By Mwansa Kaumba
Human Rights Commissioner Laura Miti says incarcerated opposition leader Brian Mundubile is a nice guy but she does not see him as presidential material.
And Miti has accused Zambia’s former Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union (AU), Emmanuel Mwamba as a dangerous person to Zambia as the foreign voices are listening to him, when “he is making up stories”.
During a 5FM radio appearance today, Miti said she shuddered to imagine where the country would have gone with Mundubile as president.
”Brian Mundubile is a nice guy but I don’t see a president in him,” Miti said. “I don’t know where we would have gone with Brian Mundubile, and I really did not want PF back. President Mundubile was essentially PF coming back like we saw in the 30 minutes when he declared himself president, and the cadres went out to start grabbing back the shops. That’s exactly where we would be.”
And Miti said Mwamba was a fugitive who was being listened to by foreign voices.
”There are certain things for example that the foreign voices are not saying. They are not talking about how dangerous Emmanuel Mwamba is to our country,” Miti said. “You can’t have someone who makes up stories to the extent to which Emmanuel Mwamba does, and he’s a kind of person whom they are relying.”
Miti accused Zambians in the diaspora of ‘poisoning’ the country’s standing, saying Zambia is all everyone had as politicians come and go.
”I’m all for people’s rights to say what they believe. But making up stories, pushing hate like JJ (Emmanuel Banda) does, poisoning millions of minds is a problem,” Miti said. “You must balance the conversation. You can’t suddenly declare that these people are wonderful people. They are not! Emmanuel Mwamba is a fugitive for justice. He must be extadicted here to face his case.”
Asked on regional balancing in President Hakainde Hichilema’s government, Miti said she was focussed on competence.
She said in the case of Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane’s re-appointment as Finance minister, that he was too good to be reduced to his Lozi tribe.
Miti said equally Mulambo Haimbe was re-appointed as Foreign Affairs minister and would not reduce him to his Tonga tribe.
Asked on the Zambians in the United States of America who were planning to protest at the United Nations General Assembly where world leaders have gathered, Miti said “it won’t be a nice picture.”
