Dr. Prince Tumbwehx’s Speech
43rd Zambia’s Independence Celebration Day, October 27, 2007.
Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

While we are celebrating our important national freedom, it is imperative not only to celebrate but we should also discuss national issues such as economic, political social and the role of leadership.

What do we understand by the term “ political leader” A political leader is one who guides the government towards improvement of living conditions of the people and focus on creating better economic opportunities for all.

One of the major challenges for a political leader is to be able to come up with a good workable policies or a good plan for the betterment of the nation, constructive solutions and direct the nation in the right direction for the national unity, development and economic prosperity.
We now live in the contemporary world where we have to promote true principles of democracy and fight hard against principles of fascism and tyranny rule.

Many people can become good political leaders, but they are discouraged to run for political positions due to lack of funds, fear and intimidation from political antagonists and pundits. Some people are interested to become political leaders but they are psychologically defeated due to having little education. Some people have no interest in politics; hence, they see no reason to participate in political leadership.

However, good leaders are God appointed leaders. Even in a nation that truly practices genuine Democracy, God appointed leaders have got to participate into either the general or presidential elections before they can lead the nation. People can’t know an aspiring candidate’s political interest and views unless they communicate their political ambition and views to the people.
Godly appointed leaders are leaders who are called by God to lead his people in the right way like Moses and Aaron who lead the children of Israel from Egypt to Canaan.

When God appoints someone to be a leader, he puts them in reserve until the appointed time. God’s appointed time is the best time. Sometimes God appointed leaders start experiencing dreams of becoming a leader so on and so forth as they grow, they may not know that they are future leaders. When the right time comes they start having symptoms of leadership and they start behaving like leaders, they may start from a small scale and rise to the highest office of the government and their dreams come true.

The Lord said to Jeremiah, Chapter 1 verse 5. “Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee and before though comest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee and I ordained thee a prophet unto nations.”

God is saying to Jeremiah, even before you were conceived in your mother’s womb, before she gave birth to you, I appointed you a leader, I set you aside, I preserved you for my purpose and I sanctified you.

Unfortunately, not all leaders are called by God to lead a nation. Some leaders who are not called to lead the nation are goal oriented for personal gain, as opposed to serving the people and execute national development. For example, in 1991 when we were changing from one party participatory democracy to multiparty democracy, we elected some men who had no fear for God, men who had no mercy for the poor children and the poor old people, men whose goal orientation was to enrich themselves through political corruption and embezzlement of government funds. Are the Zambian people ready to make the same mistake in the year 2011 general and presidential elections? We should be aware that political corruption and embezzlement of tax payers’ funds breed poverty and death among innocent people.

Between now and beyond, we should be focusing on looking for good men and women who can serve national interests as opposed to personal benefits. The best leader is he who has reverence for God in addition to having higher broad based academic qualifications, political, social and economic management skills to revamp the nation’s economy and deliver the goods to the people. When a God appointed leader is in office, he or she becomes a great asset to the nation and leads the nation in to the direction that has economic prosperity, godly living, high moral standards, delegates his or her leadership with integrity, dignity, faithfulness, effectiveness with accountability and righteousness.

Throughout the human history in the Bible, God’s anger was kindled at people because they forsook him and failed to follow his statutes.
Jeremiah Chapter 1, verse 10 says that, God appointed leaders are sometimes called to execute judgment to build and to make changes.

“See, I have set you over the nations and over the Kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, to build and to plant." (Jeremiah 1:10.)

All the famous leaders in the holy bible and those that have lived in the contemporary world have served short and long terms. Despite the fact that power is sweet, leaders leave the office by the following:

1. Constitutional law
2. By poor health
3. By death
4. By resignation when accused of being partakers of white color crime or political corruption.

Now we can see that change of leadership is inevitable whether you like it or not.
Some political leaders fail to run the office faithfully and effectively because of the following:

1. Gross political corruption activities
2. Nepotism
3. Tribalism
4. Lack of commitment
5. White color crime
6. Selfishness
7. Lack of leadership qualities

Enough is enough. Prophet Isaiah says, “You have been inflicted before, you should not allow yourself to be inflicted again.” In Zambia, we have been inflicted by voting for wrong leaders whose interest was only to enrich themselves and their families thereby neglecting the purpose that they were voted for which is to develop the country.

I’m excited for this leadership challenge that the Lord has installed in me. I pray that the Lord God Jehovah Jaira will give us learned born again leaders some of them are amongst you who will help us to bring positive change in the Zambian government for the betterment of the Zambian people, God’s people. You the people are the government, therefore, let your good works and leadership skills be seen by others and God will be glorified.
I’m appealing to all of you the Zambian people, God’s people to rally behind our newly formed political party called: Democratic Union Party so that together we can bring economic development in Zambia.

When the Zambian people give us the mandate to lead the government in the year 2011 and beyond, my faithful and effective government will execute national economic network and development plan that will focus on the following areas:

1. Better standards of health
2. Elimination of poverty
3. Creation of employment opportunities
4. Mandatory education from grade 1 to grade 12
5. Better quality of education
6. We shall increase government funding for colleges and universities
6. Better agricultural policies
7. Decent affordable housing for the low income families
8. Better Communication network
9. Rehabilitation of highways both in the urban and rural areas
10. Reformation of taxes
11. Urban and rural development
12. Decentralization of the government
13. We shall execute much more media liberation including the freedom of speech and freedom
of peaciful assembly.


Ladies and gentlemen, at this juncture, I would like to remind you that our forefathers fought for the National Independence. But National Independence loses its value when the people are hungry.

National Independence loses its value when the people are chronically ill with different kinds of diseases.

National Independence loses its value when many children cannot afford college and universities education.

National Independence loses its value when the people have no employment opportunities.
National Independence loses its value when people are dying of economic depression.
National Independence loses its value when wicked leaders are running the government of the day.

National Independence can only gain its value when learned God fearing leaders are running the Government of the day.

The Holy bible says, “When good leaders are in authority, the people rejoice!”
The time has come for us to fight for national economic freedom and media liberation including freedom of speech and freedom to assemble peacefully.

When the Zambian people give me the mandate to lead the nation as the President of Zambia, my faithful and effective government will ensure that economic freedom will be available to all the Zambian citizens.

Therefore, I’m hereby opening doors to every Zambian citizen abroad and at home to join our God fearing team, “The Democratic Union Party of Zambia.” Together we shall form a government that will be recognized in the world's history as the most faithful and effective government of the Republic of Zambia as from the year 2011 and beyond.

May the Lord God, Jehovah Jaira bless us all in our fight for the National Economic Freedom.
Thank you.