Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services Kampamba Mulenga has said that the lawlessness being perpetrated by the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has vindicated Government’s position on the need to maintain the Public Order Act.
Speaking yesterday in an interview, Ms Mulenga, who is also the Chief Government Spokesperson, said that the Public Order Act (POA) is an essential piece of legislation that helps in maintaining law and order.
The chief government spokesperson also said that the POA will be amended at an appropriate time and that it should be progressive if Zambia is to maintain the cherished peace.
She said Government will not enact laws with potential to put the country on fire but will always act in national interest to ensure that it remains a safe place for all citizens.
“Those that are pushing for the amendment or repealing of the Public Order Act so that they can cause anarchy in the country should reflect on their positions. We don’t want lawlessness that can make our country ungovernable,” Ms Mulenga said.
Ms Mulenga said Government will cautiously handle constitutional provisions that border on law and order to avoid allowing individuals with selfish and evil motives to plunge the country into chaos.
Ms Mulenga, who is Kalulushi member of Parliament (MP), called for patriotism from all Zambians on matters of national interest and denounce acts that threaten national security.
She said President Lungu has demonstrated his commitment to peace and that his administration will at an appropriate time consider any progressive constitutional amendment proposal.
Ms Mulenga advised opposition politicians to put national interest first and respect the will of the people.
It is not ignorance that you know nothing. Stoopidity has no cure.
Wenyo chi back teeth with your ka tonga god ka hh..continue gnashing your dirty dentals..
This lady is so clueless. Laws should never be made directed at a particular party or person but the general good. She is so dull , she wears evening dresses to the office and sees nothing wrong with that….
It is clear she is not used to using what is between her ears but rather what is between her legs
Ignore this embalmed POLITICAL FILTH. She is just another PILE of FILTH.
She is right as well.
She has proved a materclass if an apointment.
Terminate HH and UPND and the cadres and this country will be the most peaceful country in the world.
I know what I’m talking about.
I’m completing my PHD soon, have an mba, Acca, cima Bsc, Ba, and Msc.
I’m only 27
Thanks
BB2014,16
Mushota you have been 27 since 2014.
You surely have discovered that elusive fountain of youth.
This is another empty tin…utterly useless tin who just reads whatever is put in-front of her and would do absolutely anything for Lazy without questioning. This dumb woman has no integrity at all, one minute she is refuting rumours about ZNBC not up for sale the next she is announcing that 60% has been sold off to the Chines for an EXIM Bank loan.
This is Chishimba Kambwili’s job, the copper wire stealing disgraced hapless man, and I will not be drawn into commenting further about the utterances of this woman.
Banda is to siliya as lungu is to mulenga.this bitch is sex beautiful
Facts about kuomboka and c’wala.
Kuomboka is from west, c’wala from east.
During kuomboka it should rain, During c’wala it should not rain.
I have been here since morning, anyone who has seen the orange flag here, have seen the Zambian flag, but the presidential flag, i can’t see it.
Terrible, njimbu any explanation?
Whoooo ! I can’t stop being amazed by the calibre of our ministers. How can you maintain a law directed at one party?
Is she being honest to say that lawlessness is being perpetrated by the opposition UPND and PF has clean hands? Is lawlessness not exhibited by PF? Why then did she not mention PF, just to be objective?
If some people think she is right, then I am not surprised our politicians are taking as for a ride, and they can do and say what they want knowing very well, that Zambians are so docile and nothing will happen.
Unfortunately, even the so-called “MBA, PHD” holders are after all empty tins not capable of analysing.
I totally agree with you, without public order act, this country will be ungovernable. We don’t have maturity in the opposition, especially the under 5 party and its kachema.
53 years after independence, Zambia is still using a colonial era legislation to suppress her citizens. That’s why Zambia must remain in the ICC so that Lungu cannot kill Zambians and get away with it. The POA was made by the colonialists to suppress and kill black people. There’s nothing honourable and benevolent about it.
But lawlessness is the Police denying your competitor the UPND the freedom to assemble and you the government who is in charge of the country allow it. If there is a security threat in Lusaka, the bloody Police chaps must provide the security. As a PF member, I get embarrassed by our behaviour
Thanks @Judy. We are Zambians first and we all need to make Zambia work. PF are just so intent on suppressing Zambians with opposing views that they can carry out ethnic cleansing.
@Judy, I am glad that even within PF there are people like you who are able to stand out and say loudly where things are wrong.
Indeed, we are Zambians first, regardless of political affiliations. And we should be the first one to tell these incapable politicians if they are wrong and not blindly be following or accepting all the s.h.i.t they say
IN RESPONSE TO DR PPRMC SPEAKING WITH KAYAMA RECENCENTLY ABOUT FALSE MEDIA ONLINE SPREEDING FALSE HOOD THE DR DECRA SHOULD ACCEPT CORRECT WHEN ITS LEAD AND POINTED TO HER THE SOCIAL MEDIA IS SUPPOSSED TO BE A SOCIAL TOOL TO FAITHFULLY AND HONNESTLY CORRECT ONE ANOTHER
THE MINISTER OF GENDER VICTOLIA KULIMA WAS PARROTING IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA AT UN AND THERE WERE TWEETES AS TO WHAT SHE WAS READING/PARROTING ITS CLEARLY SEEN ON CAMERA THAT SHE WAS READING VERY FAST AND THAT ATTRACTED TWEETS WHAT SHE WAS READING HAD NO REFERENCE TO THE GLOBAL GENDER GAP INDEX
WHEN YOU ARE AT UN AND TALKING ABOUT GENDER IF YOUR NATIONAL REPORT DOESNOT…
REFERENCE AND POWER POINT THE GLOBAL GENDER INDEX THEN YOU LOOSE THE AUDIENCE
WE HAVE THE DUTY TO REPOND AND CONTRIBUTE SO THAT THE FACE OF THE FIRST LADY AMAYI AMBUNGWE ACHIGWILIZANO CAN NOT BE LOST AND SEEN TO BE PARROTING
WHAT FOLLOWED AFTER THE LUSAKA TIIMES ADVISE FOR THE DAYS WAS MUCH BETTER BUT A SUMMARISED POWER POINT WOULD HAVE SAVED AND MADE YOU SHINE SIMPLY REFERING TO THE GLOBAL GENDER INDEX
AND THEN SOCIETY LIKE THOSE WOMEN IN LWANDA CHERISES SURVIVORS OF GENDER ISSUES WHO HAVE IMAGED NOT SUBMERVED
SO WHAT LUSAKA TIMES REPORTED WAS ACCURANTE AND FAIR SO THE DR SHOULD ACCEPT CORRECT BY THE MEDIA WHEN CLEARLY THE MINISTER VICTORY…
WAS PAROTING AND MADAM LUNGU WAS SINCERELY OFF CAFF 1ST DAY ONLY TO ALIGN MODELATELY IN THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED THE UN DENDER CONFERENCE
NEXT TIME YOU GO TO UN GENDER MEETING DR TRY TO REVIEW THE WORKS OF MATHEMATICA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND SEE HOW THEY RESEARCH ON GENDER AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AND MAKE SURE YOU REFERENCE THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
LUSAKA TIMES IS ACCURATELY FAIR AND PROFESSIONAL THE COMMENTS BY PEOPLE WAS MEANT TO POSITIVE CORRECTION
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What does the minister have to say about the long culture of violent PF cadres? I guess that is not lawless ,huh?
This woman has lost her marbles. I think getting phucked for a job leads to one not being objective. You are an ignorant f00l. Tell me who was behind the death of our female member killed just before elections. Tell me who was being the stoning of upnd buses and supporters during campaigns in Lusaka. Tell me who was being the killing of zaf officer while in the hands of pf police. Please do not insult our intelligence. You will find that pf is behind all this and tries to hide behind the police when we all know that pf cadres are now in police uniform. You will die young woman
May I know her academic and professional qualifications. Anyone with such info?
She has a loose Bemba poossy. That’s her only quals.
The POA is always convenient when you are the one in power. Wait until you are on the other ugly side. The same monster you are creating today will surely visit you when your time comes. Remember how Winter Kabimba became victim to the same horde of hooligans he was using to get at his rivals? Time is the best equalizer! As you pay attention at the lawless deeds of the opposition, don’t forget the lawless deeds in your own bedrooms!
The POA is what will be used to kill PF faster than Unip. Chimp-yongo is setting a very nice precedent of how PF can be suppressed when they are out of power.
Lawlessness has mostly being perpetrated by PF thugs especially those that are near the collidors of power at state house, the likes of Kaiza Zulu. How many police dockets have been opened against KZ and how many times have we seeing any action by police on this PF thug? Dora Siliya, how many tribunals has she escaped due to continued shielding of her by those in power? “Nine kawalala wanyoko”, popularly RB, his corruption cases are still in public domain but what is being done about those cases? Nothing and ECL has embraced this disgraced old man. Any way, birds of the same feathers flock together and the two can not walk together unless they agree……………………..
The international community is listening to what this nitwit is puking at this level of governance. So the POA is meat to deal with the UPND? What a callous and ignorant way of thinking. This law was enacted by our colonial masters to deprive us of our rights to associate, assemble, freedom to express ourselves and to stifle our efforts towards self governance. Where did this nincompoop go to school not to understand this simple fact? This is the price we pay for having such misguided, empty tins as our leaders. My heart bleeds, what have we done to deserve this kind of stupidity?
Lungu asking UPND Leaders to recognise first b4 Dialogue is like a Doubtful Father telling doubtful Children to recognize him first b4 doing a DNA Test to prove paternity of the Children. Its madness. Lungu should just subject himself to an Election Petition DNA Test if he wants to be recognized by the Petitioners anf and their Supporters. Ordinary Zambians want to know who won the Election and who is their Legitimate President. They know Lungu lost the Election to HH but is i?legally clinging to State House. Illegitimacy is costly and painful. Lungu is feeling the pain and the pressures. Lungu should set himself free and allow the Petition to be heard.
Ati i wont recognise ecl. Is that oppostion.
The boy next to me was in gled one. Humwine was in oppostion. The boy is now at yunza. Humwine is stil) in oppostion.
And we still have people out that believe Humwine will rule zambia ki ki ki ki ki
Typical PF dimwit. Cannot spell and cannot reason.
Does this Lady understand that Human Rights are Fundamental and Universal?Does she understand that the Rights to be heard in Court, to assemble,associate, speak and boycott an injustice in Parliament are enshrined in the current Bill of Rights administered by the High of Zambia? I am Ms Mulenga knows that Lawlessness and violence is the DNA of the Panga Family. Does this Prostitute even know what she is talking about? Get a life and stop defending the indefensible.
No sensible thing makes sense to UPNDonkeys. They will oppose anything and anyone as long as they live. Most sensible thing to do is to let them rant and rant and rant and rant as much as they want about their dead petition and ignore them. In order to ensure peace when they rant, just make it a standing policy that no permit is ever given them to hold meetings and if they say anything unlawful, take them in immediately. HH has said that he has tasted police cells, well I say one night or two is not enough, lock him for even just one month at Kamfinsa then he will understand. Have you heard Elisha Matambo rant since he was released from Kamfinsa? No! He has come to his senses after his family told him to let HH go to Kamfinsa himself not abusing other women’s husbands or other…
Terrible – This is a COLONIAL LAW – I thought Zambia was done with coloniasm 51 years ago !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we say AWAY WITH COLONIASM BUT YET WE STILL RULE BY COLONIASTS LAWS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Hamulenga:which human rights are you talking about?Hon.Kampamba Mulenga is very correct.HH’s way of doing politics is very annoying.in other countries,HH could have already caused civil war.SO LET PF GOVNT MAINTAIN THIS CURRENT POA UNTIL SUCH A TIME WHEN OUR OPPOSITION PARTIES ESPECIALLY UPND WILL MATURE!!WE NEED PEACE IN ZAMBIA.MOREOVER,ZAMBIA IS BIGGER THAN KAINDE!!HH has been in opposition since 2006 when i was at the University(s boy).today am grown with 2 kids and built my own house but still Kainde is in opposition!!my kids will complete secondary school and university but still leave HH in opposition-AMAZING!!!HH IS UNVOTABLE-NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT!!
So in your little brain, Nigel Farage of UKIP should have been Prime Minister of UK because he has been in opposition for many years. You are as daft as a statue!
Tasinta!
52 YEARS AGO ZAMBIA GOT INDEPENDENCE FROM THE BRITISH.
52 YEARS ON AND WE STILL RULE BY COLONIAST LAWS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS – WHERE IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT ?
VERY SOON THEY WILL REINTRODUCE LAWS THAT LIMIT OUR INTERNET USAGE ( JUST AS THEY DID WITH THE POST NEWSPAPER – AS SOON AS THE POST TURNED AGAINST THEM THEY SHUT THEM DOWN)!!!
THIS MATTER SHOULD BE TAKEN TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COURT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome to Animal Farm.
Mwebantu only Africa, N Korea and China have information ministries. Ask yourselves why.
HH thinks by breaking the law he can provoke the police and blame it on Lungu once arrested.
He hopes that by that, the international community can speak for him.
I advise him to forget – he was once in cells with his new friend, gbm on the Copperbelt just after elections.
No one from the international community was bothered to speak even a word.
Instead EU was busy reaffirming their commitment to increasing funding to Zambia, while he was still in cells with his big brother.
Indeed upnd is ruled by under 5 leader, Sata was rite HH is totally ignorant of leadership qualitys for he never went through the Chanel of being a class monitor, team captain, school prefect, club chairman, ward chairman and beyond….! Anyway I can’t say more but I’ll only advise him to humble himself and God will lift him up !!!
chikubabe and if your Lungu won the election why are you failing to unvail the pettition to silence these followers of HH? Ninsonifye. Can you give us or send us pictures of Lungu you clain to be legally elected president in Western province?
Read the Bible, in the Book of Samuel about Soul and David and you will understand why stolen power pains. Lungu soon will go to the grave yeards to consult Sata who is resting in peace by invoking his spirit
We don’t unveil expired petitions.
Especially if the one who expires it is the petitioner himself.
I should have thought about this question; WHY IS THIS LADY NOT MARRIED? Any way that is her business but we perceive unmarried ladies at her age very unstable. You madam Minister should be truthful and tell the Nation what was on the ground in Kanyama. You know the truth, just like in the ZAF Officers death and you have chosen to tarnish the name of the opposition. Ms Mulenga your post should prioritize UNIFYING all Zambians regardless of Political or tribal placement. Your idea should be to avoid polarization of the tribes because this is a recipe for tribal wars as was the case in Rwanda and what pertains in the middle East. That should go at once and the earlier you get this on your agenda the better for every Zambian present and future. Stop divisive politics, I beg you PF.
nzelu zamahule..
UPND, IS THE ONLY REASON FOR POA YO REMAIN.
ARREST HH GIVE HIM A CRIMINAL RECORD, PREVENT HIM FROM CONTESTING AND ZAMBIA WILL REMAIN UNITED AND PEACEFULL
Was this minister really a “Call Girl?” If this is true then how did she get the position of being a minister? What qualifies her to be a minister when we have thousands of people who are probably more qualified than her with higher learning such as a bachelor or masters degree. I just fail to comprehend how Lungu made her minister unless he is getting services or fruits of labour as they put it.