Second revolution is here, Zulu tells Chinsali
By Ludia Ngwadzai in Chinsali
NATIONAL Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity (NRPUP) running mate Makebi Zulu has likened the current cry for change of government to the 1963 Chachacha revolution that ousted the colonial government.
Zulu declared that Zambia was now experiencing another to remove Hakainde Hichilema from power.
Addressing a mega rally in Chinsali on Tuesday, he said the momentum for political change had become unstoppable and any attempt to stop it would be destructive to Hichilema and the United UPND.
“The country is experiencing Chachacha number two. The momentum for change cannot be stopped. Zambians, including you people here in Chinsali, have shown us that you don’t want insala [hunger] and the UPND,” he said.
He accused the ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) of failing to deliver on its 2021 campaign promises, saying many Zambians had become disillusioned and desperate.
Zulu said freedoms of expression and speech had been curtailed under the Cyber Security law by selective application of the law.
He said many Zambians now felt intimidated from expressing their views freely because they were scared to be jailed by the Hichilema regime.
Zulu urged voters to support the NRPUP in the August 13 general election as it was the only hope for a new Zambia.
“Our party and this leadership led by President Brian Mundubile is committed to restoring democratic freedoms and improving governance. This leadership is committed to respecting the rule of law, not in the manner our friends in the UPND are conducting themselves,” he said.
The rally was held in Chinsali, a district regarded as one of Zambia’s foremost liberation strongholds.
It is the birthplace of the founding president Dr Kenneth David Kaunda and former first vice president Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe.
They included respected author and cultural activist Mulenga Kapwepwe, daughter of the late Simon.
The 1963 Chachacha campaign was a civil disobedience movement led by nationalists to push for self-rule ahead of Zambia’s independence in 1964.
