Kabushi Member of Parliament Bowman Lusambo has alleged that the New Dawn Government will be kicked out of power in 2026 by the people of Zambia.
Mr. Lusambo, the former Lusaka Province Minister, said the UPND Government has failed the people of Zambia in the four months it has been in power.
He said it is not too early to see that the UPND Government of President Hakainde Hichilema is not taking Zambians anywhere.
Featuring on a Radio Icengelo Programme, Mr. Lusambo said the UPND has u-turned on its many promises among them reducing fuel and electricity prices.
He said in the first four months of being in power the UPND Government has not set the base of ensuring that Zambia becomes prosperous.
Mr. Lusambo said the Government has made harsh decisions like the removal of subsidies on fuel and electricity that will affect the majority of poor Zambians.
He said many Zambians have been left frustrated by the harsh decisions being implemented by the Government.
Mr. Lusambo said the people of Zambia have not seen the value of changing the Government from PF to UPND.
“The UPND is going out of Government in 2026 because the people of Zambia have regretted changing Government. People can’t go into 2026 with UPND. I am happy that the people of Zambia are regretting because we told them that President Hakainde Hichilema can’t govern because he is only good at privatization,” Mr. Lusambo said.
“Zambians are doubting Thomases now they have seen for themselves. Mr. Hakainde has failed; this is the way people fail. Like I said in the 100 days foundation you can see whether there is progress or not. You can’t even tell whether this Government is going or coming. Failing can be seen even in three months. Just like building you can tell from the foundation that this structure will collapse,” he said.
Mr. Lusambo said he doesn’t agree with people saying it is too early to criticize the UPND Government.
“They were saying Barry will fix it. They were saying electricity and fuel will go down but we are yet to see that. People are not interested in increases in prices. People want cheaper fuel and electricity. This is a deceitful Government. If you go into the office as President, within 100 days you should set your foundation. Free education foundation, fuel reduction foundation,” he said.
Mr. Lusambo added that the UPND has also u-tuned its promises not to appoint political cadres into the civil service.
“Another lie, the UPND said they will remove politics from the civil service. We don’t want politicians to be civil servants now look at the list of appointed people. We have seen that Permanent Secretaries are cadres, deputy permanent secretaries are cadres and district commissioners are all cadres. They have brought new Permanent Secretaries and new deputy permanent secretaries and new district commissioners who do not know anything leaving behind directors who have institutional memory of these provinces and ministries. These new Permanent Secretaries and new deputy permanent secretaries are yet to grasp a thing so as we speak Government business is stagnant. These people are just watching each other in offices,” he said.
Meanwhile, Mr. Lusambo said the recent charges leveled against the arrested former PF Government Ministers won’t go anywhere.
“Zambia is a country of rule and law. In Zambia, we say there is no one above the law but what we are seeing, the arrests of people who served in the PF Government does mean they committed crimes. It is just these people being arrested that are giving pressure on President Hichilema. Many people talk about corruption, tell me anyone who was arrested and jailed for corruption in the previous Government. These are not corruption cases, what you are seeing is persecution. These cases are not going anywhere,” Mr. Lusambo said.
Former Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Malanji, former Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo, former Water Development Minister Raphael Nakacinda, and former Secretary to the Treasury Dr. Fredson Yamba are some of the former PF officials recently arrested.
Mr. Malanji is charged with Dr. Yamba on charges of willful failure to comply with the law when they transferred over K154.2 million to the Zambian mission in Turkey without following the law on supplementary expenditure as provided by article 203 of the Zambian constitution.
Police have also arrested, warned, and cautioned Mr. Kampyongo for the offense of Endangering Safety Contrary to Section 8(f) of CAP 445 Safety of Civil Aviation Act of the laws of Zambia while Mr. Nakacinda has been charged with defamation of the President.
Maybe the UPND will be voted out in 2026, but one thing is sure: the PF will NOT be voted in!
@1 He didn’t say PF will be voted in, but UPAND DOWN will be voted OUT.
PF just forget you are the ones who put us in this mess. Did you fulfil your promises you made?
WISHFUL THINKING
THE QUESTION SHOULD BE WILL THIS CHAP LUSAMBO BE RELAVENT IN 2026 ??
I SAY NOT
Boman Lusamabo is full of komboni manners. Those Getto guys who talk a lot but all what they say is nonsense and put themselves in trouble. I feel Zambia was so degraded to have such a lunatic serve as Minister.
“Kabushi Member of Parliament Bowman Lusambo has alleged that the New Dawn Government will be kicked out of power in 2026 by the people of Zambia….”
Yes, that is how he assured Zambians that HH is being retired after Aug elections…….
KABWATA FOR PF, COME 2026, OLD WAYs OF VOTING WILL BE BACK…..PF NEVER SAY DIE…..JUST LIKE THE LOSING PARTY THAT BOUNCED BACK IN MALAWI
I would Media Houses country wide give Bowman Lusambo as much coverage as they can so that he can tell the nation how Bally and UPND Alliance have failed to deliver on their many pre election promises. This will also allow people to know the type of hopeless and ill informed leaders that made decisions on our behalf. .
#1. Some of us thought that UPND in its current form would “Never” form Govt. Here we are UPND under HH in Govt. So Never say Never, the political dynamics are very unpredictable because there are many factors that contribute to the outcome and let alone tribal voting patterns.
For you to sit there on the radio and speak freely while scratching your left b…… barely four months after elections, is already an achievement by the UPND. Had it been for you pf who would have won, would you have allowed anyone to criticize you at this time. *****s.
Your jamason said he will arrest HH when he is elected on 12 the August saying umulandu Taubola. So don’t complain when old cases you committed are being revisited, just prove that you are innocent. Infact you are even lucky that new dawn government is a civilized government that is granting you police bonds unlike you who never had respect for Zambian human rights. Even when jamason claimed to had letter of attendance for law studies.
ZAmbians are are NOT Fuuls, and they will Not forget the promises and fake “alebwelelapo pamupando”, BTW what will PF offer when the “anointed” Lungu will NOT be the president?
Honestly, does LUSAMBO believe that Zambians will rally behind in masses to VOTE for KAMBWILI or MWAMBA or LUBINDA, Honestly ?? You are cheating yourselves
Just admit that it has become difficult for you and the clique to survive outside government…will support hh7 as long as whatever they do is to put this country back on track economically politically socially etc..
Keep on dreaming Mr Lusambo.
PF is dead and burried.
Form another party under a different name.
Zambians have bad memories of PF.
Zambians will revert to voting for frog.
Upnd have failed and everyone knows so, including their president. My bro lusambo is only saying things that evert political analyst can see. Stop supporting with your tribe but look at things objectively if you want to stand a chance of winning.
In 2026 we shall come out fighting for the Zambia we want ,but I can tell you ,it won’t for Lusambo & PF and the rest of Morons in that Criminal Enterprise of a Party.
PF is finished,just ban the whole Crime Syndicate.
By then a New Zambia will have been revealed from the Ashes of Edgar Chagwa Lungu and his Corrupt Criminal Enterprise of a Government left behind.
Why are Radio Stations continuing giving coverage to Morons like Bowman Lusambo.Stop feeding the Criminals ,the Shameless Basket of DESPICABLES that is Patriotic Front Party.
These are Morons who wanted Edgar Lungu his Criminal Enterprise in Office for another 5 years We need to raise standards ,raise the Bar
.Zambians deserve Better
IWE’ CHI “HONOURABLE KOSENI”, KABIYE’ UKO, MAK@KA!!
How is the D.N.A process going Mr Dull Lusaka is Dubai, Cheese eater.
You will rot in jail, & cry harder, than on August 16th for your crimes, Mbuma iwe!!
2026 is still far away. Next year you bowman won’t even be there after losing your seat in the by election.
Scared people will always personally attack the messenger instead of dealing with their predicament. Upnd is a rotten party which lied and promised heaven on earth. Now the chickens have come home to roost.
Shouldn’t that cheer you up Bowman? You look too gloomy for such good news for PF. Pray on the mountain and fast for 365 days for UPND to fail and it will be good for you. Don’t talk about it, pray about it. Instead of being in studios talking you should be casting out demons and dismantling fortresses. AND, no side chickens!
The same things which PF used to say before August 12 is what they are still saying now, appears they don’t learn. That is why School is very important
Amos Chanda has told these PF guys that you must rebrand and detach yourselves from things that made PF lose power and that is rebranding and that rebranding is not synonymous(assuming PF chaps know the meaning of this word) with just issuing statements, here is the man just issuing statements again, and a psychological feeble statement
Vi Kawalala vi PF, vikali na energy yo Kamba, that’s why ine nina chokamo two weeks ago, I am not going to work with mbala
UPND is a serious government and the people of Zambia are solidly behind it, it is not like PF which misled us with more money in our pockets and after ten years there was nothing in our pockets
We the 2.8m will increase to 3.8m in 2026 in favour of UPND. PF you are out forever. So far we are happy with the UPND government. The road to prosperity is never a smooth one
For most Zambians, assuming UPND failed PF would never be the alternative, PF is buried and forgotten except for these few remnants trotting to radio stations and those pretending to blog here , PF is in the category of UNIP, David Livingstone, Robert Moffat and others in the museum
PF is in the museum, just next with David Livingstone’s coat. books and other artefacts. We will not even need to use radio carbon dating to determine how long PF will be out, because it appears it will be forever, especially after lamentable failure. How do your friends leave inflation at 6% then you take it 22%, MMD leaves the exchange rate at 6 kwacha to a dollar then you take it to K23, and in your heads you want to come back, to come back to do what. And that dall acting PF SG of yours, despite Zambians saying we want bread and butter issues, the chap is still talking about infrastructure
Continue dreaming Bowman, ivo sivi za ka chitikapo. No one can ever vote for PF, going by the orderliness and organization of the UPND which we are already seeing. Even the PF psychological warfare that HH has not kept his promises is not working because you PF told people of more money in peoples pockets which never happened, lower taxes never happened, more jobs never happened, what moral authority do you even have to question UPND promises