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Copperbelt Minister apologises to UPND and HH

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Copperbelt Minister Mwenya Musenge
Copperbelt Minister Mwenya Musenge

Copperbelt Minister Mwenya Musenge has apologised to the opposition UPND party on the act by some unknown Patriotic Front cadres who tried to disturb their conference at Kitwe’s Moba Hotel on Wednesday evening.

Mr. Musenge said Zambia is a Multi-party country therefore every political party as long as it is registered has a right to carry out their activities whenever they want to, as long as they have followed the necessary procedures.

He noted that that the UPND party followed all the necessary procedures to hold their conference in Kitwe of which he was also aware.

“As the Provincial Minister I strongly condemn the behaviour of the PF cadres who disturbed the activities of the opposition party, and I am not happy at all knowing that UPND followed all necessary procedures,” he said.

Mr. Musenge said President Edger Lungu is a peaceful and loving President who has always been advocating for peaceful political activities across the country.

He further stated that the Patriotic Front party has always been known to be a tolerant party and would want to continue along that path.

The Minister has however strongly warned all Patriotic Front cadres to quickly stop such violence adding that violence cannot strengthen a party.

Mr. Musenge further appealed to all political parties to refrain from such vices.

56 COMMENTS

    • HH is a man who dwells in doom and fails to see the light or humor in anything. He will never bring Zambia to prosperity. He is a prophet of doom.

    • Standard Operating Procedure daddy, cadres who were saying HH was stage managing what say yea? In Zambia you will hear HH getting arrested for BEING attacked thats ZP and cadres for you. PF ZP Mulobezi formula style

    • That is as it should be. Well done Mr. Minister, if you decide to stand for a parliamentary seat, you have my vote. It is surprising that the Deputy SG of the party deliberately plays dumb to the truth.

    • Nubian is a woman who dwells in doom and fails to see the light or humor in anything. She will never bring Zambia to prosperity. She is a prophet of doom…………………………………………………………
      – Sometimes we project what we see in ourselves on other people.

    • Surprising, sense and reality seems to be dawning in Senior PF members. Mr Musenge , you are an honorable man and I believe there are several of your caliber in PF. Let us not kill each other politics. We can differ in principle but lets us be civil

    • Analyising the evidence:
      1. HH reported on his FB page that he was attacked at Moba hotel and prevented from featuring on radio Chengelo.
      2. Moba hotel manager gave a verbal statement that no attacks took place and no guns were fired at Moba hotel, implying HH was lying.
      3. Moba Hotel issued an official statement on official headed paper and signed, confirming HH’s version of the story
      4. Speaker ordered home affairs minister to issue a ministerial statement over the matter.
      5. Copper-belt minister now apologises to UPND and castigates PF thugs.
      Conclusion: It is more probable that HH and his team were attacked contrary to the Moba hotel manager’s verbal statement which made people look at HH as a liar trying to win sympathy from the public and the international community

    • But why apologize if the cadres were unknown? How does he know they were PF cadres? It clearly shows that these minister don’t know how to behave!

    • This is lip service because you haven’t gone far Mr Minister.What are you going to do about the carder? Are you going to give him a slap on the wrist for breaking the law?

    • Kudos to you Mwenya Musenge for condemning those thugs from your party. Sadly, they are rarely on denned even by EL. Violence should be condemn irregardless of party of perpetrators. That should be the spirit! But PF cadres feel and think they own this country.

  1. Where are the PF cadres who were disputing the attack of HH? The MOBA hotel manager Ngosa should be sacked.

    • Ngosa ni wa “moba” chabe, I wonder how much was in his ka brown envelop, thumbs up the minister credit where it is due.

    • I personally don’t think the Ngosha guy exist or let alone issue that statement. I think that Ngosha person and statement was miraculously manufactured by LT in their usual bu@#$$ing -PF-a$$-licking-reporting of theirs! Lusaka Times is a PF stinking podium!

  2. Hats off to the gallant Copperbelt Minister! That’s what we call ‘leadership’. Where wrongs are committed, they should be admitted freely and the wronged should also magnanimously accept the tendered apology.

    • I agree that Mr Musenge shows a very sober and mature approach to the situation. He is probably in the wrong party because PF feed on lies and twisting of facts. I hope this minister keeps his job for a long time to come. Zambia needs decent people in leadership.

  3. The Kabimba mafia panga style is still in PF….Please rebrand Pf. Mwenya Musenge show Davies Chama what we mean by maturity. Thanks Hon Musenge you are a LEADER.

  4. I have noted with simpathy the absence of prominent bloggers on this forum. They have also realised how wrong they were to support such a useless and mediocre president as EL. Mwandini, a wiseman changes his mind! This country is going nowhere with the current crop of leaders. Zambia deserves better. The notion of one zambia one nation has been thrown into the dustin bin by the lungu administration. Things will never be the same again with EL at the helm. I forsse problems for Zambia for a very long time.

    • You must have just gotten out of a Don Quixote slumber to suggest such. We are fully awake and in support of Edgar as president of Zambia not of PF. Even if HH had won I was going to support him as Republican(Sic) president. Insulting your Head of State is a sign of being illiterate and backward.

    • @5.1 Don Quixote as a form of expression is completely irrelevant to the Zambian society and culture.

  5. Where are the PF cadres and MOBA hotel managerwho were disputing the attack of HH? PF continue talking nonse again when your PF copperbelt minister has already said the truth and what happened.

    • Musenge was not there to verify who these thugs were especially that any one can pose to be PF or anything unless you know them personally. Just simple PR by Mwenya

  6. That is really mature Mr Mwenya how I wish you GS you would have controlled the country. you are making HH populer

  7. Mwenya Musenge took a very bold step to condemn his cadres and I am sure by doing so he was putting his head on the chopping board. Don’t be surprised if you hear that Edgar Chagwa Jameson Lungu has dropped him from his ministerial position. The cadres were sent by Edgar Lungu himself and for Mwenya Musenge to apologise on behalf of the thugs it is an indictment on Lungu’s leadership and the PF. These PF thugs are not capable of thinking on their own; they have no brains and hence operate like robots. They always do what they do under orders. There was an instruction from statehouse to attack HH and Mwenya Musenga was not even in the picture because they know he has wisdom. The people behind this are Edgar Lungu, Kaizer Zulu and Chilubanama. By nature these chaps are thugs themselves.

    • Iwe you are a fool do not bring the President’s name in stupid things. Do you have proof those were real PF cadres, mark the word suspected, its either UPND organized the fracas to embarrass the GRZ or were just thugs paid by someone. Another thing is did UPND occupy the whole hotel because other guests should have complained. You reap what you sow ‘Mapatizya formula’.

  8. “And I am not happy at all knowing that UPND followed all necessary procedures,” he said………some ambiguity!

  9. This is a responsible minister. I commend him. If u had even 55% of ministers who think correctly, zambia would be better. But Edgar lungu must come out strongly on this otherwise we will go burundi’s way i tell u.

  10. Well done Minister Musenge for coming out in the open and admitting that you were aware of HH’s presence in your Province. You have shown true leadership and I am very proud of you!

    Now, how does this make that unprofessional police officer who gave a foolish contradictory statement feel? I pray that this is a lesson to all of us to be professional in our “small” jobs.

  11. Well done Mr Minister. your words brings hope to none violence in politics. I just hate anybody who supports violence or uses violence in the name of politics. “usually’ some good/sober comments in PF are from former UPND members. Musenge was once such, lubinda was, Inonge was, A lungu was at one time. I was in Kitwe on Wednesday and saw the Blue ZP landcruiser packed to the full with policemen/women near wusakile round about around 18h00 though i didn’t know their mission

  12. see the corrupt kaponya PF cadres who blogg here taking cover after they called HH a liar. Have you no brains the lot of you in PF to realise that some pipo can not lie about an event as serious as this as they are in the public eye and there is camera proof ? You are all as dull as kambwili who was on camera begging the UK to supply equipment for the PF mouth piece ZNBC where the opposition is not allowed. As a former foreign affairs minister he should have known the UK does not support none democratic mouth pieces, or was he showing PF caders and supporters how to beg when you see a white man ??? Those are the leaders in PF.

  13. Ba Musenge muli baume. We need people like you. All of us make mistakes as individuals or otherwise. The vital thing is to be able to apologize where we think we have wronged someone. That is the spirit of reconciliation we need in our leaders in our country. God bless you. Mr Chama learn something from this minister if at all you have capacity to.

  14. tts the way it should be, a political leader shud condemn violence where it is due pf minister show this ka tribal party that u shud apology wen yo cadres do something wrong not owas to run away an issue at hand

  15. I hope the minister will not be relieved of his duty for accepting what PF had vehemently denied. Thank you minister for tendering your apology, something Chama has found to tongue-bleeding to say. You are a real gentleman.

  16. EVEN MWENYA HAS FELT THE WING OF CHANGE BLOWING ACROSS THE.ANYHOW THANK YOU MINISTER FOR BEING A GENTLEMAN, WELCOME BACK HOME.

  17. Wow, unbelieavable but way to go Musenge !! A mature, wise and democratic man, you will be rewarded in the future.

  18. unknown pf cadres? be careful with UPND of nowadays. They are just crooks. They could be behind that thing. In fact if it comes to it I can bet my last Kwacha that HH is behind that vehicle with stones.

  19. Mr Musenge is very responsible citizen.If there more of him our democracy will be thriving.Pls get rid of Kambwili,mrs Phiri and Davies Chama cos they are very backward and un democratic.

  20. I didnt know there are some sensible people in PF..brave minister, if only you were in the position of Kambwili or Mumbi, I would join PF.

  21. What kind of a name for a hotel is that? Ati ‘Moba’ hotel. Kudos to the sensible minister. In the PF context, he is like an innocent sheep among wolves.

  22. Mature and respectable response from the Hon Minister. I hoped we had more of such people in our political system.

  23. It’s perfectly tiresome….all this hand wringing merely plays to the ‘civilised’ gallery.

    We can play polite politics but we must not play down HH and his very disruptive Modus Operandi.

    Emotions are heightened…….there is an election on the horizon. Soon it will be UPND wringing their hand.

    More seriously, why is it always PF and UPND that come to blows? Because UPND is targeting the ruling party.

  24. what maturity are some bloggers seeing in this minister? He was aware of HHs presence in kt & could be the one who organised the carders to harm HH.

  25. Nubian prince we know that u hate hh, but at times try to sit down think weather you truly,speak the truth, as i conclude allow me to machende,ako.

  26. Hon Mwenya Musenge is a builder and mature politician, the president should consider him for the position of chief government spokesperson.Hon Musenge is definitely assured of massive votes should he decide to recontest his parliamentary seat.He is a presidential material

  27. what is baffling though is that EL has not come out swinging at these so called cadres, when he is always threatening people over minutia. EL needs to stand up and be counted. I bet this minister will soon be fired for being reasonable. EL needs to show that he truly does not condone these activities by saying so loud and clear and in public. short of this, I will continue to believe otherwise

  28. This man is very mature, he cannot be like the chagwas, kambwilis, Mumbwa phiri, Chama chiwa, useless

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