Africa-Press – Zambia. Zambians must vote regionally as a way of countering the regional voting from other areas, says Chishimba Kambwili. And Kambwili said the claim that President Hakainde Hichilema’s Cabinet was the most balanced is the biggest joke of the year, saying people must instead focus on appointments to influential ministries which drive the country.
Speaking with Daily Revelation, Kambwili was asked on the regional message he was preaching to the people of Eastern Province recently. Responding, Kambwili defended himself saying there was no tribalism in what he was saying, and that people who were attacking him were guilty and have something to hide.
He said he was simply stating a fact that where President Hichilema comes from, people voted for him in numbers, and those from where Lungu comes from must also vote for his party in numbers.
Kambwili wondered why people were attacking him when he did not even mention the tribe that President Hichilema was Tonga and president Lungu was Nsenga, saying his attackers should be ashamed of themselves, and remind themselves of the scripture to do unto others what they would love others do for them.
Asked if he was suggesting that people should be voting on regional lines and if that was not tantamount to promoting regional voting in itself, Kambwili said it was not right to vote in that manner but that the only appropriate way to respond to regional voting right now was voting regionally to teach others a lesson.
“But if other people are doing it, and we don’t counter it they will forever be doing it and they will think it is right thing to do. Now by reciprocating in other areas it will teach them a lesson that this is not the right thing to be doing. That is the basis….they will learn that this is the wrong way and we must stop it,” Kambwili said. “I condemn it in all strongest terms but people when they are doing the wrong things they must be taught this is wrong. The problem that we have in Zambia we allow people to be doing wrong things and continue celebrating them instead of telling them this is wrong.”
Kambwili continued. “There is no way, no way, that you can have 69,000 people voting for one candidate and only 200 voting for the other candidate. In fact it’s not only Lungu and the PF it’s the other combined nine (16) political parties who run for office. You see what I am trying to say? But if the Northerners start saying we will also just be voting for somebody who comes here, what will remain of the country?” Kambwili asked.
He said he was surprised that people had not seen sense in his argument, even suggesting to report him to the police. “The current mayor of Kafue was saying openly we Tongas must vote for a Tonga president, must vote for Tonga councilors, Tonga MP. Why hasn’t she been arrested? Why do you want Kambwili to be arrested?” Kambwili asked.
Kambwili suggested that the country must come up with a law that if someone got 90 percent of the votes from the region they came from, elections in that region must be nullified.
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