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Tribal Politics Have No Room In Zambia -President Lungu
President Edgar Lungu says politicians bent on using regional and tribal politics to assume power are merely wasting their time because Zambians stand for unity.
President Lungu says tribal politics have no room in Zambia’s democratic dispensation where people co-exist beyond tribal lines.
And President Lungu says pockets of tribal political divisions will soon be a thing of the past because he is focusing on re-uniting all citizens.
ZNBC’s Kennedy Bwalya reports that President Lungu made the remarks when he addressed Zambians living in New York at the Zambian Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
The Head of State also said he is not appeasing anyone in appointing people from various parts of the country to key positions.
President Lungu said he wants everyone to subscribe to the motto of One Zambia One Nation and fully participate in the country’s affairs.
Meanwhile, President Lungu urged Zambians in the diaspora to learn best international practices and use them to foster development back home.
The President was accompanied by First Lady Esther Lungu who also urged Zambians to love one another.
Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba, Works and Supply Minister Yamfwa Mukanga, Gender Minister Nkandu Luo and her Community Development counterpart Emerine Kabanshi were in the president’s delegation, along with PF Deputy Secretary General Mumbi Phiri.
President Lungu has since left New York after concluding his duties at the United Nations General Assembly where he made his maiden appearance and chaired a number of meetings.
The President also held several High level bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the UN 70th
General Assembly.
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GIFT
October 2, 2015 at 9:03 am
THIS THE WORST PRESIDENT ZAMBIA WILL EVER HAVE. THE MAN IS A TRIBALIST. EACH TIME HE SPEAKS HE VOMITS BAD WORDS WHICH ARE NOT BUILDING. HE WILL CRY MORE THAN RB.ZAMBIA HAS SERIOUS PROBLEMS UNLIKE WHAT HE IS ADDRESSING.ZAMBIANS THIS TIME AROUND LETS BRING HH IN 2016 IF HE FAILS HE WILL BE BOOTED OUT IN 2021, IF WE LIVE LIKE THAT THIS COUNTRY WILL BE UNITED.WE NEED TO CHANGE THESE LEADERS OTHERWISE IT IS US SUFFERING
Incognito
October 2, 2015 at 12:08 pm
Lungu go back to Zambia, you have overstayed your welcome. Go sort out the mess back home
kakolwe
October 3, 2015 at 1:42 pm
@GIFT, Stop telling lies to yourself. You can’t try with hakainde. Look at his Presidential CV: he respects no constitution!! He has shredded the UPND constitution and manifesto as founded by Mazoka’s team and enshrined himself as UPND life president. The oaf is a danger to democracy.
MUSOLE
October 2, 2015 at 9:14 am
Bane this man all day long is busy politicking when our economy is in limbo and need urgent intervention. He can offer solutions or even suggest that certain people be organized to plan the way forward in our economy. Pleeeeese Mr President we depend on imports in Zambia, How will we survive with this hash economy.
New Educated Zambia©❤√
October 2, 2015 at 9:27 am
Lungu you seem to have a lot to say. Why didn’t you use the bbc to air our all these views you have. You keep repeating the sake things. Is this man ok. Does he realise that our economy is in a crisis. Tribalism and yet you cannot discipline chama. Silly chaps
Ng'ombe Mbuzi
October 2, 2015 at 10:35 am
Do tribalists only have to listen to BBC to get the message, dunderhead!
Joel
October 3, 2015 at 9:32 am
Actual Tribalist in Sheep’s skin, trying to point a fingers on others when the other four fingers are pointing back to the owner.
Joel
October 3, 2015 at 9:35 am
Picture of a finger pointing at others when the other four fingers are pointing back to the owner.
Gerald
October 2, 2015 at 9:46 am
Edgar Lungu is a mess to Zambia’s economy. Instead of addressing real issues, he is buy politicking. This man mwebantu has really failed many of us Zambians who voted for him. He is a curse and he seems to be more interested in wasting Zambia’s little cash.
Mambwe
October 2, 2015 at 9:48 am
HH is the worst politician Zambian has ever known,how can he not participate in the national prayer??.He even shunned the Jubilee celebrations last year and he wants to lie to Zambians that he can fix this economy when he is fueled by hatred.
katoto
October 2, 2015 at 12:59 pm
MUNYELO
Shame on you
October 2, 2015 at 8:43 pm
Katoto waba ukupokaba mukabene ka swaine lyobe.
katoto
October 2, 2015 at 9:38 pm
OK BA SWINE.
Shame on you
October 3, 2015 at 1:28 am
Chi bola iwe.
Tonga Bull Gelo
October 2, 2015 at 4:15 pm
Please people use your own names if you what to comment here or else will hunt you using FBI and you will end up in court then jail.
Try me
October 2, 2015 at 4:19 pm
Mambwe that’s not your name I think you have a beef with someone just tell her what’s on your mind.
Shame on you
October 3, 2015 at 1:34 am
Tell them mwandi some people are trying to use someone’s name because their ashamed to use their hooker names. Use your names you morons.
Lubwa
October 2, 2015 at 9:48 am
I feel more un Zambian when i see Edgar Chibuku Lungu. The man is just a useless Embassy Park. Whatever he utters, is senseless.
Hello Haters
October 2, 2015 at 9:57 am
This guy is ever issuing pornofvckapolitribalistic sentiments, just like his cadres. Damn! These guys are so boring, can’t we talk about how our economy will be revived, i know you response will be give us alternative solutions, what you paid for ba kwindi imwe?
Ng'ombe Mbuzi
October 2, 2015 at 10:37 am
Kwindi iwe, you are worse than boring. HH is even more boring!!!!!!!!
Hello Haters
October 2, 2015 at 11:49 am
@ ng’ombe mbuzi next time you come near me am gonna get my little burdizzo and castrate you.
Ng'ombe Mbuzi
October 2, 2015 at 12:15 pm
Start with castrating yourself!!!!!
Judge Joe Bidden
October 2, 2015 at 10:46 am
Ati and Mrs Ester Lungu in New York urged Zambians to love one another. Is this not a wife of a man who told us if you oppose my presidency get out of Zambia? You think we have forgotten ba mwankole, your time is ticking just blow our tax visiting the whole globe if you want… meanwhile start renovating your Chawama house.
Ng'ombe Mbuzi
October 2, 2015 at 11:40 am
Very petty animal.
Judge Joe Bidden
October 2, 2015 at 12:12 pm
Grow up are you here on Tumfweko just to insult NEZ and me? You are all over the place even when we ignore you just discuss issues like anyone else. This is not kindergarten, prick.
Ng'ombe Mbuzi
October 2, 2015 at 12:14 pm
Idiot, and are you here to demean the Presidency? Is this UPND website? Faggot
MMD Cadre
October 2, 2015 at 12:29 pm
Ba goat Na imwe, after singing praises to your chibuku President you go to the toilet to sh..t water instead of f….
Joel
October 3, 2015 at 10:26 am
Failing to debate or argue out one’s case, resorting to insults. Sad indeed, better remain quiet other than exposing ignorance, shallowness of mind and blind loyalty.
A Wb/Site open to public can never be expected to visited/ used by birds of the same feathers only at all times, as blending of different thoughts, perceptions or notions has it’s own role in educating society. Look beyond party and tribal inclinations!
The Presidency is being demeaned by thoughtless voters who vote blindly for worthless individuals even when they clearly tell them that they have no capacity /vision to lead them yet, but in their blind loyalty based on tribal inclinations they go ahead to put in their worthless mediocre leadership. There’s great need to change the mentality for the betterment of the nation at large.
Cool Voice
October 2, 2015 at 10:56 am
Why hibernating my coments?
Cool Voice
October 2, 2015 at 11:05 am
My question stil remains.wat abt mumbi & chama with high volumes of tribal remarks,do they belong to opposition party?
Ng'ombe Mbuzi
October 2, 2015 at 1:59 pm
Munkombwe and GBM do. isten animal, being in opposition doesn’t mean you oppose everything including prayers and yap negative all the time.
Cool Voice
October 2, 2015 at 5:51 pm
Man its nt abt being emotional bt a matter of reality.ofcource anomal peson can’t criticiz prayers,bt hiding in the name of 1zm 1nation while allowing tht behavior within
Cool Voice
October 2, 2015 at 11:08 am
Ba pilato baliimba,kamilion tacinja inkanda acinjafye kaala.
mary tembo
October 2, 2015 at 11:18 am
why is Lungu always talking abt tribelism, when you keep repeating the same thing, pipo will start doing it. Like a child if you tell them Sex is bad one day that child eill try it.
Its lungu who said wako ni wako. Call a spade a spade, say Mr HH is a tribalist coz he this and that,
my wife is tonga, mother bemba, father bemba. Child the mother is lozi. I have lived in peace no issue.
Judge Joe Bidden
October 2, 2015 at 12:17 pm
My feeling is Lungu wants to sound appealing to all tribes as a campaign method that’s why he wears that sweat shirt written my tribe is Zambian but voters didn’t put him in state house to unite Zambia but to alleviate and improve their day to day lives. Tribalism is 26th important things to tackle in Zambia according to my list, why to him is number 1, kaya.
mwila
October 3, 2015 at 6:30 am
I think the reason why its number 1 is that,we hv to b united first b4 we cn work togetha.thats why the president has called for tha national day of prayers and reconciliation.and bliv me comrades davies chama and mumbi phiri will b there,and u shud b there too,so that we cn all apologise to 1 another,reconcile and nw face our challenges as a united front
Ninshi
October 2, 2015 at 11:30 am
Pipo let’s not be fooled again. Can someone tell me, isn’t ‘wako ni wako’ part of tribal politics?
Mailon
October 2, 2015 at 12:04 pm
Ninshi
Zambians are probably the dullest pipo today.Edgar is not supposed to be preaching against tribalism because as one of Sata’s right hand man he stood by and watched tribalism spiral out of control.If he means his words and as a lawyer he realises that he is collectively responsible for the late illiterate dictator’s actions he would have honourably resigned.
Judge Joe Bidden
October 2, 2015 at 12:28 pm
Wako ni wako is very tribal and very segregating it’s similar to saying balya niba mwana malayambi (in my tribe), they aren’t part of us.
Onyx power @vampiros
October 3, 2015 at 3:03 am
Wako niwako is not tribal when applied to people of same tribe and origin like in the case of ecl referring to the malambo candidates .
Judge Joe Bidden
October 3, 2015 at 9:14 am
Yes it can used within a tribe but it still remains very segregating. It can be used anyhow even a race against another race. Bottom line a president can’t use that language at all.
Onyx power @vampiros
October 3, 2015 at 3:07 am
If it was a presidential campaign I could have agreed with you.
harishon
October 2, 2015 at 11:58 am
Much as changing government is needed, the hate from some opposition cadres foretells avenge as opposed to solutions for development. Assess the calibre of the rainbow,fdd,upnd & other parties before you regret again. Good leaders should not wait to be in government to render help to the suffering majority.
chisomo
October 2, 2015 at 12:11 pm
how do u adress tribal remarks in usa and not in zambia. u were supose to tell them the problems we ar facing, not those bla bla while u are with sum1 like mumbi phiri near. is this man a presdent of zambia or of pf only bcoz he is not making sense anymo. or its bcoz u left yo adviser zulu so no proper thinking.
Superfreshpak
October 2, 2015 at 1:24 pm
Ninshi dis is wht i wated to say,jst dat i was goin thru comment.only ar blind to see dat lungu is a bad leader i ever seen in dis world.or maybe he shud ask his relative wht WAKO ni WAKO mean.18oct is a day that iam visiting my love nd watch CHELSEA fc.
Superfreshpak
October 2, 2015 at 1:35 pm
Two pipo can nt walk together unless they agree nd av things in common.who is walking with dis criminal(advisor) k/zulu……,? K/ZULU + ECL+I.WINA+CHISHIMBA+CHAMA+MUMBI-P+E.LUNGU+MWILA+LIBONGANI+SIAMUNENE=failure…..unsatisfactory…..ZERO.
IF NOT
October 2, 2015 at 1:47 pm
Tongaz say mwana wekwesu…………… Lozis’ wakuluna
Cool Voice
October 2, 2015 at 1:50 pm
Certain words we say thinking its a joke,they bounce back with a negative ifluence.remember,no vision & u ‘ll see true colour.so wat do u expect?
Cool Voice
October 2, 2015 at 2:08 pm
good analyser.bt the blind will continue saying ‘ifintu ni……’
chika de ike Zed pude
October 2, 2015 at 2:17 pm
Lungu please address the real issues at hand not ifyo efyo ulelandapo naku new york konse kuli tribalism please we are tired of political masterbation we want you to tell us what you are doing to reduce the price of the dollar its impact is so hard on our economy bonsefye kanshi tukesa mukwikala ku state house where everything is subsidied
chuundu chaitwa(cc)
October 2, 2015 at 2:39 pm
@mary tembo wansekesha how can have a wife and yet you are a woman
chuundu chaitwa(cc)
October 2, 2015 at 3:37 pm
@superfreshpak keep on supporting losers HH=LOSER CHELSEA=LOSERS GIRL F=LOSER
Naz
October 2, 2015 at 4:21 pm
Inslts ll nt pay us. Lt us nt tek joks as serious remarks. O tribes in zam r zambian tribes n we shld jok as zambians.We shld b proud of our tribes n actvties tht hapens in our tribes.
Shame on you
October 2, 2015 at 4:30 pm
Zambians should unite may be the country will stop going in different directions.
Naz
October 2, 2015 at 4:45 pm
M tired of sily comnts. Lts advz without insults. Lts v respct 4 all the pipo jst as we xpct thm 2 respct us. We O mk mistaks bt lt us advz with gud aproch.
captain jack sparrow
October 2, 2015 at 9:14 pm
the most clueless preisdent on the continent. he is so obsessed with this tribal talk. questions ; has tribalism increased or decreased during his tenure? why cant he come out and point at those practising tribalism? is this talk aimed at maligning HH? if the answer to the last question is yes then Chagwa must wake up. afterall zambians despite being predominantly christians voted a drunkard into state house. ati my tribe is zambian, atase.
Sanny
October 2, 2015 at 10:28 pm
But ok nangu tapasoswa, Lungu ena abwelako fye…ati President
China
October 2, 2015 at 11:04 pm
Wako ni wako president. Who is going to listen to the broken record. Action speaks louder than words. GO and apologise to the tonga people. Trying to be a champion by default. Like he is an upright president but when back home to chipata he starts practicing wako ni wako. This man thinks we are really f00ls
concernd citizen
October 3, 2015 at 6:22 am
Whats wrong with this Man? We have serious economic issues and all he can talk abt are such nonesense…………….. GOD HELP US!!!
The Intellectual
October 3, 2015 at 7:54 am
You are right. …can someone tell this man the problems we have, tribalism is the least of problems in Zambia unless one decides to be an idiot.
Kwati like so
October 3, 2015 at 7:05 am
@Superfleshpak u ve brains two pipo can not walk together unless they agree.
Kwati like so
October 3, 2015 at 7:06 am
Incompetence @ the highest level.
Kwati like so
October 3, 2015 at 7:11 am
Didn’t want to attend,this man has nothing to offer. Vote forward upnd
Forward we can
October 3, 2015 at 10:20 am
Ecl Sir u re the one who is even the driving force for this tribal tag thing,that idiot Mumbi phiri who accompanied you there and his foolish friend chama yo part sg re the worst in dat field,stop wasting out tax payers money,come back home and look at issues affecting the country!this is why president hh is refusing to attend your prayer requests because your people and even you have been preaching abt this tribal thing,wako ni wako!can you explain to zambians what that ment?your people have been firing gun shots!collecting revenue in Markets.beating people and harassing our women in the streets!and now you call for prayers?talk to you people then we zambian shall pray when we see change!zambian forward vote hh!
L.J
October 3, 2015 at 7:57 pm
God has given each one of us a special gift or talents differing from one other, so let us follow the fruits entrusted in the people of God for our benefit and everyone as zambian.