Refer to the above mentioned. You connected my remarks on politicking on tribal lines with my brother, chief Sinazongwe’s on March 21, 2013 on Hakainde’s press briefing.
That was wrong because unlike what the chief of Sinazongwe is reported to have said on 21 March, 2013, mine was a reaction on a general trend of politicking on tribal lines.
It was not an attack on Hakainde as portrayed in your reporting. I didn’t say Hakainde was careless and I never even mentioned him anywhere in my remarks.
Mine was a general perception about tribal politics, and to a large extent, my comments totally tallied with what Hakainde said at a press briefing in Lusaka.
He condemned those who perceived other tribes to be more superior than others.
How then do you connect me to a statement of careless talk by HH? If you have a hidden agenda with Hakainde, it must be your problem! Do not involve me.
I was merely blaming those who say Tongas are tribal. We are not. Just look at what happened during the Chiluba change of government. The Tongas joined other tribes to overwhelmingly bring about the democratic change.
I made that reference in my telephone conversation with the Post.
I still maintain that Tongas are not tribal. And so like Hakainde, I condemn those who think that some tribes are more superior than others. We are one Zambia, one people.
Lastly, your front page statement on 22 March 2013 that “HH’s careless tribal talk has created a wrong perception” was not a product of my concept.
Senior Chief Bright Nalubamba
Source: Post newspaper
Below is the full article which Chief Nalubamba has disputed
Tongas not tribal, says Nalubamba
By Kombe Chimpinde
Fri 22 Mar. 2013, 14:01 CAT [5034 Reads, 0 Comment(s)]
IT is better to shut up than to politic on tribal lines, says senior chief Bright Nalubamba of the Ila people of Southern Province.
Commenting on UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema’s statement that those that think their tribes were superior to others were fools, chief Nalubamba said politicking on tribal lines must be strongly condemned and avoided by political leaders, because tribes in Zambia had existed side by side in harmony since independence.
“I don’t believe in tribe, but individuals. We are in a multi party democracy. People are free to vote for whoever they want to vote for. People must not be coerced to vote or support the government on tribal lines,” he said.
Nalubamba said it was such careless talk by Hichilema that had created a perception that Tongas were tribalists when in fact not.
“They (Tongas) are not tribal. Other tribes also find votes in the area that are not coming from their tribesmen. So I don’t subscribe to this concept. We are in a democracy, where the choice of the majority prevails regardless of the tribe of the one who is at the helm of that political party of their choice,” chief Nalubamba said.
“A candidate who would ensure that there is service delivery because what people want is change. You see if you have nothing to talk about as a leader, let us just shut up and not talk about tribe all the time. Let us talk about the development of the country. Let us work together and help this country develop. We are people of one country. We are brothers and sisters of one country. Let us not waste time to divide ourselves on tribal lines.”
On Wednesday chief Sinazongwe said Hichilema’s tribal sentiment can divide the nation.
Chief Sinazongwe of the Tonga people of the valley said leaders should preach peace and unity not segregation among its citizens.
During a briefing in Lusaka on Sunday, Hichilema said those that saw their tribes superior to others were fools.
“We should not demonise each other on the basis of choices we never made. No one chose to be born in a particular area,” he said without disclosing the tribes that consider themselves superior to others but in apparent reference to Bembas.
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