THE Lusaka High Court has granted an injunction to President Michael Sata’s son, Mulenga restraining Committee of Citizens executive director, Gregory Chifire and owner of the Zambian Watchdog blog, Lloyd Himaambo from publishing or broadcasting defamatory statements against him.
In a ruling delivered on December 16, Lusaka High Court judge Florence Lengalenga ordered that Mr Chifire and Mr Himaambo should not publish or broadcast any words defamatory to the plaintiff.
The plaintiff had sought an injunction to restrain the duo from further publishing allegations that he had bought cars worth K1.8 billion when he was selling dogs before his father became republican president.
According to the statement of claim, Mr Sata stated that he was a business executive, professional engineer and councillor for Kabulonga ward 16.
Mr Sata stated that on or about December 1, 2011, Mr Chifire caused to be published defamatory words against him in an article headlined ‘Sata’s son bought cars worth K1. 8 billion when he was selling dogs before his dad became republican president’.
He said the words were meant or understood to mean that he had assumed wealth dishonestly and by abuse of government resources because he was the son of the president.
Mr Mulenga said he did not own a Toyota GX but rather that he was the registered owner of a Toyota Land cruiser, which cost US$25,000 (about K125 million).
Mr Sata said the article complained of was defamatory to him and had injured his reputation as a business executive, professional engineer and politician.
He was claiming damages for slander against Mr Chifire, and damages for libel against Mr Himaambo and costs.
[Times of Zambia]
GOING A CORNER TO CRY:((
Imwe Chifire alipena kumulabako fye!
Lelo ka Chifire. We told you! I thought you said you were going ti spill the beans.
We are waiting you mugboy!
All along, it thought the tribal tone on ZWD was just people’s appetite. Now I see, a certain Tonga man, HH sympathizer Lloyd Himaambo, is the owner. All my God. That is why tribalism on ZWD blog had reached alarming stages. If this tribalism iyenderera chabe. One day I will call for the ZWD boycott. Tikaone mwamene bazambverera. Atase!!!!!!!!!!!
Business Executive, Professional Engineer and Councillor for Kabulonga ward 16 …. selling Dogs to raise $25 000 to buy a depreciating asset called a car…nice job if you can get it
Maestro,whats your problem?
@#5 Meastro fimofimo. Keep hurting son! Your sorrow is our joy! Oh wait! We are praying for you. Hatred is not good!
thats way to go bunga.keep their heads ringing as always.
YES CHIFIRE SHOULD BE CHARGED .
Nice One!
We call it backfiring!
Why seeking an injunction in this regard if he is clean? Does it mean all the published allegations on corruptions in various media by former leaders defamatory?
Mulenga should better explain further about how one in zambia can sell dogs and raise K125million.That business idea is very fantastic, but we wish ba ZWD should go further and find out how this guy did it.
POOR YOU WHATEVER YOU ARE CALLED. MULENGA IS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER. JUST ONE PRIVATE JOB CAN GIVE HIM ENOUGH MONEY. MY WIFE HAS A VERY SMALL SHOP IN KASAMA AND SHE RAAISES A LOT OF MONEY. SHE HAS JUST ORDERED A NOCE RAV 4. WHY NOT MULENGA/
CHIFIRE I HOPE YOU HAVE THE MONEY FOR LEGAL BATTLES COZ NO GOVERNMENT MACHINERY THIS TIME MY ADVISE IS THAT ATLEAST YOU SHOULD TONE DOWN A BIT
i wonder whats wrong with zedians…surely you cant afford a GX……injala……hahahahahahahahah….lol..
Mulenga should better explain further about how one in zambia can sell dogs and raise K125million.That business idea is very fantastic, but we wish ba LT should go further and find out how this guy did it.
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Mulenga can own any car he like, who cares.Why should we always be driving cheap second hand cars.If you drive an expensive car then DEC should come in to investigate and persecute you.This culture is insane and backward,Mulenga drive any car you like,get as many as you like.Why should people cry foul.Am upset, this is demeaning the hard work and effort zambians are making.DEC should also act professional why victimise innocent zambians, we are all zambians and deserve the best.If Chifire cant afford thats not mulenga’s fault.Am sick and upset it appears despite me working hard i shall always be subjected to drive second hand cars
So ka Watchdog kakwa under 5 no wonder you are always tribalistic LOYD HIMAAMBO prepare to close it coz legal fees are coming. Fak u.
Our judicial system is effective granting an injunction to president Sata’s son Mulenga Sata is evidence of that robustness. However, Zambians can not forget even if the press is legally gagged over his K1.8 billion cars bought from selling dogs within a month to acquire that kind of money. May be renovating state house would do. We await what the state machinery will come up with to threaten Chifire. Amenshi nashala muchilindi. Chifire is threatened and unable to reveal his source. Option, state to sue him to compel Chifile reveal what he knows under oath.
But Chifire said he was going to spill the beans! He doesn`t need the government media to do that does he? Infact he said this to the ZWD.
Why doesn`t he go back there to do it?
Ala kabwatabwatafye akamuntu kemu tata. Just like Big Nose Shikapwasha used to do. Throw in all those fake Pastors, Chief Mwanafimofimo, Dora I mean the list is endless!
Its a pity that the courts are so fast to protect the president’s son mulenga. Was there a hearing for this injunction or Mulenga was just phoned by the lazy judge to go and collect the injunction? One day Mulenga you will account. the government media which is now on your side will be the one publishing what kind of a thief you have been. And in fact you mulenga knows that your father is sick and will die very soon, so someone else will be in charge., Things can change dramatically for you and your relatives.
Only God knows when you and I will die. Get in that car today and you might be gone.
Atleast HE MCS will “die soon”. Ke ke ke ke ke ke ke ke!
The Watchdog is simply Amazing and doing a good job. Remember they dug RB son and called him notorius? But he was clever eneough never to take them to court as he knew it is a waste of time. I feel sorry for Mulenga as he must now watch they will write next about him. The Watchdog is an underground publication operated from Europe, so how you bring them to a Zambia PF judge?
Cifire, How dare you accuse Mulenga a graduate of one of the best University(University of California Berkeley) in the world of selling dogs? I’m urging you to come to CBU and complete your BBA degree or is it producation management???. Munyono,i couldn’t have said it better than you.We all know that ZWD is run by a Bantustan chap!
time to fix this shameless liar called cifire…..how i wish this case would finish soon and squeeze a million usd out this lying ass nigga!
There you go, now the dots are connecting with ZWD’s biased reporting the H connection!!
Is Dr Christine kaseba the mother to this guy? We need to know the family tree of our President,i remember in kaunda time we studied his family tree very well , even his birthday and his siblings we knew how many even by names. so we need CV for the cobra too, has he got sisters? brothers? his parents are alive? how many children has he fathered and with who? I know some pipo think its not necessary , this zambia will be like Congo one someone will surface and say i COBRA’s son, iam taking over my fathers position..hahahah
Hope he has sued them for defamation of character. Can make himself have more money in his pockets. Could be just Tonga tribalism gone mad.
All the Presidents children and wives!. KK had the one (name forgotten) who killed a girlfiriend and ran to Mozambique to be protewcted from the law under Samora Machel; Chiluba had Castro; Mwanawasa had… (the wife), Banda had Henry, James…Now, will it be Mulenga forever in the news?
I wonder whether some people know the breed of dogs Mulenga has been selling? Dont just yap. I have seen them,they are worthy paying for even K2,000,000. Ignorance Chifire and his Tonga friend who only believe that you can only make money from cow.–Chifire,Himaambo are poor planner. Learn business
Typical PHD mentality. What’s wrong with driving a new and expensive car, if you’ve worked for it? Must people drive wrecks just because their father is Head of State?
Ladies & gentlemen according to the law of zambia, such a case is a civil case and NOT CRIMINAL pls don’t waste law enforcement agancies’ time trying to protect the fast family. Let him go to the courts alone and sue Chifire but I have a feeling that Chifire will be able to claim justification.
@ 23 patambala you are right.
Selling dogs! In Europe a puppy is worth £800, am also into dogs business here in Europe, tell top soup every year
SORRY THE POST SHOULD HAVE READ…Ladies & gentlemen according to the law of zambia, such a case is a civil case and NOT CRIMINAL (Case) pls don’t waste law enforcement agancies’ time trying to protect the fast (first) family. Let him go to the courts alone and sue Chifire but I have a feeling that Chifire will be able to claim justification.
N# 18, please,tone down your words.Why assume the role of God Almighty.Who knows it maybe you dying first than the bigman Cobra.Healthier people have died earlier than the sicklings it has happened world over.Point one finger at Cobra and three fingers are pointing at you as the next to die.
@14 – at K500,000 per dog that is only 250 dogs to get K125m – if he is selling 20 dogs per month he will make that money in only 12 months. Remember some hybrid dogs you can get them even at a K1m one.
Political cadres are similar to football hooligans. No matter what happens, their team is the best & will fight for it. With my brain power gift from God, I have failed to belong to either category. I am a natural scientist and go only for what makes logical sense & get to the truth. It is completely absurd that people will call others derogatory names just for being in the opposite camp even when they have done no wrong.
“More money in your pockets…” It had to begin with the president’s son and people are now crying wolf!
English comprehension. Chifire is the one who alleged that Mulenga Sata has been selling dogs and so he can not raise that kind of money to buy cars worth K1.8bn. On the other hand, Mulenga says he is a business executive, an Engineer and a politician. For all that, his car is not a GX but a Land cruiser worth K125m or so. So the injunction seeks to protect the personal image of Mulenga from unscrupulous Paparrazzis in the name of Guard dogs while the two will have chance to thrash each other in court. Gregory Chifire vs Mulenga Sata at Chikwa or is it Ridgeway court grounds.
l thought you all knew watchdog is actaully tonga watchdog just to serve only the tonga fight for power….Llody Himaambo is a tonga jekente ( mad cow dosed) HH tribalist wing man
Sichilima you so evil, wishing someone dead,
“Sata is so sick he will die very soon” are you God, what manner of enemity is it ? the bible says love your enemies, then which bible do you follow? any way u dont sound to be a christian , you sound to be worse than the devil and satan because these will never wish someone dead openly. It is a pity to have a zambian with such thoughts, do you delight in someones death? Do not wish or wait for Sata to die before Mulenga is prosecuted sucessfully? Are you so blind and deaf that you do not know families that are being invetsigated and their fathers stil alive?
@sichilima you are pure evil, why wish or have such hatred for a human being you don,t even know? Let your father become president, then you will be much privilaged to many contacts , but if your father cannot be president! just join us in the human race and soldier on mate
We seem to take pride in being poor. This reminds of an article on the BBC website where people with over a certain amount of money had their accounts frozen in Ghana in ealy eighties. Let the man drive whatever car, van, people carrier, bus tractor etc he wants without being subjected to undue innuendos and conjecture
Mulenga has the right to beside being an Engineer get involved in any other type of business or hobbie. And it’s primitive to think that selling dogs (assuming it’s true) is an inferior type of business. We have to be enterprising and enough to venture into any legitimate way of earning a living, even if it is strange to an average Zambian, this is what we should learn from globalisation. I know of people that have really made it big from exporting some exortic species of dogs!
The guilty are always afraid. If Musokotwane can be probed for bicycles why is Mulenga afraid and resorting to injunctions? Should all the people his father is accusing of various offences also get injunctions? PF supporters stop being hypocrites!
Mulenga, don’t worry about some of these hotheads that are trying to bring you down. It’s good to have a Preseident’s son who is also a professional in his own career. Politicians’ children should stop basking in the short-lived glory of their parents, but strive to have their own life and identity.
I CAN’T UNDERSTAND THE IGNORANCE OF MOST ZAMBIANS. YOU MEAN YOU GUYS DON’T KNOW THAT BREADING DOGS IS A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS? ONE CAN BREAD A VARIETY OF DOGS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES. Eg, POLICE SNIFF DOGS, SHEPHERDS ON A FARM, GUIDE DOGS, SECURITY AND THE LIST IS ENDLESS. IN FACT JUST BY BREEDING AND SELLING DOGS, THIS MAN IS ALREADY A SERIOUS POUND STERLING MILLIONAIRE. HE CAN EASILY AFFORD MORE EXPENSIVE CARS THAN THE ONES MENTIONED BY CIFIRE.
IN FACT BREEDING AND SELLING DOGS IS A POSH BUSINESS. MULENGA IS NOT ONLY AN ENGINEER BUT ALSO A THINKER WHO IS ABLE TO MAKE MORE MONEY WITH HIS HOBBIES. MULENGA I LIKE YOUR BUSINESS.
The genetic make-up of Mulenga Sata, so strongly inherited from his father, is being clearly reflected in the son’s behavioral traits. Mulenga has consulted his Dad’s legal data-base and opted to take the lines his father preferred, to silence those who drill deeper into their misdeeds. Mulenga hopes he can buy time or silence the media by obtaining Court Injunctions. We know his father threatened to take persons, particularly sneefy journalists, to Court each time he sensed they were getting too close to the truth. THIS IS A CASE OF “LIKE FATHER LIKE SON”. However, mulandu taubola. Even those that stole bicycles will be exposed, whether alive or in death. Since the Justice Ministry is being encroached by known plunderers, your guess is as good as mine.
This is a threat to arrest Chifire, he obviously has more informatuion on this shameless thief, Sata.
Chifire is clever enough he knows he now has to use other avenues to release the rest of the theft scandals.
He was NOT breeding dogs, he was a trader buying dogs to resell, all he could afford was a Toyota starlet before his father became president.
Tu Fluffy dogs are quite expensive! Some puppies cost as much as $100!
Some pipo ar idiots,Mulenga is an engineer and a business man,can he fail 2 buy cars worth dat much? Cifire is a *****who was declared untrained by CBU,is he jealousy of mulenga,who is an intellectual? Dis cifire is an idiot.And those of u condemning his move 2 obtain an injunction,u ar also stupid lyk cifire.anyone has da right 2 obtain an injunction.Dont exhibit yo profound ignorance and naivety in public.
The dogs being talked about situma galu twamukomboni. There ar dogs worth K10m each. These dogs hve strange names.
The ignorance been shown about pets is surprising! Breeding dogs for sale is big business not only in Zambia but in almost every country in the world. Chifire should just find the right pure breeds and enter the market,maybe he will succeed. He has been a failure in almost everything he has tried. If you fail as a whistle blower then chances in doing something legit gets slimmer because no one can trust you.
pardon my languege you idiots selling Dogs (Dog breading) is profitable.i just bought a Boer boer borer for K 1.5 m sex weeks old, a lablador for K 1.sex weeks old same seven months ago.today my Boer Boer is hit.Six (06) pappies will give me a cool Nine million on my investment in the next Four Months.imagine if that was my Business like Sata.what is $25,000?
The new ” castro” I guess will end the same …..
$25000 is cheap for a Land Cruiser. And it’s not unusual to own a car in Zambia ka
@55 Chewe, I think you’re my Mbuya, I see you’re using gender to count!! LOL!
Imwe na imwe ma reporter the news is Mulenga suing Chifire which you have buried at the end. Not the injunction!
If you haven’t done it you sue.
Reminds me of gagging orders in UK where the truth is hidden through injunctions.
Mulenga why did you not sell the Watch dog to called Chi fwile
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