Delivering a written message when he called on the President at State House yesterday, Dr Kaunda praised Mr. Lungu for his continued concern for the unity of the country under the “One Zambia, One Nation” motto.
“Through the outcome of the vote, the people of Zambia continue to exhibit their trust in the President and his work,” Dr Kaunda said.
The First Republican President also hailed President Lungu for not considering his re-election as that of victors and the vanquished, but as a sign to do much more to unite and develop Zambia using the national motto.
“I am further moved by your continued concern for the unity of God’s people through the motto One Zambia, One Nation. Truly, you have continued to exhibit the great leadership qualities of sincerity, humility, and service to God and your fellow human beings,” he said.
“I was moved after hearing the President-elect stress with deep sincerity, his concern about One Zambia, One Nation in his first address to the members of the public who had thronged State House to congratulate him immediately after he was declared winner.”
Dr. Kaunda assured President Lungu that many people in Zambia, Africa and worldwide were in support of him, as he continues in his task of healing the nation in love, peace, unity and development.
HH has this one chance to be likable and votable by the rest of Zambia. Concede and reconcile and portray an interest in the goodness of Zambia. His persistent anger and crying portrays him as an ugly vindictive spirit. Zambians will never relate to that. He will forever be Hakainde Dundumwezi Hichilema!
Lungu deep down his guts knows he got away with it.
Not sure the court is the way to go HH.
Still think you are the best man to lead UPND.
Just re organise the party starting with your Vice Presidents.
Thanks
Bb2014
Time to get back to work. Let’s just give time to HH to finish his mourning ceremony. Lets be mindful that olila samasankha malilidwe. If you have attend a funeral of the ilas you should appreciate my counsel. They throw themselves, beat, run and di all strange stuff. We can only respect culture. HH and his Martha Mushimbe will sober up soon.
Inasmuch as it is a commendable thing to concede, I think it’s in the interest of transparency and democracy to understand if there were any malpractices during the vote counting. This is not to benefit the UPND only but our citizenry in uplifting the values of honesty and democracy. It’s okay to congratulate the incumbent but surely almost half of the electorate and taxpayers deserve to know the truth. It’s also high time our leaders I government understood that they are civil servants and performing their duties shouldn’t be seen as doing us a favour. One Zambia One Nation.
HH thinks it is his divine right to rule Zambia. But i have news for him, there is a new kid on the block called Andyford Banda who is likely to surpass him in 2021
Truth does not depend on who says it or how many people say it. Truth is just truth and it separates people of integrity from those who lack integrity. The evidence that has come through so far shows that this election was rigged. It doesn’t matter who or how many people congratulate Edgar, as long as these electoral malpractices are not satisfactorily addressed, this will remain a rigged election, Period! HH should not concede defeat because he was not defeated and conceding defeat will make HH part of the group of people without integrity. Dr. Kaunda is just joining the many weak souls who lack fairness and integrity in this country! In the next few days, a lot more such weak souls who have destroyed this country will congratulate Edgar! But the election still remains a rigged…
@Socrates, I couldn’t agree more.
There is a cult of ignorance in Zambia and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge’ ~ Adapted from Asimov.
@Socrates – You’re right me mate! These elections were certainly rigged. The votes from Southern Province should be inspected and re-counted. They don’t make sense.
I wrote a comment here warning all those who were aiding and abating the rigging on Lungu ‘s behalf that once it is done Lungu will become a full blown dictator. He will want to shutup all the people instrumental in rigging by eliminating them one by one in case they spew some information later about how this election was tempered with as a result of verbal diarrhoea. Emanuel Mwamba is one such guy.
Like I said they will start disappearing one by one because they are part of Lungu ‘s rigging schemes people wont raise eye brow over them. But people like Mwaliteta who were bent on doing good will have people on his side all the time to make it hard for Lungu to kill them.
One was killed in kabanana, Kasaro is going to die next it will Emanuel Mwamba and his group. All this Lungu will…
One was killed in kabanana, Kasaro is going to die next it will Emanuel Mwamba and his group. All this Lungu will try to do cover his tracks and destroy blackmail that might weaken his leadership.
With hunger and poverty looming Zambia as a result of Lungu’s incompetence, he will not manage to keep these people silenced at a fee. best solution he just eliminate them end off.
So beware if you played a part in rigging just know Lungu and his dogs are coming are coming your way to get you because you might talk.
Good will always triumph over evil.
VIVA UPND and the HH team.
Aluta continua Wanzelu.
Numbian Prince this election was stolen and HH will not conceed.Lungu knows he is thief.Most PF peaple i meet even at work know deep in their hearts the election was stolen and hence they dont feel proud.Stolen victory does not make any one proud.The war has just began ,its no longer business as usual we shall try the con court when it fails we shall claim our country back.(Northwestern Rhodesia).We nothing to apoligize being born Tonga is not a crime,that people should start dressing there Dogs and insulting us.The colonial masters were even better,than these bembas.We are not bitter with Nyanja the true tribalists are Bembas.Nyanja still voted for HH,but the Bembas are animals(Bakolwe).We want back our country,we have nothing in common.
ConCourt, like Tupac said, “All eyez on me (you)”. You have in your hands both a hummer and a nail to either drill the last nail to our democracy or to pluck out the nails drilled by ECZ and PF to our democracy. This is the turning point of Zambia. Your judgement will either divide Zambia forever or send a strong warning to would-be dictators to our democracy. The evidence is there in videos, articles, documents, images, etc. We wont accept shallow excuses of “we dont have conclusive evidence”, bla, bla..
As for international observers, we know what you are up to. You want to push your IMF agenda as quick as possible. Why would you declare these elections free and fair in the midst of all these irregularities? Useless!! Just go back to Europe and USA.
contd..
We will sort out our issues alone. The AU is the worst. Can you believe that they even declared the Zimbabwe and Uganda elections as being free and fair!!! Please leave Zambia. You are not welcome and definitely not needed.
As for KK, I have no comment. All I know is that he is mute on the Barotse issue. Just know that every dog has his day. This “victory” wont last.
The bembas kept calling KK Malawian and even tried to depot him to Malawi when they got power in 1991.They sponsored lungu for the presidency in 2015 because after sata it was not possible to field any of sata relatives who were fighting to take over from him.The demented Kaunda is still scared they could depot him and fire his children they have given jobs to.Kaunda has no choice but to hero worship the fraudstar.
What do you expect from a fellow Malawian? Does he see anything better than a Malawian governing this country? Isn’t this the same Kaunda who stopped Nkumbula from becoming the President of this Nation? One Zambia, One Nation, only when it favours Luapula, Northern, now Muchinga and Eastern Provinces? Let’s get back to South-Western and North-Eastern Rhodesia and start afresh.
KK knows ifintu ni Lungu.
I have advised HH many times before and he has ignored my advice. I hear that he even ignores the advice of senior members of UPND like those from Mazoka era. Apparently they claim that the only voice he listens to is his own or those who tell him sweet lies. So I am not wasting my time this time, if HH chooses to continue digging his grave, let him finish it and lie in it.
Terrible,
What do u mean?
You People Just hate HH because He is a successful business man.
God Will finally shame all you through The concourt.
HH should concede defeat in this election if he loves his country and his people than being President. He shouldn’t take the quest for Presidency too personal. Zambia is bigger than HH becoming President. He should put himself as a saviour of Zambia, NO! There are many Zambians, Economists etc far better than him. Let his followers not treat him like a god sent to save Zambia, he is just a simple Zambian like many of us. Mwanawasa was not Economist, they called him cabbage during campaigns including UPND members and never supported him, but today they are on top of their voices praising his legacy. UPND only got 55 seats and PF 87 seats in parliament, HH won in 4 provinces, while Lungu won in 6 provinces. Come on UPND don’t burn the country because HH, Zambia is bigger than him.
HH should not concede defeat. If he concedes defeat he would have fallen into the trap of the WICKED PF AND ECZ and he will disappoint the many of us who feel cheated by ECZ and PF! These WICKED forces, which include KK should be fought by all men and women of integrity!
Why are UPND members burning shops and houses for non Tongas in southern province? WHY? And HH is quiet about it. What if other tribes in other provinces do the same, that will be war. UPND were beating non Tongas especially Bembas and Easterners during campaigns in southern province and UPND did terrible things during the voting day in southern province, they were campaigning in the queues for UPND on the voting day.
The constitutional court judges must be very very careful as they receive the UPND petition. I am sure the Judges are Zambians and love Zambia. There is no election that is perfect even if you call for a rerun. With the violence in southern province against other tribes, you can imagine already what would be the reaction of other provinces to UPND if we went for the rerun…
That’s how people react when they feel cheated. Cheating people has many unintended consequences!
@K Bwalya,
You mean they react by harming other tribes?
Yes people may express dissatisfaction, but should that be directed to innocent people from other tribues?
What have those innocent non-tonga people committed to deserve punishment?
Why are they targeting other tribes instead of the system that handles election affairs?
How do they know if those non-tonga people do not love HH, and in fact if they did not vote for him?
How do they tell that the few votes PF got in Southern province did not come from fellow tongas?
How do they believe that only Tongas voted for HH, and not other tribes.
On what other basis do they come up with such views, than tribal reason?
Now, when they are told they tribal, how will they deny and water it down.
Trying to think this reaction normal and…
@K Bwalya,
Trying to think this reaction normal and try to imply that as such it is okay, may make it more and more difficulty for HH in the future. If u do not believe this just trash it.
Ba K Bwalya – So, when Sata lost to Rupiah or when Rupiah lost to Sata (in both cases narrowly), their strongholds should have gone on rampage to demonstrate their disapproval?
….Malawians must meet, we’re indeed lost souls
KK’ HAS CHOSEN HIS WORDS CAREFULLY WITH LOTS OF WISDOM. HE IS SPEAKING IN PARABLES AND THIS A BLOW FOR LUNGU.
LUNGU IS HURTING INSIDE TO HEAR THE WORDS FROM KK SUCH AS “HONESTY, SINCERITY, UNITY, “MOST PEOPLE IN ZAMBIA AND THE WORLD ARE WITH YOU”? – Parable from KK
“I was moved after hearing the President-elect stress with deep sincerity, his concern about One Zambia, One Nation in his first address to the members of the public who had thronged State House to congratulate him immediately after he was declared winner.”
THAT IS FOR LUNGU TO REFLECT AND SEARCH HIS HEART BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT KK IS TALKING ABOUT HERE.
Lets wait and see.
Petitioning is party of democracy to seek clarity and perfect the system. Calling HH names does not help anyone. Kaunda used to compete with frogs until when the frog was replaced with the watch to tell him it’s time up. The clock continued ticking until when Zambians borded the boat. The boat almost capsized along the way due to the presence of Jonah..So let the petition sort out Jonah and allow the hand of God direct, serve Zambia and deliver it from economic destraction..No one cares where the boat will go but all that we know is the majority votes has been misplaced by ECZ in the boat to Ta shish when the destination is Ninivr.
Who in Africa will stand up for fairness, integrity and truth? If these are the leaders Africa has had and will continue having, Africa will remain a dark continent! It is no wonder the scientific community is saying about 50% of Africans have an IQ of 70 and therefore mentally retarded. The evidence is overwhelming: It even includes former leaders and current leaders! What a shame!
Under five what can you add to KK’s words. If this cant move you, then you are beyond redemption and can never lead zambia. Learn from the similarity between KK and ECL
Where is talkative Rucy?
Imagine people coming to congratulate you over one pregnant woman while while waiting for a paternity test results because another many is saying is responsible for the pregnancy.
There is nothing like under 5, under 6, we are all Zambians, let us be civil and mature. The reason why God put the head of a person over all other organs is to enable the person think properly devoid of insults and mocking others. I am PF myself and I believe in democracy. The REPUBLICAN President and the Secretary General of our party has advised that we need to be sober in our victory as PF. So colleagues, there is absolutely no need to call HH names, it is unnecessary. Let us focus on things that build as Dr Kaunda has advised.
I have had great respect for KK, but he has been a let down under Lungu’s administration and during these elections. Why has he been quiet what Lungu and his PF police and cadres have been killing and injuring Zambians? well, we forgive the old man
Even bad people when they die we say he was a good person. People will congrats but not really mean it.
Sorry for Zambia because by the time Lungu leaves his office he going to be the second richest person after HH.
We will talk in few years time. Great Kalu ….minister of ?????? Was his Labour in vein????
It must choke lungu that most people know he rigged the elections…..there is no worst thing than lacking legitimacy. Especially after claming to have spent $10 billion on development.
But thieves do not care about legitimacy, it is the looting they care about.
When Sata got the whole northern and Luapula Provinces then, it was called a strong hold but when HH got the whole Southern Province it was tribalism.
When Chiluba got 95% from Luapula and Northern Province then, it was a stron hold but when Mazoka got 95% of Southern Province it was tribalism. Kikikikikiki
POINT OF CORRECTION CHILUBA NEVER STOOD AGAINST MAZOKA IN ANY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. IT WAS LEVY MWANAWASA AGAINST MAZOKA IN 2001. RESULTS ARE THERE TO SHOW.
#18, Ukusabaila fye kwati utu alwele amenso!
this old man is a demagogue..he doen’s care about Zambia..i thought he’s dead
Gary “aka” Zambian your fellow teacher who committed suicide did so because he discovered that what you did to your friends wife who owns lodges was also done to his wife during the election period when he couldn’t be home…unlike your friend who is a man of God who forgave, your fellow teacher took his life…please even in loss you can at least for once be honest, remember at munis after you had fed your body alcohol you loudly proclaimed ‘I will resign if HH loses the 2015 election’…did you? Nope! You duped MJS AJ10 to sale his soul and now he looks confused…and we all know you collected ‘party’ funds in the US but declared only half…
It seems no one sees anything wrong..its just to sit back and wait for the next General Election same cycle of shambles, questionable tender processes…anyway KK is a compromised old man.
We never experienced this in the last elections until Pf came on the scene.
Please Zambians if you really love Zambia get rid of Pf, there are thugs and soon Zambians will regret for voting for them
This is why the selfsame thing will happen again and again as we never face issues head on..we would rather pray in a church to white Jesus
@Jay Jay,
LOL – Suggesting that we can stop the ‘selfsame thing from happening again and again’ by becoming racists like you is as false, bigoted, narrow-minded, barmy and short-sighted as saying we could have stopped the same from happening by practicing tribal-segregation. By ushering in dual-citizenship, we are now in a pluralistic society, both in terms of religion AND race, so get over it.
I must say you really make KK look outstanding with his humanism, which transcended tribe and race as far back as the 60s.
I dont know what you are alluding to…my point is on Good Governance or the lack of it that has led to all this incompetence at ECZ.
RB & KK should not have rushed to congratulate the President. They should have waited for the judgment to be passed from the Concourt otherwise this is just proving to Zambians that they are partisan when they are supposed to be non partisan. Infact the Wako ni wako slogan initiated by RB has brought more harm than good. The one Zambia one Nation has been swept under the carpet. Weather appointments are made from the Tonga land or luvale land I don’t think it will carry any substance at the moment because the majority of the Zambians are in pains caused by this regional voting pattern. Politicians are to be blamed for this disunity prevailing in the country. My suggestion is that for the sake of peace should the concourt rule against HH. President Lungu with the help of RB and KK should…
Ba KK naimwe why can’t emulate Mandela who never took sides? You are the one left to promote one Zambia one Nation. Unite the Nation while you are still alive, call your two sons put them together and give them words of wisdom.
@K Bwalya,
Do you mean they react by harming other tribes?
Should their reaction be directed to innocent people from other tribues?
What have those innocent non-tonga people committed to deserve punishment?
What is the rationale for targeting other tribes instead of the system that handles election affairs?
Are they sure those non-tonga people do not love HH, and in fact if they did not vote for him?
How do they tell that the few votes PF got in Southern province did not come from fellow tongas?
How do they believe that only Tongas voted for HH, and not other tribes?
On what other basis do they come up with such views, than tribal reason?
Now, when they are told they tribal, how will they deny and water it down?
How do you explain that targeting non-tongas is not tribal but…
@K Bwalya,
How do you explain that targeting non-tongas is not tribal but mere expression of dissatisfaction?
If you refuse to admit that there a problem, it means you enjoy that problem and you don’t want it to go.
If Tonga’s will still say what is happening in Southern province is not tribal but normal ele ton reaction then it is clear that they enjoy and want to continue to tow things on tribal lines.
Why do something and then pretend it is not happening when all can see?
There was no tribal voting. Democracy entails every body votes for their choice. So don’t f0ol yourselves that there was tribal voting, it is democracy. Don’t see it as tribal, see it as democracy. I am happy with the way all provinces voted, they simply voted according to their preferences which is democracy
@Grace,
We are talking about the victimization of other tribes from southern province.
Do you mean harming other tribes is democracy? If they lose an election;
Should their reaction be directed to innocent people from other tribues?
What have those innocent non-tonga people committed to deserve punishment?
What is the rationale for targeting other tribes instead of the system that handles election affairs?
Are they sure those non-tonga people do not love HH, and in fact if they did not vote for him?
How do they tell that the few votes PF got in Southern province did not come from fellow tongas?
How do they believe that only Tongas voted for HH, and not other tribes?
On what other basis do they come up with such views, than tribal reason?
How do you explain that targeting…
@K Bwalya,
How do you explain that targeting non-tongas is not tribal?
Anyway, feel free to defend.
You have a right, just like voters have a right to cast for whoever.
But where it comes to injuring other people the more you defend that behavour the harder you are making it for HH in future elections. Again you are free to trash what am saying – after all am not even paid for this advice.
the PF hijacked national media to spread tribalism thru all their top wigs even that did not help them very much they had to openly rig to win and you want normal pipo to respect the win zed has a standard for a normal win twalene amafi yenu kuli M7 and Mugabe a level yenu ba PF.
@ Socrates, you are brilliant just like the owner of the name was. The farmer, you talk sense just like farmers are able to feed us. Fellow Zambians, PF & UPND, Lets unite and fight one common enemy. This issue of people disappearing is something we must take serious. it does not matter which party u are on today. if u disagree with them tomorrow, they will clear u out of their way. its time we opened our eyes beyond the support we have for the particular political party.
I think some People should grow up and start living in reality.HH lost, its just that defeat is a bitter pill to swallow especially if you have invested heavily in your campaigns. The postmortem he can do is to analyze the contributions of ex pf members i.e. GBM,MIles.GUY Scott. These people made him lose. The running mate decision was a serious bladder no wonder it took too long to pick the so called cloud puller not voters magnet.good luck next time.
So Proud to be Tonga – We are the maizebelt and cattlebelt of the nation. While other cultivated cassava and millet, we taught them to grow maize, rear cattle and not kill it for meat. They all now run to Zambeef and tell their neighbours how lovely T-Bone steak is better than Money
lies!
BTW do Bembas save money? No they don’t
28.Meant to write blander
It all shows the hypocrisy of Kaunda and RB. What is one Zambia one nation for marginalized people. To them yes it works because it benefits them. Unfortunately it is nothing to us if these lies continue to be propagated by the likes of Kaunda and RB. A faulty line has emerged in Zambia. The amalgamation of 1911 is the faulty line unless the concourt proves to have integrity by bringing justice and declaring the true winner president. We will accept nothing less.
All the people of Zambia are tribalist. Leave Southerners alone after all they are the indigenous. You all came from other Countries enough is enough.
Is KK from Southern Province?Or i forgot he is from Eastern,as is Rupiah Banda and Lungu himself.KK is just one BASTARD that wants Zambia to be always ruled by Easterners.KK is very very cruel.Watch him,never trust this man,for 27years he divided Zambia from western province,he killed all his opponents and brought in a one party state.So what do you think his advise to Lungu wud be?……Kill all you opponents & your strong party members so that u remain a one strong man-alone.This is what KK deep inside his heart wishes.This man is Malawaian he has no love for Zambia but for Easterners to survive in Zambia.All his achievements were for other countries,they did not benefit Zambia but instd made us suffer that we even ate yellow maize.This maggot facked us up!He sold our only country.
KK shd die in hell!!!!!fack KK,fack his fake love for Zambia.This man hates Zambia deep down his heart.He is up for revenge.KK wants to keep Tongas & Lozis away from Zed politics while having the Bembas as servants to an Easterner.Bembas can never rule this country as long an Easterner is in charge of PF.This operation is bigger than life-if Ba copala are still sleeping at this hour then continue with your sleep.Becos Easterners have arrived back into the centre of Zambian politics.This is not abt Zambia-this is abt an Easterner being in charge of Zambia & doing all it takes to stay back in power even if it means assasinating Emmanuel Mwamba & Chishimba Kambwili.So be it.Zambia will now in the very near future officially divide.Thankyou
Redbull, you are a truly paranoid ba$tard! My God, how much bile have you got left after spitting so much vile? Zambia will remian united whatever and however much hatred you spew on this forum. ZICTA should track hatred preachers like you and send you to jail where you belong before you incite some brainless f00ls to start a full blown war.
NUMBSKULL!
While it can be claimed that everyone is a tribalist, I think this is the first Tim am hearing that people are being beaten on the basisi of being a different tribe. And on the suspicion that the candidate who has warn does not belong to their tribe, i.e. tonga.
I know that it is not all Tonga’s, but a few who have misrepresented the Tonga’s. There also others who are defending behaviour, or ignoring it, both of which mean the same – support for the act. When encourage the act you actually approve of it.
So, yes everyone could tribal, if at all you are right, but any tribe that harms other tribes merely on account tribe other than any of fence committed, they are dangerously tribal.
Does Kaunda really understand a credible election?
The guy now will “die” of jealous! He CANNOT win! He will NEVER win! He shall NEVER win! Watch this space!
@37 continue to live in denial! He is a former president and he has a better understanding than your corrupted self! Your understanding is through the eyes of people who watch dogs in Zambia!
Even if losers GBM, Sampa, Scott, Mulenga were not in the chronic losing party Hazalusa Hagain was going to lose! Five times is a record time!
If by any chance some you get a chance to travel. You will get a chance to see the world from a different perspective. Hopefully, maybe then you’d be able to make informed decisions in your house, in your town and in your country. People wait for EU, US or IMF to tell them what to do while proclaiming to the world that they are a sovereign nation. Think about it, a sovereign nation which can’t fund its own budget, its health care deliver system etc. Our young people are right now getting a raw deal. Soon we will reach a point of no return. No insults please, respect the objective perspective or disagree respectfully.
There is no doubt First Republican President Dr Kenneth Kaunda Congratulates Edgar Lungu for a very simple reason that He can’t see the difference between Edgar and himself in, particularly, two ways. Both are Nyasalandan and Dictators.
I am surprised that, at his age, He can not warn ECL of an impending catastrophe in the manner He is doing things. It is not Right and it would just be fair if Dr. KK condemned the violent and divisive team ECL hides his mess in. This country is big and it has people with brains coming from different regions. Not the Gun toting thugs we see being given the ‘right to kill’ indiscriminately.
Frank Bwalya does not behave like one whose calling was to save lives. Sometimes I am prompted to think He is mad. He seems to be comfortable with the killings and…
Adamson Mushala is at the end of this tunnel!
As long as UPND REMNAINS A Tribal party they will never succeed in winning any elections now or ever. Zambia should remain one Zambia One Nation .The 44 UPND MPS will soon defect to PF for a job .Mark my word. In Zambia all the politicians are after their own bread and butter. They are never faithful to their own parties like in the Western workd
With the seeds planted in this year’s elections. It will be very hard in future to have any credible elections in Zambia. We have formally joined the club of African elections drama.
it may seem as though Zambia is divided between those who understand life from an intellectual perspective and those with little education. Unfortunately some who have the knowledge want to capitalise on the ignorance of the less priviladged. An evil path to the destruction of the vulnerable in our society.It remains an individual responsibility for each to weigh conscience .