By Patson Chilemba
Jean Kapata has insulted all the Zambian men with her “chikala” insult, says Chishimba Kambwili.
Speaking to Daily Revelation over the former Lands minister’s insult on Kambwili, when during an argument with one PF cadre, Kelvin Mwaba, popularly known as Papa Gunani, she told him to go and tell Kambwili “chikala chakwe. Na iwe wine chikala chobe”, Kambwili said he will speak at an appropriate time over his statement that he was in a situation where he did not want to pick up quarrels with people in his party.
“Well I really don’t want to go into details but I will speak at an appropriate time. For now I can only say it’s unfortunate. I will speak at an appropriate time. It’s up to her to apologise to me or to apologise to the Zambians because what she has done is actually not an insult to me,” Kambwili said. “It’s an insult to all men. So for me I have not taken it to heart and I think I have forgiven her. I have no hard feelings against her, but just to say it’s unfortunate. And I can only wish her happy new year.”
Kambwili said he did not understand how he was brought into a discussion Kapata had with another gentleman.
“Somebody sent it to me as well, and I was so shocked. I was extremely shocked when somebody sent it to me. But I can only say it is unfortunate,” Kambwili said.
Asked if he expected to hear from the party leadership over the insults from Kapata, Kambwili said: “No! I really don’t need to do that. If the thing has gone viral and if the party feels they want to make an issue out of it, well it’s up to them. But for me I can only say it’s unfortunate.”
“You know I am in a situation where I don’t want to pick up quarrels with people. Because I know what they want to get at. Trying to provoke me to answer back. And that’s why I am only saying it’s unfortunate,” Kambwili said. “I can only say it’s unfortunate. I don’t want to pick up quarrels with people. I mean it’s surprising that somebody is talking to somebody you are not in the picture and they just insult you. I can only say it’s unfortunate.”
Asked on the nature of relationship he has has with Kapata, Kambwili said they had enjoyed a cordial relationship, saying the last time she poured water on him at parliament she apologized and they reconciled.
“So if somebody did something bad to you she apologises, you reconcile, again she does the same thing which is even worse, you can only say it’s unfortunate and the best you can do is just to stay away from such person, keep a distance,” said Kambwili. “My wife has gone through worse things than that. In the hands of the police so this is not something that she can even. She just laughed and she also just said it’s unfortunate. She just laughed at it and said it’s unfortunate. She’s gone through worse things than this because of my political career.”
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