HH is a lost soul
Dear Editor,
HH must examine himself to determine if he wants power to enrich himself or to help the Zambians, but as things stand, it is clear to all of us to see that his intentions are not noble and we must reject his kind of politics.
What kind of leader would rejoice when people are suffering because it almost creates an opportunity for him to gain political power?
In the midst of a national Coronavirus crisis the country is faced with, HH is busy politicking and twitting about lost hope when his concern must be the safety and health of the citizens he so desperately wants to rule over.
If there was any doubt in the minds of any Zambian, today that doubt has been cleared as HH has clearly exposed his unpatriotic behaviour as well as his selfishness to gain political mileage on the suffering of many Zambians.
Each time Zambians are in pain HH sees it as an opportunity to mock them, his patriotism to this nation leaves much to be desired. Why does he celebrate Zambia’s problems? And what did we do to this man to deserve such kind of bitterness from an opposition leader?
Yes, we have challenges as a country, we all know that, some are local but the major ones are global and beyond our reach.
The US and China trade wars have not spared us either; climate change as well has also significantly contributed to our many challenges and the PF government did not create the corona virus and as such we expect every leader to show leadership and not try to gain political mileage when people are dying.
That said and done, it is the responsibility of every leader, in government and in opposition to do anything in their power to help cushion the challenges our citizens are facing, this must be seen in deed and as well as in our spoken word. It is very unfortunate that HH now thrives on the challenges we are facing as a way to get himself into State House. Social media today is awash with angry Zambians who have condemned HH’s no show of leadership and upright moral with his only concern being State House at any cost.
Sadly, today HH has shown us that the current political situation exposes serious weakness in Zambia’s opposition political systems. HH and his UPND lack the credibility in pushing the country forward.
UPND has a serious challenge of misguided political leadership to marshal the required effective opposition strength to create a climate for development.
The leadership of UPND suffers from ego, overrated ambition for power and pride, such that it overcrowds their effective participation on important national matters that affect the citizenry and poor people.
They could be more effective by engaging government and the ruling party in debating policy frameworks on how to develop the country. Particularly, pushing policies that address the needs of poor people such as improving access to clean water and sanitation, quality healthcare, education, rural and agricultural development, and debate macroeconomic policy frameworks required for growth and development, critically contributing to poverty eradication, employment creation and addressing inequalities.
DR JOZE MANDA, Political Analyst.