Some Zambian social media users didn't agree with Hichilema, who spent the day comforting the bereaved and distributing bags of corn meal and cooking oil, but it was Canicius Banda, one of UPND's two vice presidents, who attracted the most attention on Zambia's golden jubilee with a question posed on Facebook. 
Baadhi ya wa-Zambia wanaotumia mitandao ya kijamii hawakukubaliana na Hichilema, aliyetumia siku nzima ya uhuru kuwafariji wenye shida na kugawa magunia ya mahindi na mafuta ya kupikia, lakini haikuwa Canicius Banda, mmoja wa makamu rais wawili wa chama UPND waliovutia watu wengi kwenye sherehe za miaka hamsini ya uhuru kwa swali waliloliwekwa kwenye mtandao wa Facebook.