THE PEOPLE OF MANGANGO DESERVE BETTER THAN THE VIOLENCE AND ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT OF HICHILEMA AND UPND; THEY NEED PF DRIVEN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

By Sunday Chilufya Chanda

The development of roads such as Kasempa-Kaoma, Livingstone-Kazungula, Mazabuka-Kafue, and Katunda-Lukulu-Watopa Road are of high economic significance not only because they bring development, but also because they encourage regional integration -which is a key policy of the Patriotic Front (PF) Government.

That is the reason why the PF government and the majority of right thinking Zambian citizens are appalled by UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema’s call to halt Chinese backed road construction and Infrastructure development in these areas.

It appears that Mr Hichilema wants to perpetuate and feed on the distortion that fellow Zambian citizens in certain parts of the country are being neglected and discriminated against.

This explains why the UPND leader wrote to the Chinese with the twisted intention of persuading them to halt the construction of roads in these areas that include Mangango Constituency.

The People of Mangango and Nkeyema deserve better, than what Hichilema is trying to cook up.

They deserve the infrastructure development that the PF administration has lined up for them.

They are as equal citizens as every Zambian elsewhere, and they have a right to enjoy the fruit of their tax.

The people of Mangango deserve roads and infrastructure development that UPND are trying to thwart.

A vote PF Candidate Mr Godwin Putu is a vote for roads and other infrastructure development whereas a vote for UPND is a vote for Retrogression, Violence Misery.

It is also in this vein that we denounce the refusal by UPND to sign any peace agreement for the Mangango Constituency by election.

This just goes to confirm their propensity for violence as they recently demonstrated on court premises.

The UPND know that PF candidate Mr Putu is the strongest contender in the upcoming by-election no wonder they have hatched schemes not only to use their usual violence, but to discredit him as well.

If PF Candidate Mr Godwin Mputu wasn't the strongest candidate, why did the UPND approach him to stand on their ticket?

It is typical UPND bitterness and sour grapes to try to discredit those that reject them and that is the s the” sin” the most popular candidate standing on the PF ticket committed.

The people of Mangango don’t need the violence and selfishness of UPND, and Hichilema to stand in the way of roads and infrastructure development in their constituency.

They deserve better; they deserve a PF Member of Parliament and PF driven infrastructure development.

We also wish to react to UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema's statement on Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC).

ZNBC did NOT apply for a merger. ZNBC applied for approval to create a special-purpose vehicle to implement digital migration and not a MERGER

ZNBC has done this in the past when they created GO-TV with Multichoice.

It's mischievous for the Competition Commission to have used the word MERGER.

ZNBC was created by an Act of Parliament no sale or merger can occur without approval from Cabinet and Parliament.

It should be noted that both ZNBC and Competition Commission have since clarified.

But it's strange other opposition leaders such as Hakainde Hichilema are issuing statements based on a statement that has since been repudiated by the issuer, in this case the Competition commission.

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