People in Lusaka lie that’s why I’m attending ceremonies – Hichilema

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he has been attending conventional ceremonies to ensure that him to listen to folks’s issues straight as a result of folks in Lusaka lie.

President Hichilema said that attending ceremonies is without doubt one of the methods he can interact with the folks not like relying on the knowledge present in Lusaka the place folks would possibly inform him what doesn’t even exist.

“That’s why, royal highnesses, I’m coming to your palaces, to your ceremonies so that I can hear what people are saying directly. Nkambo bantu bachenga ku Lusaka kulya. (Because people lie in Lusaka). They can tell you things that are not there,” stated the Head of State.

Officiating on the Guta Mweenze Bbwe conventional ceremony of the Tonga folks of Nyawa Chiefdom in Kazungula District of Southern Province, the President said that conventional ceremonies had been additionally essential for the unity it brings to the county.

He assured the folks of Kazungula of presidency’s dedication to assuaging poverty within the space.

President Hichilema additionally urged the folks to be brokers of exhausting work whilst authorities strives to take away poverty.

“But you the Nyawas, don’t cry, I’m here to sort out your problems. Don’t cry, I pay attention to your problems, there’s nothing that’s hard. You will see a change. That’s why I’m not tiring. I don’t want any one to die of hunger. And if there’s any lazy person in Kazungula, tell them HH said you are not supposed to eat,” stated the President in Tonga.

By Catherine Pule

Kalemba