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Human rights group defends Sata’s gay statement

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The Hope for human rights has charged that Zambians should not be misled that the patriotic front president Michael Sata supports homosexuality.

Hope for human rights executive director Smart Chanda has stated that after close analysis of the gay allegations, it has come to the organizations knowledge that Sata does not support homosexuality.

Mr. Chanda says that Zambians should analyze the allegations other than commenting on something they do not understand.

In an interview with QFM radio, Mr. Chanda has clarified that Mr. Sata was recognizing laws that were talking about homosexuality.

He says that Mr. Sata never meant to support the homosexual relationships as alleged by some media organizations and civil society organizations.

He has further called on Zambians to study the statements before making their opinions known.

QFM

79 COMMENTS

  1. Mr. SATA for President! But don’t be duped by Roger Chongwe’s confusion! Zambia does not and shall NEVER endorse immoral behavior! That is a no, no and the public and the Church has a ZERO tolerance for it! Otherwise, we need development and Sata is the man.

  2. Chanda is also gay or what. The gays have now kept Lubinda captive. Typical of their black mail, firstly showing him in no uncertain terms that he is not safe in PF, then gave him a period of media blackout untill he shows true love and loyalty to a thug. Now they make him the champion of homesexuals. Truely dragging a man in poop. Sad how good men can be caged in broad daylight.

  3. Finally somebody with some sense has spoken.The MMD are ridiculously twisting facts to decampaign sata.MMD chaps are u.s.e.le.s.s. muppets,even if something is true,for as long as is spoken by sata,they will start whinning and become motor mouths.How can you purpot that somebody is supporting something when he says there are laws which recognized it?.Thinking must be painfull indeed for some people.

  4. Iwe Chanda are you gay? What analysis are you talking about? Are you saying you are the only one capable of analysing Sata’s statement correctly? Spare us the nonsense. Just keep your mouth shut if you are a supporter of gays. We as Zambians cannot condone that animal behaviour. I am sure you are one of Sata’s thugs.

  5. pleae someone qoute to me which laws support homosexuality in zambia……………
    and someone please tell me how one can support a law but not what that law
    will put into action……………….

  6. i was definetly sad that one person who is likly to be zambias president is supporting immorality but after hearing from some1 who heard the statement and reading the political advert in todays post am at peace but atleast am happy to know that Zambians are not supporting this foolishness

  7. NOW ZAMBIANS HAVE IT PLAYING ON THE RADIO AND IN PUBLIC

    Sata’s ‘Gay’ CDs Released

    COMPACT Disks (CDs) containing a 42-minute clip of the interview between Patriotic Front (PF) president Michael Sata and some journalists from Denmark were yesterday released to allow the Zambian people make their own judgments and opinions.

  8. This Chanda is a Gay himself and son to PF Kanyama MP Gay Chanda. The ***** lacks even basic Grade 12 education then how do you expect him to comprehend what Sata’s Gay CD released is saying?

  9. Come on guys, who u fooling? We know Sata very well and this is his cheap way of trying to get out of trouble after realizing he has messed up. Sata meant what he said.Its a pity his followers are blinded by their blind support for him to an extent that will even try to interpret what he said in ways that would make them feel better. It was easy for Sata. He would have just answered “NO, I don’t support gaysm and lesbianism”. Did he have to go to that extent just to say no? He is not that talented.lol.

  10. This Chanda is a Gay himself and son to PF Kanyama MP Gay Chanda. That chipuba lacks even basic Grade 12 education then how do you expect him to comprehend what Sata’s Gay CD released is saying?

  11. Zambia’s legal brains institute- Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has said the declaration by Patriotic Front (PF) president, Michael Sata that Zambia has laws that protect homosexual people is false and meant to mislead people. Sata has since been challenged to cite a clause in the constitution supporting gays in Zambia.

  12. I thought Smart Chanda would be as smart as his name. He is simply another dander head. He has said nothing in his statement. He just wasted his time on radio. He is another empty tin I feel. Unless someone educates me, he has spoken but he has not said a thing at all. Let him quote the provisions of the laws instead of talking in abstract like he has done. Shame

  13. I wonder why Zambians want to claim to be very holly. Always claiming to be a Christian nation and shi.t. The truth of the matter is the reality we see every day. All the evils you can ever think of is present in this country. Children as young as months old are being molested and it is in every paper. People practice witchcraft, thieves like ftj are here. Women drug traffiker puting drugs in their parts. I wonder what is big deal with two guys screwi.ng each other or I am not how women do it. We pretend too much but these vices are within our society. This society is coming and Sata or no Sata they will be legalized one day.

  14. Say what you want to Say I am voting for Sata whether you like it or not. Sata doesnt condone fags, i have analysed his statement. If you want to think otherwise thats your choice just know that i am voting for Sata and many more Zambians will, nga chakukola nizako izo! End of story.

  15. This is a ka NGO supported by PF. What do you expect. Damage control after the colonial constable boobed.He thought the Dens would keep the recording to themselves and get their money unfortunately they went on to investigated and discovered that Satan just like the serpentine in the bible is a liar. Down PF with Satan….Vvi UPND HH AND MMD.

  16. Remember, M’.membe recently finished his law course. Lately he has been trying to interpret the law that’s why he has been sited for contempt a number of times. I would not be supprized that he mislead Sata as his chief bootleaker. He may have told him that there is a law or clause which can be overstretched to support homos.

  17. Ka chanda ka chikamba is sponsored by PF.Let him undress to protest at the zambians who have concluded that his boss is a gay activist.

  18. @MWATA
    This just shows how ignorant and naive you and your MMD village thriving party are.So now the LAZ have suddenly become the Zambia’s legal brain institute??
    When they said PVT was right you opened your mouths wide open,whinning that they are trying to bring chaos.Be consistent and learn to use your brains for once please.

  19. it is for a fact that indeed he does not support gay rights.He is only asking the donor countries that recognise gays to fund him in the elections.So he has to convince them in a way so that they give him money.

  20. sata is a very intelligent and courageous politician. but sata is also a simple populist. he will do anything to get what he want. 6 years ago sata was meet the Post newspapers in court. the called him a “fool who needs to be cage” he called the paper and mmembe fools. he called mwanawasa a poor leader without direction and chiluba a victim now mwanawasa is called a good leader and chiluba a thief. this sata is the last person zambia will vote for. he is a unstable and a populist. if you support sata=PF please don’t start riots after the polls. its a cost we the hard working are unwilling to incur.

  21. I wonder why we Zambians are such hypocrites,Whoever declered Zambia as a Christian Nation had Wicked intentions because clearly we do not live by Biblical Norms.There is no law that advocates for the practice of Homosexuality neither is there a law that promotes prostitution.The latter is more rampant and there are chaps who are so quick to condemn others but ask them why they pick up prostitutes they will be tongue tied.Those guest houses which have sprung up across the Country are in essence slaughter houses, be it for `Hule screwing or arse pumping`.Zambians lets get real.JESUS once told a crowd that had gathered to stone a HULE that whoever had not sinned should be the first one to cast a stone at her,non did so because their concious convicted them.lets practice what we preach.

  22. Even without this statement from Mr. Chanda, well meaning Zambians had already dismissed the gay rights support allegation with the contempt it deserves.

    We know how malicious and disingenuous the rupiah controlled media houses have been against Sata.

    What is even more sickening is how some individuals that I thought where intelligent enough on this blog not to be blindly coerced into gulping the vomit from the rupiah propaganda machine, just buckled in shame

  23. Imwe mwila sundila mubaume. Kano fye muli bana mayo better. Twalimwishiba chinagwa Sata. ma rubbishi muselakwaba. Continue defending your jelly fish. We can’t trust it with state powers.

  24. Banana republicc, put your posts in one post please. We understand your frustrations from Germany where luckily for us you can’t vote for Sata. We don’t want him now.

  25. Now i know the reason why !usaka greek oldmen have been sodomizing underage girls for just a few pini, the old ballys are just starved of having gay partners in Zed, since our zedian gays remain in innercircles and out of sight the greek gays are damaging poor girls no wonder vaseline is a good business

  26. Kabompi = Is there a law that advocates corruption. Why is homosexuality worse than corruption? And yet it is common knowledge that Zambian generally dont see anything wrong with being corrupt, putting relatives in the place of qualified people in wrong positions being generally tribal and awarding contracts to friend s and relatives. All this is the same as lesbianism. Whoever breaks one breaks the whole law.

  27. #39 Gay rights has nothing to do with Mr Sata! Think about the young girls with ‘damaged turd holes’ just because gays are out of reach???? In the name ‘christian nation’

  28. Kilimanjaro, do you remember George Mermegus after who the merzaf flat were named? He was a greek gay associate of Chilufya. Now he is associated with the Post since the death of Mermegus.

  29. THE LIKES OF CHIFWEKELO,CHIKAPWASHA,CHIFIRE,MUMBI,THE SO CALLED BISHP NDLOVI,DAILY MAIL AND MMD ARE SINNING BY TELLING LIES.
    SATA DOESNT SUPPORT HOMOSEXUALITY.
    SATA IS THE ONLY THREAT TO MMD THAT’S WHY ALL ATTACKS ARE ON HIM.
    VIVA SATA COME 2011.

  30. # 42, we have no problems with activists of all kinds including gay activists. There is a problem with putting a gay activist in State house in a christian nation. We are improving the economy so that fewer and fewer young girls will be “damaged” greeks and journalists cum politicians.

  31. just watch those old greek gays @ ‘Cemetery Hill’ lusaka shopping complex’ with as little as 100 pini or fastfood and icecream they lure underage girls (our sisters, daughters, nieces, cousins, zed youth) and get away with it!

  32. Can someone come up with an argument against homosexuality that does not base its supporting dogma in phrases like ‘Christian nation,’ ‘not zambian culture,’ ‘not african,’ ‘god created man and woman,’ women or men’s private parts; and then maybe we can have a mature debate on this issue.

  33. #45 how long will it take for your economy to improve? Till 3/4 of the girls in the urban areas have been used and abused by craphole hungry greeks? Why not do the sensible thing and give ‘to ceasar what belongs to ceasar’!
    Gays with gays, lesbos with lesbos hetero’s with hetero’s bisexuals with bi’s then we wont have gays sticking it in young girls one after the other..

  34. The usual tribal support for sata by chanda.We are watching,shame on you. A little ear to what sata said will tell you that the direction of his message in that record it does not agree with the argument of chanda eg “what is needed is just to impliment”.

  35. Blacks are a cursed race in the Bible. The Children of Ham. Sell them back into slavery and let them be condemned and cursed as God intended. This is the word of God. This is what the Bible proclaims.

  36. Aren’t we lucky we have progressed with rights and freedoms beyond what the Bible has prescribed. It stuns me how so called Christians continue to be selective with the parts of the Bible they reference to take away the rights and freedoms of adult individuals.

  37. HH is also a damn liar who want to manipulate his way to state house by crookery way.He is a manipulator who want to ride on Sata’s back like he did to Chisanga,Bob and Sakwiba.The chap was busy telling lies that pact disintergrated because Sata was supporting gaism.A damn liar who does not stand upright like an empty sack.For once HH,should come in the open and tell us his stand with God.The chap does not mention the word ”God” in his mouth.He is an introvert who should not be trusted.At least Sata is an extrovert who can speak out his mind on salient issues.HH does not deserve a vote from right thinking Zambians.The chap is so haughty and puffed up with pride.It will take him ages or centuries for him to make it.It is very disgusting to see the way the chap behaves.

  38. The constitution doesn’t specifically mention gays and lesbians, but there are laws in Zambia that protect Minorities. Gays and Lesbian therefore can be considered as minorities. Some people have argued that being gay is a sin. NO it is not a SIN if you don’t hold or have any religious beliefs. However, being gay or lesbian WRONG and that is the considered position all over the world even in countries that uphold gay rights. And to argue about moral fabric of Zambia being destroyed please save us the rubbish because most Zambians are adulterers and adulteress, polygamists in a christian nation.The bible says ” don’t pick a speck in your brothers eye before you pick one which is in yours”.

  39. #51, wont those for bestiality also demand to keep cattle in their bedrooms? # 53 do not divide the message of the bible. Christ’s teachings don’t refere to Ham. #56, yes a lot of people are adulterers but this does not make the rectum clean. It should be avoided medically. HIV viral contents is extremely high in the rectum. Disclosure among gays is difficult because theirs is disgusting. Stigma will never end on this issue due to its condemnation by the bible. Recently the catholics explained why it is a sin.

  40. #51, wont those for bestiality also demand to keep cattle in their bedrooms? # 53 do not divide the message of the bible. Christ’s teachings don’t refere to Ham. #56, yes a lot of people are adulterers but this does not make the rectum clean. It should be avoided medically. HIV viral contents is extremely high in the rectum. Disclosure among gays is difficult because theirs is disgusting. Stigma will never end on this issue due to its condemnation by the bible. Recently the catholics explained why it is a sin……………

  41. If Zambians are Christians, why are they so quiet about prostitution, polygamy, child abuse and other evils taking place everyday. If you look at prostitution alone, there are more such activities taking place! Christian nation my a¤#$! Stop being hypocrites and step down from that tower that you are standing on. All the evils I have mentioned above will be there for a long time and poverty is the root cause. It is about time politicians started presenting what they are going to do if elected and not demonizing each other as in the gay issue. Leave the gay people alone and respect them. By releasing Auntie Tiwo, Malawians have lost nothing and have gained the respect of other democratic nations (including Madonna). This gay issue is demonstrating our ignorance and non-diversity.

  42. Allow me to talk about gays in a very rational manner. Firstly am not an advocate for gay rights. Am just a person who took interest in finding out who these people are after one boy committed SUECIDE when he was insulted for being Gay. Allow me to say that gays are normal human beings with a problem in there way of thinking sexually. Imagine tht you have a feeling for a fellow man, it sounds insane but just the way we normal people hav feelings for women they also feel the same way. The most unfortunate thing is that they are born like that. So why can’t we spend resources on helping them rather than condemning them as if its there own fault. We can help them rebuild there mental status if only we allow them to express how they feel and that can only be posible if they expres how thy…

  43. The MMD should not try to vilify Sata over the issue of homosexuals in Zambia. Who doesn’t know how many Ministers in the Kaunda were homosexual and how many of these did we have in teh Chiluba government. Some of them had been wives to rich Greeks in Lusaka…Fishimulelanda imwe mulebosa,..bambi abobalebosa got promotion due to yakumbuyo..

  44. The more we spend time on petty issues like gay rights the more we will be behind in development. Which country is more advanced USA,SA or ZED. The more the developed a nation is the more human are expressed. Let’s focus on real issues. SATA is the man for PRESIDENT. Whether he supports Gay or not.

  45. No stranger things can you find than a real rights group. Mister Chanda does not support gays I like that, the Christian nation declaration has saved us from foolishness unpronounceable. let’s put it in our constitution but separate church from state in the clause and all these gay advocates shall shut up.

  46. No stranger things can you find than a real rights group. Mister Chanda does not support gays I like that, the Christian nation declaration has saved us from foolishness unpronounceable. let’s put it in our constitution but separate church from state in the clause and all these gay advocates shall shut up.

  47. 1. The tape was aired again on 19.00hrs ZNBC TV news.
    2. On whose opinion would you put your money, LAZ or “Smart” Chanda?
    3. Anyone who wants political ruin, all you have to do now is to twist Mr Sata’s statement.
    4. Even mmembe must be reconsidering his position, if indeed he is a smart fella.
    5. Good night and sleep well PF bloggers, you have done us proud today de-campaigning yourselves on a platform of lies.

  48. Can we concentrate on real issues once and 4 all. Lets discuss on developemntal prjcts and what ril leaders will do 4 mother Zambia period.

  49. Ladies and gentlemen, let us not be cheated.
    SATA is a leader and as a leader he should give CLEAR guidance, clear direction and clear focus on issues.
    SATA should come out clear on any issue he faces for the sake of Zambia. He cannot play chimbwi game, where both the negative and positive appeal to his heart.
    Why did Sata not say as a leader, that he does not tolerate homosexuality and thet the law prohibits that. instead he says “the law provides for homosexuality, and all that remains is its implementation” and you want to defend him?
    I would like to have a clear leader, one who will give clear guidance to the nation on issues. If you are a leader you must be responsible enough to make you stand clear, so that people will not be left guessing like the so-called “human rights…

  50. Sata Sata Sata, awe chaume saana chipasa headace ku bakulu ba ncito, dnt comment before you analyse the statement, be honest to yo concious, the man mentioned there are laws that restrict homosexual, its all about implementing them, its a striagtht forward statement nd dnt knw why you are fooled by ba MMD prostitutes, Corrupted failures, madam why are not married with all that beuty, may be shes a lesbian spokes person

  51. The publication does not state that Sata supports Gay. More importantly Sata ha sclarified exactly what he meant. If you can’t accept then you just have something against theman.

  52. MMD is afraid of Sata and they want to smear him with all sorts of allegations to dent his image. No matter how much they destroy Bashi Chilufya, awe kwena ifwe nipa bwato. Chanda Chimba III programme has made me change my mind to even vote for SATA. Reason is Sata the only opposition leader we have in Zambia?

  53. Gents even now we do have gays and lesbians in Zambia, the fact that the Bible talks about them, it means they exist. Sata has amde it clear that he does not support this diaborical practice and moreover why didnt chanda show us a clip where Micahel said these things?? Anyone like Osius can imitate SATA and misrepresent facts. Leave him alone it is time for him to rule Zambia, what more if people from the farms can rule??

  54. Well I just must be lucky. I have 2 WD20EARS’s running in a D-Link DNS-321 (I know they’re not aorvpped for RAID configuration)But they’ve been operating for about a year with no apparent problem, and always pass the diagnostic scan test. No not the fastest thing on the block, but it fills the basic need network accessible storage with Raid 1 backup. I’m sure most

  55. Mwebantu Bakwalesa
    There is nothing to discuss, there is no room for gays in Zambia period.
    No to Gays in Zambia Chapwa, lets make it clear in our constitution.Lets replace minorities with specifics.Lets not leave it open and debateble. I support the stance government has sided.

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