PATRIOTIC Front (PF) president Michael Sata is seeking to restrain the Zambia Daily Mail and other publications from running stories on his alleged support for gay rights.
Mr Sata has sued the Zambia Daily Mail and two of its reporters over recent articles alleging that he condones homosexuality.
He has asked the Lusaka High Court to grant him an interlocutory injunction restraining the newspaper from continued publication of articles and related stories on homosexuality, about him.
The PF president has sued Wallen Simwaka as first defendant, Rebecca Chileshe as second defendant and the Zambia Daily Mail as third defendant.
This is contained in a writ of summons and statement of claim filed in the Lusaka High Court on Thursday.
The matter has been allocated to High Court judge Jane Kabuka’s court.
Mr Sata is demanding general and punitive damages against the defendants, an order of injunction restraining the defendants from continued publication of stories on homosexuality and related articles in both print and electronic media.
He is also claiming interest on damages at the current commercial bank lending rate, any other relief and costs.
“The contents of the said articles are not true because I have never practised homosexuality and have not associated with any gay person,” Mr Sata said.
He claimed that since he intends to stand as a presidential candidate in this year’s elections, the articles may discredit his reputation and put his character into question.
Mr Sata said unless restrained, it is probable that MrSimwaka, MsChileshe and the Zambia Daily Mail will continue to maliciously malign him.
He said if the publication of the stories continues, it will negatively affect his chances of being elected president of Zambia.
“I undertake to pay damages for any loss the defendants may suffer as a result of the injunction order in the event that this court will hereafter be of the opinion that the order ought not to have been issued,” the PF president said.
Mr Sata said the contents of the Zambia Daily Mail articles of June 14 and 15 headlined ‘Sata’s gay love historical’ and ‘Sata condemned for gay love’, are understood to mean that he is immoral, hypocritical and a liar.
He said he has been lowered in the estimation of right-thinking members of society, both local and international and has suffered ridicule, odium and scandal.
The matter will come up on June 20 before Mrs Justice Kabuka’s chambers for hearing of MrSata’s application on restraining the media from publishing stories about him and his alleged support for homosexuality.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
Mr. Sata, you are a public figure – how many people are you going to sue? And anyway you were really careless with those Danish journalists, what were you thinking uttering those words unsolicited?
good luck what took you this long to sue and seek an injunction?
You must understand that often timez Sata takes issuez to court for recordz sake.
Hahahaha am sure he has realised that its hurting is chances of becoming president…
Careful what you say in public…
As a leader one must be careful of not only of what they say but what they do to the people that they lead, and have diverse views on whatever one may say.Is it wise for a leader to start suing even before he gets to plot 1?
ZAMBIA “ABSTAINS” U.N GAY RIGHTS VOTE: OTHER NATIONS VOTE NO..WHY IS MMD GOVT FAILING TO VOTE NO ON GAY RIGHTS..READ MORE: http://www.onenewsnow.com/Printer.aspx?id=1372822
aaaah! here we go at bwa, watch your mouth iwe chimudala, that pic kumenso kwati matako yansofu!!! you utter things any how even without grounds, nomba you see!!
he is running away from his own shadows, his ghosts of the past are catching up wth him. My only fear is that he may end up taking everyone to court before he even walks into state house
indeed sue them bakapala aba-they should report facts in their reporting and not cadreism.there was no substance in that mazabuka disgrantled man,useless father ready to be laughing stock coz of njala. tu journalist naimwe be careful yu wil lose yo jobs wen boma change.
#6, SO WHY HAS THE SO-CALLED VICE-PRESIDENT GEORGE KUNDA BEEN MAKING SO MUCH NOISE, WHEN IN FACT, HE KNEW HIS GOVERNMENT WAS ABOUT TO ABSATIN FROM VOTING FOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION?
IF THE CURRENT MMD LED GOVERNMENT WAS AGAINST GAYISM, WHY DID THEY NOT VOTE AGAINST THE MOTION?
ST_U-P.I.D HYPOCRITES AND BETRAYERS. THEY HAVE BETRAYED US ECONOMICALLY, NOW THEY ARE BETRAYING US MORALLY, AND ACCUSING AN INNOCENT MAN OF PUSHING HOMO RIGHTS IN ZAMBIA.
THESE CHAPS HAVE BEEN KEEPING HOMOSEXUALITY BEFORE ZAMBIANS AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL PLAY ON OUR MINDS, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE SECRETELY LENDING A HAND TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO LEGALISE HOMOSEXUAL PRACTICES. SHAME ON MMD. ABSTENANCE AT A VOTE IS VOTING WITH THE OUTCOME…
whatever you say and think about mr sata ,it doesn`t matter,the man has told u that he doesn`t support homosexuality.
According to most African traditions, gayism is abominable. Thanks to political pressure, Sata as a presidential hopeful must be ashamed of himself for promoting such a social distress hence his anxiety to resort to court in a bid to mute the media against his gayism stance. Instead of feeling remorse and thus ask for clemency from the traditional and religious leaders, he’s blanketing his shame with legal technicalities!
Nice try but the damage is already done. You thought u could dribbled the Zedians once again like you tried to do with the third term. Just come out in the open everyone knows that ama Potential Fags (PF) since the interview nayafula. Kiss the Presidency a last goodbye.
my dad is a homosexual addict
Hammer him more on this issue it is giving him sleepless nights. Sata stop being a courts child let pipo discuss ur ideas
Honestly speaking, Sata NEVER said that he would support homosexuality but said “ The Zambian law has guidlines on issues of homosexuality, so the law will take it`s course on homosexuality“. Since Zambian law doesn`t allow homosexuality means Sata NEVER allowed it. People who hate him and are scared of him because of their evil doing, are just trying to damage his image by twisting the story. IS ZAMBIA REALLY A CHRISTIAN NATION ??? WHY should messages of hate be allowed to be run on state madia???
you will spend all your time in court whilst the real change campaign is going on..sata is a gay supporter..viva daily mail!!
SATA,SATA,SATA, how many times did i call you?you are a distress the worst thing zambia has ever had.the man of mazabuka mentioned you to have harboured a gay and rapist,you never defended yourself now you sue the people that repoted the story.sue the man who accused you about your secrets when you were Governor.You are a terrible piece of trash not fit for state house.
If at all Sata has seen laws in this country’s constitution that support gayism, then PF should get worried because it simply means that what our late President Chiluba said about him might be true: SATA DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We don’t have such laws anywhere in our constitution, unless he intends to enact a new one in his eminent retirement.
democracy is about respecting the rule of law and what Mr Sata done. if one can not beat the media THE ONLY THING HE CAN DO IS TO INVOLVE THE COURT
Daily mail, hit him more on this one, his name is already dented and this is his last year on the platform, you gonna be kiast in the bottomless pit
Since Mr Sata has a number of court cases, what happens when he goes into State house? Is the state going to go into a nolle?….I don’t see him standing in the witness box, and if so, then this all is a waste of time, or is it that he knows chances are …soooo sliiimmmm?