WE WON’T HARASS HH - MUNDUBILE

…promises that President Hichilema should have no fear as the new administration will look after him well after the August 13 elections

By NATION REPORTER

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema will not be harassed after he loses the August 13 general elections, says Brian Mundubile of the Tonse Pamodzi Alliance.

Mr Mundubile, the alliance’s presidential torch bearer, alongside his running mate, Makebi Zulu said his administration will forgive President Hichilema for his political and economic transgressions once he is out of power.

“We will have no grudge against President Hakainde Hichilema. We have forgiven him. We shall take care of him and he should not worry about being persecuted,” he said.

However, Mr Mundubile has warned that civil servants co-opted to rig the election will face the wrath of the law because Zambians would not accept that their will should be manipulated.

Mr Mundubile said the country is ready for change, that the Tonse Pamodzi Alliance was prepared to take over government and provide alternative leadership to the UPND administration that had lamentably failed to govoern.

“Zambia is ready for change and we are ready to take up the mantle of leadership. We are equal to the task and up to the challenge. The power belongs to the people, so vote wisely,” he said.

Mr Mundubile accused the UPND government of failing farmers in Muchinga Province by not providing adequate farming inputs on time.

“People of Chinsali are hardworking farmers but this government has made you suffer by failing to provide the farming inputs that you need,” he said.

Mr Mundubile pledged that a Tonse-Pamodzi administration would restore the provision of eight bags of fertiliser to farmers under the Farmer Input Support Programme.

And Mr Zulu has urged voters to look out for the alliance’s lamp symbol on the ballot paper.

“Look out for the lamp if you do not know how to read and vote for Brian Mundubile,” Mr Zulu said.

The Tonse-Pamodzi running mate said he was honoured to campaign in Chinsali, describing the district as the cradle of the country’s independence struggle.

“I am happy to be here because this is where Zambia’s independence struggle came from,” he said.

Mr Zulu stated that Zambia’s founding President Kenneth Kaunda launched the country’s liberation struggle from Chinsali alongside nationalist leaders such as Mwansa Kapwepwe before later relocating to Lusaka’s Chilenje Township during the struggle against colonial rule.

One of the daughters of the freedom fighters Mwansa Kapwepwe, Mulenga Kapwepwe reminded the gathering that Chinsali had 69, 767 registered voters and urged them to support the Tonse-Pamodzi Alliance.

“You have encouraged me greatly. Vote for Brian Mundubile and Makebi Zulu,” Ms Kapwepwe said.

Former Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo said leaders who treated citizens well tended to remain in office longer, while former Mines Minister Richard Musukwa urged voters to back Mr Mundubile in next month’s elections.

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