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Slain UPND female supporter buried

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Pall bearers carrying Mapenzi's coffin
Pall bearers carrying Mapenzi’s coffin

Multitudes of people yesterday afternoon attended the Church service and burial of Mapenzi Chibulo, the UPND female supporter who was killed by police last Friday.
The funeral service was held at Lusaka’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross attended by the UPND senior leadership and people from different walks of life.

And UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has expressed heartful condolences to Mapenzi’s family.

“We continue to pray to God that he comforts and guides you through this terrible time. Mapenzi was not the first of our supporters to be killed for the crime of being a UPND supporter. We pray to God she will be the last,” Mr Hichilema said.

Mr Hichilema stated, “There is no mystery as to how Mapenzi died. She was shot by those dressed in police uniforms in broad daylight. She was not armed. She was not a threat to anyone. Yet we are still waiting for those in positions of leadership to step up and accept responsibility. Where did the order for the use of live ammunition come from? Why were no warning shots fired?”

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“Who is equipping PF cadres with police uniforms and weapons? These are some of the questions that must be answered immediately and if Inspector General Kanganja and President Lungu cannot come up with the answers then they have once again shown themselves unfit to be in the offices they hold.”

Mr Hichilema said young supporters like Mapenzi are those the UPND want to deliver for in office.
“We want to make sure there are jobs for them and more than anything we want to make sure they have full access to quality education so that they have the opportunity to achieve great things regardless of their background,” Mr Hichilema said.
“After 18 months of President Lungu there is now an even bigger job ahead of us if we want to achieve this vision. We must unite to bring a return to peace and stability. We must focus heavily on improving governance and end the abuse of office by those at State House and their use of institutions such as the Police as arms of their party. We must end the corruption that resides at the heart of this uncaring regime who have treated government office as a ‘get rich quick’ scheme.”

Some of the UPND leaders during the Church service for the late Mapenzi
Some of the UPND leaders during the Church service for the late Mapenzi

56 COMMENTS

  1. A very painful death that should equally have attracted the women movement to march on the streets in protest. Why are the women only interested when its a man beating a woman for suspected adultery instead of being interested in condemning all forms of violence on women?

    • There is a murderer in State House and his name is Edgar Chagwa Lungu. Mapenzi’s blood is on his hands.

    • INONGE IS THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT IN THIS WHOLE TRAGEDY – more so SHE IS THE WOMEN HOLDING THE SECOND HIGHEST POLITICAL OFFICE IN THE LAND – yet she REMAINS IN HIDING AFTER MAPENZI’s DEATH – Now that Mapenzi has been laid to REST, This “PRETENTIOUS MOTHER OF THE NATION” has Mapenzi’s & Others Blood on HER HANDS!!! SHE HAS PREFERRED TO CONSORT WITH THE DEVIL & EVIL OF CHAGWA!!!

      AS A MOTHER, GRAND MOTHER & A WOMEN’S LEADER – one WOULD HAVE THOUGHT SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF CONDEMNING THIS COLD-BLOOD ACT EFFECTED ON A DEFENCELESS, INNOCENT YOUNG GIRL & MOTHER, Who now leaves AN ORPHAN all becoz of Political desperation – but honestly, NEED THERE HAVE THIS SHEDDING OF BLOOD??????? ALL FOR WHAT???? PERPETUATING THIEVING, IRRESPONSIBLE DRUNKENESS WHICH HAS BROUGHT THE…

    • ……HAS BROUGHT THE HIGHEST OFFICE OF THE LAND INTO DISREPUTE!!!

      INONGE the WINA name had carved itself an ICONIC place in history, but wow, HOW YOU HAVE NOW BROUGHT IT INTO IGNOMINIOUS & DESPICABLE DISREPUTE!!!!!

      Vote WISELY 11/8/2016!! Vote ZAMBIA FORWARD!! Vote FOR A UNITED, PEACEFUL & PROSPEROUS ZAMBIA!!
      Vote UPND!! Abantu baya!!

      #chagwamustfall!! #PamaFikuyabebele!!

      I thank you!!

    • VIOLENCE IN ZAMBIA HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AND IS PERPETRATED ONLY BY ONE PERSON, AND THAT PERSON IS EDGAR CHAKOLWA CHAGWA SMOOTH CRIMINAL KAMINAMINSA JAMESON KACHASU ARV HIV AIDS LUNGU. LUNGU SHOULD PAY HEAVILY FOR ALL THESE ATROCITIES HE IS COMMITTING IN OUR COUNTRY. LUNGU IS A SATANIST THIRSTY OF INNOCENT HUMAN BLOOD. LUNGU MUST PAY DEARLY. LUNGU MUST DIE!

    • Most Women are good but only come out to protest when its a marital issue. When it does not involve that they dont care. Women were supposed protest when that woman was stripped and even this one shot. Maybe they will protest in the ballot box.

    • A VERY PAINFUL AND HEART-RENDING DEATH INDEED. I INVITE THE CHILDISH CHILUFYA TAYALI TO READ HH’S ABOVE STATEMENT. I ALSO INVITE HIM TO READ MY COMMENT ON HIS USELESS ARTICLE WHICH HE POSTED ON ZAMBIAN EYE YESTERDAY. IF HE HAS ANY CONSCIENCE, WHICH I DOUBT HE HAS, HE SHOULD APOLOGISE TO THE NATION, THE BEREAVED FAMILY AND HH FOR MAKING LIGHT OF THIS TRAGIC AND PAINFUL LOSS. IT WAS HEARTLESS, THOUGHTLESS AND INCONSIDERATE OF HIM TO HAVE WRITTEN SUCH A RECKLESS, CHILDISH AND IRRESPONSIBLE STATEMENT JUST FOR MONEY. I ALSO CALL UPON LUNGU TO READ BISHOP KHAZILA’S STATEMENT AND REFLECT ON IT. LUNGU SHOULD OWN UP THE EVIL SCHEME HE HAS PUT IN PLACE TO WIN THE ELECTIONS. IT WILL LAND HIM IN SERIOUS TROUBLE BECAUSE IF HE CONTINUES WITH IT, THE PEOPLE HE THINKS TO BE DOCILE WILL NOT TAKE IT ANY…

    • MAY HER SOUL REST IN PEACE. HER BLOOD IS IN THE HANDS OF THE POLICEMAN AND THEIR TOP BOSS WHO INSTIGATED THIS>POLICE SHOULD PROTECT THE ZAMBIANS ARE NOT KILLING THEM. IT IS A SHAMEFUL TO THE GOVT BEHIND ALL THIS.

    • But Mr. HH, you said that three people were killed by Police! Or is it what you had hoped for? Mr. HH your funeral message is very inciting and provocative! You are not fit to be a Leader. Your language is full of bitterness, but for what? ECL has never been there when you have been losing and yet you hate him so much! It looks like politics is not your game…please quit and go back to the corporate boardroom…stop dreaming with your bitterness and hate for others you will never become ascend to the republic throne.

    • This is the problem we have with PF cadres like Kolopa, lack of understanding. Nobody hates EL or PF but their ideas and actions. HH and UPND are there to offer a different and progressive way of running government. In other words they are a government in waiting. Until you understand and internalise this fact, you will contiue hacking and killing innocent people. Listen to what people are saying and change yo ways.

  2. The question to be answered is why is it that violence in Zambian politics started when Lungu became president of PF and the president of Zambia?

    we have had elections before… why now when Lungu is in charge?

    The answer is very simple.

  3. Shame to those in PF.Sonta efyo mwapeye Mapenzi.In case you don’t know what the name of the deceased means is” problems”.PF you have brought problems on your bodies.This girl will haunt those that caused her death.PF you will lose in Chawama.

  4. Edgar Lungu sponsoring state violence. This is a serious crime and indictment upon the Head of State. This makes me remember Patrick Mwanawasa. I miss President Mwanawasa. When police officers harassed UNZA students, he called upon police command to bring to book the police officers who did that.

    President Mwanawasa was genuine and humble in heart. You can’t pretend to be humble because it is an issue of the heart and attitude. Edgar Lungu is a hypocrite and a murderer. The blood of Mapenzi will hang on his neck until he repents. He is busy fooling his fellow “fake christians” using his position of authority, thinking that God can be mocked. God can never be mocked.

  5. Let God deal with this president and his police man who shot dead this innocent woman and let all evil things be upon them. And women of Zambia you ate very quite on this issue why, let’s unite like the women who fought independence did

  6. Sacrificed by the red berets in a bid to go to state house……and who has sent Muntanga so early to his grave ? UPND / HH …….because he criticized them so much for their under five politics and they did not adopt him.

  7. GOD HAS WITHDRAWN WISDOM FROM LUNGU’S HEAD. LUNGU THINKS KILLING CITIZENS IS WHAT WILL GIVE HIM A VOTE. LUNGU IS A CURSE AND A SERIOUS DANGER TO OUR COUNTRY. VIOLENCE IN ZAMBIA HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AND IS PERPETRATED ONLY BY ONE PERSON, AND THAT PERSON IS EDGAR CHAKOLWA CHAGWA SMOOTH CRIMINAL KAMINAMINSA JAMESON KACHASU ARV HIV AIDS LUNGU. LUNGU SHOULD PAY HEAVILY FOR ALL THESE ATROCITIES HE IS COMMITTING IN OUR COUNTRY. LUNGU IS A SATANIST THIRSTY OF INNOCENT HUMAN BLOOD. LUNGU MUST PAY DEARLY. LUNGU MUST DIE!

  8. FELLOW ZAMBIANS WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS BLOOD TO HAVE BEEN SHED IN VAIN. WE SHOULD DEMAND JUSTICE. COME AUGUST 11TH WE SHOULD SWEEP THESE PF CADRES OUT AND GIVE OUR COUNTRY A FRESH START. AT SOME POINT WE SHOULD ALL SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. COME AUGUST 11 IT WILL BE JUDGEMENT DAY. THE DAY OF RECKONING IS NEAR! RAIN NO RAIN PF MUST BE VOTED OUT!!!!

  9. SONTAPO EPO WABOMBA = Mapenzi !!!!

    Twasontapo epo ba ECL mwa bomba = Mapenzi (MHSRIP). Friday 8th July.

    Ba Lungu Mwa bombeni !!!! = Mapenzi blood on your hands.

  10. Shame on all and anyone that has had a hand in Mapenzi’s death. you are worse than colonialists. Mapenzi is truly a freedom fighter!

  11. We refuse to be cowed and used by greed politicians whose selfishness to hold on to power or to go into power is promoting evil foreign cultures of hateful intolerance which is resulting in these killings and maiming. Our politicians have deceptively promoted tribalism, regionalism, racism, hate speeches, nepotism and corruption which have overwhelmingly raked our rank and file as a nation, and the way to stop this is by refusing to join them in their political hateful errands otherwise Zambia is in danger of turning into a failed state. Our president, being the commander of the defense forces should show impartial leadership and do more than just paying lip service to the stopping of violence which the PF is perpetuating in many provinces and the UPND in Southern Province. The…

  12. The perpetuators of violence in both parties are well known so they must be arrested and prosecuted without discrimination and without secret innuendos. Sir, if you fail know that our God shall do it and protect Zambians and you will miss an opportunity for favor and high esteem with God and with people within and without Zambia. Remember God cannot be mocked.
    Bishop Dr. Joseph Kazhila
    The Vision Mission Righteousness

  13. President Lungu-: “What have you done? The voice of “Mapenzi’s” blood is crying to Me from the ground. Genesis 4 : 10

  14. Still blind, shifting the blame to Lungu. the medicine for this is to respect the government of the day, if hh has done so no one was going to be killed, but no why should he listen after all he is also a president but a president of which country? for him not to obey orders. What will happen if he starts ruling all the political parties will not be listening to him also. If the police tells you that to day it is not conducive for you to do this but you can do it tomorrow or the other day, is it a crime, no but to upnd it is. the police knew why they did that and it was hh’s duty to guide the young onse but no he encourages them to riot. umulilo uchingile abakalamba taocha.

    • The question Mr lemba is why would it not be conducive? Can UPND attack themselves? This is a campaign period. Every party shud be free to campaign and picket. To you every march or demo by oppostion is a riot and you shoot. How did police manage those huge PF demos against Kabimba?

  15. To vote for Lungu is like giving him an open licence to shoot and kill more innocent and unarmed Zambians. It will be a vote for the continued looting of state resources, continuation of mismanagement of the economy. The zambian economy is broken and needs fixing. Lungu has no vision so cant fix the economy. Lungu is a liability to Zambia and must go. The only way Lungu can win these elections is to rig them. We know his rigging plans and we will stop him dead. Forward with HH,GBM and UPND.

  16. Mapenzi was killed by hh. If hh is a leader he would have acted like what one Sata did. When Pf lost in 2008 people wanted to take to the streets but Sata told us to stay away. He encouraged cadres to be attending mmd rallies and receive all the donations help put up RB posters but said don’t kubeba. Show them love and respect the law but vote for Pf. Now this chimbwi hh is telling his weak cadres trained by gbm to go and fight police. He lose and start blaming Lungu. What a swine in a human being of hh.

    • Tell us what has happened to the shooter? If they are all quiet, then it becomes obvious as to who gave the shooting instruction.

  17. ..this is really hurting..how would a father in uniform surely aim a barrel of his loaded gun to a defenseless crowd…what was going thru his mind at that moment just before he fired the gun..??…in the first place why did the commander of that operation allow or request for loaded guns..??..were these cadres charging towards the cops or they were running away..??..anyway even if Kanganja had to give answers to these questions it will never bring back our dear daughter, sister, friend and above all a mother…..right now I feel like squeezing my two hand around the neck of this trigger happy cop until he gasps his last breath….

  18. 11TH AUGUST WILL BE TOO LATE LET LUNGU MUST BE MADE TO DANCE TO THE MUSIC HE IS PLAYING NOW. WE KNOW WHAT HE IS PLANNING FURTHER TO DO IN DESTROYING ZAMBIA. WHAT IS WORSE ABOUT LUNGU IS THAT HE DOES NOT EVEN FEAR GOD AS PRESIDENT OF A CHRISTIAN NATION! HE IS BUSY SHOWING HIS SATANIC FRIENDS WHAT HE CAN DO AS A MUSLIM TO CHRISTIANS! HE IS DOING ALL THIS EVIL SO AS TO POSTPONE ELECTIONS OR HAVE STATE OF EMERGENCY AND EXTEND HIS STAY AT STATE HOUSE. ZAMBIA WAKE UP! THIS IS ONE REASON WHY HE ALLOWED HIS ILLEGAL MINISTERS IN OFFICE UNLAWFULLY. WHY DO WE ALLOW HIM TO INTERPRET THE LAW HIS OWN WAY?NEXT WE WILL START SEEING SOLDIERS IN UNIFORM KILLING US WHEN THE PF POLICE FAIL TO QUENCH THE FIRE OF PROTESTS

  19. Very disappointing indeed to have a republican president in the name of Chagwa ad Inonge who remain quiet after the death of an inoccent girl I can assure u God never sleeps the time of his power is coming u think u can keep on mocking God we all know wat you are doing and the world knows Zambian is meant for the true God not the god u pretend the cheat Zambians about Soon and very soon God will expose u shame on you

  20. If only people had eyes and ears to see and listen with an independent mind, they will surely know what killed Mapenzi and which ever party is responsible for her blood, shall never see STATE HOUSE COME WHAT MAY.

  21. Opinions in this case are well laid out in this forum with regards to the tragic loss of life and countless number of violent encounters between the parties and their supporters.
    Rather than fight each other as the citizens and voters electing these ‘leaders’ to office, the leaders should come out and denounce this violent barbaric behavior on the same stage and put politics a-side for a minute.
    And the silence from State House most importantly from the Vice President, is deafening.
    To lose your life for freedom of expression is unspeakable, and justice must be sought. If the ECZ is truly independent all parties must be summoned and a true investigation to be in play and get the cowards that did this.
    My heart goes to the family and prayers as always to mother Zambia, never more…

    • @Theresa The platform is this website and the forum is the subject of the matter the unlawful death of this lady.

  22. Your so called HH should take the blame. The police told you fools about the cancelled rally. If the Satanist HH were normal he could have addressed you to disperse and go home peacefully since the rally was cancelled but alas! what happened, he incited you blind and mindless followers to go ahead with an unlawful procession, for what? Who benefited? See now your foolishness has caused the death of an innocent lady. It is called foolish pride!

  23. If Lungu really had no involvement in the death of this young Zambian citizen he should have attended the funeral himself.

    That he stayed away shows his evil and callous nature, and his guilty conscience.

    No doubt, especially after he surrounded State House with his PF police in fear of retribution. He ordered it.

    Zambia must throw this murderer OUT!

  24. Lungu has blood on his hands and if we don’t stop him he will continue to kill us and the economy of our grate nation. Vote for change!!!

  25. Law abiding citizens should sober up. Politics is not worth dying for. The blame on this girl’s death is squarely on HH and UPND. You were told the rallies have been cancelled, but these foolish cadres gathered. It is even alleged they started the live ammunition shooting ( We have not heard from the police on this one). What I’m saying is ordinary citizens should carefully listen to these politicians or they will die and end up in hell for nothing. No UPND leader was anywhere near those demonstration. No upnd leader was injured. Some of them where probably on top of their wives when this was occurring. They send innocent kids to protest and they hide in mansions and expensive cars only to appear when you are injured and at UTH. Citizens avoid these foolish leaders and stay home. Those…

  26. RB murder the lozi people and he was hounded out. EL just showed that he cannot protect us. Lets hound him out also.

  27. Umweo waba mukutwi the bembas say,masau youre right, now the same leaders of Upnd that incited their damn n blind followers want gain political mileage over the death of an innocent soul…HHs arrogance will lead him nowere bt will earn u his stupid followers a place in the beyond… youths lets use our heads o will end up dying before out time and at our prime…Rest in peace mapenzi

  28. UPND TRYING TO WIN SYMPATHY VOTES FROM THE DEATH OF THEIR CADRE. IN ZAMBIA, ANYONE WHO DIES IS A HERO REGARDLESS OF THE LIFE THEY LEAD. THIS LADY COULD HAVE BEEN A STONE-THROWING-THUG WHO WAS A THREAT TO PUBLIC SECURITY. BUT AS USUAL ANY DEAD PERSON IS A HERO. I DONT SUPPORT HER KILLING. THE POLICE SHOULD HAVE FOUND OTHER WAYS OF MANAGING SUCH CADRES.

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