NNAREP President Elias Chipimo was today blocked from having a live interview on Kasama-based Community Radio Station, Mano by Patriotic Front (PF) cadres.
Northern Province police Chief Mary Chikwanda however, immediately dispatched police to the Radio station to control the situation after a complaint was filed by staff at the station.
Ms Chikwanda who confirmed receiving a report of alleged misconduct by PF carders said the situation was back to normal by lunch time.
Operations at the station had earlier ground to a halt after the interference from the PF cadres as one of them shoved Mr Chipimo away at the radio station’s gates.
Mr Chipimo immediately took to Twitter where he tweeted the message below.
I have just been physically prevented from speaking on Radio Manor in Kasama by a Mr. Chipili below (claiming he… http://t.co/nMoeRDNa7P
— Elias Chipimo (@EliasChipimo) July 17, 2013
“I have just been physically prevented from speaking on Radio Mano in Kasama by a Mr Chipili below (claiming he is a big fish in Kasama) operating on behalf of PF,” he said.
PF provincial secretary Everest Chella however, said the members of the group that blocked Mr Chipimo from Radio Mano were not in the party structures and just sympathisers.
“Mr Chipimo is at liberty to go anywhere he is a Northerner as well. The party leadership in the province has no hand in today’s goings on
at Mano,” Mr Chella said.
When asked what action the party would take, he responded that the unruly mob that had stationed itself at Radio Mano was not in the party structures and could not be disciplined.
“We have no control over sympathisers because as a party our position is that Mr Chipimo is a Zambian who can feature on any station in the province. We uphold and respect freedom of expression,” he said.
Radio Mano staff issued a statement during its midday news bulletin complaining at the alleged PF sympathisers’ actions.
The staff complained that the station survived from payments from such programmes like the one which Mr Chipimo was scheduled to feature on as they had no direct grants from anywhere.
Mr Chipimo later took to social network site Twitter where he tweeted “Heading back to the station under police escort to conduct the interview. #We shall not be moved.”
@geshgroove spot on. Heading back to the station under police escort to conduct the interview. #We shall not be moved
— Elias Chipimo (@EliasChipimo) July 17, 2013
Bafikala bakalete nkondo mu chalo one day
The police also tolerated such rubbish. those cadres are denying chipimo his rights( freedom of expression not forgetting press freedom) ………..
why doesn’t he sue them he is a lawyer?
No need to sue them. The PFolice has all the evidence they need to make arrests
these are ‘parallel’ intelligence services oficers
kekekekekek… parallel intelligence what?… thats why zambian watchdog makes sense even if sometime they do go over board..
How can the police just stand there and watch the law being broken?.. PF is making news for ZWD,,
They have blocked the ZWD
@economic subotage
Have they?? kekekekekek,,…they didnt manage!!!!, Zambian watchdog is alive and up & running,,,
How come i cant access it ?? One of their posts reads “Police abduct another journalist suspected of links to ZWD, govt blocks ZWD futher” It is block i personally cant access it.
use google chrome
Intelligence? Yeah. That’s got to be the biggest oxymoron of all time! As for PF blocking ZWD, PF have neither the means nor the expertise to block a domain – especially a foreign hosted one.
No arrests were made?. What sort of application of Law is this?
Imwe this is just comedy. How come these cadres have so much power? Uluse Ba Elias.
It just shows they were operating with directives from higher offices. Police clearly had no say. Who is this Mr Chipili claiming to be a big fish yet his just a ka bolyo
Long before egypt took to the streetS,,,mubarack bullied everyone and he “won“ elections to upto about 80percent,,,,you cant box people and control their thinking forever!!!
If this does not change now,,zambia will be set alight,,,and Sata risks being the worst zambian president even!!!!!
Chipimo is a yellow bellied young chap!
Elias is too timid and docile. He doesn’t even put up a fight when he is challenged. He just slinks away, tail between legs. He will never lead with that attitude.
Nubian Princess reveal yo true identity if u are brave.the person u are ‘ shooting’ is a 1000 times a man than u.
The young chap was browbeat by a frail old man brandishing a ka phone with no talk time ati he will call PF backup. The chap is ran to tweeter, who is on tweeter?
Poor Chipimo, neither support nor sympathy, even in his home area!
chipimo is a great guy with great character better all presidents in zambia put together,,, the young is far better that sata,, way better by light years
These poverty stricken hungry useless thieves cant leave him alone, mwe fitutu mwe, obviously someone sent them and is protecting them, fyatilefyenu including that thing which sent you! Am not even appologising for the insele, take that!
@cindy…
cindy you are very right and very fair on this point,,, GREAT COMMENT!!!
I can pay 200 cows to marry you tommorow twice more what a swazi princess is worth!!!
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm flirty Ndobo, only am worth Gold and diamonds not cows,have you been to belgium Antwerpen, its the Diamond and Gold market of the world, research, hihihoihihi.
That is even easier, NO worries!!! i can either source the diamonds and gold on streets shops of europe or,,, source they the congo rain forest,,, katumbi connection in lubumbashi.. or in angola, am friends with angolan president`s daughter bussines wise,,,
So what do you say?? or you want to wait until you see the stones????
First i want a 90kg bag of diamonds plus the same amount Gold, then after my vacation we can start discussing what next, heheheheh.
90 what?,,,you! am sweating out of my skin,,, i thought it was 90mg,,,,
Our Ndobo romanising the stone again!
Yes i want to buy my own island.
I want to buy my own island considering things are firing up in Zed the place i call home, worse comes to worse i can ship myself to that Island.
@cindy
wamuona kabs lady princess kaaa,,, she wants to get into the mix,,.
and to you @ kabs lady princess am trying to smooth my way through to cholocate cindy,,, but men!! the price tag to wow high!! 90kg,,, ,,,,,hahahahahahahah
Princess lady you are one romantic gal, i saw that movie too, Ndobo watch it you might get some tips, maybe 90kg would seem nothing after watching the movie.
Can we give them another chance??? NO WAYS.
Watchdog has been blocked. I have tried all their options including their suggestion https://zwd.cums.in its not working. Anyway let them get blocked, becoz these are not journalists but slanderers
You are very wise.
go thro google chrome
Has it been blocked just locally in Zambia because I can access it?
ZWD not blocked. They just have technical issues. Visited the site direct three times this evening.
Fight FIRE with FIRE! You can complain and protest until you blow a gasket! These thugs only understand one language!
What T.B. Joshua has prophesied will happen very soon more especially in Zambia, because the big man SATA is behind all this happening to opposition. Even in MMD is was the master mind of this.
Sata must die. That is the only way the country will know peace. Abo ubukala satanyina.
If these party Presidents have gone to attend the burial of the late Paramount Chief Chitimukulu, why are they going to give interviews at some radio station? It’s easy to see why they are getting blocked. Do not politicise the burial of the late Chitimukulu and you will not be harassed period!
1. Teba NAREP President ECJ bakenye abene Lubemba to invite the Cobra.
2. Ba ECJ na Sata alishiba ati he is the sixth President, watch the Africa Freedom Day clip where Sata said Chipimo is the sixth President.
3. PF = Pakulila Fye
4. PF = Poor Finishers
5. PF = Pama Fi
6. Na MMD yalipo bwino. Abasambilila.
7. Nangu Bowman na William Banda tefyo bali
8. Chi President chabo balichikanina mailo kuli Lubinda ukwikala ku high table pa Civic CEntre
9. Ba LUsaka-Lusaka pa Inter-City ati “Twatolweke imisu twanyanta mumafi”
10. Mwasebana ba PF. Mu 2016, starting with Chikambwili, mukachimona.
11. Nomba pakwe ati mwishibe, twalaimbana inama mumeno. Fwebene tatwalefwaya nomba mwalashininkisha.
12. PF = Poor Finishers
How do I access ZWD?
It is blocked
The appointment of females to head the police command was more of a strategic move than an adherence to equal opportunities for women. We have observed that these women, right from their Inspector General, have been extremely pathetic in the execution of their duties. Sata put them in those positions because he can easily bully them. There is no professionalism in the police and all the appointments were not on merit. The deserving professional officers were sidelined in preference to these women who mostly are compromised. Take Libongani for instance, she has connections with Sata through some extra-marital affairs Sata has with Libongani’s relative.
We can access the ZWD ! I think the networks in Zambia have been worked upon by the parallel intelligence officials !
As for the those cadres blocking Chipimo…mmmmmmm
When Kaponyas were used to get another Kaponya in presidential office, how did you picture life would be like thereafter?? Exactly the way it is punning out right now !!!
Kaponyas for their kaponyas ! Kaponyas stay together !! So Zambia is one country where everything has gone to the dogs !!! You don’t expect them to treat educated men or women (Church bishops, lawyers, doctors, priests, etc) with respect !!! Zambia is doomed !!!
When opposition leaders are blocked from participating in live interviews they should not despair. They can still get their message out by either having a private interview offsite (secret location) and relayed into the studio live. Interested callers can email or tweet their questions or comments. Alternatively, they can have questions sent in prior then an interview conducted, recorded and re-broadcast. Learn how to beat the PF system with technology.
I know that lady from my days in Kasama. Ni namakwenkwe wapa Kasama Hotel.
What a country? And the police stood there just watching an illegal protest. If these people were opposition cadres they would have been arrested right away and in the process have sustained a few cuts and bruises.
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