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PF under President Lungu is abusing state institutions against those with divergent views-Sara Longwe

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SARA Longwe delivering her speech.
SARA Longwe
Non-Governmental Organizations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) Board Chairperson Sara Longwe expressed concern with the deteriorating political situation in Zambia.

In a statement Ms. Longwe said the Patriotic Front (PF) led Government under President Edgar Lungu is abusing state institutions against those with divergent views or perceived holding divergent views.

She cited the event of the last few months after the August 2016 elections were state institutions are being abused by those in power such as closing down critical media institutions, eliminate the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) as currently constituted by law and now the arrest of an opposition leader are reminiscent of a totalitarian state.

The NGOCC board Chairperson noted that Zambia is a democracy and all citizens are entitled to the enjoyment of their fundamental rights to freedom of movement, expression and assembly without any undue interference.

Ms. Longwe further noted that while NGOCC does not condone lawlessness, it is important for those in the corridors of power to exercise maximum restraint in the abuse of state institutions.

She has since condemned the Police ambush of a family of a mere politician like a common criminal, affirming that the action by the police was ridiculous and uncalled for.

Ms. Longwe also noted that the Zambia Police owes the family of Mr. Hichilema an apology in the manner they conducted the arrest of Mr. Hichilema as he does not live alone in the house that they broke into and teargased.

She has since urged President Edgar Lungu to take deliberate steps to heal the political wounds that arose out of the elections because the 11thAugust 2016 elections left the country divided.

The NGOCC Board chairperson however stated that arresting opposition leaders on tramped up charges is a recipe to heighten the tension in an environment which is already volatile economically and politically.

She also appealed to church mother bodies to immediately initiate dialogue between the leaders of the Patriotic Front (PF) and the United Party for National Development (UPND) because the current political tension has the potential of degenerating into civil strife, which without doubt will adversely affect many Zambians, especially the women, the elderly and the children.

“The Patriotic Front (PF) led Government under President Edgar Lungu is abusing state institutions against those with divergent views or perceived holding divergent views” Ms. Longwe said

122 COMMENTS

  1. You are absolutely right.

    Days are numbered…….

    Shammah Bushiri’s January 2016 prophecy.

    “I saw a treason case arising. They will arrest the leader of the opposition. They say he is planning to overthrow the government. So they will capture him and arrest him. In the realm of the spirit, I saw two objects a green one and a red one.
    But the biggest mistake which happened is that the red one was arrested and that was a mistake. They should not do the mistake of arresting this one. If they do the mistake of arresting this one that will be the one mistake of pushing this one to come in.”

    • Nothing is permanent on earth mama be calm and us PF supporters cant be advising for nothing. Lungu is digging his own grave by listening to carders. My president needs has lost it here. Life should not be taken in this manner.

    • The failure of NGOs such as this one of Longwe is their failure to speak from a position of knowledge and seperation from self rational interest. They see bellicose in the political arena yet fail to play relevant role to stop what catalyse a national crisis. If she did a a smart context analysis of the situation, she would understand that HH has resorted to dangerous flictional politics in post 2016 elections. She could have hose to be a useful voice in arresting an eminent hostile situation. We do not support a strong hand approach by the state, but civil politics by all actors is attainable.

    • She could have chosen to be a relevant voice but not any more because of this tendancy of speaking without a prognosis of situations. Help bring our politicians together instead of you being sparkplugs.

    • I don’t trust ugly ladies! Most of the time they speak sh****t. I also don’t support wrong people. HH was wrong and he deserve to die.

    • Exodus 23:2 KJV
      2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude (mob) to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment (to speak lies and perverting justice). PF should grow up! Don’t expect your enemies to be everyone’s enemies! Similarly, don’t expect your collective point of view to be the truth and that everyone should agree with you! It is grossly unfair to blame police incompetence on an individual who was not even briefed about your unplanned motorcade passage! Moreover, being charged does not mean one is guilty. The rule of law demands that the accused be heard. Now since your Kangaroo courts refused to give a fair hearing to the accused with regards to the election petition, Zambian courts therefore have equally have no jurisdiction in this case and…

    • Longwe, Longwe, Longwe please!!

      What are you talking about?

      Which political wounds do you want Lungu to heal?

      Who has caused the political wounds? Do you understand basic governance madam Longwe?

      Are you comfortable that HH continues to disregard leadership? Is that part of your mandate as a civil rights activist, that people should rise against elected government?

      If Miti says to John, ‘mwana how can you marry this woman? As far as I am concerned you are not married, and I will never accept or recognise you as being married’.

      How does it become John’s duty to heal the wounds? Should John, on account of that, tell Miti, ‘yes am not married mwana’, so that he can heal the said ‘wounds’?

      Come on, what wounds are you talking about? Who caused these wounds – is it…

    • Come on, what wounds are you talking about? Who caused these wounds – is it John or Miti who decides to refuse to recognise that John is married?

      No wonder NGOs in Zambia seem not to have any impact other than that of receiving Western funding.

    • SHE IS IRRELEVANT.
      WHERE WAS SHE WHEN hh WAS INSULTING AND DISRESPECTING THE PRESIDENT, PARLIAMENT, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND ALL AUTHORITY.
      SHE IS VERY SILENT ON ALL THESE ISSUES.
      SHAME ON HER

    • WHO IS THIS UGLY WOMAN, AGAIN. IS SHE SO DEAF AND BLIND TO SEE THAT HH WAS LEADING ZAMBIA INTO BLOOD BATH. JUST IGNORE THIS UGLY PIECE OF SH1T.

    • This woman is talking Rubbish like most other Zambian women will soon start to. Is HH your boyfriend? Lick my crap-hole I hate him. My boys planned a little booby trap for him in Mongu and he walks in it with his eyes open. Now that he is in our bag that’s his end believe me. Even all his supporters will suddenly became pf. Am a prophet. Thank you

      BB2114

      Thanks

    • How do you blok the president and call it divergent views ki ki ki

      He just wanted to be arrested to spark riots.

      Ati volcano.

      Now mosquitoes are feasting on him in the cells.

      He will be convicted and he will never stand again

    • Bufi…This fake prophecy was issued before the August polls and Shamma was wrong…He thought HH would win…Mwilabepesha Lesa bamakaka

    • People should find time to listen attentively to the video showing the UPND motorcade trying to outdo the Presidential motorcade. There is the UPND security personnel hanging from the doors of the UPND vehicles hurling insults at everyone including our President who were part of the Presidential motorcade. The insults heard coming from the UPND motorcade were: “YENDANI UKO IMWE AGALU” which is translated in English as GO AWAY YOU DOGS. One wonders whether these are the divergent views from the opposition that should be tolerated according to Sara Longwe. How does one use such vituperative labels against a sitting President on top of blocking his motorcade and endangering his life and expect to get away with this?

  2. Ba Longwe nabena lishilu aba! HH is to respect the office of the president. what will happen to HH if he will rule Zambia and Kabimba does not drive off the road.? Will he smile? Nooo

    • @HALUSA HALUSA (HH) – the problem is the main charge for HH – treason and not obstructing. This means this case is more of a vendetta than a real one. If it was about obstruction, then that should have been the only charge. How did treason come in???

    • My Zambia. Am not sure what is difficult for you to understand that HH has been on a trail for treason for sometime now. Behaving that he is The Zambian president is tantamount to treaaon. HH asked for it. He deserves the strong arm of the law before he leads the nation into chaos.

  3. Things are bad bane. People are only just realising. Right now am very very busy working with our lawyers to fight this evil regime. We shall over come

    • PF is the absolute worst thing to have happened to Zambia. This is the beginning of the end for Lungu and PF. They can celebrate at State House but not for long.

    • @ NEZ
      MORE HALLUCINATIONS!!
      YOUR FAKE PRESIDENT IS BEHIND BARS FOR DISRESPECTING THE REAL PRESIDENT.
      YOU LIVE IN DREAMLAND.

    • @ NEZ AND FELLOW HATERS LIKE BUCK TEETH …
      MORE HALLUCINATIONS!!
      NO ONE IS CELEBRATING A MISGUIDED CHAP MISLEADING REGIONALISTS
      YOUR FAKE PRESIDENT IS BEHIND BARS FOR DISRESPECTING THE REAL PRESIDENT.
      YOU LIVE IN DREAMLAND.
      WAKE UP!!

    • WHAT DO YOU MEAN, “WE…” MOST WELL MEANING ZAMBIANS, INCLUDING ME. ARE HAPPY TO SEE THE TRIBAL DICTATOR INCARCERATED.

  4. PF government should go to work and deliver on their promises and STOP harassing people. Why is HH and UPND a major target for LUNGU and PF…..! PF deliver on your job promises and stop hunger and poverty.
    Zambia has potential for growth and development. The climate is perfect and agricultural development is feasible. However, Zambian farmers are paid late after they sell their produce, but this year, most farmers did not get paid at all Are we surprised that there is now hunger in most parts of the rural areas? This does not come as a surprise, as it is clear that in the last decade or so, farming system was never developed and no money was put into landbased farming system at grassroot level. Current government shuns farming, and they do not think it generates income for the nation…

    • It is UPND and HH who have made ECL the target. NOT the other way around! Have you ever heard Lungu call Ichilema any names or mention him in nearly every conversation he has. Yet UPNDokeys and their small god can’t seem to miss a moment to bring up Lungu’s name—on line, on their verandas, Chinama hotel (the defacto UPND Secretariat,) extra.

      I am sure if Ichilema spent just a fraction of the time he spends on being INSOLENT and LOOKING FOR TROUBLE, he wouldn’t be in the situation he finds himself today. If HH is a tagart, he sure knows how to put the BULL’S EYE on himself. Lungu or PF did NOT tell HH to be that STUP!D as to toe the treason line. He made the bed so let him lay in it. By the way, when are they arresting GBV as an accomplice?

  5. Currently, three out of four Zambians live in poverty and more than half of them are extremely poor and unable to meet their minimum nutritional needs. For poor rural people, ensuring food security is a constant preoccupation. This is a sad situation for a country known to be the second largest copper producer in the world, but the world largest Gemstone producing country. Do Zambians really have to live in poverty?

    Mu chalo, mulemba na copper

    • I think the thrust of your critique should be on the fact that poor politics lead to violent gov’ts and unstable rule. Wars create poverty because GDP goes to weapons. There is far complex at play than the amount of copper produced. Loom at DRC, leading producers of copper and diamonds, is the poverty there worse than Zambia.YES. Why? WARS, CONFLICTS, WESTERN GOV’ts.

  6. Halusa Halusa (HH) you are just an id1ot… you are using muscles to think you id1ot. you are just supporting blindly you son of the devil.

  7. SARA IS JUST ANOTHER LOOSE CANON. MR HHHAS LITERALLY BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE, BEHAVING LIKE A PRESIDEN. AND THIS SARA HAS BEEN QUIET. AND WHEN THE THE LAW TAKES ITS COURSE SHE STARTS THE BLAH..BLAH..BLAH. ECL WAS VOTED FOR BY 6.5 PROVINCES. YOU CANNOT JUST WITH IMPUNITY BE BEHAVING AS IF THERE IS NO LAW AND ORDER. HH SHOULD NOT BE TREATED WITH KIDS GLOVES. JUST LIKE EVERYONE INCLUDING ME. WHAT IF PF CADRES IN KANYAMA ALSO DECIDE TO TREAT HH THE WAY HE TREATED ECL?

    • @Chisenga,
      It’s irrelevant to mention 6.5 Provinces, the measure should be the number of electorates votes cast and that made a difference of roughly 100k votes (PF 1.8 mil Vs UPND 1.7), and voter accounted for roughly 56% of the 6 mil registered.

  8. WHO WAS THE DRIVER…WAS IT HH OR SOMEONE ELSE.
    I FEEL THIS IS A TRAFFIC OFFENSE NOT TREASON THE PF IS BRAGGING ABOUT.

    • It was just an excuse to rob HH, yeah his house and then incarcerate him for a long time for nothing. Lungu has just made his worst mistake in his miserable life.

    • @ BUCK TEETH …
      FOR HOW LONG WILL YOU BE HATING
      YOUR FAKE PRESIDENT IS BEHIND BARS FOR DISRESPECTING THE REAL PRESIDENT.
      YOU LIVE IN DREAMLAND.
      WAKE UP!!

  9. This is another internationally sponsored mouth piece that needs jail and to be tried for treason. Speaking against Zambian gov’t. What credibility among right thinking Zambians after your act to frustrate the referendum which would have strengthened Rights of citizens? Is anybody still listening to transparent troublemakers like you. Ultimately, your acts is about removing democratically elected gov’t, and that is treason. Time to stop these type of power groups. We want a return to One Party State. Zambian politicians are too primitive for Multiparty politics. Crying like a little baby because you convinced yourself you will win and then, ” …….waaaaaaa, waaaaa, I lost the election. I am going to spill my milk!”

    • Lungu never won the election….. that is why he is forcing HH to accept the result…!
      Learn from Gambia… They did in style… Learn from The Gambia election and stop being cheated. In an area with only 100,000 people, Lungu got 500,000 – how? C’mon….! The election was stolen indeed.

    • Lungu is in power now, so why is he still demanding that HH, no one else BUT HH MUST ACCEPT that Lungu won? there is a huge number of people who did not VOTE, is Lungu asking them to accept him as their president? No he is not…! Why is he ordering HH to accept the vote? Yaba

    • For somebody who supposedly won, Lungu is so insecure about his position. That’s why he wants to press HH into the mud. That’s why he trashed his family home. That’s why he wants to mire HH in lengthy court proceedings. But Lungu will fail miserably. His days are numbered. He is as good as a dead dog.

  10. To be smart, madam Sara Longwe should have started by condemning the motorcade thing, then move on to condemn the Police. In real essence what the UPND did in Mongu was provocative and should be condemned, Had the President died, what would have happened? All acts (Motorcade blockage & Police raid) are not wrong and unjustified and should be condemned by Peace loving Zambians. We should not side with anyone, when something is wrong its wrong. Sara Longwe should not just wake up from her slumber and condemn the Police only. If HH and his entourage never blocked the President, will the Police have raided his home??

  11. Our police service is in shambles…! Corrupt and poverty stricken cops who just follow blindly. Soon, the same leaders will be on your back…!
    A Christian Nation does not arrest its people…, A god fearing person protects and does not hide behind police torture tools and torture young men for the sake of it..! It is inhumane to attack families in their homes and yet you preach friendship and call for prayers when it suits you..! PF government has put Zambia on the world map for wrong reasons…!
    A lot of professionals and working class did not take part in last year’s election as it is marred with corruption and cheating. SO PEOPLE with INTELLECT did not VOTE….! Is the PF government going to force those people to take an oath and swear that they accept the PF government as a…

  12. Sara Longwe must be an intellectually retarded woman. Why these outbursts when the her bread winner has just been arrested to face just a single crime he committed in Mongu out of several serious crimes he has engineered in Kasama, Chongwe, of late in Kanyama etc.

    It is clear this gang of rich people along with their Lawyers DO NOT care but rather lock up their human rights concepts when poor people are killed in cold blood or beaten up. In fact NO apology has been offered by HH, GBM, Guy Scott, Mmembe, Mutembo Nchito nor from SARA LONGWE herself. Sara Longwe has been exposed

    • Intellectuals advance strong arguments to support their views. As for you, you are talking about people rather than ideas. I leave it for you to conclude as to who is intellectually retarded between you and Ms. Longwe.

  13. Well said Sara …. Go Sara Go Sara… No one wants to stand up for their right and the other opposition parties are very quiet..! Not even the loudest men want to voice out now…!

    H.H. and his men did not block LUNGU…..!Zambia Police are hungry for more bloodshed..! That’s all the know.

    • @Bowa you are very right. I saw the video clip. HH’s motorcade did not block Edgar’s Motorcade. The Police slept on duty and are using HH as a scapegoat! They will not succeed because even a child can see through their scheme.

  14. One can guaranteed freedom of speech but not freedom after speech.. So when we speak we ought to ensure we speak wisely.
    We are guaranteed freedom of assembly but what we do in accordance with set regulations and laws, we are not guaranteed freedom after assembly.(HH’s debacle).
    You are guaranteed freedom to print and be a viable independent media, but if you pay not your taxes, we can not guaranteed you will freely continue to operate.
    DEMOCRACY IS NOT A TICKET FOR LAWLESSNESS.

  15. Sara and the so called NGOs, you are the ones who are heightening the tension in the country becoz u are biased, when UPND is daring and disrespecting ECL, u keep quiet but when they arrest them for criminality, u say they are abusing institutions and applying tramped up charges, is this not inciting rebellion on your part Ms Longwe, think before u speak, I suggest

    • @DM obviously you are a sponsored PF social media agent. Just know that wrong doing has an end, even one which involves abuse of state institutions like PF is doing! We refuse to be ruled like this! HH does not deserve this type of treatment over a simple traffic matter!

    • The intention is to correct those breaking the law. HH is just a rat eating stolen money from the mines. I’m a bemba and any bemba person supporting HH is stupid. It’s against our culture and our traditional.

    • @18 K Bwalya THAT’S YOUR PROBLEM. IN YOUR LITTLE THINKING YOU THINK PEOPLE SHOULD GO ON BREAKING THE LAW AS LONG AS THEY ARE UPND AND MOST SPECIFICALLY UPND PRESIDENT. AGAIN, YOUR THINKING IS THE SAAME AS ANY UPND MEMBER- YOU THINK WITHOUT UNDER 5 THERE WILL BE NO UPND. TO YOU AND ALL UPND MEMBERS UNDER 5 IS UPND AND UPND IS UNDER 5. THERE ARE SO MANY OPPOSITION PARTIES IN ZAMBIA- THE DEATHE OF UPND WOULD JUST MEAN THE DEATH OF DEEP-ROOTED TRIBALISM IN ZAMBIA AND THE ELIMINATION OF ANY HIGHLY POTENTIAL BUT UNNECESSARY CIVIL WAR IN ZAMBIA. UNDER 5 HAD IT COMING. IN THE FIRST PLACE GBM IS THERE TO TAKE OVER PRESIDENCY OF UPND.

  16. When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of people in a society (people in power and their tandem of thieves), over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes all their wrong doing and abuse of power and a moral code that glorifies it. The Police, Judiciary, State Media, state sponsored social media agents, etc full of weak souls become part of the system that glorifies a wicked moral code in an attempt to launder it. This is what PF is doing! If well meaning Zambians do not stand up against these wrongs, they will have no country for their children and their children’s children!

  17. Zambia is been run by cadres and thieves. What do expect from someone who never worked had for anything except using ubukakashi all the time. He did it at Mulungushi using pangas to get where he is. He chewed Client’s money while running his law firm. He is been blinded by cadres using him for their own gain. We are praying, Prayer is a strongest weapon to destroy our enemies plans. Sin blinds wait and see what the Lord will do. I waited upon the Lord patiently and he heard me.

  18. Sarah you’re old enough to know that people have been detained before this detention. I’ve never supported any detention but then I’ve never been in government so I wouldn’t judge either the detained or the detainer.

  19. WHICH DIVERGENT VIEWS? VOTES IN THE DUST BIN? BLOCKING A PRESINTIAL MOTORCADE! COURT CASE!…..PLEASE GIVE EXAMPLES..

  20. This Sara Longwe thing is an id1ot.why cant she ask HH to behave?any NGO should not support HH’s nonsense.surely should Govnt just continue looking at HH’s nonsense?amazing.there is no sane person who can support what HH did in Mongu.he derserves what he got-treason!!

    • @Njimbu you are just a PF sponsored Social Media Agent! You and your network are working hard to kill HH! God is watching you and your wicked network! Just watch how God will scatter you!

  21. @T Mutale alas T.Hamutale;i have told you several times that nobody in PF has ever given me 1 ngwee.i just call spade a spade.if Sara Longwe is neutral,she should have atleast blamed HH’s bad behaviour in Mongu,the police and PF Govnt.HH is old enough to know what is right and wrong.Sara Longwe knows that world-over nobody can block the presidential motorcade and be alive for a minute!!GO TO LONDON TOMORROW AND TRY TO DRIVE NEXT TO THE PRIME MINISTER THEN SEE IF YOU WILL LAST FOR A MINUTE!!dont just support blindly.THE PRESIDENCY IS A VERY POWERFUL INSTITUTION IN ANY COUNTRY WHICH HAS TO BE RESPECTED BY ALL CITIZENS!!!WE ALL WORSHIP A LIVING GOD.OUR GOD IS NOT A GOD OF CONFUSION.The Bible says “give respect to those in power(the presidency)!!”OUR ALMIGHTY GOD CANNOT ACCEPT HH’S…

    • @Njimbu, no matter how you hate HH and try to portray him as a bad person you will not succeed other than within your network of wickedness. The truth will still remain that HH did no wrong. He does not deserve this treatment. No one who knows God can behave the way you are behaving. Remember even devils like you call on the name of the Lord!

    • @24.1 THERE’S NOTHING LIKE HATING HH HERE. THE CORE OF THE MATTER IS LAW- HH MUST RESPECT THE LAW. MORE SO THE INSTITUTION OF PRESIDENCY. I WON’T REPEAT WHAT NJIMBU SAID ON THE BIBLE, BUT, HH AND ALL ZAMBIANS AND RESIDENTS IN ZAMBIA MUST RESPECT THE PRESIDENCY. THEY DO NOT NEED TO LOVE THE PRESIDENCY. BUT IT’S IN THE LEGAL STRUCTURE TO RESPECT THE INSTITUTION OF PRESIDENCY EVERYWHERE. I REPEAT, NO ONE WILL BE FORCED TO LOVE THE PRESIDENT. BUT EVERYONE WILL BE FORCED BY LAW TO RESPECT THE INSTITUTION OF PRESIDENCY IN ANY COUNTRY. GO TO UK OR GERMANY AND BLOCK THE PRIME MINISTER OR CHANCELLOR AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO. OH! SORRY- YOU WON’T EVEN BE ABLE TO WITNESS WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU. YOU WILL BE DEAD.

  22. Sara Longwe is an intellectually retarded woman. Why these outbursts when her bread winner has just been arrested to face a single crime he committed in Mongu out of several serious crimes he has engineered in Kasama, Chongwe, of late in Kanyama etc.

    It is clear this gang of rich people along with their Lawyers DO NOT care but rather lock up their human rights beliefs when poor people are killed in cold blood or beaten up by UPND gangs.. NO apology has since been offered by HH, GBM, Guy Scott, Mmembe, Nchitos, Mwenye nor from SARA LONGWE herself when a non-Tonga Teacher was beaten up in Sinazongwe. Ati pantu Ba Sara ni bamuka musungu! SHA!

  23. OUR ALMIGHTY GOD CANNOT ACCEPT HH’S CURRENT BAD BEHAVIOUR.AFTER LOSING 2016 ELECTIONS,HH HAS BECOME A GREAT DANGER TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY.if anything we must be thanking Edgar Lungu’s kindness for turning a blind eye on HH daily provocations!!!we all know that HH tells his supporters that Zambia jas no president and soon courts will hand over power to him.WHY HAS SARA LONGWE KEPT QUIET ON THIS ISSUE?ALL UPND SUPPORTERS IN 3.5 PROVINCES KNOW THAT SOON ICC WILL REMOVE ECL FROM STATE HOUSE AND GIVE THE PRESIDENCY TO HH!!!IS THIS NORMAL TO ALL OF YOU WHO SUPPORT KAINDE?will any court give the presidency to hh before 11/08/2021?WHICH COURT IS CURRENTLY HEARING UPND’S PRESIDENTIAL PETITION?NONE.SO WHY DOES HH MISLEAD ZAMBIANS?IS THIS NOT CAUSING CHAOS IN ZAMBIA?be real guys.once these…

    • @Njimbu: First, do not use God’s name in vain or in cheap politics. Our former Predident Micheal C Sata, continuously insulted Presidents Chiluba, Mwanawasa and Rupiah Banda. Was he ever arrested for this? How many crimes has KZ committed? Has he ever been summoned or arrested by ZP? Secondly, If the Presidential petition was disposed off properly after hearing the evidence from UPND and counter evidence from ECZ and PF, all this noise from HH and UPND would not have been there. According to LT report, the Police were instructed from superiors above to charge HH with treason. Sara Longwe is right, PF leadership is abusing ZP to settle perceived political enemies.

    • @Kgosi: He put the life of the President in danger and we can only imagine what would have happened to the Country if something happened to the President. This is the issue sycophants like yourself and this lady, Longwe, are avoiding to address. Laws and Rules governing PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADES (especially when on official duty as the Mongu trip was) are very clear. And if HH doesn’t know them or care to educate himself what they are, then he deserves no sympathy—especially for someone who wants to be President some day and be PROTECTED under the same PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY PROTOCOLS. For IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NO DEFENSE IN ANY LEGAL COURT on earth.

      And Ichilima has gone out of his way, on so many occasions, to insult heap all sorts of insults and names (Chimbwi, dog, etc) on…

    • continue:

      … Presidents such as Rupiah Banda, Micheal Sata, and now Edgar Lungu. And no one has ever arrested him for it. His arrest now has nothing to do with his (HH’s) LOVE for insults and derogatory language. It has everything to do with him acting like an IGNORANT VILLAGE ID!OT who doesn’t know the Consequences of the silly stunt he pulled off in Mongu.

    • @Yambayamba: Appreciated you are a staunch PF cadre who can not see any flaws in the way the laws are being applied in our beloved country Zambia. To us who are neutral, we can discern the situation differently. Give UPND chance to be heard in court. If they loose the case, they will recognize President ECL, as duly elected. I’m not supporting what HH did but I think the Police and security wings failed all of us by not making sure the road was clear and safe for the Presidential motorcade.

  24. Only in your head mayo has zambia become the way you thinking! You belong to the cartel family of yo husband and you want to continue oppressing the poor through capitalism and not paying taxes. You also quick to advise western govts to sanction zambia so that yu can continue raping us. Abash capitalism, abash cartelism! We need a country where all of us can be subjected to same law and unlike the position taken by you spineless NGOCC.

  25. Be real guys.once these desperate politicians set mother Zambia on fire,its you and i who will suffer.Zambia is bigger than hh or ECL!!LETS VALUE OUR PEACE!!!

    • @Njimbu, Zambia actually needs to be on fire right now to stop the nonsense from people like you! Peace is not just the absence of war! There is no peace in Zambia right now. We are just pretending!

    • BESIDES, WHO SAYS POLITICS WILL DIE WITH HH?? IS HE A GOD TO BE WORSHIPED?? Zambia has intelligent politicians like Elias Chipimo, Andiford Banda, Canisius Banda, and many who are still to come. Should the country be put on fire because of a selfish and foolish politician didn’t get his perceived birthright?? A buffoon who who has been rejected five times?? No, I don’t think so!!

  26. it is a rite of passage for each and every president of zambia to have been arrested for political reasons. Just take a look at the profiles of all our past presidents/ Let me ask you, has lungu ever been arrested for political reasons? The answer to that is a resounding NO.. this then proves that lungu did not genuinly win the elections. The man is a fraud and soon all will be revealed

  27. Madam look at both sides of the coin. Is the behaviour of HH and GMB of nation interest? Are they the only opposition parties? So don’t be fooled by your own selfish motives. These two are a danger to the President of the Republic of Zambia. Let him and others who thinks they are above the law be caged

  28. To all upnd cadres please do that rebellion alone.but always remember that the law will visit you!!!why should i risk my life for the sake of hh or ecl?Police is there to maintain law and order.politicians come and go.so whatever nonsense you intend to do on our streets,just recall that ZP is there to deal with all law breakers!!!today i was listening to Hot FM in the morning.more than 90% of callers blamed HH’s bad behaviour in mongu and encouraged Govnt to let the law take its course because HH’s behavour after 11/08/2016 has been dangerous to our national security.this is the feeling of majority Zambians especially those in 6.5 provinces!!SADLY FOR YOU IN UPND,IN A DEMOCRACY LIKE OURS,THE MAJORITY WINS!!

  29. Sara Longwe , lam surprised that you did not see the conduct of HH, Its foolishness and not PF problem. Its creating your own problem. We are suppose to respect the head of state. Even if HH was president he will deserve respect.
    So think of talking to GBM and HH to begin looking at life differently and understanding that the one pays for their wrongs

  30. @30 NEZ, so what are you saying? Whatever it is you are trying to say doesnt make sense and you know it. Confirming that you are a donkey? Olo ukusabaila as bemba monkeys like GBM would say.

    • @Terrible, clearly you are a PF Sponsored Social Media Agent. Enjoy your evil acts for as long as they last!

  31. Just spare your breath, UPNDonkeys, your leader is in for a long time before his case is disposed off either way. Judging from the way HH’s cases in courts have gone, I can predict that the treason case will go on beyond christmas and new year. There will be postponements or adjournments mostly by HH’s lawyers due to their incompetence and clueless as was seen in the petition. In the petition they looked like the value of these cases to them was to gain experience and high profile. Which is why they abandoned their client just before midnight.
    Anyway, we shall rest from hh underfive noise for a quite a while, and listen to adults for a change.

  32. And someone please tell Mutinta to shut her beak, she may need to beg authorities on behalf of her underfive husband.
    As for Donkey Sarah Longwe, who will you dialogue with using such donkey language? You are simply stating that you don’t want dialogue and would rather see Mutinta remain single for a while.

  33. @NEZ:are you normal?when is your soon?we have been hearing about that soon from upnd ever since PF got power from MMD in 2011.up to date,nothing about SOON from upnd has come to pass!!ECL will be in state house until 2021 whether upnd like or not provided God looks after his life well.no political move can remove ECL from state house before 2021.SO SPARE US FROM YOUR SOON THIS,SOON THAT!!YOU NEZ KEPT ON BOASTING THAT “CALILILA KU MONGU WITH LEGAL PRESIDENT HH”,but your legal president HH is today mundende beacuse of his nonsense in mongu.free him kaili!!@KGOSI:late Michael Sata was doing civilised politics.he never put national security in danger.HH DOES IT A BAD WAY!!SO IF YOU ADVISED HH TO BE INSULTING LIKE SATA THEN YOU GOT IT ALL WRONG BECAUSE ANY HUMAN BEING IS UNIQUE!!SATA KNEW…

    • NJIMBU,
      I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS.THEY MAKE A LOT OS SENSE.THE BIGGEST PROBLEM FROM THE OTHER COLLEAGUES FROM UPND IS THAT THEY ONLY WANT BELIEVE THAT ALL WHAT HH DOES IS RIGHT.
      SURELY,CAN SOME BODY WITH 5 SENSES SUPPORT WHAT HAPPENED IN MONGU?SUPPOSE HH WAS THE PRESIDENT AND SOME ONE ELSE BEHAVES LIKE THAT,ARE UPND SUPPORTERS GOING TO SUPPORT SUCH A THING?
      RECENTLY HH IS ON RECORD OF CALLING ECL A HYENA.WAS THAT COLLECT?NO BODY FROM UPND CONDEMNED THAT?NOW YOU CAN WONDER WHAT SORT OF THINKING IS THIS.
      WE SAW IT COMMING THAT HH WILL COMMIT TREASON BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE HAS BEEN BEHAVING.
      IF YOU LISTERN TO HOT FM THIS MORNING,MOST OF THE CALLERS BLAMED HH.
      TO BE HONEST WITH YOU UPND SUPPOETERS,IF HH’S CONDUCT WAS WELL,HE WAS GOING TO BE A DARLING OF MANY PEOPLE.ASK ANY…

  34. SATA KNEW HOW TO DO POLITICS TO AVOID BREAKING THE LAWS.BUT YOUR HH DOES IT A WRONG WAY!!besides,late Sata had massive support along the line of rail,so he controlled himself well to avoid setting Zambia on fire.Sata’s massive support in urban areas had the capacity to burn Zambia if he was careless like HH.HH’s politics of provocation since 2016 could have caused us much trouble had HH command massive support in highly populated areas such as Lsk and CB.thank God that HH has limited support in these two highly populated provinces-hence having peace today!!ONCE HH DECIDES TO DO CIVILISED POLITICS,HE WILL EVER ENJOY FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND LIVE A PEACEFUL LIFE.THE CHOICE IS HIS!!!

    • What a Zambian, your police has openly shown you how incompetent and how their intelligence system is so fourth world, and you feel safe, if your police had super intelligence the question you should ask is why would they with 600 men and every security device at their disposal decide to take their boss to a place were they now feel his life was under threat, a normal security conscious police would have noted that threat and aborted the trip, and probably used air traffic. With such security i will sleep with my eyes wide open.

  35. We have 5 years to rule this country as pf weather you like it or not we mandated by zambians ,
    This lady Sara longwe she just talks rubbish , last time she was very happy when a mutendere lady was aquited of murder charges , yet she was sad after the Ruth mbundus accused where released , what sort of a woman are you ?
    Am sure your marriage is a wreck and you take out your frustrations on pf, you must be having a horrible marriage.
    You need to think before you talk and reflect on the past you foolish shameless old ugly woman

  36. There’s a pure lack of sense. A president should only move when his security detail has cleared the way and given the go. Look at you now, justifying your incompetence through punishing others. Treason, you gotta be from another planet!!

  37. Longwe, Longwe, Longwe please!!

    What are you talking about?

    Which political wounds do you want Lungu to heal?

    Who has caused the political wounds? Do you understand basic governance madam Longwe?

    Are you comfortable that HH continues to disregard leadership? Is that part of your mandate as a civil rights activist, that people should rise against elected government?

    If Miti says to John, ‘mwana how can you marry this woman? As far as I am concerned you are not married, and I will never accept or recognise you as being married’.

    How does it become John’s duty to heal the wounds? Should John, on account of that, tell Miti, ‘yes am not married mwana’, so that he can heal the said ‘wounds’?

    • Come on, what wounds are you talking about? Who caused these wounds – is it John or Miti who decides to refuse to recognise that John is married?

      No wonder NGOs in Zambia seem not to have any impact other than that of receiving Western funding.

  38. Can some grade 7 pupil explain to this so called LONGWe that even before she was born, presidents were to pass through cleared roads what she is yapping is nonsense. Does she eat mwa Hichilema? Shut up! Whatever you call yourself is purely shit!!

  39. Where are we going to find refuge? Down here we are protesting against Zuma over there it is HH! What is happening? Christians please let us pray fervently for our nations. These events are recorded in tje book of Micah . Very scarey. This is.not democracy but dictatorship, God help us.

  40. I don’t know what kind of a learned woman is Ms longwe. A learned zambian woman is able to interpret the laws of zambia correctly. That man so called HH deserves that charge of the offence. What this man did has never happened in the history of zambia. If he thought he was making a name by doing that, he has made a bad name. Let him be caged and sent to jail.

  41. @General Kunene

    CLINTON had more votes, so called popular votes.
    Trump TOOK more provinces or states. Guess, who is president of USA!

    • Don’t compare Lizards with Crocodiles! Just because a lizard looks like a crocodile does not make the Lizard a Crocodile! Zambia’s electoral system uses 50 + 1 and not how many provinces one wins in. The USA uses “provinces” called states. The USA is a Federal system and Zambia is not. We have been advocating for Zambia to go Federal as a way of decentralization of state power and it is the same individuals making the argument of winning more provinces who don’t want provinces to govern themselves! Zambia needs to go Federal if we are to put the arrogance of numbers and state power in check! Lets compare Apples with Apples!

  42. The one arrested and the one arresting the other are both completely useless. The economy is declining by the day, then you go and do complete useless things instead of focussing energies on what matters. Release your opponent.

  43. I have been telling you that Lungu is a fake Christian who has surrounded himself with thugs like Kaizer. Kafupi lifted Zambia’s name internationally and Mwanawasa lifted it further. RB was a little better but became corrupt.Sata was evil but Lungu is more evil who has made Sata a saint. As KK used to say, Lungu is digging his own grave and f00li1sh Kanganja will live to regret trying to please Lungu.Christians for Lungu will be disgraced by the deity they claim to worship

  44. They think that by acting like that they are silacing the oposition so that they can destroy our NATION, HOWEVER THEY ARE ADDING FUEL TO THE MOVING VIHICLE. THANK YOU!

  45. She is expected to be neutral but she shows that scathingly insipid bias. So to her HH and UPND are behaving well in what they have been doing so far? Shame on this woman.

  46. I agree with Ms. Longwe, as much as Mr.HH did wrong, it was not right for the Police to conduct themselves in that manner. That was POLICE BRUTALITY and i think police training should not be based on TORTUROUS PUNISHMENT and HATE, there should be ANGER MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR ALL POLICE OFFICERS, find other ways of correcting OFFENDERS, NOT AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.

  47. The job of your so called NGOCC is not just to condemn Govt alone. Look at what this hyena has done to this country. In other states he would be dead by now. He is not above the law and rightly deserve what he is going through. If i was Lungu, i would have ordered the presidential security to shoot down all motor vehicles and occupants of those vehicles on that limulunga road which obstructed the VVIP motorcade.

  48. In life listen to what other people say. don’t attack personality. if you disagree with SARA’s view, don’t insult her or call her ugly. Disagree and state you view. You may say HH insult many people but the question is that do you insult too?
    be civil and noble as we discuss issues. Imagine Jesus is watching us write and talk to each in this manner, does it make HIM happy?

  49. she should try contesting a beauty contest or modelling as she is not making any impact in her current ROLE.

    Thanks.

  50. guys let as talk with our mind and ears open surely you can say that hh is inocent nokumona namumona ubupuba bwakwe lets the law take charge

  51. I have never liked this…………….of a woman. Mind you, Zambia will not go on fire just because your double H is in prison. Just imagine what would have happened if the people’s beloved President, ECL was injured……or even just a scratch/dent on Eagle 1. You and I would not have even been given a platform to bark.

    For your own information, ECL as of now, cannot say anything. Its Defence and State Security working.

    You dont F@#*K around with the Head of State

  52. He will end up in jail ngati musobelela kuli boma sure you cant give way to your parrents to pass just walemela na ndalama zobela bantu uzaonaa shalapwila ku ma appeal in court

  53. She is definitely missing a male factor in her bed who can pump some sense in her skull every time she dozes to sleep. An NGO is really non governmental, she sounds really appalling and irrelevant. That kinda thing when a non governmental tries to act governmental.

  54. he will not gate out of treason alive, so you no, oh, HH!!!!!!!!!! you are indeed a bla,t that wishes good for itself at all, now we no how you got rich eh, this time i wish you a hard prison detention than ever with all of your party members. you are going strait to hel!l this time you mo,ron. kolokonbwa!!!!

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