GOVERNMENT should not be vindictive when dealing with old perceived criminal cases by not targeting opponents and those closely linked to the previous regime, Democratic Party President Harry Kalaba has said.
Mr. Kalaba was reacting to the arrest of deputy commissioner of Police Bothwell Namuswa who is accused of shooting Mr Peter Masani, aged 39 a UPND sympathiser after a fracas in 2016 at the Lusaka High Court.
He said that the prosecutions were selective because he had been teargassed this year in Samfya were an individual suffocated and was only resuscitated at the hospital but shockingly no arrests were made.
Mr Kalaba said that from the look of things most people targeted was as a result of a hand that was controlling the whole situation.
He said that the time frame was too much and wondered what the police were doing all this time for them to reopen the case now.
“If you look at people like Shapa Wakung’uma he is now camp de Aide to the president because he was trying to be professional in his duties,” he said.
Mr Kalaba said the sequence showed that it was politically motivated and that once people have a conception that it was politically inclined then it would kill the whole process.
He urged the UPND to focus on fixing the economic landscape rather than persecuting people because it was not very important.
Mr Kalaba said the government needed to be very careful by ensuring that they discovered the motive of Mr Namuswa’s action rather than persecuting him without facts.
The PF was a terrorist organisation and as such all its members and associates should all be locked up until proven innocent
The PF must disband or at least disbanded. This party had cadres who caused havoc in this country, ministers who were above the law, imagine a minister going around in bars and whipping people to force them to get home during covid, is there a law in Zambia which allows assaulting of citizens by a minister, and why are Police not investigating such with witnesses all over. The PF were simply a horror movie
These PF criminals want the Government to just sweep all the crimes under the carpet and just move on like nothing had happened. If we want to fight corruption going forward, a precedence needs to be set now so that would be thieves would think twice to stealing public money and abusing the citizens.
This is proper checks and balances. Please keep it up.
We warned you about vindictive upnd. Hh does not let anything go. He is a very unstable emotionally charged man. You cannot have such in leadership. I hear they are currently desperately trying to find dirt on me. They are shocked to find that I am as clean as a whistle.
LT you should stop moderating my comments because it is a waste of time. This is the internet age were suddenly we are all journalists.
Those who didn’t steal have nothing to worry about because the courts will vindicate them once and for all.
Former PF ministers should not cry foul, they had enough time to modernise the operations of the investigative wings but they saw it fit to leave it as it was with the aim of pushing their opponents.
Let them enough the fruits of their labour.
We warned you about vlndictive upnd. Hh does not let anything go. He is a very unstable emoti0nally charged man. You cannot have such in Ieadershlp. I hear they are currently desperately trying to find dirt on me. They are shocked to find that I am as clean as a whlstle.
Mr kalaba will always be associated with the PF, He will never shake off tag.
Mr kalaba stayed in the PF and amassed as much as he could before being pushed out.
What is he now saying cause this man was a very senior person in PF.
So far, how many of these targets been found with cases to answer? Them too will be targets in 2027. We keep on rotating. We can change the system.
Is this the man who was invited to lead a party and ended up hijacking it
I really think we need to do a lifestyle audit on Kalaba. Where did he get funds to sponsor his ex party?
What assets did he have before he become minister?
I think some people are starting to talk themselves into early jail time.
How can this guy talk of time without citing statutes of limitations? And he wants to be president? Maweeee
“Vindictive and targeted” – I blo0dy well hope so
Harry you have not yet seen what we saw a long time ago. Now Mule ipushe mbwa Nge ifwele. “ loosely translated! You are doubting the gender of a dog as it is dressed” some things are so shallow and plain, only that we have under fives in the driving seat.
Regular law enforcement is not “vindictive and targeted” especially when it is former PF criminals who got off the hook simply bcoz it was in PF ‘s unlawful advantage.You shouldn’t get away with it bcoz your party is in power.
Hahaha ,this ichi troll Kaizar Zero is always getting overwhelming down votes.
I honestly did not know HK was this du.ll……
We know he did not join the opposition alliance because he was hoping lungu would make him running mate in PF………
Now he is showing how du.ll he really is while tickering on the outskirts of the political dustbin………
Kaiser arent you the fool who drew a pistol or weapon in public? Or harassed people everywhere you went ti drink? You? Clean? Even the bible says “Your sins will find you out”. Yes, i hope you are next.
You know the problem we in that nifwe bamumfukila kubili, ingulube bakonka iilile umumbu. Bamunyinefwe were above the law, untouchable let them reap what they sow.
Timesup where is your evidence you smelly d0g. Come here I beat you with my gun