Sunday, June 8, 2025

MMD denounces Fr Luonde over Chanda Chimba

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The MMD in Kitwe District on the Copperbelt has denounced calls by catholic Priest Richard Luonde that the stand up for Zambia television programme by freelance journalist Chanda Chimba should be banned.

MMD District Vice Treasurer Suzyo Ngulube says the Stand Up For Zambia TV programme which runs on both ZNBC TV and Muvi TV is informative as it has exposed a number of issues which the Zambians could not have otherwise known.

Mr. Ngulube wondered why Father Luonde wants the programme banned saying every citizen has the right to freedom of expression.

He accused Father Luonde of being afraid of the truth and has described his calls to ban the programme as baseless and illogical.

Mr. Ngulube says it is surprising that the catholic clergyman is not calling for the banning of sensational publications which have taken a deliberate and confrontational stance to discredit Government.

And the MMD in Kitwe has accused the Patriotic Front (PF) run councils in Lusaka and the Copperbelt of failing residents.

Mr. Ngulube says government has now undertaken the task to rehabilitate township roads because councils which were supposed to take on this mandate have failed.

He condemned PF Chairperson for Local Government Given Lubinda for politicizing the road rehabilitation programme.
[ ZNBC ]

51 COMMENTS

  1. To begin with, Fr. Luonde IS NOT A CATHOLIC PRIEST, he is AN ANGLICAN PRIEST. Anyway I cannot waste my time anymore to comment on MMD angry and hungry cadres!!!!!!!

  2. Only a person who is a f.o.o.l and devoid of wisdom and intelligence can claim to learn anything from Chanda Chimba. No sane or decent person can relish Chanda Chimba’s programme and conduct.

    Sadly also, ZNBC is no longer a professional media broadcasting house. It is no longer representing the interests of national decency – it has become a political party broadcaster.

  3. I wonder what what will become of this Chanda Chinba when MMD is booted out power this year – will the guy run around from by a mile? some people have no fore sight.

  4. “A SIMPLE RAY OF LIGHT REMOVES DARKNESS” It is good so that people choose good leaders.. some priests should know that some candidates they are recommending are too old & require quarterly certificates of fitness..

  5. I shudder as to what will become of press freedom once PF, if ever, takes over! And I can almost predict that the Post will be the one to go first – only it is very unlikely that Chilufya will lead this nation. Just a thought…

  6. “Kitwe Catholic Priest Richard Luonde pleads for State control of the media and immediate banning of the stand up for Zambia television programme by freelance journalist Chanda Chimba”.

    RESPONSE;

    In Democracy freedom of speech is fundamental and jealously Guarded against state control this is why the Post tabloid has had a free reign on its fantsay drive regime after regime. Though they can easily extermited headlessly with my easy, democracy will keep defending their fantasy trails. Like Mmembe daily insulting heads of state, Chanda Chimba has every right to envoke memories. If anything, every citizen has the right to freedom of expression

    • Let us hope you say the same about the Post and the Radio Stations that you in MMD you closed. You cried and yelled about Radio Icengelelo when Fr Bwalya was exposing the corruption in Banda and MMD. What has happened all of the sudden? So freedom of expression is reserved for MMD cadres only? Sick people!

  7. VERIFIABLE FACT:

    Sata is Terminally Sick. He is an incontinent candidate.

    This said, Fr.Lubonde though free to shove your cadre assignments, you are definitely in a convenant with the devil himself hence vacously barking. What is wrong with revealing the truth when records exists that Sata is terminally sick and is seeking state medical sponsorship to manage his terminal diseases? You ask Mike Mulongoti on this who has warned Sata before that unless he stops lampooning Mwanawasa and others, he has full medical records of Sata to expose.

  8. Lubonde, don’t you know that your demi-god Sata has terminal disease????? Where were you when he lampooned late Patrick Mwanawasa into his Graveyard over the 1993 road Accident to the point of callously calling him cabbage? You hypocrite cadre where have you been when your Satan has been maliciously smearing His Honor VP George Kunda that he is HIV Aids patient set to die in South Africa?

  9. Like you called on Mwanawasa to quit politics on the basis of his Blood Pressure, Sata with a Heart Attack, Prostrate cancer,Thyroid disease, permanently raised cholestro levels and a Damaged Bladder is more endangered than Mwanawasa he called to quit politics. Your Satan Cannot hold His urine for more than an hour. He is an incontinent candidate.On these facts amongst many, he is a liability to the country to risk with.

  10. Those calling for the banning of Chanda Chiimba’s documentary should first ask themselves why The Post and Fred M’membe have had a free reign insulting succeeding heads of state. Well, the answer is simple, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. I wonder what sort of change these vengeful PF cadres are advocating for when they want to take us back to the stone ages where the press will be muzzled. You are too happy when The Post calls others fools, dogs, nicompoops and all sorts of other unpalatables, but you wince when someone else says the same about your Sata. What is good for the goose is surely good for the gander!

  11. Simple advice to Chanda Chiimba’s detractors: Even if you do not have a DSTV subscription, there are still other free channels e.g. Mobi, CBC, TBN and Muvi. You have an option of tuning to other channels when this documentary is running. Surely, no one forces you to watch?

  12. Is the father telling this nation the Post’s daily insults of the Head of State and other govt officials is worth than the facts that Chanda Chimba III’s programme brings out. I remember some bishop threatening to take legal action against CC and I think some cobra has taken this route already. So instead of the father f00ling himself before all and sundry, he is advised to wait for the legal process to take its course.

  13. A message for Fr. Richard Luonde. Was this Priest in a comma when Fr. Frank Bwalya publicly insulted RB’s marriage to Madam Thandiwe. Bwalya, The Post and their clique in politics pelted unprintable insults to RB then. In Zambian cultures, we all know that when one loses a dear wife through death, tradition allows the man to remarry with full approval of his children. Bwalya & Mmembe ignored this in preference for unleashing scorn & insults on a respectable marital union. Catholic Bishops and Priests opted to remain moot over Bwalya’s unpriestly language. When Chanda Chimba reveals the truth to expose Sata, a clique of Catholics spring-up to defend aspirations of the perceived promoters of Bemba supremacy in Zambian politics. Fr. Luonde has just exposed himself as the greatest hypocrite.

    • What was the insult? Speak with facts and evidence. Talking about someone’s promiscuity like Banda did with Thandiwe when she was going to his house to do his daughters’ hair and privately sleeping with her, how does that culminate into an insult? Didn’t that happen? State one insult that the Post or Fr Bwalya said about Banda, or else you should consider yourself a BIG FAT LIAR.

  14. #10, i pity you so much! You do not even know what a subset is! Anglicanism does not fall under Catholicism. Only a few Churches of the Eastern Rite are Catholic, for example, Catholic Greek Orthodox, Catholic Syrian Church, Catholic Serbian Church, etc. They are catholic churches but do not belong to the Western Rite. The Anglican Church is very very different from the Roman Catholic Church and the Catholic Church of the Eastern Rite. So #10, do not just bla bla bla anyhow. 

  15. Those who throw themselves in the firing line in the name of priesthood will surely get the scorn and ridicule. When you allow young lunatics like Frank Bwalya insult elderly people like the first family and get hurt when Chanda Chimba III exposes you for what you are – hypocrites – you crawl on your knees hiding in the name of the church and crying like babies. You think you are the only church in Zambia. There are more credible churches in this country doing better work for the poor, quietely. Your cursed preists, bishops and fathers want to talk in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening and at night they are child molesters. We will hit you hard.

    • show me a church in zambia that has done more charitable works than the church you are insulting. Chances are that you are also a beneficiary of the education the catholic church has offered to so many zambians and by the way, even as l am talking , people of all walks of life including politicians want their children to have a catholic education and in the health sector, their quality services are second to none. Let us not just yap about if we have nothing better to do, gwai!

  16. VETERAN and AFRAID MEMBEE….you have Freedom of Expression, pliz continue and go on.Let them know,

  17. We need the expression of press. Chanda is helping us to see through what we can not see in the post.

  18. It is so funny how people fail to use their heads. That is if they have any. They are very happy about Chanda Chimba espousing anything and everything about Mr Sata, in the name of Freedom of Expression but they are the same fools who cried and gnashed their teeth when Fr Bwalya did the same about Rupiah Banda at Radio Ichelengelo and the RED CARD campaign that in fact was not saying anything about Banda. You are calling Fr Bwalya as a lunatic, but you have failed to see through yourselves that you are worse lunatics for failing to understand what freedom of expression is. To you, it is freedom of expression when the opposition leader is lied about and insulted, but not Zambian when people in fact say the truth about Banda. What a bunch of wackos. Hypocrites. Foolish Cadres.

  19. The Catholic Church must give Fr. Bwalya his position back at Radio Icengelelo. What is good for the goose must be good for the gander. More Red Card Fr Bwalya. It is freedom of expression. Only fools will complain and cry foul.

  20. We in the MMD are for a free press and freedom of expression. The daily papers and some so called priests and fathers who insult and critise us daily for the development we are taking to the people, we shall not ban or take to court for we believe that the people we are serving and others are aspiring to serve will make a good judgement of who is genuine with them. We shall also let Chanda Chimba III’s programme run on all the three tv stations for we believe people deserve to know both sides of the coin. We will Never cry and therefore we expect our opponents in diversity not to mourn. Square?

  21. pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

  22. you have to be pf in order to understand non.sense. and what is the relevance of being an anglican or a catholic priest in this case?

  23. mr sata has taken chanda chimba 3rd to court over the articles in the newspaper stand up for zambia. legally mr sata is ill advised again, i wonder which lawyers he is using this time, because he will be crying foul when he loses this straight forward case. pf cadres, please advise mr sata that he should sue cc3 on a specific article. there is no where in the world where the law will allow a blanket injunction on a publication, when the issue is only one article. and when he loses, pf cadres will be on the blog smearing our learned judges in a tujilijili language only pf knows best.

  24. lastly, for those who have not yet watched “stand up for zambia” by cc3, i can assure you that you are missing out, the programme is a must watch and the newspaper is a must read. the articles are copied straight from past editions of the post, no editing at all but straight as mmembe intended it to be at the time. if the judges are to grant mr sata the injunction that he seeks, maybe it should be to ban us from reading past editions of mmembe’s post!!!!

  25. Zambian politics are a night mare. Kwena twalisebana!!! MMD is paying Chanda Chimba the I.dio.t to attack an individual. Where is the money coming from? Tax payers money? I hope the MMD understand that that prog has made PF to be stronger.

  26. It seems the clergy in zambia are being one sided. They are all heaping blame on RB, making it clear who their preferred candidate is. What about the schools, hospitals and roads being built and worked on, are the priests surely turning a blind eye to that which is so vivd to the eye? in all fairness, credit should be given where its due. The govt, like priests, can never be all perfect. it can deliver in some areas and fail to deliver in other areas. it is what makes us human after all. New York was not built in a day. As for Chanda Chimba, its safe to say what the Post has been doing to RB and company is what Chimba is doing, using the Post archives to remind us that politicians must be accountable for past deeds, and not to hoodwink those who were not there at that time.Facts are facts.

  27. #29 Dont comfort yoself, Chanda Chimbas program has brought unending headaches to Mmembe and worse off sata himself. if its mmembe he doesnt even have words to defend himself, i almost believed that this guy is a genius when it comes to twisting issues but he has now mate his much, actually cc3 is far much mo.

  28. All CC is doing is to bring out what the post has been writing about sata. He is not creating anything. And to the clergy, stay away from politics. Its a dirty game. How come other churche leaders are taking a low profile? I personally do not need Fr/Rev/Pastor fimo fimo to tell me which candidate to vote for.I hv the capacity to make a choice, no offence

  29. Why hasn’t Chanda Chimba been highlighting issues of poverty? He is an embarassment to the fraternity of journalists. This is what hunger can do to some people. The program should be banned or Chanda Chimba should be ready for the consequences of his words and actions.

  30. CC3 does not teach us anything, in fact we are actually learning from the Post through CC3. A teacher only teaches from an approved syllabus he is given, CC3 has taken it upon himself to remind us of what the Post used to say about Sata. If anyone is aggrieved, they can stop watching the programme, but that will not make the past editions of the Post go away. Talk of burying your head in the sand and since you can’t see the lion anymore, then it’s not there. CC3 should just carry on.

  31. I had my first look at the Stand Up Zambia publication yesterday in Ndola.Interesting!If there is a valid observation of various media in the country it is the question regarding the issue of balanced and professional reporting.I want to believe The Post has some leaning towards Sata.ZNBC,ZDM & Times only parade MMD and grz.MUVI is down to earth and quite balanced.Given the 3 examples(2 private & 3 public) I would suggest MUVI to be highest on ethics,followed by the post who will always try to give space even to grz runting, and the publics to be the least on ethics.

  32. Why?Because they “belong” to us. They are like a church which is composed of pipo with diverse affiliations.We the stake holders deserve to be given a balanced diet.Am I justifying the state of affairs?Not in the least.But remember ladies and gentlemen.The type of battle one employs is determined by the oppressor!! It is the extent to which those in power and with the resources will go to that defines the way this war or this battle will e fought.Does PVT ring a bell?Stand up Zambia?Distribution of pictures depicting gay acts?Strange charges and arrests of those opposed to grz while the more obviouus remain untouched?What about having Rathi even attend MMD ball? I am sure the current gvt are a lot better than we have seen so far.They say, “It’s never too late to mend!”

  33. Problem with chanda chimba the fimo fimo is that he talks about individuals and not real issues. Why target sata and pf? Why not talk about the good the bad and the ugly things that have been bandied from the opposition, the church and the gvt. Discrediting sata will not help or solve the very pertinent issues that we as zambians are facing. A word of advice to chanda chimba 3, talk about real issues. Mind you you also have hidden skeletons……!!!!!!!

  34. I waited for CC3’s stand up for zambia on tue, thurs, and saturday but no show on ZNBC. Has ZNBC stopped it?

  35. Superken. What are the real issues you are refering to? One real issue that CC3 has concentrated on is the character and stability of a leader. This issue is in today’s tabloids discussed in detail by an article by Prof Ken Mwenda(Senior Counsel at the World Bank). We are what we are now becoz of what we have done in the past. The character of a president is very important for a nation and its development. This is a big issue and a real one. Sata ranks last in this issue(Character and Stability) becoz of his many conflicting stands. No principles at all.

  36. Gundix @2: You are very surprising. You cannot learn anything from the discourses by Chanda Chimba! That ma’s reports are authentic bringing raw words as spoken.Some people do not learn. you cannot see anything good about Chanda because he has disrobbed your uncle, Sata naked.And I wonder who his advisers are;they let him utter rubbish.I cannot have a president of that kind of thinking and distorted dental formular. Unlike the post which presents opinions of its editors and those of the likes of mupombo as news,Chimba is factual. I wonder what kind of education you, man, have. You should be full of rubbish in your head.

  37. IWE NGULUBE, IS THIS HOW DULL YOU ARE??………THE ORGANISATION MANDATED TO MANTAIN, CONSTRUCT & UPGRADE ROADS IN ZAMBIA IS THE ROAD DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (RDA) NOT COUNCILS….COUNCILS MAY BE APPOINTED AS AGENTS BY RDA, BUT THE FINANCING IS SUPPOSED TO COME FROM RDA, THATS THE LAW…….SO PLEASE LEAVE COUNCILS ALONE……NO WONDER GOVT HAS COME IN AT LAST MINUTE PANICKIN COZ THEY KNOW THAT IT’S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY PERIOD!!!!!……..MWASENSELA ILYO KAWA……A LITTLE TOO LATE…….THESE RUSHED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES WILL NOT CHANGE OUR MINDS…..IFWE NI PA BWAAAAAAAATTTTTTOOOOOOOOOOOOO……BYE,BYE POLIO!!!!

  38. ONE DAY, THIS BOY SO CALLED CC3 WILL BE ON THE RUN!!!!!!….RUNNING AWAY FROM LIBEL BILLS……….ALL HIS PAY CHEQUES WILL BE SWALLOWED UP IN SETTLING HIS COURT CASES…..THEN WE SHALL GO FOR HIS KATUNDU AT HOME INCLUDING HIS SOILED BEMUDA….UMWAICHE ALI NOKUCHIMONA……..BY THEN ALA BI WILL BE IN GWANDA……

  39. That son of a mo fo is a disturbed young man who’s aim is misplaced…. when mmd is out.. we will f123 him to death.

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