UPND on the Copperbelt threatens to rock Pact with PF

UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) on the Copperbelt has threatened to disassociate itself from the pact with the Patriotic Front if Roan member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili continues to insult the people of North-Western province. In a statement issued June 9 Copperbelt UPND provincial trustee Setty Chitukutuku says Kambwili's alleged insults against the people of North Western province must stop as the practice was having a negative effect on the people from the region.

Chitukutuku who is also Lunda Cultural Association of Zambia (LCAZ) national trustee appealed to PF president Michael Sata to counsel Kambwili against practising divisive politics.

“If Kambwili will not be stopped within five days, the Lunda Cultural Association of Zambia will not hesitate to call upon all the people of the province to disassociate themselves and refuse to support the present negotiation between Sata and Hakainde Hichilema,” he said.

He said Kambwili was a senior PF member who should not continue denouncing other tribes.

“As people of the province with a stake in UPND, we cannot get involved or associate with a group of people who continue to insult us. If the leadership of PF and UPND do not correct the situation urgently, we will come up with measures that may affect both parties. We need peace as Zambia equally needs peace,” Chitukutuku said.

But Kambwili reiterated that he has never insulted the people of North Western province and warned that he would take legal action against Chitukutuku whom he accused of being an MMD sympathiser.
“I think enough is enough. I will take Chitukutuku to court so that he can state where I insulted the people of North Western province. The MMD knows that the PF-UPND pact will kick them out of office come 2011. If Chitukutuku himself does not support the pact, then so be it, but I want the people of North Western province to know that I did not insult them,” Kambwili said.