Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has demanded for the immediate release of the NDC Consultant Dr. Chishimba Kambwili from police custody.
Police in Luanshya on Thursday detained Roan PF member of parliament Chishimba Kambwili after charging him with unlawful assembly.
But Mr Hichilema says Dr Kambwili should be released immediately.
“As a country, we do not need to treat each other like this especially in the midst of the dialogue process in the country,” Mr Hichilema said.
“As far as we are concerned, Dr. Kambwili did not refuse to answer the police callout in Luanshya. All he did was to merely request for a date next week so he could attend to court matters in Lusaka tomorrow.”
Mr Hichilema said there was no need to bundle him like an armed bandit and drive him to Luanshya police.
Police detained Dr Kambwili over night after charging him with unlawful assembly.
This is in relation to the alleged illegal meeting which he held with aggrieved AVIC employees who marched to his house in Luanshya to complain about their conditions of service.
On Wednesday, Dr. Kambwili’s lawyers wrote to Luanshya police asking them to defer their clients appearance to December 10, saying the NDC consultant had a matter to attend to before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
But Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga insisted that Kambwili presents himself on Thursday warning that staying away would be at his own peril.
Instead of presenting himself to Luanshya police, however, Dr. Kambwili decided to go to Police Force Headquarters, Thursday, to launch a complaint against Katanga, saying she was being unreasonable.
Before he could lodge his complaint, however, Deputy Inspector General of Police Eugene Sibote ordered his officers to arrest Dr. Kambwili and ferry him to Luanshya.
Dr. Sibote later told journalists at a media briefing later that, “I wish to inform you and through you, of course the nation that the Police in Luanshya issued a police callout for Honourable Chishimba Kambwili to appear today and himself decided to come to Police Headquarters trying to seek refuge or for whatever reasons known best to him. Now what I wish to state is that if any person commits a crime and avails himself or herself to the police other than where he or she is required to appear, such a person can be apprehended by Police and conveyed to the Police Station where he or she is required or alleged to have committed the crime, so that they can answer to the allegations against them. To this effect I want to confirm that we have apprehended and conveyed Honourable Chishimba Kambwili to Luanshya Police Station where he has been asked to go and answer to certain charges by Police on the Copperbelt.”
He said police officers were duty bound to apprehend suspects, no matter the jurisdiction in which the crime was committed.
“You must all understand that this is done on the fact that the Zambia Police is one. When a person commits or is alleged to have committed an offence, in any part of Zambia, all Police officers are duty bound. They are obliged to ensure that such a person if seen is apprehended and taken to where he is alleged to have committed an offence. This is because of the issues of jurisdiction. If a person commits an offence in area ‘A’ and we find him in area ‘Z’, we shall convey him to area A where he is alleged to have committed an offence…I just saw him come in and then he told me that he was supposed to be in Luanshya but I’m not going there. Now what do you expect me as a police officer to do? I will convey him to where he is supposed to be,” said Sibote.
Dr. Kambwili arrived at Luanshya police at 14:06 hours where he was immediately taken to the reception to wait for his lawyers.
Later, Dr. Kambwili demanded to get his medication.
Meanwhile, his son Mwamba and NDC Secretary General Mwenye Musenge and Journalists were blocked from entering the police station.
Has (HH) travelled to Luanshya?
CK will now know his friends. They used to insult each other when CK was in government
Today CK and (HH) are friends?
When CK was in government Akainde used to call him corrupt through his mouth piece at Zambian Witch Doctor.
If President Edgar Lungu defects to UPND today they will be praising him despite calling him a thief everyday since he took office in 2015.
Look at how they praise GBM today in UPND.
It is police officers like Sibote who are the enemies of pf and ecl. He wants people to hate more our dear president. There was no need to bundle Hon Kambwili like they did. No need at all. Look at how president Donald Trump is insulted today..? if i were president Lungu, i would fire the police IG and his deputy at they are working against him
You heard the man(HH). He wants his Bemba mascot of the month released!
Ati “HH demands” in which capacity? You will be locked up yourself if you didn’t go begging in the middle of the night to President Lungu.
Kambwili is not special to decide as to when he can avail himself to the police when a call-out is issued. Let him stay in cells for the weekend. He needs to be on a diet anyway!
Free Kambwili NOW. PF stop abusing power
Let HH show up at the police station with his Under 5 antics. When and if he does, lock him up immediately for interfering with police duty, if he resists, slap him with resisting arrest too and obstruction of justice.
In the US, law enforcement officers don’t play on those charges and one can almost never win those first 2 charges with any judge. So, Americans don’t even play to the gallery with this kind of buffoonery.
Have you ever seen any political figure going to court with solidarity matches??? Why??? Because all the people in that matching band are potential criminals for interfering with police duty and can easily be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
ZP and Magistrates need to be sent to the US for training on this so they can stop this buffoonery…
HH should have kept out of this Kambwili vs Kampyongo. He should have let Preident Kalaba and his counterpart Peter help out.
HH knows that Charity don’t like him, therefore its better to let others deal with Charity and Kampyongo.
No female opposition leaders left…
You become blameless when you are UPND, other than that, you will be insulted every day.Your thinking changes when you become a UPND member.
Guys dont mind all these Politicians….they know what they are doing Lungu,Kambwili,HH,GBM and the rest of PF government thieves…these guys are just fooling Zambians….they meet in secrecy and they script all these moves even senior Police officers are part of the scam….they just follow what their master Lungu tells them….
This sounds like a disjointed and disorganized country where the police are controlled by politicians like Kaisa Kampyongo and Amos Chanda .The question on the lips of most Zambia is , can the police arrest these lot for offences against the state knowing full well that ZP acts on political orders from them not evidence of crime .
In 2021 new government shall not only fire the thugs at top echelon of police force but have them prosecuted and jailed for life.
New Zambia without PF thugs
You dumb pf ejots, politics should not be about enmity, nor vengency nor tribalism. Nothing wrong with Kambwili being friends with his former or current opponents. It’s all about strategy, you pf ejots are so obsessed with power and corruption.
Agony is to be UNELECTABLE!
The little boy go of UPND and an UNDER FIVE must be locked up.
god of UPND.
Abena Chishimba ku fenta fye chapwa.
He is lucky Luanshya police is not painted in police blue colour which is allegic to. otherwise he would have been admitted to Thomson Hospital by now. elo nga nipa Woodlands tapafwaya because he even double faints there ngalefwaya
Edgar leave that Baboon Kambili alone!!!!!!!!!!!! By arrestinng him you are slowly making him popular….
@HaMusa, Prof. HANSON, please write the UN on your official paper from the UNIVERSITY! It will work this time!
@ Pacifentelo
HH is a greedy and selfish character and if you think he even means what he rants, you are heavily mistaken. HH cant support anyone who seems to endanger his hold on his political position and of all the people Kambwili must know that in fact HH is using him to get a few voters that may sympathize with Kambwili. I commend the the police for being professional and decisive especially on politicians who think they can do whatever comes to their heads.
If you critically analyse things, you come to the conclusion that the so called opposition politicians are basically negatively impacting on people by unnecessary politicking. Their ill conceived strategy is to try and frustrate Government effort and drive to bring development to the very same people they claim are suffering. Why would…
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Why would someone, HH in particular be fighting those in Government simply because people have rejected him? HH has tried everything under the sun to discredit Government locally and abroad but EVERYTHING has lamentably failed. Now his last resort is to embark on fake news, ubufi, in order to create anxiety among the people. When challenged to substantiate whatever he claims against Government, he fails to avail facts or evidence, so who is he fooling? Himself!!!! Sadly, even Kambwili has completely lost it because had President Lungu not fired him, Kambwili would today be in Government and reminding Akainde that he is an Under 5 who doesnt know what politics are. Today, these two little clowns seem to have lost the spectators and what remains of them is vanish in thin air.
why is it that HH still thinks he is that much popular, could it be because today they celebrate their 20years of failure , did he also want Kambwili to participate, since he appears to be the next GBM of the UPND.. mwalengesha na GBM aonda.
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Am in support of the Police. This is not animal farm. If anyone of you bloggers is issued with a police call out, you can not give the police the day of your choice to go to the police, it will be ASAP. Why then should Kambwili’s be special for heavens sake? The so called Dr Kambwili is not a special being for him to be playing around with the police like he owns them NOOO! Kudos to the police in Lusaka for being alert! HH just keep quiet and concentrate on mobilising your almost finished party, check on your few members who are about to defect and probably beg them to stay with you, otherwise you will remain alone with your ka political adviser ka Siakalima and maybe ka mouth piece of yours ka Katuka……do not forget that the chap Kambwili was recently in government and was busy…
What goes round comes around. Kambwili was in the boat when HH was being brutalized by this police force, so Kampyongo should not think that he will be in government forever. Treat others the way you would want to be treated. Remember the same way you are illtreating for fellow politicians using the police will be the same way you will be treated. Be strong Kambwili, fight for the plight of the down trodden in society. These Chinese have brought untold misery, suffering, grabbing our land with impunity and have no respect for the rule of law. Eat whilst you can, your time of reckoning is coming.
HH the TRIBAL Chief of NAMWALA has demanded that they release Kambwili who said the TONGA cannot even vote for JESUS because of their tribalism. That was the time Kambwili did not have the demons.
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insulting you. IMPUTU ISULA TAIBULA KUBWEKESHAPO!! Nayaa Ineee.
What is IMPUTU?
Some bloggers here don’t know WHAT REALLY CK DID TO ATTRACT THIS ARREST, CK in forthrightly has been conducting political meetings in Luanshya even in dark clouds. In the same political maneuvers he has HYPOCRITICALLY INSULTING THE PF/ ECL .The demands for his arrest was FUELED by NGOs who insisted that CK should be arrested because peace in the country should be reigning though as long as political tyrants like CK continue to freak a double standards with HH / UPND, Zambia maybe set in political turmoil . HH should rant like a mad dog . He knows their silly gimmick
Truth be told.Here Inspector Sibote has explained the law and procedure very well.Hon(Dr)Kambwili had time to go and meet the aggrieved AVIC workers and also had time to go to Police Headquarters and not to go and answer the callout in Lunashya.Hon(Dr) Kambwili being a lawmaker would have sought legal advice as to which one takes precedence between making an appearance at a Police Station for a callout or being in court.Here he would have been advised approriately because many are the times we have heard court cases being adjourned for various reasons and I doubt Hon(Dr) Kambwili would have been denied an adjournment.As usual, he decides to pull a stunt and that is something that those gentlemen and ladies in uniform don’t take kindly..lol
This was just unnecessary,it`s not like the man refused to avail himself at all and his lawyers did request a postponement, right there no rule of law, you don`t have to kidnap a person like that, this PFoools police should not handle things like this, I am sure this was just a political directive that they arrest him other wise the police would have faced consequences as well.
PA CHIFENTELO BOSS CHABE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The free.mason looking for political milage. ..Sit down .
Time and again we advertisements in the press asking people to report a wanted person to the nearest Police Station and what comes into the minds of our UPND friends is that if you belong to their grouping this does not apply. You can be arrested in any part of the country and taken to where you belong regardless of your standing in society. Now the summoning of Chishimba has presented campaign material for HH. The impending come-together for political opponents is NOT a passport to anarchy. POA must be practiced to the letter and when not, the public shall hold the Police accountable since they are supposed to police situations of that nature. Blue, Black, Yellow or white, all people must be responsible for this country.
HH didn’t say the Police shouldn’t have arrested CK. He is against the brutality in the way CK was bundled away. He called for his release which the Police have done. Meaning, at least the Police have adhered to the law. Mind you at times they don’t. How many people are in Police custody beyond legal time limit to be heard?
This small president thinks that he can just throw words around and his Chishimba boy would be released. People must know that you cannot form a Kantemba party in order to hide your fraudulent activities. You are going in. Hakainde criticise but watch your mouth we are coming for you dead or alive. Zambia is too precious for us.
POA. Public order act shall be applied equally on Lungu and his Minions. uwanga nolupanga akafwa Kulupanga . even you Mwemashanina bunga you shall hide your selves for fear to be arrested . If pf thinks they are popular they are cheating them selves . We can pass nice comments on the parties we are supporting but reality will show in 2021. people have come to know which party they shall vote for . Bakandile would continue giving praises to their source of lively wood, but God the Almighty knows who the President would be, but no Lungu .of course. READ THE STORY OF THE GREED DOG, HOW IT MISSED THE BONE .
The PF, though I would want my party FDD to do well, is defeating all comers, they have taken two big MP seats from UPND in their strong holds. They will most likely take even more in 2021. Stop Politicking and start working for Zambians.
HH we are expecting you to be in Luanshya by now not ranting baseless on social media.Kambwili thought you and him are friends but he will soon find out why Nevers Mumba and the likes of Mike Mulongoti are no longer at your house every time you hold your press briefings.
Or else what? What aboutother remandees across the country? Talk for them too.
It seems like anyone who disagrees with the President is arrested.A good leading must be able to debate with those with dissenters. Opposition parties should follow procedure when arranging rallies and protests. If you need a police permit apply for one in advance preferably. A citizen should not be arrested for saying I disagree with the President’s plans in a polite and respectful manner.
Uhmmmml……..we are indeed in a police state. Abused AVIC workers followed Kambwili to his house in Luanshya.He is not the one who followed them. Unlawful assembly my foot! Let’s see where this case ends up. This government is bent on finishing their opponents to the core
So the moment those AVIC workers trekked to Kambwili’s residence to present their grievances to him the police expected him to get a police permit to listen to their grievances??………Come on ba PF why have turned this country into a police state? Is this the change we voted for in 2011 sure? We indeed voted for the worse, not for the better
Kambwili is an MP for Roan and he is free to meet people in his constituency, what unlawful assembly are they talking about?? This is laughable. PF is just creating problems for its leadership. So to complain about slave wages is an offence in Zambia?? Does it meant that leaders should now be running away from their people when they have complaints?? Shame!!
HH naiwe try to zip up as much as we need dialogue let also stop unlawful acts like you yourself hh and ck currently doing otherwise someone will behind bars soon.
Iwe Trib.al Hacks, of course Kambwili will be releases, that is a no brainer, were you npt released from Mukobeko yourself?
If you dont want trouble with the police practice civility in uour politics, not sayong there is no President in Zambia. No President? Kambwili have you forgotten who appointed you and fired you as minister?
That fat thief, stealing our tax payers money masquerading as PF MP , and Trib.al Hacks sees nothing wrong with that!!! Birds of a feather……!!!