The DEC Summoning of Lusaka Archbishop, Dr. Alick Banda, Opening a Fresh Wound of Division KK was Right, President Hichilema Will Take Us to Civil Conflict President Hakainde Hichilema has not hidden his disdain for Lusaka Archbishop Dr. Alick Banda snd the Catholic Church.
In his meeting with stakeholders including the Apostolic Nuncio (Papal Ambassador), he has accused Dr. Banda of treason and theft of ZRA motor vehicles. We must remember that Zambia’s founding President, Dr.
Kenneth Kaunda expressed deep fears about President Hichilema. Kaunda warned that Zambians should not allow Hakainde Hichilema to become President as he would deeply divide the country. Yet KK had endorsed Hichilema as a presidential candidate in 2008 and 2011 under some loose coalition including UNIP.
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What changed? What did KK find out? What made him give us this ominous warning.
Icamona umukalamba ilyo ekele, umwaice teti acimone ilyo eminine. Today Zambia stands at a precipice, at cross roads, as a highly divided nation, polarized and rivened by ethnic and partisan divisions, a sad state of affairs that has sown dangerous seeds that may lead to civil conflict, and civil unrest. This is because we have a President who disregards the Constitution, ignores court orders, fears no institutions, fears no public pressure, fears no stakeholder influence and has keenly destroyed democratic institutions, blurred the line and independence of wings of government, weaponised Law Enforcement Agencies, skewed to punish critics and the members of the Opposition and turned the Judiciary to kowtow to him. Hichilema doesn’t yield to the public pressure raised in the interest of the nation.
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