Cabinet Ministers, Permanent Secretaries & DCs, stop…

Yesterday, the Implementers Team dropped an interesting write up, ” Why do majority ministers fail to defend the President?” In the same offering, they observed that the current cabinet is made up of 25 ministers. In addition to this, there are 10 provincial ministers, bringing the total to 35. Alongside these, there are Permanent Secretaries, Deputy Permanent Secretaries and District Commissioners, among others.

Simply put, the President has a ‘bigger Army’ that should be able to defend him 24/7. The issues the Implementers Team is raising is exactly what a Copperbelt based senior Bishop shared with us a couple of months ago. “The President is being attacked left, right and center, evey day!

Not a single day passes without haters or detractors accusing him of this and that…..” he agonised. “Where are the ministers and Permanent Secretaries…..DCs? Are they so afraid of jumping to the President’s defense because they’ve eaten too much, hence remaining mute for fear of being pursued in case of a change of government?” Some UPND leaders are indeed a let down.

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We can in fact add on something more to the list….. they are not ready to eat with the people, sheer selfishness and greediness is part of their DNA! Do you have Penguin hands?

Come on guys, you can do better! Since we are not in the habit of speaking from without, we shall give a practical example. When our National Chairman, Kevin Soper transitioned to the land of the dead, may his soul rest in peace, we sent “SOS” to a number of government officials – Presidential aides, Cabinet Ministers and Permanent Secretaries.

We wish to sincerely thank the said 3 Presidential advisors for their kindness and generosity. We won’t disclose their identities for now as we don’t have their permission to do so. We hope other UPND leaders can pick one or two lessons from this, moving forward.

You shouldn’t always be expecting the President to be doing everything for you; what happened to synergy? Prince Bill M. Kaping’aHH Mpaka 2031National Coordinator

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