PF NOT AGAINST ECL ASSOCIATION WITH UKA - NAKACINDA
PATRIOTIC Front Secretary-General, Raphael Nakacinda, has denied reports that some senior party members were not happy with party President Edgar Lungu partnering with the United Kwacha Alliance.
Some sources indicated that identified senior PF officials felt that the ex-President should not have gotten into a pact with UKA, especially that the he had no intentions to contest the 2026 general elections.
Mr Nakacinda however in an interview said the ex-President had been having meetings with UKA members and there was nothing the party could comment on.
“If it is a meeting of presidents, how do you expect others to be there? We want to respond to things which are substantive and not perceptions, assumptions or speculations. That is not the way we are going to manage national affairs,” Mr Nakacinda said.
He brushed off the report, saying it was not worth a story.
“This story or topic is flat. Find something we can respond to. Maybe drink some water. It is too hot. Everything in this country is hot,” Mr Nakacinda said.
On Thursday during a radio programme, Mr Harry Kalaba, Citizens First president said during a radio programme that some people were bent on destroying UKA but such persons will not succeed.
This was after a caller asked Mr Kalaba why he had decided to be in an alliance with President Lungu when in 2018 he had resigned as Foreign Affairs Minister from the PF adminis“They tration. will not succeed in destroying UKA. President Lungu brings in a wealth of experience. He was head of State for seven years,” Mr Kalaba said.
Another caller only identified as Elvis said the UPND was a rhetoric administration which had made people to wallow in abject poverty.
“The opposition must come together. This is why UPND is sleepless when they hear UKA. UPND has made Zambians hopeless. They came into Government through lies, deceit and fake promises,” Elvis said.
Moses, who also called in the programme said UPND members should not get upset when they are reminded of their promises.
“I am a peasant farmer and UPND promised us heaven on earth but has delivered hell,” he said.