06/08/2026
God rejected Hichilema five times, Zambians forced Him to allow him to rule — Kambwili
FORMER Information Minister Chishimba Kambwili says President Hakainde Hichilema's five unsuccessful presidential bids were a sign that God had not chosen him to lead Zambia.
And Kambwili says President Hichilema does not love the poor, arguing that his government's policies favour the wealthy and foreigners rather than ordinary Zambians.
Speaking during a live broadcast on his page, Kambwili said God had already shown that Hichilema was not meant to govern the country by allowing him to lose five consecutive elections before eventually winning in 2021.
"God showed us that Hakainde Hichilema cannot govern Zambia well. How did He show us? He lost five elections. If a person loses elections five times, it only shows that God did not bless him to lead a country. God did not choose him to lead the country," Kambwili said.
He said Hichilema lost the presidential elections in 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016 before eventually being elected in 2021.
"But what did Zambians do? Anyway, I don't blame Zambians. What was happening in the previous government is what led people into getting upset and deciding to try Hakainde Hichilema. But God rejected him five times," he said.
Kambwili asserted that the Bible contains examples where God allowed people to have leaders of their own choosing despite His reservations.
"You know how God is. If He has not decided that you be President, and the people force Him that that is the leader they want, even in the Bible there were leaders that God said, 'See for yourselves,' and we know what happened," he said.
He stressed that he does not hate President Hichilema and respects him as Zambia's Head of State, but argued that public dissatisfaction with the President stems from his own leadership.
"We do not hate Hakainde Hichilema. He is our President, and we respect him as President of the Republic of Zambia. People have turned against Hich
