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Kabanda’s peacekeeping calls unrealistic

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Chief Government spokesperson Ronnie Shikapwahsa has said Citizens Forum executive director Simon Kabanda, who is appealing to the international community to send peacekeepers during a demonstration over the Constitution-making process, is being unrealistic.

Lieutenant General Shikapwasha said in Lusaka yesterday that Mr Kabanda was expressing his ignorance on international affairs and urged Zambians not to treat his views seriously.

He said in an interview that Mr Kabanda should seek to understand international laws before making careless statements.

Mr Kabanda was quoted on Radio Phoenix as saying the Citizens Forum would write to some international organisations to help send peacekeepers to Zambia to police people who intended to picket Parliament over the Constitution-making process.

He said his organisation did not have faith in the Zambia Police Service, which he described as brutal.

But Lt Gen Shikapwasha advised Mr Kabanda to understand international laws and how the United Nations (UN) operates for it to send peacekeepers to a country.

“Zambia is not in a war situation that UN should send peacekeepers, unless he is planning to cause violence himself.

“Even then, the internal security forces in the country are capable of handling the matter very well,” he said.

He advised Mr Kabanda not to practise hypocrisy but instead concentrate on preaching peace.

“He should have trust in the local security and their capability to handle any violence he is purporting that the country might experience.

“Zambia is a peaceful country and it has enjoyed peace for 46 years. Let us all respect the peace and maintain it even as the country goes for elections,” Lt Gen Shikapwasha said.

[ Times of Zambia ]

22 COMMENTS

  1. We Know MMD cannot allow this and because we are not in a war situation but poverty stricken situation. But Ba Shichimpuno, kindly ensure free, credible and fair elections 2011. We dont want bloodshed as Panji Kaunda timely warned you to guard against, though u later ba MMD went on an offensive critisizing him.

  2. When ignoramuses head their one man pseudo NGOs their ignorance protrudes through their heads. I didn’t that this chap called Kabanda with incoherent hallucination tapaba somoloji. Is he Grade 7 dropout?

    Even if you are planning vundu you don’t register your ignorance like. Just start your vundu and rapture to hell alone. Just do it than hallucinating your rubbish which no organization would even look at.

  3. Going by the Mufumbwe events, I tend to agree with Kabanda although, I am confident that if we unite like the Egyptians we cannot fail to beat these MMD hooligans on our own. There is strength in numbers as long as we unite. We dont need UN, but then I dont need to be told so by ostrich brain Shikapwasha

  4. Some how what I saw in Egypt was done in Mufumbwe were Muzungu was ploughing in people and up to now he has not been caged. The call for peace keepers is to police the police. Remember the police arrested a 92 years old man for case he never committed. So, who is right? Shikapwasha or Kabanda? What does Shikapwasha know about international affairs or how the monitor local issues?

  5. kabanda is catholic student priest thats why he gets on so well with fatherless bwalya. kabanda made a catholic nun pregnant and they now have three kids hubby and wife both out of katolika gowns. thats the man you call citizen forum. can you trust him when he can take off his collar and unveil a nun and have unprotected sex with her till they have kids. he went against bibilical catholic teachings. so when you listen to what kabanda says do that with a pinch of salt.

  6. #8 Shazza, I agree. Simon Kabanda is a joker and is no different from Chifire, Mumbi and the rest of these 1-man NGO’s. The chap used to be a Catholic priest but he couldn’t resist the urge and ended up shafting a nun with whom he now has kids with. Who is he to preach civility to us now? Peace keepers my foot, our local security forces are more than capable of maintaining the peace and sorting out any goons that may be tempted to be silly (as was the case in Mongu recently, where we put those Lozi clowns in there place).

  7. #9 big pipe yes kabanda couldnt resist the apetite and ended up shafting a catholic nun using his big pipe sorry to borrow your name pardon me but what else did kabanda simon use if not his big pipe

  8. #whats wrong with shafting a nun?Isnt a nun a woman?Women are there to be screwed!If we dont screw them,who will screw them??

  9. If Sata ever becomes president, then we really will need peacekeepers and not for just a ka demonstration which will probably just attract Kabanda, the nun he impregnated and their bas.trd children.

  10. #12 is a mental invalid. Such citizens must not be allowed to vote because their vote is just a licence to pollute our environment with madness.

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  12. Kabanda is 100% right, Kabonde told parliament that police dont do its work coz of pressure from MMD gonvent. Kabonde said the police are treatened with dismisal if they dont obey commands from the MMD thieves.

    So only the international peace keeper can police the Zambian police so they do well the policing.

    We need a new constitution right now.

  13. Peace keepers he he he ke ke ke ha ha ha.These are signs of dementia, or Maiko zulu (kabwata PF/MP) gave him some weed.

  14. #16..how can Kabanda remove himself from that position when he’s the only member?Twafula utu ma one man NGOs..I’m forming one myself.There’s alot of kobili to make especially during erections year.Na wina lelo hehehe

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