The Human Rights Commission has commenced investigations into the case in which some villagers in Mpika were forced to eat raw bubble fish for breaking the fish ban.
The Commission has also commenced investigations into the reported killing of five villagers by suspected ZAWA officers.
Newton Nguni, the Acting Chief Chiundaponde confirmed that investigators from the Human Rights Commission have started their investigations.
“Maybe there is some hope for Zambia. The Human Rights Commission went to Chiundaponde to investigate the matters I raised. The Commission did that without even waiting for my official report to reach them. Officers from Kasama went to the village to investigate,” Mr Nguni said.
He added, “For me this is a good sign. At least there are other people who will look at the authenticity of the allegations. May be not all public institutions are gone after all.”
Mr Nguni reported on 23 February 2014 about extra-judicial killing of people in Chiundaponde by ZAWA officers.
“I was informed that 5 people had lost lives at the hands of these trigger-happy officers. There are people who witnessed the shooting to death and others who buried the partially eaten up body. And there are also those who were forced to eat raw bubble fish and later sent to jail. I met them including the one who has been sick since then. “
Mr Nguni said he has no doubt that the HRC will render a credible report and therefore, all the people who know something about these matters shall co-operate fully with officers investigating the matter.
What about the abused Public Order Act, surely should we continue to hear outsiders voices more than our own HRC
MPIKA? … We know who comes from there – not a surprise at all
Sad to read, forcing people to eat tombolilo
when are we going to be independent nation
How cab a sane person feed others with raw bubble fish when we have enough laws? Perpetrators must be given proper punishment!!!!
That is the order of the day, signs and expectation; hope and latent rage. We never seem to see anything moving in the right direction with all the laws we have. All we seem to revel in is INVESTIGATIONS, COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY, AUTHORITIES! When are we really going to give our people just the basics they require? Whether or not these hapless villagers were guilty of a crime or not that act itself is inhumane as it is inhuman!
And Maybe the ZAWA officers have done their job properly and guilty offenders have concocted a story to get out of jail??
‘Sushi’?