Tshite Mukenge was on Monday, 13th November, 2017 convicted on two counts. In the first count of knowingly making a representation he knew to be false in a material particular for the purpose of obtaining a passport contrary to section 23 (1) (a) of the Passports Act, 2016 of the Laws of Zambia, he was sentenced to pay a fine of K 6,000 or in default six (06) months simple imprisonment.
In the second count of knowingly making representations he knew to be false for the purpose of obtaining a Green Zambian National Registration Card (NRC), he was sentenced to pay a fine of K 4,000 or in default six (06) months simple imprisonment. He paid the fines on the same day.
In a statement today, Immigration Department Public Relations Officer Namati Nshinka said those removed include fifteen Congolese in Lusaka and one Pakistani in Ndola.
Mr. Nshinka said the deportation was that of a Congolese musician, Tshite Mukenge, popularly known as Mumba Yachi.
Mr. Nshinka stated that Tshite Mukenge was deported under a warrant signed by the Minister of Home Affairs as there were reasonable grounds to believe that his presence and conduct in Zambia were likely to be a danger to peace and good order.
He explained that this is in accordance with section 39(2) of the Immigration and Deportation Act number 18 of 2010 of the Laws of Zambia.
Meanwhile, Mr. Nshinka said the Department of Immigration on 14th September, 2017 also arrested three persons for the offence of unlawful entry, adding that they include one Malawian in Chipata, one Tanzanian in Mpulungu and one Malawian in Lundazi.
“In other developments, in Chingola, seven (07) Egyptians were convicted for unlawful stay, four (04) of them were each sentenced to pay a fine of K 1, 500 or in default four (04) months simple imprisonment. Two (02) were each sentenced to pay a fine of K 900 or in default three (03) months simple imprisonment. The seventh person was sentenced to pay a fine of K 1,000 or in default nine (09) months simple imprisonment”
“Similarly, in Lusaka, one (01) Egyptian was convicted for unlawful stay and engaging in business without a permit. He was sentenced to a fine of K 3, 500 or in default six (06) months for each count, while in Chingola, one (01) Congolese was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of K 300 or in default three (03) months simple imprisonment for unlawful entry” Mr. Nshinka said.
So you will take him to Congo where theirs war.
Bye Kasai!
what *****s you are. deporting an african from an african land mass because of borders created by the same white europeans that enslaved and colonised you. you are a disgrace to africa. go and depot the europeans and chinese in zambia. leave this african alone.
Boss illegal ni illegal whether ni muzungu olo ni mufilika. Manje bwanji mukamba chizungu? Kambani chi kachokwe kaili !
@Yama do you understand Chokwe in the first place?
@yama – touche. nizayesako kukamba chi nyanja. koma naimwe zomelani chabe ati nkhani ya mumba yachi niyaupuba. munga pishe bwanji muntu koma nimwina afrika. kodi azikolo anu enzeko pamene anali kugaba muzinda wa afrika kuti iyi ni zambia iyi ni kongo? manje ni bwanji mwalimbikila izi zi dunswa za ma ziko
@Zagaze, good try; although you nyanja is bembalised. Vomelani and not zomelani, ndi and not nimwina, makolo and not azikolo, maiko and not ma ziko. otherwise tamvela mau anu anzelu. Titamangitse atsamunda osati abale athu a ku Malawi, ma Taifa a ku Tanzania olo a Kasai a ku Congo. Zikom bambo
What dimwits we have!!!
This is so sad. In other countries such talents are kept and embraced in order to put the name of the country up there and for other reasons such as income generation through their talent and so on, manje mu Zambia. smh
What countries? Try to enter DRC illegally and you’ll see that Yachi has been given royal treatment. He should just appeal.
For sure you RE a Ghost. mumba is a thug who deserved to be deported. if he was a clean guy what did he decide to falsify documents? Well done. Thieves should not be spared
But he’s married to a zambian. Why can he adjust his immigration status through his wife? Maybe because his wife is not fin formal employment. That could be the reason. I came to the US and married an American and I’m now a citizen.
Remember he even hid his real name. Illegal is illegal.
US law is different from Zambian law. I don’t believe marrying a Zambian woman automatically gives foreigners residential status.
Fellow bloggers, let the gentleman be returned to his native land.
Clearly, he defiled the law of Zambia. Should no action be taken about we
shall still complain.
who will take care of his kids and wife?
Can she file for him?
Ba kasai…
ati “banoko bobe, na banoko bandi baikala ukwishibana saana”
There are a lot of Zimbabweans in Livingstone in formal employment who have lived and worked here at the expense of Zambian and even have Zambian IDs. Come on guys let this be extended to all towns. Yachi was making money though his talent
Why deport a poor lad to a country where there is war?
So where do you want them to deport him? To a country of his choice? Or to Mars?
Surely if he fears the war, then let him check himself in a refugees camp at Nchelenge.
WHY DO WE AFRICANS(BLACKS) HATE OURSELVES SO MUCH? This YACHI GUY is JUST SUPPOSED TO BE FINED AND ADVISED TO REGULARIZE HIS STAY!! HE HAS A FAMILY IN ZAMBIA, THUS SHOULD NOT BE DEPORTED TO PUT HIS INNOCENT FAMILY(CHILDREN) AT RISK!! There are so MANY ASIANS and LEBANESE WITH FAKE ZAMBIAN CITIZENSHIPS and they ARE STILL IN ZAMBIA!! Some where deported by one Government but brought back by another,SOME CRIMINAL LABANESE WHO MURDERED BLACK ZAMBIANS IS STILL WALKING FREE IN ZAMBIA, while a simple BLACK AFRICAN MUSICIAN IS BEING DEPORTED, OUR OWN BLOOD!!
sad though
Ayende bwino alendo. Thanks for the contribution
Only one Pakistani when Zambia is being over run by Indians and other Asians with fake Zambian papers ……..that is why we are saying senior immigration and police are on the payroll of Indian immigration rackerteers , they are being paid to leave Indians alone.
Since there is nkondo in Zaire Congo, why can’t they drop mukenge in chienge refugee camp, just a suggestion
I find it very hypocritical some of the commentators who are blogging from abroad and also hold citizenship in those countries are calling Mumba a foreigner and saying he should be deported!
The man is married to a Zambian, has lived here, been educated here and has children here so what nonsense is this?
Why break up a family this way? This is so unfair and God will judge the ones who have treated this poor young man in such an unfair way.
If we follow this standard we should therefore strip post humously the title of President to FTJ as he too was from Congo, the same should happen to KK (Malawi) and Rupiah (Malawi and Zimbabwe), even Mwanawasa’s mother was a Lamba from Kasumbalesa.
@HaLombe, has a place to run to when he ignites fire in his former homeland by instigating Namwala!
FTJ was not from Congo! I know his family well! Loser!
Leave tsite mukenge alone consider what you did to Walter bwalya
Some of us who have lived outside Zambia, understand better the seriousness of staying in the country illegally. Do you know that in RSA there is Lindela detention centre for arrested illegal immigrants. Ask any person who was arrested, the problems people face there. Even just visiting, if you overstay by each day you will be charged R1000 and banned entry for 5 years. Follow channel 22 on Gotv and see the border entry restrictions in countries like Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Please let us not make our country a damping place. Or within SADC region, try to overstay in Botswana, Namibia.
In Zambia everything is politics. If your party is not in power, you support even illegality. The guy has broken a law and must face the consequences.
Could this happen to him if he had shared the stage with dununa musicians during campaigns? We also have that dununa gospel artist whose band mates accents sound fun when they are singing just like comrade mumba yacht.
Surprise surprise how Zambians who want to be protected by all sorts unlawful immigrants are know of and busy supporting lawlessness. In the fist place why falsity his identity? He should not have lied about his identify. I guess he would have been around. What is he hiding? Some runway from their dids and change name to camouflage.
Yes why did he hide his identity? This speaks volumes of his character.
Why can’t we learn something from America, you spot a talent in someone grab them from them, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian couldn’t see potential in him Americans used him to their advantage, Albert Einstein, Germans wanted to misuse him, Americans welcomed him and used him to their advantage, if the French would use almost an entire west African/arab team to win the 98 world cup, why are wasting time talking about nationalities.
Zambians u surprises me a lot,wen gvt does this u condemn again wen gvt didn’t do anything abt something the same pipo condemn one thing u shud knw is tht law is lawlaw n tht this law wz nt made for Mumbai Yachi BT tht it has jst been applied hishis circumstance,I cn challenge some pipo here to go to Congo with forged Congolese passport n c wat will happen to them,American migration laws ar be tougher by far compared to Zambian migration laws .umwana ushendaushenda atasha nyina!
@ Jason, what language are you using?
Natomboka mu minga mwanteyele
@I like this song’s chorus friends….
Who can play it for me?????
I have a strong feeling this deportation will regretted with time. Aside from applying the law national interest should be looked into. How would he a danger to the nation or how would his talent best utilised to advance the nation? I can guarantee you that if this goes ahead we hosting a Congolese international musician in a few years.
The Walter Bwalya issue was similar to this Mumba Yachi issue.How did they sort out the Walter Bwalya case?