{"id":25835,"date":"2022-07-04T22:06:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T22:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/new-dawn-ministers-threaten-to-quit-accuses-hh-of-undermining-them"},"modified":"2022-07-04T22:25:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T22:25:18","slug":"new-dawn-ministers-threaten-to-quit-accuses-hh-of-undermining-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/new-dawn-ministers-threaten-to-quit-accuses-hh-of-undermining-them","title":{"rendered":"New Dawn Ministers threaten to quit, accuses HH of undermining them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Several Ministers working in the New Dawn administration are unhappy with President Hakainde Hichilema\u2019s style of leadership accusing him of undermining them.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministers are now threatening to rise up against President Hichilema and resign from his government if he continues running government as a \u201cOne Man Show.\u201d The Ministers who spoke to Lusaka Times in confidence have challenged President Hichilema to publicly deny the accusations if they are untrue.<\/p>\n<p>They said they have resorted to exposing his poor leadership style as a way of getting him to change but threatened that they will resign enmass if he continues with his style.<\/p>\n<p>They accuse President Hichilema of micromanaging all aspects of his government including all appointments to government and parastatal roles. They said even in Cabinet Meetings, no one of them is allowed to even oppose President Hichilema\u2019s position on any matter presented to Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn appointments, no Minister has ever made any appointments, the list of how to appoint is brought to us and we just read the names. The list is done by him alone at State House. This is why some Boards are still not done up to now because only one man is doing everything,\u201d one of the female Ministers said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why regional balancing of this appointments is becoming very difficult because they are coming from one mind,\u201d she added. Another Minister complained that all the Ministers under President Hichilema are treated like children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t consult us, even in Cabinet, we just go to rubber stamp his positions. Do you know that he appointed all the Press Attach\u00e9s? That is how bad things are in this government,\u201d he said. The Ministers explained that since some of the appointees know that they were appointed by President Hichilema, they have no respect for Ministers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow what is happening is that some parastatal Chiefs know that the appointment letter came from State House, we are failing to direct or instruct them. They can\u2019t follow our orders because somehow they know that they came through State House and therefore they will only listen to the President.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One Minister recounted how some Board Members recently paid themselves irregular allowances and when they were questioned by the line Ministry, they rushed to State House and pushed that the Minister be sacked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey style of leadership has made our work very difficult. We are like robots and it\u2019s very frustrating,\u201d a Minister complained. The Ministers stated that their working morale is at the lowest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis man (President Hichilema) doesn\u2019t know how to work as a team. He doesn\u2019t allow us to get allowances even on our foreign trips. If the host Country or organisation doesn\u2019t cater for your allowances, you will struggle through out your visit because he has instructed controlling officers not to say us any allowances when we travel. How can we work like Children?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t listen to us. He is very distant from us. The only Minister he is close to is Stanley (Kakubo) but all of us feel like we are serving in a government that doesn\u2019t want us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\">Zambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. Several Ministers working in the New Dawn administration are unhappy with President Hakainde Hichilema\u2019s style of leadership accusing him of undermining them. 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