Obert Simwanza
10 October 2008
UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema says he is not seeking the Republican presidency for monetary gains because he is already comfortable.
He said unlike other presidential aspirants in the October 30 polls, he was comfortable and joined politics as a mere service to the people of Zambia.
Mr Hichilema said this in Petauke on Wednesday when he addressed a public rally at Mizyu Ground.
He said the salary of the president was nothing compared to the money that he had acquired in his private business.
He said he could be counted among the first five Zambians with more heads of cattle.
As a result of that, he would ensure that he helped in the erection of dip tanks if he was elected president.
He advised Zambians not to elect a president on tribal lines, adding that countries with successful economies were those run by young leaders like himself.
Mr Hichilema cited the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is under Joseph Kabila, Botswana ruled by Ian Khama and Tanzania by Jakaya Kikwete, among others.
Earlier in the day, Mr Hichilema toured Petauke main market where he bought variousfoodstuffs and urged the traders to vote for him.
Soon after visiting the market, he travelled to Chipembe, a distance of 20 kilometres from Nyimba, where he addressed another rally.
Mr Hichilema later moved to Nyimba where another rally was held.
When his motorcade arrived in Nyimba, some suspected MMD cadres displayed their party symbol to Mr Hichilema, a move that angered his supporters.
He approached the cadres and told them that there was no need to antagonise one another because they were all Zambians.
Some police officers who were assigned to ensure that law and order was maintained at the rally cautioned the suspected MMD cadres and one was arrested for allegedly destroying Mr Hichilema's poster.
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