Nkandu clueless, arrogant, says SP
By Tony Nkhoma
UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) deputy spokesperson and Minister of Sport, Youth and Arts Elvis Nkandu represents a lost leadership that lacks humility, the Socialist Party (SP) has said.
SP president Dr Fred M’membe said the UPND was suffering from leadership mess and did not have any direction to rule the country.
Dr M’membe said Zambia was being ruled by people who were hungry for positions but without direction, purpose or genuine desire to serve the people.
He said Nkandu’s overzealous remarks that if the opposition wanted to interact with people they should go to radio and television stations instead of holding public rallies as the UPND was doing countrywide was a manifestation of lost leadership.
He said Nkandu’s words spat moral failure and incompetence.
“This is what happens when leaders lose a sense of direction and purpose, and when they become completely disconnected from the people they are supposed to serve or the people who gave them the mandate,” Dr M’membe said.
When there was moral failure and incompetence in the leadership of a country, the people were not valued enough to be respected or taken seriously.
“They feel they deserve to be in those positions. What a tragedy for the country. When leadership is delusional, they detach themselves from reality and become more arrogant than ever. They speak of integrity while engaging in the most unethical or morally bankrupt practices without blinking an eye,” Dr M’membe said.
He said both Nkandu and his boss, President Hakainde Hichilema, suffered from leadership mess and had no respect for the people who voted for them.
“These are people who lie publicly and defend wrong behaviour without regret or shame. They are excessively proud, with an exaggerated sense of self-worth. In short, they become a law unto themselves,” Dr M’membe said.
He said those in the UPND were excited about their current status and the immense benefits they were extracting from lies but would soon regret their actions because real power belonged to the people.
Hichilema and the UPND have been campaigning for next year’s general election, holding public rallies poorly masked as “public engagements” countrywide while stopping the opposition from doing the same since 2021.
Opposition political parties, the Church, civil society and the international community have sounded alarm at and condemned the UPND government’s practice as undemocratic.
But like his colleagues in the government, Nkandu has laughed at the complaints and recently advised the opposition parties to use radio stations and television stations to also engage with the people while Hichilema and the UPND continue holding public political campaign rallies as it enjoys its current political power.
