UPND Reports Lungu Aide For Hate Speech

The United Party for National Development (UPND) has reported President Lungu’s close friend and political advisor, Munir Zulu, to the police for hate speech. 

In a recent interview for Muvi TV, Mr Zulu told the host that “minority groups in Zambia cannot be allowed to rule over majority groups”.

This prompted UPND national youth secretary Samuel Ngwira to lodge a formal complaint with Lusaka’s Central Police Station, calling the comments “unwarranted”.

In an official statement, the UPND argued that, by the PF’s logic, “the minority tribes among the 73 plus should just be voting for the so-called majority tribes”.

The opposition branded this kind of PF thinking “toxic” and said it “shows why the country is currently hugely divided”.

Mr Ngwira added that the UPND “find it extremely strange that no single statement has come from the PF trying to disassociate themselves from Mr Zulu’s remarks”.

However, he said this was hardly surprising given the PF’s track record of “trying to promote tribal talk and divide the people”.

The incident comes hot on the heels of controversy surrounding the PF’s recent national convention, which was criticised for a shocking lack of regional representation.

The 54 candidates elected to the party’s central committee all run unopposed and largely came from tribal majority backgrounds. Only 18 women were elected to the party’s highest governing body.