HH WAS IN A HURRY TO MARRY!
The HARD FACTS have raised a lot of dust and debate in the past few days so the author is back to FUN FACTS in trying to calm the storm.
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***FUN FACT***
DID you know that President Hakainde Hichilema was in a hurry to marry?
For details, follow the excerpt below from
***(Conversations with Memorable Personalities)***
Amos Malupenga:
Before we proceed to talk about the politics, tell me about your family. Who is your wife and children?
Hakainde Hichilema:
Amos, thank you for asking the family question. I am a family man. I have more or less broken the family rule. I come from a large extended family but I am married to a dear lady, a lady I love so much called Mutinta Hichilema. We married in 1988, two years after I graduated from UNZA. I was in a hurry. Like I said to you, I have sort of done things fairly quickly. A lot of my age group would be doing different things but I will try and move on.
Amos Malupenga:
Why were you in a hurry to marry?
Hakainde Hichilema:
It’s my nature. I wanted to settle down quickly and settle down on the job. So I thought family was a stabilising factor. As I travelled a lot, I needed a family to come back home to. And I am very fortunate to have found this lady.
We have lived happily ever since and we have three children – a daughter called Miyanda… We have a son, Habwela… and we have another son, Chikonka. The girl and the boy are out in boarding school.
Amos Malupenga:
Did you meet your wife at the university?
Hakainde Hichilema:
Not at all! I met her in Lusaka. Incidentally, she used to work for Barclays Bank. We met during one of these travels in Lusaka and I started tracking her down until she agreed to my proposal.
Amos Malupenga:
What’s her profession?
Hakainde Hichilema:
She is an office manager.
Amos Malupenga:
Is it by design that you only have one wife despite the fact that you are Tonga or there is still time for…?
Hakainde Hichilema:
No, Amos, one of the things that my wife and I are pleased about is that we have decided that one husband and one wife is enough for either of us. As I said, we come from a polygamous family life situation. We look after each other but I think it is important to stick to one partner. You cannot love two people the same way. I am a strong believer in that. So Mutinta is sufficient for me and I don’t have to have another. I actually advise others to keep to one partner.
Amos Malupenga:
Aren’t you breaking the Tonga tradition?
Hakainde Hichilema:
Slowly, it will break down and I would like to take leadership in that. You are aware of the HIV situation. But even without HIV situation, Amos, you can’t look after more than one wife equally. That’s where inequities start in society.
***(An excerpt from Conversations with Memorable Personalities)***
Source: Conversations with memorable personalities
