Dundumwezi locals cautioned over tribal vote

IF you don’t vote for President Edgar Lungu in next year’s general election, don’t expect him to continue giving you development, PF national mobilisation committee member, Bizwell Mutale has told the people of Dundumwezi.

Speaking when he addressed village headmen and their subjects at Nabulangu grounds in Dundumwezi, Mr Mutale said for a long time the people in the region have not been voting for the ruling party because of the tribal lies that the UPND under the leadership of Hakainde Hichilema has been spreading.

Mr Mutale said the tendency by the people of Southern Province of voting on tribal lines was hurting the region’s development prospects.

“This time around it will be tit for tat, you don’t vote for him, don’t cry for development from a Government that you don't support and expect it to listen to you," he said.

He however, noted that the province was ripe for change from tribal voting, and predicted that the ruling party was going to garner not less than 10 members of Parliament in the 2021 election.

Mr Mutale said the whole region and especially the people of Dundumwezi who did not vote for the PF in the last election have turned green and ready to move forward with the rest of the country by voting for the PF which was inclusive and of national character.

He called for collaborated effort between the ruling party structures and the grass root, adding that despite President Lungu visiting the region and not getting any vote from the people of Dundumwezi, the head of state and the party in power has initiated a number of developmental projects including the electricity and the construction of the Kalomo Dundumwezi road.

"The President did not get any vote here but he has been here twice to Commission two important projects that are benefiting you people. What more do you want the President to do for you to appreciate him," he said.

He said President Lungu and his Government has for a long time shown its commitment by giving the people of Dundumwezi and Southern Province in general electricity and a good road network but noted that it was saddening that despite all the effort, the region has continued to reject him.