By Staff Reporter
Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba has challenged the UPND administration to dispute the list that has gone viral showing extreme tribal inclination in diplomatic appointments.
Speaking with Daily Revelation on the list of diplomatic appointments for orientation in group 1, which list is showing a domination of names of one region, Mwamba said the government must not remain silent on the matter and challenged them to provide a list of all those that have been appointed into the diplomatic service for Zambians to judge for themselves.
He said Zambians voted for change by removing the PF from office because President Hichilema promised to do a lot of things including uniting the nation, but that he had exposed “his hypocrisy for all to see in his appointments.”
“What I can say is I am challenging the government to dispute if those people on the list have not been appointed into the diplomatic positions. As a country we think the UPND is operating tribally. They have been preaching that they want to unite this country. Will unity be based on appointing people from one, two three regions? If people scrutinize they will realise that UPND has not come to unite but divide the country,” Mwamba said. “They were criticizing the PF that they were only appointing people from Luapula, Northern, Muchinga and Eastern Province, but if you look at the appointments of the UPND they have confirmed that they are not uniting but dividing the country. All the appointments in the defence wings have come from three regions. The key ministries are from three regions. Today if a Northerner or an Easterner is removed they are replaced by our brothers from Southern, Western, North Western and parts of Central Province.”
Mwamba challenged President Hichilema to stop dividing the country and live by what he promised Zambians.
“He should not be a hypocrite but operate in the manner he promised Zambians. He should not think Zambians are not watching. These appointments may not cost him now but Zambians are seeing through them and come 2026 he will be defeated,” said Mwamba.
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