The opposition Patriotic Front PF Party spokesperson, Given Lubinda has challenged the Zambia police to tell the nation why a senior political official, Health Deputy Minister Solomon Musonda was allowed to move around with a gun when it is not acceptable by the law.
Dr. Musonda who is also Chitambo Member of Parliament on Tuesday shot and wounded a suspected PF cadre who is currently admitted to the University Teaching Hospital.
Police spokesperson Bonny Kapeso yesterday confirmed the incident. “Yes, I can confirm that we have received a report of a shooting incident in which Dr Solomon Musonda, Health Deputy Minister shot and wounded Jackson Musaka, 25, on the left side of the forehead,” Kapeso said. Mr kapeso also confimed that the police had retrieved the pistol, which was allegedly used.
The incident happened around 17:50 hours in an area called Lubembe within Serenje district. According to eye witness, Dr Musonda open fired at a group of youths that blocked the road he was using. According to the youths, Dr Musonda was not supposed to be using the road that was repaired by youths as he had failed to repair it in his capacity as area MP.
I think Yala kosa for this goat of a Leader? With all the turmoil on the fighting in Mufumbwe , and he shoots somebody. He will be joining Katele and company. Ya Zanda Solomoni !
Mhhhhhh, interesting sure. So all those gun shots in Milanzi , Kasama, Solwezi and Mufumbwe bye elections were executed by the MMD. Things are coming out clearly. I say congrats to the youths who stoped this useless minister from using the road he failed to repair. The youths took their initiative to repair the road and there came a minister without shame shooting them. Let him be locked up and charged. WE ARE WATCHING .[-([-(
The minister was not supposed to use the road? That’s incredible. Are there no other non violent means of petitioning policy makers.
tHIS MAN IS NOTHING BUT A CRIMINAL.lOCK HIM UP!
This is just a dyonko of what is going to happen in 2011. MMD have bought guns to shoot people. We are warning you that people cant fail to buy guns as well. Remember that Zambia is sorrounded by countries with free guns. Police , please take charge and arrest this useless Musonda. We dont want blood shed in Zambia next year. I just hope the International community is observing what the MMD is doing in Zambia. RB be carefull you will be held accountable for what ever Zambia will turn into next year 2011. Fire Musonda immediately!!!!:-w:-w
You gonna reap what you sow.
Lock this son of a dog plz. we dnt need such characters in our societies.
so they have guns everywhere they go? shocking revelation for MMD officials.
Lubinda,
Deal with your cadres you are using to harangue innocent people as a medieval strategy. people are loaded and will not tolerate kabovalism. Watch out because the worst is yet to come if you don’t stop it. Here in the USA we are ever loaded in our cars,under suits and leather jackets. Self defense is a right. You keep endangering those thugs and bear the loss because there is no serious Zedian who moves chimanjamanja. When i was there in the 90s i always carried it.
I was thinking the chap did it in self-defence….kanshi he just openned fire on them?my my my ,can the cops do their work and lock this shameless minister. ooops I forgot that the cops’ boss is an MMD cadre as well !
Gun culture by MMD thugs, check these thugs before 2011!!!
Serenje has something I think. The other time was Sichilima Gastone fighting a senior UNIP cadre now it’s this Mbuzi.
How can a leader in such a high office in a Ministry that serves lives sink so low? Whatever the youths did, he could have exercised his self control and used diplomacy to deal with the youths. Think before taking action8-|
firstly Hon Dr Solomon is Zambian regardless of his political inclinations. We should learn to be get facts before we accuse people. I am yet to hear of Hon Given Lubinda openly castigate Sata for his involvement in the Chawama saga where Kadobi and group were unleashed on defenceless people of chawama for preferring Jeff Samukonga (FDD) at the expence of the MMD candidate. As i blogged last time on Hon. Lubinda’s statement of sending Sata into exile, he seems to be behaving like an average party cadre. We need to understand the circumstances surrounding the whole case. For starters as he has said, we need to know why Hon Musonda was carrying the gun, Have the people of Kabwata South ever blocked the road for Hon Lubinda for the pot holes and floods?
These are the same people who coursed us trouble in Mfumbwe during the byelection.Why a minister move with a gun and start short civilians.Whats this givernment doing .This MMD government has realy failed us .Come 2011 out of power.
In Zambia, the police are tamed at kamfinsa and lilayi, I believe it is there where they are taught that it is unethical to arrest a politician, the politicians are above the law especially those who are politically correct. In Mufumbwe the son of Mulondwe Muzungu is free and nothing will happen to him, the Minister is politically correct and so nothing will happen to him, talk all you can, believe me nothing will happen to him, by the way where is Watson Lumba?
Self defense…he should have actually killed the guy. A mob advancing towards me I would shoot to kill. Dr Solomon we are behind you VIVA Gun Trotting MMD!!!!!!!!:d
I still recall that in 2005 Sata sent his kabovas to wayraid and lynchy Levy Mwanawasa to death on Lumumba road when Levy was on his way from a campaign rally in Mwembeshi heading for another one in chilanga. PF thugs with stones and cabbages lined up to lynchy levy in Sata’s desperate style for power. The heavily armed protective unity instead diverted levy using a different protective car and route. They were ready to spread the thugs to their dismay but opted to play them a decoy. As not realizing the danger, they did 2 times more on his way from the Airport from a foreign trip.
seriously am scared about how zambia will be in 2011.if pipo can die in a by-election,if pipo can shoot pipo over a road,if minister can throw punches at cadres,if MPs can exchange blows at parliament building,if cadres can threaten to gangbang a leader…and NOBODY is doing anything,and the presido is just sleeping….i dont know…..kaya!
Jackson Musaka ulinshimbi mwaiche wandi. Shipikisha mune. ifintu fikaba bwino kuntanshi. I can imagine the trauma you must be going through. I wish you a quick recovery mwaiche wandi. :)>-
if i was the minister, id have used an AK47.
the gun culture has come to roost mu zed>:p, imagine road rage coupled with guns…@-)
#21, on your old man i suppose
PF thugs have been in this business of lynching people, arsoning properties and threatening violence. Look at what they were doing to Peter Machungwa yesterday at the funeral of his pro-NCC comrade.They are running out of space and time as reality dawns on them. They are being emboldened with Sata and Lubinda telling them that they will go in self imposed exile next year so that these kabova can wrech each other. tough luck for thugs.
Its not against the LAW to carry a gun as long as it is licenced Mr Lubinda,the problem here is that Musonda attempted to murder someone,lets stick to the issue shall we,trying to gain political mileage out of this wont help,people can read between the lines now,not stupid anymore
The “gun culture” is on the match in Zambia. Tomorrow don’t be surprised if every citizen decides to carry a gun to protect themselves from govt criminals.
Guns seems to be everywhere, especially among people sworn to protect and defend our constitution and laws. If we are not careful, this “gun culture” is bound to trickle down to our youths, and we all know the kind of mayhem such a situation will bring on our streets. Not so long ago it was another PF MP brandishing a gun threatening to shoot unharmed citizens. And today it is a minister shooting an unharmed youth in the head. What the h.e.l.l is wrong with our government leaders today?
And who is issuing guns to these govt hoodlums? The police and our courts need to get a grip on this before it really gets out of hand!!
The law enforcing agents often act very swiftly in casez of such magnitude. It iz very sad and scaring if we are going to have gun-totting law makers move around townships.
iwe ka # 14,why are u mentioning my name?i will come chop off your bull-colour OK.
In what capacity were these kaponyas blocking the road, ordering the minister never to pass, stopping him? Has the rite of passage in our country become a preserve of kaponyas now? If they had issues with the minister to be addressed why didn’t these kaponyas meet and raise with him at his public rally? Why block his car on a public road? What could have stopped him from taking them for car hijackers which many PF cadres shot so far in lusaka have been doing to fundraise for their party? What would have made the minister to take them for friendly forces other than the thugs that they are?
We share answer fire with fire. They attacked Solomon with axes he showed them how useless their ancient weapons are when he used a pistol. Watchout ba fee colour. Why should a Minister or indeed anyone be stopped from using a public road. To hell with your hooliganism.
‘Observer’ How on earth can you write that-Here in the USA we are ever loaded in our cars,under suits and leather jackets. Self defense is a right.
In Zambia the law is very clear on the use of arms or let alone possessing one. Killing a person who is not armed…mmmm… I doubt it if they would allow it in USA. You may educate me more on that one.
Safety kuisunga wemwine and comfort kwikala patontwele. Violence begets violence.Threaten his life he comes hard on you.
PF should keep their cadres in check so they don’t cause havoc,
However even if it were self-defence, I think you shoot into the air as a warning shot not at the crowd so this minister should be put to trial.
#25 I’m not sure about this but i believe that there are parmameters that come with owning firearms such that you can’t just posess them anywhere anyhow otherwise general public would be at risk. #18 I don’t know why you keep trying to change identity your identity is in your style of writing and lack of objectivity
This UNIP govt is now full of murderers. RB has brought war to this country. Just in Mufumbwe son of Muzungu killed some villagers and now a shameless Deputy minister in a Ministry responsible for saving lives is busy shooting his own constituency members. Surprising in this UNIP govt of RB, both murderers are not arrested as they are VIPs? Pipo of Serenje reject that murder before he shoots all of u
but this minister is a f.o.o.l ,he should have used an AK47 instead…that way he could have killed many of those chaps at once…klik klak pow pow pow pow !
I miss senior citizen,where are you my beloved WISE uncle?
In Katete;s milazi bye-election Sata had one and his driver produced it at the nomination against innocent MMD cadres. In his case it was not even on road where it was the case of Dr. Musonda’s enemy vs.victim face on.Why was sata carrying it in Milanzi?
It is a pity even ministers are becoming brutal to this extent! The police should have arrested him immediately, he is a threat to the public and it is an acceptable to let him walk freely after what he did. Even if they are investigating him he must remain behind bars for attempted murder. If it were an ordinary citizen, we could have discussing a different story. I wonder if ministers have immunity against also. Shame him!
The question is, the PF youths told the minister that he will not be allowed to proceed, why didn’t he return where he was coming from and use another route? If there is only one road, certainly the minister would have gone back, waited until midnight or 01, he would have used the road without being blocked. What he did was clearly intention to murder. The bullet caught the poor boy in the head, not the leg or arm to scare them away. But it was in the head. It could have been avoided. And there was not persuasion or counter-arguments from this Musonda. he should face the consequences of his actions
Thuggery will not take PF anywhere but to hell. Dr.Musonda acted in best practical self defense against senseless and kaponyas on an errand ukumwipaya and hijack his car.Let lubinda and sata commandier this nonsense themselves and land this fate instead of using poor and vulnerable kaponyas in assurance of more money in their pocket they will never see.By law the only constitutionally allowable citizens to mount a road block are law enforcement officesr and not PF kaponyas. Who gave them this extra-constitutional powers of mounting illegal road blocks against citizens when this is not a banana republic where kaponya have the right ?
PF Kaponyas tell me right here, Who gave these PF kaponyas this extra-constitutional powers to block the road and order the minister never to pass or else?
imwe fi PF mulemona kwati mulibakali…twakulamilasa imfuti mufimitwe fyenu pow pow pow ! dont mess with boma OK. boma ni boma.
Violence begets violence!!! Ministers, with your conspicuous mode of transportation (GRZ written all over your vehicles), I don’t think it is a smart idea for you to encourage gun-violence in our Country. You will be “sitting ducks” when tables get turned against you. Be careful with this culture that you seem to be in the forefront promoting!! God knows, Zambians may soon get fed up and decide to fight back and never again accept this c.r.a.p from you the so called “A BOMA”!!
# 40 come on tell them the truth,preach on brother !kudos to you man!by the way were is my uncle “senior citizen”…i miss his wise postings so much.
Ba kadobi sorry for mentioning your name. As a man i guess i still need it to replace those truant cadres that are going to depart in 2011 at the hands of gun-carrying Ministers and opposition leaders!
ATTENTION BLOGGERS : I have changed my name from “I Love MMD” to the new improved clearer brand name above.
#36 Senior Citizen is right next to you at #37:d
boma ni boma !!!!!!!!
# 46 are you sure?….ba Veteran is this true?all the same you are both so full of wisdom.
You that are in support of what happened you are crazy. The one that was shot at is a Zambian, our brother. Be mature in your writings if you are a minor please do not comment on anything. We want to read mature stuff here. Take your childish away from here.
iwe mufana #44 ,apology accepted…but watchout next time OK.
#32 Iwe Chi Veteran Somebody’s Life is at stake here, Walitumpa sana waunfwa!!!!!!
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#48 you want evidence that he is Senior Citizen
hang on a minute
Veteran says:
May 2, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Dream on with your ignorance mantra of Ben Kangwa an innocent patriot serving his country in his jurisdiction with dignity. Certainly even the day his MoFA will relocate him to Europe and any of us will remain blogging from the USA you will still be cluessly hallucinating that its Ben Kangwa. I hope some day Mr. Kangwa can sue you through the LT honchos that retain comprehensive details on every blogger. To you USA is Washington DC and Washington DC is the USA. And every professional in your poverty trolling head is working for the Zambian mission in DC. that is what Pverty, illiteracy and poverty do to ignoramuses like you. You don’t see that the USA has taken in many professional Zambian who have no p***ion for the opposition fantasy…
We have been seeing such moves wenever travelling by bus, some youths organise themselves to do some road maintenence and in return they ask some of the road users go give them something infact not big sums of money they usaully ask for 500, 1000 and so on and so fourth all this is as a result of the failure by the MMD govt to address the state of roads in the country. Suprisingly a leaned person a DR of that matter open fire at a group of his own people it is not only a criminal offence but a big shame to the mmd as it has proved to be a party that does not respect the laws of the land and it’s people!!
#51 wa-bay-tall-lay ,how dare you insult my uncle? anso wewatumpa niwe coz you’re just jelous of his wisdom.
Senior Citizen says:
April 30, 2010 at 6:34 am
Dream on with the delusion of your BK with gland scale failure to know who SC is. Even when the foreign Affairs will relocate BK evn to the london mission you will be hallucinating that i posting thousands of miles from Washington DC is BK. This kind of failure on you kids has no future. Its actually very dangerous handcapsy LT keeps laughing around the clock. How do you fail to know and allocate a simple blogger when even cheap and simple cyber bleach could prove you ignorance? You have all failed to get even closer to the state where I have been for the last 13 years considering that i have never relocated with all my family? You keep hallucinating of ZNBC when i have had early years of Global education opportunities from Europe to…
Ba Kadobi, Just out of curiosity.. What were the instructions like from King Cobra when you sorted out those people in Chawama?
PF Kaponyas tell me right here, Who gave these PF kaponyas this extra-constitutional powers to block the road and order the minister never to pass or else?
WHAT I FIND SHOCKING ABOUT THE BLOGS IS THE FAILURE BY MOST OF YOU TO CONDEMN THE ACTIONS OF OUR YOUTH. IF YOU REALLY AFTER JUSTICE YOU START WITH THE ROOT CAUSE. LET US CONDEMN THE YOUTH BECAUSE THIS INJURY WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURED BUT FOR THEIR UNLAWFUL PROTEST.
MMD rocks,PF sucks
read comments at 54 and 57,this might help,senior citizen and veteran
maybe nima twins
# 57 , but its also possible that these PF subvert bloggers were hallucinating about veteran being ben kangwa and also senior citizen being ben kangwa.ifi fi PF fyapa LT filapeepa sana ibange.just like their chi-snake leader used to chain smoke.after effects of marijuana is hallucinations,so even your chi-snake leader is hallucinating.ibange lilanduka guys
#58 wabwekeshapo again?tawumfwa mwaiche iwe ayi?just know that we were told to go and kick a.s.s and lets LOTS of blood spill & flow in chawama……u satisfied now?
#62,,, katwishi mani,but efyo alembele fimofine te,kwati citizen ni veteran futi,pantu language naipalana sana, naumona te
Has the traffic police officers now forefeited their mandate to PF kaponya to mount road blocks with impunity? Do people have to use roads at the discretion of PF kaponyas? Why stop a minister and threaten his life when the country is not a banana republic of no laws or indeed in a state of emergency? Since when did some places become gazzetted as no go areas for national leaders? I think thuggery has gone to the brains of Sata and his kaponyas. Tough luck Dr.Musonda is alive to the challenge of self defense and he did it.Hijack him at own risk.What has happened to a poor cadre in agony is the price of thuggery, senseless hatred and loyalty to mad people who know not the law and democracy.
I wish the minister had just used an AK47 instead.it produces better results.
According to bum-lickers on the blog its now alright to move with guns for self-defence, so i hope our journalists will get loaded too just in case they get harrassed by MMD thugs then we see where we’ll end up as a nation. Probably it may actually be the only language chief vigilante William Banda would understand. Brandishing guns is a lose – lose game but we are game.
#64 Veteran,are you really my wise uncle Senior Citizen?come on ,dont be scared of these chaps led by a chi-snake.tell me.
#67 for your own infomation,our respectable,wise and honourable William Banda carries an UZI….klik klak pow !boma ni boma.
Those youth blocked that roads bcoz they repaired it and Musonda had failed to repair it. for me the youth were right.
The Deputy Minister is apparently a friend of mine. We first met at UNZA in 1996 as Freshers. I remember walking on foot with him going to Maxwell House in Longacres taking application letters for the bursary scheme. I am suddened by this event as I thought I knew the fellow very well, least did I know that he was a criminal. I really sympathise with my friend. I also sympathise with the cadre who was shot at, though allow me to say this, it is very unfortunate that in Zambia we seem to be promoting the culture of cadreship for political expediency. What Political parties need are not cadres but members. The concept of cadreship is long gone.
# 71 ,please define the word cadre for me .
# 63 MMD Rocks and PF sucks hahahahahahaaha :d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d you made me laugh. Nga Ba Kadobi why are you quiet? Or are you one and the same ?
#45 Wheather U change yo name or not who cares??:-?:-?:-?:-?:-? Yo Posting are still senseless.
I have also read with deepest sorrow the events in regard to William something Banda who was purposely deported by Chiluba is now walking the streets of Lusaka waving his two pistols in the air threatening people including the clergy and terrorising people in the shanty compounds. What does this really mean? I am afraid that 2010 might be worse than this as most people may now be stocking their houses with pistols and AK 47s just to ensure that they can reiterate when provoked by Mr. William Banda. Let me also remind everybody about the third term bid in 2001. Chiluba and his crooks mobilised people like the Scorpion Kadobis and other thugs to beat up innocent citizens for merely putting on anti third term t-shirts.
Please # 72 A Cadre is merely somebody who is not his own person, but operates without thinking under somebody’s directives. He/she is like a horse pipe which takes water from one end and takes out the same water at the other end.
PF Kaponyas tell me right here, Who gave these PF kaponyas this extra-constitutional powers to block the road and order the minister never to pass or else?
From a non P.F voter you get this answer.
In a civil country any demonstration is accepted as the norm.
Stopping cars at intersections or major roads is one of the best demonstrations known.
One it causes traffic jams which people wonder what all the fuss is about.
People do not EXPECT to be SHOT IN THE HEAD at one of these type of protests.
People do not expect some who is not a police officer to be carrying a loaded weapon that is ILLEGAL in the country where the issue is raised.
Pointing a gun at someone is a THREAT(Legal term a CRIME) and shooting someone who is only protesting without a weapon is MURDER or MANSLAUGHTER…
PF Kaponyas tell me right here, Who gave these PF kaponyas this extra-constitutional powers to block the road and order the minister never to pass or else?
From a non P.F voter you get this answer.
In a civil country any demonstration is accepted as the norm.
Stopping cars at intersections or major roads is one of the best demonstrations known.
One it causes traffic jams which people wonder what all the fuss is about.
People do not EXPECT to be SHOT IN THE HEAD at one of these type of protests.
People do not expect some who is not a police officer to be carrying a loaded weapon that is ILLEGAL in the country where the issue is raised.
Pointing a gun at someone is a THREAT(Legal term a CRIME) and shooting someone who is only protesting without a weapon is MURDER or MANSLAUGHTER.
Well, God bless Zambia we dont know where we going.
Hon Musonda is the first shooting Minister. As one blogger has already pointed out above, politicians are above the law. As a serving Minister, nothing will be done to him but for him.
Cooment 52 thumbs up! This shooting could have been avoided. And there was no persuasion from the Hon. Minister. According to reports, there were three to four other people on Hon. Musonda’s vehicle two of whom were area constituency officials. Why not allow these two officials pursuade the cadres to give way. As if to show how much political power he had, Hon. Musonda pushed aside other party officials on his vehicle and took it upon himself to shoot.
In areas like Chibolya where the Govt has no interest to repair roads, residents repair for themselves and charge K1,000 to the road users.
Veteran living 20,000 km away in a foreign land has more information than local news.
It sort of tells you where he gets his information from.
His own mind!
Making up stories might be good for brainwashing but when facts need to be know don’t rely on someone living in America to tell you what is happening on the soil in Zambia.
Ceteris paribus, Hon Musonda will be dropped as Deputy Minister within this month.
For the very first time docile Zambians will take up arms and defend themselves from a despotic government and system in 2011.Christian nation,my foot! When the country is ruled by ruthless criminals.Ivory Coast the most developed and advanced country in West Africa burnt when dictators masquarading as democrats took citizens for granted.Zambia a very backward country in Southern Africa will burn even worse than Ivory Coast in 2011.
Call it self defence or whatever, this is a clear case of attempted murder and Mr Musonda should be charged accordingly.
#25, Contrary to what you are telling us, It is against the law in Zambia to carry a weapon such as a gun in public, licenced or otherwise. Even in the UK try to go about carrying a weapon you will be in serious trouble. It’s not like in America where anything goes. Anyway in Zambia these days anyone can formulate their own laws like this one, ‘It is not a crime to threaten violence’.
Shooting defenseless person cannot be tolerated by Zambians. Can the law take it’s course please. We are all saddened by this kind of behavior and we cannot be silent until action is taken against perpetrators
#76 Jonathan which school did you go to?what a weak and poor attempt!here’s how you supposed to do it : go to google,type in “cadre” then press enter on your keypoard or click on “search”. not ayo amafii ya definition ulepela apo (not that crappy definition u just gave on this blog)…..by the way how old are you?
# 83 Mulenga,niwe chi kuuwe sana!u are predicting zambia burning and yet there u are far away in Uk with your tail coiled btween your legs.come back to zed my friend ,we teach you wat “burning” really is.
i think ‘MMD rocks, PF sucks’ is a pretty hilarious guy. Veteran=Senior Citizen=Mwata. One and the same. Dont need to be a rocket scientist to figure that out.
I miss digital smoke a.k.a ghostdog ,NINE CHALE,baby c,lady chiza legs,ba moze,nkani ya mukachasu………were are you guys?you have left me blogging with nicompoops like #88 dudelove whose brain is so tiny that three pipo easily confuse him and he thinks its one person.
Mune sorry ulekakwa,you almost killed that boy,sorry but ulekakwa……:((:((:((:((:((:((:((:((:((:((:((:((:((:((:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(,
VETERAN you are an *****,am sorry but I have no appologies.IF you are going to condone what the honarable minister did then I will borrow the Presidents words and call you a puppy.We are all Zambians and let as comment progressively it doesnt solve anything by been arrogant and not calling a sped a sped were its due.This chap didnt have the audecity to pass in a road he didnt repaire thats what the young men were trying to say.Whether the were right or wrong its for God to judge.That minister doest have the right to take life coz his not God.If you have a gun fire warning shots and when in danger you may use it to protect yourself,clearly by shouting at everyone the minister demonstrated his inability to reason.
#82
practising economics ka!! I AGREE WIT YOU MY BROTHER OR SISTER
Hee guys let us buy guns in readness for 2011. I will make sure that I secure a gun from Angola or Congo . An Ak 47 for that matter so that who ever dares to come near me, I pow pow pow. I am warning you MMD cadres…dare me 2011, I open fire. It is now free for all. Each person has to proect himself.
Anyone is allowed to carry a gun as long as it is licensed in his/her name..u can also carry ammo as licensed .wat matters is how it is used..if the dminister shot on defence then he need to prove that his life was in danger..and he shud follow procedure..like three warning shots in air…from the event seems the man aimed to kill,..shot to the head…lock him and charge himfor attempted murder.
MMd rocks, PF sucks, i still think u’re a pretty funny guy.
#89
this guy PF sucks…is really useless,hes been insulting pipo trying to get some attention(am glad no one is paying attention to your s.t.u.p.i.d.i.t.y)though senior citizen is disgusting pipo can argue with him coz hes bloggs have some substance but you have totally nothing.Point in case at #52 it just shows how difficult it was for your parents to bring you up.By the way are both your parents males?coz somebody raised by a mother cant be so silly
Is the minister now behind bars or what the hell is doing in ‘public’ He is danger to society. I suppose all ministers are now carrying guns just in case they need to ‘defend’ themselves. This always happens with unpopular goverments like MMD. In a democracry, the people defend the government.
Muchifunga ,baya mukuku bomfwa shetani wamupampa
Who killed Paul Tembo ,MMD…………You are in big shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhth this time……
Is this guy a medical doctor? Anyway i symphathise with him because all that he’s worked for could be going down the drain. The best he can get from this case is manslaughter and he will not get away with it, there’s a limit on how far RB and Mchenga can shield criminals from facing justice. Contrary to what bum-licking marvericks on the blog are posting am sure Musonda regrets the day he joined politics and would probably
If you read the story on both the Post and LT,one would wonder why a Minister had to act like that.The youth blocked the road in front of him,they did not harm but they only demanded that he dos not pass.which is right for them to do so.coz even in your own father’s house.ukakana keyenda kuchigayo uniuza uzayidya insima benangu ngati bagaisa.so these guyz yes it was there right him as a leader was suppose to even have supported and apriciated there efforts while they where repairing that road?he also should have acted mutually @the time he was blocked he should have reversed and went back and report to the police or if they where threatening him he shout have given 3 warning shots.muziba naimwe muzambia mwamene ayopela nfuti.so for him to have gotten out of the car and start shooting .
Is this guy a medical doctor? Anyway i symphathise with him because all that he’s worked for could be going down the drain. The best he can get from this case is manslaughter and he will not get away with it, there’s a limit on how far RB and Mchenga can shield criminals from facing justice. Contrary to what bum-licking marvericks on the blog are posting am sure Musonda regrets the day he joined politics and would probably be regreting ever buying a pistol, its no little matter being involved in a murder case. What a waste of an intelligent man. For him sweet dreams and goodnights are a thing of the past at least for now, he’d be a lucky man to be out side police custody tomorrow. We may actually be heading for another bye election in Chitambo and then we’ll see who will vote for…
this means he had a motive to kill.he took the law in his own hands though the youths were defenceless they didn’t have a guns like him.to make matters worse he aimed in the boyz head.the first missed him and the second caught him on his forehead thats excution. My fellow Zambians we are not like that in our nature,Tulonfwilana sana uluse, even when we just passby a road accident and we see people dead or blood we freak out and wish it never happened,meaning that we love each other. so we ocurred here is un zambian becoz its not in our nature.We should ask ourselves why this anarchy from someone like him, a senior citizen who is responsible for serving our lives.one would wonder whats going on in RB’s minions.i guess they are holusinating,2011 vioneka vafunta vintu
LET ME WARN YOU KABONDE’S BOYS IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO THIS CHAP LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT THIS SO CALLED MINISTER WILL BE IN TROUBLE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE ,THIS IS LIFE WHICH HE’S PLAYING WITH NOT POLITICS. LAST BY ELECTION MUZUNGU’S SON KILLED THREE PEOPLE IN MUFUMBWE AND YOU ARE QUITE WHERE IS HE?TELL US YOU THINK WE’VE FORGOTTEN.I WISH WE WERE IN IRAK OR AFGHANISTAN.GUYS LET’S DO SOMETHING TO THIS GOVERMENT
I think Hon Lubinda has the wrong end of the argument, it is acceptable by law to carry a gun on your vehicle I think. Shooting somebody in the head however is not acceptable by law…
This govt must leave soon zambia is no longer safe for anyone. If a minister of RB can shoot a helpless man for a small dispute what next. what they saying is he behind bars or not? Because all these mmd people can afford bail, with so many witnesses how can he escape. Lock him up. He has to pray that the guy survives. If he dies that the murder of the first order and what next.
SURELY WHAT IS WRONG AT MINISTRY OF HEALTH – KAPOKO, GUN SHOOTING HEY NO WONDER HOSPITALS STINK.
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………………and now we’ll see who’ll vote for murderers. The unfortunate and somehow very lucky youngman wasn’t armed to be short in the head and in a fair world Dr Musonda would have difficulties justifying his actions. The first questions would be, if it were for self defence why didnt he shoot in the air since they were not armed and did not damage his car, why did he aim at his head instead of his legs? Why was he moving with a loaded gun, was his shooting predetermined? We are told he sped off after realising he’s shot a felloe human being in the head, the question is why didn’t he just turn round when the youths stopped him? Or was it just cold blooded murder on his mind? He’ll have to break a bank to get away with this one because attorney general isnt paid for…
Legal minds, is attempted murder bailable?
#9 Observer, #14mk, #17zedian33 and #35 ——- mwebana ba nshimu.
#19 am with you brother man.
This lawless fool should lose his job …now or he will catch his in the heart!
Am so disapointed with the action of YOU Mr. Musonda.With all the respect i had for you,Sure-you can control yourself?:-?:-?.You armed for the kill and being the DOC, that should have been the last thing.My apeal to your wife.MUSONDA CARO FILUMBA. <):) Please pump some sance in your DOC or else, foprget about 2011 being re-elected .This is the area where you are incharge and 2011, you will go back for the same pepo whom you are shooting today.:-w:-w:-w.I am confused:-?
Ministers are now in danger if this guy dies. Know that people will also start shooting you on rallies. Dont think Zambians are fools to be always killed by you dull ministers in a dull gonvernment of RB. Just know that Zambians are also arming themselves in preparation for ammagedon soon coming in 2011. Guns shall be used by people as well. Mark my worlds MMD thugs. ;);)
#103 we need more of reasonable Zambians like you not the likes of veteran abalyafye ubwali and don’t want to use their heads for what they were designed for (thinking).
minister yanya chika..la. that gun culture will soon hit back on you
Gud move. Tu PF natutumpa. They will finish them. This is the way to go. At funerals, we hear PF PF. Just shoot them & make sure they are dead otherwise they change stories in testimony. Kill these PF thus. All of them including their big thug SATA. Now!!!!!
The dishonourable minister is a kabova. Shame!
A HEALTH Deputy Minister for that matter shooting a person…yaba.. i thought being a HEALTH D.minister he was supposed to be concerned about people’s HEALTH and see that people were in good HEALTH….pa Zed zoona….imwe vima useless politicians you should think outside the box….
The last kicks of a dying dogs. please push futher for this fools to quite. Its time
that was a silly mistake to act! A soft answer turneth away wrath,Every step of life is a risk!!!!!!!!!! mwailetelela ba Muzo! ngamwabonfyesheko amalegeni limbi nga kasako!
iwe ci# 37, if sata had a gun dd he shoot anyone? That zolo deserves jail
That ***** must be jailed. Takuli ifyama bail.
Ba muzo muende ku army! instead of saving lives u want to kill! efyo tukekala bushe?! bamudala mwaluba apopena!
I have no doubt in my mind that if it had been an ordinary Zambian who shot and wounded that man he would have been arrested and locked up straight away but since MMD officials and cadres are above the law the police are as usual talking of this nonsense of recording a warn and caution statement and it ends there. I remember the MMD thug who threatened Nawakwi had a warn and caution recorded but up to now nothing has happened. This minister must be locked up immediately.
WHAT EVER NO SENSE VETERAN POSTED–THE CONCLUSION MR MINISTER SIR IS THAT YOUR ACT IS CRIMINAL
This I.D.I.O.T of a person calling himself veteran is a SICK MAN, REALLY GENTLEMENT, ONLY CHAINAMA candidates can think like that. VERY SICK MAN INDEED.
I have said it before and I will say it again. MMD is a criminal syndicate were every so called leader in it has a wrap sheet of criminal activities tied around them. Now it is murder of innocent and harmless people. Some people are trying to twist this but are forgetting that in Zambia it is a crime to move around armed. Observer probably does not know that it is a crime to move around with a gun in the USA unless you have a permit to so due to threats or you are in danger. The police will arrest you for carrying a concealed weapon bwana.
Solomon’s perceived threat does not justify what he did. He is a criminal and should be perceived just as such. The delay in arresting him does not only speak volumes about how MMD wants to operate, but informs the nation how the laws are weak.
Let us say this crime was perpetuated by someone in the opposition. The same fools supporting this action will be throwing gee in the fire screaming murder. Yes, this is a politician, but killing someone in cold blood is no different from the use of pangas in Rwanda. In the interest of justice and peace, this man Solomon must be hanged. People who are innocent and have no intentions of letting anyone’s blood are being persecuted everyday in Zambia, and murderers and real criminals are being driven with flags on their cars. Look at MMD troubling its perceived enemies like Mmembe, Fr. Bwalya, Archbishop Mpundu, Michael Sata, HH,
Now if we look at the president himself. Zambia has had 3 other Presidents and the pitch in Zambia has never been this high. Why?
It is sad how MMD supporters on this blog don’t value human life. What ever the youth did does not call for taking someone’s life. Our country is moving in the wrong direction. You can’t love power this much. I know Veteran and the other worms supporting MMD are in this for the money. They have no interest in improving the lives of our beloved country men. People in Zambia still live in the stone age if you look at the housing and public infrastructures in the rural areas. Nothing has been done for these poor souls since independence. If you want to make money start a business, not getting into politics. Politics is for public service.
In the past 47 years Zambia has never experienced such acrimony as we see or hear today. Why? We have been Zambians and nothing has changed in Zambia to see such activities as we see today apart from the president. Do we blame the Zambians who are still the same or we blame the leader who seem to be paying a blind eye to MMD crimes and the violence that seem to be a making of this president to scare the would be opponents and the would voters for his opponents? Is this some kind of a Banda Formula? Rupiah Banda + William Banda = Violence.
Atase uyu kamalasha
Number 9,please think before you write- in zambia- it is one zambia one nation and we always forgive each other. We do not believe in guns. So, if you are in USA, good luck for you and not in zambia.
And when you were in zambia if that is true, you did not even have a gun. Sorry about that!
It is amazing how people can turn into monsters for a buck and political affiliation. If one is able to sell their soul for a buck, they are no different from that fool who sold Jesus. My belief is that Our strength is seen in the things we stand for; our weakness is seen in the things we fall for. Falling for attempted murder? Guys, you are really weird.
But I have to say this to those fighting this evil MMD leadership: Never retreat in the face of difficulties. Advance as conditions permit. If conditions don’t permit, create those conditions.
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arrest this killer…
I don’t support any party but I must say this is a sad state of affairs, the police need to do their job and find out exactly why a young man was nearly murdered on this fateful day. God is watching over us and wants us to share his message of peace and love for all human beings.
comment 40 dats da way i feel u i rilly do no minister no kaponya no government official has right ova da other if it means civil war let it be it think zambians we nw takin peac 4 granted bt whover comes in yo way first kill da damn dog probably da will be mo sanity in da country
J Musaka & his friends are now said to be PF cadres – I really wonder whether this has been verified??
I don’t believe this was a political incident, it was simply a few youths with initiative to try & help road users by patching up a road & asking for some compensation to that effect. These individuals though not legal, should be supported as they are trying to keep out of trouble by making themselves useful & at the same time making remote roads passable. Personally i have encountered them as am sure several zambians have too. Can only conclude that the minister was being tight-pocketed, & obviously arrogant. There is no mention of warning shots, where someone can be excused, they youths seem to have been unarmed (i.e. in terms of weapons such as guns). The law should take its course.
Do you know how many guns Sata has or how many guns Hichilema moves with? You guys don’t know what you talk about.
People people…..please get facts right. you have just heard one side of the story. This Cadre or boy whatever you can call him might have been something else at that time. A cadre or boy with a weapon aimed at you is not an innocent civilian, remember everyone has a right to self defence. don’t forget that it was in the same area where these so called innocent civilians killed a flying doctor upon landing for reasons best known to themselves. be rational…………………………….
The youths should learn that their are many ways of showing displeasure violence is not good way. Dr Musonda i guess acted in self defence.
If it where me it would have been worse because am very emotional. Let us avoid provocation.
When youths repair roads it is common practice that road users ‘pay’ them when they are stopped. Because of the bad roads in Zambia, this has become common practice and Musonda, as a road user should know that. Are we supposed to shoot them when they stop us for some payment? Where is the police in Zambia?
Is this issue even debatable? The thug shot an unarmed young man. Arrest the criminal period. Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) have a sticker on their vehicles which reads: There is no excuse for domestic violence.
But pa zambia………….[-( this is not living:o
I do not know why the PF and UPND have allowed their youths to try to interupt every gothering of the rulling party or any minister passing? 2011 is just a few months, just promote your manifesto ‘ if you have any’ to the people of Zambia. Muleipaisha abaice, yangu yeeh. Awe mwandi.
Lesa twafweni.