The Secretary General of the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) Wynter Kabimba has denied assertions from some quarters of society suggesting that the party has ‘an invisible hand’ in the recent enforcement of the Public Order Act.
Mr. Kabimba reiterated that the party and government have no role in the application of the provisions of the Act which has led to the arrest of some opposition political party leaders for illegal assembly.
He explained that the Public Order Act, which Zambia Police Service is currently using, has been there even when the PF was in the opposition.
He said he therefore does not understand how an independent and professional body mandated to maintain law and order can consult any political party on the application of the Act.
Mr. Kabimba, who is also Minister of Justice, was speaking to Journalists at the party’s youth and media centre in Woodland last evening.
He disclosed that his party worked hard in the opposition and later formed government when the Public Order Act was already in effect.
[pullquote]“You will only be called a criminal if you are arrested for abrogating the public order act and not a hero. The Police will arrest you as many times as you commit the crime. And if you are not happy with the way the police are using the Public Order Act, go to court and don’t blame the ruling party for your problems,” he explained.[/pullquote]
He said the PF members ensured that they always abided by the law to avoid causing the breach of peace in the country.
Mr. Kabimba has since advised the opposition political parties to either go to court if they are not happy with the way the act was being used by the police or adhere to what the law stipulates to avoid being arrested.
He reminded the public that abrogating the public order act was a crime adding that politicians who are arrested for disobeying the act will not be called heroes but criminals.
“You will only be called a criminal if you are arrested for abrogating the public order act and not a hero. The Police will arrest you as many times as you commit the crime. And if you are not happy with the way the police are using the Public Order Act, go to court and don’t blame the ruling party for your problems,” he explained.
Meanwhile, Mr. Kabimba has advised opposition political parties to work hard and stop complaining if they are to win the hearts of Zambians as his party did.
He noted that it was only through hard work that the opposition can gain ground adding that blaming the ruling party will not earn them the votes they want.
He said when the PF was in the opposition, its members went to all parts of the country especially in villages to convince people and not in markets to cause confusions.
The PF Secretary General said Zambians want a strong opposition party to offer checks and balances and not a mere critic of government on issues that do not concern all Zambians.
Mr. Kabimba is however happy with the popularity his party is enjoying countrywide saying Zambians are in love with the PF and its government.
He noted that almost all Zambians are supporting the ruling party because it laid a strong foundation when it was in the opposition.
He said the PF government will maintain the popularity by implementing projects they promised the people of Zambia such as constructing strong roads and by fighting corruption so that all Zambians benefit from the country’s resources.
Commenting on the deportation of foreign nationals by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mr. Kabimba wondered why the opposition were protecting foreigners who were a danger to their own people.
He noted that it was illogical for a well meaning Zambian to protect individuals who are inimical to the country adding that the deportations are made in the best interest of the country.
He said deported individuals should not resist as they are taken back to their country of origin, a thing he said should make them happy to return home.
ZANIS
When Will you die C.h.i.k.a.l.a iwe. Dick Masebo is dead elyo ulalya Silvya we mbwa we
fi opposition have no agenda. Its true why defend people commiting grave wrongs ? Tel us wat u wil do for us not blaming sata everyday. If u want to grab a girl frend, u dont go to her blaming her current boy frend
Oh dear! You big sister allowed you to misuse her smart phone again! Honestly young man, the grown Ups won’t take you seriously if you can’t communicate your thoughts in an intelligent way! Oops, sorry Sir! I didn’t realize that you are actually a grown Up PF sycophant! Your just exhibiting your typical Kaponya two digit level IQ. Your just like the rest: from the guy in the Colonial Governor’s mansion to the rascal at Don’t Kubeba Market!
Kabimba must think and believe that Zambians are very foolish and naive
That’s probably because we are, in fact, foolish and naive! How else do you explain that this bunch is in power to begin with?
The virus ravaged brain is emitting nonsense as usual.
i have lost faith in this mans type of leadership,pf may end up being a one tearm party,they too many loose ends
this man his end will be bitter….everyone have their own end”its either sour or gloriously”but this type,their end is sour…
I don’t believe that Zambians are that foolish to recognise lies and the real truth!
It has been proven beyond doubt that when the HIV viral load reaches certain levels, the carriers brain stops functioning well to an extent that the patient losses memory and start hallucinating. So do not blame some people when they start speaking the way they do. It is not them but the virus
Your comment may be offensive to innocent HIV patients.
I know you are hurt with this man but in your reaction do not hurt other people with the condition you just mentioned.
whatever!
Very soon he will tselling us that we dont need to change the coninstitution because PF won election wen the current cconstitution was in place.in short nothing will change
Now this one is a real faggot! The bible says even fools look clever when quiet.
Kabimba, kabimba, kabimba, kabimba”””””, I wonder if he even knows his duties as justice minister, he seem to perform more party functions or duties as PF secretary general than his government duties as Justice minister. May be we need to help president Sata to re-define Kabimba’s duties both in government and party
Summer is a lawyer who is on record to have never won a court case…so, it will be asking for too much to expect him to perform as Justice Minister because his calling is somewhere else..
Well this is our Justice Minister, where can one run to for justice? So sad
KABIMBA WHAT AN ***** YOU ARE YOUR DARK DAYS ARE COMING BEFORE 2016
opposition should work hard,how ca the work hard when the near the pipo,you arrest them.Kabimba we will fight you and the other satanists with prayers.THE BATTLE IS THE LORDS
La la la la la la! Tables are forever turning! Just different players! Tuturututu yeah yeah yeah! I gotta be the next player ye ye ye!!! Nice tune hey, wanna sing along somebody!
I wish this man knew how much pipo hate him.
Kabimba do not lie and PF must thank RB for ignoring the existence of the public older act when he was president. Serpent Cobra Ukwa Sata CNP was allowed to hold rallies from day one of his losing elections in 2008 and what is PF in government doing, the opposite. I don’t claim that Zambians love PF no in fact they are losing interest in PF fast because PF is not fulfilling promises. The public older act was one, then constitution, more money etc and all the promises to be fulfilled in 90 days. Zambians must be regretting voting for PF and Kabimba’s days of sorrow are coming soon and will not pity him. You were let loose when at LUDC and now as a bogus leader will deal with you when Zambia withdraw power you abusing. I pity you cos the HIV/AIDS you has suppressed will be full blown.
You have a parochial view of what it was like being in opposition under Rupiah. MMD used every tactic to stop/frustrate the PF wave. The POA was used irrationally and with impunity and on many ocasions PF leaders and cadres suffered.
The only thing that MMD and Rupiadh could not stop was uthe robust organisation under Michael.
The opposition must get over this POA issue and mobilise the people like PF did.
Ubupuba ba opposition muleke please.
Soon that smile above will disappear, who is he foolishly teasing?? The only wrong we committed is to put this batch of rubbish in charge of our national resources. God always delivers is people.
Anyway let him say what he wants. abuse of authority clause lives and will deal with him 2016 squarely.
Oh June, you make me laugh … kwa,kwa,kwa,kwa,kwa …. You are really getting better as a comedian. Ooooh I like you. Keep it up. As for the status of the opposition, they have already won the hearts of the people. They are doing just fine in spite of all the efforts by PF to disturb their programmes. Your party and your government has really disappointed the people. If there was love at the time of the previous election, sorry this marriage ran into trouble on the first night of the honey moon. I’m sure you know the truth too, hence the panic to try hard to discredit the opposition.
The condition has a medical term A.R.D which stands for AIDS RELATED DIMENTIA. Sadly he is not the only leader suffering the the ravages of this sad condition although his is pretty serious. In such cases its only a matter of time before he does something really obvious like runs butt-naked on the streets or such. Hope its soon so that he can be released on medical grounds (cant bet on that though, he may just get a promotion seeing that the dodgier and madder you are, the better for you in this govt)!.
Your leaders Zambia
Talking sense…Morons in the opposition always need someone esle to think for them. Go to court if the application of the POA is wrong. The opposition must ask themselves this question: how do political parties in countries were it is not possible to hold rallies campaign? For example you cannot hold a rally in minus 30 degrees.
Sunkutu,
First and foremost its unwise to call people in opposition as morons, these people put checks and balances in the governance of a country. Most of these leaders will totally rape the country in the absence of opposition. The countries you are referring to with minus 30 degress temps are mostly in the northern hemisphere and the majority have developed economies including communication infrastructure meaning that you do not need need to call a rally to reach thousands of people. Tell me how else you can reach the population of Kalingalinga, Mandevu, Chaisa without calling a rally. If you give them leaflets, most of them can not read and will use them as shinda paper.
IF U THINK SATAN IS A REAL DEVIL THEN YOU HAVE NOT MET WINTER KABIMBA OF PATHETIC FOOLS(PF)
Ok, but what is your position? Mind you people are forming opinion about PF on your action or lack of it. Another one that is likely to have a decided bearing on the future of PF are those sponsored demonstration by cadres against Given
Kabimba wrote to YALI that they will be arrested for having parallel meetings on the constitution!! So he has a hand in the implementation in the public order act. Shame.
He wrote to YALI and COPIED the Inspector General, warning that they will be arrested if they continued having meetings. This was shameless instructing the IG to arrest innocent youths who are just exercising their freedom of assembly and expression.
dont lie winter, satana directs the police to behave unprofessionally and cops have been complaining. foolish pf, why are u taking us backwards. even ur allies have complained at the misuse of POA
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dont lie winter, u have Aids Dementia. satana directs the police to behave unprofessionally and cops have been complaining. foolish pf, why are u taking us backwards. even ur allies have complained at the misuse of POA
Bloggers, my ribs are aching from laughter! Didn’t know Kabimba has the virus.
Lungu says ,’the opposition should not rush to court but speak to government’.This dim wit is saying the,’ opposition should go to court’.What is government’s position which the people are supposed to know?
PF is slowly going on a very wrong path. Arrogance, intimidation of party members, opposition and public service are becoming more pronounced. I don’t want to regret having been a good supporter of PF.
Anything that starts on a plafform of anger, hate and envy (which was sadly MCSs real motivation), soon reflects just that when it succeeds. It is a vipers nest with very deranged angry people biting each other in full view of the world. What a tragedy.
Much as most people may not like Kabimba for various reasons, I tend to look at the substance and objectivity of his statements.
The opposition in general & the MMD in particular should stop crying about the POA but get organised. Who can cross over and support the opposition in their current state? What can the opposition offer the Zambian people today in their current state? Agony…
The POA is law and must be enforced. You break it you will be arrested… It’s that simple!
Much as we may not like it (POA), we have to abide by it as long as it remains in our statute books or we amend it, unless we want to be like Americans who s.tupidly cling on to their second amendment despite so many senseless killings with guns
The application of the POA is what is being called into question. How do you explain the blatant disregard of the POA by the Winter when he stormed the ACC offices with a hoarde of PF cadres or the protest against Lubinda by cadres who marched to State House without police sunction??????
This coming from a man who shamelessly and deliberately hindered the investigations against by the ACC? His own actions clearly portray he does not believe in the rule of law so why shoud any one with an ounce of sense believe the latest diarhoea coming from his mouth?
Is like tetamashimba
The antivirus is expired, thats how he has started talking such incoherent trash.
This WK chap stints corruption. you can tell just by looking at him. disgusting!
Namugala must be loving yours..lol
Yet, men and women in uniform are either promoted, Jere, or demoted and humiliated by it – Malama/
I am beginning to suspect that part of the requirements to become a lawyer in Zambia is to be an empty can. A rusty one for that matter. You all remember Eric Silwamba? We got this same arrogance from Eric during the first ten years of MMD in office. Then came late VP Kunda. LPM did not do much to improve the image either. To that list add two lawyers I fired for bungling clear cut deals. Recently, I fired a supposedly top flight lawman for failing to conclude three simple transactions. What’s going on at ZIALE?
is this not the same monkey who has been saying the party supervisors the government?
Sad to note. in zambia people like lawlessness. we all know that there is a law preventing people from urinating in public or law against drunken driving and a law against illegal assembly. if the law enforcers were not effective in the past, we have a working govt now. enforcing the law. why are people crying foul. every man will condemn defilement, but if a defiler is caught & punished, he will start saying the law enforcers are brutalising him. comeon, we just have a working govt.
There is no working Government. it is a brutal Government!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whatever indeed!
He just had to put in that one last jab for the 2012. What an I.D.I.O.T. this thing is.
Sunkutu, you are a moron yourself. Where were you when PF was holding rallies everywhere without hindrance? Do we have -30 degrees here to bother about it? Havent you seen rallies in developed countries you fool? Stop supporting crap. Do you think your PF would have survived if MMD had behaved the way Pa Fyamba is behaving? Anyway go ahead having hallucinations that PF is becoming more popular than before. The Tsunami is yet to hit the Pa Fyamba party!