South chiefs deny inviting Kambwili

Sun, 06 Aug 2017 10:59:16 +0000

By PRINCE CHIBAWAH

CHIEFS in Southern Province have been angered by Mwenya Musenge for spreading falsehoods against them and have warned politicians to stop using their names to gain cheap political mileage.

On Friday the former Copperbelt Minister claimed that Chiefs in Southern Province had invited embattled Roan MP, Chishimba Kambwili to travel to the region to have a meeting with them.

But the chiefs refuted Mr Musenge’s claims and challenged him to name any chief from the region involved in the purported meeting. Most chiefs talked to by the Daily Nation yesterday said they did not know what Mr Musenge was talking about.

They said Mr Musenge’s statement should be ignored because it was only meant to bring the name of Tonga chiefs into ridicule. “I am not aware of that meeting or any chief from here who has invited him (Kambwili).” said Chief Chipepo.

Chief Chipepo challenged Mr Musenge to disclose the names of traditional leaders who had invited his friend and also to state the purpose of such a meeting.

“Who invited him and to discuss what if I may ask? Because I am hearing about it for the first time. It’s not true, there is no such a meeting or any plans to have one. Not to my knowledge.”

Chief Chipepo further said it was wrong for politicians to be dragging chiefs from the region into their political battles.

“Politicians should find other strategies to use. They should stop using our names. we are traditional leaders and not politicians,” warned Chief Chipepo.

And in a separate interview, Chieftainess Mwenda of Chikankata District expressed shock at Mr Musenge’s claims.

“I don’t know anything about the meeting he (Musenge) is talking about. Nobody has communicated to me about it. I don’t think there is any impending meeting between him (Kambwili) and us,” said Chieftainess Mwenda.