{"id":54988,"date":"2023-12-30T21:39:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T21:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mmembe-kambwili-birds-of-the-same-feathers"},"modified":"2023-12-31T21:16:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T21:16:31","slug":"mmembe-kambwili-birds-of-the-same-feathers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mmembe-kambwili-birds-of-the-same-feathers","title":{"rendered":"M\u2019membe, Kambwili; birds of the same feathers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Dr Fred M\u2019membe, leader of the Socialist Party, has shared some words of encouragement and kindness for recently incarcerated Chishimba Kambwili. Taking to the Facebook page of his Socialist Party, he submitted, \u201cMwaice wandi Chishimba Kambwili wisakamana. Natwishiba ifilechitika napali ubwafya natupamona.\u201d Loosely translated into English \u2013 do not worry my young brother. We know what is happening and we\u2019ve seen where there\u2019s a problem.<\/p>\n

For obvious reasons, M\u2019membe deliberately chooses to package his thoughts in Bemba. However, if you bother to comb through the said page, you\u2019ll discover that the once Editor of an influential tabloid usually shares his thoughts in our official language \u2013 English. Why the sudden change in the choice of the language to interact with members of the public? What is the thrust of this article? Is he somehow giving tacit approval of Kambwili\u2019s uncouth tribal ranting?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s absolutely immoral and unfair to try and apportion Kambwili\u2019s latest predicament to UPND when they were not anywhere near the corridors of power when the case was initiated.<\/p>\n

As revealed by Mulenga Thornicroft on her Facebook page, the case which has seen Kambwili jumping on a CDF Landcruiser to begin his long journey to prison was actually reported during the PF regime by three brave women \u2013 Laura Miti, Mutibo Harvey and Mulenga herself!<\/p>\n

\u201cAnybody who chooses to see this as a ploy by UPND to fix Kambwili is not thinking straight!\u201d maintains Mulenga.<\/p>\n

She further insists that Zambia is for all of us and will never allow a few individuals make any Tonga child feel like a second class citizen due to selfish political ambitions. Considering the gravity of the offence, Kambwili is even lucky he walked away with a lesser sentence.<\/p>\n

Anyway, we are not surprised that M\u2019membe has come to the defence of one of his kind. As editor of The Post Newspapers, he used the publication not only to unleash scathing attacks on UPND, but equally mounted a vicious tribal campaign against the party.<\/p>\n

In an attempt to hoodwink the right thinking members of the public that UPND did not enjoy the support of the people beyond Southern province, he constantly referred to it as a Bantustan; a deregatory reference to partially self-governing areas set aside during the period of apartheid for particular indigenous African folks.<\/p>\n

We are not surprised that M\u2019membe is quick to defend Kambwili and assure him of liberation in the not too distant future…..they are actually birds of the same feathers. They both share a history of stoking tribal sentiments!<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. Dr Fred M\u2019membe, leader of the Socialist Party, has shared some words of encouragement and kindness for recently incarcerated Chishimba Kambwili. Taking to the Facebook page of his Socialist Party, he submitted, \u201cMwaice wandi Chishimba Kambwili wisakamana. Natwishiba ifilechitika napali ubwafya natupamona.\u201d Loosely translated into English \u2013 do not worry my young […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":54986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-54988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nM\u2019membe, Kambwili; birds of the same feathers! - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr Fred M\u2019membe, leader of the Socialist Party, has shared some words of encouragement and kindness for recently incarce ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mmembe-kambwili-birds-of-the-same-feathers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"M\u2019membe, Kambwili; birds of the same feathers!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr Fred M\u2019membe, leader of the Socialist Party, has shared some words of encouragement and kindness for recently incarce ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mmembe-kambwili-birds-of-the-same-feathers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-30T21:39:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-31T21:16:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/sm_1703960684.143177.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mmembe-kambwili-birds-of-the-same-feathers#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mmembe-kambwili-birds-of-the-same-feathers\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"M\u2019membe, Kambwili; birds of the same feathers!\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-30T21:39:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-31T21:16:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mmembe-kambwili-birds-of-the-same-feathers\"},\"wordCount\":449,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mmembe-kambwili-birds-of-the-same-feathers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/sm_1703960684.143177.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mmembe-kambwili-birds-of-the-same-feathers#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mmembe-kambwili-birds-of-the-same-feathers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mmembe-kambwili-birds-of-the-same-feathers\",\"name\":\"M\u2019membe, Kambwili; birds of the same feathers! 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