The Patriotic Front in Ndola has suspended its District Youth Chairman Oscar Himanga after he was arrested for smuggling mealie meal to the DRC.
Lusaka Times broke the news of Mr Himanga’s arrest despite efforts by some PF senior officials to black out the story by intimidating the police officers handling the case.
The story was however confirmed by Copperbelt Province Police Commissioner Charity Katanga in an interview who stated that Mr Himanga will appear in court soon.
Ndola District PF Chairman Benjamin Chitondo said the ruling party in Ndola is saddened by the conduct of Mr. Himanga.
“I have suspended our Youth Chairman for his involvement in smuggling of mealie meal. I have given him seven days to exculpate himself and show cause why further action should not be taken against him.
“This is sending a warning that we will not allow. What he is involved in is a very serious offense. As PF we are trying to make the lives of the people easy. It is a shame for him to be involved in such,” he said.
Mr Himanga was arrested early this week attempting to smuggle 70X25 Kilogram bags of mealie meal to the DR Congo.
Provincial Chairman Nathan Chanda who is a close ally of Mr Himanga is the one who is reportedly trying to interfere in the case to have it dropped.
Mr Chanda is also said to have instructed a former Ndola Deputy Mayor to sign Police Bond for Mr Himanga and the group.
We are waiting for the BIG suspension somewhere in Chawama Constituency. Could this be a curtain raiser?
Why is this chanda trying to intervene. He must be either a beneficiary or he is corrupt himself
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BB2014,2016
That ka Nathan, akatumpa..
They are into everything …stealing chinese Kaloba ,Smuggling , distributing indecent images on Whatsapp group ,sharing prime land corruption etc .Common man left to fend for himself .What a travesty .
Shimmuggler Shimmuggler Shimmuggler wapwisho bungaaaa
The Patriotic Front in Ndola has suspended its District Youth Chairman Oscar Himanga. This gentleman is a know dark side UPND member and informer. So, how can Nathan Chanda be supporting such a guy..?
Wrong move. I thought in Zambia bembas are the only thieves . What is happening to the Tongas now?
Tongas are also thieves and they like to put their money in offshore accounts. Zambian who support UPND are brainless seriously.
This preoccupation with tribe is sickening
There many ethnic groups in this world whose names start with H , the Germans, Japanese, Rwandans, Ethiopians, Israelies etc, only a tribalist would assume that any name beginning with H is Tonga, muleishibako utuntu, travel the world, visit places like Hawaii and Honolulu.
Just shut up if you have nothing sensible to share.
PF is a party of thieves, for thieves & run by thieves. Therefore, whether one is a tumbuka, lozi, kalubale, bisa, tubulu…etc, as long as they are in PF, they are thieves. Kwasila
It’s usually hard to tell the police from PF cadres. ‘Spot the difference’. It looks like this current apparent ‘disagreement’, will soon ‘metamorphosis’ into the usual blur.
…. ‘metamorphose’ into the usual blur
Great let the bas!#** rot in jail. The name mmmm?
Its seems even pf cadres don’t know their pf , how come you don’t even know your own party officials?
Criminals are everywhere fellow Zambia. They are found in Pf, trib.al party, Sean Tembo’s parry etc. Corruption is everywhere even in trib.al party, you will note T.H. does not talk about fighting corruption anymore, how can he when his “room mate” in 2016 is the mother of it, meaning that he is comfortable with it. Ala ba trib.als just shut up you wasting our time.
Upnd stooges hold your fire coz this will backfire on you soon. There must be a mistake somewhere. The name spells upnd but the party associated to it is pf. Just wait for the turn around of events. Dont be excited yet.
Criminals are everywhere fellow Zambians. They are found in Pf, trib.al party, Sean Tembo’s parry etc. Corruption is everywhere even in trib.al party, you will note T.H. does not talk about fighting corruption anymore, how can he when his “room mate” in 2016 is the mother of it, meaning that he is comfortable with it. Ala ba trib.als just shut up you wasting our time.
“Lusaka Times broke the news of Mr Himanga’s arrest despite efforts by some PF senior officials to black out the story by intimidating the police officers handling the case.” Good Job Zambian Police.
40% of Zambian thieves are not Bemba. Himanga falls in this Catagory.
LOCK HIM UP AND HAVE A BY-ELECTION.
NO SCARED COWS and easy case for Police as smugglers are always caught red-handed.
smugling mealie meal btween zed and drc is just a political myth considering the border length and ethnic proximities. my cousin,s just got married to a kasai/luba and loads of nshima have to cross borders for matebeto.smugling? dont b silly !