BRE betrayal or not—Barotseland shall rise
by Mwimanemwa Muyawanyoka
The revelation by the social media to the effect that President Edgar Chagwa Lungu and Mr. Edwin Lubosi Imwiko are in the process of restoring the Barotseland Agreement 1964 is absurd and shameful. To start with, we the people of Barotseland are resigned to the fact that the agreement is dead and buried as per successive Zambian governments' wish. Secondly, in line with the Limulunga protocol, we agreed with their wish and decided to sever our relationship.
The fact that we are still enslaved by the occupying forces does not reverse that position. We wish to tell Edwin Imwiko that the agreement you are negotiating for yourself with Lungu must never be called and neither can it replace the Barotseland Agreement 1964. Find your own name and call it as such. We all know that you are a swindler as Induna Imbwae Imikendu and Charles Mutemwa brought to light. The Liuwa project and the funding from Zambia parliament puts you on the spot. The combination of you and yourself appointed ex-prisoner Ngambela Nyambe Mwenda makes both of you shameless conmen.
Clearly, your demand for the “restoration” of the so called BA-1964, like the Liuwa project is aimed at nothing but to line up your pockets. It is not done in the interest of the people. We, the people of Barotseland want nothing short of self-rule complimented by a developmentally oriented and democratic biased Monarchy devoid of opportunism. No matter how long it takes.
Edwin, you have recruited Mutungulu Wanga, a well-known agent for the Office of the President (OP). It's common knowledge that he is on their pay roll. He is organizing poorly attended meetings in Lusaka funded by OP aimed at delaying our cause while he sneaks in palaces when visiting Barotseland, avoiding the Kutas and the people. As you chose to betray us, you will not succeed because God has already heard and answered our cry. Your short term gains will backfire on you. You will all carry the curse that shall be passed on to your children and grandchildren.
Wanga, if you are weary of the struggle, pull aside and let men of resolve carry on. Barotseland is not yours and your friends. If the battle cannot be won during your time, worry not, it is not your fault. God is seeing Barotseland rise and come to fruition according to his plans and at his own time. What is not acceptable is for you to play a spoiler role to achieve a short lived “heroism”. What makes you think that you and your friends are cleverer than the people who came up with the Resolutions of the Limulunga meeting? I wish I could access your picture and flash it to enable people know the image of the Judas Iscariot of their time.