Hakainde to be truthful in his politics and in life in general. Hakainde has managed to weave his way into many things through dishonesty and he thinks he can continue to do so for the rest of his life and in everything.
Things don’t work that way. Hakainde will not succeed in his political endeavours through lies, calumny and despising others. Hakainde should seek to increase his popularity not because his political opponents are despised, but because he is understood, supported, trusted. But with these lies and contradictions he is engaging in so often, who will trust him?
People who falsely and maliciously seek to hurt others will be hurt by their own actions and will have no idea why. No wonder it is said that “…liars deserve to be cursed, because they have been the ruin of many people…” (Sirach 28:13) and that “Anyone who pays attention to slander can never find peace of mind.
A whip can raise welt, but a vicious tongue can break bones. More people have died as a result of loose talk than were ever killed by swords. Count yourself lucky if you have been spared the experience of having irresponsible talk directed against you…” (Sirach 28:16-20).
What is at stake here is not only a legal issue but also a moral one. You cannot have a person who is consistently operating on lies about others seek to become a leader of his people. You can’t lead successfully on lies because lies won’t take the nation far as they have short legs.
There is too much lying in our politics. And at the helm of these lies is Hakainde. We need to change our politics and the way we treat each other as citizens of our country. A decent society can never be based and built on lies. It is based and built on truth. We all have a duty to show respect and tolerance to each other. But this is only possible when those who lead try to adhere to truth.
Hakainde has told too many lies, and it is time for him to be taken to court and let the Zambian people know what type of liar he is. We are not calling him a liar out of malice. We are calling Hakainde a liar because he has lied about us. And when the time comes, we will prove that what Hakainde has been saying about us is a lie coming from a person who is said to have been born a liar.
The Post
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boma
August 10, 2012 at 9:29 pm
the truth shall set you free and never trouble before trouble trouble’s you
zambian
August 10, 2012 at 9:45 pm
Why is the post coming in when earlier on you had said you will never cover HH. Please it is a well known fact Sudan train militas for safety reasons in their nation. The relationship Sudan has with the international community is bad due to human rights violation. So why should any sensible political part sign a memoradum to train cadres in such a country of which compulsary military skill form the curriculum? Besides, HH said PF as a part and not government the way the post is putting it and so he is not supposed to answer questions from the government wings but PF as a part. They (PF)signed as a part and NOT as government and it was their Secretary General (Winter Kabimba) who reviewed the information. So why should it be DPP, Police service and now the post talking? Leave the man alone and concentrate on your core business. Stop propaganda and challenge government to deliver according to campany promises. God bless our nation which is convenanted unto you as A CHRISTIAN NATION.
LESA USOKA BINCHA
August 10, 2012 at 9:46 pm
This is intimidation of the worst kind! Let the man prove himself in court, the only place he is obliged to produce evidence. By the way this was said on a political platform and can not be said to be a criminal offense.
Police were not the people addressed and in this case should not be the ones to force HH to retract that statement- Doc, do not be used if you are that educated and a christian for that matter.
Mbulwe.MC
August 10, 2012 at 10:52 pm
Its strange that we sometimes defend wrong things.If one, is on H.H payroll its important to keep ones mouth shut than expose his/her ignorance and poverty.The statement made by H,H put our country in a wrong position in the international community and brings mistrust in current Govt. Therefore the Govt has a right to prove its self in the eyes of the international community and to wine confidence of its people.We are tired of politics of lies, and politics of poverty and poverty of politics.Opposition political parties should be relevant to Zambian politics and the mouth diarrhea of HH will cost his party.
nyatu
August 10, 2012 at 11:53 pm
thats wen u want to no hh, is a lie wait he does nt cam here in central becoz the girl friends pleasure
jesus will end all the lies
August 11, 2012 at 12:03 am
The post are liars and are sleeping with Sata in his deathbed.
Not long to go now.
Umusambashi
August 11, 2012 at 12:13 am
Is thr any govt tht does not send its militia to foreign countries fr training…pipo knw th season we r in…evry govt does tht…umwana ashenda atasha nyina ukunaya…nw this so calld liar hs turnd our country into a laughing stock…we will b ridiculed cos of such unwholesome launguage…politicians…mind ur language…is he saying tht whn a group of accountants lev thr country fr a foreign country fr training,tht becms a national wastage of funds or whatever he may call it…whr best to send a militia fr training thn a war infestd region…i suggest govt considers iraq and iran…afghanistan and isreal…we need th skill…te lyonse tondo akale…napali tondolo palaubusamso…learn to read th weather…season and days…H.H u r being a shame to this country…yes th govt hs a rit to prosecute him for defamatn of charater…locally and internationally…national security matters tafilandwa landwafye mu public….thz r pipo tht r destroying our nation…I dnt need such types of pipo
MBEWEZAGAZD
August 11, 2012 at 12:15 am
Do you think this man can lead us?i say no, he has already given him self all the powers before the voters ok if he has money thats his so lets think of good pipo and not him.
atase
August 11, 2012 at 4:25 am
mmembe please, youre the biggest liar zambia has ever produced. you shoudl be the last person to talk about lies you homosexual
XXX
August 11, 2012 at 4:51 am
@zambian!! HH is the biggest FOOL of the Politian i ever come accross and he deserves what is getting no one will support the no sense going on with him.If he thinks his behaviour is building him a career please advisers tell that FOOL to come down and talk of development issues!!!!!!!!!
tallmike
August 11, 2012 at 5:57 am
My appeal to UPND is go to a retreat and reflect.From there come with HON REQUEST MUNTANGA AS PARTY PRESIDENT AND HON SIKWELA AS VICE PRESIDENT.I TELL YOU UPND WILL SWEEP THROUGH ZAMBIA LIKE A BURNING FIRE.WITH HH YOU ARE DOOMED.SIAKALIMA,KAKOMA,MWEETWA,YOU ARE DOING US HARM AS A PARTY.LET US FUSE IN CHARACTERS OF ZAMBIAN IN NATURE AND NOT TONGA IN NATURE.A ZAMBIAN IS WHAT WE NEED.
kakolweu
August 11, 2012 at 6:57 am
Some reasoning bring shame. When Sata, Miyanda & other credible leaders were called before police, they NEVER carried a hoard of riff-ruffs to antagonise police. They all went & go as mature leaders. Ka HH you go with the uncontrolable cdders! That is cowerdice to the heavens. What a leader.
& someone says he said it on pollitical platform so no offence, ulisondokede yebo! That is fertile ground for anarchy. HH please, employ me as your advisor with no salary, yours are failing lamentably.
kakolwe
August 11, 2012 at 7:01 am
Uko kukanwa nakoooooo! Ba Tumfweko, cant you use a betteer picture of this hanndsome man? In this one. Hm hm.. Tabachitile bwino kukanwa ba HH. Monga pali wamene anashula !
Musula
August 11, 2012 at 7:24 am
The Post! Did u benefit from DBOZ funds? If u did pay back these proceeds of crime period.
GEORGES
August 11, 2012 at 7:47 am
PLEASE ZAMBIAN PIPO LETS RESPECT WHAT HH SAYS.
THIS GOVERNMENT OF MICHAEL SATA ARE FULL CRIMINALS THIEVES WHO ONE DAY WE WILL REGRET DESTROYING OUR MOTHER ZAMBIA.
ALL THOSE AGAINST HH ARE TRIBALIST ****** IDIOTS MUSATA MOTHERS.
mathews katebe
August 11, 2012 at 7:52 am
Pf’s spokesman Membe, posterity will judge you harshly. How much has CNP paid you or is it the 14 billion kwacha?? Indeed money can make one foolish.
c1
August 11, 2012 at 9:28 am
LOST NEWS PAPER WE KNOW ALSO YOUR STRATEGY YOU WANT TO SHIFT OUR ATTENTION ? WE WANT OUR 14 BILLION KWACHA
sibeso
August 11, 2012 at 9:40 am
HH kalitole sana, is just an under 5 hungry for power. he will never rule only southern province will vote for him.
nicola
August 11, 2012 at 9:45 am
HH is a big fool,pathological lier and a useles politician. the people who will remove pf from power are not yet born.
tongas you are just dreaming of rulling zambia.
mnc
August 11, 2012 at 10:13 am
mmembe is no march to hh no wonder he does not sleep when hes told the truth you are thief mmembe just pay back the 18billion we want to rehabilitate evelyn hone
mwape
August 11, 2012 at 10:16 am
Let the one who has told more lies to the Zambian people between the editor of the post and HH be cursed and die before the end of this year! What about that ba post and HH
Fredm
August 11, 2012 at 10:25 am
Yes people on HH payroll continue talking,its party of more money in the pocket.PF has created more money through HH paying cadres to be tear gased.Shame HH
nicola
August 11, 2012 at 10:40 am
mnc you are a fool. your under 5 will not rule zambia.
you are very useless together with your Hakaivotela Heka.
mwila
August 11, 2012 at 10:42 am
list of HOMOSEXUALS IN ZAMBIA, ADD THOSE I HAVE FORGOTTEN.
1. FRED M’MEMBE
2. ELIAS CHIPIMO JR
3. MUTEMBO NCHITO
4. LUNDU MAZOKA’M'MEMBES IN LAW
am a serious PF DIE HARD.
August 11, 2012 at 10:44 am
only fools can still believe fred mmembe and his lies…like others am now becoming an HH supporter. HH speaks sense……whether mmembe likes it or not the wind is changing…HH is the next president and it is now clear.
mwila
August 11, 2012 at 10:45 am
WELL MEANING ZAMBIANS SHOULD STOP BUYING THE POST. IT HAS LOST DIRECTION TRY DAILY NATION. MUMEMBE IS A BAD BOY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SATAS DULLNESS.
Zambian TV
August 11, 2012 at 11:19 am
We take great exception to those saying we support HH. He is very unprincipled politician.Those on his dirty payroll will soon realise who evil he is.
Amazwi ya Mukombe
August 11, 2012 at 11:21 am
Who actually is telling lies 90 days or HH
nicola
August 11, 2012 at 11:25 am
mwila you are also a big fool like your useless Hakaivotela Heka. infact you are a tonga, stop using bembas name, no bemba can support your under 5.
hh is a fool and a bitter.
Post moterm
August 11, 2012 at 11:50 am
Iam patiently waiting for the down fall of fred munembe
Jala
August 11, 2012 at 12:03 pm
FREDERICK MUMEMBE MUST STOP ATTACKING OTHERS UNDER THE SHIELD OF `THE POST`.
Jala
August 11, 2012 at 12:05 pm
FREDERICK MUMEMBE MUST STOP ATTACKING OTHERS UNDER THE SHIELD OF `The Post`
kakolwe
August 11, 2012 at 4:20 pm
Having had carefull analysis of the Zambian political landscape in terms of leaders & successors, I strongly feel President Sata is training Fred Mmembe to be the next president. If not, it may be someone Lozi. HH, like Shak Zulu, I see him hating any credible Tonga who may wisely take over from him. He has been made to believe that he is the BEST Tonga man on earth. Gen Miyanda? He will speak again in 2015. Nevers feels it is his time. So…..
GunnerME
August 11, 2012 at 6:52 pm
Its only in Zambia where you can find christians who are so daft & good at insulting! mind you those insults can easily be easily re-directed to you! Stop being cadres & follow politians blindly!
xxxxxx
August 11, 2012 at 7:01 pm
This sounds like the posts editorial comment.
zambian
August 11, 2012 at 7:28 pm
those who believe in mmembe are useless as sewage,,membe should pay the 14billion or be caged !viva HH membe has diarhoea!
Kaesha
August 11, 2012 at 8:48 pm
Hakainde just swallow your pride and apologise after all you are been given a good deal than Liato. No one died of saying am sorry, humility is one of the good qualities of a leader. Ur stubbornness wont take you anywhere. Remember wen u were a pact i askd u at inters hu will be the president and u never answered u had the same altitude, how far will u go with that ur pride. Lesa emya abashaisansamika.
jasmine
August 11, 2012 at 9:09 pm
is this man ever goig to grow up?????
Zambian
August 11, 2012 at 9:53 pm
If U c some1 supoting Pf, jst knw they r bemba, if they supot Upnd, they r tonga & yet each is saying the other is tribal. U r all tribal & uncivilised fools.