𝐵𝑦 𝐴𝑛𝑑𝑦𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑙𝑒 𝐵𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎
“PF one President and that President is Robert Chabinga” was the chant on Sunday 10th November 2024, where the third Patriotic Front faction led by Mafinga Member of Parliament Hon. Robert Chabinga held a press conference at Radisson Blue Hotel where he declared himself the ‘authentic’ acting PF President.
At the same conference, Chabinga went on rampage expelling some senior PF officials from the party including former republican President Edgar Chagwa Lungu. 
Chabinga also expelled the former ruling party’s Matero member of parliament Miles Bwalya Sampa who is the leader of the second PF faction.
Sampa also took over the party in rather unconventional circumstances when he hosted a convention on 24th October 2023 and thereby accelerating the destruction of the former ruling party.
The expulsion of Sampa and Mwansabombwe Member of Parliament Kabaso Kapampi entails that, that one press conference has created two potential by elections in Matero and Mwansabombwe.
Robert Chabinga further warned of more expulsions which potentially and obviously will include a good number of members of parliaments who may not submit to his leadership and who may be expelled just for holding ‘clandestine meetings’ with former republican President Edgar Lungu as was the reason for expelling Hon. Sampa and Hon. Kabaso Kapampi.
Hon. Chabinga also flashed a print out from registrar of societies of new office bearers for the third PF faction where he confirmed the process to enact the changes began on 3rd July 2024 declaring ‘we are in charge’. This is the second time the office of the registrar of societies, a government organization responsible for registering and regulating political parties under the Ministry of Home Affairs, presided by Hon. Jack Mwiimbu SC is amending office bearers for the Patriotic Front (PF) in less than a year.
In addition, Hon. Chabinga made further pronouncements where he indicated that the Patriotic Front ‘constitution amendment convention’ will be held soon among other things expected on the amendment is how to pick a PF presidential candidate. He also asked his Secretary General to ensure that all those masquerading in the name of the Patriotic Front, by using party letterheads, the secretariat or other property must be reported to the Inspector General of Police, not at a police station but straight to the boss of the Zambia Police Service.
Further, Chabinga held a press conference against the backdrop of a court order which barred him from masquerading as PF President. Additionally, the registrar of societies even went ahead to receive instructions to make changes to the office bearers from the Chabinga faction despite a court order in place.
Robert Chabinga is the current leader of the opposition in parliament and was appointed by his nemesis Hon. Sampa after the Zambian independence day convention of 2023.
His appointment was expressly accepted by the speaker of the National Assembly despite the heavy controversy over the Hon. Sampa convention including some litigations. The convention
which was held on 24th October 2023 was deemed “illegal” by a number of PF stalwarts including former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu and a host of Central Committee members of the time.
In additional, many commentators had accused the ruling UPND of being behind the confusion in the Patriotic Front by using government machinery to legitimize the Sampa convention.
In my newly released book “𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝑺𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 – 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒁𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏”, in 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 9 ‘𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 – 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡’, builds context to this colonial motivated system of governance which has been sustained in Africa to advance the hegemony of an ethnic group or political party.
Below is an excerpt from the book:
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘍 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘡𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘢 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘳-𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢-𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘍 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺-𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴.
“𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴’ 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺-𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴.
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘗𝘕𝘋 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘗𝘍 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
“𝘘𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢’𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺.
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘍 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘗𝘕𝘋. 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘩 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘸𝘢 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘸𝘢, 𝘢 𝘓𝘰𝘻𝘪 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺-𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘗𝘍 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦.”
It seems like ‘𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆 𝗣𝗙’ commenced in the Kabushi and Kwacha by – elections where two popular candidates from the PF Hon. Joseph Malanji and jailed Hon. Bowman Chilosha Lusambo were denied participation by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) in unclear circumstances. The two had their seats nullified after the petition brought to court by losing UPND candidates.
Commenting on the same at an event dubbed Democracy Day in September 2023, constitutional lawyer John Sangwa SC said that the outcome of the Kwacha and Kabushi by elections was predetermined by the ruling UPND in collusion with the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) and the Judiciary and that the UPND literally stole Kabushi and Kwacha seats.
Additional statements issued by Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) on the Kabushi and Kwacha by- elections notes that “𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘣𝘺-𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘊𝘡.
“𝘜𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘺-𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴.”
It is important to note that the former ruling party has the largest number of opposition parliamentarians.
Ministry of Home Affairs through the registrar of society’s amendment of the office bearers has legitimized Robert Chabinga and essentially given him power to control the largest number of opposition MPs in parliament. Hon. Chabinga has already expelled two MPs for holding ‘clandestine meetings’ with former President Lungu who is the leader of the original PF faction. In his address, Hon. Chabinga has warned more expulsions are coming which will definitely include more MPs and more by-elections.
The expulsion mania did not start with Chabinga but with Miles Sampa after the controversial independence day 2023 convention that brought in his leadership. On December 6th 2023, Miles Sampa expelled 10 MPs from the PF precipitating potential mass by – elections. The same were expelled for ‘holding meetings with people who are not members of the party’.
As a result, on 4th July 2024, deputy speaker of parliament Moses Moyo declared 9 PF seats vacant and advised the Electoral Commission of Zambia to prepare for by elections.
The ruling was made after a point of order raised by Minister of Information and UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa, who declared afterwards ‘we are looking forward to vigorously campaign in these by elections’. This, coming from the same political party that promised to cut down on costly by elections when opposition.
In reverse circumstances after realization, Sampa had requested for the issue to be dealt with administratively to avoid costly by- elections.
However, the deputy speaker refused to acknowledge his request. Only the court saved the 9 MPs after a ruling on 23rd October 2023 where the ruling UPND official facebook page reported that ‘The Lusaka High Court saves the nine PF MPs ‘𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰’ as Second Deputy Speaker’s decision to declare the seats vacant is set aside and said to be null and void. They however remain expelled from their political party as the matter is still before court’.
In a nutshell the issue is not closed but still active. From the nine, two of the MPs are already in jail and the ECZ has already announced an election for one which is Kawambwa Constituency held by jailed MP Nickson Chilangwa to be held on Friday 20th December 2024. Could this be a case of let’s take it slow but sure and must be done at all costs after the backlash from the public of the decision of the deputy speaker to declare the 9 PF seats vacant? In addition a number of PF and Independent MPs are in court for various offence such as corruption, spreading hate speech and seditious practices with Petauke Member of Parliament Emmanuel Jay Jay Banda nowhere to be seen after the abduction ordeal.
While earlier Sampa seemed to have been an apologist of the UPND, naming himself the Kylian of PF confusion, he later started criticizing the government which triggered the powers that be to pluck some seeds from his group of office bearers from the independence day convention of 2023 and sponsor a third PF faction. It seems like at this point the perceived relationship between Miles Sampa and the UPND came to an end.
On August 29, 2024, the Zambia Police Service summoned Sampa and recorded a warn and caution statement in connection with an alleged offence of ‘Seditious Practice’ a new norm under the administration of President Hichilema in dealing with its perceived critics and a colonial leadership template as described in Chapter 2 of my book Economic Systems Dismantling. Out went Sampa, in came Chabinga.
We all know that the UPND’s arch nemesis is the Patriotic Front faction led by former President Edgar Lungu.
If the UPND are behind this all destruction of its arch nemesis the Patriotic Front, what could be the motive? Is it just revenge or other motives? Why is Chabinga expelling people who are just meeting the former head of state? Or most worrisome, could the UPND be on the way to build numbers in order to enact certain laws from the ‘staged’ Electoral Reforms Technical Committee (ERTC) already sitting and the pending constitutional amendments as indicated by President Hakainde Hichilema?
As noted in the same Chapter 9 of my book “𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮.” Are the UPND trying to copy this template like the Bill 10 and others before them?
The UPND may have picked enough lessons from the failed constitution amendment Bill 10 where in almost similar circumstances, the PF tried to amend the constitution putting undesirable clauses which would weaken the constitution and compromise our democratic institutions. However, the bill failed as a result of having fewer numbers in parliament. It is evident that the UPND are clearing one homework in advance by ensuring numbers are built in parliament before the Electoral Reforms Technical Committee (ERTC) which is already sitting as we speak presents its submission to parliament to propose amendments to the current electoral laws. This may also include changes to the constitution.
President Hichilema indicated in the last address to parliament of the need to amend the constitution to deal with lacunas. Has the government communicated effectively on the lacunas needed to be amended to the Zambian people? And why is the government hell-bent at amending the constitution just one year five months before current parliament is dissolved as if there is a constitutional crisis? Is the constitution amendments necessary in the midst of a deep economic crisis with a free falling Kwacha only being saved by draconian monetary policies by the Bank of Zambia? Why is the UPND in a rush to change the current electoral laws when they necessitated their win as an opposition in 2021?
The PF’s misrule during their time in power is being used to blindfold the unsuspecting citizens. To the unsuspecting person, the wrangles and confusion in PF are as a result of a self-destructive path by the PF due to its history of indiscipline, corruption, confusion, violence and cadres a notion actively promoted by the UPND. No its not!
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗶𝘀: The PF wrangles and confusion have been instigated by the UPND government using state institutions. This is a UPND agenda to revenge but mainly to gain numbers from the PF parliamentarians, through staged MP expulsions by their stooges, using government machinery to legitimize the process, hold sham elections, win at all costs (i.e. Kwacha and Kabushi), enact new electoral laws and constitutional amendments that will advantage them to win the next elections and dominate politics for a long time to come. PERIOD!
Like Transperancy International Zambia (TIZ) noted its about “𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥”.
In fact, the European Union Election Follow-up Mission (EU EFM) reported these concerns in its February 2024 report, noting that, “In December 2022, the national assembly approved the three members of the ECZ appointed by the president. At the time, civil society organisation and opposition political parties called for a more transparent and independent recruitment process for the appointment of ECZ members and accused the president of appointing individuals with direct links to the ruling party.”
With the archaic economic policies which have failed to turn the tide and diminished people’s hopes where nothing is being ‘fixed’, the ruling UPND knows very well that their chances of bouncing back to power are slim if there are any, in a free and fair election. Hence, their current policy is 20 years in opposition too long, one term too short a time to lose, something must be done. With the changing dynamics in African politics with an enlightened young population causing upsets in a number of African countries with recent events in Botswana, it’s definitely a tight rope for the UPND to bounce back.
We should not be bystanders watching the UPND destroying the PF to advance their hegemony. Let’s look at this issue objectively.
This is not a call to bring back the PF or a call for ‘alebwelelapo’, but a call to stop the UPND from blindfolding unsuspecting citizens and stop them from this unpatriotic agenda. This could well impair the ability of the Zambian people to confidently elect the leaders they want.
The people of Zambia must be alert and never allow the UPND to infuse clauses that will promote the dominance of one party and take us back to the dark days of one party state. In any event stop all electoral and constitutional amendments until after the next elections. The fight begins now.
Indeed as our Chabinga PF ‘chairlady’ echoed in her opening prayer at the Radisson Blue presser ‘lesa umfweni ukulila kwa bana benu muno mu Zambia’. AMEN!
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𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒’𝑠 𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 (𝑃𝐴𝐶) 𝑖𝑛 𝑍𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑡𝑤𝑜 – 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒.
𝐻𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘; 𝐸𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑆𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 – 𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑍𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐴𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑝𝑎𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑙, 𝐵𝑀 𝐺𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑙 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑝 𝐿𝑒𝑣𝑦 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑. (𝐴𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑡2𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒).
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