FORMER Republican president Frederick Chiluba has said he is not shaken by threats on his life and will continue mingling with whoever he wishes.
Dr Chiluba said threats on his life will not deter him from meeting people from various communities despite the attempts to petrol bomb the Bank of Zambia guest house where he was residing and his wife’s farm at Fatima in Ndola.
Dr Chiluba was speaking through his spokesperson Emmanuel Mwamba yesterday, following a suspected petrol bomb that caused fire to one of the sheds at the BOZ guest house and his wife’s farm where the bomb caused damage to the chicken run.
“We received a report from a Patriotic Front (PF) member who was part of the meeting that plotted to petrol bomb the Bank of Zambia guest house and Mrs Regina Chiluba’s farm in Fatima area a day before the incident happened,” Mr Mwamba explained.
Mr Mwamba said according to that individual, the meeting also planned to organise PF party cadres to barricade and start booing Dr Chiluba wherever he went during his private visit to the Copperbelt.
The bottle, which contained petrol and sand aimed at Dr Chiluba, fell near the gate, 500 metres away from where Dr Chiluba was.
Mr Mwamba said Dr Chiluba was not in any way affected by the threats from the opposition and he felt that there was no need to beef up the security personnel assigned to guard him.
Mr Mwamba said Dr Chiluba would not stop meeting people who call on him or petition him on any matter of public or national interest.
“Some people find his position as former president as good as that of the sitting president and they keep on asking him to advise or intervene on a number of issues they would like to convey to the president,” he said.
Mr Mwamba appealed to political parties to educate their members that there was no place for thuggery in Zambia.
He said Dr Chiluba felt that Zambia had a credible Ministry of Home Affairs and the security wings which would see to it that those suspected to be behind the petrol bombs thrown on the lawn at the BOZ guest house and the roof of the chicken run at his wife’s farm in Fatima area, were brought to book.
Mr Mwamba said Dr Chiluba once lived under constant threats on his life for years during the UNIP era and he was not afraid of the people who wanted to curtail his freedom of expression and movement.
“Under the UNIP rule, Dr Chiluba lived for 20 years under threat and he will continue to lead a normal life because Zambia is democracy and he will enjoy his freedom of association and movement,” he said.[quote]
When contacted for a comment, PF Ndola District chairperson Rebby Chanda denied that his party was behind the petrol bomb thrown at the BOZ guest house and at Mrs Chiluba’s farm.
“It is not true that the PF leadership in Ndola met and plotted to attack Dr Chiluba, if there are any suspects, let the police and other State security wings carry out their investigations professionally,” Mr Chanda said.
Coppertbelt Police chief Antonneil Mutentwa could not be reached for a comment but police sources said the matter was already being investigated.
Police spokesperson Bonny Kapeso said although police have instituted investigations into the matter, they were still awaiting a detailed report from the Copperbelt Police command.
He said that police headquarters were by 17:30 hours still awaiting a full report.
[Times of Zambia]
Not shaken!!!!:-w:-w:-w:-w who cares? So Regina has a farm and Chiluba does not have one,all the former presidents have farms why not the midget
Thiefs are never shaken even if they are given death sentence!!! How I wish Chiluba could just disappear and never show his face anywhere in our beautiful country. This man is a shame to every Zambian that doesn’t support what he did to us. We love our **==**== too much and I hope we will be careful not to let pipo like him destroy our children’s future….
Thugs at it again, thatb wat u gat wen u have a leader that can use his intellect to argual out issues but use pang and gun to win , thats not a leader, Sata is not presidential material, he is a big thug n a joke of the decade, thats y u have his followers using thuggery to get what they want.
What a shame, Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame PF , Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Sata, Shammmmmmmmmm Pact.
How can people accept the sheer and blatant hypocricy of the PF. Sata wanted to free the short one in 2006 and now you are fire bombing his property. Typical PF inconsistency yet again.
Satan and PF are thungs who should not be allowed to rule Zambia. Yesterday, i was watching sky news and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said that he was going to cut off on his travel to campaign for his party, Labour. It is traditional with them but with Zambian politics, its different. Its shameful that PF treatment on Chiluba is a serious indication of unruliness to be witnessed if ushered into office. Let Chiluba exercise his rights regardless of his criminal account. He is still Zambian and no one will subtrsct that. Let us exercise politics of maturity and not cha cha type which Satan is used of.
Rubbish Banda or RB, change the law so that there is no one banning former criminals also known as Former Presidents are free to participate in active politics and we will have no issue with the kadoli going on errands looking for a woman to steal but cheating that he is attending funerals.
By the way when are we attending FTJ’s funeral?
Number 1 Wanzelu FTJ goes for facials and fimo fimo..he does not have time to farm just like the rest of his countrymen. But anyway Captain Solo managed shake him
FTJ should know that he has more enemies. Just think of those General who were so respected and probably did what they did because of Chiluba. Most of the Generals were promoted by KK and produced capable young men and women in uniform who up to now carry the Zambian flag higher. This Chiluba brought thieving. He was on the platform saying he wondered why some UNIP big people left poor! If you recall this then you should understand why we are in this mess! Generals and other people have family and friends who will never forgive Chiluba for bringing disgrace to their relatives and friends. SO STOP harrassing PF!
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But this Chiluba thinking you have a right to mingle with anyone you wish to.That is why you end up with other pipos wives.And those surrounding him like the Spokesman cant they see that this chap s stolen wife has now lost the little beauty she had and the sleepless nights she is spending worrying over her appeal hsa left her with wrinkl;es.Be carefull Mwamba this chap has no morals
These PF Thugs will neva rule our country! They are just toothless bulldogs who are under the influence of dagga!
So what does he have. Stolen Fimo Fimo Ha ha ha ha ha .
#12 He was aquitted by a court of law. Who are you to take the law into your own hands? Remember the master thug wanted to free him by decree in 2006. Whatever your posturing is now, Sata said what he said in 2006 as well as campaigning for the third term and allowing the Short one to campaign for his presidential ambitions . Unless he apologises unequivocally to the Zambian populace, his hypocrisy will always haunt him as some of us do not have short memories like small children.
one wounders were our freedom is if it was not the pf it is definetly someone who has something against chiluba.As the voters we are feed up of pety politics lets bahave like mature zambians that want to develop one another and not kill it will solve nothing.