US President Donald Trump has officially welcomed Zambia’s newly appointed Ambassador to the United State, Mr. Lazarous Kapambwe.
According to a statement released to the media by Eric Mwanza, the First Secretary for Press and public relations, at the Zambian Embassy in Washington, President Trump expressed his Government’s desire to deepen the “strong and abiding friendship” between Zambia and the United States of America.
In a letter of acceptance of the Letter of Credence for Mr. Lazarous Kapambwe, President Trump said; “Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution of the United States, I accept the Letter of Credence for Lazarous Kapambwe as Ambassador of the Republic of Zambia to the United States of America and accept him as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Zambia and acknowledge receipt of the Letter of Recall of his predecessor.”
“I welcome Ambassador Kapambwe as a member of the diplomatic corps in Washington and express our Government’s desire to advance our common agenda and deepen the strong and abiding friendship between our countries, President Trump said.
Washington and Lusaka have for generations enjoyed long-lasting and strong friendship with few parallels on the African continent. The friendship dates back decades to Zambia’s independence in 1964 when the country’s founding leader, Kenneth Kaunda, found in the United States a genuine, willing ally and set the stage for a long-standing partnership.
President Edgar Chagwa Lungu appointed Mr Kapambwe as Ambassador to the United States to take over from Dr. Ngosa Simbyakula who had been appointed as Zambia’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.
In February, former Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba alleged that Mr. Kapambwe been expelled from the US, when he was scheduled to present his credentials to President Donald Trump on 7th February 2020.
Mr. Kalaba said that the American government had retaliated because American Ambassador to Zambia Daniel Foot was unfairly treated by the PF government for merely expressing his opinion on the imprisonment of the Kapiri gay men, adding that Zambia will have to bear the consequences for poorly handling its diplomatic relations with the USA.
Mr Kalaba’s position was quickly by Vice President Inonge Wina who has insisted that Zambia’s Ambassador designate to the United states Lazarous Kapambwe had not been recalled, adding that no Zambian diplomat has been expelled by the US Government in retaliation to the expulsion of that Country’s Ambassador to Zambia Daniel Foote.
Mrs Wina said Ambassador Foote was not expelled from Zambia but that he was recalled by his country after Zambia complained over his conduct regarding the issue of homosexuality.
Mrs Wina explained that as Ambassador to the UN, Ambassador Kapambwe had a different permit which is different from the one required by Washington
This is good news. Finally, has met Trump. All the best your excellency Kapambwe. Very sharp man, well respected at United Nations.
Chi Kalaba wenyo…..kalaba ni wa boza mambala
“President Trump expressed his Government’s desire to deepen the “strong and abiding friendship” between Zambia and the United States of America.”-LT
Message is to Japhet Chataba and Steven Samba. President Trump is following decree of the constitution of USA.
“What are two rights of everyone living in the United States? Answer: freedom of expression, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to petition the government, freedom of religion, or the right to bear arms.”
Zambia you have a friend.
PF chilakalipa kumutima since you came in to power the Lusaka stock market has been stagnant.
Congratulations to Eric Mwanza for job in America, the FAZ media guy we know.
Then what was Kalaba saying? Its a lesson for him to be careful of so called sources. Some will feed you wrong information so you get discredited.
@ Rose Trump cannot meet any foreigner right now munama …probably he just accepted documents and a ka statement written back …no contact
It’s Katangese everywhere appointed as though they’re the only Zambians!
That’s how entrenched fake news has become in Zambia. The tragedy is it has a huge horde of believers. Sadly, lies have short legs and cretins like Kalaba get exposed. That’s why I would rather listen to ZNBC, Daily Nation, Daily Mail and international s like BBC, Al Jazeera, the Guardian etc-None reported that Foote was expelled.
Daily Nation reported last year that a plane loaded with cash and weapons of war had been seized at KK Airport and diverted to a Zambia Air Force (ZAF) base for interrogation of the crew. The cash also had name tags of prominent lawyers working for opposition parties. Chinsali MP even issued a comment on this. This was a lead story and it cited soutces within ZAF. Where’s ZICTA’s warning to the newspaper for publishing false news?
Kalaba is too raw in politics.
U cant fundraise for your presidential campaign by organising unprecedented foreign trips for the Head of State so that you are paid more forex allowances as foreign Affairs Minister then resign to spend the same accumulated allowances to challenge the same Head of state.
Since Kalaba resigned, the presidential trips have reduced dramatically.
Whatever the case, there was a problem I guess. It took a bit too long for him to be accepted and it has never been news whenever a diplomat is accepted; something fishy here. Trump finally accepted after a lot of begging from Lungu and Wina. No beef with Kapambwe, though. Congrats
Haha those haters in diaspora and kalaba now look very f.o.olish. can you see what i say ? Don’t believe anything you read unless you have viewed evidence. I work for government and I have data. So when I tell you something then it is facts coming from the top. Where is that rabied mongrel tarino and his pack of fellow mongrel in diaspora.
@kaizar Zulu..But who said diplomatic positions are cast in Stone?Bilaterals and relationships between countries are constantly shifting with time.
At the time,the PR function at MFA was in 6’s and 7’s.
A KZ, malume. Nibani okhulupirira Kalaba mu diaspora?
Kuliye.
@Roy Mudenda
Stop the hate! It’s not healthy! You will have a heart attack! Your so called Katangese liberated you from the yoke of colonialism. Without them you would still be enslaved by the British! Learn to love them. Just imagine a country without abaBemba! How dull would that be? Wake up!!
People like Roy mudenda are tribalists who have failed to achieve anything tangible in their hopeless lives. So as a scapegoat they blame their own failure on another tribe. It is the same for diasporans who whenever anything goes wrong in their adopted countries,are the first to be blamed. Look at Brexit how it ended up being an immigration issue. So I understand angry cows like roy
Opposition with no agenda hary Kababa…
Ba Kalaba mwaonekela please say something in this regard.Insoni e buntu.
Roy Mudenda: Lazarus Kapambwe is a career civil servant. He qualifies to be where he is. Here’s the list of some Zambians who hv served as ambassador to Washington: Dunstan Kamana, Nalumino Mundia, Paul Lusaka, Ngosa Simbyakula, Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, Puteho Ngonda, Moto Nkama etc. Kapambwe isn’t the last one but is just the latest. Fight real battles.
Wantanshi: That’s the attitude I will always fight. There’s nothing special about Bembas or any tribe. If u think they’re special, show me wht’s special about wht they hv made of their “natural habitat” so that we all make a bee-line to go and learn.
Bad news to the deads.
They don’t like stories like this.
It seems this Lungu govt has a way of coming back on its own lies before they said there was no problem so why is this news….you think Trump has time for this when NY is burying its covid-19 victims in mass graves one coffin on top of the other side by side.
He just accepted documents through his state department….he didn’t even write the welcome message…he has people that handle that…stop putting it like he was invited to the State House to present his credentials and meet Trump…Trump has no time for Time wasters and do nothing countries
Big congratulations and best wishes.
You sence that UPND wanted this to backfire on Edgar Lungu following the Ambassador Foote issue and the follow up to this acceptance in Washington.
Then came Kalaba who exposed his lies and bitterness.
Politics of bitternes shown in UPND… is what made the Children of Israel spend 40 years in the wilderness on a journey that takes 7 hours by bus from Egypt to Jerusalem.
This is SAD news for Harry Kalaba and HH who pursued hatred for ECL by propagating LIES on the status of Ambassador Kapambwe. HH may be excused because he is an established pathological LIAR in politics. However, Kalaba’s position is different..He was a Minister of Foreign Affairs with links to many Civil servants in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who could have fed him with authentic data regarding Ambassador Kapambwe’s transfer from the UN in New York to US power abase in Washington. There are two kinds of human moral fibers. One can be either be genetically decent OR crooked. History will register a fleet of crooked Zambian politicians which will paste a permanent shame on their families. Kalaba, HH etc are pursuing a wrong human life. They must quit politics.
Wantanshi: Let me also say this to u. Are u suggesting that u’re a conqueror in this country? I think Zambia has had too much peace. It’s wht makes u say such things. There’s no armed rebellion against central govt in Lusaka and somehow u dislike that and somehow u think that is permanent. Continue with your policy of looking dwn upon others and you will see wht u will reap. You hv just confirmed wht was a mere suspicion that there’s a srcret programme to create second class citizens in Zambia.
if it was in Zambia, there was going to be a big function. Show us how it was done in USA
What does this information say about Kalaba’s credibility as a leader?
KALABA TALKS SO POMPOUSLY BUT ONLY HOT AIR IS ISSUED
WE REST OUR CASE
KALABA TALKS SO POMPOUSLY BUT ONLY HOT AIR IS ISSUED
AND THAT INCLUDES THE LIKES OF TARINO DEBAUCHED GAY