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President Lungu must dismantle cartel-Changala

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FILE: Human Rights activist Brebner Changala takes photographs at the UPND Mandevu Rally.
FILE: Human Rights activist Brebner Changala takes photographs at the UPND Mandevu Rally.

Outspoken Human Rights activist Brebner Changala has appealed to President Edgar Lungu to work towards completely dismantling the cartel.

The term Cartel has emerged in the Zambian political scene to refer to certain named and unnamed individuals that were perceived to have too much influence on late President Michael Sata.

Mr Changala said the Cartel which he said specializes in unsurping power from Presidents is still rife in Zambia.

He warned that failure to dismantle the Cartel might result in President Lungu facing serious resistance in his crusade against corruption.

‘President Lungu has started off on a good note but I must put it on record that he has this mammoth task to dismantle the Cartel, this Cartel that hijacks power from elected leaders and then uses it to fight against corruption, which is a noble fight, but only to to settle political scores,’ he said.

Mr Changala said all citizens of Zambia must be treated equally and fairly.

‘This Cartel must be dismantled and dismantled forthwith. We should all be living in this country as people of equal status,’ Mr Changala stated.

26 COMMENTS

  1. The under performing presidents like the Kachasu Man should be castrated.The only thing he is good at is expelling other members and touching the breasts of young Ngoni Women.

    He is a big shame to the PF as a party. I am sure the vision less voters who voted for him are now gnashing their teeth in anger.That is the Kachasu Man for you.

    • Which cartel are you talking about you foul. Your fulishnes is taking you no where. Mind you language. The fact on the ground is that Edgar Lungu is fast losing popularity even among the most royal members of the Patriotic Front. A good number of them are very sad that the Kachasu Man has sidelined the legacy of the late Mucheal sata and opted to be with Rupiah Banda, the visionless man.

      Watch the space, Edgar Lungu’s wife Esther is also losing confidence in him. Reports indicates that Esther was not happy that Lungu chose to leave her behind to Nchwala Ceremony is preference to the breasts of young Ngoni Women under the instruction of Chief Mpezeni and Rupiah Banda. Rupia wants Lungu to divorce Esther so that he vcan marry a 20year old girl like he did until his frst wife died of…

    • LUNGU IS INCAPABLE OF DISMANTLING ANY CARTEL. ZAMBIA LIVES IN THE 21st CENTURY, AND THE POLITICAL WIND IN OUR COUNTRY IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF KAUNDA ERA. POLITICAL INTIMIDATION HAVE NO ROOM IN OUR ZAMBIAN POLITICS. ZAMBIA IS A DEMOCRATIC NATION. SO IF YOU THINK EDGAR LUNGU CAN CRUSH THE CARTEL OR CRUSH HH AND UPND, FORGET IT. ZAMBIA IS NOW A CIVILIZED NATION. AND AS LONG AS ZAMBIA REMAINS AN INTERNET CONSUMER, THEN FORGET ABOUT THE SO-CALLED STATE SECRETS! WE LIVE IN AN ERA WHERE INFORMATION IS FREELY SHARED! TRY TO TOUCH HH AND YOU WILL EAT YOUR OWN VOMIT!

    • What is the point of dismantling a cartel that had so much influence on a president who is now late when he has currently been hijacked by the RB cartel on one side and the other Bemba cartel led by Harry Kalaba which still is struggling to hijack him too. The past is gone, deal with the future or better still, have a decent way of asking for an appointment. Tell Laura Miti to do the same too and not use irrational arguments.

    • Right now PF police is surrounding HH’s house.We want to warn Lungu that fire will consume him,soon.Zambia will not be a peacefull country if he tries to cage him in any cell.Lusaka will burn with fire and smoke will rise high 50meters in the sky that’s when he will understand that Zambians are longer happy.we shall not tell you how that will be done.watch the space.

    • SIDO MARK.get it in your head that UPND is not a majority Party.Why start fire which you cannot contain?Why involve innocent people in a matter that HH could easily have avoided by terming his tongue.This is a personal fight between HH and the law.

  2. Too many people especially in high offices belong to this cartel. I’m certain President Lungu has been astounded by the high number of suspected members of this cartel and since elections are just around the corner, he doesn’t feel like antagonizing a few powerful figures. However, leaving these stones unturned may actually leave him scathed and perturbed

    • I feel pity for President Lungu because of the way he ascended to power.The man has no clues what will swallow him.Its not HH who will bring down,but his own friends who are surrounding within PF.The fact that he has put a Lozi as his vice the Bembas are fuming inside and pretending to supporting Lungu when infact are scheming to kill him.They knew Lungu is weak and they can easily manipulate him,but he is proving difficult by trying to protect himself after stealing the victory with there help only to hide it in a strong room,without following the agreement.Lungu will torn apart by his cousins who own PF .PF was formed by the Bembas and it will always be a Bemba party and Lungu was only put as a care taker.Instead of being a care taker Lungu wants to marry his boses wife.Lets wait .

    • Sido Mark the dullest chap I have ever seen online together with the Wanzelu chap who actually doesn’t have nzelu. Get a life

  3. ECL belongs to the other cartel that rigged the election, how does he dismantle himself? He definitely knows he is gone in 2016, he probably does not even know his job description.

  4. Cartels destroy the fabric of management of a country if left unstopped. To start with for a cartel to exist one at the top must allow it by getting favours from such persons. What I know is that God is the one that calls leaders and if something is yours it will always come back to you no matter how long. It is the patience people lack. They cant wait a little while but desperate and they end up even losing out. If the cartel is ignored they will not find a way through. So it is up to the President to allow it or not at all. If president wants prominence in papers obvious they will give him and in return hold him to ransom. Besides if president works clean and smart cartel will not find a way to blackmail you. So it is all up to the president and his cabinet to keep away from favours.

  5. It is interesting how visionless media line LT are now latching on the Cartel phrase that ZWD came up with. Please make up your own fantasy also for your own readers .

  6. @ true source. ubufi bubi. my bro/sis, repent of your slandering tongue, mukalemana pofye, basopo!!!!!!!!!!

  7. We shall not accept to go back to Kaunda days when tribalism was sistmatically done in Markets and bus station.Pick pocket and beating up of passangers was one strategy Sata employed while he was local Government Minister under UNIP.Most Zambians did not realize it was a strategy to victimize certain people belonging to other Tribes when they come to Lusaka or copperbelt.This strategy was supported by Kaunda.He Kk made Nyanja as the language of communication in all police training colleges and Military training schools.The same Sata started implementing theses strategies at large scale when he became president,now we have cadres in all major markets and bus stations leaving on money collect from these centers instead of remitting it to councils.This is were we shall first Burn Lusaka and c

  8. copperbelt .we shall make sure Zambia is restored to normalcy ,like what Mwanawasa did by flashing away cadres in Bus station and Markets. We shall target these gangs knocking them one by one like dogs and paralyze other strategic areas. This will allow Zambians to breathe fresh air.The job in the Army and ZAF will be done quietly within themselves and a Democratic Change will be done.

  9. Someone said the cartel has out lived its usefulness but i must say this infamous cartel has never been and will never be useful to our beloved Country. Mumembe, Munchito and Muntani mwatupesha ba kaboke imwe

  10. This drama of the DPP has to come to an end someday somehow. I would like to throw it out there in the public domain that this issue is being orchestrated by none other than the cartel for its own benefit. This suggestion looks incredible but I am putting it there that Newton Ng’uni is under the payroll of the cartel. The cartel would like people to believe that N’guni is being influenced by ECL. But some things don’t add up. And so far the public is falling for this trick. N’guni needs to be investigated. From what I hear, this man went to the same school with Mmembe. The cartel from the word go wanted to be in charge of this Nchito saga so that they create public perception that the DPP is being prosecuted. The cartel wants the DPP to remain where he is so that they continue causing…

  11. CHANGALA: YOU ARE EXHIBITING PERSONAL HATRED TOWARDS MEMBERS OF THE SO CALLED CARTEL. JUST LIKE IT WAS WRONG TO ARREST YOU FOR SPEAKING OUT, IT IS WRONG FOR YOU TO ADVOCATE FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF PEOPLE YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH. WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE CLOSE TO RB WHO IS CORRUPT. YOU ARE SUPPORTING LUNGU AND PF BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP THAT RB HAS WITH LUNGU. YOU HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF RB BECAUSE YOU ARE A BENEFICIARY OF HIS CORRUPTION WHICH IS IMMORAL.

    • @ Mano Mambulwa…..Namwe bati….munanvela ko vanzelu kuli alungu? Alungu na kwaasu koma nzelu zi nataa!!

  12. Changala, there is a cartel of Turkish people in Kabulonga running a school. They have almost managed to penetrate the govt institutions.They are running a Cult called “Gulen Movement”. They are using the Horizon Primary and Secondary school as a front. Everyone must be able to goggle”Gulen Movement” & learn this cult. They are fighting the Turkish Govt (embassy confirm) by running schools to fund their Turkish activities to oppose the Turkish govt. Their Leader Gulen is a scholar who has written propaganda books that might side track you just to follow their positive activities. Read enough material on this very strange movement of the largely youth whose leader is in exile in the USA, Pennsylvania.They come in , manufacture qualification.Immigration?We hear big numbers of boys…

  13. I hope that H.E. President Lungu is aware that Zambia is full of noise makers that cannot all be satisfied. However, the empty tins are a very small minority (sorry I mean a very tiny minority) and they all have no clue what they want in life. I was going to say expand the economy so that they can be absorbed in the job market but I have just been advised by my colleague seated next to me that the common trait among this tiny clique is that they are too lazy to do any useful work for themselve. Even in their extended families they are known as beggars for mealie meal, shirts etc.
    Therefore the President should just concentrate on doing that which he considers right for this country. He has done very well so far, including verifying HHs rantings on our national security.

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