Anthony Mukwita

08/06/2026

Presidential aspirant hon Brian Mundubile flanked by Running Mate hon Makebi Zulu of the Tonse Pamodzi Alliance at the Ephendukeni Palace paying their respect to King Mpezeni the fourth of the Ngoni people who will be laid to rest on June 9 Tuesday at his Palace here. Mpezeni the IV is the longest serving Ngoni royal in the history of the Ngoni and Zambia.

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Signing the condolences book of the departed King Mpezeni the fourth of the Ngoni people of Eastern Province of Zambia to be laid to rest 9 June here at Ephendukeni Palace. 😢

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08/06/2026

PRESIDENT HICHILEMA SHOULD CONDEMN POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND CALL FOR PEACEFUL CAMPAIGNS

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It's exactly two months and six days to a crucial and decisive election and yet violence is beginning to threaten our democracy. Let's remind each other that Zambia is a constitutional plural democracy that requires citizen participation in choosing leaders.

Citizen participation in choosing leaders is what gives legitimacy to anyone announced as the winner in national polls, anything short of that would be a scam and scandalous!

In Zambia, we have a history of peaceful transfer of power from one ruling party to the winning opposition party. This is the history we cherish and one we don't want to depart from. If people are happy with the ruling party, they will vote for them and life must continue as normal.

What we abhor, what we detest, what we must frown upon, what we must condemn, what we must disallow is a reign of terror that threatens peace and scares citizens from showing up on voting day.

We are a country of laws and we must see those laws being administered impartially. Members of the ruling party are Zambians and so are members of the opposition. They must all be protected from criminal elements in the name of politics.

The Police should be seen to act professionally in promoting law and order. At no point should the public begin to suspect that the Police is applying the law unfairly and selectively.

We need public confidence to be back in the manner Police handle political violence. No one should be treated as a sacred cow. We are all Zambians and equal before the law. We must promote our democratic process of choosing leadership without intimidation, without violence and without shedding of blood.

We can't allow any other way of choosing our leaders. Our leaders can only be changed or chosen through the ballot. That requires a peaceful atmosphere that promotes coexistence, maturity, tolerance, respect for human rights and the rule of law.

The ruling party should campaign with confidence of retaining power if they are convinced they have delivered on campaign promises. There is no need to allow a free reign of cadre violence on the streets. What's the motive and to whose benefit?

This editorial is not an attack on anyone, it's our citizen responsibility to remind those in power that the peace of this nation is in your hands. If you mismanage the responsibility given to you by Zambians in 2021, the guilty and consequences will be on your heads.

Recent violent events in Chawama, Mazabuka, Kabwe and Sesheke where UPND cadres are reigning terror to disrupt what's supposed to be peaceful campaigns or processions call for urgent actions and intervention from the Government, the Electoral Commission of Zambia and the Police to do their jobs fairly and squarely.

Allowing these violent events to continue unabated, is leaving a bitter taste in the mouth and they are making citizens to start asking questions on whether the UPND's claim to have ended violent caderism is legitimate or mere political rhetoric.

At such a critical campaign time, why is the President quiet about violence being fuelled by suspected supporters of his party? Why is the Electoral Commission of Zambia not suspending UPND from campaigning if their supporters will continue on this violent trajectory?

Zambians must be allowed to show up and vote without the fear of being attacked. Any election that will be held in the midst of violence, lacks legitimacy and anyone banking on violence as a strategy, must be condemned in the strongest sense.

If the Police is failing to contain this violence and are failing to prosecute perpetrators, it's our hope that the President will address the nation and give guidance to stop the violence we are witnessing.

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Tasila’s Tears, Zambia’s Irony

… “We miss him deeply — his presence, his voice, his love — and it is not easy to accept that he is no longer with us.” -- Former First Lady Esther Nyawa Lungu

By Amb. Anthony Mukwita

6th June 26|Lusaka

On 5 June 2026, Zambia marked the first anniversary of the sudden passing of its sixth President, Edgar Chagwa Lungu.

Yet the nation still finds itself staring at the frozen irony of a leader unburied, his body lying in Pretoria as courts and politics wrestle over his final resting place.

Into this void of grief and indecision stepped his daughter, Tasila Lungu, once the Member of Parliament for Chawama, who lost her seat amid whispers that she had “over mourned” her father.

Her words on this anniversary cut deep: “The pain of losing Dad is still so raw… we remain humbled and profoundly grateful as we continue to wait for the chance to lay Dad to rest in a manner that honours his wishes.”

Tasila’s fate is uncannily tied to her father’s. Just as Edgar Lungu rose from Chawama to State House, she too carried the constituency’s banner, embodying the family’s political legacy.

Named after her mother, Tasila Jere, she became a living echo of the Lungu household — a daughter whose political journey mirrored her father’s rise, and whose fall now mirrors his contested death.

The irony drips: a family stripped of power, a President stripped of dignity, and a daughter stripped of her seat, all under the banner of mourning.

Former First Lady Esther Lungu added her own lament: “We miss him deeply — his presence, his voice, his love — and it is not easy to accept that he is no longer with us.”
Her words remind Zambia that grief is not just private but national, and that the refusal to bury Edgar Lungu has become a metaphor for a country unable to resolve its own contradictions.

The unburied legacy of Edgar Lungu is slowly shaping a new narrative in Zambian politics.

Ahead of 13 August, when voters return to the polls, the frozen body of a former head of state looms larger than campaign promises. It is a reminder that politics here is not only about manifestos but about memory, mourning, and unresolved justice.

The irony is sharp: a government that humiliated him in life now seeks to honour him in death, while his family insists that honour cannot be manufactured by decree.

Tasila’s tears, Esther’s lament, and Edgar’s frozen silence together form a chorus that may yet define Zambia’s political destiny. In mourning, in irony, and in satire, the nation confronts itself.

Amb. AM 06.06.26.

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