The Politics of Chief Mwanachingwala, 2nd Edition

The UPND President Hakainde Hichilema recently aimed his artillery at the political vocal Chief Mwanachingwala, suggesting that he has been "stripped" of the royal respect he previously enjoyed. HH has also accused him of getting "brown envelopes", an accusation previously levelled at Chitimukulu:

“We have given Mwanachingwala respect which he doesn't deserve for too long, from last week we in UPND have removed the respect on Charles Malambo. Mwanachingwala's name is Charles Malambo. We don't call him a chief...We respect the Mwanachingwala chieftaincy but we don't respect Charles Malambo anymore. We take him as an MMD cadre. He will see our political pressure in Mazabuka; he controls nobody in Mazabuka. We beat him in 2001, 2006 and 2008 in terms of votes in his area. He can continue to get brown envelops from MMD it doesn't matter.”