 He was invited to speak at Catham House in London and was also invited to speak in South Africa by Democratic Alliance Members of Parliament and was featured on BBC's HARDtalk.A book about Hichilema's time in Prison called "Hakainde Hichilema's Prison Diary" was released on 29 September 2017 by Journalist Fredrick Misebezi.Hichilema endorsed the book and urged the public to read it.