Mr. Hichilema Can’t Fool The Nation Anymore!

Dear editor,

“If the 48 mansions without owners had instead been built for the Traditional Chiefs, and the 42 fire tenders had not been purchased for a whooping $1million each, and the luxury Gulfstream Jet not bought for one man and his few friends for millions of dollars, only for them to stretch their legs, there would have been enough medicine in hospitals and retirees would have received their long awaited dues.

State resources must be guarded jealously, so that you don’t cry foul to Bally, when they run out because of unbridled corruption. This too, Bally will fix,” HH aka Bally.

Our Comment.

Who is Mr. Hichilema trying to fool? His privatisation group chose to reject competing bids of $20m by Victoria Falls Travel Bureau, $10m by Stocks and Stocks Ltd. and $9.4m by Marassa Holdings Ltd. But, instead, chose the lowest bid of $5.65m by Sun International of South Africa.

Why did Mr. Hichilema choose to sell these valuable properties belonging to Zambian taxpayers for just $5 million instead of $20 million when it was available? Is he the right man to discuss corruption? We must be a special kind of intelligent people to entertain such political clowns.

It turned out that the UPND presidential candidate worked out a deal to acquire a massive stake in the company in exchange for corruptly awarding them the lowest bid, and even incorporated Sun International (Zambia) Ltd, four months before the sale took place.

What did the late President, Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, have to say about Mr. Hichilema?

“The problem Mr. Hichilema is having now is the fact that he wants to cheat, to mislead, to show that he is what he is not. His understanding of politics is that it doesn’t matter; you can cheat, provided you get your goals!”

Zambia needs proper leadership away from politics of deception.

Mpandashalo Evans Mwewa WhatsApp: +260 977 430702