 Well, I'm grateful to see the media my brothers and sisters. I Should say without you guys we cannot be cannot be here because I've made our names great We are here because of you. I'm great to the media my press briefing today is Very brief. I just want to take this moment To apologize to the nation the fathers of faith To my children that I've raised in ministry colleagues that I've worked with I Really want to render an apology Looking at how I've moved and how I've worked and how I've worked in this journey Yeah, so as you have heard my name is a Kings Mumbai who pay I'm with Zambian. My father is Bimba From Wapola and my mother is a member from ensemble wing. So I'm pure pure Zambia There's no Anything in me that is Congolese as people say yeah, so I'm grateful To start with my apology today is out of conviction Nobody has pushed me to do this But I've been you know, counseled advised and They say show me a great man and I'll show you a Guided man Friends I can simply said I've been guided Especially through this period and I want to thank you my bishops My father's of in in in Christ the board of Christ that has been praying for me There's no way someone can come to realization if If nobody has been praying for them It's because of the prayers of our fathers my Christian brothers and Everyone that I know who mean well to me And also my family Thank you for such prayers for those prayers that you have offered for me That has brought me to this realization friends, you know how I've worked Especially two years ago I took sides to go straight in the point I took sides in the campaigns Which is for me Up to now I fought with my conscience fought with my My people and the people that love me Especially the Zambian people that love me a lot Who actually showed me that kings we trusted you we believed in you and this is what we have done to There's no way you can show sides you you are a public figure and as a public figure Number one, I'm very sorry for taking sides especially during campaigns and this I apologize to my Zambian people my fans pastors My mother's and everyone that he believes in my colleague believes in my music. I Really apologize those who are here those who are abroad Please take this to your heart and Find it in your heart to forgive me. It will never happen again. I will not walk carelessly like that I've learned Politicians come and go and our gifts remains And you remain our supporters. I Will not take side not again in my life and thank you so much for such prayers Number two Again to the board of Christ to my father's Eight years ago if not ten years ago Bishop in Macondo called me and Give me counsel It's where Bishop is calling you Some some some bishops can't even find time to call a musician But Bishop in Macondo called me we spoke over 20 minutes If not fought just giving me guidance But Malambia Pamuafika I don't want you to move this way He counseled me over politics. He counseled me over a lot of things and Friends I felt like I've laid down my father And I didn't take that council and if I took that council wisely I Thinking that I should Yes, I've got invitations my current eyes fool Up to December, but my hat knows that this is one. This is where not This is where I'm not supposed to be. I'm supposed to be somewhere else If I had to take that council seriously I'm rendling this apology to my father whom I met yesterday I was very glad to meet him yesterday. We prayed together. He prayed for me and he told me sunny Bread of life is your home Gates hoping for you The smiles he gave me gave me strength even to come today and speak to the nation I met my pastor Pastor Chiluba three days ago the smiles he gave me with with Mama Chiluba Wow Those miles where I strength to me even to come out and apologize to the nation Thank you so much my bishop emacando and the bishop's that really took part in In in counseling me bishop billing for that bishop team Michael I can mention I think I've listed then Bishop on Nambi Bishop Sunday's younger opposed to Kobe Bishop hard guy a lot of friends opposed Harbram. I'm really grateful to you for Taking time to cancel me and And impress me it has been a difficult moment, but these people opened up the churches Despite I was looking that they take Kada They have been opening the churches Fathers in the pain the Catholic churches you see zade I see Zade I've got appointments almost everywhere. I am grateful to you and thank you. Thank you so much Please bishop emacando. Thank you for forgiving me and for praying with me yesterday Publicly, I render this apology to you again. Please Forgive me it will never happen again Coming to To a father that I I spoke He'll against I think during the time of campaign Friends have lent in life that instructions are better than speed Instructions are better than speed when you get instructions. I think you know to ask a one and There is a man who is not a Zambian a prophet who is not a Zambian. This is no other than profiting gila During the time of campaigns friends I spoke he'll against this man And I've realized that there's no way as a young man. I can stand tall and speak And start rebuking the elders of faith the fathers of faith in public Nothing gives me that right To You know, even inside or rebuke The man of God that has really Saved God Who has laid a lot of people to cross and as a young man I stand and start rebuke in him In public no matter the mistakes. I have no moral right To rebuke elderly people in public. I don't want to say to that president's May the man of God wherever he is Forgive me. It will never happen again. I have learned that there's no way I can be insulting Elderly people You see today if I see the young man who are insulting elders on social media I fell to comment because I've been a culprit No matter the mistake Yes, I may have my own beliefs or Understanding over the issues that has transpired on his life But I have no moral right to correct the elders in public or Rebuke elders in public especially elders fathers of faith It will never happen. I have let This is my apology to him. Please wherever he is Those who are listening his people Convey this message I Am very sorry Apologize even to people that follows him on my behalf may he apologize from it. It will never happen again as a Christian to do that Number three is it number four to my own sons and Colleagues that I have I have mentored in ministry We're talking about Papa Bruno Christine calling feeling more Francine's These guys have suffered shame because of my work The way I've worked in ministry. They have suffered shame in some places. They have even removed their names Because they are they have yet to Friends Starting from today I'm gonna watch my steps. I want you to find it in your heart my my my sons and colleagues Find it in your heart to forgive me. I've caused you shame You haven't worked You know with your heads up sometimes you even Think of this, you know distanting yourself from me Not to be you know not to associate yourself You feel a ship because of that Find it in your heart today to forgive you guys who have been my inspiration That has made me to come and apologize to the nation today. I see how you have been humiliated in public, please have me and Forgive me. I want you to work for God's really and to my sponsors most of them that pulled out The SCK logistics the people that loves me the people that have put money Who have put my name there? You know Most of my concerts were sponsored by sampler All this all the all the the concerts Please my sponsors find it in your heart from today I Will not take sides in politics I will not take I am great through and to my family that have been praying for me my wife Was been really my counselor When nobody's there, she will sit you down. She will sit me down and Dubuque me and correct me Maybe thank you so much for the love and the family my family Thank you. So and those who have been insulting me you guys those insides have caused me to do this today. I Am grateful for every encouragement prayers Really, I'm grateful. This is this is my speech and this is my My apology it is coming from my heart You know, I'm a strong man. I don't bend easily But when I come to a place like this I've taken counsel friends. I'm not doing this that I am broke No This is coming from the conviction as a believer I know how a believer should move I know and So I am really sorry to the nation to my family To my people I'm ready to never Thank you so much And Thanks so very much I just want to Throw your attention In terms of Okay You see when I had a concert in Woodland Stadium, which we feel them few years ago We had a budget of over five and And this money came through without sweating sponsors brought this man SCK logistics brought this man And John tell gave me sponsor friends That man is no more No more So I think I've lost a lot Because if if I didn't take sides I know our democracy is too fragile People don't respect opinions in our land. We pray that we grow one day to a place where opinions are respected And so because we are we haven't grown and we are too fragile as a country And so we are obliged to live according to how people are viewing politics And so I've lost a lot. I can't estimate obviously because I haven't made a lot of big functions Of let and so I think I've lost it. I've lost that Saka radio that was CBC, okay With that said you apologize Probably it's a time that Politicians Musicians During campaigns Secondly You Trying to understand what exactly what offense did you commit by associating yourself with the previous regime? Well Musicians are not used by politicians Musicians Institutions also Politicians go to them to ask for services and They don't go there for free they are paid to do that and I think if we see if we view that Musicians are siding or they have been used. I think for me It's a misconception These are the people that I've called offices and they have paraded themselves Offered themselves to be hired You know if it's a government of the day as musicians will We work with the government of the day and if they are paid to go and and give a service friends Let's take it as business. I don't see that as a use And that's why today I'm apologizing because I think I I went beyond The paid and you saw me campaigning I Went with my track company and that because of me, you know taking sides That's why I'm apologizing and that's the mistake. I think I have committed and I have made as a public figure We can give services But not a siding If you say so Yes, I was because a cadre is someone who supports a certain club I said so I was a cadre of patrols front. Yes I think is what I've explained Instead giving a service you go and see and Later on I went into Campaign I campaigned for the The truck the the the candidate of my choice You know that a siding the choice is not a mistake. I made no that should be very clear The mistake is making side taking sides And I think as a public figure. I wouldn't encourage anybody to take sides But to go and give a service. I think we have to because this is our job. Thank you From your explanation Well, we lose a lot if we take sides We lose a lot because I have learned that politicians comes and go and Our gifts our talents remains and therefore I Think we should spend time to invest in our gifts And when we are hired we go and give a service Yeah, so the issue of criminalizing an artist when he's hired. I think a nation has to grow because we are just People that have good we know offices and when we are hired to go and Give Or sing a song we are paid to do that But taking sides. I think I wouldn't like anyone to take sides I Even before he came Is a man who would say before I go on stage, please I want to hear that And I used to be paid not less than obviously 15,000 or 20,000 parts in every appearance. I would be paid to see I remember the last the last campaign Virtue campaign where the president was not there. I think they were they were supposed to pay us about 20,000 class I said no because I knew my slot God called me to see the heart of the president and that was my slot when the president is not there My slot is not there. I remember You know calling me to say he is the man. You are the one going on stage. I told him I can't go on stage My slot is not there. I am called to sing to the heart of the president not in earth. And so I knew my And if that offended others, I've told them, please forgive me Yeah, I still respect my friendship and there's no way I can I can insult my past If you want If you want am I going to render, you know, the realization comes In the seasons like this. I'm sure It could have been very difficult for me to realize this You know, it could have been very difficult and frankly speaking. I don't know if you if I could have a polon You find that the the head for the regime then was to direct on me churches You know gave me the back and I knew where we were heading to and you saw me advising and I was We're heading to back because of loyalty and the personal relationship I have I had with the president and I saw I think I had to save any That's I think that's what loyal cause but when he has given us when he handed over instruments of power You was telling us to say I'm no longer your president. He is your president We have been given a new president and therefore we are bound to support the government of the day Okay, my last remarks at that Media thank you so much You guys if Look though you have responded please Respond to any artist like this. Let's grow our artists Not to leave a leek of a lead while you is better than this one. Let's promote all the artists number two I am grateful to the nation for showing me how much they love me by giving me that side of it I am grateful because they have made me realize that you see like Bishop of Mccando told me to say Kings I deleted all the something This is how much it pained me You know even then even the number don't have it This is how much it pained me that we have lost our son and seeing you coming back like this It has made it. I wish I was in church this and I could have been with you Bishop's called me a lot of fathers called me and I'm grateful to my bishop our church Past at Shaluba for prayers and for the nation and those who are broad and For what is coming our concert fill up. I didn't hear anybody ask That question people are saying is it a competition. Are you competing with your maps? No, it's not it's not a competition Our young your maps has just inspired our face To do more especially for God When I saw a stadium packed like that my heart was saying I wish this is for gospel And so the young man has inspired our faith. Somebody saying how can you be inspired by a secularist? God can use anybody to speak. He used a dump to speak to Balam He can use anybody to speak to our faith and I think our hero stadium and I pray that The government through the Minstrel sports they give us a date So that we can promote also gospel in the stadium I'll be applying for a date and I'm praying it's October and It will be specifically For gospel and it's as I've said, it's no longer politics Maybe someone would ask me to say, are you not going to be commenting on politics again? you understand my my my My response is that anything that divides us anything that divides the nation We'll comment about that. I saw you know, I heard a speech from the president in Rwanda When he was talking about genocide, he was saying it was a it was a human failure Because signs were seen and people did not intervene and so even in our nation when we see signs of division Friends we are bound media you are bound to point out such mistakes so that we don't go through what other friends have gone through and so comments will only be made where the signs of division are cited and But concerning all these things friend forget I will not be commenting just on any other things But only on that which divides us, you know things that divides us