{"id":54129,"date":"2023-12-18T19:40:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T19:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/who-is-responsible-for-vetting-who-sees-the-president"},"modified":"2023-12-18T19:56:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T19:56:12","slug":"who-is-responsible-for-vetting-who-sees-the-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/who-is-responsible-for-vetting-who-sees-the-president","title":{"rendered":"Who is responsible for vetting who sees the President?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>The outlet further observed that some people seem to be in a frenzy to pose for photos with the President not that they love him like the rest of us, but rather use them as collateral to cut some deals, whether genuine or not, locally or abroad.<\/p>\n

What do we make of this? <\/b><\/p>\n

As it\u2019s not in our nature to easily jump to conclusions, we took it upon ourselves to analyse some of the photos emerging from the inaugural presidential golf tournament. Of course, it was interesting to see a coterie of individuals known to be PF sympathisers or supporters. At least there was a prominent Lusaka lawyer who applied to be adopted as PF parliamentary candidate in one of the constituencies in Lusaka. We also noted with dismay individuals who never missed a single State House function during the PF regime and financed PF big time!<\/p>\n

Are the presidential handlers doing enough to shield the president from chancers or individuals with questionable characters who may try to use their connections to State House for financial gains?<\/p>\n

Not so long ago, a \u201cgold digger\u201d was given a green light to come in closest proximity with the head of state; shortly, the individual in question found himself at the centre of controversy in the gold scam! Are you being fair to the president? Or indeed to the country?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s equally appalling to see \u201cmosicians,\u201d in the words of Lusambo, who openly decampaigned President Hichilema and continuously perforated our ears with the annoying \u201cAlebwelelapo\u201d song being cleared to see the president without any qualms at all!<\/p>\n

Do you honestly think PF would have tolerated the Organised Family, artists who\u2019ve always been loyal to HH and UPND, anywhere near State House had they still been in power? What about Kitwe based entrepreneur and hotelier, bayama ba Kaoma (may his soul rest in peace) whose businesses were crippled by the PF regime for supporting UPND; would they have been reasonable enough to give him any contracts? The answer is zero! PF was so evil that they even banned FAZ and all government departments from using his hotel for any of their functions!<\/p>\n

What is good for the goose must equally be good for the gander! It\u2019s high time the UPND leadership started investing in reward systems for individuals and organisations that sacrified or suffered for the party….. we\u2019ve in mind those foot soldiers who\u2019re patiently waiting for benefits of belonging to a ruling party in the shanty compounds or villages, and not those celebrities ranting or throwing tantrums on social media!<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. The outlet further observed that some people seem to be in a frenzy to pose for photos with the President not that they love him like the rest of us, but rather use them as collateral to cut some deals, whether genuine or not, locally or abroad. 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