Two senior UPND officials picked up in Lusaka this morning when they petitioned the Acting Chief Justice at the Supreme Court have been released.
They were at the Supreme Court to deliver a petition on behalf of the UPND on Acting Chief Justice Lombe Chibesakunda to step down.
The two, party Deputy Secretary General Kuchunga Simusamba and Lusaka Province Information and Publicity Chairman Alex Mulenga were detained for four hours at Lusaka Central Police.
They were charged with conduct likely to cause the breach of the peace but the charges were later dropped after officers said they “got instructions from above.”
The two had marched from the Police Service headquarters up to Supreme Court to serve the petition in which they were asking the acting chief justice to vacate her office claiming she was occupying it illegally.
Mr Simusamba, who was carrying a placard written “Parliamentarians and the Zambian people have rejected you, Fumapo Kabiye”, was directed to take his petition to the chief justice’s office and not at the reception where he had attempted to leave it.
He stated in his petition that her being the fountain of justice ought to know that her appointment from the beginning was legally unsound.
Mr Simusamba also wondered how she expected them to have a fair delivery of justice when her appointment seemed to suggest that the Constitution had been suspended and certain provisions like Article 93 (1) had been expunged.
“We note with dismay that your office has not rebutted this unconstitutional declaration, we further note that at government functions such as the recent centenary celebrations of Lusaka, Justice Lombe Chibesakunda was being referred to as “ Her Ladyship the chief Justice”.
In an interview shortly after being released, Mr Simusamba said they are not intimidated by the police’s action.
“We are not intimidated at all.We are stronger than the time we went in,” he said.
Mr Simusamba said the UPND will continue fighting to have Acting Chief Justice Lombe Chibesakunda step down as she is not qualified.
Earlier, Lusaka Province Commissioner Joyce Kasosa confirmed the development in an interview.
“I can confirm that Mr Simusamba and Mr Mulenga have both been arrested by police at Lusaka High Court premises and charged with the offence of conduct likely to cause the breach of piece,” she said.
Ms Kasosa said her officers were still conducting interviews and other processes which would determine whether the matter should proceed to court and in an event that the accused persons admitted the charge, then they would have to pay a fine and their case closed.
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Sata insulted single mothers, including the 2 above. Especially Ba Chibesakunda, and she still want to kneel before Sata.
The untimely death of former South African Chief Justice has unveiled credible comments as South African legal brains praise Chief Justice Langa’s bravery to surmount political pressures. I wonder if Acting Chief Justice Chibesakunda has any conscience to guide her professional ethics of being above political influences. Madam Lombe’s persistence to cling to her current position unconstitutionally casts heavy dark clouds on the her personal integrity.
Shes is a b1tch … we won’t wait for her to die to know what we think of her. Thats being selfish, how can you occupy such an important seat ILLEGALLY. Where are her morals? It tells what type of person she is. All the potential Chief Justices have to wait for that seat because of her attitude.
Like father like son.I can see the bad influence HH has on his children(cadres).Last time it was their father(HH)doing a similar thing at the freedom statute and now it is his children at it.How weird !
Give it a rest. You’re becoming tiresome.
No rest my man.Its just an issue of opinions.Feel free to express yours too.
@3.1 Saulosi, nechikasha chine… I think you have too much debts (nkongole), abankongole usually live life opposite from society. Instead of using main road, he is always limping from thorns from walking in paths (utushila twatondo). And get hammered by wasps!!
You better think twice Saulosi, and join us,… you’re most welcome.
I get perturbed by people like you … there is a contravention of liberties (freedom of expression) right in front of your nose, you think of your tribal lined hatred. Zambians can you wake up from your docile slumber … zambians will lose their hard fought freedoms in the name of supporting a dictator like Michael Sata.
Troublesome UPND. Looking to capitalize on
everything for political gain.
@ Saulosi
Everyone here knows your stance, and your inability to look at any issue objectively. Apart from being tiresome you’re as boring as hell. You have the same mantra over and over and over again.
Have a little self respect.
Sad sacks you are hitting your miserable shrivelled balls against the wall. She is here until the boss decides otherwise. Accept one hard fact, PF is in power now and has all the right to make decisions and appointments without recourse to you, losers. VIVA PF. VIVA madam CHIEF JUSTICE! Kachemenefye ingombe bafikala
And that is in total disregard of the Constitution? And you don’t see anything wrong with that? So what was the point of MCS swearing to uphold the constitution? If Lombe Chibesakunda met the requirements stated in the Constitution for a person to hold the office of Chief Justice, there wouldn’t be this out cry. Sangwa et al championed the hounding of Chief Justice Ernest Sakala on age. How come this time the age issue that was used to let Ernest Sakala go isn’t an issue with Chibesakunda?
Work done equals zero.
UPND why waste your time. Find a campaign strategy of your own. You sent real cowards, they cant even endure before revealing that they were just sent. Grow up or you continue wasting your time while Zambians in the outskirts where you are supposed to concentrate on are appreciating the little development on roads and schools from the PF. Instead of campaigning in Kafulafuta, Solwezi and Mukushi, you are protesting in Lusaka. After the elections, which you are losing, you rue rigging. Cowards, no strategy, educated fools, minions, power hungry idiots, ngwini ngwinis. Grow up or you continue losing
At least UPND are fighting for your rights while you seat on your bemba a$$ doing nothing but see Zambia go down the drain like Zim.
That Florence Mumba used to be the Civil Service ombudsman. She was useless as she ignored corrupt prcatices among senior cvil servants everytime us junior civil servants resorted to her office. The judiciary is actually full of cowards who only look at the benefits they enjoy and not the interests of the disadvantaged. Thats why they all bootlick the excutive. Ni ba Muzungu wanga bonse
Yaba kanshi I wasn’t the only one. I took my boss to Mumba for practicing nepotism. She took her boyfriend for a course abroad overlooking qualified colleagues. Mumba was toothless
@Mate spot on. these guys are disappointing. I’m failing to keep supporting their actions though I supported them in 2011. I’s fed up with their misplaced strategies. They need to change if they are to make a political mark ahead of 2016 otherwise PF will win big
I’m disappointed with them too. They are not using their brains well. UPND grow up
awe upnd sure, no strategy! kutolatola fye utwakubwatilapo. These under5s should ve been quiet organising themselves in on the ground instead they are busy orgasming in lusaka.
You are a chicken.
It would help if @George Bush you took all facts into account before you make baseless statements. How do you expect the opposition to organise or hold meetings at the grassroots when your government is persecuting and arresting the opposition for doing that? Where you have the Justice Minister misdirecting himself by stating that MP’s require permission for the DC and the police to meet people in their constituencies and then George Bush is suggesting the opposition concentrates on grass roots mobilisation. I guess to you, its a all ok.
Step down old mama.
Yes they claim to be educated but their actions leave much to be desired. Like buttocks, they will remain behind while Zambians are celebrating with PF. UPND wawa, childish party, childish strategies
Zambians? They are also Zambians despite their political affiliation you stinking moron. Zambian citizenship is not exclusive to PF cadres like you. You should enrol in a remedial civics class as soon as possible!
Lombe chibesakund must GO. Whether the PF diehards likes it or not, KUYA BEBELE. There are a lot of young men and women who can competently discharge the functions of CJ but someone wants to impose an OLD BAG on us. NO, Twakana. We need a more beautiful or handsome CJ, not the scary fellow in the picture above.PF supporters, for once try to justify yr posts other than arguin from WITHOUT.
Surely UPND is wasting time. If she steps down, Zambian will still praise PF that they are a listening Government. If HH was clever, he would have gone for campaign in the outskirts with his people not sending them tom Lusaka to protest where there are elite people. shame on HH, shame on UPND
SUPPOSED SATA APPOINTS MUTEMBO AS CHIEF JUSTICE OR HIS BROTHER NCHIMA NCHITO SC AS CHIEF JUSTICE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY? IT IS BETTER TO BE WISE EVEN WHEN YOU PROTEST. BE SOBBER MINDED AND CONSENTRATE ON THINGS THAT MATTER.
@ chisenga
If he did that we would protest even more, non of the two mentioned have sat on the bench as Judges and by that alone, they are disqualified. In addition, Mutembo is a known crook and that is added point that would disqualify him further.
UPND practicing children politics again. Nzelu zabasilila after realizing they are losing all four by elections. Kaya ku 2016. I foresee big big victory for PF
There will be no PF in 2016. It will be dead by then. You will start cannibalising yourselves very soon. The only glue that is holding you together will soon lose its grip! You will soon be in the wilderness. Mark my word! God is about to destroy PF that is why you are seeing all this madness and violence from your leader and his criminal followers!
ati ”FUMAPO KABIYE” pwahaaaaaa!!! yaba,wonders will never end.
@4, 5, 6 & 9, You are one and the same blogger.
well spotted.
You are right! Looks like a hired blogger.
kekekekekek.. the chap is dull,, he just completed those cheap kaponya computer courses being offered by red lips kabimba… and ran to nakonde,Tanzania,, and started blogging from the diaspora..kekekekekekekekek
worse still, he’s writing stuff and then writing again to congratulate himself on what he just wrote.
That is so ridiculously funny.
“Spot on Mate” he wrote to himself
Distant Drums ai wanama. I am not part of the blogger you are accusing to be the same one on 4 5 6 and 9
It’s you who is wasting time with your lunatic (MCS)!!!!
From 3 to 6
Your thought process is amazing to say the least. Are you suggesting that an opposition political party should not voice their disgust by protesting against the the illegal actions of the incumbent? What then would be their duty as opposition MP’s? It is this kind of thinking that is giving ligitmacy to the unconstitutional practices of Sata and his PF Govt. soon you will be asking what’s the point of potential opposition candidates campaigning when they get attacked by the PF? It is better to stand on principle and be locked up than to remain passive while your freedoms are slowly but surely being taken away (Mandela is a good example). It won’t be long before such acts are upon yourselves.
“Instructions from above”!! Had no idea that the Zambia Police is now talking to god directly!
neither did i know lol
The message is clear,move out of that office.the law should have no eyes but you are giving it eyes.
the more i read the Post,daily mail,tumfweko and watch znbc,the more i hate rb,hh nevers etc.the more i read the zwd,zambiareports,zambianeye and daily nation,the more i hate sata,cosmo,mpenzeni etc
Sosala should have been truthful and say, she was waiting for instructions from Mm’membe before releasing them. And what a charge? How can the delivering a petition cause breach of the peace? Two people delivering a document to the High Court is never likely to cause a breach of the peace. How many contentious documents have been delivered to that court in different contentious cases? Some even involving former heads of state, Sata, Mm’membe and all. None of those caused any breach of the peace. If anything, it was the PF cadre’s behaviours that was more likely to do that when they protested against the duly appointed Former Chief Justice Ernest Sakala. No arrests where made then and I remember a Snr Police officer suggesting that the protestors had a right protest peacefully.
Step Down Down Down Down Down Down Down Down..you are legal liability,kabiye..pyamo!
“..the offence of conduct likely to cause the breach of piece” ?
AS USUAL IT’S THE PATRIOTIC FOOLS IN SUPPORT OF THE BREAK DOWN OF LAW AND ORDER.AM NOT SURPRISED,EVEN THE BIBLE MENTIONS THEM IN PROVERBS 27:22
” Though you grind a fool in a mortar,grinding them like grain with a pestle,
you will not remove their folly from them.”
THE PATRIOTIC FOOLS WILL PERISH WITH THEIR FOOLISHNESS.
Some UPND members are useless and do not think right, the way they want to remove Justice Chibesakunda by Power. You would think these people are not educated. They may have valid reasons to have Judge Chibesakunda removed, but the method used is wrong and bad. These two guys are cowards & brainless. Demonstration should be directed to the appointing authority to remove Judge Chibesakunda. Chief Justice Sakala was removed at your cry, now you want Chibesakunda removed. If MUTEMBO or his brother or any person like is appointed to act as a chief Justice what are you going to do? The power given to a Zambian president is TOO MUCH. The president can play games within the authority given to him. I blame the opposition parties for the failure to input in the constitution being drafted.
Think iwe – nobody has a problem with the appointment of anybody who meets the qualifications and passes ratification. How dull can you be!
Very dull …..
@See, can you suggest the correct way to redress this illegality when the government is intransigent? Didnt the PF use the same tactics to hound out Ernest Sakala? Those protesting are using this route because all other avenues have been closed. Where have you been sir? In Canada I note.
Though you grind a F.O.O.L in a mortar,grinding them like grain with a pestle,
you will not remove their F.O.O.L.I.S.H.NE.S.S.S from them.”
PATRIOTIC F.O.O.L.S
I think LT should have an open post where bloggers can chat about anything. I found this sentence on the Post .
PRESIDENT Michael Sata and I want the people of Zambia to cry and not celebrate when we die, says Vice-President Dr Guy Scott.
Second time I am laughing today, at the ludicrousness of what someone says. First was the guy replying to himself and agreeing with himself.
It seems to me that many are praying to celebrate.
Your sphere of reasoning of the current prevailing situation in Zambia is distorted and it’s either you are not out touch with the reality in Zambia or you are suffering from paradigm paralysis just like the rest of the majority of people supporting the patriotic fools oops,f.o.o.l.s
#25,Your sphere of reasoning of the current prevailing situation in Zambia is distorted and it’s either you are not out touch with the reality in Zambia or you are suffering from paradigm paralysis just like the rest of the majority of people supporting the patriotic ***** oops,f.o.o.l.s
I get worried at the low calibre of some bloggers. The y do not realise that their blind loyalty is embarrassing the ruling party. How does a person get arrested for delivering a petition? The poster? Yes, upnd is a political party and are merely expressing themselves politically just like HE expressed himself in Chipata over hh and frank. The issue of the CJ is very serious. She does not qualify. Kaponya’s failure to understand this is not surprising. Sure PF leadership is addressing the issue.
@saulosi. Only that these children are not Tonga but UPND and more importantly, plainly Zambian!
If these 2 gallant peaceful protesters had been Southerners, the likes of a blogger under the guise of “George Bush” and yourself would have screamed “tribalists”!
What does the Judiciary say in answer to the petition? What do the Human Rights Advocates like Transparency International Zambia and the Human Rights Commission say about how this impacts the freedom of expression?
Is acting chief justice male or female. The face and body can go either way.
Amazoni
@The Real issue. All those bodies won’t utter a thing. They are the same people with same agendas. Does any one expect Yangailo from Human rights to say anything9l?
In short the country is literally under siege. The Head of the Executive is compromised, head of Judiciary is compromised. Head of Legislature is compromised. All 3 arms of Government are gone! Its never happened in the History of our country. Very sad.
And the media
I am happy we managed to delete ZWD. We will make sure we shred all.
Delete what you fool! am in zambia i can still access zambianwatchdog
leave ZWD alone u haters u have blocked them so dont tok about them
lol.. you think so? we still access it only dull people like you and your gov can’t!!!!!!
@Nostradmus,
I always thought you were smart enough, the Zambia watchdog is ticking and by the way there is a ‘cousin’ to the watchdog, just log on to ‘Zambian eye’ and see for yourself. Whatever you do you will never silence the people.
Manje ba chief justice badwa bwanji illegal nsima munjumba mwao
Mr simusamba and upnd lead by his excellence hh deserve a pat. Foolish zambians support foolish things. Viva hh.
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