{"id":9343,"date":"2021-11-10T17:18:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T17:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hakainde-told-to-focus-on-his-tenure-accused-of-talking-bad-of-zambia"},"modified":"2021-11-11T18:35:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T18:35:19","slug":"hakainde-told-to-focus-on-his-tenure-accused-of-talking-bad-of-zambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hakainde-told-to-focus-on-his-tenure-accused-of-talking-bad-of-zambia","title":{"rendered":"Hakainde told to focus on his tenure: Accused of talking bad of Zambia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>People in Zambia have asked President Hakainde Hichilema to forego his attention on past regimes by focusing on his own tenure if he is to realise his promise of building a better Zambia.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks follows an interview that the Zambian President made upon his arrival at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport from the UK where he went primarily for the COP26 conference in Glasgow, Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>When asked to comment on accusations that he was a tribalist, the President hit back that such accusations were being championed by a \u201cclique of thieves\u201d that has been running Zambia since the country\u2019s independence in 1964 and that he was not bothered by such accusations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s mischief by the tribalists, the hegemonists who did not want this country to be run by anyone else other than a clique of thieves like them. I call them a clique of thieves because they have been feeding off public resources from independence and they don\u2019t think that someone else can run the country in a better way to redistribute jobs and resources\u201d, said President Hichilema, fondly known as HH or Bally, an informal term for father.<\/p>\n<p>HH said he was more committed to redistribute jobs across the country unlike in the past when the country was divided and run by the \u201cclique of thieves\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last 10 years, cabinet came from only four provinces. Today, the cabinet comes from all the 10 provinces. You should be proud of that. Whoever is motivating you to ask the questions should be proud of that\u201d he said, suggesting the reporter was an agent of the very opposition who were accusing him of tribalism.<\/p>\n<p>Hakainde told to focus on his tenure: Accused of talking bad of Zambia \u201cI have not heard any other leader standing in front of the whole world only to talk bad about his own country.\u201d Read more at: https:\/\/t.co\/FHWI3VCNmI pic.twitter.com\/aLLM7prSVa \u2014 Malawi24 (@Malawi24) November 11, 2021<\/p>\n<p>However, HH\u2019s remarks did not go down well with some social commentators who argued that President Hichilema brandished all past presidents as failures and that he was wasting the required energy on past regimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour excellency, I know you are still bitter with the Patriotic Front (PF) but it was not necessary to involve the other five leaders that served before ECL (Edgar Chagwa Lungu) in your issue\u201d, commented Dominic Libusha. Mugala Bernard, another commentator, accused Hichilema of negatively tainting Zambia\u2019s image at global level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou Excellency, I request that you change your perception about our nation. I have not heard any other leader standing in front of the whole world only to talk bad about his own country. This is your country and it is our country, hence the need to preserve and protect its integrity\u201d, remarked Mr Bernard. There were, however, several others who defended Bally and urged him to \u201cput on his white gloves\u201d to clear the swamp that has been looting Zambia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. 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