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Zambia Police will not abuse the extra powers-Kampyongo

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Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo
Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo
Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has assured Zambians that Police will not abuse the extra powers bestowed on them owing to the invocation of the Declaration of threatened State of Public Emergency which was approved in Parliament recently.

Speaking before the adjournment of parliament yesterday, Kampyongo said he was aware that many stakeholders had reservations regarding the powers vested in the Zambia Police for various reasons but maintained that the law enforcement agencies will operate within their specified jurisdiction as empowered by the Zambian laws.

Kampyongo emphasized that law was very clear on how Zambia Police should operate during the Declaration of a threatened State of Public Emergency and reiterated President Edgar Lungu’s assurance that there is no need for Zambians to live in anxiety because only criminals will be affected during the operations.

Kampyongo warned that Police will use minimum force to protect citizens and property across the country and he revealed that Government through his Ministry has already began the process of deploying more man power on the ground to ensure that the safety of citizens is protected.

“I want to assure Zambians that Police will not abuse the extra powers bestowed on them owing to the invocation of the Declaration of threatened State of Public Emergency which was approved in Parliament recently” Kampyongo said

Meanwhile, Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) President Sean Enock Tembo has challenged the invocation of article 31 of the Constitution and declaration of a Threatened State of Emergency by the Republican President, through the Courts of Law.

Tembo said since President Lungu relied on the conclusion that the fire at Lusaka City Market was arson in making his declaration, then the time frame between when the fire took place and when the threatened state of emergency was declared on was too short for any substantive investigations to have been undertaken and a conclusion that the fire was arson which is a clear indication that the declaration was not based on facts.

“The declaration by President Lungu was not based on facts” Tembo said

13 COMMENTS

  1. Go to YouTube and listen to the song by a group called NWA. The title of the song is “FUK Da Police.”

  2. Just shut your hole you and the golden teeth president will soon pay for all your mistakes….it’s very painful dealing with people like you…It even hurts my eyes even looking at your picture you still look like a currency dealer in a suit….

  3. He looks so stuffed up with steak and pie and does he care about the low paid police who are working under duress and instruction from his oppressive group??? Of course he knows whom his cronies are targeting here. Stop dividing us and arresting innocent people just because they don’t agree with your policies. It’s a democracy and you have to disagree on many things but it doesn’t mean that you should blame the opposition for wrongs that you have failed to properly investigate.

  4. A clear warning to the Zambian govt, if you continue on this path, l can assure you will have suicide bombers in Zambia until that illegitimate president ECL gets killed. Watch the space.

  5. If Lungu does not think he will pay for this because he will be dead from his HIV, he better know that those that he leaves behind will pay while he is rotting in his filthy grave. Dictactor Lungu, all those useless thieving police we have your photoes, we will make you pay for destroying mother Zambia. We will come for you. Days are numbered.

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