Former Republican president Rupiah Banda’s son, Andrew has threatened to take legal action against Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) and Zambia Daily Mail for bias reporting in the violence that took place during the Mkaika parliamentary by-elections.
Mr Banda said at a media briefing in Chipata yesterday that he felt injured when two media institutions reported that he was one the one who produced a machete and started hacking Patriotic Front(PF) cadres in the just-ended Mkaika parliamentary by-election in Katete District.
He said during the violence in Mkaika was unarmed adding that he had no machete.
“Truly, if I had a machete, definitely about 20 PF members who were around would have killed me and I am a person who cannot even kill a fly,” Mr Banda said.
He said he feels that the two media institution sold him adding that he had no option but to take legal action against for mentioning his name that he was behind the attacks in Mkaika in which some people were hospitalized at St Francis Mission Hospital.
Mr Banda said the two public media would have verified the information with him unlike what happened of reporting wrong information to the public.
Mr Banda has since been charged with two counts of assault and would appear in Katete Magistrate Court on Wednesday.
He also advised President Michael Sata to stop the violence which was happening in the country by PF cadres.
Mr Banda said he had been in politics for more than 25 years but he was sudden to whatever was currently happening in the country now.
And Eastern Province MMD secretary Samuel Lugomo Phiri condemned the violence saying the opposition political party was unhappy.
Mr Phiri said it was sad that the violence in the country have reached alarming level.
“The Zambia Police more especially the command in the province is not professional in handling the matters of violence. Please I am asking the Zambia Police command to be professional with the way they were handling matters that can cause strife in the country,” he said.
Mr Phiri said the MMD party was strongly condemning the violence which were taking place in most of the areas of the country.
He however, asked for unreservedly apology from the PF for attacking the MMD cadres.
Mr Phiri also said the party in the province was saddened that the funeral of late Roman Catholic Cardinal Merdado Joseph Mazombwe was not accorded a national mourning by the Government.
ala, so the ‘innocent’ is appearing in court for assault.
why not wait for the outcome of your cases then sue if you are proven innocent. thats how it goes mwana.
otherwise you have spoken too soon.
Not so mature!
The Police has become a disgrace to the Zambian people. I am wondering whether Stella Libongani feels proud to be heading such a useless security arm of our country. The only conclusion we can make is that Stella Libongani herself is not qualified to head the Police Service. She was picked because she is connected to one of Sata’s concubines. Otherwise, Libongani is too junior and unqualified to head the police service. No wonder Sata manipulates her at will. She has never made any professional decisions since she assumed that position of IG. She waits for Sata to tell her what to do. Professional and qualified service men and women were by passed for the sake of a puppet such as Libongani. The police needs urgent reform if it has to deliver to the will of the majority Zambians. God help.
African politics and violence…awe mwandi.
Cindy, that’s easy Sweetie,either you pint them guys to your Facebook photos or even smarter, you can email some photos to me as the moderator, and I will avail them to these guys doubting that you are SMOKING hot! Just from what you are describing about those who marvel, I feel like hugging you. Dudelove bro, never ever doubt how hot this chick is, ever …
Ummmm nice try Dot.com!
Let him sue, he may get money to put fillers in his face. Man needs a face lift, his face has fallen in shame.
Nubian you can shoot my word, somehow you are right call the plasticsh chyruge please hihihihihi.
Statistically, chicks who comment a lot on political fora are never hot looking at all, apart from maybe Mushota whose comments are usually blonde-related.
Try me i dare you……. i guess you wouldnt believe! This is the guy who thinks beautiful and pretty girls have no brains, well i will keep proving all you guys wrong!
you need to prove that a third or fourth party proclaimed your hotness and not from your own assessment after glancing mu mirror mummy.
Am telling you this not because i look in the mirror no need for that, if only you knew the facts, Am proud to be Zambian and glad that i reprent well in that field, it’s so healing to hear and see not only Africans from other countries but white people day in day out marvel at the Zambian product in most cases asking where you were born just to be sure, in other funny instances comforting themselves you were adopted, thats how most of shallow people whites judge Africa dear, but it sure feels good to prove to them otherwise, as for you, dont think every woman is stupid when they posses the interligence and comfidence that you dont expect, its a pitty i cant prove it physically otherwise, i would iin a minute just to prove you wroooooooong!
Cindy, now I don’t doubt for a minute that you’re sizzling, what with the way you’ve described how white folk down there drool over you, I just wasn’t very amused about what you and the Nubian chick had to say about Andrew. I mean look at him? In my opinion he’s not that bad looking. You two were being nasty and I think you ought to apologise to me coz I look like o’l Andy up there!
Dude we were just having a laugh too much serious stuff on LT, you took it so personal cheer up it’s healthy.
Guess u rite, Kabimba has a way of ruining my day and I read too much of him lelo.
POLICE in Zambia are like DOGs who obey their master even when s/he is doing wrong things because s/he feeds them.
Who not know that pf is violet political party. PF violet is even rampant within it own party has recently witnessed over the endorsement of Sata.
Sue who ba Andrew? For what? Remember the Livingstone incident with Mwaliteta? Where did that end up? Just make a police report and we will follow up the case in 2016 when we have a competent police service (not force) that knows what they are doing. As long as we don’t have the strings for these puppets, we might as well forget and smile!
Dudelove you correct beautiful chicks have no time to comment on Politics
You boys are so shallow its ridiculous, what does beauty have to do with politics.
Hot chicks usually don’t like politics, busy enjoying life, but hey a few hot chicks like politics
Beauty has nothing to do with politics, thats why beautiful chicks stay away from it. Ninshi whose going to read bene True Love and People Magazines if they came here to do chimpwena?
Dot.com,
That tells me what kind of hot chicks you and most guys mingle with, i thought this was different error were alot more real hot chicks have surfaced and are independent not found on the other side of the streets, anyway, depends which streets you tread on.
Bring back Henry to Zambia then proceed to sue not ifyo ule cita!Justice fr u must first face justice fr Henry.
I FEAR FOR ANDREW NOW! HE HAS BEEN DADAD!!! WHEN DADA SPEAKS, US PF HATERS GNASH OUR TEETH AND TREMBLE! TREMBLE I TELLS YA!!