HH WON’T RULE ZAMBIA AS LONG AS HE DOES NOT ADDRESS SERIOUS ISSUES
Dear editor,
IT is shocking that social media commentator Hakainde Hichilema can expose the glaring inconsistencies on matters that are of national interest.
This has made a resounding revelation that Mr Hichilema who is also 5 time losing Presidential candidate under the 23 year old opposition UPND is the inexperienced politician who trade on trivialities.
We followed Mr Hichilema, a well-known whizz of Facebook memes at a bird’s eye joining other citizens to plead with President Lungu to relieve immediate past Health Minister Honourable Chitalu Chilufya.
With the stretch of time, President Lungu for reasons that were not disclosed relieved Dr Chilufya of his duties.
Mr Hichilema had a golden opportunity to do the Honourable thing by congratulating President Lungu since his discretion to dismiss Honourable Chilufya apparently commensurate with his expectation.
With due objectivity, Mr Hichilema was supposed to swallow his bitterness and commend President Lungu for making decision that he had pleaded to be taken.
HH’s inconsistency on matters of national importance shows that he is not fit to be President of Zambia as he is unstable as unpercolated water.
Like we have consistently argued, HH, does not have a viable and better alternative that can substitute the sound social and economic developmental projects that has been implemented under President Lungu as a torch
bearer.
Mr Hichilema and UPND have not provided the credible political alternative and they have reduced national debate to mere hallucinations.
There are a number of developmental projects that have lately been implemented and as opposed to presenting alternative plans, Mr HH has expressed his trigger pleasure for failure of the projects by citing the non-existent corruption.
All this has been calculated to ensure all social and economic programmes grind to a halt with a view to gain political sympathy.
Other efforts that the PF has made includes the drafting of national documents such as the Seventh National Development Plan (whose implementation is underway on dribs and drabs basis), the Economic Recovery Plan among others.
We have keenly followed the UPND and with all confidence can say that they have not drafted any alternative national plan save for Sean Tembo’s Patriots for Economic Progress (PEP) which has shown consistency in providing alternative national economic plans.
Further, the stance by the UPND on the ongoing liquidation of KCM presents another mismatched pronouncements on important national issues.
On the future of KCM and that of the workers, UPND has no tenable policy direction beside the current efforts of the Liquidator Milingo Lungu.
When the liquidator announced the restructuring of KCM, we expected the UPND to applaud the progressive move as that will guarantee security of tenure of KCM employees and brings about certainty in the mining sector.
We are surprised that they have continued pursuing their pessimistic approach of imposing their user friendly investor such as Anglo American Corporation.
In the mining sector the Government has acted in the interest of the nation and the case of Mopani Copper Mine shareholding transition being the point of reference.
Ordinarily, the decisive approach that the Government has taken to increase the shareholding in Mopani Copper Mines is the progressive move as it has protected the imminent job losses which would arise as a result of the withdrawal of investments by Glenicore.
President Lungu’s desire for an orderly transition in the shareholding structure at MOPANI without the workers being thrown in the cold.
There are numerous instances when the PF has taken a protectionist approach and made decisions in the interest of the nation.
Regrettably, HH and UPND’s appetite for power cannot let their ego go and give credit where it is due.
Unless HH gave fair criticism to President Lungu where he fails and conversely credit to President Lungu were the interests of the nation has been safeguarded, his dream to become President is far-fetched.
MARVIN CHANDA MBERI. Youth Rights Activist.
Lusaka.