Thu, 20 Jul 2017 10:31:22 +0000 THE behaviour exhibited by a fraction of traditional leaders in Southern Province is a recipe for tribal divisions in our country and must be curtailed before it is too late. It is quite disheartening and unacceptable that some of our traditional leaders have fallen prey to regionalism and fray of political cadrelism. Ordinarily, traditional leaders must display conduct that is above the politics currently at play, which are sometimes petty and at other times, acrimonious. How can traditional leaders command respect when their public disposition is typical of political party cadres? Will it be wrong to treat them as politicians? It is public knowledge that Senior Chief Mukuni and a handful of traditional honchos in Southern Province have on a number of occasions publicly shown patronage for the United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema each time he is making an appearance before the courts of law. […]
