Government says it has observed with amusement UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilemas growing frustration at the prospect of losing an election for the sixth time.
Acting Chief Government spokesperson Stephen Kampyongo says Mr Hhichilema knows that he is miles behind the Patriotic Front government and President Edgar Lungu’s support and popularity from the Zambian people ahead of the 2021 elections.
Mr Kampyongo said this is why Mr Hichilema has now taken to attacking innocent public operatives such as the ECZ Chairperson Justice Essau on unfounded and unmerited accusations.
He said Mr Hichilema is a dictator haunted by his own shadow of a serial loser.
Mr Kampyongo has warned Mr Hichilema to manage his political frustrations responsibly and avoid anything that brings him into conflict with the law.
He said Mr Hichilemas statement against Justice Essau Chulu as reported on his Facebook page and Twitter today is not only intimidating but but also tantamount to inciting citizens into civil disobedience against government.
Mr Kampyongo said the sentiments against Justice Chulu is the is the highest level of vanity where someone starts counting the chicks before they hatch.
“For once, let Mr Hichilema should be schooled and accept the reality that it is only the people of Zambia who have the power to decide who becomes the President for the country in an election.
He said Mr Hichilema should concentrate on selling his manifesto to the people of Zambia and avoid issuing intimidatory and threatening remarks against civil servants and government will not allow politicians to get away with such unfounded and unbecoming and dictatorial conduct.
Mr Hichilema says Zambia remains one of the shining examples of a stable and peaceful democracy and no amount of hunger for Power by the likes of Mr Hichilema should be allowed to dent this impeccable record.
And Mr Kampyongo has refuted reports circulating on social media that passport fees have been increased calling it fake news from fake elements bent on causing unwarranted public anxiety..
Earlier in the day, Mr Hichilema assured that anyone who will participate in rigging the next general elections will do so at their own peril.
He said severe prosecution, a possible prison sentence and a lifetime of shame awaits them.
“Mark my words, it will be the biggest mistake of your lives. We now have the necessary tools and the technical know how to watch you, and you will certainly not get away with it this time around”, he said.
“The way to win an election is to canvas for votes peacefully and honestly and ultimately let the will of the people reflect in their choice. Not vakuba, aikona man.
Don’t say you were not warned”, he added.
Is this statement coming from government or a street vendor? This is really sad and unprofessional
@Zaka Zeka Its coming a passenger of an ill fated boat
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Kampyongo was a money changer at Katondo street. You can move the man from the streets but you can to move the street from the man. Can the Kapoli assure the nation of a free and fair election in 2021
PF is now in a panic mode.
This is pf position, the government is bigger than pf and upnd, political parties come and go.
Kuya bebele
The Government or the PF? Ba LT can we please be professional in our reporting. There is a clear difference.
Government has no place condemning on the democratic right of an individual to get elected using the right channels. On the other hand a party has the right to do so on a political platform.
The days of the Party and it’s Government are long gone. The Government is owned by the people. Such mix ups cause Government assets to bear the names of the first family.
Ninshi Ba Lusaka times imwe ma motoka yanu yaenda nampepo and not mungwimba?
The only thing you should be amused with is HH’s growing popularity
On point honorable.
H² is dead afraid.
No chance, the deads are now so lost.
No amount of intimidation will work.
About 1 year eight months to go.
Up the sleeves as the people judge PF.
Ba LT muzinkalako serious ndithu
Mr Hichilema says Zambia remains one of the shining examples of a stable and peaceful democracy and no amount of hunger for Power by the likes of Mr Hichilema should be allowed to dent this impeccable record.
Why is everything about winning or losing elections and not service to the people of zambia? PF has reduced leadership to winning or losing elections. Really sad to see.
Xactly my thoughts:
Our politicians of Africa are all power hungry. They are the kind of politician who just wants to focus on elections. They just want to get into State House like that is the promised land. What we should ask them is how do they intend to contribute to national development if they dont win elections? And Im sure all of them wont have an answer. What you will see is that they are not in politics to contribute but only to obtain the power or authority to be able to steal. A person like Al Gore lost the US elections and didnt think that was the end of everything. He went ahead to contribute to society. People should go into politics for what they can contribute not onlywwhat they can get out of it.
HH, Lungu, Banda name them all think they are in politics only for…
they are in politics only for elections. We must be careful whom we vote for.
Aka kachikkala is denting Dora’s microphone.
Where is Dora, we miss you.
The real issues at hand that the few at the helm of PF should be concerned about is the economic state the country is in. This HH this and that is frankly old news. Don’t ran away from the real corruption issues PF is riddled in and your failure to govern. There is no room for you to reverse. Kuya forward bebele!
Nostradamus killed Sailosi and Mushota. Whoever thought those two vuvuzelas would ever go quiet? Abakali bakali. Salute
HH has never won an election in the last 13 years, he has lost all competitive Presidential elections. HH is not a democrat; in his own political party, internal elections have not been held since 2006. What is he talking about attacking civil servants? When you lose an election just concede defeat like Jeremy Cobyn.
Precisely!! Hh knew in 2016 that if he conceded defeat, that was the end of his career in politics. So to keep his fanatics interested, he set up a petition on flimsy grounds and hatched the rigging story. How do you claim rigging when you have 54 mps against your opponent’s 82 + 12?? His supporters religiously believe his victory was stolen but deep down hh knows he’s a big liar who has lost elections since 2006!! Like the civil politics in UK or other advanced democracies, like Corbin in UK, step down musankwa and let democracy prevail!!
HH has gone ”Trumpian” by engaging the Cambridge Analytica Rigging Organisation again for the 2021 elections.
Who said ” I have not bl00d lost?”
Elections in Africa are never lost! They are grabbed unless the wind of change is overpowering!
The ones who will lose now are the ones who have increased everything by abnormal margins!
Are you now saying the increased cost of living has been caused by the opposition? Don’t waste time on the opposition. It’s the suffering Zambians you should be worried about! You seem to be out of touch with reality on the ground! Don’t forget that Sata was voted into office on protest vote, so don’t write off anyone!
The people are coming after you not the opposition. HH is a rich man who has worked hard for his riches unlike you mappets whose ill gotten wealth will haunt you for many years in jail. Think again do you think HH will be hurt with increase in fuel and electricity charges? It us my bro you should be worried about, we are coming with our ballots to hound you out in 2021, that should be your worry . HH or no HH we are fed up with you morons.
Why didn’t you hound out PF and ECL in Milenge, Chilanga and other by-elections?? You know, just like the way southern or western will vote in numbers for hh, the other provinces will vote for ECL. So keep your tuma cheap and empty threats to yourself and your social media fanatics. We on the ground will endorse ECL for another 5 years!!!!!!!!!
The only ones in panic mode and fear are those that magically decide to reduce their salary by a mere 20 percent to hoodwink voters. Also , everyone knows that most broke desperate people are likely to deal in drugs.. so we not surprised that magically the pf want to legalise the trade in marijuana. We are not f.o.ol.s
The ones that are in the punic mood are those who have elections from 2001 to 2016. Pf was formed in 2001 and won the general elections in 2011, a period of only 10 years in opposition. Upnd has been in opposition from 1998 since it was formed, till 2019, upnd has been around for 20 damn years in opposition. So who is in a punic mood? PF? wala. Hakaivotela Hekha is the one panicking. No wonder he is issuing threats and his cheap threats will take nowhere. This time, he is going to cry the cow stile, LUNGU WANDIBIDA MAVOTI. Unawinapo liti ?
Kapyongo take it easy! HH and his supporters are simply warning you not to tamper with the votes again just like Sata warned Rupiah and MMD in 2011.And it’s obvious the 2021 polls will be the most watched and protected votes in living memory.It will be do or die.
…. Will the whole of Luapula, Northern, Muchinga, Eastern, Lusaka and the Copperbelt vote for hh??? Milenge, Bahati, Chilanga, Kafue and still counting. On watchdog, mast, diggers, hh has already won; on the ground, azalila anso…..
@7.1 Zambian Citizen,UNLESS THEY RIG AS HH IS WARNING,those areas you are mentioning are NOT as PF as they used to be!! The real battles for winning the Presidency is in urban areas,Lusaka and CB where turnout is good and are big constituencies! This where PF has hurt people most with unemployment,loadshedding,high cost of living,corruption,violence etc,in rural areas Agriculture has been destroyed,some farmers up to now have not been paid for their crop of last season! So,who will really vote for PF apart from few cadres?!
Nix, my guy!! 54 mps vs 82+12 mps ati rigging?? Sata won Lusaka and CB in 2006 but lost to Levy. It’s numbers, that’s all. Farmers are selling a bag of maize for up to K200 kwacha, have you heard them complain lately?? We know loadshedding is not PFs fault but that UNIP infrastructure against ballooning population which MMD should have built new ones-Kafue Lower + private solar and hydro + Maamba=1800mw next year. Rigging?? When ECZ allows all players to sit in every polling station in the country, why didn’t you show us the ballots that were RIGGED?????????
If upnd think of still using hh as their permanent candidate for 2021 then let them blem themselves, the Man is still very far away from the state house
I like the upnd party and the members but I can’t vote hh,his mp yes I can vote for him, councilor yes but not hh.
Mr. Ndlovu, why don’t you like HH?
He’s a liar and undemocratic dictator who has lost elections 5 times. Let upnd choose new leadership. He’s a danger to the peace of this nation!!!
Zambian citizen could you kindly list down the lies HH has told the Zambian people? We can do lie for lie. I’ll go first, 1. Lungu lied about opening Mulungushi Textiles. Your turn.
That’s a simple one. Hh lied that the 2016 election was stolen from him. He knew the petition had no standing with lack of evidence as upnd was present in every crucial polling station. With 54 mps under his belt, how could he possibly cry rigging when his rival had 82 + 12 mps?? Then hh abrogated the upnd constitution by clinging to power beyond 2016 as it only allowed a leader 2 five year terms, why is he still the sole candidate now with no VP; what happened to democracy in upnd????????
Just vote for HH you dull Zambians, can’t you think. Most of you are tuma businessmen and the man is a businessman like you so he will align with your agenda. Kennedy stop the hatred and do what is right for the country even though it may not be what you like after all you probably work for a boss you don’t like. Vote based on your needs not likes
Ironic, you want votes from the same people you are calling dull?? Awe mwe, upnd is amazing.
Imagine they keep antagonising Bembas but they want their votes. Bushe balitumpa?
Fi nangwa, fi kachema ifi!!!
Zambian imbec1le has crapped again
Zambians will vote for PF at their own peril. Endless corruption cases, cadreism, loadshedding, overborrowing.
And then we wonder why there is no prosperity and jobs. Anyway, it is a choice that the electorate makes. Now we have made our bed and brought price hikes in fuel and tariffs, we must sleep our bed.
For those that want a different life, do not vote PF. Plain and simple.
Kkkkkk…ba HAM minister tell them, insulting all public institutions in this country is not a solution but for u5 to insult the people who voted for ECL and wants votes from them ..KKK let him forget plot one.we love our country no matter how things are difficult for now but u5 is not our rescue…twapita mukwai
If you love your country, how come you support kleptocracy?
You get into power and from day one the rhetoric is all about elections, who lost and about winning the next ones. In the meantime, completely clueless about running a country and sorting out the economy in a way that creates a thriving environment and real opportunities for the most.
H2
TAKAWINEPO ANY
ELECTION
but first come to understand something
This same man Mwanawasa beat him,he knows how many times, Rupiah beat him he knows how many times and now sata beat him before he died , All these past and previous president were rigging against
Him??????
And ECL already has beaten him twice but still claims or cries foul
Come on there a lot of things to do after losing iweeeee.
H2
TAKAWINEPO ANY
ELECTION
but first come to understand something
This same man Mwanawasa beat him,he knows how many times, Rupiah beat him he knows how many times and now sata beat him before he died , All these past and previous president were rigging against
Him??????
And ECL already has beaten him twice but still claims or cries foul
Come on there a lot of things to do after losing iweeeee.
Wait and see, you will die of shock
I hate pf
That’s why they will win
If PF could rig the economy like the way you rigged the last election then you can speak of HH losing again. But as it is now, you are failing badly I fear a Mwamba Luchembe coup can occur to chase you clueless chaps out of power so that someone who knows what they’re doing can takeover. You can talk about HH losing but at least he gained the experience and knowledge about what to do which Lungu lacks. Experience and knowledge are very important than just winning. Last time you barely won, now with hunger and not paying people it is going to get worse
@7.1 Zambian Citizen,UNLESS THEY RIG AS HH IS WARNING,those areas you are mentioning are NOT as PF as they used to be!! The real battles for winning the Presidency is in urban areas,Lusaka and CB where turnout is good and are big constituencies! This where PF has hurt people most with unemployment,loadshedding,high cost of living,corruption,violence etc,in rural areas Agriculture has been destroyed,some farmers up to now have not been paid for their crop of last season! So,who will really vote for PF apart from few cadres?!
ON THE GROUND THE OPPOSITION HAVE GAINED,NO FEAR WE WILL REMOVE PF FROM GOVERNMENT COME 2021. KAMPYONGO ,THE BEST YOU SHOULD DO IS TO START PLANNING WERE TO RUN TO FOR REFUGE.YOUR CARTEL WILL BE CRASHED IN 2021 BY THE OPPOSITION AND WHAT YOU HAVE STOLEN WILL BE BROUGHT BACK INTO ZAMBIA.
MESSAGE 1: Some western powers galvanized the Brenthurst Foundation which hired General Obasanjo to instigate chaos in Kenya, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe, to mention a few targeted African States. This Foundation organized opposition leaders such as Maimane, Odinga, Hakainde and Chamisa to ignite confusion in their respective countries so as to gain “regime change” and thus pave way for exploitation of Africa’s natural resources. The behaviour of Maimane, HH, Odinga Chamisa has thus aroused great concerns by the African Union.
MESSAGE 2: In South Africa Hellen Zille is an enlightened DA politician who exposed Zuma’s corrupt tendencies. Hence the revelations crystallizing at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry. Then who funded Maimane’s trip to Zambia? Maimane was a close ally of HH whose attempt to demonstrate solidarity with UPND was aborted at KK International Airport. The decisive resignation of Maimane from DA suggests that he has unstable political genes that have frustrated some Western powers and baffled intellectual minds of political analysts. The DA is no longer an alibi of UPND. In Zambia the rantings of Hakainde reveals that he lacks patriotic political genes but is merely available as a tool to serve the interests of some western powers. HH will also miss Ambassador Foote who rendered an international…
HH will also miss Ambassador Foote who rendered an international dislike of democracy in Zambia.
MESSAGE 3: If rich Zambians, such as Bo HH and Ba Kambwili are really concerned about the plight of Zambians besieged by negative aspects of the economy, load-shedding of power and effects of climate change, they can emulate the wisdom of a wealthy Nigerian, Dangote, who has invested manufacturing industries in Zambia. Bo HH and Ba Kambwili can also pick up a leaf from ZAMBEEF to invest their financial resources into agricultural industries in several parts of Zambia. Muchinga, Northern, Northwestern, Southern and Western provinces have expansive areas of natural pasture land well placed to develop and export dairy products to neighbouring countries, Asia and the Middle East. Apparently, the phenomenon of opposition political parties in some African countries just exist to serve…
Apparently, the phenomenon of opposition political parties in some African countries just exist to serve capitalist interests.
Advise to Kapyongo. Tell ecl to pay retirees and leave hh alone. Your focus to win elections in 2021 wont materialise bcoz u have shown us your interest just to b in power and not peoples interest. The more u talk of hh the more powerful and popular he becomes. Work on what pipo want and not whant u want.
Ba Mwansa, mukwai, mwalasa!!!!
HH .. the true son of the soil. Hope and help on the way !!! Minions are already worried .. watch the space your time is up. The Lusaka r199ing will never happen in 2021 . The votes will be protected .
Hh has no political muscle to bring about a revolution in a coutry by the way,there is no wind of change as at now, if anything let hh induce an escape valve,there is too much pressure in his chest pantu aka fenta mu 2021,nipano tuli.
HH, has no political muscle to bring about a revolution in our country,by the way there is no wind of change as at now,if anything let bo hh induce an escape valve,there is too much pressure in his chest if not aka fenta mu 2021.NIPANO TULI.
He’s not the kind of leader who can inspire change. Since he doesn’t have charisma he should surround himself with plenty of good speakers like Nkombo
What are the solutions is HH got to reduce the price of fuel and how does he intend to create employment for the unemployed youth?i have heard him say when UPND forms government he has business people from the USA who have pledged to invest in Zambia can he explain in detail how that will turn around the economy and in which sectors are they going to invest and what sort of deals will be made different from what PF is doing with China.These are issues we Zambians need to ask these opposition leaders other than listening to insults and name calling
It would seem every government minister, government official and all PF members from Sunday Chanda to GBM are all followers of HH Facebook page! I’m sure they have put red alert to any HH posting on social media! Big fans of HH I must say. When HH is relaxed and doing something useful in his own time, they are busy waiting for him to post something. You would think they might even fear their own shadow thinking it’s HH’s shadow. The government has long stated that HH is not a factor, but why do they always make him a factor? Is this how powerful HH has become, causing sleepless nights to Kampyongo and group? Mind boggling indeed!
The Nation is waiting for your exit. Kapyongo please eat your last meal in 2020. 2021 will be tough for you even your movements will be that of hiding. People are all fed up. Mwatuchusha pafula.
Wait and prove to us if you shall have even a single vote in shiwangandu. Start preparations for your exit to go and have your lunch in Lunsenfwa
Whoever stands against PF will win. PF already campaigned against themselves. Which sensible person can vote for PF?
Who said Zambians are sensible?
for kampyongo to rush attacking HH knows very well that mr Esau chulu massed up 2016 elections. they pf knows that fact, that is why whoever reminds them of the 2016 rigging they did, its like a sharp niddle into thier fresh, but wait if you do not adhre to this timely warning people will displine you themselves. nothing that you gave to the people of zambia apart from stealing, high prizes, arresting innocent opponents. dont kill our democracy.
DOES LUNGU HAVE CHARISMA? SINCE WHEN DID MR HICHILEMA BECOME A DICTATOR WHEN YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE IN YOUR MIDST WHO HAS CUT YOUR SALARIES WITHOUT CONSULTING YOU?
CAN A ZAMBIAN BE IN THE OPPOSITION AND RUN A MEANINGFUL BUSINESS? ASK THE MASTER GAS BAG (MGB) TO EXPLAIN HOW HIS BUSINESS SUFFERED WHEN HE WAS IN THE OPPOSITION. DON’T COMPARE DANGOTE TO ZAMBIAN BUSINESSMEN!
It’s good to know that some people in the country are amused whilst the majority suffer from rising levels of poverty and galloping inflation. What a mess we’re in – cry the beloved country !
TONGAS AMAZE ME A LOT! THEY WANT BEMBAS/EASTERNERS TO VOTE FOR HH A TONGA, BUT THEY AS TONGAS IN SOUTHERN PROVINCE HAVE SWORN NEVER TO VOTE FOR ANY OTHER TRIBAL! SO HOW DO THEY HOPE THEIR HH WILL WIN! HH AND ALL TONGAS ARE HYPOCRITES! JUST AS EDGAR CAN NOT WIN IN SOUTHERN PROVINCE, HICHILEMA ALSO CAN NOT WIN IN EASTERN, NORTHERN, MUCHINGA, LUAPULA AND NORTHERN PARTS OF CENTRAL , SO HOWS THE ARITHMETIC GOING TO WORK FOR YOUR HH! IT CANT! SO KAMPYONGO IS RIGHT! DONT COUNT CHICKS BEFORE THEY ARE HATCHED! TRUTH IS YOUR HH LOST IN 2016! NO VOTE WAS STOLEN. I FOR ONE CAN NEVER VOTE FOR HH BECAUSE HES A CROOK! PERIOD