FORMER Namwala United Party for National Development (UPND) Member of Parliament (MP) Robbie Chizhyuka has endorsed President Edgar Lungu’s leadership ahead of the August 11, general elections.
Major Chizhyuka has since called on the people of Zambia to rally behind President Lungu if the country is to achieve further economic development.
He said Zambians should trust Mr Lungu and accord him a full five-year mandate because he had shown commitment to improve the welfare of all citizens.
Maj Chizhyuka said Mr Lungu was a listening leader with a heart for the poor and was satisfied that given a fresh mandate, the President would foster democracy and stability needed to develop the country.
He said in a statement yesterday that Zambians should support the leadership of Mr Lungu, because he was running an all in-inclusive administration.
“I have made a deliberate well thought out decision to support President Lungu for the President of Zambia this 2016. To me he (Mr Lungu) represents all the ingredients required in the kind of President I would want for mother Zambia,” he said.
Mr Lungu, an approachable leader, relates well with the poor and having come from a humble background, Maj Chizhyuka said the President was ruling the country in an inclusive manner.
“He takes all advice in his stride. I am satisfied that President Lungu will unite this country in peace and stability across any cosmetic divide,” he said.
He said the Head of State was a cheerful and likeable person citing Headman Chikwata of Baambwe in Namwala District, who last week described the President as having the heart of the lamb.
Meanwhile, Maj Chizhyuka condemned the Bweengwa violence that occurred on Saturday attacking a convoy of Government vehicles and officers, including Zambia News and Information Services crew by the suspected UPND members.
He described the violence as an act of cowardice, which he said should be condemned with all the contempt it deserved by all peace loving Zambians.
He said the thought of political party cadres deciding to attack Presidential escort motor vehicles, including civil servants was a firm declaration of war on a legitimate Government of the country.
“The events of Saturday evening in Bweengwa are glaring causes of national unrest and I expect a swift and incisive action by Government to deal with that dangerous action,” he said.
He said it was for this reason that his uncle Edward Mungoni, a freedom fighter, secretary general and vice president of the African National Congress, when he realised that national peace and stability was being threatened by violence, he and other colleagues decided to accord the Choma Declaration its legitimacy by signing to champion peace.
This useless man defected to MMD in 2011 and lost re-election. He clearly now wants a job and a bit of money as he has been out of work without income for the past 5 years. As Rupiah Banda would say . . . . ” NJALA YA-MU NYOKOLA”. Useless empty head with nothing to offer
@Kabova
Great observation. The ldiot thinks he can change the direction of the wind of change. He thinks he can get a job from Edgar Lungu when Lungu hinself does not have a job beyond 11th August 2016.
Hon Robbie, where were you when PF thugs prevented a plane from landing, when the pf thugs blocked HH’s exisit at a studio in Ndola, and when Pf thugs continue to sub-divide people’s farm? Chances are that you could not cash in, hence you kept quite. Now hear is the picture for you to think about, all the above citations are not good for the peace of this nation, hence you should find time to condemn both parties. That way your endorsement may just hold water. For now go have fan with the new source of cash.
His ‘Endorsement’ has no influence.Not even his wife and children can be influenced.Useless chap.
No he has just seen that hh is going for 5 to 0 loss.
hh knows that come May 2016, he will have nothing to talk about
Basebenza ba PF
So only those who defect to UPND are useful…where is democracy in UPND kanshi?? Please stop being hooligans allow people to chose who they want do not belittle or insult them…butuutuu. That’s what democracy is all about not the insults I am reading here. It will take UPND nowhere
Who is this OLD AR.SE? Is he a Chief or Village Headman in Namwala?
FOR YOU @1 EVERYONE WHO TALKS SENSE HE’S LOOKING FOR A JOB. THAT’S BEING SIMPLISTIC AND IT ALSO SHOWS YOUR LACK OF ANY ANALYTICAL ELEMENT IN YOU. PEOPLE STAND OUT TO SAY THE TRUTH IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY AND THAT’S WHAT THE COMMENTATOR IS ALL FOR.
Its okay let him be for his endorsement is only one vote! By the way where has he been? And please LT you should for such people cite all political parties they have belonged or choose the most recent Chizyuka is former UPND member turned MMD! My sixth sense tells me Chizyuka is positioning himself for adoption by PF so that he can contest for Namwala!
When resources are limited anything goes. Same people same behavior.
EVEN CHIZYUKA HIMSELF KNOWS THAT NOTHING IN THIS STATEMENT MAKES ANY SENSE. WITH ALL THE SUFFERING THAT THE COUNTRY HAS EXPERIENCED SINCE LUNGU TOOK OFFICE HOW CAN ONE MAKE SUCH ERERRONEOUS ASSERTIONS. ZAMBIA NEEDS CHANGE!!!!
Only clueless,visionless,brainless and useless people will support sick Edgar kaloba chakolwa lungu.
Chisushi is abnormal.
@Lutuku,we will meet at the battlefront on August 11th, may the best man for the job win. Am voting for ECL, just in case you wonder were his votes will be coming from and claim rigging…………pwa ha ha ha ha.
Njala ya paya
Meanwhile the hippo Kwambwili said Major Chizyuka is a tribalist who rather vote for a stone from his region even if it was to stand against Jesus…….
why you cadres see wrong in anybody who speaks good of Lungu what happens us who reads your coments judges you and knows whose wise & not wise
Yamunyonkola njala mambala
Its that time again when every Jim & Jack wakes up from hibernation.
All UPND supporters are cowards, shallow minded and egocentric maniacs chasing their own tails. They just can’t phantom reasoning. Buttocks that have realized they will never be in front
Confucius, if buttocks were ever to be in front, it would be untold misery for this country. So let’s keep them were thy belong…at the BACK!
All that they see is HH …. Anything against him by anybody is wrong! Imagine him president, and u talk ill abt him, my God!!
Comment:choyzuka ulimuchida wabalya banoko.
Imagine if it was President Levy Mwanawasa’s convoy/escort which used to include an ambulance with doctors. which was ambushed by those UPDN idi0ts!
Good, now tell your humble president to allow his friends in opposition to also start having campaign rallies like he is doing and must also condemn violence of his PF carders and call for their arrest.
Microscope, I totally agree with you?
ECL 2016/08/11… Refrain from laziness you self proclaimed sufferer (s)
I can not be surprise, Maj Chizyuka is related to the some high Officers in PF, according to some information on the streets of Lusaka.
Am not sure how this had influenced him to endorse JVC
This is what our friends in UPND are good at insulting any one who does praise their Semi god HH. Please learn to accept divergent views from others, after all the PF Govt has performed well in most sectors of the economy and deserve commendation. It does nos not mean that anyone who praises the works of the govt is hungry and is looking for a job and should be insulted for expressing his democratic right. Please UPND cadres be mature and grow up otherwise you are the ones who have even been making HH lose elections because you think you are better than any other citizen in Zambia.
The Lusaka Times voting system on comments posted is malfunctioning! LT make it work properly!
yamutenuna nzala. maj. the rains are still on go and cultivate to stop hunger in your family. lungu currently is seeking for a job and so he is not in the position to give you job. what you are thinking of is like two blind men trying to lead one another. that way you cant reach your destination.
ooyu mudaala nyina maano,ani nzala nobakwesu ilachisa inga watalika kulabalika.shuwa echi chidala china nsoni ani mutewu wezu uvhwa kuli?
lol..Ba Dunka Ame nchinda hingwa awa nkambo mutewu wezu tatuzhi nkutuhwa aba badala nchobeni ali shintu nshibakwete shonse manu alo baina alimwe bala sampuzhya.Mitewu yezhi eiye tuli hi nkwili but honestly nkaita zhyi ati aba badala mba mwi.Balisampuzhya
No one can support a president without vision and a voilent president and the devil of this country we want change bcoz nothing z gud in lungu chakolwa
@Lucy are you not aware that those who caused the fracas at Ndola airport have been arrested? You see! ECL is a fair man who condmens violence and even arrests those who perpetrate it. As for rallies he is not campaigning for elections, he is holding those meetings as president of the country to tell pipo about development taking place in their respective places time for campaigns will come later just wait bane. As for Robby Chizyuka, he has just analysed the situation on the ground and has seen that it is only PF which has high chances of winning because of what they have done for the pipo so leave him alone he is a free Zambian
When UPND got GBM and Katoloshi ati big fish defect….Major and Jonas are factors in UPND who your self-centered man HH (who by the way badly needs a barber to align his hair wouldn’t listen to)….see who your party has attracted Masebo(Ambulance fraud) Maureen (Ah I got a Doctorate when my hubby lay on his death bed never mind chewing ‘medical’ fees ah and not forgetting Mining concession deals..) GBM (All FRA,Defence contracts to his companies and a homo daughter in foreign service)…Jonas and the Major are right HH has lost what we stand for as a Party he is desperate…everyone in the party talks…
Lungu is republican president. The rest are party presidents. He is immune even to the POA. Let him enjoy his presidency hold meetings anywhere and everywhere.
This man was at one time a real political firebrand, if my memory serves me right, a proper Tonga the bull!
What wind of change?? The change you are highly anticipating will only happen in your dreams. HH must succumb to another gruesome defeat in the coming elections.
HH, HAS GOT NO INTEREST FOR ZAMBIA. HE HAS DEEP INTEREST FOR HIS POCKETS AND ANGLO-AMERICAN COMPANY WHO LEFT ZAMBIA IN QUANDARY AND ARE NOW ALMOST BROKE AND HAVE JUST REALISED THEY SHOULDN’T HAVE RUN AWAY LEAVING ZAMBIANS IN A HOPELESS ECONOMIC SITUATION. HH ALSO WISH TO SHUT UP EVERYONE WHO QUESTIONS THE ORIGIN OF HIS WEALTH- THE QUESTION WHICH HE DREADS. SO, THERE’S NO CREDIBLE OPPOSITION LEADER, REALLY. THAT LEAVE ECL WITH ALL THE CHANCE ON 11/08/2016. MOREOVER, (UNLESS THE POEPLE OF ZAMBIA ARE SICHUPIDI) WE NEED THOSE DEALS HE HAS MADE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE TO MATERIALISE.
HH GROUP IS LOOSING THE ELECTIONS AGAIN. IT WILL MAKE HIM TO GO AND FEED HIS COWS/
PF, STOP CELEBRATING WE ARE RIDDING OURSELVES OF HH
It is too early to celebrate bene PF. You are sure that HH is standing? Wait a minute. Who do you think you are? We have organized ourselves in such a way we shall unleash a very powerful candidate. HH is not in our winning formula. Just keep your eyes open. A champion is on the way to floor you. Your trick has been to infiltrate us so that HH is made wamuyaya in UPND and you keep ruling. You are living in the past. Only when HH succeeds in pushing his selfish agenda may you get the victory, but I doubt if we will give him chance! BB
WE THINK UPND IS A BUNCH OF FUULS TO KEEP THE LOSING HH FOR THE NEXT 5TH TIME LOSS. THAT’S WHAT FUULISHNESS IS ALL ABOUT. HH, WILL NEVER WIN ANY ELECTIONS. HH, IS NOT EVEN NEAR TO THE SMARTEST TONGAS I KNOW.
Comment: I totally agree that upnd cadres don’t accept divergent views. They are haters that’s why they are full of insults but Insults won’t take them anyway. That’s why someone said image if we gave them the mandate to run this country, are we going to be safe? This country will be in turmoil.
THERE CAN BE NO DIVERGENCE WHEN THE FACTS ARE CLEAR. THE IS NO OTHER TRUTH EXCEPT THE FAILURE OF LUNGU AND THE PF. IF ANY LUNGU SUPPORTER CAN GIVE THE US AN EXAMPLE OF ANYTHING LUNGU HAS SUCCEEDED IN THEN AND ONLY THEN CAN WE DISCUSS DIVERGENT VIEWS. FACTS ARE FACTS AND THEY CAN NOT BE DISPUTED. PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING BECUASE OUR CUTRENT GOVERNMENT HAS NO CLUE HOW TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS. ITS TIME TO GIVE SOMEONE ELSE A CHANCE. SIMPLE AS “ABC” ANYONE BUT CHAGWA”
@Loadist, it’s not aboutPresident Lungu per se!! One would need to be mischievous to state that Lungu has not done anything great. He has delivered the Constitution which UPND. Tried to stall. We are supported by international bodies that have stated clearly that Zambia us doing great and that the problems currently are international economic conditions. Dare I say, infrastructure and improvements in Power and access to it, even with all the teething problems. Gov’t has been reactive, proactive in dealing with all problems that have arisen economically. And YES, HE Lungu is far likeable than the lot of opposition. You can’t win hearts by negating everything. Chaps been in office about 1 year or so! How much more could he have done!
Well said Major Chizhyuka. Good decision and good example to citizens who need clarity about UPND. That’s not a party but a bunch of bandits set on destroying Zambia. Gov’t must act to stop this party and it’s dangerous activities. The people of Zambia should be schooled to understand the danger HH and UPND pose. They are dangerous people who have become confused in their strategy for OP, they now are clearly treasonous and would bring the gov’t down by violent force. Support your gov’t and promote peace in Zambia.
An empty head that condemns violence is better than a rich full who fans violence in order to get to state house.
one would wish upnd chaps would take time to think over this man’s wise words:’…am satisfied pres lungu will unite this country across any cosmetic divide’. now that’s something to come from one of this man’s calibre. many zambians are not convinced that hh has ability to unite this country.it took mcs 10yrs to achieve on that while hh,even compared to edith,has seemingly not done a mile.perhaps he needed to be in govt before. major C has made valid points on unity worth any reasonabl man’s good
Hey …!! Major Chizhyuka has influenced me to vote for ECL. I am not going to vote for selfish free masons, satanists and big headed inexperienced under five political chaps. They have not even been a ward councilor for goodness sake
I have a suggestion. opposition leaders should be addressed as CHAIRMAN and in an event of winning a presidential election should one be addressed as PRESIDENT. This will stop opposition leaders comparing themselves to the Head of State as the case with UPND leader did. What is your comment people.
So who was bitter in Bweengwa? Just listen to PF speeches. There was no humility but bitterness. bweenga deliberately made a battle ground
he’s no longer a politician..he’s a former..alibe kantu uyu
Whether he is no longer a politician or not, what he is saying makes a lot of sense to me so we salute him.
NB-:YES I REMEMBER, BEMBAS AND EASTERNERS WERE FLUSHED OUT OF MOST GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS DURING MWANAWASA TIME. THAT CAMPAIGN IS STILL ON ONCE PF LOSES THE ELECTIONS IN AUGUST 2016. FELIX MUTATI IS VERY SELFISH, HE WAS PART OF THE MWANAWASA GOVERNMENT AND DID NOTHING TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO WERE BEING PERSECUTED. MUTATI SHOULD GO WHERE HE BELONGS BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT HIM.
THAT IS THE REASON HH SHOULD NOT BE VOTED IN AUGUST, THESE GUYS ARE VERY BAD BECAUSE THE ANTI-EASTERN/BEMBA CAMPAIGN WILL BE STARTED AGAIN BY THESE TRIBALISTS F00LS.
Robbie “chinunka” jikutu jobe wi kabwa sama!
Chizhyuka,Shakafuswa you can join PF. Check the graph, Chiluba ruled for 2 terms, Mwanawasa ruled for 1 term 3 years, RB continued were Mwanawasa left and ruled for 2 years only. Sata was elected ruled 3 years. Edgar Lungu will rule 1 year 6 months. Then HH will come in, if he will revamp the mines and create employement and reduce the poverty, then HH will get 2 terms. The next person to rule will be General Miyanda and he will put this country on right track and displine will prevail.