A team of officials from the Commonwealth Secretariat in London is in Zambia to investigate claims by the opposition that the PF government is abusing human rights.
The Commonwealth team has already started having meetings with members of the civil society regarding the petition submitted by the Coalition for the Defence of Democratic Rights over the alleged worsening human rights situation in Zambia.
The team is based at Lusaka’s Intercontinental Hotel and is using various meetings with several stakeholders including the Civil Society to get to the bottom of the opposition petition.
A source who attended the meeting on Monday described the session as the beginning of a process to make the Zambian government account for its recent actions.
“The guys (Commonwealth) appear to have taken this matter seriously, even the level of engagement at this meeting was very serious. They are asking key questions and making reference to published material over the PF’s style of governance,” the source said.
All those that have attended meetings with the Commonwealth investigators have been asked to keep the nature of the discussions private.
The Commonwealth team is also expected to meet Zambian government officials before concluding their one week.
The Coalition for the Defense of Democratic Rights (CDDR), which comprises opposition and some civil society groups, recently called for Zambia’s suspension from the Commonwealth.
The group accused President Michael Sata and his administration of human rights violations and stifling democracy, harges the government strongly denies.
The group has called for an independent investigation of alleged human and civil rights abuses following its petition seeking Zambia’s suspension.
Meanwhile, the Human Rights Commission (HRC) has confirmed that this morning, Tuesday 5th March, 2013, they held a meeting with a two man delegation from the Commonwealth at the Commission offices. A delegation of six represented the HRC. The meeting centred on the human rights situation in Zambia.
HRC also said that in another development, the Commission has received a complaint from the United Party for National Development (UPND) over the alleged assault in Kaunda Square of their member, Humphrey Bwalya, by suspected Patriotic Front (PF) supporters, on Sunday 3rd March 2013. He is alleged to have been attacked on suspicion that he was part of the group that alegedly murdered a PF member in Livingstone last week. According to the complaint by UPND, Bwalya is being held without charge at Chelston Police while nursing wounds from the attack. The Commission has launched investigations.
please..our hearts are so heavy..with so much pain and grief..over the way we are being governed..PF is not being a people’s govt..we need alot of stuff to be done..they have to respect our freedom of association and the fact that we can’t all be their supporters..do justice..sanction some of those pf police guys and take them to ICC..
Show them the Mailoni brothers site and their hate speech against women.
Crap ! I`m sure mugabe is laughing.
Please Ba commonwealth take him back to England (train station sweeper). We don’t need him anymore.
His task was to unseat MMD
Reading below not sure how a team of officials from the secretariat turns in to white Brits representing colonial masters but hey assumptions without images is common. W8NC. Wait and see. That said I think we could resolve human rights and most issues by not pretending all problems begin in 2011 and selective Zamnesia is our affliction to cure.
On a lighter note March 19th looms for pre colonial hero bicentennary. Too bad we have wound up unable to take advantage of tourist opportunities. The industry must be cringing as we were the stronger PR vehicle in the Zim/Zam UNWTO but have selfishly created a tourist capital then robbed its earning potential in a key year with politics. Some tourists think it is in SA anyway and SA could reap where we lose if we are unlucky. Resolution. W8NC.
These foolish opposition have a subservient mentality they will never lead these ***** just like that sleepy **** Morgan Tsvangirai who is a puppet for the colonial masters.
You are a liar not for me and my family only crooks like you can say that. PF wants to bring sanity and this is good.breaking the law has nothing to do with human rights. HH had committed an offence by publicly saying PF govt is training or recruiting rebels which is a very seriou offence even UK can not toralate that.We have a constitution in place and that what PF is using.The Opposion had an agenda to incite the public but we Zambians have said no.the people who are saying this
govt does not support human rights are all facing
criminal offences.
Was on the Commonwealth website. This gives clarity for those expecting certain ‘actions’…
Statement by the Commonwealth Spokesperson on Zambia
20 February 2013
Some recent media reports have referred to a submission by the Coalition for the Defence of Democratic Rights in Zambia to the Commonwealth Secretary-General. Such a submission has indeed been received.
The Commonwealth Secretariat is in touch with the Zambian Government on this matter and will also be consulting appropriately with other stakeholders in Zambia.
The Commonwealth Secretariat further wishes to clarify that, contrary to certain speculative media reports, this matter has not been brought before the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group, which deals with serious or persistent violations of…
Statement by the Commonwealth Spokesperson on Zambia
20 February 2013
Some recent media reports have referred to a submission by the Coalition for the Defence of Democratic Rights in Zambia to the Commonwealth Secretary-General. Such a submission has indeed been received.
The Commonwealth Secretariat is in touch with the Zambian Government on this matter and will also be consulting appropriately with other stakeholders in Zambia.
The Commonwealth Secretariat further wishes to clarify that, contrary to certain speculative media reports, this matter has not been brought before the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group, which deals with serious or persistent violations of Commonwealth values.
Richard Uku
Spokesperson / Director of Communications and Public…
Tomorrow, the Commonwealth Team should be taken to the hospital where Gary Nkombo is being treated, so that they see the ‘services’ delivered by one of the ministers.
Ooh no wonder Sata rushed a ka nolle prosequi against nervous Mumba , this is really embarrassing for the country . Sata the dictator thought lawyer Amstadarm was a simple guy he has the influence in the world next we will see Sata at The Hague for crimes against humanity
Why is it that PF and their supporters are now panicking? Which internal discussions are you saying should have been exhausted if you CNP in State house does not opposition a hearing and arrests them for even going to the market? When a rally has been sanctioned after a lot of hesitation the ***** sends a battalion of armed youths who commit attrocities and do not get arrested. So where is the opportunity for dialogue that you are now talking about?. We travelled to RSA to call outsiders because your Mangwamu became unreasonable. Please be logical and for once stop supporting your FOOL for the sake of it when you know very well how unreasonable he is. *****S
Our white masters are back…again. Meanwhile we all know the record of Britain in Afghanistan and Iraq…the only thing common about the commonwealth is that we are all broke!
@DOJO DO – Speak for yourself. Even your name sounds dodgy. Your colonial masters are here because they have seen you are allergic to the national constitution. You should be embarrassed that since 1991 this is the first time they have ever come to Zambia to investigate violation of human rights. You and your Sata are an embarrassment, you have given Zambia a bad name as if we are all like you uncivilized animals. The least you can do is apologize to the rest of Zambians who didn’t vote for you. You are taking Zambia exactly where Zimbabwe is today….suddenly there is even not enough food in the country and mealie-meal shortages are becoming very common…and for that you want to claim that you are good leaders???? B.l.o.o.d.y i.d.i.o.t.s!
@Ou
I will say this again…am for Zambia and not PF, MMD, UNPD…THEY DON’T edify my ideas of governance… Am sure you must be 17yrs old or so because we have always had a problem of human rights in Zambia from the time we conceptualized the idea of the republic to this moment am responding to you. Everything you have said is granted and spot on…and it has never changed…and that is not to say it should be so! My hope for Zambia is a generation that is not affiliated to the past parties-what change is in Zambia when the top executive has been around for the past forty years in all power structures? What new ideas do we have in Zambia when it has never changed? The British, the people you want to clean your house have been as terrible to the world Sata to the power 100! PERIOD…
@Dojo Do, you sound very intelligent especially going by your latter comment. But are you sure with the direction we are taking this early into a new administration, our country is safe from even higher human rights abrogations than ever seen – say in the recent past – particularly in the post Chiluba era (Which was powered by most of the people currently in office). I speak only as an objective Zambian like you with no political inclination whatsoever. I fear for us all if people who sound as intelligent as you can’t see we are headed for disaster if nothing is done soon. And I mean, what better way to do it??
Uko
A Daniel has spoken! My compliments to your wise observations concerning our current status. We have always had this ‘trouble’ in Zambia which comes down to selfish leadership&it has continued via our new found political party PF. During the campaigns i reluctantly gave in and allowed a thought that Sata would otherwise want to leave a lasting legacy pertaining to this leadership qualities but sending Mumba to police cells, PF ‘boys’ messing up in Livingstone has kind of rekindled my lost faith in anything to do with MMD and PF is such that. Yes i do agree with you even with Ou but apparently it has never changed..way forward my learned friend…continuous education by NGO’S to the messes so that we are sharp enough not to be taken for a ride by politicians thus improving OUR…
UKO
…DEMOCRACY…Am just not comfortable involving white people to clear our mess…600 years of relationships has spoken volumes concerning the double standards…there is no hate here…rather common sense.
If it’s any consolation there are enough whites to go around. The commonwealth have theirs, the government has their VEEP, the opposition have their lawyer…
Seriously though, you make a good point on calling in others to resolve. If the opposition leaders could hear what people on the ground here think of Africans’ inability to think, run a country or resolve conflict they would think twice and find a way before calling those guys in. A talk show last week supposedly about India and colonial times turned in to a ‘take a pot shot at Africa’ parade. We should strive to be the exception to the rule. Especially when the rule implies we would rather get a foreigner to do it than find another peaceful way to get it done ourselves.
Spot on Mr A Phiri!
FORGET ABOUT IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN…….THINK OF ZAMBIA WHICH HAS BECOME ANOTHER FAILED STATE UNDER SATA, YOUR MONKEY UNCLE, WORSE THAN IRAQ
Elo lwanya…something is burning around here.
let them investigate the police who are pawns of the state. the police is full of PF cadres who are not applying the law equally but to the advantage of one micheal chilufya sata whose health is questionable. soon he will be hugo chavez of zambia
What will the white guys do besides making the buck, visiting our tourist sites and taking photos with MCS…
What is this about whites/blacks, I thought we were above that! who cares, lets wait for their findings.
I thought you had a white Vice President? Or was PF trying to push the joke too far?
Also let them pay a visit to our Zambian Jails and Police Cells. They will collapse..!
There is no human rights violations in Zambia, try Congo. When you break the law you must be prepared to face the consequences.
nangu bese so what .how can they have private meetings with the masons.will still survive with the support from china after all fyakaso ifi ma britons.viva pf
you have sold your own country you opposition and you think when suspension comes you wont be in zambia .it s one zambia one nation.dialogue is the way to GO.how can u take your own father to court and expect to survive .thats bitterness and hatred.it will follow you .lets govern our country with LOVE ,PEACE and JOY.are u saying we can fail to sort out this here in zambia .
What do you do when you freedom of expression has been thrown into a bin. You get arrested even for going to the market or to see a chief. State house is a no go area for opposition. Which dialogue are you now talking about just because Commonwealth are here. FOOLISH CNP carders supporting your stupid Kolwestans!!!
I don’t know why the Queen as the head of commonwealth has anything to do with a mediocre country with a terrible corrupt record infested with people very backwards who have never seen snow in their real lives
Thanks
It is good that the Commonwealth representatives are in the country. All you chanting that they should sanction the PF government and police are ignorant of diplomatic channels. The GRZ are fully aware and most likely asked the commonwealth to hasten the consultations so that they can issue a comprehensive report that will pre-empty HH & Nevers’ manuvoures.
Mushota, you have gone too far you ignoramus! Why do you make comments that belittle the people of this country? The Queen is the symbolic head of the commonwealth and rightfully so, as she has a moral obligation to right the wrongs her ancestors perpetrated through colonialism. By the way, colonialism & apatheid as perpetrated by your snow seeing whites is morally & spiritually bankrupt, just like you Mushota.
Ignorant fool, just continue with your cleaning job. same whites have no respect for you
Continue cleaning the ass of old white. I think siki polomya is inffecting your mind badly. I advise you to use a gas muff when doing your job otherwise you be waste with time.
Mushota, one day you grow up and the next you are in your nappies again. What has the state of one’s mind or intellect got to do with snow? You talk as though there are no dull and impoverished people in England. Intellect has nothing to do with how much concrete there is around you!
They should look at the state of prisons, we should look at what gets people in these prisons, are all crimes equal to their punishment simply because they are enshrined in the constitution? I doubt it..
Stay easy Zed
Agreed. Not that there’s anything wrong with investigating political crimes, but all of Zambia’s prisons are places of human rights violations (which is unfortunately true of much of southern Africa). It’s already well-known but why aren’t aid agencies and public health NGOs working in prisons to improve health in addition to the areas they work outside prisons? It’s time donor governments push their aid agencies and funded NGOs to ensure their programs are reaching those who need it most and to stop spending money on per diems and new land cruisers (especially when those land cruisers don’t leave Lusaka).
Commonwealth investigators are reputable and from my analysis, the report will come out clean. What will be cited is that UPND and PF begin to respect human life. Only cadres are complaining, ordinary citizens are comfortably living in their homes.
good point.
shame on you commonwealth.you ba nsungus are foolish.why can’t you arrest tonny blair for the havoc he caused in iraq and afganstan.to hell britain.
Hahahaha….this is laughable!!! How do you bring britons to come for such an investigation?Does anyone on this blog think a zambian or an African can investigate matters of such nature in Britain?My LORD!!! Ba opposition tamuletontonkanya,go to DRC and u will be sad to see how people live thhwrw
In the meantime back where they have come from the conservatives are planning to change the human rights law. What hypocrisy!
Who said they are Britons or even basungus? Its a “commonwealth team” which means the team could be composed of Jamaicans,Malaysians,Cypriots,Nigerians,Canadians and Rwandese.
Enka Rasha, try not to expose your ignorance. The Commonwealth is a club of British former colonies. In other words, it is a club through which the British exercise their influence, so whether they bring Cyprians or Jamaicans or Canadians, it is still in the interests of bazungus. Common wealth, they are common, coming for our wealth.
Commonwealth does not comprise of britons but citizens from all over the world.Wake up.
I would love to hear what sekani will respond after trivalising the petition! Then again is the man in plot one ready to submit his dossier on Hakainde’s wealth? I would love to see the investigators faces!
You and I both Wonama… Ohhh… This gon be good.
What have you chaps ever benefited from this tea party club of eunuch$ called commonwealth? Commonwealth investigators my *****. Charge those ***** £1000 for visitors visas.
What have you chaps ever benefited from this tea party club of £unuchs called commonwealth? Commonwealth investigators my *****. Charge those ***** £1000 for visitors visas.
Bunch of *****s
Has Ukwa submitted HHs dossier? He calls it evidence for some weird reason.
People,people,people…… Cool down please. The way you are singing and crying simply shows how weak you are even after independence. lelo lelo,lelo..baisa abasungu. What? You cant stand on your two feet up to now? I can see the inferiority complex exhibit in all your comments above. Can somebody write something about our own emancipation minus involve those guys you are crying to?
Agree
Let them also read zambian dog guard or dog sentry cum watchdog and see how much hate speech and bitterness is spewed there. This will just be a futile exercise. Why are those fools calling for keeping the discussions private? These must be public matters! The under 5 party stoned and injured a police officer. They promoted violence in Mufumbwe, in Mapatizya and coined the infamous Mapatizya formula for violence. They were mentioned in the killing of Zulu in Rufunsa, Mwaliteta’s nephew and now Chanda in L/stone. They now praise RB whom they called a “corrupt old man” who must leave room for “Obama and Cameron” generation…
They should also read the Post.
Zambians you are so petty you have no problems in zambian problems are in the heads of politicians and those who have stollen from govt zambians you are local that you don’t know what is happening in the wider world so you will be disapponted with the results zambia is just learning about democracy
Let them also read zambian dog guard or dog sentry cum watchdog and see how much hate speech and bitterness is spewed there. Why are those fools calling for keeping the discussions private? These must be public matters! The under 5 party stoned and injured a police officer. They promoted violence in Mufumbwe, in Mapatizya and coined the infamous Mapatizya formula for violence. They were mentioned in the killing of Zulu in Rufunsa, Mwaliteta’s nephew and now Chanda in L/stone. They now praise RB whom they called a “corrupt old man” who must leave room for “Obama and Cameron” generation…
PLEASE LET THEM SEE THE POLICE CELLS AND PRISON CONDITIONS THAT PF INHERITED FROM MMD. DON’T FORGET THE BAROTSE ISSUES UNDER RUPHIA BANDA. AFTER THAT LIKE THEY ALL DO WHEN THEY COME TO ZAMBIA, LET THEM GO AND SEE THE VICTORIA FALLS AND GO BACK HOME AND GET PAID.
Bring it on! After Zambia, go investigate the entire continent for crying out loud ! Our masters seems have turned a blind eye forever had to take individuals who dont even care for the rest of the nation to drag you here, i wonder whats in for you( commonwealth)!
OH. THIS IS VERY GOOD. I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THEIR REPORT. LETS HOPE THE OPPOSITION ARE NOT SHOOTING THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT.
they are. mark my words.
This is what an empty opposition will do! This wil not translate into more votes for opposition in 2016.
They will realise very late that Sata is ahead and getting more voters for 2016.
What will they say then? Rigged, rigged, etc
wake up you cry babies.
In Rwanda, Africans complained that the UN and US did nothing during the genocide. Currently in Kenya, the Hague has intervened by inditing one of the election candidates because they were invited after the 2007 violence. Unless we learn to respect each other and become civil, we should expect international bodies to intervene. In my eyes, we complain when these people do nothing like in Syria, we also complain when they give us attention. What do we want?
Spot on.
It is the simple issue.
In a truly democratic society, people are allowed to demonstrate.
In Zambia, people went their frustration on LT or ZWD because they do not have balls to fight for freedom.
TELL THEM ABOUT THE BRUTAL MURDER OF MR CHANDA IN LIVINGSTONE. YOU CAN TELL THEM ALSO TO VOTE IN THE LIVINGSTONE BYE ELECTION. TELL THEM ALSO TO INVESTIGATE THE DEATHS OF MINERS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Zambiana still under colonial rule!!!Atase!
upignd & mmd are making a big mistake ah ha commonwealth will lift and praise PF higher.
in your dreams. Pf are very scared because they don’t want to be exposed further. But it’s too late. Why do you think the state entered a nolle in Nevers Mumba’s case? They have egg all over their faces.
Ha watch yourself, you dreamer!
Good move there for rule of law in zambia.We can’t trust zed police that all the mess has been coming only from the opposition.The police are pawns for PF and this rogue govt shud be sent packing.Recall election is a must for a new and better zambia.
Patience guys. The fact that there is an investigation does not mean there is a verdict yet. One thing for sure, though, is that if the Commonwealth rules on favour of the government, the opposition will have lost all its international credubility and so will their Robert Amsterdam. Me, I say let us wait and see..
indeed.
From Lusaka they should also go to South Africa where the UPND and MMD held their press conference to summon them to investigate Zambia’s human rights abuse and a few weeks later the police there were caught on camera engaged in the most savage acts on a human being by tying a taxi driver to a police vehicle and dragging him to his death. How about that for human rights abuse?
I like the logo of the Commonwealth. Very well thought out graphic design.
I wonder where UPND and MMD will go next after Commonwealth team clears PF of the alleged abuses. Zuma? Ah! ah! He has more human rights abuse problems of his own. I hope UPND and MMD have seen the way the police there treat suspects!!
advise our President not to submit the bank account for HH to the investigators,he wil be embarased for they wil laugh at him
I miss Kafupi…daddy FTJ, today he would have had the last laugh and telling us ”I told you” in his diplomatic accent,….RIP
The opposition are just being f.o.o.l.i.s.h and they lack wisdom. They are impatient and in the process have ended up as useful i.d.i.o.t.s to the economic vampire Amsterdam. There are no arbitrary police actions, they have acted where they should. Let the opposition sober up and realise that we have just started. They will have to wait at least 30 years, by which time HH and Mumba will be in political oblivion. The line up is like this. Sata will pass to Prof. Chirwa, then Chipimo, Lubinda, Milupi, me!
i should be before you…
guess what? am only 67 years old..
very ripe than you.. LOL!
No no wait you will be my Veep
Those are tourists.no need to worry,there is countries within and outside africa facing serious human rights violations nothing tangible has been done to stop the same.those two egocentric self centred,power hungry hypocrites will be shocked.
I hope they charge those commonwealth so called inspectors £998 for visas!kikiki
Colonial masters always have money to waste! How I wish they would chanel their resources to fighting hunger and poverty than wasting time in Zambia investigating ifyabupuba. I wonder why we even still belong to these organizations that have power and exercise their power to selected countries and they fail to probe countries with real human rights abuses. The opposition feel persecuted today yet they are daring the police to arrest them and calling the presented no brain! We should be serious in Zambia and fight for real issues not this garbage being created Nevers and HH!
Even de commonwealth are not serious. BASED on FALSEHOOD ND SLANDER U COME WAGING YO TAILS AS if U RE STILL UR MASTER. DEMONS WHO JEHOVAH ‘LL JUDGE HASHLY. HOW MANY INNOCENT SOULS HAVE U KILLED FROM ACIENT DAYS 2 DATE? LEAVE OUR COUNTRY AND GO 2 HEL
Human Rights are important and key to good governance of a country . Zambia has achieved alot after Dr. Kaunda and UNIP which the Sata and the PF want to trash and trample on. We should not take the peace we enjoy for granted .Sit back and look round the world and see- Afghanistan , Somalia ,Kenya, Syria etc. the people who live there are just like you and me who want to live their own life in peace grow old and die in peace. Already we are losing lives because of politics of Hate. Mr. Sata am sorry to say is a kingpin of this type politics . Those of you who remember the Bloody chawama by-election which FDD won Sata was the mastermind of the violence, MMD convention were Miyanda and rest were blocked our man was in the forefront..
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/tr
such a thin has never happened to this beautiful. country. I have the right to take offence because i votedd fo this FULL
IN MMD PIPO DIED WHILE UPND AS AN OPPOSITION IS ALREAD KILLING. PF HAS NEVER DONE SO IN BOTH GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION. ONLY CRIMINALS AND TRAITORS CAN BEHAVE LIKE MUMBA ,RB,SIKOTA AND THIS MASONISTS -HH. MWANYA MUKAYE WITH DESE IMPERIALISTS.DEMONS!
Welcome the toothless club! Zambia is a sovereign country and the commonwealth existence has no significance in the modern times or any influence on it’s member states. The only beneficiary in this club is the UK, it convinces its members to vote in its favor when it want something done at the UN. Robert Amsterdam was always threatening to take his case to the UN but the UN bodies must have pointed him to courts if he wanted justice for his clients but he is afraid of the courts. Even if Zambia is expelled or suspended, we have nothing to gain from commonwealth. The UK belongs to the EU so it follows EU policy on trade, so even economically we have nothing to gain. The opposition should have asked themselves why the name was changed from British commonwealth to plain commonwealth.
This is all the work of Ala Bee, the sanctimonious fake pastor and the blithering **** under5; these chaps have enslaved mentality; our great freedom fighters are turning in their graves as I type this comment…
The change of name indicated the shift in the workings of the commonwealth and one of the major changes was not to interfere or involve itself in the affairs of it members!
Those who follow parliament will remember that Late Hon. George Kunda SC MHSRIP. raised a motion to retrain or review the Zambia police curriculum on human rights in which all these problems we are facing now would have been addressed . This important motion was shot down by members of the house who in my opinion either voted because they didnt like Mr. Kunda or the MMD. A move like that would have really elevated Zambia Human Rights record . I hope some other peace loving MP can bring it up again in this session.
@40 ,lndeed our freedom fighters must be turning in their graves 4 the actions of these traitors. How do u report to these colonialist who still have no respect 4 any African including the reporter themselves. Which human rights abuse in Zambia ?
You are very right indeed that your so called freedom fighters must be turning in their graves, especially to see that a british, a son to colonialist resident in zambia at the time, is actually our vice president and the leader of govt business in parley, nearly 50 years after independence
LET THEM TURN IN THEIR GRAVES – FOR MANY REASONS – IT IS OK!! YES THEY WILL BE TURNING BECAUSE WE VOTED SATA THE DEVIL – THE SAME MAN WHO BETRAYED THEM TO BE THE PRESIDENT!! IN YOUR MISGUIDED AND FAILED THINKING YOU PRESUME SATA IS A DEMOCRAT!!
They are there because u are Africans and Africans and you will never cease to be Africans. Because you are black ever your minds are black, you cannot understand simple concept like human rights thats why you called them to come and help you Africans. Africans because you are very selfish politicians your masters are in the country to impose and inflict pain on you. Surely we are just proving of what they think of us that we cannot live with guidance and directions from them.
Now my question is: is this commonwealth only for Africans??…..All those supported this move it is true African think collectively without individual ideas..
DON’T LET THOSE OPPOSITION MURDERERS HIDE IN THE FALSE ALLEGATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE TO DISTRACT AND PEEMPTY ATTENTION FROM THEIR CORRUPTION AND MAPATIZYA FORMULAS. LET THEM FACE THE LAW FOR THE WRONG DOINGS.
The Massa’s are here! Almost 50 yrs after independence we still haven’t shown an ability to rule ourselves.Look at the state of our roads,hospitals,schools but in the meantime our politicians fly world class and even some are alleged to be attended certificate courses at Harvard.
Wait a minute! Am I missing something here? A famous Zambian answering to the name of Rupiah Banda is in Kenya observing general elections where people are killing each other, and now a group of Zambians decide to run to the commonwealth to report that they have been denied a rally permit. hahahahaha.
The Chairperson Sir, (Common wealth of Nations),
I have the honour to make a submission of the state of affairs regarding of nation Zambia, especially in the light that the opposition political parties complained to youth office thru the written submissions.
The truth of the matter sir is that whatever issues the reported to your office was blown out of proportion. The opsition political parties from the time pf was elected into government they had a meeting in which they agreed to make it difficult for pf to govern. This can be verified from the way they oppose government programs. They just oppose for the sake of opposing. Foremple pf has created new district to hasten development but the opposition have been opposing this move and yet our tradition rulers and other subjects have…
What pains most is that we elected a constable who used to arrest freedom fighters and we expected that he will respect our freedoms. People and nations get leaders they deserve. The Commonwealthy Team is welcome to Zambia but there are not necessary. The people of Zambia should deal with the unfolding situation themselves. Rise up against this despotic, incomptent, nepotistic and abraisive PF government. Once the govt feels and knows that citizens are the final power holders, they will behave themselves.
The mere fact that Commonwealth team has responded and physically come to investigate human rights abuse in Zambia means there is violation of human rights abuse in Zambia by PF govt. This will never be cleansed by corrupt PF govt as the report will be shared by all other international bodies. Sata is a dictator who abuses Zambians at will and arrests anyone opposing him.
What a useless opposition. Bitter and frustrated opposition who want by all means to go to state house, whether by killing or lies. Zambians are not dull but they know that the opposition is just useless in Zambia.
Chavez dead, how is your dictator doing?
I’m relatively non-partisan. I however must point out that this maneuver by the opposition doesn’t really help their cause.
Real change in Zambia and Africa in general can only happen through action initiated at home. Change begins with revolutionary leaders that pioneer an idea. They remain committed champions of that idea despite sweat, pain, persecution etc. If the idea reflects, decency, honor, justice (and all that good stuff), the people WILL EVENTUALLY RALLY BEHIND THAT IDEA. This Common Wealth move looks like cowardice to me.
The Chairperson of common wealth Sir, allow me to drive the point home of the fact that that move by government of creating district has proven to the opposition wrong, as the places are a developing at an exponential rate.
50000 jobs have been created, something that has displeased the opposition.
The immediate past MMD government had comprised of roughly 85% officials suspected to have been involved in corrupt activities. whom the investigation wings were conducting a screening exercise and this displeased the opposition, they twisted the whole thing and said the government is persecuting the opposition and called the whole exercise a witch hunt.
There is really independence between government and investigative wings such that these investigations were carried out in a professional…
Did Northern Ireland go to the commonwealth after Britain suppressed their governance and killed people in the civil war? Or did Scotland go to the Commonwealth agains England? These two countries with are allegedly part of the United Kingdom do not recognise the Commonwealth. Britain has failed to bring Scotland and Northern Ireland under her wings and they have literrally forbidden political assembly in these parts of UK. Now we call them to come as allow HH to use his political platform to undermine the government. In all his speaches, HH talks ill about a duly democratically elected government. The commission will sit and nothing will come out of it coz the so called crimes are only directed to HH, Banda and Mumba.
THAT’S A STUPID QUESTION BY A VERY VERY STUPID PERSON!!
Yes,investigate that undemocratic autocrat in plot 1 he has a lot of blood on his hands yet pretends to be a devout catholic.2016 can’t come soon enough we’re tired of kaponya govt.
DR. NERVES JUST ACCOUNT FOR THE MONEY THAT WAS MISAPPROPRIATED IN CANADA. HH ACCEPT DEFEAT AND MOVE ON. ABENA SHREK I CAN’T EVEN MENTION…..
HH TEACH US HOW TO INCREASE WEALTH BY 10 TIMES IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS. AM SURE THE TIME YOU MADE DECLARATION OF YOUR WEALTH SOMEONE NEVER IMAGINED YOU WOULD HAVE THAT MUCH WEALTH, THEY BELIEVED YOU MADE A MISTAKE SO THEY JUST STRUCK OFF A ZERO TO HELP YOU. ARE YOU GOING TO PRIVATISE ANY COMPANIES SOON? I WANT TO BE THERE AND SEE HOW YOU DO IT.
What will the Opposition say about the commonwealth if they find the findings favour the PF and say it just internal politics? will the opposition say that the commonwealth finding are just? The result will be interesting to see..and the reaction of both parties( the ruling party and opposition).
May be this explains the reason why the DPP rushed to execute a “Nolle” on Nevers Mumba and Kunda in Kitwe Magistrate Court. The PF will soon switch into pretentious mode while the Commonwealth investigates abuses f human rights. We bet that Sata, Sakeni, Kabimba, Masebo, Mutembo Nchito will soon mutate into Catholic Bishops-without wearing priestly robes. However, the Commonwealth Investigation team are in Zambia to verify Sata’s misrule based on facts gathered in the recent past. Therefore, the data upon which the opposition parties based their reports are richly stored in the archives of the electronic and print media.
This is why Nervous and HH will never rule.They have failed to convince the electrorate and now they are out there to tarnish their own home country.This doenst happen in the states or britain and why should it be done here in Zambia?Hasty Nervous and frustrated HH should just respect them selves.Family issues should remain discrete and handled by the elderly within the family and not by foreigners(same as castigating your own family at the roof top).Shame.
Are these guys who are coming to do the evaluation of human rights abuse bringing us something? something like money to buy bags of mealie meal?. I am becoming a nuisance to my neighbors because of always in the hunt for money to cover my daily expenses.
Shame on our bitter opposition! PF be strong! We are behind you!!!!!!
People with no brains support this move and not for me for Mother Zambia to be sanctioned
Sata should never have been president. But Zambians, have difficulties thinking and ended up voting for a man who only owns guns and cannot think logically. What good did you expect from him? Live with it you SOB. That is what you wanted and that is what you got. I’m happy, at least I am a Bemba, and all things are working for us. The rest of you, well, you should be prepared to be second class citizens or changes your names.
the findings of an invetigation instituted by the zambian intelligence news revealed that the Ventriglias a corrupt family that was deported from zambian recently paid for all exepenses of the trip for zambian opposition leaders who were in SA for press conference and unveiling of forty pages petition to the commonwealth that has among others demanded for the suspension of zambian from the group. As per finer details of the investgation, before the four oppostion minions could travel, former president Banda went ahead of them and had his meeting with Amsterdam and the Ventriglias in Rosebank SA. These are the *****s you want to govern this nation? GOD forbids!!
VENTRIGLIAS (ITALIANS) PAID ADVOCATES ILLEGALLY FROM ZAMBEZI PORTLAND CEMENT LTD IN RESPECT OF PERSONAL CASES AND INCENTIVES WITH INTENT TO DEFAME MAHTANI, HIS ORGANISATIONS, HIS EMOPLOYEES AND THE NATION AT LARGE
ZMK Befor rebasing
Sikwiba Sikota 527M
Elis & Co. 2.3B
Malambo & Co. 1.05B
Mambwe Siwila & Partners 1.2B
SLM Legal Practioners 50M
Streichenberg Attornery Zurich 1.4B
Willson & Cornhill 75M
Z Muya & Co. 3.6B
TOTAL 10,202B
Is there anyone in Zambia more corrupt than Mahtani? But his day will come, for every dog has his day.
if foreign aid can reccomend Mahtani to loan this country money then who is he? @ba Mwamba 74.1 just go to sleep you will die a poor man Mahtani has really worked hard for his mountain of riches dont just blog any how it only shows how bitter and jelousy you are for this creature of GOD who has worked so hard not just for himself but for his nebor aswell
I wonder how HH, NEVERS, SIKWIBA & BANDA govern thier homes, i was cultured never to take my marital problems outside my bedroom not even children in the house should know i have differed with my partner. BAFINOKOLE BAPAKASUBA!! no one will listen to them anymore, just becoz of thier evil intentions they want to put this nation in problems for nothing all we have here are just political differences, do they know what it means to be suspended from the common wealth? ask zimbabwe, zambians are not dull, they are not deaf to hear and they are not too blind to see, Levy must be turning in his grave he would have dealt with these greedy people! GOD will never allow thier satanic intentions to prevail
The ZAWA case where officers are dismissed by some …. minister for no sensible reason should also be cited.
People people Zambia Is a free nation commonwealth nabanani. Its like u have a problem in your house and you go and call your neighbour or passer by to come and solve it for you that is not the way things are solved better as a nation stand as one just like our national antherm states. So ifyakobola fyabupuba
The Chairperson Sir, the conduct of the former president Mr Rupiah Bwezani Banda and the opposition political parties to organise a press conference outside the country and denounce the government to us patriotic Zambians is treated as highly offensive. We feel there was a platform enough for them to call for a press conference here and address the issues, but they took that step to create an impression that things are not ok in the country when intacual fact things are ok,
Ordinary citizens, workers, businessmen and women are all free they carry out their day to day activities freely.
The opposition did not expect PF as a party to win with a landslide victory, when this happened it shocked them, hence an a formation of a political alliance to frustrate government’s programs.
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