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HH caused the ZAFFICO riots-Copperbelt Minister

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Copperbelt Province Minister Japhen Mwakalombe
Copperbelt Province Minister Japhen Mwakalombe

Copperbelt Province Minister Japhen Mwakalombe has accused UPND President Hakainde Hichilema of causing the riots that broke out in Kalulushi and Kitwe over the sale of ZAFFICO.

Mr Mwakalombe said Mr Hichilema caused the riots by allegedly inciting the people of the Copperbelt to demonstrate.

He said Mr. Hichilema made some allegations on privately run SUN FM based in Ndola that government had sold ZAFFICO the same way it sold ZNBC.

Mr Mwakalombe made the accusations during a Hot FM Breakfast show on Tuesday morning.

He said that Mr. Hichilema is the mastermind behind the recent spate of riots on the Copperbelt including the recent one gathered at the Chinese nationals.

“It is Mr Hichilema we are talking about, he went on Sun FM and said that ZAFFICO has been sold to the Chinese. We even have the recording, where he said these things,” Mr. Mwakalombe said.

The Copperbelt Minister said Government will engage management at ZAFFICO on how best they can engage the workers to assure them of job security.

Mr. Mwakalombe emphasized that government through the IDC has only decided offer the shares to the public through a public listing on the LuSE.

70 COMMENTS

    • Deuteronomy 28:43-53
      43 “Foreigners who live in your land will gain more and more power, while you gradually lose yours. 44 They will have money to lend you, but you will have none to lend them. In the end they will be your rulers.

    • #1.1 Haters Stop quoting scripture out of context. That curse was meant for the disobidient fraction of Israelites. Zambians have a different destiny. It is all in our hands to turn our resources into a blessing or a curse.

    • Get your drunk debarred thieving lawyer to address the nation, something he has never done in years to settle things down, nigger cant even go on radio and address the nation, what is he scared of. May be he should have a debate with HH then we can see who is the moron here

    • #Nine chale ,are you a bible scholar to give me rules on how to read and understand the Bible, is it not fact that foreigners have more money than us and if a Zambian has some money he labeled as a satanist, is it not a fact that foreigners are lending money to us.

    • Did not realise HH has massive power. One sentence only on the radio and the people rise. Food for thought. Chilimuka iwe!

    • I TOLD YOU, CALL TH3 COPS WH3N YOU S33 DOUBL3 H IN YOUR N3IGHBORHOOD
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      If those are not smear campaigns against the opposition leader then we have a real situation at our hands. The fact that the Nigga has yearned for riots and voiced for chaos, all these could be indicators that he means business. Now I hope he won’t sue Mwakalombe like he sued Tayali. Government and ZAFFICO Mgmt have repudiated that claim double h has always championed over time on issues of Lungu selling assets like he did on the mines. Please Kampyogo roll your sleeves up, otherwise one day double h will nail it in the big way, The demon in double h is thirsty for blood. I have a feeling in my heart of hearts that the claim may be true, HH is freaky. When a snake flicks…

    • … its tongue in the air, the freaky creature has something going, believe me. But he is innocent until proven guilty. Spooky freaky double h wants to rise to power amidst chaos.
      The Army is watching with keen eyes as kampyongo still remains with no solution. The Human rights fimofimo are also quiet at this point. We are gonna watch this space.
      Again, fellaz, when you see double h in your neighborhood, call the cops otherwise we will have corpses all over. If it is true, I wonder why ECL removed this crook from where he belongs..

    • I didn’t know this Hakainde is so so influential that the whole country listens to him…he says one word and the whole country raises up so he caused the riots because whilst he was on radio you fooooools were listening instead of going out to assure staff, the lazy sausage was in CB commissioning a mere Toll Gate worth whooping $4.5 million.You take him to court and see where you will go with it …any sensible DPP or Judge wouldn’t touch this case. You have dumb fooools like Japhen who can not think or strategise the only solution is to arrest or ban Hakainde from speaking. Where is the Head of State? Why can he not address the nation? Riots at UNZA students loses her life due to Police brutality you blame Hakainde …then ask the Police to investigate themselves then you fly of to…

    • then fly off to Uganda.
      What is it going to take for that lazy a$$ in State House to host a Press Conference and face the press answer questions about FIC report, Social Cash Transfer..the minister sacked and Zampost chief not yet arrested, $400million luxury Aircraft procurement,Swazi Mansion, UNZA Riots Report and the death of a student, $1.2 Billion dual Ndola – Lusaka carriage, Bill of Quantity irregularities in the KKIA Project Brief etc…the list keeps increasing every two months.

  1. He preached for Amagedon but failed. He opted to burn government institutions and also failed. Now he wants Zambians to rise against the legitimate government. HH you are indeed a satanist for sure. You have lied again just to satisfy your ego. You lied that NRDC is sold.
    You lied that ZNBC is sold
    You lied that Jacaranda school is sold
    You have again lied that ZAFFICO is sold just to incite people of God to rise against the government. HH you have done too far with your god the devil you worship. How many people do you want to sacrifice? With your behaviour you will never rule this country. God bless Zambia

    • “Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness that God requires” (James 1:19–20).

  2. heheh, jackass…At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. Aristotle

  3. He is President by default.
    You guys are sleeping.
    Zambians must rise up and protect their national assets.
    The absence of leadership has created fear alarm and despondency.

  4. BLAME EVERYONE ELSE BUT YOURSELVES ——- THIS GOVERNMENT WILL NEVER OWN UP TO THE MESS THEY HAVE CREATED AND THEREFOR THIS COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE TO TRAVEL ON A DOWNWARD SPIRAL.
    SHAME ON YOU COWARD !!!!

    • Who is this powerful HH who just says one sentence and the whole province erupts!!??? There must be something wrong with the governance of your country. People have lost confidence if they can believe anything.

  5. If people raise up to protect their possession, it shows patriotism.
    So this good for nothing minister must the shut F**k up and take responsibility together with his boss Jona who is always on tour reminiscent of the legendary Beatles.

  6. Blame yourself people warned you about this current government now you see accusing opposition HH for their failures . Arresting HH mighty cause more damage to this nation PF just find solutions not HH he is not the solution to your failures .Step down you have failed

  7. No man should have more POWER!! guys seriously how can an opposition leader have more control of the masses who’s running the country?

  8. I am beginning to like this HH guy. From government’s own admission, HH is more powerful and convincing to the masses than government

  9. HH must also get the facts right before going on air to alarm the nation. He won’t be President if he continues on this path

  10. The way PF fear HH, unbelievable. Like ten devils. And the way they cry when HH says something. Mr Humble man must be scheming the next arrest, please use a more civilized method of arrest, a less brutal one. But he must also have a lot of power, he says one sentence on radio and next the people rise oohhhh

    • What a great risk of threatening to arrest HH. Try it ASAP you will see, you see all these bad things talked about HH it’s the best thing to do because you are cementing his name , we are tired of being destructed
      from HH we are ready to test him so that we can see all these evils. Continue attacking and destructing him from the people arrest him very good

  11. Stop PF.What caused the riot is poverty and corruption in govt.Ba Lungu has failed to think that he will never live for more than 100 years.He has also failed to think about young generations are future leaders of tomorrow.This country needs pipo who thinks about the future of Zambia and not about weath for themselves.When african leaders start thing about others then you gonna see the continent develop.at the moment leaders are only thinking of riches instead of good enviroment which would make future generations to become billionaires in Zambia.lungu wants to amass wealth knowing very well he will never go beyond 100 years.Who is going to eat the billions you’re stealing from Zambian?foreigners and their children.Where is the money chiluba stole?Please leaders make improve the welfare…

  12. Rwanda genocide was caused by false alarm radio announcement.

    Let us not abuse freedom of speech

    Am a non partisan political consultant

  13. Contin
    .Where is the money chiluba stole?we cant see anything whhite pipo are enjoying the same money.Please leaders let us improve the welfare of pipo so that even our children will benefit.Let us not sell our country.I expect educated pipo in this govt to start thinking about the future not the present benefits of riches.
    1.Invest in good education not ifyama leakage.
    2Invest in industries(manufacturing industries).
    3.Good ICT systems to curb corruption and enhance transparency.
    4.Health to have healthy nation
    5.Agriculture-preocessing
    6.Toursim
    7.Mining(local copanies)
    The riots will continue and police would fail as long as govt can’t accept that life has become expensive.This life now will increase even the high rate of HIV in zambia.let us not tax local pipo too much…

  14. Conti
    .Think ba PF.hold the president accountable.I love PF and can’t vote for UPND but don’t like the way the country is being governed.We need to change leadership in PF.The man we loved and trusted has sold us.UPND is also a serious scandal to put in govt bcoz .For them it’s about power and ruling.

  15. Mwakalombe is a liar………He was a good Seventh-day Adventist but fell off the faith. His brother is a pastor… Mwakalombe loves more the world than GOD hence him telling lies about the riot……He knows he can accuse other people of his failing to address real issues and get away with it………. Copperbelt is PF stronghold . I cannot believe that HH can convince Copperbelt residents to riot……… My plea is that let Mwakalombe address the real issue without creating more problems…… Sometimes what hatred and worldliness can do to an individual is very amazing.May GOD forgive him and his BOSS

  16. Simple. Put out the recording IN FULL. Let us judge for ourselves. Lay bare THE STATUS of ZAFFICO, complete with ANY listings and how those shares are traded. Go on a CHARM OFFENSIVE and explain SINCERELY to the people what the fcuk is going on!!! Ifyabupuba ifyakusontana utunwe lekeni ba kwindi!!!

  17. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PHRASE ‘ IT’S HIS/HER DEMOCRATIC RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT ‘….THESE DAYS WE JUST HEAR POLICE WILL VISIT HIM/HER…..SO ONLY CHILUBA AND MWANAWASA PROTECTED OUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS…..

  18. Zambians are rising up to claim what belongs to them. To insinuate that someone has incited Zambians to rise against what was promised to them and never given, is the very falsehood of government that causes them to rise against what they see as hypocrisy by those in power. If this situation is not addressed, more riots are on the way targeting those moribund malls where majority Zambians can not afford to shop from and exploitative investors such as Indians and Chinese. From a recent visit in Zambia more Zambians appear poorer than in the past 2 years. Therefore, more agitations will follow by the majority poor to claim crumbles of the ailing economic conditions created by the sitting government.

  19. HH/ UPND is a traditional enemy of PF and some Zambian tribes frontier.HH wants to be a republican president so that HIS SPONSORS, Anglo – American should come and possess our natural resources ( copper etc) . Look at his time is running out because in 2021 he’ll be 62 years simply mean that beyond that HIS FUNDERS will lost interest in him completely. Their mission will drastically reduced.Usually whites people work well on time – gradient. Because of this fact we see HH is in panick for how to oust PF government.
    This is why today’s HH/ UPND are behaving like mad – dogs of Zambia. HH is their to cause confusion in Zambia to the point of promoting civil unrest. HH is now a SKILLED-LIAR Zambia has ever seen. He doing so just to satisfy his political egos in line with his pay masters…

  20. The kind of politics being played by the opposition and the online supporters of HH are a danger to both themselves and the future of this nation. One thing that must be clear to every Zambian is that one day HH can be president of this nation. Now this mentality of government dependency syndrome he is encouraging, will work against him when he gets the presidency. Theres no government on earth that employees every citizen. Please people of Zambia know that development comes with high cost of living. Japanese today are not marrying due ti high cost of living in that country but here we are trying to protray a picture that its possible for government to employee every graduate. Even in South Africa the cost of living and unemployment is high.

  21. Let us deal with real issues in Zambia. I have personally waited for HH to pursue the issue of the 42 fire trucks logically and not politically. To me I expected HH to use his supporters abroad to go to the manafacturers of the fire trucks, get the quotations of trucks with similar specifications, get pictures even videos of the functionality of the trucks. There after bring it to Zambia and demonstrate the price variance to Zambians. Then he sues the officers who procured those trucks to go and explain before the courts why they are wasting or stealing national resources. This goes for the Ndola dual carriage way, toll gates etc. But all we here is they have stolen money, they have sold parastatals, Edgar Lungu has bought a Jet etc without evidence.

    • www google.co.uk/amp/s/www.crawleyhappytimes.co.uk/new-state-of-the-art-fire-engine-for-crawley/amp

      Those fire trucks in the link cost $270k….

    • It is hard to help brains which has stuff from the farm. They still cry like babies repeatedly over and over and over and over HAGAIN. No wonder they can’t concede defeat.

  22. This is 2018 and in two months time we will be in 2019 leaving UPND with 32 months to prepare themselves adquately to prepare for elections. In these 32 months theres need of having a convention which may take 8 to 12 months to fully mobilise leaving HH with practically 20 months to convince Zambians. HH should know that having a convention is very critical for him to win the elections. Having electoral reforms is very critical for him to win the elections. I get surprised why since 2016 general elections HH and UPND do not talk about electoral reforms in the manner they should but have just put it as one of the items on the dialogue conditions. Is it not wise to sort out the electoral short comings now than want to do it in 2021? Same results can happen in 2021.

  23. Look at all these rats falling over them selves trying to blame HH…..the PIG, CB minister, PF youth leader on CB, they are all worried lungu will sack them for not suppressing the people’s suffering and stopping the riot……

    How can hh incite kopala, the heart of PF support ???

    Yayamba ku kosa bolla manje bane…

    • Sharon, you are a tribal moron…think critically and not tribally inclined! All your posting are ever tribal…the fools will be known by their thoughts and actions!

  24. This guy japhet has no clue as to what is damage control and ECL is fully aware of that that’s why he was shifted from the capital city to copperbelt.

  25. It’s extremely interesting to read all postings on this issue, but drunkenness In this state is alarming from how amazining stomach thinkers to a an satisfied theive to a near wise and the biblical promise of the poor ‘ll always be there among us. Having liken to what chibwili refered to as hiring a young blight un employed boy without income but to write the most dullest qualifications without CV of previous work history to the high office bearer. Is this what leakage means……………..!!!!!!?????

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