Friday, March 29, 2024

Reports of impounded truck of ballot papers false, ECZ

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A combined team of the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ), Zambia Police Service, Examinations Council of Zambia today went on a fact finding mission to establish the truth over allegations by the Anti- Rigging Zambia limited that they had impounded a truck in Kafue laden with ballot papers.

Speaking to Journalists at his office before the exercise, ECZ Director Daniel Kalale said that he had invited the Anti- Rigging Zambia to attend the press briefing to clarify this issue at hand to the nation.

But the Anti Rigging Zambia did not attend the meeting and instead directed the ECZ to go to Kafue police post to verify the matter for themselves.

The team went to Kafue Police Post and Zambia National Service (ZNS)in the same district to verify the matter where officers who were spoken to expressed ignorance over the matter.

At the Police post when asked whether such an incident had occurred, Chief Station Officer Moses Malumbe expressed ignorance over the matter.

At ZNS Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Kabwe equally said he had no idea about the matter and that it was shocking news.

“I don’t know anything, if you want you can go round and check for yourselves,” said Lt Colonel Kabwe.

When asked what ECZ would do having found no evidence regarding the issue, Mr. Kalale said he would consult the Attorney General on the action to take further.

Mr. Kalale warned people from issuing sensitive stories that were unfounded as these could breach the country’s peace.

Press reports indicate that Anti-Rigging Zambia claimed to have intercepted an Examination Council of Zambia truck in Kafue carrying both examination and ballot papers to their designated districts.

ZANIS/ENDS/NS/CLM

50 COMMENTS

  1. How come you Kalale took the media, ZNBC inclusive to Kafue but never took ZNBC to ZAZA incident at Airport to report and show the whole nation the ‘attempted’ rigging? Shame on ZNBC, shame on Kalale!!

  2. Police have been compromised. It could be true the truck was impounded but later realeased – especially if the driver is an O.P. operative.

  3. What about the airport incidence where a driver was from Western province was caught stealing boxes of ballot papers? This was in full view of the ECZ, PF, UPNP, Police, Intelligency. This issue is not resolved because the driver has already made first trip and was stealing second time. WHY LT DOESNT REPORT THIS ISSUE?

  4. The truth it did happen ECZ will not tell the truth to the nation we know they use ZNBC to portray things as if everything is alright no. and be careful they can go to an extent of using the oposition’s portrait on the vehicles they are using to rig by carrying ballot paper. this morning in NDOLA a big container truck had a portrait of oposition leader on it.it looked perculiar. please do everything possible these people are good people. MMD we know them. N*O*A city council one man is a suspect there.

  5. its does not make sense to me,prisila isaax says the driver was sent to get a printer instead he got ballot boxes for a printer,mistake # 1,dana kalale said on muvi tv last nite that the driver was sent to pick up the table,the zaza driver mistook a table for small ballot boxes,table to ballot boxes wat kind of a mistake is that

  6. lets keep watching them they are ready to do anything to get into power lets not allow them. viva sata pabwatooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  7. I think Ant-rigging is moving too fast. On this one they made a mistake. No facts, please don’t alarm the nation. The issue of the airport sagga should be followed up.

  8. Countrymen let us be careful with such alarmist statements. Regardless which part you belong to you are all Zambians.
    When peace is compromised it the ordinary zambians like you and me who will suffer and not the politicians. Let us not gaet carried away this is just an election.

  9. Yesterday I reserved my comments on the Kafue truck. Anti-Rigging u alarmed the nation, please if u lied apologise to the nation least we lose confidence in you. Lets be factual especially with sensitive issues. Lets not instigate unnecessary acrimony in the land. We all must realise that United we stand – Zambia is all we have. Sensentinal utterances that boarder in inciting violence but be avoided. We must safeguard the peace we have.
    Peace to all. Lets be divided as far as chosing presidential candidates but lets be united as a nation. Elections will come and go but Zambia will always be there, lets protect it for the good of our children and childrens children

  10. Anti- Rigging Zambia: Publication of false information with intent to cause false alarm is a serious offence, infact a felony. Watch your step you might land in serious problems. Tempers are high. Publicise with facts.

  11. Time waster.How can you for sure leave home,a wife, childrens and grand childrens behind and issue such a sensitive statement at your office?
    These guys have nothing to do, get back home and sleep and stop dreaming.

    Vote for H H he will have a powerful security that will arrest those that are wanting.

  12. #16 what you heard is the truth.Dan Kalale is lieing after the have secured all the evidence that is the time they are coming. They were informed immediately if you do not the story of the happening in Kafue, you see these people are no good for this country ECZ will bring alot of problem do not supress the feelings of the people. MMD is not liked, ZNBC is portraying as if RB and MMD are winning no they want to RIG, mind you we are surrounded at least three country where instability is the inthing, congo, zimbabwe, angola so those are the things you think of.

  13. It is time that as nation we bahave maturely in these elections.We must not always be suspicious even where it is not necessary and cause unnecessary alarm.The opposition should not be jitterly so that they can have excuses after they lose the elections!The law must take it’s cause on these false alarmists.

  14. Those Anti-Rigging are not worth to be called Zambians. If they were in the UK we would have held them under our new terror laws.

    We wonder where your Special Branch is.. what is it called now Office of the President (Special Division) or ZSIS.

    During the Rhodesia days the ZSIS were very active. Today, we wonder what has happened.

  15. NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T

    AKA LED NA KA BLACK

    MMD ARE GETTING REALLY GOOD AT HIDING EVIDENCE. BETWEEN NOW AND OCT 30, THEY WILL SLIP UP. AND WE’LL CATCH THEM, RED HANDED.

  16. Anti-Rigging Zambia. yOU’re doing a good job!
    These Nyandules have riden on our backs for too long.
    ZNBC & ECZ Suspects watch out….. Things are not the same anymore the child you aclled a baby yesterday has grown.
    PABWATOOOOOO !

  17. Nyama soya is really desperate! How can he start threatening that people who won’t accept election “rigged” results will be dealt with? As if this was not enough, he even went ahead to proclaim himself as president of Zambia! Who has voted for him? I am glad we have a strong opposition such PF and the newly-born AGENT OF DEMOCRACY(ANTI-RIGGING ZAMBIA). Some people like M16(#23) who sweep streets in the UK don’t even understand what is happening in this country and want to call others not Zambia.

  18. Hope anti-rigging Zambia does not turn up to be an agent of anarchy , their claims are a serious threat to national security.

  19. tukamona eko mukabutukila !! don’t play around with war, so b carefull, i have no favorite in these elections but i support peace and want to continue with my business! Not everything tha gletas is gold so vote wisely before u regret. U c sorry 2 say this but Most Zambians r like most girls who enjoy lies and someone who tells d truth is considered 2 b boring, so the more words someone waffles the more pipo will follow him. its not time 4 entertainment but investing into our future gereration and our own aspirations!

  20. IF I INVEST IN ZAMBIA, WILL RB GIVE ME BROWN ENVELOPS OR WILL I HAVE TO GIVE HIM THE ENVELOPS?? ECONOMISTS PLEASE HELP OUT ON THIS ONE

  21. My brother #29 you can not invest in the enviroment which is not stable, we know this things, think of HITLER what made hitler to butcher six milion jews,it is this situation were people seems to have every thing while the majority were disadvantaged. People are tired of the MMD it is us who are seeing these.No you can not rule out war when you surpress the people. brace for hard time to come.We have only one Zambia and it does not mean MMD should surpress the will of the people thru rigging.

  22. Another year for the Director of ECZ to get rich you can tell from the way he mispresented himself on Muvi TV, and Madam Moderator learn to be professional you really exhibited immaturity. We love Muvi TV but if presenters are going to behave like ZNBC then i will be forced sabcribe foriegn channels.
    Country men and women, is nyama soya already elected? If not where is he getting the courage to threaten people? He must think twice because we are not sleepy like he is and come 30th October we will use the battot to discredit me.

  23. ‘You will see them by thier actions’ This is exactly what the Christ was refering to ‘in the latter days faulse prophet will perform and even cast out demon’ again this is Zambia of Today. Can Pastor Mumba tell the nation where he belongs and as for the other gentlemen surrounding him why have abononed your principles. Today you tell vote for this… and the next NO! dont vote for that one.

  24. This Anti Rigging Zambia Ltd is the most bogus entity to spring up this election! They must be prosecuted for alarming the nation with their nonsense! I don’t hear PF lunatics screaming ‘rigging’ after they won their recent by-election by a landslide. They only scream foul when they genuinely lose! Come Oct30, wina azalila…

  25. Ins Gen Mateyo Cage these so called anti rigging SATA chaps…. Search the penal code and come up with nice charge… Vote RB

  26. People think before you vote. Voting for my elder brother Chilufya Sata will be a grave mistake for our country.The man don’t have leadership quailties in him. That was the reason why even when Chilubu’s third term failed. Chilubu did not give it to ba Sata because of the way he usually come out. He is only good at talking.

  27. umutende mukwai mubwato. please brief us our people of kabwe how was it lelo. we wish were home to celebrate with you pabwato. few bena kabwe we shall make a difference this time so that we change the government. Kwachiba shani? Viva kabwe! Viva pabwato.

  28. imwe bantu, on the day the truck was found even people from state media knew about it but as usual, they hid their tails between their legs. dan kalale we know all your girlfriends with whom you hide your ill-gotten wealth. we will start exposing them one by one.

  29. Kalale has been lavshing his wealth which he got from election rigging in 2006 on girls whom he bought cars and rents expensive houses for them. One of his girl friends was in an extra-marital affair and kalale wanted to grab back his car but failed because he had registered it in the girl friend’s name…hahahaa… aliloba ilyauma!!! this time around his rigging won’t work and it will bring him problems, I mean seroius problems because SATA is winning this election. I REPEAT, PF IS SCOOPING THE OCT 30 ELECTIONS!

  30. PF should win guys we are tired of INSULTS from so called investors who have no respect for the country they are getting their wealth from. WE just want respect i repeat RESPECT

  31. It seems rigging is part of democracy now the FBI are investigating some kind of voter fraud.Courtesy of CNN

  32. #16,uncle phil,well said….but i say there is no smoke without fire……frankly am relactant to trust ECZ,the police or any institution which is boma…..
    Ba #12,Emelly,nibwebo ba supporter ai,bonse tuli pabwato mwinsakamana……

  33. Ni pa nkoloko fye! Go Go RB! For peace, stability and prosperity anchored by maturity. Zambians wake up! You can only get manna from God. Why is HH and Pabwato promising manna? Bafuna che kulabako ka mpando. Pabwato was ruled out in Chilba’s third term. Anyway, given a chance, HH can do better but lets not take chances. VIVA PANKOLOKOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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