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Opposition UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has maintained that he does not support tribal talk bent on dividing the peaceful and united people of Zambia.
Mr. Hichilema says he personally finds tribal talks to be petty and trivial politics that are taking space at the expense of serious national issues that are affecting the entire nation currently.
He was speaking in Mansa, Luapula Province on Thursday yesterday where he addressed various foras.
And Mr. Hichilema has thanked the people of Luapula Province for the votes he got in this year’s January 20th presidential election.
Upon arrival Mr. Hichilema toured UB, Senama, and Kapwena Market in Mwenda village and Kabuta village where he joined women in pounding cassava and drawing water from a well, promised to look for land in the area to put up a cattle ranch so as to share what he termed as his ‘proudly kachema skills’.
The UPND president, who learnt that Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba has allegedly turned the former Mansa batteries industry into a shopping mall in a province without any industry, said it was better to either revamp the plant to what it was or setup another industry such as fish and meat canning.
He says this is because this would create decent jobs for the locals especially youths.
Mr. Hichilema thinks that there is enough land in Mansa where Mr. Kalaba would have put the mall than getting and allegedly destroying the battery factory.
The opposition leader, who later in the evening addressed a fundraising braii that was attended by some high profile business people and UPND party officials, has also challenged the UPND leaders to embrace new members and make the province the hub of party activities.
He has also urged them to look for quality candidates at all levels ahead of 2016 elections who won’t forget the people that elect them.