Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:43:17 +0000 Traditional ceremonies should not be because these events are supposed to unit tribesmen irrespective of their political affiliation. Zambia Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM) vice president Charles Kafumbo said the PF provincial hierarchy parade at the just ended Lubinda Ntongo Traditional Ceremony of the Kaonde people in Solwezi was undermining the cultural importance of the event. “Traditional ceremonies have been reduced to political campaign rallies by the ruling PF government, where they unveil party hierarchy in the case of what happened at the Lubinda Ntongo Ceremony on Saturday,” Mr. Kafumbo said. He explained that if it was a real traditional ceremony, there should have been invitations sent to various political parties, and the programme should have been free from political interference. “Everybody should have been invited instead of just having the republican vice president Guy Scott and the provincial PF leadership,” He said. Mr. Kafumbo added that the ceremony was […]
