Hakainde Hichilema said : "the sacking of Dr Chitalu Chilufya does not go far enough and comes in too little too late"

ClassFMGhana Wednesday, January 20, 2021 1:42:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “We call for restraint and peaceful burial ceremony this morning as we put to rest our gallant supporter, Joseph Kaunda, who was gunned down in cold blood,”

zambiareports Sunday, December 27, 2020 12:40:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “Every credible government, anywhere in the world prides itself on the number of electorates it delivers to the polling booth. That’s how democracy works. Ironically here, ECZ wants as few people as possible to vote. We will not accept that, after all it goes against the current law that provides for continued voter registration. Extend voters registration period without any further delay,”

zambiareports Saturday, December 5, 2020 2:00:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “We must immediately engage the IMF and request for a staff programme, as a basis to embark on the journey to earn our credibility, creditworthiness, and a path to fully-fledged support. This will give the needed assurance to our creditors and potential investors of our commitment to a coherent recovery programme as we focus on rebuilding our creditworthiness. The government must provide a full picture of our public external debt, domestic debt and private debt by quasi-government institutions that are not publicly guaranteed,”

zambiareports Friday, November 20, 2020 8:23:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "These people are dead scared of me and their plan is to eliminate me from the election next year,"

AfricaNews-English Monday, October 26, 2020 7:53:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "These people are dead scared of me and their plan is to eliminate me from the election next year,"

standardmedia Sunday, October 25, 2020 2:58:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : “These people are dead scared of me and their plan is to eliminate me from the election next year,”

dailytimesPK Sunday, October 25, 2020 9:14:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "These people are dead scared of me and their plan is to eliminate me from the election next year,"

modernghana Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:26:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "These people are dead scared of me and their plan is to eliminate me from the election next year,"

yahoo-au Saturday, October 24, 2020 1:40:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "These people are dead scared of me and their plan is to eliminate me from the election next year,"

afp-en Saturday, October 24, 2020 1:17:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “We stand with the CBU student community, past and present, over the death of their iconic pet Mafishi”

clubofmozambique Thursday, September 10, 2020 12:00:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We stand with the CBU student community, past and present, over the death of their iconic pet Mafishi"

yahoo-au Tuesday, September 8, 2020 3:34:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We stand with the CBU student community, past and present, over the death of their iconic pet Mafishi"

bbc Tuesday, September 8, 2020 3:07:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "They are dead scared of our growing popularity and they don't want HH nearer and so they are planning to kill me,"

ahram-EN Wednesday, September 2, 2020 11:10:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "They are dead scared of our growing popularity and they don't want HH nearer and so they are planning to kill me,"

afp-en Wednesday, September 2, 2020 9:14:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated ( about Edgar Lungu ) : “In the usual PF style, the seven-page long and rambling Ministerial Statement presented to Parliament is full of a flowery and deceiving language. First, contrary to the sugar coating in the statement, the 2020 revenue shortfall will be K17.2 billion, of which ZRA will miss its target of K53.9 billion, by a staggering K6.9 billion. Secondly, despite the shortfall in revenues, the PF will increase the 2020 expenditure by K9.7 billion. This simply means that in 2020 the financing gap or deficit in revenues will be K26.9 billion,” “Thirdly, in the usual PF method, the only constant in their governance style is continued policy inconsistencies and reversals. Less than a month ago on 25 June 2020, Mr. Edgar Lungu informed the nation that his Cabinet approved the issuance of a COVID 19 bond to stimulate the haemorrhaging economy. And that the beneficiaries were going to be; retirees and those on the separatees payroll; suppliers of goods and services; and small-medium enterprises (SME). But in a sudden U-turn, the Minister of Finance has unilaterally decided to reverse the decision of the Cabinet and allocate the funds raised on; the Covid-19 economic recovery fund; payment of civil servant loan deductions to microfinance institutions that government spent on other activities after deducting the said amounts from our hard-working public servants; drugs and equipment procurement; grain purchases; and other unknown areas”

zambiareports Wednesday, July 15, 2020 3:57:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated ( about Range Rovers ) : “Cut all the unnecessary expenditures, starting with the large payroll for the politicians. It is unacceptable that you should add another K26.9 billion or $1.5 billion to the already massive and unsustainable debt. We are in this trouble because of this same reckless behaviour. The K3.2 billion you want to spend on the opaque presidential slush fund should be directed to SMEs through established institutions in a transparent manner. Spending this money on politically connected and exposed persons will not rejuvenate the economy through the creation of employment and payment of taxes by the deserving businesses. Range Rovers, vast numbers of houses without known owners and other luxurious purchases do not in any way develop the economy,” “Finally, for once learn to spend the money you hold in trust for the people in a transparent manner. Transparency and accountability remain the hallmark of good governance”

zambiareports Wednesday, July 15, 2020 3:57:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “Of great concern to us is that government expenditure continues to rise in the context of significant revenue shortfalls yet without major changes to the National Budget. The government recently announced that while revenues have fallen by K20.8 billion, expenditures have risen by K20.0 billion, including an increase in debt service by K8.7 billion. Current measures to address this shortfall do not go far enough. We implore the PF Administration to revise the 2020 Budget and undertake necessary reforms to make a real impact on lowering runaway expenditure,”

zambiareports Friday, July 3, 2020 11:21:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “The PF cannot continue stepping their knees on both country’s economy and our fundamental human rights,”

zambiareports Sunday, June 21, 2020 8:05:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “This morning, we went to Lusaka Central police to visit the arrested youth, Chellah Tukuta. Unfortunately, the Police stopped us from seeing him, stating that they are unaware of his whereabouts. We have demanded that his whereabouts be made public as he is not a criminal. The PF cannot continue stepping their knees on both country’s economy and our fundamental human rights,”

zambiareports Sunday, June 21, 2020 8:05:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “We stand by every youth out there speaking out including government workers who cannot voice out for fear of being fired. And we demand that Chellah Tukuta be released immediately. It’s time for all of us to get involved and get it solved. When we take over government next year, courtesy of our people’s votes and through God’s will, citizens will be allowed to speak freely because that is their right. To this effect, we say: Bally will fix it,”

zambiareports Sunday, June 21, 2020 8:05:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “When I think of technology, I think of innovation, an enabler of efficiency and what solves complex problems. Historically, we have seen the creation of numerous technological innovations that have added value to humanity. Young people working out of garages in Silicon Valley and other parts of the world have created technologies that have transformed how we communicate, how we work and how we go about our daily lives. When I think of social media platforms, applications, business software, communications tools and many other innovations, I think of the extraordinary minds of young people. I ask myself, what enables these young people to create such innovations?”

zambiareports Tuesday, May 12, 2020 10:30:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “I know of innovation hubs such as Bongohive and home grown tech solutions such as Ulendo, ZPOs, among others. What they need is policy that stimulates the growth of the sector as noted above,”

zambiareports Tuesday, May 12, 2020 10:30:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “It is sad that the nation today has recorded its first Coronavirus death. We have lost one of our own. Our thoughts and prayers go to the family of the deceased. This is not time to point fingers at each other, it is time to come together in unity and fight coronavirus”

zambiareports Friday, April 3, 2020 9:54:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema wrote : “At this point we know that the first round of World Bank Covid-19 response has gone without Zambia submitting an expression of interest,”

zambiareports Saturday, March 28, 2020 10:41:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We are not part of this, we have nothing to do with this gassing,"

modernghana Saturday, March 7, 2020 1:26:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “We are not part of this, we have nothing to do with this gassing,”

clubofmozambique Friday, March 6, 2020 9:07:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We are not part of this, we have nothing to do with this gassing,"

channelnewsasia Friday, March 6, 2020 8:26:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We are not part of this, we have nothing to do with this gassing,"

ibtimes Friday, March 6, 2020 7:52:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We are not part of this, we have nothing to do with this gassing,"

pulse Friday, March 6, 2020 7:34:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We are not part of this, we have nothing to do with this gassing,"

afp-en Friday, March 6, 2020 6:42:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “I am not concerned about swallowing my pride in pushing for amicable dialogue with @EdgarCLungu,” “It is our hope that he responds so that we can chart a new course that fosters peace and democracy”

zambiareports Thursday, November 14, 2019 1:17:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “I call on members of the press to pass on a message for me. Tell him I’m ready for dialogue to foster peace, stability and democracy. Zambia is more important than us. #Zambia,”

zambiareports Thursday, November 14, 2019 1:17:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said ( about Edgar Lungu ) : “Let me use this opportunity to declare an emergency and a disaster with regards to hunger in this Country. I will not wait for Lungu and the PF to dictate how we help our people. We shall not allow the situation to continue unabated”

zambianwatchdog Tuesday, September 17, 2019 4:05:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said ( about Edgar Lungu ) : “It is wrong for Lungu to refuse to declare the hunger situation in the country a national disaster when the majority of our people have resorted to eating unripe wild fruits. Just in Chibombo and Rufunsa districts, our people don’t have access to clean drinking water, health services and food,”

zambianwatchdog Tuesday, September 17, 2019 4:05:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “We took sometime this afternoon assisting the vulnerable groups in Lusaka’s Bauleni compound where we donated bags of mealie meal.The aged, persons living with disabilities, the widows, the orphans and other relevant groups are so dear to us and they need a helping hand especially under the current difficult economic situation,”

zambiareports Monday, September 16, 2019 10:16:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated ( about Edgar Lungu ) : “The story is the same wherever we went, people have no food and no safe and clean drinking water. We were on the ground assessing the situation and so far our findings are that we must take this hunger situation seriously. Just because Mr Edgar Lungu and his PF can afford a flight to Japan using public resources when mealie meal prices are unaffordable for the majority of our people, and generally the cost of living very high, does not mean all is well for our citizens,” “This is not a time for partisan politics and sectarian interests from all leaders across the political divide. We must be serious and put the lives of our people first before ours by ensuring no one dies from starvation out of the neglect of those who wish to withhold help for whatever reason. The possible loss of life due to starvation is completely avoidable as long as we all put our heads together to seek solutions to help those of our citizens that have been exposed to the hunger situation”

zambiareports Thursday, August 29, 2019 3:34:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “They are surviving on wild fruits some of which may be toxic and harmful to their bodies in the long term. Water reservoirs like Chilonga dam in Keembe constituency have completely dried up and this is the major source of water for our people and their livestock. These assessments are helping us offer the much needed support to our people as we seek for long term solutions to help resolve the crisis,”

zambiareports Thursday, August 29, 2019 3:34:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “There is so much untapped potential among the youth in the Country that requires harnessing, for the benefit of our communities. We therefore want to assure each one of them that our government will believe in them and will join hands with them in moving this country forward. One of the greatest assets that God has blessed us with as a country is our youth but this resource is not fully realised by others because they lack the passion and the vision to do so,”

zambiareports Saturday, August 24, 2019 10:59:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “Education for all regardless of their backgrounds, jobs for them in order for them to support each other and their families, and lastly but not the least, better conditions of service for all of them. This country’s economy largely depends on many youths who work in the informal sector and their own self-initiated projects such as mending shoes, tyres, welding and many other jobs among them a youth selling airtime, a youth who takes up farming in order to raise school fees, and many others looking for an education and job opportunity,” “Our youths are capable and willing to participate in many economic activities in the country and this is why we will work with them by equipping them with necessary skills and opportunities at an early age. We draw this vision from our own experience of creating self-employment at the age of 26 years. We would therefore like to see more of our youths going that direction and then together we can develop this beautiful country”

zambiareports Saturday, August 24, 2019 10:59:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema argues : “You did not cite any constitutional provisions to support the above claims, save for the narrative followed when enacting legislation. As you have not cited any constitutional provisions that support your arguments, I have taken the liberty to search the Constitution of Zambia to assess the validity of your propositions. Your interpretation and purported application of the above principles is flawed on two grounds”

zambianwatchdog Thursday, August 22, 2019 12:59:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema says : “It is the principle that applies to the United Kingdom, where because the country does not have a written constitution, Parliament is supreme. In Zambia however, the situation is completely different. All institutions including Parliament are creatures of the Constitution and amenable to it. The law making function of Parliament is a constitutional and public function which cannot possibly fall within your narrow construction of what you term ‘internal proceedings’ of the House”

zambianwatchdog Thursday, August 22, 2019 12:59:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “Your claim that the sub judice rule is not absolute and depends on your discretion based on the merits of each case is grossly flawed as that would amount to your usurping a constitutional power, namely, judicial authority, which is lawfully allocated to the Judiciary in this case the Constitutional Court. Any other interpretation would be contrary to the Constitution and its values and principles expressed in the Constitution of Zambia”

zambianwatchdog Thursday, August 22, 2019 12:59:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said ( about Edgar Lungu ) : “We are ready and have always stated that we need serious talk. We have made it clear that let the three Church mother bodies lead this process. The Zambia Catholic Bishops, Council of Churches in Zambia and the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia. We will talk to Mr Lungu if he stops joking because if we meet the two of us, then someone will spread lies about what we have not said. And you know that. So let the Church led us in a respectful and serious manner. We need to talk and restore the rule of law,” “The Zambian people, our people can’t continue to be led in poverty by the PF. We need to rest the PF because they have reached saturation level. A party that is leading people to poverty! Thieves are living like rich people”

zambiareports Sunday, July 28, 2019 10:36:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “We sympathise with the young people that are suffering. The demonstrations in Wusakile is as a result of thieves that are running away with our money. Fake promises to the youths,”

zambiareports Sunday, July 28, 2019 10:36:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “We have been very categorical and consistent that Vedanta should have gone a long time ago due to clear breaches and violations of numerous contractual agreements and obligations with the Zambian people. Like we stated before, the Zambian government is fully represented in the KCM board through ZCCM-IH appointed by the PF regime and were fully participating in the daily operations and the management of our mining giant. To that end, ZCCM- IH obviously updated the PF and State House on an ongoing basis on the state affairs in KCM, but they took no action,”

zambiareports Thursday, July 25, 2019 9:55:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “We have no doubt that the lack of proactive actions that would have averted the ongoing crisis was motivated by personal benefits that the top PF leadership were enjoying from the ailing KCM at the expense of employees, contractors, citizens on the Copperbelt and the country at large. We are aware and have been advising our PF colleagues on many other challenges being faced by our citizens in other mining houses such as Mopani, NFCA, Luanshya Copper Mine and many other public entities, but as per usual incompetence, nobody wants to take proactive interventions,” “Our social media platforms inboxes are full of complaints from our citizens requesting us to intervene, but our people should know that we don’t hold any executive powers at the moment, and the least we can do is merely offer advice and alternative solutions. Ultimately, the real power lies in you our fellow citizens to determine the governance of our country, by either continuing with the same mediocrity and incompetence, or change the course of action. The power is firmly in your hands”

zambiareports Thursday, July 25, 2019 9:55:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “But we should all know that the ongoing mishandling of KCM and other mining houses has wider and long term implications for generations to come. Already, we are paying a heavy price over the manner we mismanaged LapGreen and generally the entire economic situation such as heavy massive borrowing from expensive windows like the Eurobonds. The unfortunate thing is that some of the people who claimed to be patriotic citizens and put us in this huge debt burden and economic mess are no longer there, but we are all paying for their mismanagement,”

zambiareports Thursday, July 25, 2019 9:55:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said ( about Edgar Lungu ) : “We have taken note of the remarks attributed to Mr. Edgar Lungu, as quoted in the ‘News Diggers while campaigning in Katuba constituency parliamentary by-election. To say we should have been building toilets for the residents of Katuba and other places where we have our MPs is not only unfortunate but also immature and belittling, not only to the people of that constituency but to all Zambian citizens. For us in the UPND, politics is a noble and sacred service, which we respectfully hold, and we think this is not the kind of discourse our citizens should be subjected to from all of us in political leadership in our country”

zambiareports Tuesday, July 23, 2019 6:38:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “We have taken note of the remarks attributed to Mr. Edgar Lungu in today’s edition of the Daily Nation. Assuming he has been correctly quoted, our simple response is that we have been ready to meet Mr. Lungu without any conditions attached. We are very consistent and mean well when we say we need genuine dialogue under the leadership of the church mother bodies and resolve a number of outstanding issues in the country,”

zambiareports Monday, July 22, 2019 6:42:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “So let’s get on with the business and start engaging with one another under the church leadership,”

zambiareports Monday, July 22, 2019 6:42:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “A serious government should withdraw the bill and not merely u-turning and making false assertions. President Lungu should not assent to the bill but withdraw it to the expectations of Zambians who have the power as they own the three arms of Government,”

zambiareports Tuesday, July 16, 2019 8:22:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated ( about Province ) : “Every citizen has the right to take pride in their heritage and customs as long as it does not trample on other citizens’ rights or spread intolerance. Nobody is superior or more worthy than the next person, we are all equal, whether a Luchazi from North Western Province, Bwile from Luapula, Kunda from Eastern Province or a Zambian of Indian descent. Our different backgrounds should be seen as a strength not a weakness,”

zambiareports Tuesday, July 2, 2019 3:06:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “We owe our Founding fathers a debt of gratitude for the way they formed a government of all the talents drawn from the different provinces. The first cabinet of ministers consisted also of a white Zambian, Mr Jack Skinner and a mixed race Zambian, Mr Aaron Milner. Subsequent governments also drew from the Zambian pool of talent that saw people like Dipak Patel, Dev Babar and Guy Scott in leadership positions. This is testament to what good can occur when we are united,”

zambiareports Tuesday, July 2, 2019 3:06:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “Just last month thousands of Zambian Muslims celebrated Eid al Fitr and in October our Hindu brothers and sisters will be celebrating Diwali. This ethic of reciprocity should help us to jealously guard the peace that has reigned in Zambia since independence. We should not take this for granted by succumbing to hate on grounds of others’ tribe, colour or creed. There is hope in the promise of tolerance, love, harmony and the peace dividend has been a definite benefit to all of us. Especially when we see how some of our fellow African countries have been devastated by the ravages of hatred,” “Like our founding fathers and mothers, let us be heroes – today’s willing heroes who are committed to good governance, uphold the rule of law, dutiful in ending all forms of corruption and have compassion for the plight of the less privileged among us. Together let us work towards building a society that is grounded on love, mutual respect and celebrates the unity in our diversity. Above all, like true patriots let us be faithful and loyal to our mother Zambia”

zambiareports Tuesday, July 2, 2019 3:06:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “This is what we mean when we say the PF regime is highly dictatorial and brutal to citizens who want to exercise their rights of association and expression. Had these been UPND members joining the PF, they would have been allowed to freely mingle and traverse the country and mobilise for the PF without any police permits or interference,”

zambiareports Sunday, June 30, 2019 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “Is it not simple logic that you first consult then consider implementing based on the outcomes of the consultative processes? In medical profession, the PF regime is that medical practitioner who prescribes any drug available on the shelves to the patient before carrying out a thorough diagnosis. The result is what is currently happening to our ailing economy because it is forever being given wrong prescription resulting in a wrong prognosis,”

zambiareports Wednesday, June 26, 2019 1:13:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated ( about Edgar Lungu ) : “If you are not willing to head this crusade, one day, the Zambian people will head an anti-corruption crusade against you. As UPND, we will stand, as we always have, with the people to demand Zambia’s money back. If you think you will shield these culprits until 2021, there is life after 2021. The Bembas say ‘umulandu taubola’. The Zambian people will one day demand what rightly belongs to them. I am sure Zambian people would want to one day respect you as a former President, but to earn this respect, we urge you to also respect them today by securing their resources and therefore their future. As it is now, Edgar Lungu is being viewed with contempt, and many would say he deserved it because he has exhibited a leadership weakness that a President should never show,”

zambiareports Monday, June 10, 2019 8:37:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated ( about Edgar Lungu ) : “In 2017, the country lost K4.5 billion through corruption, according to the FIC’s 2017 Trends Report. This has increased to K6.1 billion in 2018, meaning in two years, the PF Government has lost K10.6 billion, which is about US$1 billion through corruption…The President can save this country if only he can empower the law enforcement agencies and allow them to do their job of prosecuting the people that have looted the country and compelling them to return the money,” “We want to believe that President Lungu means well when he says he is committed to fighting corruption. And if he does, we want to challenge him to inform the nation what he has done to those who were cited in 2017 report for milking K4.5 billion off the country through corruption. How many successful prosecutions did Zambia record on his watch? Is Mr. Lungu letting these people go scot-free and yet still expect us to believe that he is fighting corruption? Mr. President, we are still waiting for your Executive action on the 2017 Trends Report, and we demand that those cited be compelled to bring back the K4.5 billion that they stole in 2017”

zambiareports Monday, June 10, 2019 8:37:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “For 2018, the law enforcement agencies have again received 80 reports of suspected money laundering. We demand to know how many of these cases have been acted on. We demand that the K6.1 billion be forensically traced and brought back to the Government coffers this year. This is not PF Government money; it is the money of the Zambian people, which was entrusted to you Government. And on your watch, it was lost. We demand it back!”

zambiareports Monday, June 10, 2019 8:37:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “You know Mr. Chitotela was just a police constable before joining the PF. Then he became a Minister and today Mr. Chitotela has amassed massive amounts of wealth. When ACC arrests him, you tell us that he is innocent and will continue as Minister until proven guilty. Where is the integrity and morality in keeping an allegedly corrupt person on your administration? Yes, the law may provide for that, but why did you not apply the same principle when Emerine Kabanshi was embroiled in the ZAMPOST Social Cash Transfer saga if your motive is not to aid and abet corruption? Same game and different rules, these are signs of your weak presidency Mr. Lungu,” “As we demand the repayment of the K10.6 billion (about US$1 billion), which your colleagues have stolen in the last two years, we also demand that you immediately introduce amendments to the Public Procurement Act among others, to prohibit participation of shell corporations in public procurement. This is a key channel through which money is being stolen. Amending the Public Procurement Act was actually one of the promises the PF Government made in 2017 as part of the structural reforms towards fiscal fitness. Why have you grown cold feet if not to facilitate corruption? And yet to find it quite easy to amend the entire Constitution simply because you would rather weed out elements of the Supreme Law that are inconvenient to the PF, irrespective of the cost to Zambia”

zambiareports Monday, June 10, 2019 8:37:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “Own up to your past mistake so you can genuinely learn from them, and maybe we can then all move past them toward sincere and serious problem solving together; and take our advice in good faith as it is offered in good faith; institute the well-rounded set of corrective policy and structural reform measures we have been advocating for so long now. Draw on our expertise, strategic thinking and advice; it will help this country and our people…The need to stop the rampant theft of people’s resources by fighting corruption meaningfully/ significantly and not the current symbolic/half hearted way which smacks of complicity by those in authority,”

zambiareports Wednesday, May 29, 2019 1:33:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “Why is Cabinet failing to commit to curbing the excessive infrastructure project spending with the same strictness imposed on Ministries, Provinces and Spending Agents? The claim that ‘projects that are of an economic nature will not be cancelled… [to spur a] resumption of growth’ is a sham. Analysis shows that despite the Government’s excessive spending since 2012, Zambia’s Incremental Capital-Output Ratio has deteriorated continuously, showing increased inefficiencies or poor investment quality during the PF era. The PF Government simply needs political will to stop its obsessive and gluttonous infrastructure spending habit and to stop the high levels of corruption never seen before in the history of our country,”

zambiareports Wednesday, May 29, 2019 1:33:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated ( about Felix Mutati ) : “The measures being proposed in the statement are the same ones from former Finance Minister Felix Mutati’s Economic Stabilization and Growth Programme (Zambia Plus), which we even alluded to a few days ago in our advisory on fiscal consolidation. Why the Government departed from Zambia Plus in the first place remains a wonder. We can only pray that these Cabinet decisions are not too little too late given the current economic deterioration and that this time around, the Zambia Plus measures will be actioned with seriousness,”

zambiareports Wednesday, May 29, 2019 1:33:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “Austerity was repeatedly announced in 2016, 2017 and 2018, but with no serious intent to change policy behaviour. Here we are again with the Cabinet making the same old announcements. But we are not the only ones who are worried about the PF’s lack of seriousness. Last week, International credit rating agency Moody’s downgraded Zambia’s credit rating and revised its outlook to negative. In parallel, the IMF issued a statement saying: ‘However, the latest borrowing plans provided by the authorities [Zambian] continue to compromise the country’s debt sustainability and risk undermining its macroeconomic stability and, ultimately, living standards of its people’,” “The IMF said this, going on record that the PF Government is undermining the living standards of its people! Most likely, the PF will soon say: ‘unpatriotic HH has told Moody’s and the IMF lies, now they are saying these bad things against the PF Government and spreading fake news’. One true hallmark of great leadership is the ability to admit mistakes instead of always trying to find scapegoats. Another is genuinely listening to advice”

zambiareports Wednesday, May 29, 2019 1:33:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “Congratulations to the people of Sesheke, through our area member of parliament, Romeo Kang’ombe, on the upholding of our party’s victory during the Sesheke by-election. As High Court judge, Justice Gertrude Chawatama, read in her judgment, the will of the people of Sesheke must be respected as they voted for their candidate of choice,”

zambiareports Wednesday, May 29, 2019 1:24:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “There are those of us who believe in the efficacy of Value Added Tax (VAT) as a fairer consumption tax for logical and technical reasons. When correctly implemented, VAT is likely to have a higher positive impact on the economy and society as a whole. In particular, the benefit of VAT lies, among others, in its ability to promote savings, capital formation and investment which is essential for economic development, jobs creation, business opportunities, social uplift and poverty reduction,”

zambiareports Monday, May 27, 2019 6:53:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “As we have argued before, GST is penal, more costly and difficult to collect. Overall, the GST introduction is likely to result in the Treasury collecting less tax revenue to support health, education, food security and other social services. GST will therefore hurt households, the general citizenry, savings, businesses ( small/medium/large companies which will lead to further business closures and consequently more job losses). Without doubt, GST will slow down even further the already declining economic growth,” “PF’s poor leadership has already caused so much damage to our country and people’s lives. As such and for once, PF should listen to our sound advice for the good of our economy and people”

zambiareports Monday, May 27, 2019 6:53:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “Some of them are listening to PF. PF is telling them that they will not be adopted. I don’t know where they are getting that, not from us. These members ought to continue examining whether what they participated in was right or wrong,”

zambiareports Friday, May 24, 2019 11:13:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “We insist on an all-inclusive constitutional making process that must be chaired by a neutral and credible arbitrator who are, in this case, the three church mother bodies who have previously shouldered this responsibility during critical and uncertain times in our nation’s history,”

zambiareports Thursday, May 9, 2019 4:08:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “This is a futile exercise that is already being discredited and will clearly fail to yield the much desired national consensus. We urge all citizens to be alert and not be afraid to peacefully voice out their concerns against this violation and manipulation of a sacred document that will ultimately affect all of us in future,”

zambiareports Thursday, May 9, 2019 4:08:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said ( about Chishimba Kambwili ) : “Nobody should die at the hand of another person. We know that there is a break down in the rule of law and we have citizens being brutlaised and having their rights infringed upon like it happened with Chishimba Kambwili at a radio station in Kabwe. Previously, some people used to think that it was just UPND when we complained about the breakdown in the rule of law. What happened in Kabwe happened to us at Sun FM, I had to go through the roof. Time has come for all of us as citizens to take responsibility to restore the rule of law in this country. This is why we have come together as an alliance because we realise that this is not a battle for one political party,” “Just imagine Bowman Lusambo attacking a citizen and this guy is supposed to be a minister, is he worthy of being a minister? No! maybe in an animal farm government like the PF. Certainly you will not see in the UPND government, in the alliance government, ministers of that nature, they will not be there. We have no leadership in this country to maintain the rule of law, to protect citizens”

zambianwatchdog Friday, May 3, 2019 5:34:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said ( about Mapenzi Chibulo ) : “There is everything wrong with the PF thuggery in leadership today. You get elected in public office to look after citizens, today it is those in public office who are killing citizens and they remain in your offices, they continue receiving tax payer’s salaries. But we are watching, Zambians are watching, it is not an NDC issue. Who killed Mapenzi Chibulo? We have got opposition members living with bullets in their bodies, bullets fired by state agents. Those people go to UTH, doctors are afraid of treating them because they will be fired. This is the country with break down in the rule of law and selective application of the law. As citizens you need to question these things. We should not allow the shutting down of the media; Prime TV. You all remember what happened to Muvi TV, the Post, Itezhi-tezhi radio, what happened to Chipata yesterday…there is no country to talk about anymore. We want to say that as a team we are still committed, we are not afraid, we shall continue,”

zambianwatchdog Friday, May 3, 2019 5:34:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “We said to MPs that they were supposed to make their own decision based on their own conscience and we are proud that the greater majority of UPND MPs including late Patricia Mwashingwele took a decision that this was illegal and she stood up to say so, she woke up from hospital bed to come and say to members that this was illegal, and imagine losing such a person during such a critical time where we need strong people, she goes down as a freedom fighter for all of us,” “Certain other MPs made that decision to attend, conscious decision. We will not apply any sanction against them, absolutely nothing. Because at that stage every individual was supposed to make a conscious mature decision. And let me tell you, PF designed such an act so that we could impose sanctions on our MPs and shift our attention from serious issues to start dealing with our MPs, we will not do that, we are smarter than that. it’s up to MPs to examine their own consciences and ask themselves if what they are doing is representing the people who elected them. But we expect all MPs for UPND and other to vote against this bill when it’s taken to Parliament”

zambianwatchdog Friday, May 3, 2019 5:34:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “As we commemorate Labour Day today, we look at the labour landscape in Zambia, we have no good reason to celebrate. Companies are laying off workers, just a few days ago Avic International put over 100 workers on forced leave. Miners are being laid off and the employment freeze at KCM does nothing to build confidence,”

zambiareports Wednesday, May 1, 2019 9:59:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “The cost of doing business has gone up and as if that is not enough, ZESCO is about to increase its tariff by over 90 per cent. Interest rates keep going up, and the high cost of borrowing has caused a large company like Lamasat to go into receivership with its 700 staff facing the uncertainty of unemployment. If Lamasat with its credit lines can experience financial woes from a slowdown in business , an SME has little chance of survival,” “In UPND, we are happy to take up the challenge of changing our economic fortunes. We know what to do to keep Zambia growing so that our economy can generate good jobs for Zambians. The only way to do that, is to transform the economy, create new opportunities, that means restructuring our industries and reshaping our jobs. Zambia has potential that remains unexplored due to bad leadership. The same private sector that is supposed to be creating jobs is being muzzled by policy inconsistencies and public debt. Today it is VAT tomorrow its GST, next not GST but VAT, this is the business environment in Zambia”

zambiareports Wednesday, May 1, 2019 9:59:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “A 21st century economy is one that is driven by right skills, right knowledge and productivity to mention but a few. As UPND we will think long-term and comprehensively to include Zambians with disabilities in our workforce, protect people who choose to organize a union in their workplaces, that is the decent thing to do. The unions in Zambia are dead, this is the reason civil servants can go for days without pay. Such a cadre can never be productive as they are demotivated,” “On labour Day, we should remember that jobs are about more than getting a salary. They allow us to take care of our family and loved ones, to save for a rainy day and allow us to make plans. Let us commemorate this day with this deep reflections”

zambiareports Wednesday, May 1, 2019 9:59:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “Our position on this proposal by Mr Edgar Lungu and his PF is that it is fraud and non inclusive and meant to abrogate our country’s democracy. We are aware that this Bill is meant to stifle freedoms such as freedom of association, assembly, expression and speech, other than that, this proposed bill is meant to illegally give Mr Edgar Lungu another seven years as President of our country,”

zambiareports Wednesday, March 27, 2019 6:59:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “Media intimidation, curtailing of freedom of speech and expression are all signs of a dictatorship that Zambia has become. Therefore, as people that believe in Media freedom, we would like to condemn the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) for playing out a PF agenda by closing privately owned Prime Television. The reasons stated for the closure are nothing but political and gagging the media. This move is unacceptable and all well-meaning Zambians must condemn it. We state so because IBA has never taken time to take such an action on ZNBC an institution funded by the Zambians despite its unfair and biased coverage. You do not need to be media expert to know how biased ZNBC has become since 2011,”

zambiareports Wednesday, March 6, 2019 7:52:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We must be concerned with each other's welfare, and let's unite to kick the brutal regime,"

modernghana Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:49:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We must be concerned with each other's welfare, and let's unite to kick the brutal regime,"

pulse Tuesday, February 26, 2019 7:37:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We must be concerned with each other's welfare, and let's unite to kick the brutal regime,"

afp-en Tuesday, February 26, 2019 6:04:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "Our lives are in danger as police are discharging live ammunition at us and our people,"

pulse Saturday, February 9, 2019 7:03:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "Our lives are in danger as police are discharging live ammunition at us and our people,"

afp-en Saturday, February 9, 2019 5:44:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said ( about Edgar Lungu ) : “I and Mr Lungu agreed that the Church would lead the process when we met the two of us and I confirmed I would attend…he confirmed he would attend, so what is happening? What is going on? Are we walking away from our commitment?”

timesofzambia Saturday, January 19, 2019 5:09:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said ( about Secretary General ) : “It is clear that the ECZ is not taking matters relating to elections management seriously. Our candidate was being enticed to stand on the PF ticket,” “We have reminded them of the involvement of civil servants. There are a lot of District Commissioners as was the case in the Mangango by-elections and even a Permanent Secretary from State House. We have seen a lot of civil servants getting involved in Sesheke”

zambiareports Monday, January 7, 2019 10:45:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema disse : "Para já, gostaria de afirmar claramente que ninguém tem direito a um terceiro mandato no cargo de Presidente deste país" "Isto, porque quando os tribunais falham na proteção dos cidadãos, eles têm o poder de mapear o seu próprio destino através do poder popular"

deutschewelle-pt_BR Saturday, December 8, 2018 5:27:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema announced ( about Friedrich Naumann ) : "We are greatly honoured to have been nominated to be the guest speaker and recipient of this year's African Freedom award ceremony hosted and presented by Friedrich Naumann Foundation in South Africa tomorrow Friday 27th October 2017,"

allafrica Thursday, October 26, 2017 9:32:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema announced ( about Friedrich Naumann ) : “We are greatly honoured to have been nominated to be the guest speaker and recipient of this year’s African Freedom award ceremony hosted and presented by Friedrich Naumann Foundation in South Africa tomorrow Friday 27th October 2017,”

zambiareports Thursday, October 26, 2017 2:15:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "It is not because the police have done an investigation, it is because a member of the ruling party has instigated the police to arrest this citizen," "You cannot have a criminal justice system that operates like that"

digitaljournal Friday, September 1, 2017 5:30:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "It is not because the police have done an investigation, it is because a member of the ruling party has instigated the police to arrest this citizen,"

africareview Thursday, August 31, 2017 10:20:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “I was put in solitary confinement, saw nobody for eight days, slept on the cold floor without blankets, without anything for eight days in a room, it's even embarrassing for me to tell you, where people went in there before I was thrown in and smeared fecal matter both on the floor and the walls of the room. So, you couldn't hide by leaning on the wall. You couldn't hide by sitting on the floor. That's terrible, isn't it?”

enca Thursday, August 31, 2017 7:57:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "It is not because the police have done an investigation, it is because a member of the ruling party has instigated the police to arrest this citizen," "You cannot have a criminal justice system that operates like that"

digitaljournal Thursday, August 31, 2017 7:56:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema déclaré : "L'acte d'accusation a été modifié à quatre reprises (...) cela prouve qu'il n'y avait pas de problème, qu'il s'agissait de (me) punir"

slateafrique Thursday, August 31, 2017 4:58:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema affirmé : "Une personne est arrêtée non pas parce que la police a mené une enquête, mais parce qu'un membre du parti au pouvoir a incité la police à arrêter ce citoyen"

slateafrique Thursday, August 31, 2017 4:58:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "As of yesterday, some of our members were arrested. Even today, as I speak, others were arrested,"

reuters-en Thursday, August 17, 2017 9:18:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "Zambia's criminal justice system has broken down. I can't say I am free when our members are in detention,"

reuters-en Thursday, August 17, 2017 9:18:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "As of yesterday, some of our members were arrested. Even today, as I speak, others were arrested,"

timesofoman Wednesday, August 16, 2017 7:16:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "Zambia's criminal justice system has broken down. I can't say I am free when our members are in detention,"

timesofoman Wednesday, August 16, 2017 7:16:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "As of yesterday, some of our members were arrested. Even today, as I speak, others were arrested,"

reuters-en Wednesday, August 16, 2017 4:41:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "Zambia's criminal justice system has broken down. I can't say I am free when our members are in detention,"

reuters-en Wednesday, August 16, 2017 4:41:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema insisté ( about Edgar Lungu ) : "Je n'ai jamais vu autant de brutalité avant. Le tissu social de notre pays est déchiré. Comme tous les dictateurs, Lungu réduit les médias au silence (...) il va être pire que les dictateurs que vous connaissez"

afp-fr Monday, October 10, 2016 4:34:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema déclaré ( about Edgar Lungu ) : "Aucune décision de justice n'a validé l'élection du président Lungu"

slateafrique Tuesday, September 13, 2016 8:30:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "the sacking of Dr Chitalu Chilufya does not go far enough and comes in too little too late"

ClassFMGhana Wednesday, January 20, 2021 1:42:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “We call for restraint and peaceful burial ceremony this morning as we put to rest our gallant supporter, Joseph Kaunda, who was gunned down in cold blood,”

zambiareports Sunday, December 27, 2020 12:40:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “Every credible government, anywhere in the world prides itself on the number of electorates it delivers to the polling booth. That’s how democracy works. Ironically here, ECZ wants as few people as possible to vote. We will not accept that, after all it goes against the current law that provides for continued voter registration. Extend voters registration period without any further delay,”

zambiareports Saturday, December 5, 2020 2:00:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “We must immediately engage the IMF and request for a staff programme, as a basis to embark on the journey to earn our credibility, creditworthiness, and a path to fully-fledged support. This will give the needed assurance to our creditors and potential investors of our commitment to a coherent recovery programme as we focus on rebuilding our creditworthiness. The government must provide a full picture of our public external debt, domestic debt and private debt by quasi-government institutions that are not publicly guaranteed,”

zambiareports Friday, November 20, 2020 8:23:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "These people are dead scared of me and their plan is to eliminate me from the election next year,"

AfricaNews-English Monday, October 26, 2020 7:53:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "These people are dead scared of me and their plan is to eliminate me from the election next year,"

standardmedia Sunday, October 25, 2020 2:58:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : “These people are dead scared of me and their plan is to eliminate me from the election next year,”

dailytimesPK Sunday, October 25, 2020 9:14:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "These people are dead scared of me and their plan is to eliminate me from the election next year,"

modernghana Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:26:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "These people are dead scared of me and their plan is to eliminate me from the election next year,"

yahoo-au Saturday, October 24, 2020 1:40:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "These people are dead scared of me and their plan is to eliminate me from the election next year,"

afp-en Saturday, October 24, 2020 1:17:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “We stand with the CBU student community, past and present, over the death of their iconic pet Mafishi”

clubofmozambique Thursday, September 10, 2020 12:00:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We stand with the CBU student community, past and present, over the death of their iconic pet Mafishi"

yahoo-au Tuesday, September 8, 2020 3:34:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We stand with the CBU student community, past and present, over the death of their iconic pet Mafishi"

bbc Tuesday, September 8, 2020 3:07:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "They are dead scared of our growing popularity and they don't want HH nearer and so they are planning to kill me,"

ahram-EN Wednesday, September 2, 2020 11:10:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "They are dead scared of our growing popularity and they don't want HH nearer and so they are planning to kill me,"

afp-en Wednesday, September 2, 2020 9:14:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated ( about Edgar Lungu ) : “In the usual PF style, the seven-page long and rambling Ministerial Statement presented to Parliament is full of a flowery and deceiving language. First, contrary to the sugar coating in the statement, the 2020 revenue shortfall will be K17.2 billion, of which ZRA will miss its target of K53.9 billion, by a staggering K6.9 billion. Secondly, despite the shortfall in revenues, the PF will increase the 2020 expenditure by K9.7 billion. This simply means that in 2020 the financing gap or deficit in revenues will be K26.9 billion,” “Thirdly, in the usual PF method, the only constant in their governance style is continued policy inconsistencies and reversals. Less than a month ago on 25 June 2020, Mr. Edgar Lungu informed the nation that his Cabinet approved the issuance of a COVID 19 bond to stimulate the haemorrhaging economy. And that the beneficiaries were going to be; retirees and those on the separatees payroll; suppliers of goods and services; and small-medium enterprises (SME). But in a sudden U-turn, the Minister of Finance has unilaterally decided to reverse the decision of the Cabinet and allocate the funds raised on; the Covid-19 economic recovery fund; payment of civil servant loan deductions to microfinance institutions that government spent on other activities after deducting the said amounts from our hard-working public servants; drugs and equipment procurement; grain purchases; and other unknown areas”

zambiareports Wednesday, July 15, 2020 3:57:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated ( about Range Rovers ) : “Cut all the unnecessary expenditures, starting with the large payroll for the politicians. It is unacceptable that you should add another K26.9 billion or $1.5 billion to the already massive and unsustainable debt. We are in this trouble because of this same reckless behaviour. The K3.2 billion you want to spend on the opaque presidential slush fund should be directed to SMEs through established institutions in a transparent manner. Spending this money on politically connected and exposed persons will not rejuvenate the economy through the creation of employment and payment of taxes by the deserving businesses. Range Rovers, vast numbers of houses without known owners and other luxurious purchases do not in any way develop the economy,” “Finally, for once learn to spend the money you hold in trust for the people in a transparent manner. Transparency and accountability remain the hallmark of good governance”

zambiareports Wednesday, July 15, 2020 3:57:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “Of great concern to us is that government expenditure continues to rise in the context of significant revenue shortfalls yet without major changes to the National Budget. The government recently announced that while revenues have fallen by K20.8 billion, expenditures have risen by K20.0 billion, including an increase in debt service by K8.7 billion. Current measures to address this shortfall do not go far enough. We implore the PF Administration to revise the 2020 Budget and undertake necessary reforms to make a real impact on lowering runaway expenditure,”

zambiareports Friday, July 3, 2020 11:21:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “The PF cannot continue stepping their knees on both country’s economy and our fundamental human rights,”

zambiareports Sunday, June 21, 2020 8:05:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “This morning, we went to Lusaka Central police to visit the arrested youth, Chellah Tukuta. Unfortunately, the Police stopped us from seeing him, stating that they are unaware of his whereabouts. We have demanded that his whereabouts be made public as he is not a criminal. The PF cannot continue stepping their knees on both country’s economy and our fundamental human rights,”

zambiareports Sunday, June 21, 2020 8:05:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “We stand by every youth out there speaking out including government workers who cannot voice out for fear of being fired. And we demand that Chellah Tukuta be released immediately. It’s time for all of us to get involved and get it solved. When we take over government next year, courtesy of our people’s votes and through God’s will, citizens will be allowed to speak freely because that is their right. To this effect, we say: Bally will fix it,”

zambiareports Sunday, June 21, 2020 8:05:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “When I think of technology, I think of innovation, an enabler of efficiency and what solves complex problems. Historically, we have seen the creation of numerous technological innovations that have added value to humanity. Young people working out of garages in Silicon Valley and other parts of the world have created technologies that have transformed how we communicate, how we work and how we go about our daily lives. When I think of social media platforms, applications, business software, communications tools and many other innovations, I think of the extraordinary minds of young people. I ask myself, what enables these young people to create such innovations?”

zambiareports Tuesday, May 12, 2020 10:30:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “I know of innovation hubs such as Bongohive and home grown tech solutions such as Ulendo, ZPOs, among others. What they need is policy that stimulates the growth of the sector as noted above,”

zambiareports Tuesday, May 12, 2020 10:30:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “It is sad that the nation today has recorded its first Coronavirus death. We have lost one of our own. Our thoughts and prayers go to the family of the deceased. This is not time to point fingers at each other, it is time to come together in unity and fight coronavirus”

zambiareports Friday, April 3, 2020 9:54:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema wrote : “At this point we know that the first round of World Bank Covid-19 response has gone without Zambia submitting an expression of interest,”

zambiareports Saturday, March 28, 2020 10:41:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We are not part of this, we have nothing to do with this gassing,"

modernghana Saturday, March 7, 2020 1:26:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “We are not part of this, we have nothing to do with this gassing,”

clubofmozambique Friday, March 6, 2020 9:07:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We are not part of this, we have nothing to do with this gassing,"

channelnewsasia Friday, March 6, 2020 8:26:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We are not part of this, we have nothing to do with this gassing,"

ibtimes Friday, March 6, 2020 7:52:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We are not part of this, we have nothing to do with this gassing,"

pulse Friday, March 6, 2020 7:34:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We are not part of this, we have nothing to do with this gassing,"

afp-en Friday, March 6, 2020 6:42:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “I am not concerned about swallowing my pride in pushing for amicable dialogue with @EdgarCLungu,” “It is our hope that he responds so that we can chart a new course that fosters peace and democracy”

zambiareports Thursday, November 14, 2019 1:17:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “I call on members of the press to pass on a message for me. Tell him I’m ready for dialogue to foster peace, stability and democracy. Zambia is more important than us. #Zambia,”

zambiareports Thursday, November 14, 2019 1:17:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said ( about Edgar Lungu ) : “Let me use this opportunity to declare an emergency and a disaster with regards to hunger in this Country. I will not wait for Lungu and the PF to dictate how we help our people. We shall not allow the situation to continue unabated”

zambianwatchdog Tuesday, September 17, 2019 4:05:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said ( about Edgar Lungu ) : “It is wrong for Lungu to refuse to declare the hunger situation in the country a national disaster when the majority of our people have resorted to eating unripe wild fruits. Just in Chibombo and Rufunsa districts, our people don’t have access to clean drinking water, health services and food,”

zambianwatchdog Tuesday, September 17, 2019 4:05:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “We took sometime this afternoon assisting the vulnerable groups in Lusaka’s Bauleni compound where we donated bags of mealie meal.The aged, persons living with disabilities, the widows, the orphans and other relevant groups are so dear to us and they need a helping hand especially under the current difficult economic situation,”

zambiareports Monday, September 16, 2019 10:16:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated ( about Edgar Lungu ) : “The story is the same wherever we went, people have no food and no safe and clean drinking water. We were on the ground assessing the situation and so far our findings are that we must take this hunger situation seriously. Just because Mr Edgar Lungu and his PF can afford a flight to Japan using public resources when mealie meal prices are unaffordable for the majority of our people, and generally the cost of living very high, does not mean all is well for our citizens,” “This is not a time for partisan politics and sectarian interests from all leaders across the political divide. We must be serious and put the lives of our people first before ours by ensuring no one dies from starvation out of the neglect of those who wish to withhold help for whatever reason. The possible loss of life due to starvation is completely avoidable as long as we all put our heads together to seek solutions to help those of our citizens that have been exposed to the hunger situation”

zambiareports Thursday, August 29, 2019 3:34:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “They are surviving on wild fruits some of which may be toxic and harmful to their bodies in the long term. Water reservoirs like Chilonga dam in Keembe constituency have completely dried up and this is the major source of water for our people and their livestock. These assessments are helping us offer the much needed support to our people as we seek for long term solutions to help resolve the crisis,”

zambiareports Thursday, August 29, 2019 3:34:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “There is so much untapped potential among the youth in the Country that requires harnessing, for the benefit of our communities. We therefore want to assure each one of them that our government will believe in them and will join hands with them in moving this country forward. One of the greatest assets that God has blessed us with as a country is our youth but this resource is not fully realised by others because they lack the passion and the vision to do so,”

zambiareports Saturday, August 24, 2019 10:59:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “Education for all regardless of their backgrounds, jobs for them in order for them to support each other and their families, and lastly but not the least, better conditions of service for all of them. This country’s economy largely depends on many youths who work in the informal sector and their own self-initiated projects such as mending shoes, tyres, welding and many other jobs among them a youth selling airtime, a youth who takes up farming in order to raise school fees, and many others looking for an education and job opportunity,” “Our youths are capable and willing to participate in many economic activities in the country and this is why we will work with them by equipping them with necessary skills and opportunities at an early age. We draw this vision from our own experience of creating self-employment at the age of 26 years. We would therefore like to see more of our youths going that direction and then together we can develop this beautiful country”

zambiareports Saturday, August 24, 2019 10:59:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema argues : “You did not cite any constitutional provisions to support the above claims, save for the narrative followed when enacting legislation. As you have not cited any constitutional provisions that support your arguments, I have taken the liberty to search the Constitution of Zambia to assess the validity of your propositions. Your interpretation and purported application of the above principles is flawed on two grounds”

zambianwatchdog Thursday, August 22, 2019 12:59:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema says : “It is the principle that applies to the United Kingdom, where because the country does not have a written constitution, Parliament is supreme. In Zambia however, the situation is completely different. All institutions including Parliament are creatures of the Constitution and amenable to it. The law making function of Parliament is a constitutional and public function which cannot possibly fall within your narrow construction of what you term ‘internal proceedings’ of the House”

zambianwatchdog Thursday, August 22, 2019 12:59:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “Your claim that the sub judice rule is not absolute and depends on your discretion based on the merits of each case is grossly flawed as that would amount to your usurping a constitutional power, namely, judicial authority, which is lawfully allocated to the Judiciary in this case the Constitutional Court. Any other interpretation would be contrary to the Constitution and its values and principles expressed in the Constitution of Zambia”

zambianwatchdog Thursday, August 22, 2019 12:59:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said ( about Edgar Lungu ) : “We are ready and have always stated that we need serious talk. We have made it clear that let the three Church mother bodies lead this process. The Zambia Catholic Bishops, Council of Churches in Zambia and the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia. We will talk to Mr Lungu if he stops joking because if we meet the two of us, then someone will spread lies about what we have not said. And you know that. So let the Church led us in a respectful and serious manner. We need to talk and restore the rule of law,” “The Zambian people, our people can’t continue to be led in poverty by the PF. We need to rest the PF because they have reached saturation level. A party that is leading people to poverty! Thieves are living like rich people”

zambiareports Sunday, July 28, 2019 10:36:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “We sympathise with the young people that are suffering. The demonstrations in Wusakile is as a result of thieves that are running away with our money. Fake promises to the youths,”

zambiareports Sunday, July 28, 2019 10:36:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “We have been very categorical and consistent that Vedanta should have gone a long time ago due to clear breaches and violations of numerous contractual agreements and obligations with the Zambian people. Like we stated before, the Zambian government is fully represented in the KCM board through ZCCM-IH appointed by the PF regime and were fully participating in the daily operations and the management of our mining giant. To that end, ZCCM- IH obviously updated the PF and State House on an ongoing basis on the state affairs in KCM, but they took no action,”

zambiareports Thursday, July 25, 2019 9:55:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “We have no doubt that the lack of proactive actions that would have averted the ongoing crisis was motivated by personal benefits that the top PF leadership were enjoying from the ailing KCM at the expense of employees, contractors, citizens on the Copperbelt and the country at large. We are aware and have been advising our PF colleagues on many other challenges being faced by our citizens in other mining houses such as Mopani, NFCA, Luanshya Copper Mine and many other public entities, but as per usual incompetence, nobody wants to take proactive interventions,” “Our social media platforms inboxes are full of complaints from our citizens requesting us to intervene, but our people should know that we don’t hold any executive powers at the moment, and the least we can do is merely offer advice and alternative solutions. Ultimately, the real power lies in you our fellow citizens to determine the governance of our country, by either continuing with the same mediocrity and incompetence, or change the course of action. The power is firmly in your hands”

zambiareports Thursday, July 25, 2019 9:55:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “But we should all know that the ongoing mishandling of KCM and other mining houses has wider and long term implications for generations to come. Already, we are paying a heavy price over the manner we mismanaged LapGreen and generally the entire economic situation such as heavy massive borrowing from expensive windows like the Eurobonds. The unfortunate thing is that some of the people who claimed to be patriotic citizens and put us in this huge debt burden and economic mess are no longer there, but we are all paying for their mismanagement,”

zambiareports Thursday, July 25, 2019 9:55:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said ( about Edgar Lungu ) : “We have taken note of the remarks attributed to Mr. Edgar Lungu, as quoted in the ‘News Diggers while campaigning in Katuba constituency parliamentary by-election. To say we should have been building toilets for the residents of Katuba and other places where we have our MPs is not only unfortunate but also immature and belittling, not only to the people of that constituency but to all Zambian citizens. For us in the UPND, politics is a noble and sacred service, which we respectfully hold, and we think this is not the kind of discourse our citizens should be subjected to from all of us in political leadership in our country”

zambiareports Tuesday, July 23, 2019 6:38:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “We have taken note of the remarks attributed to Mr. Edgar Lungu in today’s edition of the Daily Nation. Assuming he has been correctly quoted, our simple response is that we have been ready to meet Mr. Lungu without any conditions attached. We are very consistent and mean well when we say we need genuine dialogue under the leadership of the church mother bodies and resolve a number of outstanding issues in the country,”

zambiareports Monday, July 22, 2019 6:42:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “So let’s get on with the business and start engaging with one another under the church leadership,”

zambiareports Monday, July 22, 2019 6:42:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “A serious government should withdraw the bill and not merely u-turning and making false assertions. President Lungu should not assent to the bill but withdraw it to the expectations of Zambians who have the power as they own the three arms of Government,”

zambiareports Tuesday, July 16, 2019 8:22:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated ( about Province ) : “Every citizen has the right to take pride in their heritage and customs as long as it does not trample on other citizens’ rights or spread intolerance. Nobody is superior or more worthy than the next person, we are all equal, whether a Luchazi from North Western Province, Bwile from Luapula, Kunda from Eastern Province or a Zambian of Indian descent. Our different backgrounds should be seen as a strength not a weakness,”

zambiareports Tuesday, July 2, 2019 3:06:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “We owe our Founding fathers a debt of gratitude for the way they formed a government of all the talents drawn from the different provinces. The first cabinet of ministers consisted also of a white Zambian, Mr Jack Skinner and a mixed race Zambian, Mr Aaron Milner. Subsequent governments also drew from the Zambian pool of talent that saw people like Dipak Patel, Dev Babar and Guy Scott in leadership positions. This is testament to what good can occur when we are united,”

zambiareports Tuesday, July 2, 2019 3:06:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “Just last month thousands of Zambian Muslims celebrated Eid al Fitr and in October our Hindu brothers and sisters will be celebrating Diwali. This ethic of reciprocity should help us to jealously guard the peace that has reigned in Zambia since independence. We should not take this for granted by succumbing to hate on grounds of others’ tribe, colour or creed. There is hope in the promise of tolerance, love, harmony and the peace dividend has been a definite benefit to all of us. Especially when we see how some of our fellow African countries have been devastated by the ravages of hatred,” “Like our founding fathers and mothers, let us be heroes – today’s willing heroes who are committed to good governance, uphold the rule of law, dutiful in ending all forms of corruption and have compassion for the plight of the less privileged among us. Together let us work towards building a society that is grounded on love, mutual respect and celebrates the unity in our diversity. Above all, like true patriots let us be faithful and loyal to our mother Zambia”

zambiareports Tuesday, July 2, 2019 3:06:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “This is what we mean when we say the PF regime is highly dictatorial and brutal to citizens who want to exercise their rights of association and expression. Had these been UPND members joining the PF, they would have been allowed to freely mingle and traverse the country and mobilise for the PF without any police permits or interference,”

zambiareports Sunday, June 30, 2019 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “Is it not simple logic that you first consult then consider implementing based on the outcomes of the consultative processes? In medical profession, the PF regime is that medical practitioner who prescribes any drug available on the shelves to the patient before carrying out a thorough diagnosis. The result is what is currently happening to our ailing economy because it is forever being given wrong prescription resulting in a wrong prognosis,”

zambiareports Wednesday, June 26, 2019 1:13:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated ( about Edgar Lungu ) : “If you are not willing to head this crusade, one day, the Zambian people will head an anti-corruption crusade against you. As UPND, we will stand, as we always have, with the people to demand Zambia’s money back. If you think you will shield these culprits until 2021, there is life after 2021. The Bembas say ‘umulandu taubola’. The Zambian people will one day demand what rightly belongs to them. I am sure Zambian people would want to one day respect you as a former President, but to earn this respect, we urge you to also respect them today by securing their resources and therefore their future. As it is now, Edgar Lungu is being viewed with contempt, and many would say he deserved it because he has exhibited a leadership weakness that a President should never show,”

zambiareports Monday, June 10, 2019 8:37:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated ( about Edgar Lungu ) : “In 2017, the country lost K4.5 billion through corruption, according to the FIC’s 2017 Trends Report. This has increased to K6.1 billion in 2018, meaning in two years, the PF Government has lost K10.6 billion, which is about US$1 billion through corruption…The President can save this country if only he can empower the law enforcement agencies and allow them to do their job of prosecuting the people that have looted the country and compelling them to return the money,” “We want to believe that President Lungu means well when he says he is committed to fighting corruption. And if he does, we want to challenge him to inform the nation what he has done to those who were cited in 2017 report for milking K4.5 billion off the country through corruption. How many successful prosecutions did Zambia record on his watch? Is Mr. Lungu letting these people go scot-free and yet still expect us to believe that he is fighting corruption? Mr. President, we are still waiting for your Executive action on the 2017 Trends Report, and we demand that those cited be compelled to bring back the K4.5 billion that they stole in 2017”

zambiareports Monday, June 10, 2019 8:37:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “For 2018, the law enforcement agencies have again received 80 reports of suspected money laundering. We demand to know how many of these cases have been acted on. We demand that the K6.1 billion be forensically traced and brought back to the Government coffers this year. This is not PF Government money; it is the money of the Zambian people, which was entrusted to you Government. And on your watch, it was lost. We demand it back!”

zambiareports Monday, June 10, 2019 8:37:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “You know Mr. Chitotela was just a police constable before joining the PF. Then he became a Minister and today Mr. Chitotela has amassed massive amounts of wealth. When ACC arrests him, you tell us that he is innocent and will continue as Minister until proven guilty. Where is the integrity and morality in keeping an allegedly corrupt person on your administration? Yes, the law may provide for that, but why did you not apply the same principle when Emerine Kabanshi was embroiled in the ZAMPOST Social Cash Transfer saga if your motive is not to aid and abet corruption? Same game and different rules, these are signs of your weak presidency Mr. Lungu,” “As we demand the repayment of the K10.6 billion (about US$1 billion), which your colleagues have stolen in the last two years, we also demand that you immediately introduce amendments to the Public Procurement Act among others, to prohibit participation of shell corporations in public procurement. This is a key channel through which money is being stolen. Amending the Public Procurement Act was actually one of the promises the PF Government made in 2017 as part of the structural reforms towards fiscal fitness. Why have you grown cold feet if not to facilitate corruption? And yet to find it quite easy to amend the entire Constitution simply because you would rather weed out elements of the Supreme Law that are inconvenient to the PF, irrespective of the cost to Zambia”

zambiareports Monday, June 10, 2019 8:37:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “Own up to your past mistake so you can genuinely learn from them, and maybe we can then all move past them toward sincere and serious problem solving together; and take our advice in good faith as it is offered in good faith; institute the well-rounded set of corrective policy and structural reform measures we have been advocating for so long now. Draw on our expertise, strategic thinking and advice; it will help this country and our people…The need to stop the rampant theft of people’s resources by fighting corruption meaningfully/ significantly and not the current symbolic/half hearted way which smacks of complicity by those in authority,”

zambiareports Wednesday, May 29, 2019 1:33:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “Why is Cabinet failing to commit to curbing the excessive infrastructure project spending with the same strictness imposed on Ministries, Provinces and Spending Agents? The claim that ‘projects that are of an economic nature will not be cancelled… [to spur a] resumption of growth’ is a sham. Analysis shows that despite the Government’s excessive spending since 2012, Zambia’s Incremental Capital-Output Ratio has deteriorated continuously, showing increased inefficiencies or poor investment quality during the PF era. The PF Government simply needs political will to stop its obsessive and gluttonous infrastructure spending habit and to stop the high levels of corruption never seen before in the history of our country,”

zambiareports Wednesday, May 29, 2019 1:33:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated ( about Felix Mutati ) : “The measures being proposed in the statement are the same ones from former Finance Minister Felix Mutati’s Economic Stabilization and Growth Programme (Zambia Plus), which we even alluded to a few days ago in our advisory on fiscal consolidation. Why the Government departed from Zambia Plus in the first place remains a wonder. We can only pray that these Cabinet decisions are not too little too late given the current economic deterioration and that this time around, the Zambia Plus measures will be actioned with seriousness,”

zambiareports Wednesday, May 29, 2019 1:33:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “Austerity was repeatedly announced in 2016, 2017 and 2018, but with no serious intent to change policy behaviour. Here we are again with the Cabinet making the same old announcements. But we are not the only ones who are worried about the PF’s lack of seriousness. Last week, International credit rating agency Moody’s downgraded Zambia’s credit rating and revised its outlook to negative. In parallel, the IMF issued a statement saying: ‘However, the latest borrowing plans provided by the authorities [Zambian] continue to compromise the country’s debt sustainability and risk undermining its macroeconomic stability and, ultimately, living standards of its people’,” “The IMF said this, going on record that the PF Government is undermining the living standards of its people! Most likely, the PF will soon say: ‘unpatriotic HH has told Moody’s and the IMF lies, now they are saying these bad things against the PF Government and spreading fake news’. One true hallmark of great leadership is the ability to admit mistakes instead of always trying to find scapegoats. Another is genuinely listening to advice”

zambiareports Wednesday, May 29, 2019 1:33:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “Congratulations to the people of Sesheke, through our area member of parliament, Romeo Kang’ombe, on the upholding of our party’s victory during the Sesheke by-election. As High Court judge, Justice Gertrude Chawatama, read in her judgment, the will of the people of Sesheke must be respected as they voted for their candidate of choice,”

zambiareports Wednesday, May 29, 2019 1:24:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “There are those of us who believe in the efficacy of Value Added Tax (VAT) as a fairer consumption tax for logical and technical reasons. When correctly implemented, VAT is likely to have a higher positive impact on the economy and society as a whole. In particular, the benefit of VAT lies, among others, in its ability to promote savings, capital formation and investment which is essential for economic development, jobs creation, business opportunities, social uplift and poverty reduction,”

zambiareports Monday, May 27, 2019 6:53:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “As we have argued before, GST is penal, more costly and difficult to collect. Overall, the GST introduction is likely to result in the Treasury collecting less tax revenue to support health, education, food security and other social services. GST will therefore hurt households, the general citizenry, savings, businesses ( small/medium/large companies which will lead to further business closures and consequently more job losses). Without doubt, GST will slow down even further the already declining economic growth,” “PF’s poor leadership has already caused so much damage to our country and people’s lives. As such and for once, PF should listen to our sound advice for the good of our economy and people”

zambiareports Monday, May 27, 2019 6:53:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “Some of them are listening to PF. PF is telling them that they will not be adopted. I don’t know where they are getting that, not from us. These members ought to continue examining whether what they participated in was right or wrong,”

zambiareports Friday, May 24, 2019 11:13:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “We insist on an all-inclusive constitutional making process that must be chaired by a neutral and credible arbitrator who are, in this case, the three church mother bodies who have previously shouldered this responsibility during critical and uncertain times in our nation’s history,”

zambiareports Thursday, May 9, 2019 4:08:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “This is a futile exercise that is already being discredited and will clearly fail to yield the much desired national consensus. We urge all citizens to be alert and not be afraid to peacefully voice out their concerns against this violation and manipulation of a sacred document that will ultimately affect all of us in future,”

zambiareports Thursday, May 9, 2019 4:08:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said ( about Chishimba Kambwili ) : “Nobody should die at the hand of another person. We know that there is a break down in the rule of law and we have citizens being brutlaised and having their rights infringed upon like it happened with Chishimba Kambwili at a radio station in Kabwe. Previously, some people used to think that it was just UPND when we complained about the breakdown in the rule of law. What happened in Kabwe happened to us at Sun FM, I had to go through the roof. Time has come for all of us as citizens to take responsibility to restore the rule of law in this country. This is why we have come together as an alliance because we realise that this is not a battle for one political party,” “Just imagine Bowman Lusambo attacking a citizen and this guy is supposed to be a minister, is he worthy of being a minister? No! maybe in an animal farm government like the PF. Certainly you will not see in the UPND government, in the alliance government, ministers of that nature, they will not be there. We have no leadership in this country to maintain the rule of law, to protect citizens”

zambianwatchdog Friday, May 3, 2019 5:34:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said ( about Mapenzi Chibulo ) : “There is everything wrong with the PF thuggery in leadership today. You get elected in public office to look after citizens, today it is those in public office who are killing citizens and they remain in your offices, they continue receiving tax payer’s salaries. But we are watching, Zambians are watching, it is not an NDC issue. Who killed Mapenzi Chibulo? We have got opposition members living with bullets in their bodies, bullets fired by state agents. Those people go to UTH, doctors are afraid of treating them because they will be fired. This is the country with break down in the rule of law and selective application of the law. As citizens you need to question these things. We should not allow the shutting down of the media; Prime TV. You all remember what happened to Muvi TV, the Post, Itezhi-tezhi radio, what happened to Chipata yesterday…there is no country to talk about anymore. We want to say that as a team we are still committed, we are not afraid, we shall continue,”

zambianwatchdog Friday, May 3, 2019 5:34:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “We said to MPs that they were supposed to make their own decision based on their own conscience and we are proud that the greater majority of UPND MPs including late Patricia Mwashingwele took a decision that this was illegal and she stood up to say so, she woke up from hospital bed to come and say to members that this was illegal, and imagine losing such a person during such a critical time where we need strong people, she goes down as a freedom fighter for all of us,” “Certain other MPs made that decision to attend, conscious decision. We will not apply any sanction against them, absolutely nothing. Because at that stage every individual was supposed to make a conscious mature decision. And let me tell you, PF designed such an act so that we could impose sanctions on our MPs and shift our attention from serious issues to start dealing with our MPs, we will not do that, we are smarter than that. it’s up to MPs to examine their own consciences and ask themselves if what they are doing is representing the people who elected them. But we expect all MPs for UPND and other to vote against this bill when it’s taken to Parliament”

zambianwatchdog Friday, May 3, 2019 5:34:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “As we commemorate Labour Day today, we look at the labour landscape in Zambia, we have no good reason to celebrate. Companies are laying off workers, just a few days ago Avic International put over 100 workers on forced leave. Miners are being laid off and the employment freeze at KCM does nothing to build confidence,”

zambiareports Wednesday, May 1, 2019 9:59:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “The cost of doing business has gone up and as if that is not enough, ZESCO is about to increase its tariff by over 90 per cent. Interest rates keep going up, and the high cost of borrowing has caused a large company like Lamasat to go into receivership with its 700 staff facing the uncertainty of unemployment. If Lamasat with its credit lines can experience financial woes from a slowdown in business , an SME has little chance of survival,” “In UPND, we are happy to take up the challenge of changing our economic fortunes. We know what to do to keep Zambia growing so that our economy can generate good jobs for Zambians. The only way to do that, is to transform the economy, create new opportunities, that means restructuring our industries and reshaping our jobs. Zambia has potential that remains unexplored due to bad leadership. The same private sector that is supposed to be creating jobs is being muzzled by policy inconsistencies and public debt. Today it is VAT tomorrow its GST, next not GST but VAT, this is the business environment in Zambia”

zambiareports Wednesday, May 1, 2019 9:59:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “A 21st century economy is one that is driven by right skills, right knowledge and productivity to mention but a few. As UPND we will think long-term and comprehensively to include Zambians with disabilities in our workforce, protect people who choose to organize a union in their workplaces, that is the decent thing to do. The unions in Zambia are dead, this is the reason civil servants can go for days without pay. Such a cadre can never be productive as they are demotivated,” “On labour Day, we should remember that jobs are about more than getting a salary. They allow us to take care of our family and loved ones, to save for a rainy day and allow us to make plans. Let us commemorate this day with this deep reflections”

zambiareports Wednesday, May 1, 2019 9:59:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “Our position on this proposal by Mr Edgar Lungu and his PF is that it is fraud and non inclusive and meant to abrogate our country’s democracy. We are aware that this Bill is meant to stifle freedoms such as freedom of association, assembly, expression and speech, other than that, this proposed bill is meant to illegally give Mr Edgar Lungu another seven years as President of our country,”

zambiareports Wednesday, March 27, 2019 6:59:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema stated : “Media intimidation, curtailing of freedom of speech and expression are all signs of a dictatorship that Zambia has become. Therefore, as people that believe in Media freedom, we would like to condemn the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) for playing out a PF agenda by closing privately owned Prime Television. The reasons stated for the closure are nothing but political and gagging the media. This move is unacceptable and all well-meaning Zambians must condemn it. We state so because IBA has never taken time to take such an action on ZNBC an institution funded by the Zambians despite its unfair and biased coverage. You do not need to be media expert to know how biased ZNBC has become since 2011,”

zambiareports Wednesday, March 6, 2019 7:52:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We must be concerned with each other's welfare, and let's unite to kick the brutal regime,"

modernghana Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:49:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We must be concerned with each other's welfare, and let's unite to kick the brutal regime,"

pulse Tuesday, February 26, 2019 7:37:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "We must be concerned with each other's welfare, and let's unite to kick the brutal regime,"

afp-en Tuesday, February 26, 2019 6:04:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "Our lives are in danger as police are discharging live ammunition at us and our people,"

pulse Saturday, February 9, 2019 7:03:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "Our lives are in danger as police are discharging live ammunition at us and our people,"

afp-en Saturday, February 9, 2019 5:44:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said ( about Edgar Lungu ) : “I and Mr Lungu agreed that the Church would lead the process when we met the two of us and I confirmed I would attend…he confirmed he would attend, so what is happening? What is going on? Are we walking away from our commitment?”

timesofzambia Saturday, January 19, 2019 5:09:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said ( about Secretary General ) : “It is clear that the ECZ is not taking matters relating to elections management seriously. Our candidate was being enticed to stand on the PF ticket,” “We have reminded them of the involvement of civil servants. There are a lot of District Commissioners as was the case in the Mangango by-elections and even a Permanent Secretary from State House. We have seen a lot of civil servants getting involved in Sesheke”

zambiareports Monday, January 7, 2019 10:45:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema disse : "Para já, gostaria de afirmar claramente que ninguém tem direito a um terceiro mandato no cargo de Presidente deste país" "Isto, porque quando os tribunais falham na proteção dos cidadãos, eles têm o poder de mapear o seu próprio destino através do poder popular"

deutschewelle-pt_BR Saturday, December 8, 2018 5:27:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema announced ( about Friedrich Naumann ) : "We are greatly honoured to have been nominated to be the guest speaker and recipient of this year's African Freedom award ceremony hosted and presented by Friedrich Naumann Foundation in South Africa tomorrow Friday 27th October 2017,"

allafrica Thursday, October 26, 2017 9:32:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema announced ( about Friedrich Naumann ) : “We are greatly honoured to have been nominated to be the guest speaker and recipient of this year’s African Freedom award ceremony hosted and presented by Friedrich Naumann Foundation in South Africa tomorrow Friday 27th October 2017,”

zambiareports Thursday, October 26, 2017 2:15:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "It is not because the police have done an investigation, it is because a member of the ruling party has instigated the police to arrest this citizen," "You cannot have a criminal justice system that operates like that"

digitaljournal Friday, September 1, 2017 5:30:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "It is not because the police have done an investigation, it is because a member of the ruling party has instigated the police to arrest this citizen,"

africareview Thursday, August 31, 2017 10:20:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : “I was put in solitary confinement, saw nobody for eight days, slept on the cold floor without blankets, without anything for eight days in a room, it's even embarrassing for me to tell you, where people went in there before I was thrown in and smeared fecal matter both on the floor and the walls of the room. So, you couldn't hide by leaning on the wall. You couldn't hide by sitting on the floor. That's terrible, isn't it?”

enca Thursday, August 31, 2017 7:57:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "It is not because the police have done an investigation, it is because a member of the ruling party has instigated the police to arrest this citizen," "You cannot have a criminal justice system that operates like that"

digitaljournal Thursday, August 31, 2017 7:56:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema déclaré : "L'acte d'accusation a été modifié à quatre reprises (...) cela prouve qu'il n'y avait pas de problème, qu'il s'agissait de (me) punir"

slateafrique Thursday, August 31, 2017 4:58:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema affirmé : "Une personne est arrêtée non pas parce que la police a mené une enquête, mais parce qu'un membre du parti au pouvoir a incité la police à arrêter ce citoyen"

slateafrique Thursday, August 31, 2017 4:58:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "As of yesterday, some of our members were arrested. Even today, as I speak, others were arrested,"

reuters-en Thursday, August 17, 2017 9:18:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "Zambia's criminal justice system has broken down. I can't say I am free when our members are in detention,"

reuters-en Thursday, August 17, 2017 9:18:00 AM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "As of yesterday, some of our members were arrested. Even today, as I speak, others were arrested,"

timesofoman Wednesday, August 16, 2017 7:16:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "Zambia's criminal justice system has broken down. I can't say I am free when our members are in detention,"

timesofoman Wednesday, August 16, 2017 7:16:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema told : "As of yesterday, some of our members were arrested. Even today, as I speak, others were arrested,"

reuters-en Wednesday, August 16, 2017 4:41:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema said : "Zambia's criminal justice system has broken down. I can't say I am free when our members are in detention,"

reuters-en Wednesday, August 16, 2017 4:41:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema insisté ( about Edgar Lungu ) : "Je n'ai jamais vu autant de brutalité avant. Le tissu social de notre pays est déchiré. Comme tous les dictateurs, Lungu réduit les médias au silence (...) il va être pire que les dictateurs que vous connaissez"

afp-fr Monday, October 10, 2016 4:34:00 PM EAT

Hakainde Hichilema déclaré ( about Edgar Lungu ) : "Aucune décision de justice n'a validé l'élection du président Lungu"

slateafrique Tuesday, September 13, 2016 8:30:00 PM EAT