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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zambia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>By Oliver Chisenga IT\u2019S shameful that a man who called President Edgar Lungu a thief has now been given a chopper to campaign for him, says Edward Mumbi.<\/p>\n

In an interview, Mumbi has urged traditional leaders to refrain from being used by the PF to canvas votes in the Northern circuit. The NDC vice-president warned the PF to tread carefully with Chishimba Kambwili.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot too long ago Kambwili called President Lungu a dog, a drug dealer and thief but today they have given him a chopper to tell lies against Hakainde Hichilema and Tongas. He called him a dog from Chawama, not too long ago and it\u2019s on record but what has happened to the dog today? \u2026Those are words from Kambwili, they are not my words. It\u2019s not fair. Kambwili is a pathological liar who by any standard should be left to be where he is, the political dust bin,\u201d Mumbi said.<\/p>\n

He wondered how a sane party and government would use a convict to campaign for them adding that the act was an assault to the Judiciary. He noted that Kambwili\u2019s message to people, who have since been put-off by his antics, was to discredit Hichilema.<\/p>\n

\u201cKambwili does not understand the decency and genuineness in that gentleman, Hakainde Hichilema. He has never stayed even for about six hours in total with Hakainde Hichilema so he can\u2019t claim to know him. Hakainde Hichilema is a decent man who has succeeded as an individual,\u201d he said. Mumbi wondered what message Kambwili was taking to the electorates in campaigning for President Lungu.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat message are we sending to the world that you can get a convict to campaign for you just to continue being President of a country\u2026then you must be a team with uncouth behaviour all of you; it\u2019s very strange. What kind of a country are we?\u201d he wondered. \u201cAs the UPND Alliance and indeed as NDC, we call upon the international community, the European Union, the<\/p>\n

African Union, SADC, United Nations and all accredited missions to Zambia, all embassies to inquire into this issue. You cannot use a prisoner to campaign for you. What message are you sending to our own Judiciary? Basically you are saying they are irrelevant\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Mumbi said the use of Kambwili to campaign for the President was a serious omission both at law and morality. He urged President Lungu to relook at the omission and release Kambwili from the campaign circuit. Mumbi further said he does not like the PF\u2019s conduct of resisting change at all costs to an extent of using convicted people to get the vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is embarrassing really. I have a lot of respect for Edgar Lungu but you cannot use state resources and give to a convict to go and start campaigning for you. Those are state resources, it\u2019s not personal money,\u201d he said. \u201cHe is a President for the Republic of Zambia, he is a President for all of us. So you cannot use taxpayers\u2019 money to give a criminal convict to campaign for you. I am a taxpayer, that\u2019s my money too.\u201d And Mumbi warned traditional leaders being used by the PF to sow division in the country that governments come and go.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t bring in chiefs into the political arena, please stay away. We don\u2019t want to insult our chiefs but now you are bringing the chiefs in the firing range \u2013 an arena where we should start disrespecting them. We respect our chiefs, any chief in this country are people that we should respect,\u201d Mumbi said. \u201cIt\u2019s a shame that Mr Kambwili has now started meeting our Bemba chiefs. We know how Mr Kambwili operates, it is a shame in the sense that we know that even my own Paramount Chief Chitimukulu was actually a casualty of the PF administration when PF came into power. Paramount Chief Chitimukulu was almost being dethroned and this was actually something that was spearheaded by Mr Sata using Professor Nkandu Luo. She is there today, the statements are there; members of the press are very good at keeping your stories in the archives so you know the story of Nkandu Luo and Chief Chitimukulu. My advice to the chiefs is that please stay away from politics. We are all your sons and daughters. We started with UNIP. UNIP went, MMD came in. MMD went, PF has come in and PF is going. There is no doubt about that, PF is going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mumbi said chiefs are not politicians. \u201cThey are not voted for. It\u2019s God\u2019s position for them, and you are chief by birth. So please stay away from politics. We know poverty does not choose but surely even if you are impoverished, my chiefs\u2026no, even us who are in the opposition can help you. We are your subjects, so stay away from politics because we are also your children\u2026that\u2019s my advice to my Bemba chiefs,\u201d said Mumbi. A helicopter has been assigned to Kambwili which he is using to fly places to campaign for President Lungu while discrediting the UPND.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. By Oliver Chisenga IT\u2019S shameful that a man who called President Edgar Lungu a thief has now been given a chopper to campaign for him, says Edward Mumbi. In an interview, Mumbi has urged traditional leaders to refrain from being used by the PF to canvas votes in the Northern circuit. 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