Allegedly four visibly drunk officers from the Anti Corruption Commission on Sunday stormed Mass at St Kizito Catholic Parish in Lubuto, Ndola and interrogated Parish Priest Fr Rapheal Chanda over the Church’s links to Bowman Lusambo.
According to some parishioners who witnessed the incident, the officers who were smelling of alcohol introduced themselves as investigators from the ACC Headquarters in Lusaka and wanted to establish how much Mr. Lusambo spent on building a toilet at the parish.
The officers later forced themselves into Fr. Chanda’s private residence and insisted on interrogating him.
The officers also wanted to interview some Choir members on how much they received from Mr. Lusambo prior to the elections.
Fr. Chanda however refused to respond to questions from the officers advising them that Church members built the toilet themselves.
The ACC last week recorded a warn and caution statement from Mr. Lusambo over allegations of bribing voters in Kabushi during the August 12, 2021 General Elections.
Allegations are that between 1st February, 2021 and 14th August, 2021, Lusambo did offer and actually gave K20,000 each to three choir groups from different Churches in Kabushi Constituency and gave a bag of mealie meal to each choir member.
Further that between the same period, Mr. Lusambo did offer and actually gave K300 each to about 100 to 150 women of Saint Kizito Catholic Church after attending mass, a day before elections.
But some church members have warned the UPND government to stay away from the Church.
“Where do they even get the audacity to force their way into Priest’s House? Us we respect our priests, if they’re wrong in any way, let them be handled with respect. If UPND doesn’t love God, us we love and respect the Church. We don’t want the nonsense we witnessed yesterday (Sunday). They almost ambushed my Parish Priest. They’re a cursed government,” one of the Church members said.
FAKE STORY
Evidence ba chembele!!,evidence for conclusion!!!
These are the *****s you were voting for. You wanted change and you have it. The morons who have no respect for the Church. This government is rotten to the core. The best is to kick them out. A Church is a sacred place where people find solace. These *****s have the courage to storm into the church and do whatever they want. What a cursed government!!!!
NOT TRUE STORY.
Evidence for your conclusion, banene!!!
As S3x, hooliganism and drunkenness characterize the hhACC, one wonders where this country is going. Why are all these hhACC victiming innocent citizens. Lusambo remains innocent just like many Zambian citizens, former Government workers you persecute day in day out trynna fix ’em without evidence.
For Pete’s sake, run a country with soberness out’a s3xiness, pompwelines and drunkenness.
Stop harrassing Lusambo. More over if you got balls let’s see you beat the hell out’a him clean at the ballots. Isabi ukubola, lyambila kumutwe.
Lusambo or anyone else for that matter is free to assist any church they choose. At my Parish we have people who contribute to the running of the church by donating impressive sums of money. Why choose Kabushi? Poor tactics.
Actually these poor tactics are selling Lusambo. Have the UPND already forgotten that the alleged victimisation of HH actually brought him undeserved attention and eventually saw him to State House?
Victimizing Lusambo in the run up to bye election speaks to the fear in h²’s little heart. He is fighting very hard to bring him down. He is using his henchmen in the hACC to stop Lusambo. The courts ruled in your favor. We respect that but we do not buy the grounds on which it made that decision.
Kindly let the people speak for themselves. This spells democracy. They spoke in 8/12 that’s why you’re leader now. Let Lusambo stand. Let the people talk.
As S3x, hooliganism and drunkenness characterize the hACC, you and the hACC are highly questionable in this very moment. Actually, from 8/12.
F00Iish hh relatives given positions in ACC due to nepotism. They are even free to get drunk cause they know their uncle hh is in power
Elections are won in the ballot. Stop this nonsense ba ACC as you act like rabid dogs sent by BMW.
Surely we need sanity in the Catholic Church, some Priests have sold their Souls and become addicted to dirty corrupt money, especially diocesan Priests from Copperbelt Province.
Funny thing is if HH is given chance to address the congregation… it’s okay and it’s not politicking. No politician should be given a chance to make speeches in church. Next funny thing.. it’s the Catholic Church that made the return to multiparty politics possible, it’s the Catholic Church that lobbied for the cancellation of debts ZAMBIA owned, it’s the Catholic Church that made the removal of the PF from power.
“If UPND doesn’t love God” – and that is where they are exposed. They are partisan the churchgoers. Christians are generally poor and can easily be manipulated. Should you not stand for the truth?
THIS STORY DOES NOT SEEM TO BE TRUE. I FEEL ITS JUST SOME BUNDITS WHO JUST WANTED TO STUDY THE HOUSE FOR FURTURE EVIL ATTACK.
READ BETWEEN THE LINES.
SOME CATHOLIC PRIESTS HAVE SOLD THEMSELVES FOR CHEAPY MONIES. DID THOSE GUYS ACC) OFFICIALS PRODUCE ID CARDS.
AM A CATHOLIC AND SOME OF US ARE THE ONES MISS LEADING INNOCENT CHURCH MEMBERS …..
SHAME ON US CATHOLIC AT TIMES….
Simply say these could be impersonators and not that it isn’t a true story.. could be party cadres
AM NOT SURE IF THOSE ARE FROM ACC.
AM SURE THEY ARE JUST BUNDITS TRYING TO FAMILIRISE THEMSELVES TO THE PLACE.
SOON YOU WILL HEAR THAT THE PARISH IS ROBBED
CATHOLIC PRIESTS , PLEASE SERVANTS OF THE PEOPLE NOT MONEY BEGGERS, THATS WHY THIEVES ALWAYS FOLLOW YOU.
This satanist regime no bwino bwino,the regime that do not support the church,when you support the church it’s illegal.we need to kick this regime out of power.
How on earth should you be linkling every stupidity on the President of Zambia?
Why don’t you STOP at just condemning the concerned ACC officers? You are diluting the issue, and making it sound petty. And those ACC officers will have no lesson to learn from if instead, you are directing your displeasure to the President. The President is NOT an ACC Operations officer, for him to be assigning each and every id.iot to perform such stupi.dity, that even doesn’t help him, but instead tarnish his name,
Honestly, do you hold your President to that lowest esteem? Unless you are du.ll or belong to the Kaiza Fanclub, which is here to complain & insults, and without value add comments.
Let’s have respect for the clergy and the things of God..Of all the days sure, you choose Sunday to interrogate the man of God? “As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.” Prov 26:2 KJV
Lets be patient and wait for the true story.So many actors and imposters these days.