It’s Wrong For People To Conclude That I’m Sick Because Of The Way I Look -Edgar Lungu

PF presidential candidate Edgar Lungu has challenged those questioning his health status to a medical examination.
Lungu asked his opponents to prove that they are healthier than him by undergoing clinical tests. “Like I said in Kasama the other day, everyone has to care for their health and there is no problem with going to the clinic because we all want to live as long as possible,” he said in Matero on New Year’s Day.
“I am as healthy as I can be and all those who think they are better than me, let’s go for a test. We will see what they will find them with.” Lungu said it was wrong for people to conclude that he was sick merely because of the way he looks. “So be careful, do not look at the body and think all is well. Do not look at the big bodies and small bodies.
I have been accused of so many ailments but I’m looking at God to take care of me,” he said. Lungu said he would not hesitate to seek medical attention if he felt sick, and dismissed insinuations that he did not have long to live. “If I look sick, I do not feel sick and when I feel sick, I will go to the hospital. Mailo ati ‘Lungu is sick, he will die.’ Those are lies. The person who is dying is not known,” he said.
Lungu said people perceived low sugar as a disease. “Those worried about my health can go to the clinic and go and test me for the recent common disease. Pantu na sugar bulwele, everything bulwelwe na sugar nga yaba low bulwelwe elo nalishiba. But ine nali ipelesha nga naumfwa ati cakalipa nkaleka, nkesa landa ati naleka. (Even sugar is a sickness, when someone has low sugar it’s a sickness, I know. But I have offered myself, when I feel pain I will stop. I will come and tell you that I have stopped),” he said.
And Lungu said he would not use public resources for his campaigns, but that he would seek a ride from acting President Dr Guy Scott whenever he needed to. “The President is entitled to using his car and the helicopters and well, I will hitch a ride now. If I hitch a ride, bushe is that rigging?” he wondered.