One cannot blame some politicians that may may have a desire to take advantage of misguided sentiments arising from a few disgruntled elements that hail from Western Province. We all understand that politics is about seizing opportunities that irresponsible citizens present to constituencies. The majority of politicians enjoy taking advantage of such situations for purposes of not only achieving political mileage but also votes. One begins to wonder of what value the education of some of our colleagues in the Diaspora that are championing this senseless notion of Western Province's secession from Zambia.
The people agitating for secession of Western Province are just knuckleheads and selfish imps. The Zambian constitution provides for every citizen regardless of tribe,origin, creed and religious orientation to express their views freely and aspire for the highest office in the land without let or hindrance. However, some of our fellow learned Zambians living in the comfort of the diaspora are unjustifiably working to foment terrorism in Zambia. Education becomes meaningless and irrelevant if such individuals cannot use their education to carefully study the Barotse Agreement to better apply the knowledge in a wise and beneficial manner for one and all. Selfishness has that ugly the tendency to blind people from reality. Also, it is imperative that these people, forthwith, stop pandering to violent interests.
Suffice to say that it is gratifying to have our Veteran Politician Sikota Wina step in to share his knowledge, understanding and historical perspective of the Barotseland Agreement. Many Zambians have taken time to study the Barotseland Agreement in the form it was at the time of signing in London on May 8, 1964. Former President Kaunda and Sir Mwanawina Lewanika III appended their signatures to the agreement. The Agreement states that "Whereas it was the wish of the Goovernment of Northern Rhodesia and that of Litunga of Barotseland, his council and the chiefs and people of Barotseland and Northern Rhodesia, should proceed to independence as one country and that its entire people should be one nation". The Agreement was written in no ambiguous terms for any level-headed person to understand. We applaud Veteran Politician Sikota Wina for weighing in on the issue to render his understanding of the Agreement. He has stated that the Agreement makes continuous reference to Barotseland as a integral part of the Republic of Zambia.
It is our hope that disgruntled miscreants living in the United States and other parts of the dispora will not continue to use their selfishness interests to foment chaos for the peace loving Zambians of Western Province and the rest of Zambia. Failure to understand the whole context of the Barotseland Agreement can be a recipe for chaos. It is inexcusable and repugnant for a learned person to fail tunderstand and interpret a clearly formulated Agreement.
