Following the feud that has been coupled with The Lusaka July linked to supporting the LGBTQ Community an event by the PR Girl Media which is headed by sisters Chishimba Chichi and Monde Nyambe,
Chichi has responded to the criticism specifically responding to former PF Ambassador Emmanuel Mwamba who is one of the people who has come out in the open to share the views on the event and linking it to a platform for gay people to come out in the open.
In her posts, she shares her disappointment in Former Ambassador and the PF Government as a whole for failing to support their business when they were approached back in 2018.
She has since thanked the Ministry of Tourism Under the New Dawn Government for supporting and Endorsing The Lusaka July
This is what she wrote;
I am incredibly disappointed with Ambassador Mwamba’s recent statements on the Lusaka July. We paid a courtesy call on you in 2018 when you were in leadership as the SA Ambassador, specifically to discuss the Lusaka July and the potential it holds to create fashion tourism and increase revenue for the local fashion industry.
You said you believed in us but your government FAILED to give us the backing we needed as creative entrepreneurs. The new dawn government has in under a year offered us support to promote this event to an international audience, we have received the support we need to push Zambian fashion past our borders. The effort we are seeing from the new dawn government to support SMEs like us is unprecedented. Why are you politicizing this event now when you are no longer in leadership?
Our job is to promote fashion, not gay rights, we encourage our guests to interpret themes according to their personality. If you are concerned about Zambia’s morality, please address it without attacking an event that feeds many families.
Lastly, thanks to the Ministry of Tourism, we are confident that the Lusaka July will soon become one of Africa’s leading fashion events because of your support.
With all due respect Sir, you are out of line.
