Friday, April 19, 2024

UPND cadre’s arrest is legal and non-political- Southern Province Minister

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Southern Province Minister Edify Hamukale has urged UPND Choma Member of Parliament Cornelius Mweetwa not to politize the arrest of a UNPD Cadre Tom Silwiindi.

Mr. Hamukale says Mr. Silwiindi of Choma was not abducted as alleged by Mr. Mweetwa but arrested by Zambia Police on operation for a suspected offence.

He says the arrest is legal and non-political.

Dr. Hamukale says leaders should not agitate the citizens-through stage managed revolt especially in an election year like 2021.

And Deputy Chief Whip Tutwa Ngulube said Police should not shy away from applying the law on members of the opposition for fear of been accused of victimization.

In an interview with ZNBC News, Mr. Ngulube said Police should not look at tribe or political affiliation when dealing with suspects in criminal matters.

He is disappointed that the opposition UPND is allegedly blaming the police for picking up a suspects Mr. Silwindi.

32 COMMENTS

  1. Well done police for arresting that thug. Southern province is part of Zambia and is not untouchable. We cannot have a situation whereby criminals are let free for the sake of political convenience for hh. Can it be with hard labour. I can come and beat him for you if you need backup manpower

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  2. These are effects of being led by people who have suspended the constitution. Shamelessly justifying an illegal act. Life is temporal and state power is even more temporal. Look at one former minister what has befallen him. After campaigning for the regime.
    People can’t even learn from Yundu. This world has seen people who abused their powers beyond anyone’s imagination. Some are now history while others the world has even forgotten about them and is silent on them.

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  3. Is that’ll, what about your caders are having too much money,no acc to investigate them, to join politics is to eat and to talk nonsense everything has its own time.

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  4. Mr Kaiser Zulu
    My brother am proud of you being a Christian and have great admiration for your accomplishments. You advised our president and I won’t take that from you. I just want to say my brother that a man in your position ought to realize you are a public servant ie you are there to SERVE the people…. God’s people and so please live to that calling… realize we the people are your bosses….tone down the temperature my brother to the level that befits your office. Not everyone is upnd but we are all zambians… Being a leader doesn’t make you better than others but your job is to make others better… Yes I am a tonga n in diaspora. I have helped people start business there…they pay taxes into the treasury as a result. So whether my job is to shinda white ass…my…

  5. What arrest more like an abduction, each person needs to see a lawyer within 24 hrs… Not meno meno type of lawyer no a real lawyer not a thieving wanna be with teeth sticking out like a lost d0g on heat

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  6. Tutwa you mean the PF carder police that we have, the real Zambia Police left office with the MMD govt…. P0rn front party all id1ots

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  7. It’s like nawakwi is now calling shorts in the police service,very soon she will storm the police offices and beat the officers when they don’t carry out her orders.if you know, you know

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  8. What offence did this man commit, its not being mentioned. Is he the one hiding those people who sold land to HH kansi imwe bantu?

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  9. @muchimba
    YOU SPEAKING TO A BRICK WALL I’M AFRAID BUT NICE TRY
    TYPICAL OF PF AND OTHER POLITICANS THET START OFF AS OUR SERVANTS BUT ONCE ELECTED THEY BECOME OUR GODS

  10. Yet PF cadres dishing out cash from unexplained sources are not arrested and go about freely.
    Zambia is now a Mafia or Narco state.

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  11. It’s strange how arrests are effected on people who are not affiliated to the criminal party. PF caders have openly committed crimes but no abductions on them have been effected some of them in the likes of Kaiser have shot people, muchemwa shot a person, bull dozer caused death of obed others are purchasing planes with proceeds of crime but none of them has been abducted!!

    Such nonsense only happen in failed states!!

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  12. Why didn’t ZPS issue him with a Call asking him to report to the nearest Police Station? Why did armed Policemen abduct him in the presence of his Family? Clearly Zambia is a Police State where Human Rights are violated daily and with impunity. Should ECL retain Power on August 12, 2021 Zambia will become a fully fledged pariah State where there is no respect 4 Constitutionalism, Rule of Law, Good Governance and Human Rights.Zambia will effectively become a One Man Party Dictatorship. ECL has said that “U voted me out in 2015 and 2016 but I am still here and I am not going anywhere. The message is very clear. ECL will rig the 2021 Elections by Hook or Crook. Already the Voters Roll has been rigged by inflating the number of Voters in PF strongholds and deflating the votes in UPND…

  13. The UPND when they commit a crime and get arrested they cry tribe and political. Keith Mukata murdered a human being but still cried tribe. If God forbid UPND was to form government the sacred cows will not be getting arrested.

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