The Ministry of Home Affairs has clarified that government only released K65,000 to facilitate today’s police operations to block the UPND President Hakainde Hichilema from entering Kafue and not K80,000 as indicated in some sections of the media.
Minister of Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo clarified the false reports in an interview with the media today.
Mr. Kampyongo further said only 2000 police officers were deployed in Kafue from around 07 Hours to 17hrs to monitor the security situation in the area where the UPND leader was scheduled to donate mealie meal and tour some places.
He appealed to individuals, Non Governmental Organisations and political institutions to follow procedures whenever they are intending to make donations to avoid unnecessary tension in the country.
Mr Kampyongo said the Ministry of Home Affairs shall remain firm and ensure that law and order is maintained and no illegality would be tolerated.
This is according to a statement released by Home Affairs Public Relations Officer Nephas, Chifuta.
Only in Zambia where a donation to the hungry is considered a threat to Komboni security.
So Kampyongo is spending only K65000 to block some from donating still okay with you? That K65000 could have gone a long way in helping with the hunger situation. Also could he kindly cite relevant laws relation to donation of food in ones own country?
Fake news.
Definitely fake news.
Kapoli ni kapoli
Thorn in the chakuti, you just need to embrace the fact that you support !diots, kwasila. Fake news where? This is Lusaka Times, not Tumfweko.
Thorn in the chakuti, you just need to embrace the fact that you support !d1ots, kwasila. Fake news where? This is Lusaka Times, not Tumfweko.
Those funds could have gone to help our police officers who are not immune to hunger and other daily struggles the whole nation is experiencing right now.
That’s waste of money and time is same as seeing a PF-minister urinating at the blind people in Katie.
In my government I will be parading such ministers before Supreme court, express sentences to Mukobeko prison in exchange for young girls imprisoned for smoking marijuana.
How crazy! He thinks he has to clarify this? Why block the guy is the question
@1.4 Dudeloverboy,
Listen you 1d10t (I called you 1d10t because you can easily be f001ed), unlike you, we are extremely cautious these days on all news items from flesh and blood individuals. Even the Holy Book has had characters misrepresenting Chapters and Verses to mislead fainthearteds like you. Who said LT can’t err and fall for his loot?
No wonder double h has managed to capture your souls and whitewash y’all niggaz brains.
Please spend even more up to a million to block the thief. We won’t be bothered.
Kampyongo is one of the incompetent leaders undermining our democracy in Zambia. What was the justification for blocking a Zambian citizen who decided to help a starving community, when you thieving clowns have driven the economy into the ditch? Why did you waste K65,000, taxpayer’s money, on blocking him? You could’ve added that money to whatever donation HH was trying to make to help alleviate the hunger in the area. You need to pay back that K65,000 you wasted–with interest. You heartless clowns.
Shame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All that money to block a person who want do not to poor…………
2000 grown men forced to go grab nshima from poor?? Those officers could have gone in street to protest that “food is not guns”.
I am sure female officers refused command from Kampyongo to go steal ubunga meant for old people. Who cares if it is Kafue or Mansa, let people eat.
Whoever cursed this country
It’s our own ‘more money in your pockets’ father Christmas.
Even K65,000 is alot of money to use recklessly,just to stop someone wishing to donate
That’s why this is fake news.
Shameful. To even come and say it was 65 and not 80.
That money would have better been justified if it had been used to buy food in the hunger striken areas of the country
Those funds could have gone to help our police officers who are not immune to hunger and other daily struggles the whole nation is experiencing right now.
just what are our priorities in Zambia mwebantu
As if to say K65, 000 is small change, so what’s the fuss? Mmmm…
I think for once lets not blame the politicians but lets blame ourselves for allowing this pf lead government for taking us for granted. They are doing what the want because we have allowed it. if we stood our ground and fought together such nonsense was not going to be happening.
@Lox, yours is the ONLY sensible comment on this matter as at 13:48Hrs. Truly we have ourselves and no one else to blame for this mess the suckers have put us in; if not, we must be under a spell of some sort!
K65,000 represents 433 bags of meali meal that could have been bought and donated to some needy community
Hey come on Zambians,let just dance to tunes than complaining.Where is JK to add some volume.Zambia is the next Zimbabwe in the making.Failed nation indeed
We should hang our heads in shame that we have this calibre of leadership! Who has bewitched this country that clowns like these should run the affairs of this nation? The lord save us from this mediocrity and callous leadership in Jesus’ name!!
After spending $17 billion on building roads , other infrastructure and corruption , amazing lungu and his gang of thieves need to resort to this…….
HH is doing the right thing……..deliberately showing up lungu for what he is…..a corrupt wannbe Mugabe.
Keep it up HH , from now until the elections, each time lungu travels out side Zambia begging and showing off his democratic credentials , show the world what he really is.
These are right tactics. The pf rats might not see this, Especially now GRZ are desperate for western aid and investment , which don’t go with democratic suppression….
Faka presha HH ……..
Eeh AMA levels zoona K65000 just to block someone from donating!
When Kambwili says Kampyongo is a dimwit I agree with him. What’s wrong with Hichilema donating mealie meal? Let him do it, those that need it will benefit. If it’s about security, leave Hichilema to do what he wants however if there’s a riot then hold him accountable. The violent PF cadres in Soloboni are no longer interested in violence because they’ve seen that it doesn’t pay. They’re tired of your lies. So don’t scheme to cause confusion and blame it on others. PF has been campaigning since 2011 but you can’t allow others to mobilize their Parties. Is this the democracy Dora Slit talks about? You’re making a wrong man popular by your actions, blali Kapolyo Kampyongo
No comment, am a Cadre
Being dull and a leader is a recipe for disaster. So Kampyongo dont you realise that you are confessing to a crime here?You think you have powers to interfere with HH’s fundamental freedoms?Anyway even advising this person is a waste of time,just sit back and watch the f00l march himself to jail with his eyes wide open.Meanwhile kombonis are full of crime and this ka thing is just focused on HH…
ONLY K65000
I HATE THIS MAN KAPYONGO & HIS CLONIES LIKE SUNDAY CHANDA ,GIVEN LUBINDA ETC WITH A PASSION. I SWEAR THEY ARE EVEN MAKING ME LOOSE A PLACE IN HEAVEN. IF THESE *****S WERE TO DIE I SWEAR I WOULD CELEBRATE. WHETHER,U ALLOW HIM OR NOT ZAMBIANS EVEN SHARON,KUDOS ETC ARE VOTING HH. ZAMBIA FORWARD. THE WORST GOVERNMENT WORSE THAN CHOLERA IS PF.
WHY,NOT GET THAT MONEY AND PAY FARMERS WHO HAVE BEEN OWED BY FRA. CHI KAPYONGO THE SAME POLICE YOU ARE ABUSING THEY WILL DO U GOOD AND JUSTICE. ACC WERE COMPLAINING THAT THEY DON’T HAVE MONEY THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE ALWAYS FAILED TO INVESTIGATE MATTERS BUT WHERE DOES THIS CASH CAME FROM?THIS ***** IS EVEN SAYING WE SPENT K65,000 NOT K80,000. IT IS ALOT OF CASH FOOL. MWABELESHA PAKATONDO WHERE U ARE FROM. AND LUSAMBO YOU TIME IS COMING. YOU WILL SING ALL SORT OF SONGS WHEN YOUR TIME COMES. SHARON AND YOUR VUVUZELAS WHERE ARE U CZ THIS IS A HOT ISSUE AND U CAN’T COMMENT?
He used his own money.
I can’t believe even the good will intended help requires extra expenditure from government, why all those police officers to stop a community worker,who the president invited among other well wishers to support the government efforts to alleviate hunger?
Carelessly,and shame on pf,on one man to spend such amount,such could have help our men and women who supplied goods and are in waiting for many months.President lungu have red carded you
I dont understand this..
God are these people humans? Who are they? how long will you let your people suffer? They have stole and eaten even the little that is left for the poor using the corrupt god called corruption. today they are here to stop even the little donations made for the poor. And tommorow(18th October)they will prtend to be your humble people with the so called Christians for L……mmm!!!!!
What a shame Kampyongo honestly. The presido is out there soliciting for investment and down here you are showing the world how repressive your govt is. You must be very d.u.l.l not to read between the lines. You dont know how to take advantage of the situation.You can use the same HH to prop up the image of your govt but unfortunately you dont think beyond your stomach. Disaster
This is fake news by UPNDEAD. Find something to cheat the masses not this one. only UPNDEAD supporters will accept this news.
Mr. M0r0n, so now you are saying Lusaka Times publish fake news?
Yes they do.
Especially in the recent times.
That’s the problem with goons like you dude chikondi, your daftness believing everything news online is shocking.
Garamuka mampolyo.
So you are even confessing that you blocked or are blocking HH. Blocking him for what? Stopping him from donating to those of us that are hungry? Those of us that cannot afford even a single meal? And you go on to boast that we as Zambia are a democracy and a Christian Nation? A Christian Nation that does NOT allow its underprivileged starving majority to receive donated (free) food? You are scared even of your own shadows. Shame.
1. You should not in the place have sent police to the place
2. Meaning you should have not spent anything at all
NB: No matter the amount it is still a waist, even if you had spent no money it was still going to be a waste of police resources as we have other pressing issues that police need to attend to idioot amoung idiootss. Du er fanden faked up I dit hoved
1. You should not in the first place have sent police to the place
2. Meaning you should have not spent anything at all
NB: No matter the amount it is still a waste, even if you had spent no money it was still going to be a waste of police resources as we have other pressing issues that police need to attend to idioot amoung idiootss. Du er fanden faked up I dit hoved
It does not matter whether it 65000 or 80000, fact is you should not have spent this money at all. We have people starving in Zambia and you prioritize something useless instead of where there is need takwaba
Why not allow HH or any citizen to go ahead and donate? If his donation activity results in some kind of public chaos then the Police can JUSTIFIABLY arrest him and I do not think any well-meaning Zambia would complain. If the donation goes well, isn’t that the right thing to do?
Will they go ahead and donate food to the area, amounting to what HH would have donated or at last the 65K?
As Zambians, we have the right to criticize these heartless politicians. But we need to own up to the fact that PF is our own making. We need to fix the Zambian citizen if we prefer responsible leadership. The citizen produces the leader and the voter. If the citizen’s morals are as strong as ropes of sand, we get the likes of the PF.
indeed this government is reckless k65,000 to block one person who is not at war, just to show that you are in command of police. iam sure even the police is finding unpleasant to operate profesional. only 65 and not 80 , whichever is the correct figure all is wrong and wasteful . that money has already caused budget overrun mind you.
Why should one say this is fake news? Whether you like it or not funds were spent full stop. How did that convoy of police officers get to Kafue? Did they put urine in those vehicles?
Ati ” did they put urine in those vehicles”? You have made my day. This is a comment of the DAY!!!! I am still laughing.
What a Government! So each time HH feels like donating something Kampyongo will send there 2,000 policemen and spend k65,000 to prevent him! Abuse of ZP! Abuse of public money! HH just keep them busy.
Exciting FAKE news
Extremely fake news
Most of the time I don’t understand our leaders thinking. How many bags of mealie meal * 25kg would have been purchased with that amount? Roughly, it would have bought 460 bags. This means 460 families would have been helped. But this money has been wasted on people who are on payroll already. For what? For Christ’s sake, let us not joke with hunger?
Imagine wasting all that money on someone who is already rich and was just trying to help the vulnerable in society!! It’s one scandal after another eishhhhhh when will they get tired?
PF should ask the MMD as that’s exactly what they used to do to Sata, they are making HH more popular by the day. Someone means well and wants to alleviate the hunger situation in the country they are stopping him and spending lots of money. Oh my beloved Zambia! The change that we voted for!
Only K65 000! My foot ! How many bags of mealie meal can that amount buy to feed the poor? And how many drugs can be bought for hospitals in rural areas? Misplaced priorities as usual PF! I don’t think the intended donation was even close to the Amount spent to block HH. Shame on you lunatics!!
Total nonsense and marubbish. Just how does someone find the courage to say such rubbish in public. Ati only K65,000 is this man normal and do we have normal chaps in this PF thing. To begin with why block the trucks when people are hungry and dying of hunger when you dont have a clue on how to feed them.
Madness in this boma will never come to an end!
So these PFools want people to die of hunger. Awe that’s getting serious now!!!! Politics at madness level from PFools!!!!
Disaster!!!
West of the west part of the country they are liking money to renovate the class room but here is a government spending k65000 to broke same one who want to help people kkkk,you well wishes plz keep your money the government has enough money, if they are westing money to broke same one
iwe ka kampyongo, ni K65,000 ya nyoko?
that’s tax payer’s money you’re wasting you ignant mofo
This must be fake news, has to be. Wasting K85,000 is different from wasting K65,000? I think now PF has reached unprecedented levels of desperation, so much so that they can’t think of what they say. The other day it was Zesco refuting a story without withdrawing the 200%.
They can’t reach 2021 can they? Is there something happening that we can’t see with our naked eyes?
And surely wasting so much money to block a free citizen? No wonder Edgar is rushing back home, he must be thinking now that the rest are dunderheads but they are his appointees remember?
Despicable. Resources were wasted, not surprisingly, but in this case the minister in the usual diversionary tactics, only makes it a case of refuting figures. For goodness sake, this is about democracy, rule of law and civilized behaviour – none of which this PF regime has an aorta of. I say again, that the biggest tragedy of it all, is the mute civil society in the face of this self preservation inhuman behaviour of this government.
Sickening!
Can someone please tell these PF buffoons that even K65000 is a lot of money that must never be wasted to block HH or anyone from donating to the needy. What a waste of resources by these thugs. It does not make it right whether its more or less, its all wrong bakolwe imwe!