INSPECTOR General of Police Francis Kabonde has cautioned politicians to stop dragging the name of the Zambia Police Service in the mud.
Mr Kabonde said yesterday that statements made to incite police officers are unfortunate because healthy political debates can only be held in an environment where there is no lawlessness, which may be fertile ground for chaos and instability.
“I want to reiterate that people must leave us out of politics so that we concentrate on our core functions of maintaining law and order, which is our bedrock,” Mr Kabonde said.
He said this in a statement read for him by Zambia Police Service spokesperson Bonnie Kapeso at a press briefing yesterday.
Mr Kabonde was reacting to a story that appeared in yesterday’s edition of the Post newspaper that police officers have not yet been paid their June salaries.
The newspaper was quoting Patriotic Front president Michael Sata.
“There is no iota of truth in this statement because all officers have received their emoluments accordingly,” Mr Kabonde said.
He said as Inspector General of Police, he is saddened by the allegations attributed to people who were once in the Police service and even understand that divulging information to unauthorised persons about operations of the service constitutes an offence.[quote]
“We expect former senior officers to take a lead in advising serving officers on the importance of observing such rules as members of an organised system. Operations and administration of the police are purely an internal matter,” he said.
Mr Kabonde also refuted allegations that there is violence in the Chitambo by-election campaigns since police reinforcement has already been sent there.
He said what Minister of Home Affairs Mr Lameck Mangani said a few days ago still stands that all cases of violence will be treated with the seriousness they deserve.
“For now I am glad to confirm that there is political maturity and responsibility in the manner political parties are conducting their day to day campaigns,” he said.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
Watch out Zambia:
One undeniable truth is that someone like myself, a foreigner was valued more than any Zambian. It was as if what I am made me inherently superior, intelligent, knowledgeable and rich. I could literally do anything I pleased without serious retribution. If I was involved in a fight for instance with a black Zambian in which I instigated, it is quite likely that the police would immediately assume my innocence and batter the other poor fellow before realizing the truth. It was becoming ridiculous; I was no longer waiting in line because Zambians would gladly give up their spot for me. Foreign dignitaries probably have much more power than the Zambian government itself in the sovereign republic of Zambia. The attention paid to the words of a foreign official is paramount.
Continuation:
The heads of every large corporation are white men including the company that produces the staple traditional Zambian meal that I mentioned earlier. I went to Zambia expecting to be an equal and assist in develop and put to good use what I learned from Elie Wiesel but instead I was frustrated by a bunch of bumbling *****s who assumed I am better than them. I painfully caught myself thinking that perhaps their assumptions were true.
It was also getting clear that Zambia has two worlds in it. One is where the blacks go about their daily business leading lives of mediocrity and disgruntlement. Another is a secret society of foreigners who live like gods, networking with another, toasting champagne and driving big business.
This article was written by a foreigner about what he saw in Zambia and it’s available online. Let’s be careful Zambia One Zambia One Nation
Kabonde if your salary hasn’t being affected it does not mean that everybody else’s has not been affected especially the junior officers. We have relatives who working as police officers they have said that, stop defending the MMD.
Realistic person>>> I am interested to read that full article any links? Sounds interesting.
These guz know who they work for.They are being controled just like a remote control car.
Quality vs Quantity it’s availible on Letter to the president
Realistic please post the wed address.the story is juicy!!
iwe Kabonde,you should tell that to the MOVEMENT OF MADNESS AND DESTRUCTION.(MMD)
Whoever needs the aforesaid article, give me thy email address.
There is nothing wrong speaking for cops if they have not bin paid their June 09 salaries. last time Bonny Kapesa commented on compalints by some officers that they have wrong deductions from their June 09 salaries andvised those affected to see staff officers for rectification. A cop is a family man like any other zambian he needs his pay in time to meet some basics. Violence in Chitambo constituency why deny. What are those inported cadres from Lusaka and Copperbelt doing there. Are they needed to direct MMD campaigns there or not. We need to be told the truth and Kabonde should not think is the 1st & last IG. The ZPS is an institution pipo come and go. Pipo get appointed and disappointed to the high command. Its not inciting but speaking for the silent cops. A HUNGRY MAN IS AN ANGRY MAN
The uniform needs some pimping.
Both Sata and his wife Ichilema in their confusion as natural lossing miscreants hope they can deflect their own shame from defeat in the Chitambo election as a PACT, deflect own failure in their political domains.They dream they can succeed to “foment aggression “unchecked. These enemies of constitutional democracy and the free people have resorted to lies, inciting law officers all in hope of creating civil strife among the people in the interior .They don’t get that these this democratic culture … stands to sting them in their face so hard that they risk losing themselves and not the peaceful and democratic. people.There is no space for the insanity Sata-Haka marriage of ungoverning emboldies but Enjoyment the democratic space by every peace lover. Violence begets violence.
Senior Citizen. You could write very good English if you stopped panting while composing the thread of your argument.
#10(Monalisasyndrome)
Here is mine: [email protected]
“I want to reiterate that people must leave us out of politics so that we concentrate on our core functions of maintaining law and order, which is our bedrock,” Mr Kabonde said……aaaaahhh excuse me sir you can not please two masters at one single time.For you need to please one and disown the other,and we know were your loyalty falls for now for you can not bite the finger that feeds you by seeing any violence in Chitambo.Its utter fallacy to assume that any election in any coutry of such an ilk will be devoid of malpractice.Perhaps sir, find some serious work to do or else we may have to ask SANGWA to tell you what to do
I repeat it for those of you being cheated that you have a future in Sata and his wife Haka.
The circumstances I describe also produce what I consider the saddest account of the absence of human dignity. I had taken sometime to also observe how the other world of Zambians live, the indigenous ones. I spoke of how nice and accommodating they were with me. I immediately assumed that they were the same with each other. I was very wrong, it is quite the opposite. They have a complex love/hate relationship with one another. Nothing pleases a Zambian more than to see another in unfortunate circumstances.
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Realistic Person…….It then goes on to say that Zambians just need to shake themselves off from the label of….’peacefull people’.Because every time one adresses us as such to me tey are just simply saying ‘here goes a pipo who dont have self pride ,can not think, can never initiate and finish anthing and and are generally stupid…ad finitum’.Because Zambians can never be confident of their products eg,music ,copper,diamonds,gold,manpower….we usually find our selves hanging at the wrong side of the rope and are usually just called to warm the seatt instead of taking the seat.Ther is something remarkably good about KenyanS and its confidence.IAM GLAD WE ARE PICKING UP SELF CONFIDENCE BUT HOPE WILL BE FAST ENOUGH BEFORE ZIMBABWE CAN PICK UP WERE WE LEFT OFF
#17
Such is life in Zed.We hate seeing our neighbours develop.PHD mentality is so deep rooted that makes me think we need a cultural revolution
LT, please follow up this article, it’s printed on your rival ZW dog website. Now they even have an online poll on the Post’s Chansa Kabwela’s case.
Realistic Person ……the Zambian complex is called pull him down.We were in RSA for a seminar together with many sub sahara Africans many of whom basically started say how they were enjoying our music.Alas one of my Zambian colleague then stood up just to say..aaah Zambian music is crap.How demeaning I thought to my self that our people will do anything to please others who generally dont include them in the bigger picture.Infact many of our pipo will go to great lengths just to impress foreiners at national expense….but alas a revolution is beginning in Zambia and Zambians will be developed by Zambians
Bwana We know “YOUR MASTER’S VOICE” SING OR ELSE
Realistic person what are you talking about .if zambians befit your observation ,visit DRC,sudan ,rwanda south africa .dont lie ,zambians love each other.these hate comments are nothing but a figment of your stupid imagination. abash your realism
How come you get orders from RB, is he not a politician? IG if you have nothing to say just keep your mouth shut
kabonde ba police have not been paid .the opposition has made comments on all sectors of the govt ,the police inclusive .you are not a govt spokesperson .chilishani .
When Mateyo was IG we read his profile. It will be interesting if we would have something on our current IG. Infact he is public figure, we need to know more about him. I remember seing his photo during “KUOMBOKA ” ceremony in a canoe pandled by a small boy. Bonne Kapeso do us a favour I am sure other bloggers will find this very interesting. What is happening to Dr Solomon Jere, I have not heard his latest release of music. Or has he stopped exploiting his natural talent coz of too much intepe and wungu kumutu. I miss your music.
#17 It is really a pity, but just where is that mentality from?? I see it even here in Denmark if you are successful fellow Zedians will hate, when not successful the some fools will laugh at you. You attend a Zambian function and some Zambians will start shouting at each other, you invite them to your home ninsele nga ba kolwa. This has forced me to take tough decisions and I now live in peace
#23 Kabonde ni cholwa boy
Our country sure teti wa tina no kutandala kwati ni Animal Farm sure
#25 You are in a foreign land and keep on accusing each of this and that wrong. Well what do you expect to hear from pipo who are drunk with alchohol. Its same even here at home. Just contend with it. Its Zambian way of doing things. Give him PHD.
#28 Contend with it? I have tried my best without being successful. Solution has been to live in isolation and communicate with the family and friends back home
#17 u have issues you need to resolve.to say the least you are not realistic.
Realistic Person – #1,2, and 3: There could be a few exeggerations in this guy’s article, but it could be true that instead of loving our neighbours AS MUCH as we love ourselves, we sometimes tend to love others MORE THAN we love and regard ourselves. While we should continue to be good people, let’s be wary of any traits in us that could erode our self confidence, self belief at a personal level, and sovereignity at national level. It’s not good for us to be in denial about things that others see in us, especially people that are very well travelled and have therefore seen the level of patriotism other people display of their own countries. My father taught me one thing; there is no advice that is enjoyable – especially if it suggests self introspection! Let’s do & die for Mother…
Kabonde. Why do you fellows harass us once we drive foreign registered cars in Zambia Ngamwamona motoka yapa South namalimi yasunda bashit.
You first ask for papers and and when all papers are right, you go to the vehicle, you question things like reflectors. Most modern cars have rear reflectors incorporated in the main rear lights.
Nga tamulilemo ninshi motoka tayapite pa roadblock, my van was 4 months old from the factory .The cops went underneath to check that it was road worth but to my surprise trucks that passed by namalasha looked like there were remnants of WW2, its pathetic ba Kabonde first get rid of all the sikolokolos on Zambians roads before harassing foreign cars
Bakabalwe imwe!!
You police…whom are you cheating? Dont we have eyes to see how you guys behave like MMD carders? If you mean what you are saying, why are you following any instructions and directives coming from RB and MMD? Plase spare us fro your servitude. We are tired of your inspid rethorics sir.
two ngwee.you are adding things .who is this foreigner ,where has he travelled.u remind me of the current news where the briton is found in australia with a lot of stories on how he survived for 12 days in cold .the police in australia are saying ,its a fabrication .the british in england have a hero on the way .to add to the advice the bigman gave u ,mine is dont believe everything you read
Mwatampa amawanu ba LT naimwe bene nimwe bakabalwe, why are you holding my comment
#10, Monalisasyndrome,
“July 18, 2009 at 10:21 am Whoever needs the aforesaid article, give me thy email address.”
would you please start by giving me yours?
Mr Inspector General we all can see that Zambia is now a police state.
Iwe ka Kabonde, you and your fellow service defence chiefs should now be preparing to pack coz the debate over CJ’s contract will soon reach the services. For the information of the bloggers, there are about 42 officers in the airwing ZAF, army , ZNS and police that are ‘illegally’ serving on contracts. This has adverserly affected the progression of your vibrant officers coz these old museums are still occupying strategic positions. We are watching you !
If the police have not gotten there June salaries and concerned loving zambians happen to make a comment over the same, I see nothing wrong with that. We will now be fearing to comment on anything because the police who are surpposed to be implementing the laws, in this case freedom of explession, are in forefront doing the opposite.Shame on you IG and the one who sent you.What a backward country.
ba kapokola pa Zed ! LOL
nowadays the bujus dont even care about a salary which is just a formality to them.every case a cop handles is big time business.and foolish enough they chew from both the accused and the complainant.when we usher in prof clive chirwa into goverment in 2011,we will reform this vital but ailing institution to meet the aspirations of the people.it will start with the recruitment excercise,recruitment age will be upped to 30.and anyone who will want to enlist as a police office will be required to have worked for another institution for at least 3 years so that it is not taken as a last resort by some jobless youths.
Chimoneni!! Balechafwako ukulanda, nacho chilechita ifyachiko. Pamenso ukutikama.
GOOD COVERAGE LT
Kanshi who will remove this curse from our nation, every where you look it’s disaster. Starting from the President right through the legislature and judiciary down to the very bottom its all sandauni. Looking at the face of the IG even the last confidence one might have been holding on to, dispenses almost immediately. I some times think we chased abasungu a bit early, they left as at sea and very confused and those who have been exposed enough and seem to have ideas on how to help our people are shunned and scared away like lepers. Cabulanda sana.
On “The newspaper was quoting Patriotic Front president Michael Sata“, why are you always responding to the POST’s articles? This is time wasting, please. Find a way of ignoring the POST’s news items but do your job promptly.
1,2,3 Realistic Person that article about the MMD GRZ and most Zambians has some serious truth which can easily been noted on here LT by just looking at the insults that tribalists and failures in life and at debating people send on me.
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Psalm 16 + KJV Bible
8I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
How old is Kobonde? Isn’t he over 65 or is it 55? Illegalities everywhere.
Maestro Hakucincha, please stop this habit of quoting every item or pasting headlines that all can access by themselves before you say wh have to say. It’s a pathetic habit!
Kabonde looks like he is 100 years old, he should reside at Leopards Hill not the Police HQ. Contracts for all these chaps must be reviewed, tired of having people who are not going to be with us in the future deciding our future.
Its very sad how Banda seems to think he is Zulu, have you noted just how he invited Chief Nzamane of the Ngonis to attend the official function with Mswati? Last time he brought Zuma and others from Natal to Ncwala. This man is a disaster!
Say whatever you want. Mwanya mafi wenu. Mukafwila mu diaspora natu hechi hechi icilema na satana wenu.
#5O I agree with you. We have tried educating Maestro ( A.K.A Ingombe Illede) about this irritating habit but he thinks he impresses people and as a result he has not been to see in between his horns that he is a boring blogger. Ali bwino uyu kapala on the previous LT but now he has just got worse.
@shani Jam@co ?!
The problem with you bakapokola you are one sided.You dont treat these politicians equally.
Ba Dr Maureen @shani? Ati kapala calikale ako ka term.
Maestro is sick, sick, sick ,sick and sickening. Though my wife always asks me to read to her what Maestro has said every day
56 Skono ya Dende Pakati greetings and thanks for your “Maestro is sick, sick, sick ,sick and sickening” which is just an opinion without proof in its current state. What is interesting though is that you claim I sicken you.
On “Though my wife always asks me to read to her what Maestro has said every day“, I am worried about your wife for you may lose her if not careful as a failure to impress her hence her possible asking about my comments daily.
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Psalm 16 + KJV Bible
8I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
54 Ba Dr Maureen greetings and thanks for your insults in “We have tried educating Maestro ( A.K.A Ingombe Illede) about this irritating habit but he thinks he impresses people and as a result he has not been to see in between his horns that he is a boring blogger. Ali bwino uyu kapala on the previous LT but now he has just got worse.” which shows that you are still demon possessed. I pray for you and implore others to join in seeking your rehabilitation.
Enjoy.
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Psalm 16 + KJV Bible
8I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see…
When Kabonde warns politicians, he is actually referring to those in the PF/UPND pact. Can you imagine the police arresting MMD cadres in Chitambo? Mark my words.
Maestro do you think my wife can leave me for you Mumbwamumbwa? Ukwate amono mwaice wandi, limbi ulandeko bambi but not iwe no bushilu bobe.
God doesn’t give rights. Men have to fight for them.
Uli cipuba sana, mukakwa pamo na rupiah, 2011 pepi. Were is singongo?
Dont force us into the bush, imwe fi mmd police
It is hard to find knowledgeable people on this topic, but you sound like you know what you?re talking about! Thanks