Chief Government Spokesperson and Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Kennedy Sakeni has warned Patriotic Front youths to stop threatening Father Bwalya.
Mr Sakeni said that the PF government does not condone any form of threats that boarder on violence.
PF Lusaka provincial youths demonstrated against Fr. Bwalya for allegedly insulting Michael Sata.
Mr Sakeni also said that Father Frank Bwalya was free to join the political arena and aspire for presidency, adding that Zambia is a democratic nation and anyone is free to enter politics and it was up to the people of Zambia to judge and decide whether they want him or not.
Meanwhile, Government say it will remain committed to creating a safe and conducive environment for journalists and media workers in order for them to effectively contribute to the development and the wellbeing of the country.
And government says this year’s World Press Freedom Day marks a landmark when the media industry in the country has made tremendous progress because of the Patriotic Front (PF) Government’s commitment to liberalise the media.
Chief Government Spokesperson Kennedy Sakeni said government has freed the media and it is now able to carry out its noble role of informing educating and entertaining the public in a more professional manner.
Mr Sakeni, who is also Information and Broadcasting Services Minister, said the PF government has accelerated the issuance of radio and television licences since coming into power in September, 2011.
Zambia today joins the rest of the world in commemorating the World Press Freedom Day under the theme “Safety of Journalists and Media Workers”.
And Mr Sakeni has disclosed that there are now a total of 60 private and community radio stations and ten private television stations on air countrywide, adding that Zambia still remains a visible and active player in media advocacy in the region.
Mr Sakeni also said the development has put Zambia among the top countries on the African continent with the most open and liberalised airwaves.
He further disclosed that government has finally put in place the long awaited Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) and that the process of engaging the first ever IBA Director will soon be completed .
Meanwhile, Mr Sakeni has disclosed that the Access to Information Bill will soon be tabled in the next sitting of Parliament.
Mr Sakeni has also said the election of Zambia to the United Nations Committee on Information which is mandated to promote a global information and communication will foster peace and understanding among many nations.
Just because Fr. Bwalya is Bemba that he can aspire for presidency. Bembas too tribal.
Wow sounds like night and day reading what this man is saying. May be his visit to UTH and lodging in some fee paying ward for weeks has done him some good.
Kudos to UTH medical staff for putting back the screws that had become loose in his brain. he now sounds sensible. Good job guys.
The question now is will the PF hear him and respect his word. That remain to be seen. We know where Lubinda is today.
MMD Chief Bootlicker. walipena? i didnt know you had a careless choice of words.
IMWE, IS THE ZWD REPORT THAT FINANCE DEPUTY MINISTER MILES SAMPA HAS RESIGNED CORRECT?
Well done UTH for fixing Sakeni’s fuse in his brain which brew off.At least he is talking some sense.Hopefully his friends who also need their fuse in their brain fixing are not going to arrest Father Bwala like they have been doing to HH and Mumba.
I thought bootlicker was different from many pathetic bloggers, he is actually the worst and does not appreciate reality. I hope we can have you fixed at chainama!
very, very, strange, sakeni is talking sense today, am shocked, it seems the medication is taking is showing us good results.. sakeni please donot stop that medication from india, its good for you!!
Yaaa that is better than that dobo you are on with Sata.
nostradamus..
walipena!!! try sakeni`s medication!!!
Wherever he had gone, Sakeni appears to have come back with a refreshed and rational mind. I am surprised that he has not joined the PF youths in intimidating Father Bwalya as is typical of him when it comes to defending anything in the name of PF and its untouchable President Michael Sata. I hope he will continue along this line instead of being a government vuvuzela.
God Damn just f.ucken good is the drug this man is on? we need it in gas form to spray over the crazy masses starting from the top house. Haaaaaallleluuuyaaa. Amen
Thank to Fr. Bwalya for including Sakeni in his 40 days of prayers and fasting. Lesa wa maka. Now Sakeni is even promoted to “chief” spokesman.
Is it PF youth or is it a YOUTH LEAGUE of sorts? I have noted how Zambian political parties have this rough delimitation of ‘hooligans-as-youth’ department within their ranks. If it was an organized section he would not be shouting to the wind like this. Next, the same youth will be rented by another party to foment trouble.
Wemusebanya we!Thanks Sakeni for telling those cadres to stop insulting a person who made sure PF was in power.Those cadres were in MMD now they are busy insulting our true Zambian.It’s so shameful.!why has Sata allowed such nonsese to happen in PF?Bushe ninshi iletitikaa mu party twachulile?I feel bad to see people like Mile Sampa resigning and Father Bwalya.If it’s true PF is heading for self destruction.I love PF but i think Kabimba and his group is destroying the party.Anyway Ba Sata Mwatusebanya icishinkafye.What I can tell U is that Fr.Bwalya is respected in Luapula,Northen,CB and Lusaka.Kabimba can’t even where he comes from.People want development chapwa.Please Ba Sata come back to yo senses the way we knew U.
Sense. Please keep it up and sort out the whole PF otherwise the party is headed for DOOM!
Bravo!Bravo ba sakeni.Ama politics nomba aya mwa amba .It’s high tym somebody told the youths to get a life and move on.Hooliganism wil take this country nowhere.
Is this the same man which the Zambian Watchdog allerged to be resigning on madical ground and was about to be clothed with some soil.
The man sounds great and fresh,i hope he will keep it up.
Of course he is now talking sense, who wouldn’t after such a successful head transplant he underwent in Morningside Clinic!
This man talking sense? There is something ‘wrong’. I smell a rat. There must be a catch. It could be an exit strategy from PF, i.e. he is preparing a soft landing with opposition. Watch this space….
Cactus, you could be on the money, but I am not coming for the ride just yet.
For the first time since he was born , he speaking sense mwe bantu. Asebenza ma ARVS ka,? We can respect PF if everyone spoke sense like this moving coffin but useful for today.
How on earth can you even have the guts of talking about the arvS, WHAT IS YOUR STATUS i am very disappointed in you. If you have nothing to say just keep quiet
That is what we call politics.Politics of thugs and violence is long gone.Let father Bwalya express himself as the constitution allows him.Our constitution allows every zambian to free associate and belong to any groping.Being a Zambian father Bwalya can even stand as president….
Imprezza.
MMD Chief Bootlicker analysis on plathora issues seem to be above the sum total of PF govt. When you are up, you ‘re up and when you are down, you ‘re down. Even when in power nothing changes the status quo remains.
Complexity,
thanks
The backward South Africans performed a brain transplant on Sunken!
I hope the brain donor was not a raving maniac….!
I thought it was this paper that told us that Sakeni is stepping down because of ill health
Sakeni tones down and asks PF youths not to attack Fr Bwalya becoz he is Bemba.Yaba! Typical of you bemba hypocrites.
Congrats bwana Minister. kindly advices the police to be resonnable as well on the opposition leaders and grant the the right to assemble without interferrence
This is very good advice from Minister Sakeni. Youths should not allow themselves to be misled and abused by those who hold authority in political parties.
wen a man comes face 2 face wth death, thy revise all thy belived in n de past…bt we shld nt wait 4 tht coz it z nt alwys posible 2 met death and live. Mr. Minister advs yo cabinet coz u seem 2 ve mo understndng nw. bravo, bravo bravo mr minister
Well said Sakeni< and just hope his word is a true word of a wise man. PF need to level the political playing field and stop harassing others. And if they dont handle father Bwalya professionally he will finish them.
What is clear is that for some reason Sakani finally decided to put his foot down and said ‘No’ to Mmembe’s dictates that were beginning to ruin one of the few sober individuals in PF, of course a rare thing. Stay on with principled young politicians like Miles Sampa and Frank Bwalya, maybe the retreat did him good after all, who knows,
What is clear is that for some reason Sakani finally decided to put his foot down and said ‘No’ to Mmembe’s dictates that were beginning to ruin one of the few sober individuals in PF, of course a rare thing. Stay the course with principled young politicians like Miles Sampa and Frank Bwalya, maybe the retreat did him good after all, who knows,
Why do some people like talking about tribe? It is pathetic…Any one who talks of sense should be supported regardless of tribe….The tribe issue should come to an end on Lusaka times….Let’s be factual for the betterment of generation to come for our mother Zambia.