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Mahamadou Issoufou, former president of Niger and head of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) delegation stands with Burkina Faso's new military leader Ibrahim Traore during a meeting in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso October 4, 2022. Burkina Faso's Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
Whatever the case, when small men begin, in Africa, to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set! Technically speaking, Mr. Hichilema is merely a shadow of what was expected of him.
By Mpandashalo Mwewa.
Lusaka, July 4 – Who elevated Mr. Hichilema to the level he does not belong to? Whatever the case, when small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set! Technically speaking, Mr. Hichilema is merely a shadow of what was expected of him.
Also Read: Accountability for the Zambia Police’s incompetence rests with President Hichilema! The Digest perceives the suggestion by President Hichilema of involving the Zambia Army in maintaining law and order as a deliberate step towards distancing the country from democratic norms.
In his memoirs, the late President Levy Mwanawasa described Mr. Hichilema as a man who lacked integrity. “The problem Mr. Hichilema has is the fact that he wants to cheat, to mislead, to show that he is what he is not. His understanding of politics is that it doesn’t matter; you can cheat, provided you get your goals!”
As Woodpecker’s Digest, there’s need to offer our people an opportunity to understand who Mr. Hichilema truly is by focusing on issues that matter to them in the most sincere manner possible befitting the position of Head of State. Those around him must equally advise him that the office he occupies is not meant for clowns.
We have several national issues that we must be debating such as how we must slowly transfer mining rights from foreign firms to Zambians as a child in rural Zambia is not benefitting from them at all. But such topics are not palatable to his ears as his campaign funds come from international mining conglomerates.
Also Read: Hichilema: A Disaster Greater Than El Niño. The devastating blow of El Niño to Zambia’s energy sector has been compounded by Hichilema’s shocking incompetence, leaving the nation utterly powerless to combat the catastrophic fallout.
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