Rupiah is scared of PF-UPND pact – HH

Rupiah is scared of PF-UPND pact – HH
Written by Zumani Katasefa in Kitwe
Monday, September 07, 2009 3:03:34 PM

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has said that President Rupiah Banda is very scared of 2011 because of the PF-UPND pact. Addressing a rally at Ndola's Masala ground on Saturday, Hichilema said the PF-UPND pact was here to stay and would achieve its purpose because it was people-driven.

Hichilema said time for the MMD government to pack and go had come, adding that Zambians were tired of the MMD government. He said Zambia had been independent for the past 45 years but people were living in poverty.

"... Our children are not in schools, youths have no jobs, mothers cannot feed their children because their husbands have no jobs," worried Hichilema.

Hichilema wondered how a civil servant such as a teacher could get K1 million when the President was getting so many millions per month.

"How can a doctor treat you well when you are sick when he is not paid well? This is why we want the MMD out, PF-UPND pact to rule this country. Rupiah Banda and Kunda are so much worried about the pact, this is why they are saying the pact is for Bembas and Tongas only, no that is not true, twakana! The pact is for Zambians in all the nine provinces," he said.

Hichilema said people should ignore remarks made by the MMD against the pact and instead make the pact more stronger.

"The pact is here to remove the nonsense. I want to remind Rupiah Banda that those who rule by the sword would be removed out by the sword," he said.

Hichilema also urged the police not to be used by the government in harassing those who have different views from that of President Banda's government.

He promised that once the PF-UPND forms government, police and soldiers would have their salaries increased.

Hichilema also said that the extension of the National Constitution Conference sittings was a disaster.

Speaking during a special programme on Radio Icengelo on Saturday evening, Hichilema said the extension of the NCC sittings had gobbled about K1 trillion.

He said President Banda and his vice, Kunda, were giving contradictory statements over the period on which the NCC should conclude its business.

Hichilema also bemoaned the high levels of unemployment on the Copperbelt Province.

"The population of the Copperbelt is the number one, and it is number one to have lost jobs, a few that are employed are now looking after huge families coupled with the factor of HIV/AIDS which has the devastating effects," he said.

He said that the MMD administration was interfering in the operations of the judiciary and the police as evidenced in the manner it had acted in the beatings of journalists and former Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) workers whose benefits were withheld by Barclays Bank.