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State Dismisses HH Assassination Claims
GOVERNMENT says it takes great exception to allegations by United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema that the Patriotic Front (PF) administration is plotting to assassinate him.
Chief government spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili told a media briefing in Luanshya yesterday that to make such claims, Mr Hichilema does not understand the politics of the country.
“He is under-five and needs to grow up. There is no way the PF government would want to assassinate him because he is a political player. The best for him is not to raise such accusations but to assist Government in finding solutions of the problems that the country is facing,” he said.
HH and LifwekeloMr Kambwili was reacting to Mr Hichilema’s accusation that violent political attacks on him are a ploy to assassinate him.
Mr Hichilema told a press briefing in Lusaka yesterday that attacks on him and the UPND on the Copperbelt last week by suspected PF cadres are allegedly an attempt to kill him.
Meanwhile, Mr Kambwili has said the increase in the pump price of fuel was not the PF government’s making but international market forces.
Mr Kambwili, who is minister of Information and Broadcasting Services, said: “The increase in the pump price of fuel is not determined by Government but by the international oil market. So it will be petty for someone to heap the blame on President Lungu for the increase in the pump price of fuel.”
On load shedding, the minister said the people of Zambia should understand the effects of global warming that has caused low water levels in the reservoirs for power generation.
He said members of Parliament (MPs) were taken on a tour of Kariba Dam for an on-the-spot check of the low water levels for power generation.
“It is of God’s making and not President Lungu. The Zambian people should take time to understand the issues of global warming. So it is wrong for someone to come and heap the blame on President Lungu,” Mr Kambwili said.
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Nyati
July 20, 2015 at 12:32 pm
Its Kambwili! Pf has no leadership!
Kwati like so
July 20, 2015 at 12:44 pm
Y allow such low thinking characters like kambwili to determine the course of Zambia. M asking u y eeh y ! Zambians Vote upnd bane n stop this rot…… stupidity !
Mwe bantu
July 20, 2015 at 12:48 pm
We elected pf for solutions to the countrys problems now he is saying its gods fault. What kind of leadership is this ba pf.
mj banda
July 20, 2015 at 1:06 pm
HH will remain U5 until he retires from active politics bane
Hello Haters
July 20, 2015 at 1:06 pm
Kambwili?
Songo
July 20, 2015 at 1:09 pm
This imbecile also. Why do you allow your cadres to carry weapons and fire gun shots without restraint if not to assassinate people?
Claping matako buster
July 20, 2015 at 1:39 pm
How much is dollar to kwacha.Say fuel gets reduced to one dollar a barrow,how Mich do u think it will be in Zambia.U get people with forged certificates to run finances then u get an urgry dandahead to run for bank governor,zesco proceeds u share.A year from now the Chinese will be buying the majority shares in zesco.it will happen because of power.HH is intelligent that’s why he managed to still millions as an accountant.
John Banda
July 20, 2015 at 1:58 pm
Even you name shows that there is immaturity in your Dumb head. You really are a dunderhead without knowledge of what is obtaining on the world market on crude oil prices. They are actually going down. Kambwili is another chap full of water in the head. can u start blaming God for the fuel prices??? Gosh… Ask RB & ECL why the fuel has gone up. Remeber the Dalbit contract…….
voice of reason
July 20, 2015 at 1:40 pm
I think there is a huge leadership deficit in the Patriotic Front. If the Information Minister alludes load shedding to an act of God, then why not use the constant natural supply of solar energy to produce electricity ? Zambia needs to think outside politics.
Claping matako buster
July 20, 2015 at 1:46 pm
Before u steal do it in such a way that no one will point a source or cause a complete blunder of resources.Was Mwanawasa the best ever president? How much was a dollar to kwacha at its highest?Is dollar increase an act of the above ? My people are perishing because of an abundance of dandaheads in power.
DREDZ21
July 20, 2015 at 1:52 pm
this guy should have been minister of place were he couldnt run his mouth.
does the president even hear what this guy says? birds of a feather??????????
MAJOR MLUNGU
July 20, 2015 at 1:57 pm
Kambwili is Jocker together with his Boss..Vissionless Jockers smh..shaaaaaaa
Czar
July 20, 2015 at 2:34 pm
Guess you meant “Joker”.
The Spartacus
July 20, 2015 at 2:00 pm
Ifikopo too much noise y can’t this form 2 failure just zip his ugly mouth instead of aggrieveting th situation..people voted u into power to find solutions to every challenge en not giving stupid reasons..chikaputula
voice of reason
July 20, 2015 at 2:10 pm
It is only in Zambia where people associate success with going to school. I am tired of insults like ‘form 2′ or grade 7..look, Edgar Lungu is a graduate from Law School yet he has failed to lead the country….any one with an entrepreneurial spirit can lead Zambia. In fact most successful people had problems finishing school
Czar
July 20, 2015 at 2:37 pm
That does not in anyway mean education is not important.
voice of reason
July 20, 2015 at 2:42 pm
It is important. .but not a prerequisite to common sense
Trixy
July 20, 2015 at 2:59 pm
There is and should be a starting point to everything. Top positions in Government should be led by educated people; reasons being that it is easy to articulate issues when one is learned. Ofcourse there are a lot of educated fools out there, but education should be recognised as a starting point…..we are having a problem in this country because of semi-literate politicians. @Voice of reason, what is upsetting you so much dear?
voice of reason
July 20, 2015 at 4:05 pm
Trixy,
There is nothing really upsetting me. However,’talking down’ people that do not have enough desk experience is not the way to go. And further, Zambia has no place for entrepreneurial innovation to dictate national development. We are busy recycling graduates that have failed to bail the country out of extreme underdevelopment. ..We cannot even come together to turn ideas into action because we are expecting graduates from our ‘mostly closed’ universities to solve the disturbing status quo. ..
chalikwepa
July 20, 2015 at 2:38 pm
So in short a Mr. K is putting the blame on God? bane Lesa nimalyotola tewakwangalila. Period!
J. CHiiiKALI!
July 20, 2015 at 3:05 pm
The Problem with mr Kambwili he thinks Politics is a game of exchanging words with the opposition, his honour this is’nt the time to talk or answer back to oppossition, Pf’s strategy of nabbing members from Opposition has finally cost the country thru unecessary costs for by-elections, for sure things have gone bad in our country, and this is the only time u can shut your mouth and show pipo that u can think! by trying to stabilize Load shedding, fuel prices e.t.c before the next elections!!!
Chitomba mabwe
July 20, 2015 at 3:27 pm
Its like pf has no excuse for failing to run the country,anyway thanks for your failure, you prepare for your retiremen in 2016.chapter closed next acused plz
Judge Joe Bidden
July 20, 2015 at 3:48 pm
Can someone give HH a presidential haircut? He looks unkept.
Beautiful Moma
July 20, 2015 at 4:59 pm
You tried it!! Lol.
Judge Joe Bidden
July 20, 2015 at 5:20 pm
He needs to start looking presidential not ama afro. kikiki… Like serious, the image matters its one factor they also look for in the US presidential candidates.
Beautiful Moma
July 20, 2015 at 6:22 pm
I agree dear.
I remember my father with a fro bigger than that one and he LOVED it. Mum called it “the nest”. When we started sharing afro combs, he let it go.
It was the thing back then but it looks like my dear HH just wont let his go. I guess he doesn’t have anyone to steal his afro combs.
citizen
July 21, 2015 at 6:49 am
@Joe Bidden, Kambwili has clearly stated that your hh is an under-five! How do you expect an infant to have Presido qualities; embraced in such is not only smartness but in-born leadership qualities inherent in H.E. ECL!!
Bakaonde
July 20, 2015 at 3:54 pm
Thank you honourable minister,hh and his upnd followers they have nothing to politicise hence they end up making noise all the time,if hh was an insect am sure he must be ichipu icishakwata uluse conka umulopa na mumulwele.
Bakaonde
July 20, 2015 at 3:57 pm
No one can assasinate hh an under five infant in our political arena,we will assasinate him next year on ballot paper.
voice of reason
July 20, 2015 at 5:08 pm
I think I would argue that voting on the basis of hate will always keep Zambia stunted. The politics of hate keep defining Zambia. ..shame.
tutu
July 20, 2015 at 7:04 pm
kambwili litolefye,kabiyeni mukepushe pa luanshya especially ku roan,atombafye tukasukulu ubwaila no bwacha..ba voice of reason lacks amapepala yakusukulu hence ichifukushi kubantu abalefwaya abafundwa to b our leaders..VOTE HH COME 2016 4 better reasoning
New Educated Zambia©❤√
July 20, 2015 at 8:28 pm
We welcome you and thank you
New Educated Zambia©❤√
July 20, 2015 at 7:25 pm
mwana wesu. incoming president. these are the signs.
Kwati like so
July 20, 2015 at 7:30 pm
@Tutu thanx 4 dat
Ngalande Lukuku
July 20, 2015 at 9:48 pm
We have witnessing too much sufferings under PF
chairman @kaps.com
July 20, 2015 at 9:56 pm
If water levels are low why can’t they find other alternatives?one would even wonder the kind of schools some people went to…why are other nations experiencing the same when Zambia is not the only nation which has low levels of water….?this party of political fools…
observer
July 21, 2015 at 12:20 am
cry babys
tutu
July 21, 2015 at 1:33 am
@NEZ chikala chobe kolokombwa fumbafu kwindi wembushiwe!! who are u to welcome me in UPND,are u the chairman makaka iwe,dnt ever reply to any of my comments wembwa iwe,I hurt u with a passion..welcome wiso nanoko waufwa
The Spartacus
July 21, 2015 at 3:27 am
Kambwili’s type of reasoning is very shallow he speaks first then think later..instead of blaming th unruly cadres of his for their barbaric behaviour towards th innocent people bt is trying to heap th blame on HH..grow up u foolish man. Ukufita kwati munyang’u..
mulenga
July 21, 2015 at 5:53 am
Most of the pf leaders are too dull,stating with Jemason,Kambwili,etc.I wonder if lungu and his ministers have got full grade tweive certificates especiary Kambwili,the way he analyses issues of Governance.if I may as those who votted pf normal coz, imagin pf leaders blaming God without sham on them for loadshading,poor perfomance,what a silly banch of poor pf leaders!!!sham!!.
Jt
July 21, 2015 at 5:56 am
Chuundu chaitwa cabe mdala.Lets call for another meetng to be held in gwembe now. NOLLE PROSEQUIL!!!!
Analyst
July 21, 2015 at 9:36 am
who is tribal a person who votes for good, dynamic and visionary leader and a person who votes for static, drunkard and visionless leader.
If tongas are tribal, then why are bembas and nyanjas not voting for HH. this tell us that all tribes in Zambia are tribal. It is therefore wrong to pinpoint one tribe as tribal.
who is tribal a person who doesn’t want to speak other tribes’ language and a person who joins in other languages. Bembas and Nyanjas despite all the leaders you vote for you are still poor and live in abject poverty. you are tooooooo lazy to work and comprehend realities.
Ntwenu wa Ntwenu
July 21, 2015 at 1:14 pm
You know what? I am thinking that all those who support the government are very happy with the increase in the cost of living, with the load shedding and with everything going on.
Mukulwambula
July 22, 2015 at 11:54 am
If the water levels in Kariba dam is very low y cant you raise the level by pumping in some water.The mines have bigger pumps and can assist in this since they are also affected.This can take only two months and the situation will improve.Those pumps can pump to about 1000metres from underground.Iam sure God has given us brains to think, we only need to work together than killing one another.The only problem in Zed is others like leadership when they can not solve even a very simple issue,too much love for riches.
munyelo
July 22, 2015 at 11:59 am
Yes we are happy as the hardships make us work innovately and harder
AAMBA
July 22, 2015 at 2:44 pm
It is not possible for these people agree that they intend to assissinate anyone for that matter. As for HH to help find solutions to the challenges this country is facing, well, how many times has HH made valuable suggestions and they have been taken up? In fact the pf leadership has refused that there are any challeges at all in this country.
chichi.
July 22, 2015 at 8:58 pm
Pf hz really failed us.pipo are really sufferin under the leadership of ecl.electorates vote wisely in 2016.
Zambia
July 22, 2015 at 10:48 pm
Owe minister we live outside zambia fuel is only increased there not out here are you crazy. It is your kwacha which has gone mad under PF,
John kabengele
July 23, 2015 at 12:37 am
How come fuel, has dropped the whole world, why not Zambia . Poor planning accompanied by useless minister Yalumi, who want to fire indeni directors as if they are procurement officers. This yaluma thing is a big idiote!