By Isaac Zulu
Democratic Party president Harry Kalaba has charged that the UPND government has single sourced the procurement of substandard fertiliser at a cost of US$54 million.
And Kalaba says he will move to another political establishment if the court declares that he is DP president.
Speaking when he featured on Kapiri Mposhi’s KBC Radio special programme, Kalaba stated that the UPND government has single sourced the procurement of substandard fertiliser from “a friend to the President,” to be distributed to farmers during this coming farming season.
“What is happening about this fight against corruption are jokes. In this fight against corruption they are just targeting political opponents. If you are their friend, they will not follow you… they will even single source you. Just like they have single sourced substandard fertiliser at a cost of US$54 million from a friend to the President. This is the same fertiliser they will give to farmers. And this substandard fertiliser has the potential to adversely affect the crop yields,” Kalaba said during a radio programme monitored by Daily Revelation. “So the fight against corruption that they are championing is an academic exercise.”
The Democratic Party leader charged that President Hakainde Hichilema is not being sincere on the issue of Milingo Lungu and Director of Public Prosecution Lillian Shawa Siyuni.
“We have seen the letter written by the Solistor General regarding the Milingo Lungu issue. The President judged Siyuni using the court of public opinion even before she could be heard by the Judicial Complaints Commission. The President knows the truth about this issue. He is not being sincere. That lady has told the President to remove the oath of secrecy so that she can tell her side of the story. For now, what I can say is that Siyuni is just being used as a porn in this game,” Kalaba said.
And Kalaba has stated that most of the international travels that President Hakainde Hichilema has been making and the people he interacts with are questionable.
“When someone was launching a book in South Africa the President left what he was doing here in Zambia and left for a book launch in South Africa. During his inauguration one of the speakers was former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, who was not even on the programme. And we know that Obasanjo sit on the board of a certain grouping. You can dupe others, not us. And now that he is President, all of the sudden Anglo America wants to come back to Zambia because they were his funders when he was in opposition. We don’t know, maybe the President has already privatised the country,” charged Kalaba. “This country is now going for the rich by the rich. And the President doesn’t even care about the poor people here in Zambia. And journalists should ask him why he is making these International trips and the people that he is interacting with. These International travels that by the President and the people he gets to interact with are questionable.”
Kalaba also said that if the courts of law declare that he is not the Democratic Party president he would move to another establishment and move on.
“You see… when a political party is becoming popular like the way the Democratic Party and Harry Kalaba is becoming popular, some jealous people will rise against you. And they can get sponsored to destabilise the party. For us the court has said the satus quo remains and we have continued with what we are doing,” explained Kalaba. “But if tomorrow the court declares that Harry Kalaba you are not Democratic Party president, I will move to another establishment and move on. It is better to be Republican President than to be party president.”
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