Post Editor-in-Chief Fred Mmembe has been found guilty of contempt of court together with the Post Newspapers by a Lusaka magistrate court.
This is in the case in which Mr Mmembe and the Post newspapers are charged with contempt of court arising from an article authored by US-based Zambian Professor Muna Ndulo titled “The Chansa Kabwela case:A Comedy of Errors”.
In the allegedly contemptuous opinion piece, Cornell University Professor Muna B. Ndulo described the process against Kabwela as a “comedy of errors” and wrote that the obscenity case, which was widely decried as a politically motivated attack on the newspaper, was detrimental to Zambia’s image abroad.
Section 116 of the Zambian penal code criminalizes speech or writing that could prejudice opinion regarding an ongoing judicial proceeding.
The matter came up for judgment this morning before magistrate David Simusamba. In delivering judgment Magistrate Simusamba said the defence by Mr Mmembe that he was on leave at the time the article was published could not be considered by the court because he was the Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper.
In November last year, Mr Mmembe described his case as a tactic used by tyrannical regime against press freedom. “Contempt of court is a charge that has been used by tyrannical regimes the world over against press freedom,” M’membe told the International Press Institute at the time. “We hope the judicial process will handle the case in a manner that preserves and promotes press freedom.”
Magistrate Simusamba has since reserved sentencing to Friday June 4,2010 at 09:00 hours.
I knew this would be the verdict. But now give the guy a suspended sentence to maintain peace and tranquility.
ok, so what was contemptous about saying comedy of errors, when in FACT the case was a comedy of errors? Absolutely shallow judgement!:-w
Wow, I guess no one really cares about this story….:(
Its interesting how the court came about the conviction of Mmembe as he was on leave. Even in any work place if a person is on leave, you cant bring the person in to say you have a case to answer. E,g if something is missing in a section that person works, you cant say he stole because the person doesnt come for work. I normal thing was to have the POST convicted and the one who was acting at the time, if there is evidence. I think Mmembe will appeal.
This bold and big headed Kid thinks he is above the law and can break the law of the land with impunity. SECTION 116 of the penal code is clear and I hear this kid is a lawyer too? How can he be so naive. Anyway he broke the law and throw in in jail for one year and let him test YAKUMBUYO for the weekend before granting him bail on Monday, as he prepares to appeal. Did he even pass his law exams or just buy his papers?
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This is Kafupi’s hand at work trying to fix Fred but we won’t allow it. Fred oli shimbi and we are behind you bwana. Keep going mwana, good always prevails over evil :-t
Fred Mmembe ni one man commando. Don’t despair, you are the voice for the voiceless. VIVA MMEMBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is good news..Let us see how RB will react and see how the justice on his appeal with be handled if he is given custodial sentence..this is very interesting we like it.. Evil(Govt) Vs the voice of the Pipo(mmembe)
Mmembe is not exactly my kind of cup of tea but he is definitely a necessity in today’s politics in Zambia. Imagine no Post and no Mmembe and RB with his friends are left to their whims? Absolute disaster and total plunder. We need The Post and Mmembe out of prison and not in it.
#5, big title but very shallow reasoning. Whose your daddy?
…this guy is on the top 5 list of fixing by boma machinery…so judge was told fix him or u will be fixed!!!
We the law abiding patriotic citizens take greater pride in the independent and professional judiciary of our dear country equally admired by our neighbors and many commonwealth nation. They see ours as the beacon of professional judiciary system.Lets give space and solidarity to the selfless men and women of justice.
Legal brains whats the maximum punishment that can mated out for contempt of court?
Chaps wats good for Katele is good for Fred period !No one is above the law.This should know better with his law degree.
3-6 months. he will appeal..or knowing Mmembe he may try to serve and continue writing from the Prison…Go Mmembe go.. just know that, we are behind you..But watchout ..dont eat any prison food..
I suppose just like Regina Chiluba and the other thieves he will not see the inside of prison. He’ll appeal upto Supreme court and in-between would be feigning sickness, he will only get better after 2011 elections. Simple
Seen that before,this is a cup of tea for Fred,KK,Zarare,Levy and now Rupiah have all thrown him in jail.8->8->8->8->8->
Fred is not a criminal and we will ensure he does not spend a minute in prison. Viva the Post you are doing a damn good job. Let them pass judgment but the donor community will surely rescue Fred and the Post. If Chansa Kabwela was even awarded by the minister for being the most courageous reporter, what about the newspapers itself? People, people Fred has no case. How can we say the judicial system is alright when the reciever of stolen property is jailed but the thief is let to roam the street? I smell a dead rat.
Prison is the best battle ground to prove who wins the battle.Dedicate experts then release him.
Shit!! this aint no good,i have a bad feeling about this,what a crazy week its been,first katele goes in now M’membe,someone has punched the air in celebration,taken out his long healed fancy shoes,his favourite bright coloured congolese shirts and his sunnies,a bottle of ALIZE’,sit by the pool and just chill,with a smirk on his face “bachepa sana”
If RB influenced judgment as you bloggers claim then he is very sharp indeed. Just check how people have failed to cry foul because just recently Kalumba was convicted. Chi RB chikali bane. MEMBE IS AS GUILTY AS KALUMBA.
In the West we respect and follow the law of the land, even if we do not agree with the leadership.
We refer to Africa as primitive because law in Africa is not respected or obeyed. Law in Africa is there to be broken and the new independent Africa is even worse because there is no colonialist to put the African in his place with regard to respect for law and order.
It is sad that the entire Fred Mmembe can stoop so low to disrespect the law only because the government refused to bail out his badly run and defunct company (Zambian Airways).
Its only in Africa where people have vendetta over how to squander public money.
This is interesting. The story from now changes to Convict Fred Mmembe. A convinction is convinction whetehr he spends an hour or gets a suspended sentence until he wins on appeal. These criminal elements at the Post Newspapers have began to taste the fruits of Judicial independence.
Convicted Post Newspaper Editor Fred Mmembe is reported to have fled the country immediately after the court passed judgement and told him to come friday for sentencing. However the police say if the convict has indeed fled they will ask the service of interpool to arrest the convict and bring him back to Zambia to face justice. And the Law Association of Zambia are at a loss as to what it should do with a convicted member of the association.
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE MY FOOT! HOW ABOUT THE ZAMBIAN POLICE?
I feel sorry for Fred, but I am sure he will test the judicial process to its limits as he is entitled. But Iam sure he is intelligent enough as an officer of the court (lawyer) not to listen to dull individuals who want to have different laws for Mmembe and different laws for others. What maintains peace in a country is obedience of the law. If you believe Mmembe has a lot of support and should not obey the law, you will only create a lawless country where people who have beeen injured by Mmembe will not rely on the law for redress. They will be entitled to go and attack him. Mmembe needs to obey the law because he needs the law to protect him. Mwaumfwa!!!!!!!
This is great news. Let the law take its course and if it means Mmembe appeals the sentence, he has a right to an appeal under the Zambian Law.
There should be no interference with the judicial process in this case, unlike the FTJ Chiluba- Appeal don’t appeal saga.
At least once this is resolved, the People of Zambia will be assured of an even bigger fight to have The Big Thief, FTJ Chiluba back in the dock.
Watch this space.
In goes, ”a damn good editor”.
And ”a damn good lawyer”.
And ”damn good wife thief”.
Judgement yamumatako fye……… wasting time on M’membe and leaving criminals like Katele and ka Chiluba… justice my A**
Boma ni boma….. I dont really care about Fred, i actually see him as a threat to national security, put him in jail for 5 years so that he can meet his gay friends. >:)
Membe and the Post committed contempt of court and they have been found guilty. the article he published was in total contempt of the court and made aspersions about the integrity of the court. He has been found guilty and it is good because as a lawyer he knows you can not make accusations aginst the court and expect to get away with it. Membe is a total fool who thinks he is bigger than anyone in zambia. he is just a yakubuyo useless chap who relies on nchito even to pass his exmas even after trying to leak the ZIALE exams. one day the whole truth will come out about membe and the post
RB azakata pansi nafuti,,,, Fred is jst da bomb, he has handled mmd and all its morons single-handly…..see wat he does next:-?
Correct verdict ! i stopped supporting the pro PF newspaper ….a paper that wants SATA for president at all cost. There is no objective peress at all in this country what a shame.
#36 dogma998 – We are not missing you. In my compound people have to pay in advance to able to get their copy of the Post. So your boycot is zero effect.
Just what is this nonsense of convicting people today and sentencing the following week. I thnk our judges are being lazy. He new he was going to convict as the jundgement is written before hand, so why is the sentence not ready.
Just another Commedy of Errors. It’s the Zambian way!!!
Fred will not do time at all. Pingimuu!
We will wait for friday to pass our comments and I am sure the local and international media practitioners are waiting for a big coverage on this one…..I pray for peace in Zambia as we see and listen to our beloved comrade’s judgement and watch the verdict for our beloved Newspaper.
Let the judges do their work and then let opinions flow on friday—VIVA independent media GO GO forward
#38. Same thing I was thinking, it just doesn’t add up…
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#38 Mubita. Same thing I was thinking, It just doesn’t add up.
The press is an important pillar of democracy. Muzzling the press is an indicator for tyrannical regimes and takes our development of a sound democratic society years back. The people that do this important work ought to be constitutionally protected in order to carry out this important work professionally.
Red Card – Mama G, and Mubita at #38… there is also what is known as reserved judgement. If it doesn’t add up, read up!
But I thought the case was disposed a long time ago, contemptous then or now!
I THINK OUR JUDICIARY IS REALLY INDEPENDENT. THIS MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR ESP THE POST TO CONTINUE BREAKING THE CONTEMPT LAW WITH IMPUNITY AS THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. OTHERWISE THEY WILL HAVE A RECORD OF HABITUALLY COMMITING CRIME AND REGARDLESS OF HOW LIGHT THE SENTENCING WILL BE ON FIRDAY, ANY FUTURE CONTEMPT CASES WILL LIKELY BE VERY HARSH FOR FRED. FOR NOW FRED ASSUMES THE NAME OF “CONVICTED CRIMINAL” REGRADLESS, JUST LIKE KALUMBA AND OTHERS. I WISH HE COULD BE EXERCISING RESTRAINT WHICH APPEARS NOT TO BE HIS CHARACTER.
Dont worry I just saw convicted Post Newspaper Editor Fred Mmembe this afternnon with his disgraced Former Task Force on Corruption Prosecutor Mutembo Nchito. They all looked to be in high spirits. The rumour of the convict fleeing the country seems to be false. The convict had a backet and tropical sandals in readiness for possible jailing on friday afternoon. But I hope the magistrate feels pity on the poor guy as he is very sick and survives on ARVs and may not be able to cope with prison life even for an hour.
U chaps are indeed shallow minded, Fred is not a criminal. He has just been cited for contempt. It’s a normal thing if u underrate court proceedings whether the actual case is foolish or not. I don’t like Fred or the Post but please, don’t be sentimental. If u hate Meembe like I do, just celebrate that he will be in prison. But u can’t call him a criminal in the same category as Katele. Katele is a criminal, Chiluba is a free man, Meembe is a prisoner not a criminal. I stand corrected.
Yaba ! at last the misfit lawyer cum jurno will be setenced to 3 months simple imprisonment. cant wait for the 4th! hahahahahahah
Ba #50 . contempt of court is a criminal offence!.
Mmembe should not appeal rather should be bold enough to go and consumate his marriage with the gays in prison. since they are plenty of them in there he can even afford a polygamus gay marriage knowing he has made a lot from kangaroo journalism reporting hearsays. shame on you. or we should banish mmembe to Malawi to join the gay couple there because he does not expect a pardon from RB.
There is need to amend the law to make contempt of court minimum 5 years imprisonment so that these NGOs like TZ should stop unnecessary rantings about our Judiciary. Why should the Judiciary be bad only when your perceived enemies are being aquitted? shame on Goodson Lungu shame on Rueben Lifuka, SHEMUNA Simon Kabanda.To hell with your biasness ba figili
where are you guys getting the sentence from because that will only be done on the 4 th? we all know whats next he will appeal so he wont spend time inside. Alternatively he will make alot of noise so that media agencies around the world , human rights groups, UN, you name them will interfere until the system backs down and then he will be given a an award and recognition, maybe even win the coveted CNN African journalist of the year
The timing of the date of sentencing is to ensure that he spends the time in prison for the entire weekend as a punitive measure so that even as he wins at Appeal, he will have tasted prison! that’s the game plan. Because, if he was sentenced today, he could have already lodge the appeal and only have slept one night in prison, if at all, and been out tmoro… We know the Friday behaviour of the system!
#53 dont hide under cover of this website, it will embarass you and you will have to substantiate your claims. Did he s.c.r.e.w.your.a.r.s.e. the wrong way up, I wonder? Get a life wo/man, dont have such malice…
#49,check your own status my friend, ther is nothing wrong with ARVs, careful with your statements, lobepofye!:(
So what…If he is found wanting let him be jailed period. However we also ask the court of Zambia to be fast and efficient in delivering setences of the MMD thieves. Let have all the appeals be heard in time so we jail these thieves. Let chiluba’s case go to the high court so that we jail him. The problem is that the court in Zambia has become so political and sellective. I have no problem with membe being jailed so long all the thieves and MMD rapers face the same speedy sentence.:)>-:)>-:)>-
So the comedy of errors continues ?:-?
M’membe, today you are called an adulterer for sleeping with your wife. You are a criminal without a crime! If a short man slept with your wife, he will say God sent him. You are caught as prisoner of war not becouse you were fighting but because you were stopping the war against injustice. You are called comptempious not because you have no ears but because you listened to natural law-the one that supersedes any law. You have been punished not for undressing the emperor but for telling him to dress than to walk naked in public. By his act, the emperor was guilty of public nuisance but instead of covering his nakedness, he punished you for the truth. If you kept quite, again he could have punished you for keeping quite. Massage, those who are against you are fewer than those with you!
One can’t help but wonder just how well-oiled, emphasis on “well-oiled” the Zambian judiciary is. Is it just coincidence that one day the party in power is handed down a conviction only to be “counter-balanced” the next with a conviction the other way? Uuuummmmmm. It’s called stage-management in some places. That way, any criticism of real or imagined government interference in the dispensation of justice is effectively pre-emptively thwarted. Your move opposition.
Zed comedy continues…LOL…s.u.c.k.s.
it is sad but hey!! no one is above the Law. No matter what some of say #15 well said -The Law should be observed by all send him like Chilekwa
#41, I thank you for your restrained comment, but when you say “Viva independent media” you should also add “Viva independent judiciary” because both are necessary for a free, open and orderly society.
#45, Fred Mmembe has had all the freedom to report hearsays and innuendos and to write anti -Rupiah Banda editorials every day without any harassment even when he has injured innocent people. This is a free country. Mmembe has been found quilty by the courts for actions that undermine the ability of the judiciary to freely and fairly determine cases and dispense justice. The independence of the courts is as important as the independence of the press perhaps even more so.
Continue my dear buying the POST they think for you so its ok….i may be the only one who has shanned them , but thats my right and am happy about it. The paper is full of crap (POST)
Yah spot on!!!
Vulgar, disrespectful, noisy. His style of discourse has contributed to eliminating seriousness in the country in addressing important issues. He thinks insulting and disrepecting leaders is the bread Zambia needs. His abscence whenever it comes is very welcome. Yes we need an independent press but certainly not a vulgar one. We need a press that will give us facts so we can decide. There is a very big difference between, reporting on a cause and promoting it. His has been to promote his views. I can’t wait to have him off the scene for a while peradventure he reforms.
#66, we respect your childish thoughts. Its our hope that one day maturity will vist your head. One day you will need for M’membe or the post. I hope you will find them.
I can assure you Mmembe will come out clear man just wait and see.Thats why even the judge who seems not to be too sure of what he is doing whether to convict Fred or what ???? He is trying to do it in bits.It doesn’t make any sence.Fred is a man and half bane wait you will see.The people we need to persure most its the Former government official.Bring Nkole back and Mntembo Chito you will see.
To you Fred i wish you the very best of luck and GOD’S blessings .MUYOYANGE TATATE
Fred mwaume pa baume I have so much respect for what that man stands for, Go Go Fred you have made the Post to be what it is, without fear and favor
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What would be interesting to know is how the laws of the Zambian penal code came into existence. Were they were designed to protect the civil society or the judiciary? I simply cannot fathom how publishing an article entitled “Comedy of Errors” ammounts to contempt of court.
In my personal view, these laws are likely to stifle the very freedom of speech that the law should guarantee. For fear of being stuck in legal disputes, journalists and patriotic Zambians will not open their mouths. There is need to re-examine our colonial constitution and do away with unnecessary prohibitive laws. which are too vague and restrictive. Hopefully we can come up with new Zambian laws which protect Zambian interests.
I am amazed at some s.t.u.p.id comments on this thread. Only in a backward and depraved country like Zambia can anyone jump up and down calling Mmembe a convicted criminal. No you backward dimwits he is not. In the civilised world; if Mmembe goes to prison he will simply be called a Prisoner of Conscience. He would have been jailed not because he committed a crime but because he dared express an opinion over something he felt so strongly! It is only in backward, undemocratic and uncivilised countries like Zambia were thought and expression of your views on something is a crime. Zambia has indeed gone to the dogs.
#5 you really have serious complex issues.
#70, thumbs up to you! Bo Fred, i am 100% behind u for indeed it was a ‘comedy of errors’
Guys, please lets allow the courts to dispense justice. Their powers should not be usurped by anybody not even the so called “media”. Zambia needs order as the current exercise of unlimited freedoms by certain individuals which has no place even in western countries is potentially disastrous for the country. It is in the interest of Zambia/ns that the institutions responsible for maintaining law and order step and protect this country. So far the judiciary is rising to this important challenge. Just imagine if many Zambians started to ignore the law with impunity, knowingly going about comiting crime as they please, what would be left of the country? No one should be allowed to be above the law period.
Yet another comedy of errors! Jailing Mmembe will just make him a hero. He has been in prison before so nothing scares him. The person who needs to be behind bars is that mambala at state house. How can a president instruct police to arrest a woman who was doing her job of reporting a tragic event of a woman giving birth on the streets?
Utter rubbish. Independent Judiciary my behind. People will say anything to sound intelligent these days. And by the way, number 5 is not at all a US Law Professor, thanks to a system that effectively weeds out the uneducated. Ours is an oppressive government, which if it weren’t for the internet age where news reaches international media at a fast rate, we would be subjected to greater forms of oppression at the hands of those in pwoer, be it MMD, UNIP, UPND or PF. We have to at some point recognize how a seemingly isolated act of injustice later contributes to a sytematic silencing of those that oppose and keep the leaders in check. This case should be thrown away the same way the Kabwela case was. I too hardly approve of Membe’s reasoning at times but this here is bigger than him.
Zambia will remain a dark state if the likes of Kafupi continue to meddle in govt affairs. Chiluba is a known thief who wants to tarnish everyone else except himself. Please, can someone advise our beloved President to see through this conman’s tricks and put him where he belongs – a den of criminals who are heartless and very cunning. Throw that midget in the Lion’s den and forget the midget’s evil ways and liberate Zambia, please. The midget is a total nuisance to mankind!!!!
If Mmembe is saying , in his defence, that he was on leave when the story was published then, to me , that implies that he had no control over editorial policy during the time he was on leave . So i’d have thought the magistrate would seek to identify the person who was acting in his capacity and therefore authorised the publishing of the article , rather than disregard at the outset(apparently) what i think is a credible line of defence. If Mmembe has been given the chance to identify who was ‘Editor in Chief’ at the time of the article , and has failed to do so, then this ruling would make sense to me. Otherwise it doesn’t.
Fred go balange that you are principled man. Oli shimbi. We behind you:)>-
#23 Ba number 23 who needs your credentials? You think there is nothing like that going on in the west? With all those credentials you still live in the dream world. Thats the problem with education sometimes you just get brain washed and think you are smart. Open your eyes and that stuffed brain of yours you making ignorant statements here, check your facts.
FRED I HAVE NO SHRED OF RESPECT FOR YOU ,YOU MUST SERVE YOU TIME HOPEFULLY BEHIND BARS,YOU ARE A CONFUSIONIST,SELFISH EGOCENTRIC BOOKKEEPER WHO NEED SOME MANNERS,WIFE GRABBER IWE.
If the Zambian courts can convict Mmembe for contempt when he was not even present at the time the article was published, I fear what awaits Prof. Muna Ndulo—-A lynching?!
Such an incompetent judge. How can you convict someone on assumption that he was giving directives while he was on study leave? Fred M`membe you are great and nation is behind you!
As a kid as was taught, first in Social Studies and then in Civics, that judges interpret the law. Kids are still taught the same thing today. My understanding of this is that judges make decisions according to what the law says. If that is true, then whatever outsiders say should not sway the decision of the judge as far as making judicial decisions is concerned. The law of contempt of court (in as far as commenting on matters that are in court is concerned) seems to me to presume that the judges are not intelligent enough and can be easily swayed by public debate. Why should a competent judge, one who knows and understands the law, be influenced or even be bothered by comments from a lay person who doesn’t know what they are talking about? Unless the judge has something to hide!!!
#40
you are right.What MMD fogets is that Fred is not Post and VISE VESA.Even though he went to jail today the same pressure will continue on MMD as long as the underpefom.The are only going to be praised were its due
Greetings,
I totally agree with # 70, Nine chale, on this one. :-b
”a damn good convict”.
What is interesting is that Mmembe’s defence rested on him being on ‘leave’ – I thought he was man enough to take responsibility. This law is bad enough and he should have faced it straight on! I am having second thoughts, it is likely he is a scared guy 🙁
Believe me this is just a hoax. Mmembe wont see the inside prison. Lazo who stole millions of US$ including Sterlings is let free, why should they trouble Fred. Will fight this upto the last drop. We loathe this kind of behaviour. He has more steps to take, He is only convicted by this small organ, has up to Supreme to appeal. This is the same thing that happened to Roy Clarke when this useless Shikapwasha wanted him deported.
I have always noted that Mmembe & his post have long lost the plot. The problem has been that the paper changed from covering facts, when it started, to just being personal. It started with Chiluba. Every day, from page was Chiluba on petty things like sex, him with a woman & his former wife. It extended to Levy: Cabbage etc. Even when he died i was not convinced by the post’s crocodile tears. Banda just automatically fail in with his lack of ideas. You get the impression Mmembe uses this paper to launch a political career one day. So if he plays politics, they will play politics with him. Simple. Dont cry for him, he has to be strong. He started this.
#88, you are right, the guy is dead scared.He wanted the acting editor sacrificed instead.
It has been seen as normal for Fred Mmembe to break the law and give an excuse that he is speaking for the poeple. Mmembes jornalism doesnt deserve any credit, Serious how can a professional jonalist insult in the media, how can a professional jornalist make an alliance with a political party, then how do you expect fair reporting, how can a professional have a scandalous life as a gay stealing other poeples wives and today you say he is a hero.
Look at his editorial comment on Kundas sickness, and you call him a professional. His conviction is just timely, Mmembe if not watched with his PF propaganda ship paper, he will cause civil war. Already he has been preaching hatred among tribes.THANK YOU GOD JUSTICE HAS FINALLY ARRIVED. MY PRAYER GOD IS THAT WE SHOULD ALL RECEIVE FAIR…
ineffective leadership made the post sell and made the editor very famous and he has grown so big headed that notwithstanding that he is a lawyer whether thru mwembeshi or not can break the law with impunity. with good leadership the post would not have been what it is today! magistrate simusamba’s judgement is ‘a damn good judgement”
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Hallelujah!!!! is this true??? :o:o
Mmembe will come out scath free, just like Kafupi– Chiluba, kapoli wa kapoli.:-t:-t~X(~X(
#93 Icili pamunobe. You are very right Mmembe is no hero. He has earned his name by insulting leaders and breaking the law. Now that they have partnered with his tribesmate brainless SATA you can see how trevail politics have become. Mmembes days are nearing and he will leave bitter memories in Zambians. This gay I.D.I.O.T, wife snacher and waste sinner of all.
There is something very wrong with the court system in Zambia. According to the magistrate his conviction is based on the fact that the article had said the Chansa case was a comedy of error. Didn’t the same court say RB’s case with this lady was a waste of time. You sentence Katele and others, and then you say Chiluba is innocent. There is just too much wasting time and thats why we cant develop. I will stand by the Post any day without them Zambia would be a comedy of errors where leaders continue stealing thinking who will find out…indeed only the Post can find out. All you grown men not supporting Mmembe its just plain jealousy.Do the right thing and maybe one day you will also have a business as big as the Post.
:(:-w BANYANDULE BA ONONGA ZIKO !!!!
satan king cobra 96, go and w.a.n.k. your frustrations away!
Country full of Errors. Katwishi mwandini:-?
My problem with Fred is that he puts his personal emotions in his articles and quotes the bible to justify what he is writing. Articles should be written on facts and nothing less. The nerve of you to attack leaders in the media and you yourself are a wife snatcher (fact), you fathered a daughter that currently lives in South Africa and you are not taking care of her(fact), You are gay and attend your private circle parties on a farm in Lusaka west (fact). So Mr. Bum plugger or maybe u are the one receiving becareful because your business is out and your current wife is no angel either. I just hope that new baby boy is yours.
Zambia now is really comedy of errors. What a nation. Only a revolution would change the nation. Africa.
# 96, I think you have a problem discussing issues. In one sentence you call Mmembe, gay and wife snatcher, what’s up with that? Most of you are jealous of the success of Mmembe. Single handedly he has made a brand name in the Post newspaper. When the nationally funded media is failing to function, he has managed to do what the all govt have failed to do in creating a viable media source. Times of Zambia, Daily Mail and ZANIS all three combined cannot out sell the Post. He is the Surf as in washing powder, Colgate as in tooth paste, and then there is the Post as in news media in Zambia. So, the statement about insulting is negated and probably you think when states facts about your failures that means they are insulting you. Can you cite the so called insults you stated?
lets us respect our courts be it mmembe, katele, regina, kabwela we are all innocent until proven innocent. I dont know what has become of the post it used to dig deeper but now its a leading independent paper. it needs to be checked. all it does now is not to dig but quote expats at insults common duiker mpombo, sata, hh and foolish ngos. post had a good following but not anymore. any reasonable reader has stopped buying the paper. it carries nothing but championing its cause. no wonder they are scared of media regulation
self regulation im sure you now understand why post is scared stiff of media regulation they want to break the law with impunity. membe is a lawyer and knows better what it means to write in a newspaper a matter which is before courts. the fact that he says he was on leave when the story was run means he knew it was contempt. he could at least produced a leave certificate b4 the courts. fred has always said he standsby what appears in the paper so for him to try to run away and risk innocent mujuda and amos is a shame. these two guys are in it for bread and butter. given chance they would run away like malido and many others did.
Killed the messenger BUT NOT THE MESSAGE
MMD is a dictator party who have stolen money from the hungry people of Zambia.
MMD will lie to protect itself.
MMD cadres are morally bankrupt.
i seem to be missing something. whose wife did Fred snatch? please let me know..
i am thinking twice about naming my unborn son Fred lest he snatches someone’s wife. First it was Fred Jacob Titus now (though unconfirmed, it is Fred Membe)
107 Mutinta was married to an american man but is now married to your hero.
He stole his current wife from an American guy that was sick with cancer. She abandon that poor guy while he was fighting for his life. Mazoka was very fond of that young man and he moved to Zambia to look after the Mazoka family after Mazoka died. Look what that young man got for all his efforts lord bless him.
Oh, what a verdict! Anyway, The Post is not in jail; it will continue to expose wrongdoing. What beats my imagination is the magistrate wanting to study Fred’s Mitigation. It appeared to me he had not made up his mind to jail Fred and had to consult the invisible omega of Zambia. It was purely to ask whether to send Fred to Jail or not and ofcourse the instruction was send him to jail. And it appears true that he was instructed to jail Fred on Friday so that he spends the weekend in jail. Merceneries, you have your day today. Your day of reckoning is surely coming. Tomorrow we witness the augmenting of PF and UPND as they readies to deliver Zambia.
Zambia sucks!
We should just hope that the government changes and all the bootlickers are fired, since they are not professional. And, we should also hope that RB, his wife (for having received a salary which could have benefitted other teachers) and all those friends of his that have been acquitted or are on bail forever are imprisoned, and not forgetting Dr.Musonda. Insansa shinya ubulanda. Ama guys aba nabasamwa sana. I’m sure they know their time is coming. VIVA POST. We’ll continue reading your news. Can a person like Dr. Musonda even have a peaceful sleep. I wonder!
I hope that cunt of a diot gay mmembe rots in jail.
Mmembe atuchusha muno.Pliz do me a justice by arrerting him.chikala cha wishi….
I hope this conviction wil teach him a lesson.He’s a useless bastad.
So someone steals in the health sector, Sweden suspends budget support, health ministry can’t cope, nurses strike for a month! there is total madness with people dying outside our only specialist Hospital, a mother with a complication gets no help and a baby dies in a car park, it is a horrible thing but a fact of what is going on, pictures are taken and given to the paper, one of the editors sends the pictures to ministry of health and womens rights groups asking them to do something about is soon becoz people are dying and dignity is lost plus it had gon oon for a month, instead of seeing the reality and doing somthing about it, president calles an image of a still born child partially born-distributing pornography, american Lawyer calls this comedy, paper runs it. then arrest fred 😮
110 how did you know he stole? these are adults, do you know if his wife told hime the full story before it got serious? do you know if his wif and ex where together? and since you said he was dying and coming to take care of the mazoka family at the same time I think you have no idea what you are talking about! you are proberbly a jealous person…besides who knows maybe fred is looking after the family…and maybe the woman run from her hasband she is old enough…no one stole anyones wife
This is truely a commedy of errors. Bravo, poor judgement from the learned judge