Police in Lusaka have detained musician Clifford Dimba popularly known as general Kanene for alleged indecent Assault.
Police spokesperson Esther Katongo who confirmed the development said Kanene 32 is alleged to have repeatedly touched the victims’ breasts against her will as she was waiting for her food.
Mrs. Katongo said the victim is a 26 year old female of old Kanyama Compound in Lusaka and the incident is reported to have happened at a bar in Makeni Villa on 16th October, 2018 around 20:00 hours.
She said the suspect was arrested yesterday and is detained in Police custody.
President Edgar Lungu in July 2015 pardoned Kanene, who was convicted in 2014 for defiling a 14 year old girl and sentenced to serve 18 years.
He was pardoned after serving one year and was appointed as ambassador in the fight against gender-based violence in Zambia by the Head of State.
However, a week after his release from prison and despite his new role as ambassador against gender violence, Kanene was charged with assaulting his wife.
Photographs of the woman’s swollen face and fractured hand were published in the media and her efforts to have him sent back to jail proved futile as he was released by Police at Kabwata Police Station in Lusaka.
In October, Dimba was again arrested and charged for assaulting another woman in a pub and was released on bail.
What message was president Lungu sending to Zambian women by pardoning a rapist? How can we talk of gender based violence when our president endorses someone who abuses women with impunity.This Kanene obviously has a problem and needs treatment.Look at them dancing atase!
Why Ba Edgar has such bad friends?
He will be pardoned by the dictator again. And we all know it.
If this rapist tries to put his dirty hands on my beautiful Nubian Princess… i will rip him into pieces and shred his manhood with a paper shredder
Kanene is a pervert. Take him out of society. For Every sexual assault reported, there’s 3 more unreported.
He just conned the powers that be that time, he just sung a song in praise of him and he was released from jail. You know our President has no advisors, he is not such a bad guy but the advisors are a terrible lot. Including that spokesperson who has the faintest of clues where his mandate starts and ends.
Bo Hedigar Halungu will pardon him Hagain.
MAY THE LORD SAVE MOTHER ZAMBIA.
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SORRY Y’ALL! Correction! My gramma was like HH. LA Airport Terminals 4&5 are being renovated at a cost of$1.6 billion by American Airlines. Also, renovations at the same airport are being done by Delta at their terminals at a cost of $1.9 billion. Animo Farm any comments?
Evn HH pardoned CHARMAINE.
The only treatment such a cretin deserves is to have its te.sti.cles tied to its ankles and made to do frog jumps and duck walks. This Dimba chap must be sentenced to real hard labour, these are the ones that need to spend time in cells not the poor chaps being sentenced to 5 years for stealing a bag of maize or being in possession of a small amount of weed.
But worse more HH pardoned a murderer, Ms. CHARMAINE in Chilanga.
He is really a menace to society! Let him be caged for a longer period this time because he is a serial offender as has been reported here. Look at the way he has been getting away with the other offences, could it be because of his “ambassadorial connections?”. Be that as it may, no one is above the law. How many times are we going to tolerate such sex offenders? He is a convicted child defiler for crying out loud gentlemen!
Kanene is created in the image of Lungu.
kikiki,day made….
Pwipwipwipwipwi, you have spoiled my ugly ,your comment is a rib breaker.
Gay Jay is created in the image of HAKAINDE.
That is a lungu musician , the type of people with KZ associated with lungu….when we tell you on top of lungus stealing and corruption , lungu has morals and integrity stright out of the pit latrines of chawama….This is what we mean…
He served one year and he learned about his poor choices. HAKAINDE has not served yet that is why he has never learned anything and he continues to be CHILDISH.
A case of not understanding his functions, the President as long as the law says he can pardon some prisoners he does piki piki na piki tolo and unleashes pedophiles, psychopaths,gang bangers and all manner of social misfits onto the streets.
Our mothers,daughters and children are not safe.
although we are in the same bought I think he needs to be referred to as GENERAL CHISUSHI
You mean HH? You Ha right.
Iwe ka sharon watch out for perverts like general kanene you might be next.
Maybe you think cause you are state side you are safe, even your old mbuya can be a target.
Even if i hate you! i would not like you to be a victim of perverts like kanene.
Such a lunatic on the loose is an embarrassment to our president and the Presidency itself. How many pardons can he be given? Surely there are others more deserving of the Presidential Pardon than this illiterate psychopath midget
Get this F00L out of your circles bwana Kateka. Misfits like this fukcer can cost us an election.
A multiple serial sex offender, thug raepist and pedophile such as this filthy vagabond deserves to be put away for a long time, better still to be put down like the rabid dog he is.
He’s no different from UPN Devil Katete who raeped and molested minors in his family. Kanyenye should hang himself.
Look at them dancing.
Mr.Kudos, the man you have at State House is not presidential material. Just look at people around him? There are learned and seasoned men in PF, Dr Malama, former IG, Dr.Jonas Chanda, Bwana Mukubwa MP, Mr Sebastian Kopulande (Oxford Graduate), but Lungu prefers Steven Kampyongo (Katondo Street graduate), Bowman Lusambo, Freedom Sikazwe, etc
Why we are paying Freedom Sikazwe for smiling at state house all the time is something that I have failed to live with. I think Freedom Sikazwe is a good guy but surely not for a sensitive place like state house which requires seriously minded people, I am not sure. Mr Freedom, don’t hate me, its just that I am failing to see your input at state house, maybe you handle serious meetings, forgive me. Recently you were against Elias Kamanga doing his job in Northern province, is that part of your duties?
Chi Kudos seems to have recovered from HH microbes. speaking sense today. Logical for the first time, lets donate Mushota to Kudos please, I think the offspring can be a hamohabilis in looks. PHD and skeleton combined
Ya how we focus on erections. one wonders!!!!!!!!!!!!! bad as Kanene is. The focus should be how to rehabilitate the guy. not 2021.
Mmmmmm…..I smell a big rat here. The incident happened on the 16th of October and the chap was only arrested on 24th October, eight days after the incident. This guy has been used & later dumped by the system.
It sound like Kanene needs his wig split.
And yet Lungu makes him Zambia’s ambassador against gender based violence. Incredible. What kind of awful judgement is that from the President?
Hello! I have a PhD!
Thank you!
He has become the archetypal presidential son. Remember those? They run roughshod on the population because they wield their father’s name, power, or implicit extended immunity and impunity? Send this f00l back go gaol. We already have enough nonsense from aides who only know insulting and assaulting unsuspecting citizens! Enough! Utwinso inga ka changa-changa mwe tubwa mwe! Nafulwa sana!
He must be caged or else he will go for mushota.
This dweeb needs to be caged now! The president needs new advisers. Freedom Sikazwe and Kaizer Zule, plus Amos too talkative Chanda are useless. Cage private Kanene now.
I had sympathy for Kanene when he was sent to Jail for 18 years because I thought his victim looked older than her age, but now I think this peadophile General Kanene needs to go back to jail.
what was the woman doing at the bar at night?
she consented to kanene fondling her sweet big pointed breasts and only press charged after her boyfriend saw the kanene having fun with her
Release Kanene
Liar
Some people are just unwilling to learn. Not even a presidential pardon can change their attitude. Jailhouse is the only convenient place for such unrepentant members of society.
This is Kanene. He will go to prison, con the authorities again by slamming in a brand new song in praise of the President. Next all you see will be a Presidential pardon. Not clever exactly but just an innovative guy.
Look at Jerabo comanders they are more powerful than the commanders of the armed forces . Look at shimumbi , chile 1, shawi, general kanene , Kaiza Zulu state house, Chanda, Maxwel Chongu Kamba and may others these are friends the for Lungu . what do you expect from such thugs ,, Birds of the same feathers ;;;;; Now we have tokota boy who were released recently. the country of thugs , October the 18th is the national prayer’s day for criminals . UMWANA MUBI ATUKISHA ABAFYASHI . WHAT A COUNTRY ,
All the chaps you have mentioned Mpanga are just small boys who are just misguided. Its just a question of very loose cannons. palibe natubanthu apa
Misuse of presidential pardon. He only has to sing another song for PF and he will be pardoned again. Birds of a feather stick together.
He needs help. I hope his friends, family or even MAZ have taken or will necessary steps to help him put his act together.
A prostitute taking advantage of Kanene. It must be consentual.Yes,he has history but we can not judge him or say that he is guilty.He has to be careful
How does he even find himself with such people? What kind of ambassador is he, who lives in Kanyama?
Ubushiku usheme nechimbala chilocha, Boma ni Boma ask Kapoko from Health department.
Let the truth come out, you might be surprised that the woman was paid.Kanene for now is an easy prey.