Suspected UPND cadres has manhandled two Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) officers in Livingstone’s Libuyu Compound as they drove around the township to announce President Rupiah Banda’s arrival.
President Banda is expected to officially open the Zambia Air-force Pass-out Parade.
A technician, Gilbert Phiri and a driver, Daniel Mulyata escaped unharmed when a group of more than ten men, armed with stones, surrounded their slowly moving vehicle and forcefully bringing it to a halt.
The cadres who accused ZANIS officers of campaigning for MMD by announcing Rupiah Banda’s arrival through the mobile Public Address System as voting in Kasiya ward was in progress mobbed the vehicle viciously grabbing the microphone from the announcing technician and pulled it off the hook.
Irate suspected UPND cadres then forced the door open and tried to pull the technician out of the vehicle, hitting the duo in the process.
Realizing that their lives were in danger, the two ZANIS officers sped off to the nearest Libuyu Police Station.
The alleged UPND Cadres have confiscated the microphone from the mobile van and it has not been retrieved yet.
President Banda is tomorrow expected in Livingstone to officiate at the Zambia Air-force Pass-out Parade and it is mandatory that ZANIS carries out presidential announcements prior to the Republican president’s arrival.
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Yangu tata pa Zed
VIVA PF/UPND PACT and congratulations for scooping the Kasama seat.
RB is a liability as even his camping in Kasama for a week did not help.
Its ok they should stop abusing taxpayers’ money.
Bad behaviour,UPND leadership kindly advise your cadres to behave.Politics is a game of numbers you need votes from the same people you are attacking.
This vigilatism is very good. No more rigging!
man handle them.ZANIS is a government body.they are not supposed to go round announcing rupiah is coming slogan around the combon. no way man handle them
Any results from the fancied Kasiya ward? Tell us please, at least the bigger one has past in our favor Viva PF/UPND pact. Well done kasama people.
This fool called Nationalist,Senior Citizen,Patriot,etc should be ashamed that the PF has got it so Bid,loud and Clear in Kasama.His Stupid Analysis and Confidence that the MMD would win has proved him to be the Most dull Zambian on this Blog.Infact he Promised to quit Bloggin on LT.can you now come out and justify your analysi or tel us you are a Shushu or uyou are paid to write that nonsence.
Senior Citizen where @ thou,.The chap is busy misinforming people on Zambian watchdog.Viva Pact
i cant believe this is how bad or desperate these government organisation are! its so shameful. Thats why we are under developed. Instead of working, they go out to announce the arrival of the elephant. Shame
Be ware MMD is capable of macarading as UPND in order to discredit them. Besides VP Kunda last monday unleashed MMD youths on those percieved as insulting MMD
Ba LT naimwe mulepwa nga MMD iyi pwile kwati sopo- lifebouy… you cant even anounce the VICTORY!!! VIVA PACT!
What are the actual results in Kasama in terms of numbers?
# 12 GBM PF/UPND Pact 10963 BM MMD 4460 Ng’ona UNIP 137 Indpnt 63 Viva Pact
# 12, 10,000 votes 4 GBM, 4,000 4 Mugala & The rest shared 2000 votes. VIVA THE PACT UPND PF.
KEEP CONVINCING YOURSELVES THAT ITS UPND/PF CADRES. to be honest i’m not a cadre but if i were in the vicinity of these zanis chaps making this announcement who’s to say that i wouldnt have joined in? TIME R HARD TEMPERS R FLARING POVERTY HUNGER PA ZED NA TU DUST ON TOP OF THAT COMING MU KOMBONI NAMA LAND CRIUSER YOU’LL BE GIVEN A CRASH COURSE!
Goerge Kunda was saying a few weeks ago that PF was finished in the Northern Province in reference to the Kasama election. Either this man is a pathological liar or he is nuts.
, and he is supposed to be our JUSTICE minister ,yes, and VICE PRESIDENT. This is worse than “government made simple”, it is putting the country on auto-pilot with no fuel in the plane!
IT SO GOOD THAT THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE PF/UPND PACT ARE HAPPY ABOUT THE RESULT IN KASAMA CENTRAL. THE MMD SHOULD ACCEPT THE RESULT. IT IS NOT IMPORTANT WHO WINS. WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DEMOCRATIC TRADITION IN ZAMBIA. IT MEANS YOU RESPECT INSTITUTIONS, SUCH AS THE ECZ, THE COURTS, THE DPP etc.. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEIR DECISION IS IN YOUR FAVOUR OR NOT. SO, FOR THE PACT, HAVE YOUR CELEBRATIONS AND FOR THE MMD, ACCEPT THE DECISION OF THE PEOPLE.
u taught them a lesson ba upnd,ths nice and great to hear
There was no point for the UPND cadres resorting to such actions those two men were just doing their noraml duties. Please lets restrain cadres from such uncivilized type of actions as Zambia belong to all of us. The cadres might have their own reason for by elctions taking place in Kasiya ward but let us be level headed. From the look of things it appears the MMD will not have it easy with the Pact. Where is Mike Mulongoti and others who slept in Kasama whilst Mwine was drumming up support for defeated Burton Mugala?
Can anyone tell me which MP has ever brought Development to his/her constituency in last 10 to 15 years?????
Viva Pact ! Viva Zambia! Bribe that stupi# Chiti Mukulu if you want. Nothing will blind the people from your corrupt criminal, mindless, heartless, dickless way you want to take Zambia. Solwezi here we come!! Those were not UPND cadres.. those were hungry, unemployed people not intersted in hearing about that self serving bafoon we have for president, certainly not at that time. We not in the mood regardless of polical Affiliation. Viva PF-UPND Pact
the people of kasama has demostrated what is expected to be done in 2012. the mmd has taken people for granted. the peple of solwezi should follow suit by regecting the mmd and vote for pf/upnd pact. Bakamushi needs to be sensitised over voting habit. Bakolwe must go.