Kapwepwe cries for divided, uncompassionate Zambia
By Tony Nkhoma
HISTORIAN on women’s leadership and promoter of authentic culture Mulenga Kapwepwe says there is a high risk of Zambia repeating evil colonial activities because of the current governance system. .
Kapwepwe said there was an urgent need for the leadership of the country to exercise compassion and kindness towards one another because failure to do so the country could slide into chaos.
Speaking on EMV podcast Kapwepwe, who is late former vice president Simon Kapwepwe’s daughter, said President Hakainde Hichilema should show leadership to stop the escalating evil in the country.
“Because as a President, you are the chief comforter when something tragic happens in the country. You have the power to stop the tears of the nation, of the weeping people in the nation, you have been given the power to stop the tears of the people,” she said.
Kapwepwe said it was within the powers of the President to show leadership and create that condition where tears should not be shed.
She said Hichilema would gain a lot of mileage just by being a compassionate leader.
People could remain friends amid divergent political views and not enemies.
“I hope that is what Zambia will always reflect despite our political differences that will always remain in harmony that’s very important. We might be sliding back towards that time I think we should stand up and we should start talking about it. I am particularly talking about this because I do have my own fears about where this country is going,” Kapwepwe said.
She said the country was going towards bad times because leadership was taking serious national matters for granted.
“Some of the things that for me we are taking for granted and that I’ve also seen happen in the past, especially in colonial days which were not very positive. I do not want to see that again,” Kapwepwe said.
She said people were likely to start being beaten in the public if the leadership of this country did not show concern.
“I do not want to see what happened to my father for example being beaten in a public place happen again. I do not want to see people burning things. I do not want to see that kind of hatred in the country again,” Kapwepwe said.
