When President Edgar Lungu retires in 2026, God will lift someone else, not the noise makers [who are eyeing his position] because being a Republican President is a destiny, says Patriotic Front deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri.

And Phiri says there is no corruption in PF and that the ruling party is proud of the numerous projects that government has completed in 2017.

Giving an end of the year analysis on the PF performance this year, Phiri told News Diggers! that some people would never succeed President Lungu, no matter how much noise they made.

“In this country it’s so unfortunate that people can reach to any level to get to the presidency. Look at the way other Presidents who have ruled this country have come about. Those who make noise are not even here or there. Start with UNIP, it wasn’t even known that Kenneth Kaunda was going to be President. Those who were known were Harry Mwanga Nkumbula, Kapwepwe. He came from nowhere because leadership comes from God. Look at Rupiah Banda he never even dreamt that he would be President, he was picked from the farm,” she said.

“President Lungu himself, in 2001 he stood as a member of parliament under the PF, he lost and he was left in 2006. He remained loyal. He stood in 2011, he won. And nobody even thought he was cabinet material. He was given deputy minister in the office of the Vice-President. He wasn’t even on the scene, God just lifted him up. So let God lift you because if it’s not your time or you don’t have a destiny of being a President, no matter how much noise you make, you will never be. Even when President Edgar Lungu retires in 2026, God is going to lift somebody else. And mark my words, non of these noise makers will be there.”