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President Lungu did not sneak out of the country – State House

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Amos Chanda
Amos Chanda

State House has clarified that President Edgar Lungu did not sneak out of the country as insinuated by National Democratic Congress Consultant Chishimba Kambwili.

Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda has disclosed that the President has gone on a short vacation in the Luangwa Valley in Eastern Province and not in South Africa.

Mr. Chanda said the President will only return after he takes a short break adding that his vacation was not revealed to the nation in order to keep people away from him.

Speaking when he featured on the Breakfast show on Hot FM this morning, Mr. Chanda said the purpose of keeping President Lungu from State House was to reduce the amount of work going to him.

And on the relationship between the Head of State and Businessman Valden Findlay, Mr. Chanda said the duo have a personal relationship that does not cost anything.

He said Mr. Findlay has never been on any foreign trip on Presidential delegation further describing Mr. Kambwili’s allegations that Mr. Findlay has always been with the President as unfounded.

“If Mr. Findlay wants to travel, he has a bigger plane than the Presidential challenger and if he wants to visit the President as a friend he is free to do so, those allegations are unfounded. He is not a convicted criminal, he returned from England recently and is one of the businessmen funding the PF”, he said.

NDC Consultant Chishimba Kambwili who is also PF Roan PF Member of Parliament charged at a media briefing earlier this week that President Lungu had sneaked out of the country for South Africa without the government telling the nation his whereabouts.

86 COMMENTS

  1. Amos, the president MUST tell he would be out because we are the tax payers paying for his holiday when we have no holiday ourselves. The right thing to do Mr presidential spokesman is to inform the nation without mentioning the place. Now that you have told the nation after Kambwili’s revelation, what difference would that be if you informed the nation his whereabouts without leaving people to speculate?

    • I hope Amos understands what he’s saying ‘Findlay is not a convicted criminal’ but he’s a criminal except he’s not convicted. Really laughable

    • But why Edgar has horrible personal friends? I don’t know Findlay, but he looks LIKE a criminal. And that Kaizer, that one he is a daylight stadium criminal.

    • Business man funding the PF government….for free you mean….Who does that….giving away money to a political party for nothing???. Why cant Mr Findlay open an orphanage or start building hospitals if he is such a generous giver…Mr Chanda you not telling the truth

    • Who would you believe next time one who exposes (ZWD) or one who comes out when exposed and says nothing but denying. In the meantime he is arresting people on trumped up charges for speaking out.

    • Those flight tracking sites are not always accurate….some flights are not recorded especially Presidential flights….Flight 9 J ONE landed in Lusaka from Johannesburg November 28 at 1:41 pm

    • Mr. Chanda said the President will only return after he takes a short break adding that his vacation was not revealed to the nation in order to keep people away from him.
      What a lame reason for hiding his whereabouts. A President can never hide from the public. We are his employers and as such we need to know where he is all the time even if he wants it to be private. Its only in war time that a democratic president can hide his whereabouts

    • Anonymous – You sound like Dora … thats world radar for VVIP planes information is delayed for secruity reasons …as accuracy is concerned this is purely recorded information widely available for civilian flights. Its like someone recorded arrivial departure times of each aircraft by call sign at every airport.

    • wwwDOTflightradar24DOTcom/data/aircraft/9j-one

      It’true, Lungu indeed sneaked out of the country.

      Findlay is using CORRUPT Lungu & Challenger jet to traffic drugs. Kaili they don’t get searched at airports.
      FTJ used Aero-Zambia to traffic Katebe Katoto’s arms to Jonas Savimbi in exchange for Diamonds. It took Sata to personally apologize for the treachery.

      wwwDOTlusakatimesDOTcom/2011/10/19/sata-apologises-angola/
      wwwDOTbbcDOTcom/news/world-africa-15372430

    • @Jay Jay
      It could be true he sneaked out or maybe every jim and jack in the PF government is using the Presidential jet for their personal use…the likes of Kaizer Zulu and Findlay the cash cow

    • Lazy bum illiterate Tonga hooligan bully UPND son of a polygamist father who never taught him toilet training pooping in public HAGAIN needing MUTINTA HAKAINDE to clean and change his diapers HAGAIN. MUTINTA was tired so she asked CHARMAINE and CHILDISH to change the little boy’s diapers because she also knows that the Tribal Chief of UPND is UNELECTABLE.

    • A war btwn Angola & Zambia almost broke out after this. Dos Santos started mobilising to attack Zambia whilst brainwashed f00lish MMD cadres were dancing at the airport to welcome & send off FTJ.

    • Anonymous -If they are doing it then its illegal…that’s like sending Eagle One to go and pick up Kaizer and girlfriends from KKIA airport. That could be the reason why PF is procuring VVIP aircrafts at great expense $400 million to facilitate such wasteful trips which only benefit their pockets.

    • To reduce the amount of work going to him? That’s so funny. Because everyone knows that lazy Lungu doesn’t have much to do, other than dream about his eSwatini mansion. Look at President Magufuli and see how a hard working president looks like.

    • Lazy bum illiterate UPND hooligans bullies children of polygamous tribal father pooping in public HAGAIN needing MUTINTA HICHILEMA to change their diapers HAGAIN! UNELECTABLE THIEF! HAZALUZA HAGAIN!

    • Just goggled , ya on 28th Nov it shows from joburg , ain’t goggle so so sweet.just goggle : flight radar 24, 9J -ONE ,and am given a 7 days flight history of the said plane. Now i understand why most rogue leaders hate internet (social media).

    • Just googled flight radar 24. It doesn’t add up though. According to Hon. Kambwili the President snicked out of the country on Tuesday 27/11/18 (Mast Newspaper). There is no movement of that plane on that day. The day before on Monday 26/11/18 the President was hosting Prince Harry & yet the day after alleged snick out the plane is actually taking off from Johannesburg and landing in Lusaka after 3hrs.

    • Flightradar24 never lies…last year that flight was frequenting DRC. He was in SA with Chitotela and DRC ministers cutting deals and partying…what a shameless lazy bum!!

    • People can not work it out…when you have a private jet Joburg is a short distance away like Kafue is to Lusaka by car..you can fly to Joburg by 8:00 am and do your thing be back in Lusaka after lunch…mind you a Private Jet is an office as well.

    • Lazy bum illiterate hooligan bully son of a tribal polygamist father who never taught him toilet training pooping in public HAGAIN needing HAKAINDE HICHILEMA the CHILDISH president of a UPND tribal grouping to clean him up in public HAGAIN!

    • Possessed with “President Lungu in their heads” instead of just worshiping their tribal little god “peacefully!”HAZALUZA HAGAIN in 2021! Duh

  2. ‘He is not a convicted criminal, he returned from England recently and is one of the businessmen funding the PF”, he said.’
    Does it not raise questions that the friendship is actually because of funding PF? We hear of big financiers in America(George Soros,George Clooney,Warren Buffet etc) to both Demecrats and Republicans but are never close to the serving President despite their funding.Is it funding with presidential friendship condition?

    • @Jay Jay
      Did you understand/read my post? Did I ask who Mr. Findlay is or whether he or his family has been in Zambia for ages? I was just questioning the reasons given by Mr. Amos Chanda as why Mr. Findlay flaunts with the President.

    • You are questioning the obvious …simply track down this guys companies and link them to GRZ contracts …you will see the link.

    • Lazy bum illiterate GAY JAY TONGA UPND hooligan bully son of a tribal polygamist father needing diaper change and attention from MUTINTA HAKAINDE HAGAIN!

  3. Chagwa is a state property iwe Amos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The nation must know wherever he is……… Even short holiday. What if something goes wrong to him in a secrete place, what will be the story????????????????

    • That says it all.. we know leaders do go on private holiday and they do announce that.. it is standard practice I believe.

    • PF is telling 1990 type of lies to a 2018 tech crowd..really laughable…even radar states flight 9J-ONE was in Joburg on 28th.

    • Lazy bum illiterate UPND online Mapatizya Formula pooping in public HAGAIN! Did MUTINTA HAKAINDE change your diapers yesterday? So I was busy and didn’t remind her. Next time ask BoSPakata to help you. I don’t want you to get a nappy rash.

  4. He is laying the president is making private deals with Findlay on who is going to run all toll gates and the collection of monies thereof from this pyramid scheme that he is running. This chap is a pompwe with no remorse for the Zambian people. What can you get from a convicted debarred thieving lawyer who has a convicted drug dealer for a friend… sh!t is what you get

    • This why ZWD thrives…just read Chanda’s response it leaves more questions than answers …I bet you thats why Lazy has registered that new jet as ZAF miltary jet so Flightradar will not monitor it

    • Lazy bum TONGA tribalist HH worship with GALU WATCHERS IN ZAMBIA the tribal fake news of UPND. It poops in public just like the lazy bum little TONGA hooligan bully boy. MUTINTA HAKAINDE should change your diapers little boy! It is UNELECTABLE!

  5. This Findlay must be some big fish to even sneak with the president and the nation kept in the dark. Something sinister is brewing and soon, the whiff will be unbearable for everyone. The president is a national asset whose whereabouts must be known every second, trying to justify the unjustifiable will not help matters. This explains why Kambwili has been arrested on trumped up charges for exposing this escapade. Chanda don’t think that you own the president, your time to account is around the corner.

    • Zambians are a docile people…they have let this lazy bum not address them since he got elected and he is going on short vacation in November to Luangwa where no State property and assets are there. This is what happens when you habdpick thugs as your leaders.

    • Lazy bum illiterate TONGA hooligan bully son of an illiterate polygamist father pooping in public HAGAIN needing a MUTINTA HAKAINDE and UNELECTABLE CHILD to clean him HAGAIN in public after another accident! No toilet training from his TONGA father.

  6. Flight tracking history for 9J-ONE
    Route Flight No Date Playback
    ???? N/A 2018-11-28 08:44:00
    ???? N/A 2018-11-26 16:24:00

  7. It’s strange that this boy-Amos Chanda wants to insult our intellect . He says the Prez has gone on vacation to keep people away from him and reduce the amount of work going to him.

    Firstly , I thought the Prez has staff that handle his diary for appointments and these are the people that would filter and vet the people who want to see the Prez. If this is not the case , it lays credence to the stories in the grapevine that the Chinese walk in State House to see the president anytime , while Cabinet Ministers are seated the whole day waiting to see him.

    The second point is that work that is send to the president’s office because he is the only one constitutionally mandated to act on such work. You get the sense that when he is not in the office Amos Chanda or someone else can…

  8. These boys used to eat beans and never dreamt will one day work at state house. For them its do or die

    If I were advisor I would say

    LETS NOT WASTE TIME ON CK. ZAMBIANS ARE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO JUDGE. RIGHT NOW WE ARE SIMPLY BUILDING THIS NONENTITY

    An a non partisan political consultant

  9. FLIGHT TIMES
    Takeoff
    10:34AM SAST
    Scheduled 10:34AM SAST
    Landing
    12:25PM SAST
    Scheduled —

    AIRCRAFT INFORMATION
    Tail Number 9J-ONE · Registration
    Owner Unknown Owner
    Aircraft Type
    FLIGHT DATA
    Speed —
    Altitude —
    Distance
    Actual: 643 mi
    Route —
    The plan was seen in HLA (airport near Joburg)

    • How can you ask a fraudister if he has class…really laughable…this is a guy who invited a criminal to stand behind Prince Harry in a photo shoot…Barkingham Palace must be really pissed off.

  10. Personally I feel very bad for Edgar Lungu. He is a humble man who wants to do the right thing. But the criminals have taken advantage of his character and they control him like a Robot. It’s sad.

    • He is humble as a chauffeur because he was merely placed there by the criminal corrupt elite….they pull the strings its called State Capture then add the Chinese in that equation who are overseeing their interests.

    • Lombe that is a lie. Looking like a humble man does not mean that one is humble. Lungu is a Crook check that Swazi connection and also remember what fellow thief kambwili said about Lungu’s wealth ballooning in just 3 years in office. Where is he getting the money from?

  11. Gentlemen don’t talk about people you don’t know.i know Valden as person friend and colleague I did business with on real estate business just like HH and VJ some of you bloggers would say HH stole from selling state property and VJ though you call him a respected states he has some drugs related crimes.The Findlay’s employ a lot people and I will give them credit for what they have offered to society.Is Kambwili clean himself?

  12. This Edgar Lungu and his bunch of these surrounding him make me sick everyday . Instead of fixing the ailing economy they are busy syphoning the already sqeezed leftovers. Please people of Zambia let us wake from the deep sleep.You see his cadres receiving him at the airport as he comes back when he just sneaked when going.Mabwete-bwete leader!

  13. The presidency is a dignified office in the land and a preserve of state intelligence and national security. If Valden is Lungu’s drinking mate, then he security of the nation is compromised. If iron sharpens iron, then Valden must sharpen Lungu. No wonder the nation has descended to the dogs!

  14. The stammer and the body language in the footage in Amos Chanda’s demeanour was of one who was not telling the truth. And too shallow and simplistic for a president’s press assistant.

  15. Ati …”Mr. Chanda said the purpose of keeping President Lungu from State House was to reduce the amount of work going to him”. He is hardly ever at State House anyway!

  16. There were 58 heads of states at the Mandela Global Citizen musical concert in Johannesburg in Sunday, and Lungu was also at the concert – was there to watch the likes of Beyoncé, Usher, Ed Sheran, Casper Nyovest. Google it.

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