STATEMENT BY HON. MWANSA KAPEYA, MP, MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING SERVICES AND CHIEF GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON ON UPND LEADER HAKAINDE HICHILEMA’S COMMENTS ON PRESIDENT MICHAEL SATA’S RETURN FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM Remarks attributed to UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema in The Post edition of Monday, February 10, are at best disappointing, and Zambians, including UPND members, should, if they have not already started, begin questioning his fitness as a political leader. Mr Hichilema, according to The Post, says “he is happy to have recalled President Michael Sata from the United Kingdom” where he was “malingering.” Government, too, is happy that His Excellency President Sata’s trip to the United Kingdom has exposed Mr. Hichilema’s level of understanding duties of the President and Zambians should begin to question whether he deserves to be President of a serious opposition party and later on of this country. Government wishes to advise the opposition leader that even when the President is on leave, he does not abandon his duties. He very much performs his functions and His Excellency President Sata despite being on leave was very much aware of this fact and he was performing his functions. In his own careless talk, Mr Hichilema misinformed the nation that President Sata had been flown to India for treatment and now that he has begrudgingly witnessed the return of the President he is struggling to remain credible. Mr Hichilema should not talk about the President ‘malingering in the UK’, he should inform us about how the President is recovering in India since he reported about the illness. Granted Mr Hichilema is still recovering from the crashing 2011 defeat, surely he should realize that it is one President at a time. The earlier he realizes this, the better for his health. Hon. Mwansa Kapeya, MP MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING SERVICES AND CHIEF GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON 10th February, 2014
Posted on: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:12:11 +0000
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