The recent calls for Barotseland to secede from Zambia are different as they are well coordinated at international level by a certain organised clique as revealed by continued investigations into last week’s disturbances.
Government will intensify investigations to pursue the clique which has escalated an international campaign for secession. This has also been done to mobilise resources, international lawyers and recruit individuals and civil society groupings to support their cause of Western Province seceding from Zambia.
The country has in the past held debates on the possible restoration of the Barotse Agreement of 1964. However the recent activities outlined here is totally different as the recent calls demand Western Province to secede from Zambia.
It is important to note that this entity has established a secession government in exile, and has registered and affiliated the so called Barotseland government to international organisation known to promote secession and breakaway provinces from current independent states.
This entity has also set up a website with direct contact [email protected]
Most of the recent correspondences and petition letters have been written to the United Nations, the African Union, to the Southern Africa Development Coordinating Committee (SADC) and others have been generated by this clique.
This entity also writes letters to international dignitaries visiting Zambia. For example when the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, this entity wrote a demand letter dated 16th April 2012, claiming that Barotseland as nation was under subjugation and was being dominated by Zambia and the call for their right to self -determination and self-rule was justified under the United General Assembly Resolution 545 (vi).
Further this entity is running an online newspaper called Barotse Post and is also running a blog radio called Radio Barotselan, where subversive and seditious material is freely circulated.
The entity has also registered the so called Barotseland government to session movements that fund and support these activities. The following are the organisation
1. The Organisation of Emerging African States (OEAS) (www.oeas.info) – with Headquarters in Washington DC, The OEAS was established by the so called Washington Declaration of 2010. Its Secretary General is a Mr. Ebenezer Derek Mbongo Akwanga a Cameroonian who advocates for the secession of Southern Cameroon. It now has registered members totalling 26 of groupings promoting so called states to breakaway that include Barotseland. On its list, it includes Kabinda in Angola, Matabeleland in Zimbabwe, Caprivi in Namibia and Kivu. The OEAS is run by a Bureau which provides resources, planning, administration and publicity for “member states”. The organisation is credited with championing the cause of South Sudan
2. The Federation of Free States of Africa (FFSA) – the organisation was formed in 2007. The Secretary General is also Cameroonian by the name of Mangovo Ngoyo and his deputy is an American known as Michael Johnson. This organisation also advocates the right to self-determination and promotes the secession of parts of a country from their mother State. Barotseland is also a member.
Another matter of concern is the letter that was written to an organ of the African Union.
On 3rd December, former Ngambela Clement Wanyae Sinyinda of Barotse Royal Establishment (BRE) and on behalf of the Litunga, Lubosi Imwiko (II) and on behalf of the Kuta of Barotseland wrote a complaint letter to the African Union (AU) organ, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR). He founded his complaint on Article 55 and 56 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
On 17the December 2012, the Commission received the complaint.
On 1st March 2013, the Commission acknowledged receipt of this letter and registered the communication as 492/12 titled – The Ngambela of Barotseland and Others Vs. Zambia.
This letter was couched in language and procedure that meets the eligibility criteria of the ACHPR.
Secretary of the Commission Dr. Ngambela was directed to present evidence and arguments on the admissibility of the communication within two months as required under Rule 105 (1).
The Commission sitting in Banjul, Gambia in the 13th Extra-Ordinary Session from 19th -25th February 2013 decided that;
1. The African Commission is seized of this complaint because it reveals prima facie violation of the rights guaranteed by the African Charter
2. The African Commission calls on the Complaint to present evidence and arguments on admissibility within two (2) months in accordance with Rule 105(1) of its Rules and Procedure.
Although Clement Wainyae Sinyinda was fired or resigned as Ngambela of the Litunga and Kuta, this complaint has however not been withdrawn or disowned by those it was written on behalf.
Further, it must be noted that the ultimate findings of this body will only make recommendations to the African Union General Conference.
It is for this reason that the Attorney General of Zambia has to ensure that the Complaint is dismissed or expunged from the African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights as this is an organ of the African Union based in Banjul, Gambia.
As a country, it’s imperative to immediately act when the constitutional order of the country is seriously threatened and so that the development agenda is not derailed.
Emmanuel Mwamba
Permanent Secretary
WESTERN PROVINCE
Pursue them till they are behind bars.We shouldn`t tolerate such elements.
Why you think there should just be a Zambia?
There was no Zambia before, some people created it, and I wonder why there can’t be a Kingdom of Barotseland, which in fact is will be much better than your Zambia?
Nostradamus with the American flag is an impostor. He supports seccession, while I, the real, and clear-minded Nostradamus believes in a Zambia as at independence. Sata you are doing a good job, don’t give the Lozi’s a chance to create their own state. Make them understand that we are but one people, therefore one republic. Long live the republic.
Dont be suprised if you find mmembe`s hand or finger behind all this baroste mess.. very strange the post has not reported anything on this issue or written an oppossing opinion like they usually do on thorny issues
I know the real Nostradamus, can both of you enlighten us on the origin of your spouses? we know where she hails from, but it’s a test querrie.
Not western province but district so go pack out! Among non-loazy people won’t agree with your selfness!
let them come in the open, we are tired of lozis this lozis that
Is it fair to say that you are part of a clique that is desperately trying to mislead people? I am sure there is not shortage of blog names for you to feel constrained or the need to copy an existing name.
What is it with us Zambians we spent the last 5 weeks debating about whether corrupt MPs should stand for by-elections seats and now sidelined by this again …when are we going to direct the selfsame energies to tangible bread and butter issues…when?
You see there is something wrong with you Zambians. Who wants to be part of it anyway?
please can the governmetn deal with this issue once and for all *************************
and please block this site not watchdog
GOOD WORK PS MWAMBA, ITS TIME TO GET TOUGH WITH THESE ENEMIES OF PEACE!!!
Even a Rat knows that the hungry poor people are being used by cowards by some minions, remember that even during slavery, africans were used to capture their own in exchange of sugar or a mirror, this is no different matter, only this time the africans behind it are a bit educated but thier scope is still the same!
We read all that from the WD 3 months ago.
After all, who cares ? Each province can become an independent state on its than this tribalism we are witnessing at the moment – Viva Lozis, Viva Litunga.
Let the Lozi’s have their land, Zambia will be better off without them….less mouths to feed off the meager budget allocations! I would be worried if it was the Kopala or NW Provinces with all that copper.
I wana be part of Barotseland fimofimo, i cant live in zambia where CNP is raping zambia. i will be a refuge in Barotse for now. Long live Barotseland
Divide and rule…that is why we r still poor as africa.Anyone who wants to establish a nation purely on ethnic lines has not learnt from history. So many of us have inter married are friends with,work with,pray with people from all walks of life, all races and tribes.The colonisers did it to us now we want to be doing to our selves. So if western province becomes independent to day and we celebrate,the day after what happens when the so called “evil” Zambia does not provide for your health,education and security?money that is provided by taxpayers from all tribes by the way.Western province truly has developmental issues we need to address but what is being called for is not the answer things will just get worse. United we stand divided we fall
PF = pamtako Front
PF = pamatako Front
Clique is the in word for PF.
We know who is kabimbas clique but who is in the Bartose clique? Is it possible there is one induvidual who is in both?
I 100% say yes to that question, i have no doubt about it, the traitor is a wolf among the sheep!
@cindy
its the quark from the post news paper
Either way it makes sense, i dont read the post but on this one i say they hit it on the nail.
I really don’t know what MWAMBA is trying to achieve by putting this in the press. People are waiting for solutions, not another tirade of threats. Also considering some of the wording he has used in this letter, Mwamba will now find it very difficult to get cooperation from the very people who are supposed to help him in his work, but whom he is now subtly accussing of conniving with the perpertrators of the seccession call. It is the same mindset MWAMBA is displaying which is has led us to this stage. This letter is not providing any new information, except to children born yesterday. No one needs seccession, seccession is a dull-man’s solution. We all love Zambia. However, fighting dull seccessionists with daft letters like this does not help things.
WELLDONE BAROTSELAND GOVERNMENT INWAITI NG
Awake up message to all Barotzis .It is interesting to note that some blockers on this website have little or no knowledge of what is going on concerning our struggle to self determination. To start with:
I. Independence is attained by people concerned through unilateral declaration (UDI)
II. International community is just informed of the purpose, and lobby support or recognition.
III. Government structures have to be put in place after all requirements of statehood have been achieved.
IV. The transition government is the last step to be ushered in by same people declared independent not the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
NOTE: The fourth step is the most difficult one and usually leads to bloodshed. Are you ready??? Yes we are ready.
@Litunga,
Please come to your senses! Western Province does not make Barotseland so stop hiding behind this vile of reclaiming land when instead trying to mount a treasonable campaign. Let them make a coordinated case for the entire region that covered Barotseland. These “foreign sponsored” campaigns will only bring bloodshed among innocent people while the sponsors sit comfortably awaiting the end of the massacre before they fly in to take the spoils. If that campaign fails they will still remain in their armchairs watch without an ounce of guilt.
Baroste kinaaakooo!!!!! !!!! It our time to rule let get our land d sudanes did it we cant be oppressed whn we a sitting on gold!!!!!! luche buswa bwaluna!!!!!!
I met an old man yesterday who said that, he has asked the Almighty Lord to keep him safe and that that Lord should not take him to eternity, until he sees the independence of Barotseland…. … like that man in the bible who saw the birth of Jesus……… what will it be to see the people of Barotseland shouting together saying “Free at last……. free at last……….. thank God Almighty that we are free at last”!
Milupi my uncle am waiting for your comment.
I commend SATA for not playing in the hands of the opposition by saying He did not lie to the lozis since they did not vote for him. He should just work hard for their vote next time. Every vote counts!
Two Cameroonians, an African American namedJohnson. West Africa is a failed region and is jealous that the SADC region is eclipsing them in delivery of democracy. African Americans though I love them and we are their modern ancestors don’t. Have history and have lost all sense of family. Nkoyas Khulna and real Lozis stop these morons before you suffer like southern Sudanese are now. Greed of their new leaders has stolen billions.
TO ALL PERSONS, CITIZENS OF BAROTSELAND, REQUESTING THEM TO REMAIN AT PEACE, AND TO FOLLOW THEIR RIGHTFUL OCCUPATIONS WITHOUT FEAR OF MOLESTATION. KINAKO
Already fed up of this issue. I only hope it wont last long because we definately have a lot more important things to do than tearing our nations apart.
Why can’t Africans realise that unity is strength? They would rather continue fighting amongst themselves whilst the Americans, British, French and Chinese comfortably steal their gold, copper, diamonds, oil and even the very land they claim to own.
Nine Chale my brother. We are the oldest remaining founders of lusakatimes bloggers. We were here before maestro hh hh, mama G and Engine Bhloko. Let U’s be brothers again and fast and pray for the nine provinces of Zambia, from the western to th full eastern province. The devil has seen a crack in the Zambian Christian nation, or he thinks he has, the blood of Jesus covers us, no weapon formed against our united Zambia shall prosper, for where two or more are gathered Jesus is in their midst. Zambia as one in the LORD GOD JEHOVAH, Amen.
Amen. I’m on my knees with you my brother to interceed and overcome the spirit of division, selfishness and greed in our country.
MY HONEST OPINION; This secession issue was buried and forgoten because we all knew that its not good for our country cos it wud lead to blood shed and arnarchy but someone who thinks he is clever and more intelligent than all of us even the people who signed that doc went ahead to promise the people of western province that he was going to restore that agreement of 1964.Kaunda up to now is very quiet about it so was chiluba and mwanawasa why because they know its not possible for western province to secede from Zambia.Thus i put the entire blame on that man who has got to much lies in his mouth.i think its a lesson he has wel learnt not to just yap anyhow nowanda these days he is very quiet kwati nichibulu.SATA IS TO BLAME FOR ALL THIS NONSENSE
@dingiswayo the great : You seem oblivious to the reality that the Resolution by the BNC (Barotseland National Council) was executed during Rupiah Banda’s tenure. Barotseland used to be an MMD stronghold. Their fortunes were reversed when Rupiah Banda sent the army and policy to Mongu who ended up killing some protestors and arresting others, including 97 year old former Ngambela Mututwa of Senanga, who later died. You are ignoring all of that and making yourself believe that Michael Sata’s campaign promised to reinstate the BA 64 is what has resuscitated the issue. That’s very cheap propaganda against president Sata and the PF party. Otherwise, there never was a time since 1964 when it could be said that the Barotseland issue had died and forgotten about.
Viva Lozis soldier on, we are tired of one sided development and tribalism.
So if this is achieved, HH will never be president because bwengwa is in Barotseland? Milupi too will be disqualified! I am loving it
OK, if this is what they are up to, then Sata wamuyayaya mean while. He will rule indefinately. He will remain unchallenged in 2016 and all subsequent general elections. It is only president Sata who can not condone this nonsense from rats. Concerted efforts must be mobilised internationaly to arrest and cage those rats holed up in dark holes they call diaspora. People of Zambia and Western Province in particular must be angry with these miscreants who are jedopardising lives of innocent citizens. They are exploiting the humble youths by putting them as fronts for ill conceived motives.
Those who are supporting secession of Barotseland must think seriously about the possibility of other tribes like nkoyas who are in Western province.They must ask these questions:DO OTHER TRIBES OTHER THAN LOZIS SUPPORT SECCESSION?
WILL THESE TRIBES AGREE TO BE LOZI SUBJECTS? DO LOZIS IN OTHER PARTS OF ZAMBIA SUPPORT SECESSION?WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO LOZIS MARRIED TO NON LOZI TRIBES?WAT EFFECTS WILL SECESSION HAVE ON THESE FAMILIES?WILL LOZIS IN OTHER PARTS OF ZAMBIA AGREE TO ABANDON THEIR CONFORT ZONES AND GO BACK TO BAROTSELAND TO START A NEW LIFE?WHAT INFRUSTRCTURE DOES BOROTSELAND HAVE?WHAT ARE BOUNDARIES OF BAROTSELAND? WHAT ARE THE LOZIS IN OTHER PARTS OF ZAMBIA GOING TO LOSE OR GAIN? There are more questions than answers!These guys are hallucinating and they dont know the margnitude of
What a life!! you are lost.
how many tribes have been subject to bembas rulling zambia with corruption? are you ignorant. nkoyas fall under the Lozi group and we are brothers and sisters. we became part of zambia only through the barotse agreement of 1964. kk and his relatives became greed and cancelled that agreement thereby making us a colony of zambia, by force. and by the way, lozi is a language, and even with the incependence of barotseland, it will still be one of the officials lanaguges of zambia. those who want to remain in zambia let them. the Lozi currently living in barotseland are the ones affected by the independence.
leave us alone.
Mwamba, don’t play with Lori people, they can be bad and their patience is running out.
What u wrote looks like a leaked document.
U, cannot bring down bsrotseland and your schemes to try to play games there is not good.
The Louis can’t take kindly to your leaked letter.
Don’t count so much on guns and stone throwing. The battle for Barotseland is a battle of the brains. The Roger Chongwe Commission intimated something to that effect. Currently, the Zambian contingent appears too timid to confront the issue morally and intellectually by way of dialogue.
To every problem there is a solution. KK abrogated the 64BLA in 1969 and we were given an opportunity last year to restore the agreement as recommended in the report of our own commission of inquiry. This was neither granted nor debated by our cabinet.
The 64BLA is what binds former North Western Rhodesia and North Eastern Rhodesia, collectively called Zambia, as one. Without it in place there cannot Zambia meaning that the marriage of the two broke down in 1969. Legally, there is no Zambia based on this understanding.
However, 1969 is a very long time ago. Can the argument of Western Province to secede hold any water since the 64BLA was between North Western Rhodesia (5 provinces of today Zambia) and North Eastern Rhodesia at the time three provinces f today Zambia? (continues)
continuation.
Restoration of the 64BLA does not imply authorizing break away of Western province. It just means normalizing our relationship as enshrined in that agreement. The benefits of the Litunga are not even very far from what obtains in other chiefdoms, though his were a little bit enhanced.
The length of time coupled with the fact that Litunga Iluta Yeta and other prominent Lozis were full members of UNIP’s Central Committee, and many of them were/are ministers in the MMD and PF govts makes their case for secession weak. Lozis had the opportunity to remedy this situation.
The way forward:
My ‘humble patriotic suggestion to HE the president is that he discusses the Chongwe CoI findings on the 64BLA with his cabinet and choose to restore/renegotiate the agreement.
My advice to my brothers in WP is that the 64BLA was not between between WP and Zambia but between North Western Rhodesia and North Eastern Rhodesia. I don’t see how you (WP) come in and in any case issues concerning secession requires a referendum in the affected areas. Are you absolutely sure that if a referendum was held in the now six provinces of Zambia(of SP, WP, NWP, CBP, CP and LP) the YES for secession will go through?
@Dawson: You have so ably and aptly stated your case. Thousands others before you have done the same previously. But all have been rebuffed by the ruling class. The maturity and civility of any group of people is judged by how well they are able to resolve conflict among themselves. Now after nearly fifty years of independence, we seem to know no better than the use of force to resolve conflict. That’s our fate, it would seem. Indeed the Barotseland issue is not a BA 64 story per se. The BA 64 was only a tool that was put in place by some wise person to afford us the opportunity to create a nation that we would call our own and to which we would all feel belonging. That we have failed to do and the BA 64 has expired on us. That is our predicament, and yet we are not even aware of it!
Ama guys aba,mwamba and msisika takuli kuloleshanya pakuposhanya,yashani!!!!aaaa.
WHAT I CAN SAY TO ALL IS THAT,YOU SHOULD GO TO THE MAN OF GOD TB JOSHUA,AND LET HIM TELL YOU PEOPLE WHAT IS THE MINE OF GOD ABOUT SOUTHERN CAMEROON. GOD HELP YOU ALL AND BLESS YOU ALL
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