Friday, April 19, 2024

It’s regrettable that UNZA riots started after some students attended a UPND press briefing-Dora Siliya

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Minister of Information and Broadcasting Dora Siliya
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Dora Siliya
Government has called for thorough investigations into the disturbances that occurred at the University of Zambia where a student suffocated following a riot over bursary.

Chief government spokesperson Dora Siliya said that it was regrettable that the riots started after some students attended a UPND press briefing in Lusaka were inflammatory statements were allegedly issued.

Ms. Siliya said that government cannot stop students from demonstrating peacefully because it is their right.

She has however stated that student demonstrations at night is a source of worry because they put the lives of others at risk.

Ms. Siliya said that President Edgar Lungu was disturbed by the sad development and has called on the police to find the root cause of the protests.

The Minister said that President Lungu wants the matter to be investigated and culprits brought to book.

She said President Lungu has since sent a message of condolences to the bereaved family and wished them God’s comfort during this trying moment.

On Thursday UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema held a press briefing where he stated that people will one day rise against government as the case was in the 1990s.

Meanwhile, the Human Rights Commission (HRC) has called for punishment of perpetrators and compensation of the victims of the family of a fourth year University of Zambia (UNZA) who died due to suffocation during protests by students over unpaid allowances.

Commission spokesperson Mweelwa Muleya says the death of Vespers Shimuzhila from suffocation after her room caught fire as a result of a teargas canister that was reportedly thrown into her room is a clear case of violation of her right to life as enshrined under article 12 of the constitution of Zambia and various other regional and international human rights instruments to which Zambia is a state party.

Mr. Muleya has told media in a statement that the death of the UNZA student does not fall within the ambit of the legally permissible derogation to the right to life when one is deprived of life during the suppression of a riot because the victim in question was not rioting but was lawfully and peacefully in her room, away from the scene of disturbances.

He says it is regrettable that the Zambia police service ignored the advice given by the commission on 18th December 2017 after investigating a similar riot at the Copperbelt University to refrain from invading campus premises and smoking students out of their rooms using teargas.

And Mr. Muleya has since called upon the government to ensure that perpetrators are held accountable and the family of the victim is compensated in line with its primarily obligation of respecting and protecting human rights and ending impunity in human rights violations.

He is also demanding for immediate restoration of the constitutional right to freedom of association in all the high learning institutions by respecting and protecting the continued existence and operation of independent students’ union to represent the collective legitimate interests and ideals of students in an organized and lawful manner.

94 COMMENTS

    • She makes sense.

      It’s UPND who killed that little girl. Shame on that party.

      I believe Dora.

      Thanks

      BB2014,1016

    • SO THE STUDENTS WERE RADICALIZED BY THE EXTREMIST GROUPS WHOSE LEADER IS DOUBLE H.
      ========================
      Investigate thoughly and if found guilty, move in and cage him, lock him up, let him go down. The conclusion is that he is a terrorist. By the way, how did he hold that press briefing? Pursuing acts or conduct likely to cause the breach of peace, by way of radicalising unsuspecting students. We can’t lose life. Protesting two days before the payment of food allowances was bad. Prevent more deaths from happening. He is bent at causing mayhem and Armageddon. Is the POA sleeping?

    • Mushota I agree with you. HH’s main purpose is to have chaos in Zambia at whatever costs including burning markets and murdering innocent Zambians.
      Fortunately Zambians see through this evil being. When Zambians decide to turn against the govt, trust me it won’t be HH they will be looking to but someone else.

    • It is regrettable that Pastor of Bread of Life Church was arrested for producing poono videos and circulated to his church members as preps for PF-day of prayers, AFTER watching Dora’s boobs in blue dress above. It is Dora to blame.

    • This statement from Dora is uncalled for and I believe its reckless and divisible. Would have done better not to issue any statement, and if she did, would have welcomed a more positive. Why she hasn’t condemned the Police? One doesn’t need to be a UPND support to denounce such statements.
      It’s really embarrassing to learn that Dora and the authority do not know what “the root cause of the protests” is. Please just start to prepare for compensation of the victims of the family so this done asap

    • As usual, witch hunt again. Did HH throw that teargas canister or it was overzealous foolish policeman. If UNZA students attended the HH press Conference, so what? Where are the same freedoms which Zambians are supposed to enjoy as enshrined in our Bill of Rights? Dora, do not divert Zambian people’s attention from economic problems started by your PF government!

    • ” none are hopelessly enslaved, than those who falsely believe they are free.”
      ~JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE~

    • Dora is correct. A death is always regrettable although it’s everyone’s destiny. Until investigations are concluded, it’s irrational to blame anyone starting with satanism allegedly practised by HH for the death. It is also irrational to blame it on smoke from the tear gas canister. Otherwise, why did other SDA & none SDA asthmatic students not suffocate as well? And just how can a tear gas canister get into a room at October Hostels. On top of that cause a fire with its smoke?!!

      Let’s be driven by rationality and not hysteria and a propensity to pull down Govt.

    • @ General Kanene

      What else do you expect from this parasitic scum-bag of decomposing cellulite? Truth?
      Remember that this fat, ugly shameless liar was proud taking picture with convicted rapist!!!

    • PF represents evil in its purest form. PF is murder incorporated. They see no wrong in the death of the young student (MHSRIP), or how the murderous Police force handle student demonstrations. It’s business as usual for them. Hell knows how we have this bunch of devils in leadership. They’re a cruel and merciless bunch.

  1. In their dullness PF fools have been cheering Dora on,they cant read through her ,i swear it is like she is trying to finish off PF,but the dull owners cant smell the coffee.

    • You’re one of the bad eggs! You killed an innocent kid. Whenever this dark cloud group goes into an area, bad things happen.

    • Dora’s Belly is BIG, & that is a fact, so she is just trying to keep that belly inflated @ All Costs!
      DORA ALIBE NSONI.

  2. how do these dundumwezians find themselves at unza. it beats me. eject them from unza and you will see progress and civility at the highest leaning institution. am starting to believe that Satanists sacrifice in October thatwhy he asked them to demonstrate. don’t ask me who you know him.

  3. So HH instructed the PF police to throw teargas canisters into the students hostels. Why not keep quiet if you have nothing reasonable to talk about. Do the right thing at the right time. Don’t wait for students to protest before paying them. PF government and Lungu, you are responsible for the death of that young life.

  4. During my time at Unza, we rioted a number of times meal and project allowances delayed. It was a more of a hungry man is an angry man kind of riot trigger as opposed to external influence. I believe this is the case even now.

  5. That’s supposed be a minister representing govt from whom the country should somehow draw hope??

    Anyways Dora exhibited this arrogance when MMD were on their way out. History repeats itself but in this case what is *****ic is that the mistake is made by someone experienced. She should therefore know better.

    • Zeus
      This is no mistake the only explanation is that Dora is doing this deliberately it is the motive that we should be asking is she trying to kill them deliberately so that MMD pulls through at the next polls,or she is just towing the usual incompetence we are now used to…whatever the motive thanks Dors you make the job of the opposition easy..

  6. when thieves fail everything they rush to blame innocent people have you heard that where chickens are when the other one puffs they all run away fearing to be accused by the others this is what is happening.

  7. LETS CALL A SPADE , A SPADE. THE STUDENTS HAD RETREATED BACK INTO THEIR HOSTELS AND THAT’S WERE THE POLICE SHOULD HAVE ENDED. WHY DID THEY GO ALL THE WAY TO THROW TEAR GAS CANISTERS INTO THE HOSTELS OF STUDENTS WHO HAD ALREADY RETREATED?

    DOES IT MEAN WHEN STUDENTS ATTEND AN OPPOSITION POLITICAL RALLY, THEN THEY SHOULD BE TEAR-GASSED OR KILLED? ARE THEY NOT FREE TO DO SO?

    OR WAS IT A POLITICALLY MOTIVATED RESPONSE TOWARDS HUNGRY-STUDENTS RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR?
    OR WAS THE PF BITTER THAT THE STUDENTS HAD ATTENDED AN OPPOSITION POLITICAL MEETING, HENCE THE USE OF EXCESS FORCE?

    SECONDLY I ALSO NEED TO BE EDUCATED HERE. DO TEAR GAS CANISTERS EMIT FIRE? I THOUGHT THEY ONLY EMIT THAT PUNGENT, CHOCKING , IRRITATING SMOKE. COULD IT BE THAT SOMEONE WHO HAD INTENT TO AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION…

    • These poor students sometimes DON’T have electricity in their dingy dormitories, so they use Parrafin lamps or candles.
      Lob a teargas cannister in such an environment, & by trying to escape the HORRIFIC CHOKING effects of teargas, lamps / candles can easily be knocked over causing a fire.
      Just a theory, THOUGH THIS TRAGEDY LIES SQUARELY@ THE DOOR OF THE BRUTAL CORRUPT P..F, MARSHALLED BY, CHIMPYIONGO, P.I.G, & BUCK STOPPING @ THE DRUNKEN VISIONLESS ONES FEET!!

    • If one is impartial, you see things through.
      I wish you had educated Dora before her going to embarrass not only herself but also GRZ and PF. This whole stu.pidi.ty should have ended with Davies statement yesterday and not recklessly attacking the opposition.

    • What calling a spade is this? You have asked all the right questions but one sided. You have neglected to ask question the behaviour of some students blocking the Great East Road and damaging innocent people’s vehicles. We have seen students demonstrate in other countries they do not go about smashing other people’s property. The victim of this unfortunate incidence might have not even been part of the rioters.

  8. Just some free advice to the students. ..you can protest for what’s due to you but never do so on the instigation of a political party. Their interest is to go to state house and as soon as they achieve their wish, they will just be the same as the current government. I’m talking from what I have actually experienced. I hope what Dora Siliya is saying is not true. Remember just last month your friends were begging government to reinstate them.

  9. MWAYAMBA!!
    YOU FORGET YOU DIDN’T PAY MEAL ALLOWANES ON TIME, COZ YOU WERE BUSY REPLACING THE STOLEN SOCIAL CASH FUND BACK INTO ZANACO, & SPENDING 4 MILLION U$D ON AIMLESS FLYING TO THE U.N, TO TALK ABOUT MANDELA, SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT BENEFIT ZAMBIANS, & SHOP, you shameless P.F Goats!!

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    Unbelievable! Do these people have any shame whatsoever… now it’s UPND’s fault they instructed their own police minions to fire teargas in a room of an innocent student who wasn’t part of the riots. When are these numskulls ever going to take responsibility for their own failures and incompetence? It’s no wonder we remain at the bottom of human civilization as a country. But there are times when you need to stop playing cheap politics, sober up and say nothing at all… and that time is when a valuable life has been lost. It’s really annoying to the family and grow of the deceased for you to play cheap propaganda instead of shutting your mouth off or talk about those who are actually responsible. Dora needs to respect this dead person and her family by not issuing braindead…

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      Dora needs to respect this dead person and her family by not issuing braindead statements.

      The fact remains the cops don’t need to go inside the the campus to try and fight students inside their own homes. That’s what you should be condemning or best out of respect of the family, please STFU and enjoy your stolen loot you who have no shame!

    • You are blindfolded by the cloud of evil. God says ZAMBIA, I got your back. Behold the devil is exposed.
      You say STFU, to Dora; she is supposed to be your mother kid.

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      ‘STFU’ is ‘Shut the Freak Up’(and that is the polite form).

      Mate, no she ain’t my mother… a corrupt, useless person with no morals who doesn’t stand for anything decent can’t be my mother. Where I come from mothers have high morals in society and are the source of wisdom and stability for everyone, including men. This Dora person is as corrupt as they come… she steals, she lies and she does other bad things; nothing good to admire there (I don’t get personal but you forced me to

    • @ thorn in gluteus maximus

      That fat scum-bag of decomposing cellulitis may be your mother. Actually, you do smell like her secretly aborted fetus.
      And before you call me “boy”, ask your mum how to address your biological father BOY.
      YOU ARE BORN DAMNED, LIVE AS DAMNED ARSHOLE AND WILL DIE WITH PR!CK DOWN YOUR ARSHOLE BOY

    • Mambwe, are you thinking straight. We all know that HH has no influence on the police so why blame him? You are as empty headed as Dora who does not realise with her prattle that she can cause a war here in Zambia. Mind you Zambians are fed up with the PF already and it will just take malicious tongues like you and Dora the explorer to spark up the frustrations of the people. Words are more powerful than your tear gas on innocent students who have the right to protest over their meal allowances. You are a paid blogger who is getting money for blogging rubbish whilst our children are being killed by your people. If anyone is to blame it should be Nkandu Luo and Kampyongo.

    • Mumbwe, is HH the one who screwed your mother for you to have such satanic hate for an innocent person?
      Truth be told – ECL and pack diverted student money towards that meaningless US trip and also to pay back Social cash transfer money! We have been UNZA students also who understand the difficult circumstances PF has created for our students! Hunger is what triggers these riots! You delay meal allowances, expect students to be hungry and angry!

  11. Comment:
    Shame on you who are accusing innocent man HH. it’s the government’s failure and not HH. Don’t involve him into useless things on media it’s not his responsibility to pay meal allowances on behalf of the government. Sometimes it feels better when the government admit to its people what they have done is wrong rather than ukubepesha umuntu uwakaele. refrain from that Children of God and remember God loves you.

    • Innocent your cracked foot.
      When a snake flicks its tongue in the air, it picks up tiny chemical particles. I wonder what double h picks when he flicks his. Dangerous.

  12. Comment:mushota and cozcowjr you are actually feeble minded people I mean does hh control the police or does he manage the payments of allowances at such institutions? when cbu students started rioting the police did the same they were advised not to throw teargas in students rooms but the pf govt can’t listen to any advice and they can do anything coz the power is theirs and they well know they have hh to blame for all their unforced errors and to you saying u wonder how these dudumwezans find themselves at such institutions where do u want them to be after scoring flying colours at secondary level and are they not humans such kind of remarks against fellow humans is so discriminatory anyway what can I say when your leaders are in the forefront

  13. This explains why the government unleashed brutal and disproportional force on students just to send a message to opposition political parties and students alike, proving PF’s intolerance to the freedom of association. It feels like it was an emotionally charged and planned move to make the students pay and unfortunately one female student has paid the highest and final price. How convenient for Dora to attribute the cause of a protest to UPND briefing rather than to delayed payment of student allowances. This could just be a prelude of what 2021 campaigns will be like. National Prayer Day has become a political strategy to hoodwink genuine Christian. You will know them by their fruits.

  14. This is 100% true because i attended HH’s press conference where Kainde encouraged Zambians to rise up and protest against PF Govnt’s misrule.Kainde kept on saying Zambians should rise up like in 1990s against Kaunda when people took it the street across Zambia,etc.IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT HH’S AIM IS TO SEE ZAMBIA ON FIRE AS LONG AS IT IS NOT HIM IN STATE HOUSE!!!Therefore ECL’s Govnt should be on top of things and cage tribal HH now.UNZA is full of tonga students and lecturers,so it is true.Even the girl who died is tonga.BELIEVE YOU ME,HH IS A DANGER TO ZAMBIAN PEACE!!!I just dont understand why HH thinks that if Zambians rise up against PF then they all vote for him automatically!!PLEASE KAINDE NOTE THAT YOU ARE NEVER AN OPTION!WE WILL VOTE FOR A NEW GUY BUT NOT YOU FOR SURE!!

    • When a snake flicks its tongue in the air, it picks up tiny chemical particles. I wonder what double h picks.
      Snakes are flicky and sneaky. I hate snakes and their skin. He plans evil for Zambia all the time.
      An innocent child died.

    • It appears you are really all programmed to be against whatever is not PF. Even in such an event where an innocent and valuable life has been lost, you want to gain political points.
      Shame on you guys.

    • Njimbu, Thorn, Ndanje have you read Chilufya Tayali’s theory on the events that transpired from hhs press conference to the riots?? Quite interesting and makes a lot of sense. hh has reported Tayali to police and Tayali is full of confidence and looking forward to court.

  15. These under 5 monkeys think that they speak for the masses a big NO!!. The masses are not blind they can see development

  16. “…… UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema held a press briefing where he stated that people will one day rise against government as the case was in the 1990s”.

    Where in the world do protests take place in the dark? Imagine unsuspectingly driving from Chipata or the Airport, tired and rushing for a rest at one of the hotels in town, and then you are just caught up in a senseless riot with students throwing stones at motorists…HH is NOT serious..

    • Luapula, headquarters yafipuba. The place where men eat fish heads and their brains shrank and now they have the shortest memory like fish. A fish will come back to the same hook that missed it.

  17. Most of these cadres passing comments here have never even been through university education.
    You find that they accuse either ECL or HH.
    Guys these two are graduates of unza and they love that beautiful school. They cannot cause problems there.
    These two great leaders are intellectuals.
    I love these two great leaders of our beautiful country.
    I would rather believe these two leaders than Mushota with a PHD or ignorant cadres.

  18. Ba Hon. Minister, how about starting with an apology and offering condolences to the family of the deceased student? Whatever happened to our humanity! May the sweet Soul of Vespers rest in eternal peace. Amen.

  19. My heart breeds as a Zambian to see some of these greedy opposition leaders who have no love for the country but just fulfil there ego for power at any cost peddling lies and using the poor to ascend to power but thank god zambian are a peace loving people.Police should investigate this matter thoroughly and bring the culprit to book.People should not use there wealth questioned wealth to cause trouble in the country but instead use there wealth for a good cause then we will vote for them.

  20. I posted this last night: “1 & 2, I hope your concern is not the name of the student…… another life lost, this reminds me of that poor young lady in 2016 who was put in the firing line by upnd to gain sympathy votes, I hope its not upnd again…..pantu this party is so desperate and yet will never ever get into power as long as T Hacks lives”.

    • It was the police under your !d!otic govt mune. They fired the teargas. Are you telling me this is the first protest UNZA has ever had? Why are PF supporters so dumb ayi? How is the opposition blamed when it is the cops that fired the teargas? What right had the police to storm into the hostels when the students had already left the roads? Sometimes mwaibwelamofye naimwe, this kind of thinking is not only extremely annoying and highly stup!d but it also stinks! Your dull leaders need to take responsibility. They embezzle donor funds, increase their salaries and then fail to pay meal allowances and then your tiny brain concludes its the fault of UPND?? How f00lish is that kind of thinking ayi? Are you a real adult with five senses coz this shocks me.

    • And how was that young lady put in the line of fire in 2016 when all she did was go offer solidarity to her party? Did UPND pull the trigger or it was a PF cop? Your reasoning faculties are a bit suspect but again, you share the same gene pool with Sharon and Mushota so no surprises that IQ issues are below the norm.

  21. The government is to blame for not having a listening ear. Things are falling apart and all they can do is self defence. Dies not he government have ears. Dies it not have eyes? Do not turn a deaf ear until it is too late. The government still has the time and chance to change things but this can only happen when they start listening and stop pointing fingers at the opposition. Zambia has now become popular on Social media but all for negative things. Wake up PF

  22. When PF came to power Dora Siliya was removed with her MMD ..now see who is your minister of information and broadcasting?This party with two letters P, F is no longer what you voted for. Wake up Zambians.

  23. HH’s main purpose is not to bring confusion but PF,s main purpose is to bring confusion and kill people especially students who are well informed of their thieving and corruption. HH’s meeting has nothing to do with whats going on now. Is HH signing those corrupt tenders and chinese contructs? Its you baPF. You keep on shooting yourseves in the foot and point fingers at others. Just the mention of HH in this picture and the killing of that girl just shows how d.ull and s.tupid these PF thugs are.
    Yes everyone is seeing with wide eyes you are slowly bringing confusion yourselves and just get ready for the consequences because they are too near. Its not HH or UPND but Zambians who have been agitated by your non repetant stances. Keep on stealing. Your days are numbered.
    Is it HH who is…

  24. A logical fallacy is a failure in reasoning that leads to an argument being invalid.
    A formal fallacy:

    Some IB students study History

    John is an IB student

    Therefore, John is studying History

  25. People of Zambia,we send our children to universities to learn
    When the government is not meeting their minimum requirements usually they protest
    And when they protest, usually the government deploys police force to these institutions,depending on how the protest is.
    Shooting tear gases or bullets at students who want their meal allowances because they are hungry is wrong
    Stop blaming the opposition for not paying allowances in good time.
    Dora siliya,you are in a wrong place.Those words cannot come from you honestly.
    Please try to find a solution instead of playing a blame game.Tell the government the truth.
    A student died because they were not paid their meal allowances and please tell them to pay them in good time in the future to avoid demonstration.Students will always do that…

  26. Though sometimes students blow things out of proportion, its them to blame ofr the death of their own, though a big loss to the family and the nation at large.
    It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

    • Dora is exhibiting insensitivity and irresponsibility! An innocent life is lost and you want to use that to gain political mileage? We know you have no shame left in you but spare the grieving family! No where in the world have we heard of such a thing where Teargas is thrown into buildings! We know you have increased your defense budget to buy more teargas. Since your officers don’t understand the use of teargas, we advise that for the sake of Asthmatics, this teargas be banned and Water Cannons be used instead! This was a premeditated murder for which Dora and her gang will have to account for!

  27. THESE USELESS PF CHAPS HAVE FAILED TO MANAGE THE ENTIRE ZAMBIAN ECONOMY.HOW DO YOU EXPECT THEM TO MANAGE SIMPLE STUDENT ISSUES.
    JUST READ THE COMMENTS OF THEIR DULL AND BLIND SUPPORTERS.
    ZAMBIANS BRACE YOURSELVES FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

  28. We are in the 21 st century, therefore let us use technology by stopping the bursary system. You start giving them student loans which will be payable when someone starts to earn an income. The payment will be based on the gross salary. So here is what you will do. Every student will be given a tax file number, this number will be the only number like NRC number. When the get employed the employer will ask for this number which will be put in the database and a student loan appears. You will not recover all the money because there is what is called bad debt. Technology is not just for Facebook and social media. If the government has no capacity to let an expert do it.

  29. This is the hallmark of a despotic corrupt government….always quick to blame others for any demos or riots….

    PF caders Just be reminded that the UNZA students have not been paid allowances singed August yet you have lungu giving himself and his inner circle a pay rise backdated, you have lungu spending $4 million on a useless trip to the UN to talk about Mandela at the the UN , not to mention his never ending talks on DRC trips …..

    If just the useless tripe to the UN could have been attended by a minister, $4 million would have paid meal allawaces and that student would not have died..

    • The danger in seizing power using deception, is that you have to continue with that deception even when you have power. That method upnd is using in order to get to plot 1 is dangerous. They will end up doing very bad things if the ever got to power. Students were paid part of the allowances on 20th September. This riot was uncalled for. Ask yourself, does a tear gas canister produce fire?? This riot was carefully planned and part of upnd’s strategy to raise a revolution against the PF govt.

    • Plezzz , ati a teargas canister can not produce fire ? Like when it hits a candle or cooking pot ?

      Ati carefully planned to take over ???
      Yes just like the bweengwa kidnapping by so called highly trained UPND comandos and GBM training UPND militia to take over GRZ ?????

    • Light a candle when there’s a riot and there’s power?? Start cooking when there’s a riot?? Yaba….

  30. These murderers are diverting people attention from the fuel they increased recently. They have decided to kill another bantu botatwe speaking person, in the same way they did to Mapenzi. They have also injured another Tonga who is fighting for her life at UTH. I have never seen such a useless party like PF. Why are you concentrating your investigations on HH’s press conference when you know very well that HH never talked about student meal allowances? You have failed to fund the universities and councils in the country. Workers in these organisations are not paid. You are good at stealing donor funds, you cocroaches.

  31. YES UNZA has majority TONGA CLIQUE SPEAKING STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MOST INTELLIGENT ZAMBIAN TRIBE, BEMBAS DONT KNOW BOOK BUT THIEVING , EASTERNERS ARE UKWALOLA UMWELA U FIND SOME INTELLIGENT ONES OTHERS THUGS FOLLOWING THEIR TRIBAL COUSINS. HH INCITED NO ONE HE JUST EMPHASIZED WE NEED TO BE AWAKE. VESPERS DEATH SHALL LEAD TO A NEW VIVA CHAPTER AT UNZA STUDENTS MAY GO FOR PHYSICAL BATTLE WITH POLICE AND KILL SOME POLICEMEN IN THE BATTLE. PF NEEDS TO TAKE THIS MATTER SERIOUSLY AND INCREASE INTELLIGENCE AT UNZA

  32. Just pay the students their meal allowances, instead Icho chaya Ku Uganda all that money could have settled all these debts, who ever wants to believe this b***c that’s their take on the situation. Muletusebanya people dying over food, bakolwe imwe

  33. UPND/HH or HH/UPND
    It’s good to kill their fellow Tongas .who cares ..? After all what has been preached about HH’s evil plans for this country his tribal folklore don’t want to listen instead, they defend him and WORSHIP HIM .HE’S A BANTUSTAN MESSIAH.It’s better a TONGA TO KILL A TONGA…

  34. I miss Mark boyfriend wa dora. Coz when they were together even her speach made sense. Now shes lonely and trying to stay relevant. Sis ..i understand your pain but sometimes just shut up. This little girls blood is on pf hands

  35. Another attempt at making stupid connections of an event that the government is solely responsible for. It’s never the PF government and it’s purchased police force. It’s always the ‘enemy’. What an irresponsible statement from a so-called government spokesperson.

  36. Mr p you are trash and you comment shows you are uncircumcised or not matured.
    Everyone is equal before God you can’t say it’s ok for a Tonga to kill a Tonga, I believe you are a ritualist accountable for all the deaths of your tribes. You are truly a derivative of mama Dora big head filled with water. My dear it’s not UPND Or HH to blame over the death of our sister it’s nonproffesionalism or our security wing.

  37. Bottom Line is that Police are wrong!

    They are just supposed to cordon UNZA and contain the Students within UNZA.
    That is surround UNZA and block all main entrances.

    Not going inside and try to flush students out of their UNZA hostels. They are supposed to contain them there so that they don’t leave UNZA premises to go out side.

    Should be “lock-down” and not Flush-Out.

  38. Dora scriptwriters from ZNBC should learn from you how to script stories. Maybe we should have better entertaining programmes then what we are subjected to.

  39. Is it first time hh to have a press conference .if not pf swallow ur pride and put ur house in order 2021 is near .wako ni wako formula ll not going to help u .we are in total mess under el n pf regime

  40. DORA YOU SHOULD BE PUT IN JAIL FOR THESE INFLAMATORY STATEMENTS ! YOU ARE TRYING TO CAUSE CIVIL UNREST BY ISSUING THIS STATEMENT !!!!!! THE STUDENTS WERE RIOTING BECAUSE YOUR GOVERNMENT HAS NOT PAID THE LECTURERS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE FAILED TO LOOK AFTER THE STUDENTS. STOP TRYING TO BLAME SOMEONE ELSE FOR YOUR FAILURES. I HOPE THE UPND SUES YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  41. Dear Madam Dora,

    Sometimes you have to put on your thinking cap as a leader and look at the mess your government has created. I have always been taught to support the government of the day but yours is the worst and its not worth supporting. Yes the president has sent his condolences but did he make an effort to atleast go there oh sorry i forgot he isnt humble enough. On the contrary HH has already been to see Vespers room mate who also almost lost her life. Imagine yourself without a functional spinal cord? Or maybe that is impossible for you to do. Also Zambians who voted for this government, its time you open your eyes and analyse that which God is showing you. This regime has been the worst in all possible ways. We no longer live in peace. Its one fight after the other. Maybe we…

  42. I pity my country how bad it have gone, since death of Mr. Sata Zambia have fallen dramatically in everything. I wish I can say more but fools can raise against me, as international student in Asia I could wish the government to step down. They have failed us as Zambian, home and abroad

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