United Party for National Development (UPND) deputy spokesperson Edwin Lifwekelo has dispelled allegations circulating within his party that he has been offered a job by government.
Mr Lifwekelo who said UPND president Hakainde Hichilima and his senior leadership had not visited him since he was discharged from hospital more than a fortnight ago said there was talk within the party circles that he had accepted a job offer as deputy director in the PF government the reason why he had gone in oblivion.
But Mr Lifwekelo dispelled the reports saying it was annoying for people to accuse him of such when he was bedridden and could not even leave his home from the time he was discharged from the University Teaching Hospital.
Mr Lifwekelo who said he could not even manage to talk for a long time as he had a persistent hiccup, said the allegations were malicious and meant to damage his reputation.
He said because of the same allegations, cadres in the party had been advised against going near him because he was deemed to be a danger to the party.
He said it was not true that he had been offered a job by the PF government and that nobody in government had even approached him about the same.
“Somebody is being malicious because I have been sick and have never gone out of my house from the time I was discharged from UTH. I cannot even talk to somebody for a long time because I have a hiccup and to hear about such, it is very sad,” he said.
Mr Lifwekelo said that Mr Hichilema and senior UPND official had not visited him from the time he was discharged from hospital although UPND secretary general Winston Chibwe had visited him before he was admitted to hospital.
He suspected his party members’ behaviour of not visiting him had been engineered by the same job-offer allegations.
Mr Chibwe, however, defended the party and its president saying Mr Hichilema went to visit him when he was hospitalised only that he was in a more serious state.
He said it would be unfair for anybody to accuse the party of seemingly abandoning Mr Lifwekele because he was one of the senior people of the UPND family whom they loved and cared for so much.
He said the senior officials had not visited Mr Lifwekelo in the past two weeks because they had been out for campaigns as the party needed to run at the same time.
Typical of HH and his group. Look at how they rushed to the funeral house for the victims of the Kampasa shooting incident. It was like they really wanted to make political capital out of the shooting incident. Now they know they will not make political capital from visiting one Edwin Lifwekelo. so the UPND secretary general Chibwe has to hide in political campaigns.
C’mon guys, abena HH and company, please have a heart. Go and visit your comrade. I know you may be busy with preps for the coming by-elections, but you can take a few minutes, especially today, just 67 minutes, do it in honour of Madiba. Visit Mr. Lifwekelo, you may just be the panacea the has been waiting for. Don’t forget to take some apples with you.
this is a truly died hard person, not this MMD CHIEFBOOTLICKER exile in south africa wth henry banda leaving the old man rupiah banda battling alone
Notorious,who is that Chief Bootylicker in SA?lol
Plenty of good qualified civil servants waiting to be promoted to ass. director and director positions. Leave civil service positions to them. Let the politicians get political positions.
There is no law that compels party officials to visit members i hospital.Its merely a moral obligation.There has been a lot of abuse by PF in the past few days and going by his own standards Lifwekelo shouldve issued a statement hence ths suspicion If it is
said the allegations were malicious and meant to damage his reputation…
Lifwekelo fwe fwe fwe fwe kelo li li li kelo kelo kelo
Confess your sins and don’t abandon the party which has the interests of the Zambian people at heart. Don’t quit UPND Lifwekelo, you will be well. We wish you a quick recovery. Remember this one thing;don’t become a political prostitute!
HH cnt 4give a defectors imagine HH 4giving njeulu,moonde,siamudaala/siamunene & the other guy in western province & also u chifwekelo i’ll personally never 4give HH we suffer alot to compagn 4 these fools,so mr nsibukilwi bulo lifwekelo clear yo name first gud day.
Viva no visit HH mixed in the woods searching fr politcal mileage!Yavuta HH gam.Politcal aldehyde!Shamwari Lifwekelo go where there’s politcal direction.Move on…