Copperbelt University Students this morning rioted and blocked Jambo driver over delayed meal allowances.
And Police in Kitwe has arrested one student in connection to the riotous behaviour.
The Students gathered at the Students monk square singing songs demanding that government and management addresses their needs.
In addressing the students COBUSU President Gerald Chiluba told the students that all classes be suspended up until government meets their needs.
Chiluba expressed displeasure that government was not crediting their accounts a week after opening school.
He said government was not being serious on how it was handling the affairs of the students. Chiluba said Student will not continue learning on empty stomach.
Meanwhile, Police fired tear-gas canisters to disperse the angry student who rioted and blocked Jambo drive.
Police managed to contain the students who at first reacted by throwing stones at them.
ANOTHER KAMBWILI’S FOOD FOR THOUGHT. CLOSE THE INSTITUTION AND PLEASE GOVERNMENT IS NOT OBLIGED TO PAY YOUR MEAL ALLOWANCES, ITS JUST A FAVOUR THAT CAN BE WITHDRAWN ANYTIME. The people in the picture don’t look like intellectuals, fire them all, as if nindalama zanyinawake
How come Jay Jay is leading Mushota? he only had 2 votes as at 17 hours yesterday. LT are you rigging ??
Mulungu abwele chabe, This government has failed us.
And these are the leaders of tomorrow? Zambians are good at talking and end up doing the opposite, if these kids can not sit and dialogue with the stake holders in a civilised manner now, what is the chance that they will when they get into leadership? on the other hand when these poliitical clowns we have fight each other in the streets or riot, the same kids will call them ‘uneducated ‘ uncivilised’…nough said!
PF PF…. you are USELESS like a used Tissue which has no purpose but to be thrown away. let us flash them out through the 2016 toilet.
voting is like going to the toilet you know what you are going to do but you don’t know the out come, either green or yellow.
That’s all they know ifikopo ifi. Useless students. No negotiating skills whatsoever!
Mulungu abwele chabe, This government has failed us.
It’s frightening how educated university faculty and their students fail to solve stup!dly problems. It seems every time there’s what appears to be a problem, (and I don’t see a problem here) their brains simply short-circuits and they resort to violence. Are these people retarded or what?
Sorry, I meant ‘stup!dly simple’ problems.
Boss, they are not retards. That is the only language your government understands.
Check their accounts by 18hrs today, they will be credited.
Hon kambwili was right its high time we corrected our children. if worker’s salaries can be delayed what of meal allowance? Hon john phiri see how kasonde has brot sanity in his ministry
The problem with violence is that solutions get more and more remote. It is always better to operate at belief system level than concrete level. It is crying when it gets dark. The sun will rise again. Capacity building should start from secondary schools.
As Col. Gadaffi would say, ‘You can protest all you want but do not go onto the streets and squares’. Its called bad manners.
Are most of you ignoring the fact that this is the arrangement at the moment? The govt. knows when the University calender starts. Every year there are delays. Instead of condemning the perennial incompetence of those in authority, you rush to condemn the students. Until a new system is in place, they are entitled to those meal allowances. Don’t some of you assess and contribute objectively? At least sometimes!!
Are we ignoring the fact that this is the current arrange they have with government? Not at all.
Are we rushing to condemn the behaviour of these retards? Absolutely!
An innocent bystander (a tax payer for that matter) outside uni campus has nothing to do with this problem.
They need to find a better way of resolving this problem with the Government e.g negotiate, negotiate
No wonder they take 5 years to complete a 3 yr degree.
As Nubian Princess said – “USELESS STUDENT”.
OK, so the government has not given the students their free meal, and the people of Riverside cannot get into town to do their work!!!
It is sad that the innocent people who are trying to go about their business have to be incovenienced.
Who writes for LT.The English in this story can only be written by Chief Mpezeni.:
All government universities and colleges should be closed up as government financing the medical check up of president Sata and his children and close relatives here in UK awaiting the eventuality of Sata’s medical check up. Other things in the nation should be at stand still, cheaper to close colleges and the entire country.