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Motorcade scandal-IG defends police for giving way to HH as State House condemns HH and GBM

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The two motorcades-President Lungu's and HH's motorcade 'clash' in Mongu on Saturday
The two motorcades-President Lungu’s and HH’s motorcade ‘clash’ in Mongu on Saturday

Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja says police officers acted in a responsible way by overtaking UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema’s motorcade to avoid loss of life in Mongu on Saturday.

And State House Spokesman Amos Chanda has condemned Mr Hichilema’s conduct describing it as foolish.

President Edgar Lungu’s motorcade and Mr Hichilema’s almost clashed as they headed to Lealui for the Kuomboka ceremony.

But Mr Kakoma said the officers acted in a reasonable way by overtaking Mr. Hichilema’s motorcade to avoid loss of life.

He however warned that the Zambia Police is not going to sit and watch such lawlessness in the country.

“If what is portrayed in the Picture circulating on social media concerning the motorcade of Hakainde Hichilema is a reflection of what truly happened, then it is very unfortunate because such actions of failing to give way to a Presidential motorcade are tantamount to obstruction of road way as well as endangering the life of the President,” Mr Kakoma said.

“However, I am still waiting for a full report on what transpired from officers who were on the ground and appropriate action will be taken in accordance with the State Security Act and other relevant pieces of Legislation,” he said.

But President Lungu’s Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda said Mr Hichilema and his Vice President Geoffrey Mwamba acted foolishly.

“Route lining was done. HH passed major check points in good time but slowed down so Eagle One can find him on the way which happened. We had two options: to slow down and allow him to reach Limulunga or to bump him off and create some scene of sorts which is what he wanted,” Mr Chanda said.

He added, “A decision was made to bypass him and in our mind we were clear no danger was posed to HE unless HH himself would ram his car into Eagle One. A split second decision would be made to prevent that cause at that stage any movable object in motion or stationery is constantly on target from some close range, which is why it was spectacularly foolish for HH and his minders to place themselves into that real and eminent danger!”

He said, “Secondly, as per established security and protocol orders, a decision to bump off all strange objects was made but a quick consultation upwards resulted into a different option which was undertaken.”

“Thirdly, as the result something happened that made HH and GBM and their entourage to remain outside the arena some 500 meters away instead of being in the VVIP shelter some 5 metres away from where the Litunga was disembarking from the royal barge! From the Harbour, that foolishness cost them the vantage point cause as soon as guest of honour passed royal and state protocol did not allow anyone to pass.”

Mr Chanda further said, “As a result, two men hobbled away in shame even before the king could rise to enter his summer palace. As I write today a royal banquet is taking place and the two men left for Lusaka two hours ago, their seats empty notwithstanding the cows and mealie meal they donated!

Mr Chanda said, “if there is such a successful cooperation between security and PR since I got into State House this was one of them. We decided to neutralize it as minor incident and leave the Kuomboka intact after such a long time of its absence. Moreover, there is something we are seeing here politically which we cannot waste away in a foolish Hakainde stunt.”

President Lungu's motorcade appears to give way to HH's convoy in Mongu on Saturday
President Lungu’s motorcade appears to give way to HH’s convoy in Mongu on Saturday

215 COMMENTS

  1. Don’t worry about a fly when you’re a spider because very soon he’ll walk in the web and HH is just a fly

    • The police made the right call. HH and Lungu should not be mentioned in the same sentence.

      How many times has HH contested and failed ? What is the definition of a failed politician? Where is there not a convention in UPND? What is HH’ political source of income and if he is using his own money – is this legal ?

      These are the question and UPND will avoid answering.

      Thanks

      BB22014,16

    • kikiki bane i was there myself with our president HH. As the illegal president was approaching we decided to slow down and give him way to overtake with his 600 police officers. reason we did this is because we had thousands of supporters slowing us down as the legitimate president HH interacted with our people. Lungu had no reason to slow down because there was no one there for him apart from the 600 police officers he paid to travel with him from lusaka. It was very embarrasing for a head of state been booed. Lungu needs to listen to the people and let the petition be heard in a fair and free way. His presidency will remain illegal till this is done. As for ndanje we musula wambwa how can HH be a fly when your lungu was as insignificant as a little dot at the kuomboka? why did he waste…

    • CONTINUED: why did he waste our resources to go there when no one wanted him there kiki

    • What has become of this once so happy and loving country?

      We used to be able to hold divergent views and even disagree with each other but on occasions like the one in Mongu we would all be one happy family.

      2011 then challenger M.C. Sata’s entourage and that of the sitting president R. Banda crossed on the copperbelt. They disembark from their buses and hug and share pleasantries only to resume denouncing each other at their next rallies.

    • @NEZ: Let hazaluza hagain and gbv come to Matero and try to do that. We will remind him which country he is in and who is the country’s president (ECL) not get excited in those tribal bantustans!!!! As Ndanje has put it, hh is just a fly who will soon get caught in the spider’s web. The shameless loser!!!

    • IWE ka zambian citizen above, HH will come to matero when you silly lungu grows a testicle and becomes a man in allowing a permit to be issued so that you see the crowds and popularity of the legal president himself. How can you lie to yourself that UPND does not have support when deep down you know that he garnered more than half the votes kikik ukose because you will die of heart attack

    • Lungu should have hide behind HH convoy, because UPND support was overwhelming.
      Otherwise I find it wise to overtake the HH crowd, to go ahead in a clear road for PF. Nkwazi did wise move.

    • God help HH and gbm with a little bit of brains. They are leading many poor souls astray. We know they grew up poor but their desperation is very dangerous for zambia

    • I see Lungu competing with HH by trying to overtake him and I don’t see why he should if he thinks he’s the rightful president. In this scheme of things Lungu reduces himself to competeing with a citizen of the country he claims to be president of. If this kama Lungu does not accept himself as a president (at least with a small letter ‘p’) does he expect to be accepted as The President on Zambia? If he behaves like this who does he reckon will accept him? pathetic.

    • Humwine is cursed he will die a bitter man

      The people sent to early grave by milking them through privatisation there blood is upon humwine.

      He is cursed.

      Even his bitter blogers will grow white hair because of self directed anger.

      Humwine thought he would cause an uprising in mongu but he was shanted in the crowd .

      He could not even watch kuomboka ki ki ki ki ki ki ki

    • So HH did not pull off the road despite the police becons being on. That was enough action to warant the aresting of the driver.
      In Germany if you ignore blue or red beacon they withdraw your driving licence for good. You also face heavy penalties.

    • I don’t think that acting like a child can improve anybody’s chances of getting to State House.

      Someone is slowly turning himself into a laughing stock.

      HH should not think that the few people who make noise around him will make him win 2021 elections.

      Instead, many people have lost confidence in his leadership.

      It is enough that he has led UPND for more than 10 years. That is all he will achieve. Not State House.

    • HH is an ANIMAL and should be caged. This is being disrespectiful to the Zambian people. YOU WERE NOT ELECTED!!!. Move on

    • Let’s just pause for a moment: If Kuomboka was a soccer match and HH and ECL represent different teams, who could have won the match in terms of popularity and being organised?

      Yes – HH
      No – ECL

    • NEZ (Worst Blogger 2016), Whatever position HH has promised you is nothing because it won’t come to fruition as HH will continue losing to new comers on the political scene.
      ECL is recognised as the legitimate president of Zambia and not some under 5 political pretender.

    • @ John Chinena # 1.11

      Did you ever see in Germany motorcade of more than 4 cars and three outriders on motorbike?
      By the way, why not come back home to enjoy democratic freedoms brought by your anointed, vise, humble, visionary and CONVICTED embezzler instead of living in a Country where you are just another economic refugee awaiting deportation as failed asylum seeker.

    • Zambia: kwati kubuta shuwa! Quarrelling over who has the right of way on the road. By law its the one whose number plate has an eagle but if I were Lungu I would have stopped and spoken to HH nokumukumbwishako

  2. Two hopeless political parties trying to outdo one another. We are tired of these three irresponsible parties, The PF, The UPND and the Police

    • Right @ Carlson! We have kids running government and so are kids in the opposition both fighting to satiate personal egos! Neither tries to be adult nor magnanimous but childish stupid! How come Lungu was on the road and not in the barge with the Litunga? Where were the presidential road sweepers? Was it not only the presidential motorcade rushing ahead to meet with the head of state as he alighted from the Nalikwanda while HH was riding in person using the road? I am confused here with the reporting as earlier it was reported Lungu enjoying the ride on the Nalikwanda! Full of kid stupidity jesting! Politics ya pa Zed is sickening and has a long way to mature in all cases!

    • @One Zambia kanio:
      Are you still taking your medication? I think you are relapsing – and this time you will go potty because there is no medicine at Chainama!!

    • FIRST AND FOREMOST MISTER IRRITATING SHOW OFF CHANDA WHERE WERE THE POLICE SWEEPERS? TWO HOW COME LUNGU DID NOT TRAVEL BY HELICOPTER AS HE USUALLY DOES? YOU ARE JUST EMBARRASSED BY THE FACT THE HAKAINDE TEAM SCOOPED THE DAY. AS FOR BEING IN THE VIP SECTION OR WHATEVER SO WHAT. YOU ARE NOT ONLY PETTY BUT CHILDISH ALSO.

  3. In a developed and civilized country, this Under 2 HH and his motorcade would be dead meat. he should have the president to thank for. You don’t do that to a Presidential Motorcade anywhere in the world and live to tell a story.

    • So true. HH and GBM were wrong on this one and I hope they realise that. A presidential motorcade is not something to play with, you can get shot.

    • @ MMD Chief Bootlicker, nothing of what you say and imagine takes place in developed countries. Worse no president or Prime minister security matters are managed with such brutality of terror to citizens. Hope you got news that Lungu protested and threatened to return to Lusaka because of crowds that went to see and welcome HH and GBM. Am not fan of them but appeared and seem more popular than Lungu. Only colonial methods of terrorising citizens have to be used to gain respect and recognise Lungu as president.

    • @MMD Chief Ar.selicker:
      You are such a BIG LIAR!! You must be talking about your Village NOT Developed countries!
      I live on Buckingham Road after the Victoria Coach Station. Even with the British Queen and Prime minister regularly using the same Road, we don’t even experience those weird motorcades associated with Dictators like the Drunkard of your president!! They usually have 2 unmarked security vehicles – no police escorts. By the way, you can go Buckingham Palace and take pictures if you want – something you cannot do at statehouse because Lungu is scared and feeling insecure about the election he stole.
      Next time, please Mr Ar.selicker, please say something sensible – some of us have lived and still live in Developed countries and cant cheated by your cheap Nyau stories. Take…

    • The guy has lost even the little respect I had for him. What’s he trying to prove He’s not president and will never be period. We know he 99% of the Lozi and expected to be accorded a thunderous welcome and embarrass the president But these are games we used to play before we went to secondary school .He’s this not Rwanda otherwise he’d be a mortuary awaiting identification by next of kin .

    • Amos Chanda gives the impression of a very primitive fellow, Lungu is not under any threat and NOBODY can harm Lungu. Who would ram into Lungus car? be real Amos Chanda. He does not need all the security that is on display every day. They seem to take pleasure in inconveniencing citizen by traveling in long motorcades. For heaven’s sake, he is just a leader of a third world country with a monorail and the economy of a large university in the USA. Stop worshiping this King of tribes called Lungu !

    • CORRECTION IN A DEVELOPED COUNTRY THE HEADS OF STATE DONOT BEHAVE IN THE MANNER OF OUR AFRICAN LEADERS. THEY DONOT FORCE PEOPLE OFF THE ROADS. IT IS DONE IN A VERY CIVILIZED MANNER.

    • @Bootlicking, big full you liar, I live and work in Washington DC and have never witnessed any of that insecure crap being displayed by Lungu. The stolen presidency is haunting your little man!

    • @4.4, Chilyata, You have hit the nail on the head.
      The African Tinpot Dictators motorcade is the exact opposite of any European leaders Motorcade.
      MMDicklicker should really do his research.

    • The question for the police is that why didn’t the ram HH vehicles out of the way? this is getting out of hand. Our presidency is a representation of the Zambian people and something higher. It ought to be feared and respected.

    • The lies being perpetuated by some people here is beyond naivety but dangerous. Which developed countries do you live in where the Presidential Motorcade mingles/drives freely with civilian traffic on the roads/streets? These are countries where you are even required, by law, as a driver to pullover (or get off the road) when you see “emergency lights” (police, ambulance, firefighting vehicles, etc.) in your rear-view mirror. So stop lying that where you live civilian traffic supposedly doesn’t even give a sh!t about the Queen’s motorcade. C’mon now, let us be serious! Try that STUP!D!TY here in America and you will be shredded to pieces by the Secret Service.

      Until Zambia experiences a J.F. Kennedy, or a Ronald Reagan, episode (assassination and attempted assassination) are…

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      … !d!ots like HH and his ‘cholo’ boy (GBV) going to appreciate the importance of Presidential Security protocols. Imagine being blamed if anything happened to the President in that situation—HH and his ‘Chidumbo’ friend would be f@@ked for life. Be careful what you wish for!

  4. Bakalume, small men, always under maximum security! It is amazing how decent leaders are in other countries, freely mingling with the masses. Our leaders are wrongdoers. That’s why they can never be free! It is PF that is politicizing the whole issue! Why can’t you share the road? You wanted HH and team to use the bush? please grow up ba PF naimwe! Don’t be as selfish as a toddler!

    • @The Real Quest – Where in the world does the Presidential motorcade share the road? Let’s be real here.

    • You are wrong. Try that to Trump and you are termed a terrorist and locked up immediately if you will still be alive.

    • REAL QUEST VERY GOOD POINT THERE. AMOS AND THE PF IN GENERAL ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO PUT IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THE COUNTRY TO BECOME DICTATORS AND THE BIGGEST HEADACHE TO THEM IS THE PETITION. AMOS STOP ALARMING THE NATION.

    • No wander HH loses most of his supporters are outside the country working odd jobs who cannot afford an air ticket to come and cast a vote.

    • @ MyZambia
      Where in the world presidential motorcade has president car at the head of motorcade without motorbike sweepers?

    • Imagine if HH stopped and all his supporters stopped, were the same fools not going to say you are holding a rally without a permit?

    • Which world have you been where presidents are demeaned and their motorcade not respected? I guess you have never witnessed what you are puking here.

  5. ECL is current President, but HH is legally elected the President. Both are Presidents of Zambian. Only the Courts can decide.

    • HH is just foolish if you asked me. What does he lose if he just let the guest of honor do his part. Everyone knows his popularity in Western province but why go to that extent.

  6. I THINK THIS TIME KAMPYONGO AND CHANDA ARE FEELING THE HEAT FROM THE POLICE. IF HH WAS A HEARD YOU ALLOWED HIM TO GO AHEAD WHY BLAME HIM.
    THIS TIME ITS LIKE DAVID AND SOUL IN THE BOOK OF 1 SAMUEL. YOU WILL FEEL HH’S WEIGHT AND NOWANDER YOU WANT ZAMBIA TO COME OUT OF ICC BECAUSE OF YOUR CRIMINAL AGENDA

  7. The late MCS told us that HH is an u dear five politician, What do you expect from him and Fat Albert?

  8. There was no issue, just two motorcades by passing one another, it is a very big issue in Zambia. Police also, storm in a tea cup ha ha

  9. Ehe! These stupid smart phones and there auto correct, hate it, hope they include tonga now. Smh. Ignore city in my last posting.

  10. Let me just ignore all these chaps making noise here. The best footballer in Zambia is Fwayo Tembo. Banthu bazi vutana pama motorcade sure

  11. You all miss the point, look at the road, terrible. The state of the road should be the story and no who overtook whom.

    • @My point,
      Very well spoken. Image how many potential tourists and visitors with ‘spend money’ are put off driving to Kuomboka due to this bad road.
      And if Kuomboka ceremony is not used to attract better roads in the area, which will be good for the local community afterwards, when what other bigger attraction is there?

  12. kikiki bane i was there myself with our president HH. As the illegal president was approaching we decided to slow down and give him way to overtake with his 600 police officers. reason we did this is because we had thousands of supporters slowing us down as the legitimate president HH interacted with our people. Lungu had no reason to slow down because there was no one there for him apart from the 600 police officers he paid to travel with him from lusaka. It was very embarrasing for a head of state been booed. Lungu needs to listen to the people and let the petition be heard in a fair and free way. His presidency will remain illegal till this is done.

    • @NEZ (new educated Zambia UPND ) BEST BLOGGER 2016

      You are the most headless blogger here.
      Your arguments don’t seem to have material sense and look like there are nothing but rantings of a very bitter man.

    • kikiki the only one ranting is amos and PF. We in UPND attended the ceremony and had a very warm reception. The only ones complaining are the rats who were booed

  13. Lets not talk about overtaking HH ,lets instead talk about being overtaken by Rwanda and Singapore.

    Mscheew ,Zambia is a dirty Misisi type nation.

  14. This was a deliberate show of strenth from KZ Team to HH and GBM.Lungu wanted to ahow HH Team that in spite of their popularity in Western Province he is in charge and the President. The Popularity of HH & GBM among the Lozis shocked Lungu that is why his motorcade overtook HH’s Motorcade so that Lungu goes ahead and close HH from the Ceremony. When the Lozis realised that HH their Hero had been locked out of the Ceremony they started walking out of the venue. Lungu addressed his Security and Civil Servants. Illegitimacy is biting Lungu and he is very jealous of HH’s popularity among the Lozis. In an attempt to force the Petitioners and their Supporters to recognize Lungu u can expect further violations of HH &GBM’s Constitutional Rights.As the Petition Hearing Process heats up u can…

    • You must understand that there are all sorts of protocols, including presidential protocols to be followed, in every country.
      It never happens that The president arrives at a function where he is the Guest of Honour, and then another impostor VIP comes later. The Hyena deliberately thought in his wisdom that he would achieve something big by obstructing the presidential motorcade, he ended up being embarrassed.

      My advice to HH and all his blind followers is that if he thinks he is worthy of the position of the president of Zambia and not ECL, then let him show it by acting like a dignified person and not the riffraff he is.

  15. The IG should now act or be fired. We cannot allow the PRESIDENT,s life to be threatened or endangered in such a manner. Suppose that kaponya hanging out shot at the President.

    • President Lungu’s life is not under threat from HH but his heavy drinking and not taking his diabete treatment seriously.
      There is no issue here when it was a Lungu overtaking HH, if it was a problem why didn’t the police lining the street clear the road before Lungu arrived

    • It is only Lungu who is a danger to himself. Clearly UPND’s strategy of not recognising Lungu is eating away at PF’s nerves and they are losing their cool. They are infuriated, they are frustrated, they are humiliated, they feel belittled. Their stolen victory is now hollow and meaningless – as long as UPND does not kowtow to Lungu.

  16. So if it where’ an ordinary person doing that or rushing a patient to hospital you could have gunned down that particular person or this time ngali muma cells together with a patient , so some are sacred cows .
    Anyway i blame the police as any threat to the president must be faced with almost aggressiveness now it’s like you cops don’t know your job and must be fired

    • That’s how failed states operate. Because they have no substance, they have to prove their worth by intimidating and terrorising citizens.

  17. If this is not put to a stop next time you will hear HH giving orders at state house or receiving foreign deligates and hosting them at his home .
    We can’t allow this , am not a politician but it’s now evident that ichikupempula echikulya so Lungu must be very careful with his policemen .
    This is too much now , what happened is in heard off , someone is not doing his job

  18. @NEZ (new educated Zambia UPND ) BEST BLOGGER 2016

    YOU DO NOT PLAY WITH A PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE BABA ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, PERIOD – TRY IT IN SA OR USA.
    THE FELLOW WAS LUCKY FOR THE POLICE TO ALLOW HIM EVEN TO PROCEED WITH HIS JOURNEY.

    • my friend I have lived in many countries and even the most powerful economies such as the UK do not inconvenience their people whenever the prime minister travels. At most it is just two security cars escorting the premier while people continue with their business on the road. Only ambulances and emergency police cars are given way by drivers. So who is phucking lungu for us to bow down to? Remember that we the zambian people pay the president and therefore we are his employers. The sad thing is that we have not employed lungu because the chap is a fraud. wake up

    • Bane, please do not display your ignorance publicly, at least go to your bedroom and share your ignorance only with your wife, the one who was overtaking here was not HH, all this nonsense from Amos Chanya is not part of security protocol. Next time you drive, try and overtake the motorcade and see what will happen to you. In this case the ones in the wrong as usual is the illegitimate president and his team.

  19. Not being lucky ,it means the police are not there to protect the presidency but opposition .
    Who ever was in charge must be retired in national interest .

    • Presidential petition is dead due to time limit of 14 days. It will never be heard underv the current constitution. Get this into your small heads ba UPND

  20. Am not in zambia but within Africa and some people here are questioning if we have a sitting president coz what happened is unheard off.
    Do not be spooked if our own Lungu is not accorded respect in other African countries,
    Even if it’s democracy this is too much .
    Who ever is president must convine a meeting and table this out ,
    It looks small and normal to you guys but it’s not and I don’t have words for security personnel but just to say retire yourselves

  21. The world has now changed. This is not a world of the Mobutus and Kaundas. Human rights issues are paramount and any foolish reaction from Lungu will expose him and put him in serious trouble. Zambia is not Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe’s economy is stronger that Zambia’s. Lungu and his minions are feeling the heat and should just act as adults and own up to what transpaired. HH and GBM won the day.

  22. Ba supportor for HH are brain washed. You trully believe that hh won the elections showas the evidence that he won like your pvt period. Which you do not have. Fools. I feel sorry for you.

  23. The political direction HH has taken after 11/08/2016 is very dangerous and one day he will regret.in fact HH is very lucky that ECL is a Christian,otherwise he could have been history by now.@NEZ;UPND SHOULD NOT CELEBRATE ABOUT ITS POPULARITY IN 3.5 PROVINCES BECAUSE ITS THERE NOW AND EVEN IN 2021.UPND’S MAJOR SETBACK IS ITS STRUGGLE TO GAIN SAME POPULARITY IN 6.5 PROVINCES!!PF IS FAR MUCH MORE POPULAR IN 6.5 PROVINCES AND THIS IS WHERE IT MATTERS MOST!!!besides,it doesnt help HH at all because his behaviour in mongu still confirms to those in 6.5 provinces that tribal politics is HH’s daily cup of tea.HH MUST WAIT FOR MORE TEARS IN 2021 AS 3.5 PROVINCES WILL NEVER WIN HIM THE PRESIDENCY!!!

    • @Njimbu, what matters is the number of the electorate who voted. Therefore please do not be misled by a number of provinces your 6.5 Vs 3.5, that is irrelevant. See statistics based on ECZ 2016 elections
      Turnout 56.45%
      Total Votes Cast 3,781,505
      PF 1,860,877
      UPND 1,760,347
      You are talking about a difference of 100530, and these can easily be stolen. That is the reason you see HH keen on the court to hear his case. I am sure he would give up if ECL had won by the larger margin. Do not be mistaken, those who are counted in that 1.7mil for UPND, are not just from the 3.5 provinces. Please be objective

    • kikiki have you fogotten the 2015 election where he was beaten by 27000 votes. which one was easy to steal? 100530 or 27000??? you are wrong. the margin will keep growing

  24. Jacob Zuma’s motorcade of only 6 vehicles criss crosses with other motorists on N1,its only in countries like Uganda or Zimbabwe were other motorists are swept of the roads to allow dictators pass

    • @Kubeja badala, as far as I have heard from people who have done this sort of jobs before (have a close relative who was once a police officer and provided Presidential escorts before) is that the protocol is NEVER to allow any vehicle pass/overtake the Presidential Motorcade, or to direct cars/vehicles if the can’t stay well ahead of the Presidential motorcade to pullover and give way. On a TWO-WAY street, traffic going the opposite direction is supposed to stop until the Presidential motorcade passes. But on a DIVIDED HIGHWAY () which we call DUAL CARRIAGE WAYS in Zambia) is a different story. The is the SECURITY PROTOCOL most Countries adheres to. There are may be some slight variations here and there, which is all up to the Security Detail around each individual President in every…

    • continue:

      … Country. But just looking at the pictures circulating so far, that was way too close for comfort for any Presidential Security Detail. And why would HH want to put himself in that situation? Is’t really worth putting your life and the lives of those around you in danger just so you can prove some UNKNOWN POINT?

  25. Dev. I support your point as a patriotic Zambian this is getting out off hand some of the people on this page they are just supporting even no-sense that is not supposed to be happening our country. I think the President needs to a Dictator because we can’t support this no-sense from HH, though I am HH’s supporter but he is now becoming a problem to our country as well as he is retarding the development of our country. To conclude the president of Zambia is ECL so ECL is the president to HH and HH is a president of our party we didn’t win we just have to accept the defeat and work with the current Government lets not be so foolish to be supporting this unproductive behavior of HH and is friends. If we say the current government has failed then as a Zambia HH is also a failure because…

    • This remark is well balanced! Indeed, why not bury the hatchet and move on to build our beloved country? Antagonistic politicking won’t get us anywhere! Let’s be reasonable, people of Mother Zambia. Let’s discuss soberly. Some of the comments on this blog are appalling to say the least! People, remember that you are insulting members of your own family!

  26. THE WAY THESE PF DUNDERHEADS ARE WRITING AS IF HH WAS BEING DRIVEN BY THE POLICE. DID THEY TELL HH THAT ILLEGAL, SELF IMPOSED, DICTATOR LUNGU WAS COMING BEHIND AS A RESULT HH MOTORCADE COULD HURRY UP? IT IS SAD TO PAINT AS IF HH AND GBM DELIBERATELY BLOCKED FU.CKING, SHI.T LUNGU WHEN HH MOTORCADE HAD NO COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR THIEF LUNGU.

  27. WHATEVER HAPPENED WAS CAUSED BY THE POLICE AND LUNGU AND ANY INTELLIGENT PERSON SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL THAT PF MINIONS DECIDED TO KEEP HH AND GBM OUT OF THE VVIP SHELTER BY CREATING CHAOS. ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO GIVE ANOTHER EXPLANATION IS A FO.O.L.

    • @Matokwani
      I don’t know who is THE REAL FOOL between you who doesn’t want Another Explanation from somebody wiser than you

    • @Matokwani
      I wanted to say:
      I don’t know who is THE REAL PH00L between you who doesn’t want Another Explanation from somebody wiser than you.

  28. What happened in Mongu where motorcades carrying Edgar Lungu and Hakainde Hichilema nearly bumped each other was a properly rehearsed attempted assassination of Hichilema.

    OP senior officers have revealed that the plan was to hit HH’s and force it to overturn then blame HH for failing to give way to a presidential motorcade.

    ‘Just ask yourself, where were the presidential sweepers?’ Said one intelligence official.

    The OP explained that even a child knows that when the president is about to use the road, the police clear it 2 hours before the president passes and cops are planted along the road. But this did not happen yesterday, why?

  29. When Chanda says ‘bump Hichilema off’, he means hit him off the road. And this was the main mission.
    Chanda said “A decision was made to by pass him and in our mind we were clear non danger was posed to His Excellency unless Mr. Hichilema himself would ram his car into Eagle.“As per established security and protocol orders, a decision to bump off all strange objects was made but a quick consultation upwards resulted into a different option which was undertaken,” says Chanda.Now, this does not make sense at all. Chanda is telling the nation that within a split second, a decision to hit HH wad made, and within that split second, consultations were made and a different decision was made?????

    • MATOKWANI ACTUALY CHANDA IS A DANGER TO LUNGU FOR REVEALING THIS. IN SLANG TO BUMP SOMEONE OFF MEANS TO CLEAR THEM OR KILL HIM. SO CHANDA HAS ADMITTED THAT THIS WAS A PLANNED MOVE. WHY ARE PEOPLE BLAMING HH WHEN CHANDA HAS AS SO MUCH REVEALED IT WAS PLANNED BY THE PF.

    • kubweka – So, HH put himself in the road to be bumped off knowing full well that the Presidential motorcade was coming?

  30. That country had real politicians… Where are they??This foolish chap hh is nothing… He is dating his death and soon will be history…
    That is not the way you do politics..

  31. HH what were you thinking? I applaud the Police for avoiding a national disaster! I don’t want to imagine what we would be talking about today! UPND please give Zambia a break!

  32. HH shud stop such negative things.In other countries he wud hv been shot 2gether wit his cadres.He extremely endangered da life of da President.He was really lucky and big ups 2 State Security.

  33. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LET THE FOOL RUN HIS COURSE TO SELF DESTRUCTION. I COMMEND THE POLICE FOR BEING WISE. HH HAS TRIED ALL THE TACTICS TO FRUSTRATE THE PRESIDENT. BUT GOD WILL SORT HIM QUIETLY.
    1. HE HAS TRIED TO STAND IN SEVERAL ELECTIONS, THE ZAMBIANS HAVE REJECTED HIM
    2. HE HAS TRIED TO MANIPULATE HIS WAY USING THE COURTS OF LAW, HE HAS FAILED.
    3. HE HAS TRIED TO INCITE VIOLENCE AND BURNING OF HOUSES WHEN HE LOST THE ELECTIONS, IT NEVER WORKED.
    4. HE HAS TRIED HOLDING RALLIES IN VOLATILE COMPOUND LIKE KANYAMA, HE HAS FAILED.
    5. THIS TIME HE TRIED TO BRING CONFUSION TO THE KUOMBOKA CEREMONY, THE ZP WERE ON TOP OF THINGS AND AND THWARTED HIS MACHINATIONS. REMEMBER THE DEVIL COMES TO STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY.
    THE MAN IS LOOKING FOR RECOGNITION BUT IN THE WRONG WAY. THIS IS VERY SAD…

  34. As per usual 90% of the bloggers here didn’t read the story or rather didn’t want to think before typing, their typical tribal and partisan mentality was in action.

  35. There is absolutely no issue here. Just somebody over taking, people are already talking of a life being lost, how mwebantu? Tapali ilyashi apa

    • Clearly, you do not understand the rules governing the operations of a Presidential Motorcade. Do you know how World War I started? Your foool is very lucky to be chewing nsima today – including the other foool by the door. HH is taking politics to the lowest level

    • Presidential motorcades have police sweepers going in front. Before you dispense insults you perhaps need to ask yourself the reason the president’s vehicle is in front with no sweepers going ahead of it to wave other motorists off the road. Foolishness knows no boundaries sir and you may be the bigger fool for your narrow-mindedness and obvious prejudice!

  36. MWATI KAWAYA KALI BWINO MUTU MWA HH ? THE MAN SHOULD JUST PREPARE HIS PARTY UPND FOR 2021. RIGHT NOW HE IS A LOSER, PERIOD. NO MATTER HH ESCAPADES. LIVE PRES. LUNGU TO RULE. AWE MWANDI. GIVE US A BREAK, LIVE IN UTOPIA.

  37. The normal thing is to clear that road for Eagle One. Why were there no Security Sweepers on that Road? Were there no Policemen Patrolling that Road? Why didnt they stop HH’s Motorcade instead of trying to swipe HH’s Car off the Road? This was a Planned Assassination of HH which was aborted for a reason. The Petition and Illegitimacy are haunting Lungu. He knows that if the Petition is heard at ICJ he will lose the case. The idea is to stop the Petition from being heard at ICJ. Lungu is toying with the idea of eliminating the Petitioners b4 the Petition is formally lodged at ICJ and dates for a Hearing are set. The security of the Petitioners is in danger and should anything happen to HH and GBM Lungu will be held accountable. Lets hope Lungu is not planting the seeds of a Civil War in…

  38. A simple logistical arrangement could have fixed this e.g use presidential helicopter instead of the same road. Politicians do this world over. Ba ZP you stink! Go to school, I mean pre-school infact. State house fimo fimo , you’re an empty space. I would not employee you even for free. Are you sure you were not able to foresee this with the transport arrangements and decisions you made? You’re 10 year olds running the country.

  39. Viva H.H.! Edgar lungu paved way for you. This is a sign that he is about to give up and leave office for you. Lungu did not win elections therefore he knows that he is an illegitimate president. Useless! Aleisa H.H.

  40. @citizen you are right. The police showed total incompetence. The president was left exposed by the protection motorcade. In such an event the 2 sweepers should have moved to the sides to shield the president instead of just going on with the same format. The state house commissioner needs to go

  41. @Collins:another lost tonga who believes in “utopia world”.dream on lad as Edgar Lungu enjoys the presidency until 2021.on 11/04/2017 ECL will be representing Zambia in Eqypt as your kainde will be yapping in his Chalala house!!!come 11/08/2021 expect A RECORD 6TH DEFEAT FOR HH AS 6.5 PROVINCES WILL STILL VOTE FOR PF!!!remember in 2021 ECZ will still be managed by Esau Chulu(the one upnd insult everyday),CJ will still be Ireen Mambilima,ECL will have too much political experience and well known across Zambia,our economy will be fine (already kwacha is stable,load shedding long gone,miners on CB are being given back the jobs they lost,etc).ALL THESE FACTORS ARE PUSHING HH FAR AWAY FROM PLOT ONE!!!one asked why ECL got 1.8m and HH 1.7m votes?simple,its because voters in 6.5 provinces…

  42. One asked why ECL got 1.8m votes(despite coming out first in 6.5 provinces) while HH got 1.7m votes(but only won in 3.5 provinces)?the answer is simple.this happened because voters in 6.5 provinces believe in democracy so they vote for various parties.but in 3.5 provinces they only vote for upnd.even a rat as long as its on upnd ticket in bantustan areas would win!! SO ITS VOTES FROM THESE 3.5 PROVINCES WHICH BROUGHT HH CLOSER TO ECL WHO CAME OUT NUMBER 1 IN 6.5 PROVINCES-CONFIRM THESE FACTS AT ECZ!!

  43. @NEZ and all those foolishly supporting HH, you are luck you live in Zambia where the president can over-wright the decision of the security personnel, in a developed civilized country this HH fool would have been pushed off the road and get arrest in a good scenario and in a worst and most appropriate the presidential security personnel had all the right to clear the path( that include shooting any moving object behind or in front of the motorcade). our God given president to i say please sometimes leave the humbleness and act , this ***** hh and his kantemba have grown ballz and are disrespectful . this is abusing democracy

  44. In all fairness & if the picture is true, then HH crossed the line on this one. Even by moral conscious, his entourage should have at least moved to the sides & reduced their speed.

    But again, it’s possible the picture is photo-shopped or PF, as usual, is playing games.

  45. Ba UPND, there is every thing wrong with the photo. HH should have given way for the President to pass. Lastly his bodyguards need to go for safety induction.

  46. HH is lucky next time he tries to do that he will be cleared and he won’t be the first or last…You don’t mess around with the Presidential motorcade because them are not ordinary Police they’re different so next time he won’t be so lucky and some danderheads supporting the under 5 will not even be there when he dies to restate his life…

  47. @General Kanene:thanks for asking me to be objective.now lets face it.ECL got 1 860 877 and HH 1 760 347.please tell the nation,out of these 1,760,347 how many votes did HH get from 3.5 provinces?if voters in bantustan areas vote like in PF strongholds,would you expect HH to get 1.7m?e.g;in Dundumwezi alone,HH got 33 500 while ECL got 250.but in matero,ECL 52,4000 against say 18 000 for HH.in kasama say EL 25 000 ,HH 9000.the way voters vote in 6.5 provinces is how people vote in a democracy.but in 3.5 provinces is killing democracy.LET UPND ADOPT A RAT IN DUNDUMWEZI,AM 100% SURE THAT THE RAT WILL WIN!!THIS (TRIBAL POLITICS) IS WHAT MAJORITY ZAMBIANS BLAME.PF ADOPTED INONGE WINA(LOZI) AND ECL(EASTERNER),BUT STILL WON IN THE NORTH BECAUSE PEOPLE APPRECIATED PF’S GOOD WORKS SINCE…

  48. HH SHOULD RESPECT THE PRESIDENT.NEXT TIME PLEASE BA LUNGU BEAT THE BASHABE OUT OF HH AND HIS GANGS. I repected HH such much but now he lost my repect. He can go to hell. He will never be the president for this country. He is a dissappointing for many.

  49. Intelligence reports reached Lungu’s security saying HH was already on the Road going to the Ceremony Venue. Kaizer Zulu then decided that Lungu’s Motorcade was going to the same venue Right away, first of to cause an accident among the Vehicles in HH’s Convoy. They were hoping HH & GBM were either going to be killed or injured in the accident. KZ also wanted to arrive at the Ceremony Venue firstf and then block HH and his delegation from entering the Ceremony Venue. This was achieved and eventually when HH arrived at Venue the Police denied him entry although he was an invited guest. KZ and his team had two options. Either to swipe HH’s Vehicle off the Road using Lungu’s Motorcade or cause an accident among the Vehicles in HH’s Convoy. They opted for the latter becoz they wanted to…

  50. In developed countries they argue over issues and policies while in Zed we argue over road usage and big ego unproductive politicians.Weep for Zambia my friends.

  51. I don’t think that acting like a child can improve anybody’s chances of getting to State House.

    Someone is slowly turning himself into a laughing stock.

    HH should not think that the few people who make noise around him will make him win 2021 elections.

    Instead, many people have lost confidence in his leadership.

    It is enough that he has led UPND for more than 10 years. That is all he will achieve. Not State House.

  52. The pf police i know would not have allowed HH to use that road before chagwa.

    The had a battalion of 600 plus men specifically to protect chagwa, if there were able to besiege twashuka grounds in kanyama by 6am, do you think a Legion of that magnitude was fail to that road 30 minutes in advance for the smooth passage of that motorcade.

    I think someone’s plan just faltered. Aim was to humiliate HH.

  53. That wss a mountain of foolishness and stupidity on the part of hh, and all his supporters can do is cheer him on? OMG, this is beyond donkeyship!
    Earlier I asked whether there are chiefs in southern province, or is he too rich to listen to advice by what he considers “spear carrying stinking primitive lower beings with pierced noses that live in dilapidated village huts instead of a mansion in Kabulonga” like him hh? This guy really tempts God? He probably also thinks that he is “richer than the God surrounded by paupers from Earth who used to clean my toilets” in Kabulonga.
    What other way can you describe HH?

  54. That was a mountain of fooli.shness and stup.idity on the part of xx, and all his supporters can do is cheer him on? OMG, this is beyond donkeyship!
    Earlier I asked whether there are chiefs in that province, or is he too rich to listen to advice by what he considers “spear carrying stinking primitive lower beings with pierced noses that live in dilapidated village huts instead of a mansion in Kabulonga” like him? This guy really tempts God? He probably also thinks that he is “richer than the God surrounded by paupers from Earth who used to clean my toilets” in Kabulonga.
    What other way can you describe him?

    • It annoys me to even think of that because it is so obvious Lungu’s handlers could have avoided all this drama by doing what they are paid to do. It is so ridiculous. I can’t blame HH, he is bitter, they stole his votes and could not hear the petition after agreeing to. One day in Zambia we will set another record. Not a record of being a peace loving nation. Enough is enough. Incompetency is at its highest ever everywhere in Zambia. Keep justifying crap and name calling.

  55. Who is Lungu? Who is HH? Both are humans and both have rights. HH was in front, so he did nothing wrong.since Lungu came from behind trying to overtake, where were his security asking HH to clear the way? HH is also no ordinary person and police should know too that they’re not to put his life in danger. This kanganja is a PF IG cadre who has failed us Zambians by obeying PF thugs like Kaizer. what these PF tugs fail to understand is that Lungu is not wamuyaya; no one would like to put Lungu’s life in danger but HH’s life should not be put in danger. the road belongs to all of us.

  56. This is real treason. If the government wont take a serious action against HH, then i do not know where this nation is going to. Whether we differ in our political arenas, but this action was a concern as national security. Cage HH and GBM.

  57. Where was security and where was the sweeper? The worst is yet to come if the president does not stand firm.

  58. Question: Where was ECL’s advance motor cycles & vehicles that usually making the siren noises – which are often way aheard to warn other motorists & the general public?

    I smell something fishy with PF here???

    • watch the videos circulating and you’ll see how HH ignored the advance vehicles …. a serious person aspiring to be president cannot be so selfishly dangerous to the nation they hope to be leaders for.

  59. NO,NO,NO Amos Chanda just admit that this was wrong. What normally happens is that here in Lusaka at least 10 minutes before the Presidential motorcade passes we are made to stop to pave way for it(presidential motorcade).There were a lot of Police officers in Mongu last weekend. The route to Limulunga should have been cleared at least 10 minutes before the Presidential motorcade passed

    • YES, BUT WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED IS THIS HH’S MOTORCADE WAS GIVEN WAY FAR MUCH EARLIER, KNOWING THAT THERE WAS STILL TIME BEFORE EAGLE 1 CAN COME AND THIS WAS DONE IN GOOD FAITH. BUT HH’S MOTORCADE DELI DALIED ON THEIR WAY WITH A VIEW OF CONFRONTATION. OBVIOUSLY HH KNEW WHAT THE PLAN WAS. ALTHOUGH AM NOT AN EXPERT IN PRESIDENTIL SECURITY, I FEEL IT WAS WRONG FOR HH TO HAVE MADE EAGLE ONE TO OVER TAKE THEM. BOTH LUNGU’S AND HH’S LIVES WERE BEING PUT TO RISK. LUNGU’S FROM ANY ONE WHO DOES NOT LIKE HIM, HH’S FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY SET UP. INFACT, HH’S SURVIVAL WAS BASED ON THE FACT THAT THEY KNEW WHO HE WAS. OTHERWISE THE PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY COULD HAVE DONE ANY THING THEY DEEMED RIGHT TO PROTECT THE PRESIDENT.

  60. @The Citizen, you are one of the most f00lish citizen i have ever come across. what f00lish treason are you talking about? no wonder Africa is still a dark continent with chaps like you.Grow up man and stop this fo0lish thinking of making Lungu like a god.HH did not overtake Lungu but Lungu’s car went to overtake HH.where were the PF security who should have cleared the road first?oneday Lungu shall bow down to HH.mark my words

    • In Zambia almost every discussion involves insults and threats but lacking in brains. Read that post again, this time carefully. Resist the pressure to insult others I believe you’d not want anyone to do the same to you. Seek knowledge and be objective. Talking about Africa being the dark continent, I can assure you, If you knew me even a little bit, you’d take back your comment, but for now let us leave it at that. Finally, I want to leave you with some thoughts:
      1. We have about 7B USD external debt – do you know when it was acquired and why?
      2. Where is the Euro bond money? On which projects has that money been used?
      3. Zambia 50+ years after independence depends 99% on hydro power from a monopoly which you know very well. Is It normal. Go to their website, you will be…

    • continued..
      be shocked, they even have a timetable for load shedding. I have never seen that anywhere else .
      4. Zambia 50+ years after independence depends almost completely on Copper, Is that normal to you? consider the population growth and the Copper ore depletion. BTW, we can’t even come up with a transparent mineral tax regime. We depend on well wishers to blow the whistle that Glencore is avoiding taxes and using offshore partner companies to defraud the authorities and polluting our environment (air + rivers) with impunity.
      5. Most homes in Lusaka (the ‘Garden City’) have no running water, again 50+ years after independence. IMO this is unacceptable. Water processing and purification is not rocket science
      6. Go to Youtube and search for UNZA or CBU . You will get back…

    • continued…
      images of protests and police brutality not research even on fundamental topics such as Agriculture. Why? IMO It is lack of leadership and vision.
      7. People in Zambia carry more than one cell phone, why? The price of mobile communication is exaggerated. IMO, government policy can fix that easily. Think about it , how can companies like Zamtel exist to only continuously make losses despite their tariffs being far much higher than regional neighbors + they have government backing
      8. Just think about the state of UTH and make your own conclusion
      I can go on, but I guess I gave you a glimpse of my thoughts.
      Let me know If you need any clarification.

  61. Who is the president of Zambia kanshi?
    This is what happens when you still someone`s election.
    Lungu will not have it easy

  62. LUNGU IS NOT PRESIDENT ACCORDING TO UPND AND SOME ZAMBIANS, HE DID NOT WIN THE ELECTIONS AS ALLEGED AND THE COURTS DID NOT DECLARE TO THE CONTRARY, HOW CAN ANY ONE BE FOUND WITH AN OFFENCE OF BLOCKING A PRESIDENT WHEN ZAMBIA HAS NO PRESIDENT?

  63. The president’s car with a WINDOW open in such a compromised security situation for the head of state? The people in charge of the security of the President have some explaining to give. For the Presidential motorcade, we don’t give way, like we do for a fire engine and ambulance, WE CLEAR OFF THE WAY , giving way for the presidential motorcade is not good enough as it still puts the president at risk. With all the men and women who were deployed and still managed to put the man at risk? I hope somebody is doing his hand over notes just now.

  64. HH does NOT recognize an illegitimate president, end of story. No one can force him.

    Forcing HH to bow down to LUNGU is like forcing Daniel to bow down to Nebuchadnezzer’s Gold Statue.

    This is a lesson to any future election riggers. HH’s thunderous welcome in Mongu has gone viral & it made LUNGU develop a lump in throat with jealous.

  65. What is the IG still doing in that office with such lapses in security for the President? If we had a real President, by Saturday 18hrs we should have been saying former IG Kanganja.

  66. Kaizer did an excellent job here. Managed to keep enemy out of people’s sight. Bravo!! We should go out one of these days. I like great guys.
    HH please wake up. You are being played by PF intelligence that you think is on your side.

  67. Ati in development countries people and presidents mingle freely. It used happen in Sweden until a prime minister got shot dead at a cinema. I challenge Katuta to go to Trump Camp of Mar largo in Florida and try to mingle with Trump. All casinos etc within 10 miles of the camp are closed whenever Trump is in town.

  68. After Lungu is no more president he will be drinking coffe with HH while you yapping PF cadres will be left in the cold.

  69. So after allowing testosterone to guide ones actions today is Monday who is plot1? We are on the road to visit our forgotten street guys at Kamfinsa we thought we take them some fresh fruit and water…we ask for your prayers…

  70. The police had traveled that road before, and there were aware of the road condition. For President motorcade to overtake in that road condition is sending a message to HH. Why not make HH pull over or don’t let anybody to be on that path 30 minutes before the president motorcade.

    Don’t forget the world is watching. We, not an island.

  71. I feel for our Republican president,the OP failed him at-least they should have done better.The security escort thumbs up for not removing the Giraffe off the road cause ELC had a lot to lose.No eagle symbol on his vehicle says a lot about who is in-charge of national affairs.That behavior is not only retrogressive,myopic,foolish but also has the capacity to endanger national security if replicated in Pf strong hold such as Lusaka,copperbelt,muchinga just to mention a few.

  72. I once said and am again saying it, Mr. HH is suffering from GRANDIOSITY DISORDER. People with this mental disorder always see attention , Martyrdom and want to be treated as small gods, hence refusing to accept defeat, due to the fact that in his mind, gods never lose. Mr. HH and His best friend did not give way to the Presidential Motorcade because they thought that the people of WESTERN PROVINCE would support them, since they already like them . And also to affirm his statements to the international community that his the president of Zambia, and maybe to also affirm that he is indeed being VICTIMISED by the current government. But to their surprise, things did not go according to their plans. FAILED AGAIN. The world and the people of Western Province have accepted, that there is…

  73. The world and the people of Western Province have accepted, that there is only one president is Zambia and that is PRESIDENT EDGAR CHANGWA LUNGU. PSYCHIATRIST HELP IS NEEDED FOR MR. HH AND HIS VICE PRESIDENT.

  74. I am certain the Upnd guys had guns in their vehicles and ready to shoot had an attempt been made to bump them off the road.

  75. There is no justfication whatever on any reason surrounding the circumstances that led to foolish behaviour as mentioned by State House Spokesman Chanda on the events at Mongu displayed by UPND team led by their President HH and Vice Mwamba.
    Freedom is there and can be enjoyed but the security of the State President cannot be compromised and UPND was doing that at their own risk exposing their unreasonable cadres to dan

  76. There is no justfication whatever on any reason surrounding the circumstances that led to foolish behaviour as mentioned by State House Spokesman Chanda on the events at Mongu displayed by UPND team led by their President HH and Vice Mwamba.
    Freedom is there and can be enjoyed but the security of the State President cannot be compromised and UPND was doing that at their own risk exposing their unreasonable cadres to danger.

  77. The security escort thumbs up for not removing HH off the road cause ELC had a lot to lose.No eagle symbol on his vehicle says a lot about who is in-charge of national affairs.That behavior is not only retrogressive,myopic,foolish but also has the capacity to endanger national security if replicated in Pf strong hold such as Lusaka,copperbelt,muchinga just to mention a few.

  78. In some countries, both the presidential security in that motor cade and the the person who blocked the presidential motor cade would be waiting excution by firing squad as we speak. No one stand in the way of the presidential motorcade, and no security restrain the trigger in such circumstances, it’s released at once. We can petition , we can talk anything but never at any time endanger life of the commander in chief of the armed forces. It is the worst kind of suicide. Please HH and GBM its never done that way honourables.

  79. What i see is a security lapse. Zambia Police and the Intelligence wing lapsed badly. ZP and OP Knew that the road was not clear or didnt they? We all know that there is a lot of bad blood between Lungu and HH FACT. Did the ZP have any of the 600 Officers imported stationed along the road, was any OP people tasked to monitor HH movements? What is the distance between Mongu and Lialui? These are the serious questions needing answers fro ZP and OP.
    from the picture, the presidential motorcade did the right thing to overtake, the HH motorcade did the right thing to slow down and move towards the left edge of the road. you cannot just stop a convey instantly otherwise you shall crushes in the chain.
    My opinion is Both the IG Police and DG OP must be fired.

  80. Congratulations Kaizer, ZP, OP, ZA and to all those who participated in this issue for making HH and his moron look more foolish than when they lost the elections. Their aim was to destabilize the Kuomboka ceremony so that they can put ECL to shame. It’s good that Lungu’s camp were one step ahead of them. Mongu is stable as well as Zambia is now because of your good decision which you made and it is business unusual as usual. This is how big men thinks.

  81. NEZ and other comrades, please stop insulting each other on the media. The truth remains that Lungu was legitimately elected and HH was beaten clean. iam neither a UPND or PF supporter. AS much as Western province remains a stronghold for UPND, It was a logic idea for president Lungu to officiate this year’s kuomboka. Lungu is a president of the whole zambia including DUDUMWEZI while HH is a president of just an opposition party and he needs to respect the presidential motorcade because even himself would not allow that fracas if he was a republican president. The fact is kanganja has failed and the earlier he is replaced the better. To me that appointment was missed call balungu. PF has also failed in some areas. (1) Toll fees, government is stealing money from motorists, its expensive…

  82. Why is everything politicized in this country at the expense of development and national unity? PF for once, grow up and work towards the good of this nation. For the last three years PF has only managed to close down the post newspaper and send over 2000 workers into joblessness, fighting UPND and it’s leader HH and everyone oppossed to their views and political interests. The current PF and it’s leaders have failed to even craft a vision for this country and they will not leave any legacy behind them. Look at the breakdown of the rule of law, lack of respect for the constitution, failure to respect and uphold the separation of power among the three branches of government. What is causing all this confusion in the country? It can only be PF corruption which they are trying to defend at…

  83. This is just hatred for HH that causes some people to point fingers at him even when he is innocent. We want to blow everything beyond proportion because its HH……….

    God help this so called CHRISTIAN NATION yet with such vindictiveness

  84. Ok. Eagle one is nice. Beware of the things that look similar. President of the Nation and President of a political party, Presidential motorcade and motorcade.lol Presidential entourage ni zeee! Na police escort ni bwino. Lungu is the President of Zambia. If you are grieving with that statement, you might get into comma the the next 4 years.kikiki

  85. Let love rule in our lives. I love countrymen and women who love Jesus and love every Zambians. No Zambians must hate another Zambians. We are one. We must show love as a Christians…….

  86. I DON’T BELIEVE FOR ONE MINUTE THAT OUR SECURITY WINGS WERE AS DUMB AS TO ALLOW SUCH A THING TO HAPPEN. I HAVE TWO THEORIES. (1) THE STATE MACHINERY WANTED TO CAUSE HAVOC AND BLAME IT ON HH (PROBABLY THEY WANTED TO KILL HH?) (2) KNOWING THE SHABBY IQ LEVELS OF THE LIKES OF AMOS CHANDA AND HIS CORHORTS, THEY WANTED TO SHOW THE PEOPLE OF MONGU THAT ECL IS THE PRESIDENT OF ZAMBIA. UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM, THE PEOPLE OF MONGU (WESTERN PROVINCE) ARE NOT GULLIBLE. THEY KNOW THAT ECL IS AN ILLEGITIMATE LEADER. THEY KNOW WHO REALLY WON. TRUTH IS HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM IN WESTERN PROVINCE.

  87. ITS FOOLISH FOR SOMEONE TO THINK THAT HH’S MOTORCADE COULD HAVE STOPPED ABRUPTLY LIKE A BICYCLE. IT WAS A CONVOY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! WE HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN IN PF.

    THEY REALLY WANT EVERYBODY TO RECOGNIZE THEIR PRESIDENT. THINGS DON’T WORK LIKE THAT. LEGITIMACY IS EARNED AFTER DUE PROCESS OF THE LAW. CUTTING CORNERS WILL ONLY ATTRACT SCORN LIKE WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW. THE ONLY WAY TO END THIS IS TO LET THE PETITION BE HEARD. OTHERWISE, A LOT OF US WILL NEVER RECOGNIZE ECL.

  88. Honestly, I don’t understand this whole madness blaming HH. Why are you not blaming the police or Presidential security team? They should have ensured the road was clear at least an hour before ECL was going to use the road. Did they ask HH entourage to get off the road? Nowhere have I read that he was asked and refused. All I hear is incapable security team discussing option how to or not to hit his vehicle. I am sure they knew they were not right in the first place, and any action would have raised an outcry. The security failed, and its not HH`s fault as he was being overtaken by ECL, was he told to clear off the road? This whole saga is unheard off, can only happen in Zambia. Both PF and UPND, we are fed up with your childish behaviour and lack of leadership

  89. Zambia kwati kubuta shuwa! Quarrelling over who has the right of way on the road. By law its the one whose number plate has an eagle but if I were Lungu I would have stopped and spoken to HH nokumukumbwishako

  90. Those state snippers who assassinated Paul Tembo in 1997 can still clear this fart called hh. we are tired of his stupidity cicolour cakwe.

  91. I ONLY HAVE ONE WORD FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE OVER THE NATIONAL TRESSURE (PRESIDENT) “TAKE CARE OF IT WITHOUT THE MIND OF A CADRE.NEVER ALLOW HIM TO ENTER IN PLACES NOT SAFE MAKE GOOD JUDGEMENT WHEN HE SHOULD MOVE .NEVER ALLOW THE PRESIDENT TO PASS ALONG SIDE CADRES NO MATER WHAT A LOOSER IS CAPABLE OF ANYTHING I SAW THAT IN SIPLE PLAYING CHESS .USE MATHEMATICS DONT USE MUSCLES .SORRY YOUR HOURNOR FOR WHAT HAPPENED!!!!!!

  92. @Robmwale

    HH IS AN ATHEIST, BIG TIME. HE CLAIMS TO BE AN ADVENTIST ELDER, A SABBATH KEEPER. ASK HIM WHY HE ADDRESSES PRESS CONFERENCES AND POLITICAL RALLIES ON THIS DAY.
    WHAT WAS HE DOING IN MONGU INSTEAD OF CHURCH ON SABBATH?

    DID YOU SEE HOW HIS CAR DANGEROUSLY SWERVED OUT OF THE TARMAC ROAD WITH ONE SILLY CHAP CLUTCHING TO THE DOOR?

    BE SERIOUS

  93. To whom it may concern
    Dear All,
    Why could a normal human being call hh a legitimate president unless he was declared winner at any of the 5 or five elections he has transparently lost?Some pipo are learned quite alright but fail to distinguish sense from nonsense,I wonder.If u r normal,just accept Mr/Dr/Sir/Bwana/HE/President Edgar Chagwa Lungu is the elected and legitimate President of Zambia.If u want to believe this,carryout this simple and straight forward assignment for me:”Go to any part of Southern province and ask grade 1 pupils,Tonga by tribe,that who is the President of Zambia?”They will give a correct answer that “Edgar Lungu.” Unless to would want to share your insanity into them.Read and understand this essay and ask me questions in a polite way where u r not clear…

  94. Sad that the HH dream of being President of Zambia ends in this way instead in a ballot box. His charecter does not give us hope and reason why we should have such a president

  95. Comment:I’m not a politician I’m a woman of God why these insults and for what ? The Bible says give honour to whomever it is due whose supposed to be honoured must be honoured and Zambia is a christian nation which exalts the values of the word of God and takwaba ujatalikana na lesa cause there’s no predicament against the word of God the word of God is final give honour to it is due periodically and God ill bless such a one on the throne of Zambia it’s righteousness on that throne whose not doing the word will never climb the throne God himself ill block such a one were praying for Zambia the word of God must prevail

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