Patriotic Front Secretary General Wynter Kabimba has said that the calls by some opposition politicians to have Judge Lovemore Chikopa return to Malawi are misplaced. Speaking during African Freedom day celebration, Mr. Kabimba noted that Judge Chikopa has a constitutional mandate to fulfill and will only leave the country once the mandate to chair the tribunal is over.
Opposition leaders are demanding that Judge Chikopa returns to Malawi as the tribunal is not sitting due to an injunction that obtained by two suspended judges Nigel Mutuna and Charles Kajimanga.
On Thursday Zambian High Court maintained its ruling to suspend a special tribunal set by President Michael Sata to probe three judges he claims acted unprofessional in the case involving a $2.7 million loan to a local airline. High Court Judge Flugence Chisanga who dismissed the application on grounds that the application by the state was premature.
The state has not yet given a firm response to the Judgement or made public when it will take the next step. However, Attorney General Mumba Malila was quoted by the media as saying that the government will appeal against Lusaka High Court judge Fulgence Chisanga’s decision to sustain a stay of proceedings of a tribunal appointed by President Michael Sata to probe the misconduct of three suspended judges. “Obviously we are going to appeal, ” Mr Malila said.
Meanwhile, Mr Kabimba has advised opposition political leaders in the country to seek audience with the PF party or government on matters they feel they could be aggrieved.
Mr. Kabimba noted that it was also surprising for the opposition to shun celebrations of the Africa Freedom day saying the event should be used to signify the Unity of Africa and Zambia in particular.
Mr. Kabimba has questioned why the opposition political parties have resorted to expressing their grievances to the foreign diplomats’ resident in Zambia saying the diplomats are not here to represent the Zambians but their respective countries.
He adds that the one thing the opposition should understand that time is ticking before the 2016 elections saying the diplomats that they seem to be dating will not be relevant to them in the next elections because they are not voters.
QFM
So in what capacity is Kabimba speaking, PF SG and government representative?
I cant believe my luck! These Zambians first they give free fuel to my country which causes shortages for them and now they are giving me free money for doing absolutely nothing. Sata was not lying when he said more money in your pockets – for me anyway! They are so stupid that they are keeping here instead of letting me go back home to do my work for the people of my country seeing that a respected judge like myself would have a lot of cases to deal with. Anyway if they want to pay me for doing nothing why should I go back of my own free will, I think what I need to do is ask for the whole family to come over and get Kabipa and his cronies to rent me one of those big houses in New Kasama owned by GBM or Chikwanda or Sata himself although officially he only owns 7 guns.
Kabimba’s will never redeem himself from moron status if he continues thinking in this fashion. People want Chikopo to return because the review will take long to conclude and there is no need for the taxpayer to be yoked with the malawians hotel bills when he is doing nothing so far…..and i suppose he must have some work to do back home if indeed he is a good judge.
It is your time Kabimba which is ticking. 2016 will be here soon. Keep on campaigning like you are in the opposition.
Let the jugde from Malawi go back before he accumulates huge allowances from Zambia, we can use the little we have for our poor people, to hell, to Malawi.
THOSE OPPOSITION LEADERS WHO ARE CALLING FOR JUDGE LOVEMORE TO RETURN BACK TO MALAWI ARE VERY SELFISH AND DISGRUNTED INDIVIDUALS AND THEY HAVE NO LOVE FOR THE POOR ZAMBIANS. WHY SHOULD THEY BE INTERFEARING IN THE JUDICIAL SHAKE UP .ALL WE WANT IS THAT THE 3 THAT ARE SUSPENDED SHOULD BE PROBED AND IF GUILTY THAN THEY SHOULD BE PROSECUTED BECAUSE NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW EXCEPT THE HEAD OF STATE..THE ZAMBIANS HAS THE RIGHT TO KNOW IF THESE JUDGES WERE SHIELDING BIG TIME THIEVES.. LET US GET JUDGE LOVEMORE MOVE ON WITH HIS JOB FAST AND LET THE GOVT SAVE OUR MONEY BY NOT DELAYING ANYFURTHER AS ITS VERY EXPENSIVE TO HIRES JUDGES FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES..PEOPLE SHOLD NOT LET THE OPPOSITION FOOLS GET AWAY
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The paid for holiday of Justice Chikopa of Malawi by the Zambian PF Government is criminal.
Can Kabimba tell us how many state functions he atteneded whilst in opposition. Whilst at it, please also include how many of these sata attended. Also, in what capacity are you talking. I thought you are just a party chairman, number 3, only at party function. Please stop confusing us. You numpty!
Kabimba kabimba plz spare us our hard earned money…….What next ,Appeal or follow procedure??? Either way the case will delay,Chikopa must go back2 Malawi than steal in day light allowances the poor’s Cash. This is pure stealing…..pure corrupting the JUDGE in allowances and favour! His stay is now owed to SATA ,so will be this tribunal findings. Omg! I now hate this Constitution and the power It’s given to presidency…..It’s now clear, The problem is NOT the Judiciary and its NOT Sata/ president . The problem is the ROTTEN and OUTDATED GOVERNANCE SYSTEM as provided for in the poor constitution thus the need for a NEW CONSTITUTION to capture &remove such corrupt POWERS in the executive, share the INDEPENDENCE of the constitutional POWERS AND FINANCES across all 3ARMS OF GOVT…
Leave Chikopa alone, and he deserves to paid even more for all your insults. And whats wrong for Zambian government to pay Chikopa’s double pension in advance? If I was Chikopa I could sue you both opposition & PF for defamation of character, and Kabimba would be my witness.
@KACHIGAMBA you can not be serious. You can not expect to keep someone at tax payers’ cost in an expensive hotel for doing no work. Malawi is only an hour’s flight or so away and Judge Chikopa can always come back when the path is cleared for him to do his work. So what happens if grz appeals and the court of appeal and the case takes long to be concluded? Are you suggesting that in all this time the tax payer will be paying Judge Chikopa free money and paying for his accomodation and his security? It is the likes of you who do not have the country at heart.
It’s called a contract and Judge Chikopa knows better than us semi-illiterates trying to overkill ourselves in the name of debating.
The Malawian judge should humbly go back, to save the few dollars available.The problems in the judiciary are deep rooted and may not be solved by suspending three lawyers.There cases whose judgement has been pending for the last 7years, there people who are in prison because their cases have not been heard in court.The problems with our system requires proper analysis.Zambians are aware that he wants to cancel the 14billion debt and also to give jobs to friends and relatives.
I support Kabimba on the behaviour of the opposition. they run to ambassadors. So that they do what? shameful…….
Is Kabipa suffering from memory loss? May be he needs to visit the post archive to recall that meeting diplomats has not started today.
Chipoka abwelele kwao ku Mchinji.
This is a desperate move by the outmaneuvered GRZ to do some damage control.Unfortunately, they picked a rookie who has no clue about spinning
In the game of chase, apart from anticipating your opponent`s move, you too have to consider the outcome/ consequence of your own move and, in this case, the judges who filed the injunction in a timely fashion, really outsmarted the government on this one, irrespective of the final outcome. They possibly did prognosticate and factor this side show in their move. For now, GRZ must be utterly despondent and in a conundrum.
As Achimwene continues enjoying a “fairy-tale” lifestyle, at the expense of the poor Zambian tax payer, thanks to the miscalculation of GRZ, calls decrying his stay will grow louder and wider.
Ababene ba kabimba, e ba govt spokesman?? In what capacity is this fellow always speaking kanshi?
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. SOMETIMES EQUANIMITY PAYS
Do judges feel unfairly singled out and being scapegoated in the so called fight against corruption( when the nation at large is consumed with the vice)?
Despite their short comings, foreign importation of Justice might be perceived by the local legal fraternity as an overreach, denigration, disdainful, an insult and a slap in the face of the same organ that swears in the president thereby rendering him authority to govern. “JUST THINKING LOUD. YOU KNOW, IT`S CALLED CONSPIRACY THEORY”
PF never participated national events na its time that feel how it feels. Moreover, PF is not a unifying party and it is just right for the opposition to stay away from the cobra.
What are the judges afraid of??? The same way the people they jail feel??? The tribunal will help clear their names. If guilty join liato.
Those who think the opposition will wait for 2016 are misled. As soon as parliament starts to seat in the next two weeks, a motion of impeachment will be proposed. The opposition is currently compiling the constitutional breaches conducted by PF leadership. Instead of PF concentrating on finding ways to support their tribunal, they should be preparing defense by asking MPs to opposition the motion or better still, sympathize with the very courts they have so much humiliated. The game has already started and PF is on it`s defense while the opposition are on the attacking side. Let us wait and see. At the end of the day, the people will win. You can not defend criminals and get away with it.
You raise an interesting point. Nevertheless, to impeach the president, the MP`S will have to vote. Now, am not sure what the ratios are between the ruling and opposition MPS, can you shed some light?. Also, depending on the margin, Opposition MPS will have to be resolute; otherwise, some rebels will be targeted and bought for three pieces of silver. Remember when Chiluba was impeached, his abrogation of the law was so severe that the entire nation was in support and the vote was unanimous.
My problem is, we just want to truly push MCS to extremes. He has nothing to lose if he declares a state of emergency. He has more powers than these criminal lawyers turned judges have. We just want the truth and it’s folly to continue pushing a king cobra. Nga afulwa, some of you won’t even have a chance to hide. I don’t get it, I mean why are we pushing Micheal Sata to take any action however detrimental. Why are we taunting the commander in chief? Agreeably it’s freedom of expression, but why are we trying to force president to negate his job just so he can keep zambians together? Why are we so bitter if we truly believe ascendancy comes from God? Why do you critics hate Micheal Sata so much? Why are we proding him to use his presidential powers to mitigate this situation? Why?
@ 21.2 Coachez. Take a look at the picture where the VP is bribing L/stone residents in public in broad daylight, in exchange for votes, What the heck do you call that? Isn`t that corruption?. Sata is profoundly corrupt, reason he hangs around with corrupt people, like Sebstian Zulu, Nchito, etc. Sata is the architect of the infamous brown envelopes during Chiluba era. Are you a coach and a beneficiary of Sata`s corruption. There`s no reason for Sata to invoke a State of emergency as he would be hiding something and therefore only add fuel to the already blazing fire
pls opposition political parties continue boycot Ukwa functions as he used to when he was in opposition. Splinter kabimba should shut up.
Ba SG, let them talk they are a bunch of confused headless chickens.I personally have invited them to enrol at Sata academy and learn more on being an opposition party,tekula bosa bosa fye at ebu opposition no.PF is not in power accidentally no,it had a strategy.Long live powerful SG Kabimba…….
I dont think Kabimba is normal
Has this chap Kabimba ever won a case?
hahahahahahaha people its like all those who suport PF are for the tribunal and the opposition goes the other way around but to me this should be non polical
I Think it is very wrong us as opposition to block the Trueth of the matter.. Lets allow the job done, its like we know the truth that these three judges ar wrong so they shld not be probed, to avoid arrests. Let the Law take its course, and the 3 shld b free or arrested if guilty, it shld set gue example to those in position today not to abuse public resources. They wl face the Law.. WHY ARE WE BLOCKNG TO KNOW THE TRUTH??
Block the tribunal. Corruption continues. Opposition parties are happy. Zambians are also happy or so they seem. Then more get corrupt since Judiciary can insulate itself. The next constitution should be more explicit on what to do with a corrupt Judge.
During his days in opposition His Excellency MCS would have not kept quiet on such an issue that involves tax payers money. Even Wynter himself could have lashed at Govt for incurring unnecessary costs. It is too early for PF to start emulating the extrvagance of MMD, who had closed their ears to credible civil societies and public voices. Let Chikopa go until when the matter is internally resolved by our Executive and Judiciary. We also want to hear the legislature, media and Church mother bodies help resolve this impasse.
So why don’t we give the tribunal a chance. I am not even apolitical but have friends from Burundi and Rwanda, Angola, Bosnia, the Czec republic, hong kong, china etc and I have seen forehand what misunderstandings can do to a country. Why is everyone trying to defend the 3 judges and at the same time vilify the commander in chief of Zambia who happens to be the president. After all, they are innocent until proven guilty. Why are we doing this to a fellow Zambian who happens to be the president. We voted for change and lets give change a chance to either succeed or fail. Why do those that hate MCS feel this kind of hatred? War is and never has ever been good. We need to live within and in between ourselves however our differences.
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We have been told that the PF government has saved a lot of money on Presidential trips, so does Kabimba want us to waste the savings on this judge Chikopo? Ba Judge Chikopo, if you read these blogs you would know that Zambians think you are not welcome on our soil. So why don’t you go back home voluntarily before the people chase you?
The Patriotic front will realise when it is too late that Hon Kabimba, State Cancel, was the biggest liability to their existence. Remember that a donchi kutina has arisen in Zambia?
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Watching the Investure ceremony would have made me laugh if it was not tragic. Honestly What has WYNTER done to deserve the Honor. This UKWA is making a mockery of serious national emblems to tickle his friends. If the credentials recited for him deserve mention then the Queue of deserving zambians should have been longer than 10 kilometres.
Zambia should come up with explicit laws to deal with judges found wanting, these confusions in our country just shows how backwards our country is. Apparently there is no clear process of dealing with critical issues, all we see is corruption and abuse of power in all 3 wings of governance from executive, judiciary and legistrature, as zambians we are tired and lost confidence in our own country governance system.
TRUE THAT, ROTTEN SYSTEM
Summer Kubimba please shut your mouth or go tgo hell. you lier paaa. shame on you
Am shocked by wynter’s reasoning, is he using his grey mater or machende? Thts our money u bastard. Pipo in shibuyunji, which i belive is yo v/ge or near, hv no medicine, proper sku desk, no buyer 4 there farm products etc,, All u can say is chikopa can stay? Unles @ yo expense. Is this wht u meant for mo money in our pokets? Anyway, enjoy while it lasts, coz tym for reckoning is coming
There is a very clear process of dealing with judges who go wrong. This is contained in the Judical complaints Authority.
That is why importing a judge was a problem.
Why import a judge, a homo, to come and try Zambian judges who had not gone through a procedure established by law?
Has anyone got a gun? Kabimba Winter HiV Red Lips must be shot in his ass. He is so arrongant and strangely dull. *****s like him should only be allowed space in the stinking post. We are sick and tired of these PF *****s. Is the constitution of Zambia meant for paying a shameless, unethical, poor Malawian Judge? Let that **** go back before we deal with him physically in broad day light.
There was one opposition leader who, during his days in the opposition, never attended state functions. So how is life on the other side of the t door? Has the world changed its out look because individuals are on the other side of the door doing what people do on the other side of the t door?
Axiomatic. Why are we so fearful of the truth. I bet it has and continue to confuse everyone why Wyinter Kabimba was not part of the executive. The judiciary as judge chisanga has ruled, is very corrupt and they will unite when it comes to self preservation. How can a junior judge stop the system just to protect her colleagues? Presidential powers means MSC can relieve her of her duties by infringing on his constitutional powers as the command in chief. Why cant we just let the tribunal go ahead so that the judges if they are innocent, are exonerated. And why continue insulting an innocent malawian judge who only at the behest of our government obliged to do his job?
Its a pity that Mr.Sata never saw this one coming! It was a well known fact that CJ wasnt going to let sata get his way through this corrupt judiciary. Let sata accept defeat and then restrategise. The corruption is deeply rooted that fighting it now will cost extensive damage to many, not only in the judiciary. It is a MATERESSE CIRCLE. H.E needs caution to handle this issue. It is a game of WITS
In what capacity is Kabimba commenting on these Goverment matters? I thought the party is separate from the goverment.
A malawian man, ethnically no different from our own easterners’ blood, here as a result of a call from govt and I see comments like “to hell with malawi!” but if he was a white European or American I doubt any would question his purpose or even his qualifications. Africa unity? Unlikely.
Mr. Kabimba noted that it was also surprising for the opposition to shun celebrations of the Africa Freedom day saying the event should be used to signify the Unity of Africa and Zambia in particular.
PF you are getting what you did while in the opposition. As for the judge from Malawi just ask him to go back, we have had enough of you PF giving away our money as though this country was Sata’s Katemba. One morning he give oil to Malawi then next morning he is paying someone for doing nothing. Even when PF has no developmental agenda for the nation at least do things which are normal.
chikopa twakutanfya go back from where you came!
Lets create job for our people than just making noise,We are in power to give what MMD failed
Opposition to attend function” hey winter, I thought PF set the trend by boycotting even independence day celebrations. Chiwamila Galu