𝐽𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑘𝑜𝑘𝑜

@LauraMiti So when are you resigning to pave way for others? You have to emulate her for giving chance to others with new ideas.

Good news is that the Livingstone Mayor will not be standing for Parliament. Very good news.

@zambianwhistle You are just wasting your time writing articles that can not woe zambians to vote for your father or your favorite character is political scene at the moment. ECL is not coming back to power, he is dead. Let's move move. How do you sleep with such hatred?

DICTATOR HICHILEMA HAS DISPLAYED SERIOUS LACK OF HUMAN VIRTUE Other than his obvious governance failures, what has shocked many Zambians about Dictator Hakainde Hichilema is his apparent very low score on the scale of human virtues. Even many of his former rabid supporters now find themselves seriously discomfited by his poorly disguised vindictive streak, divisive tribalistic and embarrassingly nepotistic speeches and appointments. Only those blinded by benefits of individual appointments, business contracts, and access to power are desperately trying to paint a picture that Dictator Hichilema can still be presented as a credible leader. Hichilema's 2021 aura and promise of competent economic management has disappeared, in the face of four years of worsening economic conditions and increased suffering of millions of Zambians, beyond levels experienced under the previous government. Inane repeated presentations of "improved macroeconomics indicators and growing foreign reserves" sound like an insult to suffering Zambians who have not felt the impact of these claims by the United Party for National Development (UPND) government. This is a major source of panic by Dictator Hichilema and his government. Hence his one strategy of using state institutions to destabilize opposition parties, and contrive to eliminate credible candidates from the presidential… Read more on: zambianwhistleblower.com/post/dictator-…

@0xUnoftheo7 Lack of positive reasoning.

Why do people steal street lights?? I don’t understand🤧💀 Those things are there to serve the whole community and you steal them, for what??

@mrphirii At what stage did the pf leave the debt restructuring process?

PF started the debt restructuring process not UPND.

@Space2013M @ngomabest196 Being a family lawyer/Spokesperson isn't a qualification to vie for the highest office in the country. It's no joke Ta. No matter how many times they form/ rename alliances between the two. The use of ECL image who lost elections isn't helping too. They are deceiving themselves.

@SimukokoJones @ngomabest196 Both can't even reason like that. Worse for Makebi, who was completely rejected by the good people of my native Malambo Constituency in 2021. What changed for him to think he can beat Uncle Fred, Andyford and Sean.

In an election were there's millions of voters, your vote is infinitesimally small to change the outcome, please don't boast too much about your single vote.

@ngomabest196 So far I have seen that the duo of MZ & BM is just visible in Lusaka. Do they have any foot prints in other provinces in the country? You can't be so confident to be the next Republican President yet you are just noticeable in Lusaka. What structures do they have in other prov?

@Space2013M @ngomabest196 The fear I have too. Their aim is to deal with HH & not for any cause of service to Zambia. I don't think Presidency can just be transferred to political chancers like the two guys. We are better off with HH for another 5 years. The pf DNA links in them disadvantages them a lot.

@ngomabest196 It's not about my vote Yama. It's about: 1. Fear of reversing economic gains, 2. Revenge, 3. According to Jean Kapata, to release from jail, thieves who stole 11 million United States Dollars cash money, 4. Fear of governing according to ECL, you know, corruption, thugs, etc.

@luchi7 It's actually good to make such decision,either from personal conviction or family advise or otherwise than to go on & lose(disadvantage the party one is standing on), or win then underperform & disappoint the voters. Other factors maybe on popularity as opposed to intentions.

A lot of people hiding behind self withdrawals,pretty sure it’s either they have seen they won’t be adopted,aren’t popular or worse have made questionable decisions in the past 5 years

@Space2013M @judithkabiki "Ya mansi" is just to say thank you. Maybe it's corruption as well?🤔

@judithkabiki Come to think of it, I've heard that so many times in the public service circles. Could it be that's what Alex meant by "for talktime?" I don't know.

If I remember correctly the highest amount or gift a Zambian civil servant is allowed to accept is a ZMW200 or something within that price range beyond that they have to declare it to administration.

@Space2013M @Lwand01 It still buffles me why the ECL family made this issue hard for the country & the late ECL? I doubt if it's all about respect for ECL wishes. I strongly support that ECL has to be buried in Zambia like the other former HOS. No one can make us deviate from that not even ba Esther.

@Lwand01 I beg to differ. We already learned and created a gravesite for all our former presidents without exception. Anyone who changes these rules has a hidden agenda. The country must never tolerate nor entertain any excuse of "family first." It should be country first.

We have alot to learn and unlearn as a country 🇿🇲

@Space2013M I have come to believe that one of the rules of being in politics is to express publicly confirm positivity. In his conscious, MZ knows that not everyone in 🇿🇲 confirmed that they will vote for him. Come to think of it, how would people perceive him if he offloads doubts openly?

Makebi, if I were you, I would be more worried about Zambian voters than ECZ. You seem to think all Zambian voters are illiterate and gullible, so they don't need to be feared. Try us!

@BuyoyaJonah In other social media platforms, Thomas Sipalo is reported to have withdrawn and opted to stand as independent for Munali.

Zambia’s election season is in full swing: longtime UPND critic Thomas Sipalo has joined the ruling party as he eyes Munali, Livingstone Mayor Constance Muleabai has pulled out, while Sebastian Kopulande has dropped his presidential bid despite paying the K100,000 ECZ fee.

@EdgarMwango Who do you have in mind?

Zambia now need a new captain to steer the ship to its new destination, the current isn’t just the ones who can inspire hope

@FMwenge I wonder why some people are like to demonize others for speaking out the truth. The truth is that 'ka samfing' after signing the contracts is real in Zambia. In the streets, we call it "ya manzi".

It’s not about green or red. It’s about who we are as a people. Our values. What we believe. 🤷🏾

@LauraMiti It's not possible.

Watching his gov's legislative & political arrogance and misbehaviour, I'm increasingly fearful that President Hichilema will take us down the horrible path of an attempt to amend the constitution, to give himself a 3rd term. I hope I'm wrong & does not mess us up that way.

@ssishuwa @HHichilema This is trash. You don't like HH that we I understand & you are not the right person to hate him like you do based on tribe. You are not even related to Telesphore for you to say HH should not mourn him, he is a hypocrite? We don't need such of people in Zambia. You're very bad.

Hello Mr Hichilema! You must be pleased to have another prominent critic of your poor leadership gone. You are very fortunate sir: death keeps taking away your most prominent critics - Edith Nawakwi, Edgar Lungu and now the retired Archbishop of Lusaka Telesphore Mpundu. I pray that you will not be demanding to officiate the funeral now, drawing on your recent experience of giving sermons in Catholic Churches and of insisting to attend funerals of individuals whom you had little regard for while they lived. Even the picture you used to accompany your post tells a story. Because your recent relationship with him had turned sour, as it has with many of those who supported you in opposition but now regret it owing to your dreadful performance in office, you had to go back all the way to 2021 to find a suitable picture that was taken after the mass that the retired Archbishop conducted for you at State House soon after your election. What followed next is well known: Archbishop Mpundu, as he did to your predecessors whenever they strayed from the course of good governance, regularly criticised your leadership actions. In response, you and your supporters, as you have repeatedly done to the Catholic Bishops and to other well-meaning critics, denounced the man of God. Today, now that he has died, you want to pretend that you are sorrowful? Please cut us some slack, Mr Hichilema. You should have a sense of shame, sir. You can lie to yourself and to your zealot supporters but you will never deceive those of us who are familiar with your breathtaking hypocrisy. The truth that must be stated is that Archbishop Mpundu, who contributed to your election, died very disappointed at what you became in office, at the tragedy of your presidency. In one of his final public interviews (I have attached it to this post for ease of reference), Archbishop Mpundu correctly branded you as “a master of corruption”, “a dictator who does not listen to anyone”, and a failure who “should not be allowed to go [i.e. remain in office for] more than one term.” I can also now tell you that the Archbishop was extremely sad that you are now trying to send civil rights activist Brebner Changala, another person who helped you ascend to public office, to prison on a transparently silly charge of sedition using Magistrate Davies Chibwili. This issue really disturbed him. Mpundu died with his extremely high regard for Changala, whom he affectionately called Saint Brebner. As you know, Changala is the man who visited you in prison in July 2017 when you were unjustly arrested on a bogus charge of treason and whom you requested to ask the Catholic leadership to help secure your release from prison. Thanks to his efforts, you were released. Today, this is the same Changala you are determined to send to prison for criticising your leadership over the abduction of then Petauke constituency member of parliament Emmanuel Banda when the people whom the victim named as his abductors, who include two of your aides, are roaming scot-free. Do you see why the Archbishop was disappointed in what you have become? What kind of a person are you, Mr Hichilema? You are very poor at managing relations. If you cannot own up to your failings, please continue with your hypocrisy and leave us to mourn the Archbishop. By us, I mean the people to whom the Archbishop was a hero before 2021 and after 2021 when you and your supporters took turns to denounce him for the crime of pointing out the pitfalls of your leadership. Should you insist on attending the funeral, I pray that the Catholics do not allow you to speak so that we may be saved from listening to more of your repulsive diet of hypocrisy. Every country has, at one time or another, a religious leader who acts as the conscience of the nation and with the strength of conviction that is respected even by their fiercest critics. For Zambia, and since the deaths of Cardinal Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (2013), Bishop Paul Francis Duffy (2011), and Bishop Dennis Harold De Jong (2003), that honour belonged to Emeritus Archbishop of Lusaka Telesphore George Mpundu. A dignified and consistent advocate for justice, the 78-year-old was among a very small number of the Zambian clergy who are incapable of finding peace in an environment in which human suffering is manufactured by the politicians in power. Throughout his public life, Mpundu consistently raised both his voice and the quality of his argument to speak out against human rights violations, corruption in government, attacks on democracy, intentional polarisation, and the indifference of the country’s political leadership to the plight of many. It is as if he was spurred by the knowledge that to be silent in the face of these human-made sins is to actively participate in sustaining the status quo. In addition to bearing sympathy for the elites in power who found his ability to speak out on issues of public interest unbearable, the man of God refused to be bullied into silence by successive governing parties’ familiar tactic of accusing anyone who criticises the government, however well intentioned, of being an opposition supporter. A highly courageous and principled individual, Archbishop Mpundu served as an inspiring example of the kind of clergy Zambia or Africa needs – those with a deep sense of responsibility and a conscience that is restless in the face of injustice, bad governance, human rights violations and the degrading poverty that surrounds them. Archbishop Mpundu fought a good fight.

With profound sorrow, we extend our heartfelt condolences to the Catholic Church in Zambia and the Archdiocese of Lusaka on the passing of His Grace Telesphore George Mpundu, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka. His distinguished service will not be forgotten. MHSRIP.

@ngomabest196 @Space2013M @ngomabest196 They shall be baptized with zeros 🤣. The duo did not have any calling to be contesting for the Presidency of the pf. They are both playing political tactics using ECL. If ECL had not died, these 2 would be outside the fence of politics of plot 1. Believe me

@Space2013M Mundubile and Makebi have never ruled this country before, that's why I'm voting for them

Yama, democratically and Constitutionally, Makebi and Brian have every right to seek public office. But public office also demands morality. These two don't meet the morality threshold in view of their past failure to denounce PF thuggery that reigned terror for a decade long.

@M5iKA Are you still hign with concaine?

The real president of Zambia is Brian mundubile.

@ngomabest196 So we should have to vote for you?

Zambian please don't forget easily, these were response you received from the people you gave mandate to preside over the affairs of this country, Whenever you complain about the high cost of living, they were rude to you, Never listen to their Hoax again. Vote Makebi & Mundus