CHAMA SOUTH CONSTITUENCY ASPIRING CANDIDATE RESIGNS FROM THE RULING UPND.
Friends, family and all our supporters sometimes leadership requires the courage to make difficult choices.
After careful thought, deep reflection, and consultation with our traditional leaders, church elders, and my family, I wish to formally announce my resignation from the United Party for National Development (UPND) and all its associated structures, effective immediately.
This decision was not made lightly. It follows a period of deep introspection regarding my aspirations for this constituency and the values that guide my political journey. While I remain grateful for the time I served under the party banner, it has become increasingly clear that to continue serving my people effectively and honestly, I must do so outside the current framework of the party.
In the next few days, we will indicate our next step—whether to stand as an independent or on another party platform—to ensure our people are truly represented.
There are those who seek to silence the voice of our people and replace your interests with their own selfish ambitions. I refuse to let that happen. Leadership is about representing the “voice of the ground,” and I will not allow that voice to be drowned out.
I ask all my friends and supporters to respect this decision peacefully. We will not trade in insults, nor will we resort to violence. We will uphold the dignity of our people and allow our neighbors to choose their preferred candidates in harmony.
I believe that when the people of Chama South stand united, no selfish ambition can overshadow our needs. The voice of the ground is rising, and it is a force that cannot be silenced.
Our victory will be a victory for every mother, every farmer, and every youth in this constituency.
Together, we will build the Chama South we deserve. Hope is alive, and the ground has spoken.
May God bless you, and may God bless Chama South.
This is the backslash that could have been prevented by thoughtfulness and thorough strategic planning. Now you have to deal with a disappointed needed ally who has lost trust in you. Is this not self defeating.
Obviously if the current party structures continue to use their internal elections to decide who a suitable candidate can be instead of following the real choice preferred on the ground. More of such actions by unhappy partners anticipated.
The only way left now is to face your self imposed new opponents on the ground as independent candidates. This will definitely result in a great loss where strong holds held by some of these people rejected exsist.
Be careful not to awaken a force which will swallow you up instead of complementing you. Some of the guys chosen are paper weights. Yes you have exerted some form internal muscle, but at what cost? politically some actions can be emotionally irrepairable.
