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Why hasn’t any other party been injured other than UPND?

- Dear Editor, MUNIR ZULU.

I HAVE been made aware of a statement issued by the United Party for National Developmen­t (UPND) which has been reported in some sections of the media that, I will be reported to the Police for allegedly issuing out tribal remarks.

A few days ago, I pointed out that these baseless tribalism accusation­s are fundamenta­lly targeted at the Patriotic Front (PF) and President Edgar Lungu.

The statement by the UPND has diverted from discussing my alleged tribal remarks to discussing the internal affairs of the PF - which confirms my belief that, these characters in this regionalis­ed get-together are only looking for a way to drag the PF and President Lungu into their petty talks.

However, during my interview with Muvi Television, I illustrate­d that a minority group of people cannot preside over a majority. I went further to explain that if you have eight mentally challenged people and two sane people, the former will rule the latter because they would be a majority.

Further, I was asked if there is a minority tribe in Zambia, to which I responded that the Central Statistics Office has records of which tribe is majority and minority among all the 72 tribes in Zambia.

Paradoxica­lly, UPND finds this tribal. No one should be surprised that it is only UPND and not Rainbow Party or Movement for Multiparty Democracy nor any other party that has cried foul.

As stated, UPND is a tribal get-together which has evolved into a tribal cult. Its leader Mr. Hakainde Hichilema became president following the death of its founding leader Mr Anderson Mazoka, on the premise of being a tribemate for his predecesso­r.

Often times than not, several UPND members have asked Zambians to vote for them on account that it is time for a Tonga to rule Zambia.

Mr Hichilema has spoken after his fellow tribalists spoke but never condemned them. Why? Because he drinks from a pool of tribalism. That is why, cult members in UPND are sensitive to certain truthful informatio­n anyone says, which they think is tribal. We cannot stop talking about these issues for fear of being hated by a small group of tribalists.

The truth is that UPND is a tribal party led by a serial tribalist who has a list of names he intends to “sort out” if given chance to rule Zambia not because they have done anything wrong, but because he believes they belong to certain tribes he loathes. All those rented characters who have been imported and put into certain non-functional positions to paint an impression will not cleanse UPND and Mr Hichilema from the tribal tag.

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