By Mubanga Mubanga
PF Chairperson for information and publicity Emmanuel Mwamba says Chipangali member of parliamnet Andrew Lubusha and his counterpart Chama South member of parliament Davison Mungandu should just eat quietly rather than disparaging former president Edgar Lungu.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Mwamba stated that the two members of parliament should just obtain favours from President Hakainde Hichilema without engaging in shameful conduct.
“During his visit to Eastern Province to attend the Malaila Traditional Ceremony in Mambwe, President Hakainde Hichilema was received by among others, by two Patriotic Front members of Parliament; Chipangali MP Andrew Lubusha and Chama South MP Davison Mungandu. Sadly the two MPs, especially Hon. Davison Mungandu used the opportunity to disparage the previous government and President Edgar Lungu. Mungandu even dared to false state that ‘loadshedding would have been worse under the previous president,'” Mwamba stated. “We must warn the two MPs that they are digging their own political grave by the display of this cheap and opportunistic stunts. We urge the MPs to eat quietly or obtain favours from President Hichilema without engaging in this shameful conduct.”
He stated that President Hichilema had lamentably failed
“The UPND Government found $3.1billion foreign reserves, and 1.5million metric tonnes of national strategic maize grain reserves. He found food prices at low prices such as mealie-meal (K120), fuel (K17 per litre), exchange rate (K17 to a $1) and cheaper electricity.”
Mwamba further stated that the country was grappling with the worst loadshedding
“Currently Zambia is experiencing the worst load-shedding of electricity and citizens are being subjected to power cuts that is going on for days. As a result of extended load-shedding, communities are experiencing a huge water crisis.” Mwamba stated.
He stated that the previous government built and upgraded power stations increasing generation capacity from 1,600 megawatts to 3,770 Megawatts.
Mwamba stated that some of the major infrastructure development were funded by foreign loans.
“In 2011, the PF found an external debt of $2.8billion and by 2021, the debt was $11.9billion and domestic debt stood at K178 billion. This means that the PF borrowed $9.1billion in the period of ten years. But the debt now stands $14.7 billion and domestic debt stands at K236 billion,” stated Mwamba.
He stated the UPND had accumulated a lot of debts in few years that they had been in power.
