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President Lungu has used, dribbled and now ditched the Mutati led MMD Faction-Sambo
MMD National Secretary Reverend Reuben Sambo has said President Edgar Lungu used, dribbled and has now ditched Felix Mutati and his clique, who sadly championed the destruction of the MMD for their own selfish ambitions in collusion with former President Rupiah Banda.
Making reference to intelligence reports and media reports carried by several media houses, Reverend Sambo said as the 11 August election date fast aproaches, PF has shown that they no longer need Mutati who Jean Kapata says has brought absolutely no value to the PF and recently set unruly PF cadres on the ‘MMD’ Mandevu campaign team, destroying campaign posters of their aspiring candidate.
Other information reaching Reverend Sambo’s desk indicate that Charles Banda, the PF Kapoche constituency candidate has lashed out at the former MMD Eastern Province Provincial Chairman Jacob Mwanza, who ditched Nevers Mumba and followed Mutati and is also standing in Kapoche, to stop going round endorsing President Lungu as he (President Lungu) does not know him and should instead endorse Felix Mutati who appears on their regalia. Other reports indicate that Eastern Province chiefs have chided Raphael Nakacinda who is in the province trying to campaign for Mutati candidates, to bring order to the campaign as the PF and Mutati group were causing confusion to the electorate and could jeorpadize President Lungu’s chances of winning the elections in the province.
Meanwhile Reverend Sambo has said suspended Nakacinda has been reported to be running round in circles in the province, fighting an uphill battle with District Governors who are decampaigning the Mutati candidates that the PF has no alliance with MMD. Reverend Sambo said it is extremely unfortunate that Nakacinda is now faced with promoting a non-existent alliance which does not even have a formally signed electoral alliance document.
An intelligence report received from Central Province quotes President Lungu as having informed a caucus meeting of senior provincial PF officials to ignore the MMD as there was no alliance with them and that they had brought no value to the PF. At that meeting Mr. Lungu is alleged to have also directed that none of the Independent nor Mutati candidates were to be allowed to use his name, the PF symbol or regalia and declared that only those standing on PF ticket were recognized by him and the party leaving people like Howard Kunda in total confusion.
Reverend Sambo expressed sadness at the disastrous end of the PF/Mutati/Banda alliance which was a clear manifestation of the danger of lacking Morality and Integrity in Zambian politics and urged all who have followed this drama to learn lessons about the importance of truth, honesty and integrity which MMD President Dr. Nevers Mumba has been preaching about.
“ Dr Mumba repeatedly told the party and the nation, that the kind of trickery, deceitful conduct as excemplified by the PF/Mutati/Rupiah Banda Alliance are the main reason why he joined politics to rid this sector of the so-called ‘dirty politics.’ Unfortunately, expelled Mutati connived with Rupiah Banda and rushed to PF on a slippery slope to try and outdo Nevers Mumba into an alliance with no proper terms of reference but all driven by an appetite to settle political scores,” he said.
Reverend Sambo said Dr. Mumba and the genuine MMD members have been vindicated for staying focused and unwavering in the face of extreme tribulation but is happy that the MMD is now in an alliance with a straight-forward visionary leader like Hakainde Hichilema and appealed to all committed MMD members who have stayed true to the values of the MMD to turn out in large numbers next week and vote for Hakainde Hichilema as next Republican President to bring order and sanity to the country.
UNIP urges Zambians not to vote for tribalists, as Police thwart UPND cadre attack on UNIP rally
UNIP leader Tilyenji KaundaUNITED Independence Party (UNIP) vice president and Tilyenji Kaunda’s running mate Njekwa Anamela has urged Zambians to desist voting for leaders who are campaigning on tribal lines and promoting regionalism.
Addressing a Public Rally at Namatama grounds in Livingstone on Monday, Mr Anamela said Zambians had an opportunity of voting for a party that promoted love, peace and harmony on 11 August.
He said leaders who wanted to use violence to get to State House did not have the interest of the nation at heart, but only wanted to go there to misuse and steal the national resources for their personal gain.
“We have seen and heard their messages when campaigning, their message is all about promoting tribalism and regionalism and I must say that it is very shameful. Please don’t vote for leaders who don’t understand what governance is all about because you need to have experience in governance for you to know how Government operates, so only trust a political party that has a track record of governance .
“Don’t vote for chancers and leaders who were in the forefront selling and privatising Zambian companies at the expense of amassing personal wealth,”Mr Anamela said.
He said once voted back into power, UNIP would make sure that the wealth of the nation is given back to the Zambian people and make sure that development gets to every corner of the nation.
Mr Anamela said the Livingstone City Council was not performing to the expectation of the people because previously the council was being run by corrupt councillors from a named political party.
“Livingstone City Council has failed to perform to your expectation because you put selfish and corrupt chaps as your councillors and they just spent their whole tenure stealing and sharing plots.
“Livingstone residents, you have an opportunity to put young and vibrant youths from UNIP as your councillors and Member of Parliament because they will put service before self,” he said.
The UNIP vice president also said that his party pledged to transform the agriculture sector as the mainstay of the economy and would abolish the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP).
“As UNIP we shall do away with the FISP programme because it has disadvantaged rural farmers, small scale farmers will in rural areas will be given more farming inputs so that they are viable.
“We also want to recapitlise Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia and come up with more fertilizer producing factories so that we empower our farmers,” he said.
Mr Anamela further called on Livingstone residents to vote ‘yes’ in the referendum and avoid listening to politicians who were spreading lies about the exercise.
Meanwhile, UPND cadres in party regalia attempted to disrupt the UNIP rally but their mission was quelled by alert police officers from the nearby Mbita Police Post.
President Lungu tells PF to mobilize people to vote in large numbers, holding rallies doesn’t win elections
President Edgar Lungu has directed the PF leadership to focus on mobilizing voters ahead of the august 11 elections.
President Lungu said the secret of winning elections does not lie in holding rallies and meetings but convincing voters to turn up in large numbers to vote.
President Lungu urged the people to turn out in numbers and vote for the PF on Election Day.
Mr Lungu was speaking at the Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International airport shortly before departure for Lusaka after a two day working visit on the Copperbelt.
The president further said the PF has shown maturity by upholding peace despite facing numerous provocations.
President Lungu said the maturity demonstrated by the PF deserves continuity.
The president also said he will soon come back to the Copperbelt because it is the heart of the political life in Zambia.
Hundreds of people gathered at the Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport to see off the president, First Lady Esther and his campaign team.
And President Edgar Lungu has promised to establish a trading centre at Kasumbalesa Border Post in Chililabombwe district on the Copperbelt Province to curb smuggling.
He says the move will also help Chililabombwe residents participate legally in trade between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.
President Lungu has however told Chililabombwe residents that the project will only be easily and effectively implemented if they vote for PF Chililabombwe Constituency Candidate Richard Musukwa.
Addressing a rally at Lubengele grounds in the constituency this morning, Mr. LUNGU also told the gathering that Zambia has in the last four years recorded improved levels of development since the PF formed government.
He says if given 10 years to rule things would improve even more.
Mr. Lungu says the opposition UPND does not care for Zambians because they jubilate when things go wrong in the country and does not support developmental efforts.
The Head of State says he is the best candidate among all the 9 Presidential candidates put together.
He says the UPND hates the PF because it has failed to win elections since 2006 and is scheduled for another loss in August.
The President adds that all the people who caused confusion in the PF in the run up to the 2015 presidential elections have all gone to the PF including the thugs that used to beat people in the markets.
He says the UPND are desperate to ascend to power so that they can recoup what they have lost in campaigns over the years.
The President says the PF is getting better and better by the day and is the most Democratic Party in the country.
And Information Minister and PF Roan Constituency aspirant Chishimba Kambwili has called on residents of to Chililabombwe to turn up in numbers on August 11 like they have done for the rally to vote for president Lungu.
Dr. Kambwili says the Copperbelt recorded a lot of apathy in the 2015 Presidential elections hence should that this year they voting pattern improves.
And Christian Democratic Party President Dan Pule who is leading an alliance of 16 opposition political parties supporting Mr. Lungu says the President has been blessed by GOD to lead Zambia.
Others who are part of the campaigns are Copperbelt Minister Mwenya Musenge and Zambia’s iconic footballer and former Football Association of Zambia President Kalusha Bwalya.
Towns near rivers should be drawing water from nearby rivers-Wina
REPUBLICAN Vice President Inonge has directed the Water Affairs Department under the Ministry of Water and Energy Development to ensure that all towns located near Rivers should be drawing water directly from the rivers throughout the country to improve their access to drinking water.
Ms Wina said it was surprising that some parts of Livingstone, a City which was located near Zambezi River, had no drinking water.
She said President Edgar Lungu was aware of many challenges in Livingstone including the scarcity of water.
“We also want to see more conference centres, hotels and lodges established in Livingstone to create jobs for our youths.
“We want our youths to start benefiting from the tourism sector by giving them loans and appropriate skills as most tour operators are foreigners,” he said.
Ms Wina was speaking in Livingstone yesterday when she addressed a mammoth public rally at Namatama Grounds to drum up support for President Lungu and all Patriotic Front (PF) candidates in the forthcoming General Elections.
She also warned PF members against supporting independent candidates in this year’s elections.
More than 200 defectors from United Party for National Development (UPND) joined PF at the same rally.
And Ms Wina has directed the Ministry of Education to upgrade Livingstone’s Simonga Primary School into a day secondary school.
The Vice President gave a directive yesterday when she addressed a public rally in Simanga village in Livingston to boost support for the Livingston PF aspiring MP Omar Munsanje and President Edgar Lungu.
Ms Wina said the Patriotic Front administration was committed to uplifting the education standards across the country and provide education from Primary to University.
“I am aware that you need a secondary school here, but before we can construct one, I am directing that Simonga Primary be upgraded to a Day Secondary school,” she said.
And Ms Wina has called on Simonga residents to get fully involved in the development of the area to that it could be part of the tourist destination.
She said Simonga could be transformed into a cultural tourism destination.
She said it was unacceptable that Simonga being part of the country’s tourist capital could not tap from the location advantage.
She said by voting for President Lungu and Mr Munsanje, would guarantee development in
Simoonga which she said was a good example of a region that practiced the ‘One Zambia One Nation’ moto.
“Those people who think they can go to statehouse by depending on one province will not make it,” she said
At the same rally, Agriculture minister Given Lubinda took a swipe against some opposition leaders who were telling people that food was in short supply and expensive in Zambia.
Mr Lubinda said Zambian was the only country in the region that had food surplus and at the lowest price in terms of maize meal.
Before holding a rally in Simoonga, the Vice President visited two funeral homes near the venue where she offered her condolences.
Police in Southern Province arrest several UPND supporters
THE Police in Mazabuka have arrested five United Party for National Development (UPND) suspected to be connected in the murder of Hazwell Nguni that occurred on July 29, 2016, Southern Province Commissioner of Police Godwin Phiri has said.
Mr Phiri named the five suspects, who are all unemployed, as Emmanuel Shansoga ,20, of House Number 417 Nakambala Township,George Handelema aged 16 of unknown house number in Ndeke Township, Wilbroad Tembo,18, of unknown house number Nakambala, Alex Milimo, 18, of house number 183 Nakambala Township and Gideon Zulu, 19, of house number 62 Nambala Township.
He said the suspects, who included the prime suspect in the murder, were currently being processed.
Mr Phiri said in a press statement yesterday that the suspects were apprehended in a dawn raid on their hideouts
And Mr Phiri said Aggrey Njekwa, 51, of Plot number 2613/12602 in Dambwa North in Livingstone complained that UPND cadres damaged a rear right window and a front right spotlight of his Toyota Prado with registration number AJC 1.
The damages were valued at K2, 700 and this occurred along Musitunya Road at the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Port office at 08:10hrs on Monday this week.
In Gwembe, Mr Phiri said UPND cadres attacked a PF camp at Nachilala on Sunday at 20 hours by throwing stones.
He said four suspects namely Bright Chisagano aged 36, Ockline Chooma, 26, Caphas Hichuunga, 37, and Derrick Mwiinga, 23, were picked up by the police.
The suspects were charged for conduct and destroying campaign material while a motor vehicle Isuzu white in colour with registration number ALK 513 was used.
Mr Phiri said there was another political case where Mirriam Hazela, 24, was attacked by suspected UPND cadres by throwing stones at her house for being PF support on Friday at around 17 hours.
He said two suspects namely Commander Mwiinga aged 22 and Otray Halanga aged 23 were initially picked up but the number of suspects in custody has risen to six at Gwembe police.
The suspects were charged with threatening violence and Criminal trespass.
In Mazabuka district, Mr Phiri said UPND cadres were seen removing PF campaign material on August 1, 2016 at Zanaco robots which forced the PF team to crash with them.
He said the Police moved in and in the process five UPND cadres were picked and charged for the offences of malicious damage and assault.
These are Hagai Mabulo, 19, Nalishebo Mwimwi, 37, Maluba Malika, 3, Kelvin Nkumba, 3, Links Chunya, 37, all of Mazabuka.
While at police, two UPND supporters were picked and charged for assault on police namely Chrispin Hamangala, 26, and Muleya Kelvin, 32.
Furthermore, a Police constable Mvula Moses of paramilitary got injured while in pursuit of the cadres as a long range anti riot canister hit him on the left chick and sustained a wound.
“He is currently admitted at Nakambala hospital and doctors are saying he is out of danger,” Mr Phiri said.
In Maamba, Mr Phiri said the Police were holding four UPND supporters namely Siamunsila Yolam, 31, Grievance Muleya, 22, Kingsley Munonoki, 20, and Lawrence Siamunyanga, 27, all of Maamba Township for conduct likely to cause breach of peace.
The same are UPND youth members who were conducting an illegal road block at Mweemba junction in the night thereby harassing innocent motorist.
“In addition, the Police summoned the UPND aspiring councillor for Maamba central a Mr Shichete in connection with alarming statements he made suggesting that PF want to use Mamba to rig elections by airlifting pre-marked ballot papers from Zimbabwe,” he said.
Nakacinda urges people to vote against UPND
THE MMD says parliamentary candidates who abandoned MMD to contest the August 11 general elections on the ruling party ticket should not be trusted.
National Secretary, Raphael Nakachinda said that this was because such candidates are only interested in their selfish interests and not that for the country.
Speaking during Political Hour Programme on Breeze FM in Chipata on monday,Mr Nakachinda appealed to electorates not to vote for such candidates.
And Mr Nakachinda said that the MMD has not received any money from the Patriotic Front Party to support the ruling party in the alliance.
He said that the MMD’s decision to support President Edgar Lungu in next weeks’ elections was based on merit because Mr Lungu has proved to be a good leader.
Mr Nakachinda charged that Zambians should not make a mistake of voting for UPND because every incidence of violence that was being recorded in the country was being associated with UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema and his running mate, Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba.
Meanwhile Mr Nakachinda said that former MMD leader Nevers Mumba should not be taken serious over his claims that he was still MMD president.
He said that people should not be misled that the Supreme Court’s decision to refer the matter where Dr Mumba was challenging his presidency back to the High Court means that Dr. Mumba is still president.
Mr Nakachinda sais that Felix Mutati remains president of the former ruling party.
And Former Home Affairs Minister Lameck Mangani has urged the people of Eastern Province not to remain behind in supporting the candidature of President Edgar Lungu and the Patriotic Front (PF) party in the general elections.
Mr Mangani who is Eastern Province Coordinator for Special Campaign team for President Lungu told hundreds of people at Mphamba Primary School in Lundazi on Monday that there was need for people in the region to move with the rest of the country in supporting the Head of State.
The former PF Provincial chairperson said the people of the region should not feel jealousy in rallying behind President Lungu in the general elections.
“We should continue rallying behind the current President because he has done tremendous work during his time as Republican President,” he said.
Mr Mangani said he was aware that they would be no change of Government after the polls because of the love which the people have shown to the PF party.
He urged the people of Lundazi to support the PF party so that they could see meaningful developments.
Speaking at the same meeting, James Banda, a younger brother to former president republican Rupiah Banda said there was need to vote for incredible people in the elections.
He said President Lungu was suitable to continue governing the country after the polls.
Mr Banda said people should vote in unison by voting for the PF supported candidates in the elections.
FRormer Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to lead AU poll mission to Zambia
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is to lead the African Union Election Observer Mission to Zambia to monitor next week’s general elections.
A statement posted on the AU website said Mr Jonathan would be leading a short term mission to join the continental’s deployment of long term election experts who are already on the ground in Zambia adding that the Chairperson of the African Union Commission approved it.
The statement said the deployment of the African Union Election Observer Mission will take place in two phases adding that the first phase comprises the deployment of long term election observers which took place from July 4 to August 22 2016 and it made up for 10 observers.
“For the first time, the AU long term exerts include election, legal political, media, campaign analysts. The objective is to ensure that the AUEOM approaches its work with added [professionalism and factual analysis of the legal, political, electoral and campaign aspects of the electoral process in Zambia,” the statement said.
“The objective is to ensure that the AUEOM approaches its work with added professionalism and factual analysis of the legal, political, electoral, media and campaign aspects of the electoral process in Zambia. At the second phase of the mission, the long term experts will be joined by Short Term observers from the August 1 to 15 2016. The Short Term Mission will be headed by Goodluck Jonathan, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
UTH procures equipment, to stop sending Patients abroad for heart condition
UTH Radiologist Consultant Veronica Sichizya says the procedure ill be conducted with the help of experts from the United States of America.
Dr. Sichizya says the heart diseases intervention procedure on patients will now be conducted in Zambia following the procurement of the equipment required to carry out the process.
She says in the past Government used to send patients to South Africa and India for heart diseases intervention treatment.
Dr. Sichizya clarified that the heart diseases intervention procedure does not involve the actual operation on a patient.
Farmers in Zambia have contributed US$645 million in foreign exchange earnings-Lubinda
the flag off the Hope Lilayi Women’s club tree planting exercise in
Lusaka’s Lilayi Area
FARMERS in Zambia contributed US$645 million in foreign exchange earnings through the export of various agricultural products in 2015, Government has said.
Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda said this showed that the agriculture sector’s contribution to the country’s economy was growing, demonstrating the importance of the sector to national development.
Mr Lubinda said it was important that farmers were celebrated as they contributed significantly to employment creation, income generation and poverty reduction.
He was speaking at the 90th Zambia Agricultural and Commercial Show held under the theme ‘Managing Environment for Growth’ in Lusaka.
“As Government, we have decided that starting this year, we will celebrate the farmers Day by honouring them with awards in recognition of their hard work.
“Farmers produce agricultural products which are exported to earn the country the much needed foreign exchange. I am pleased to inform you that farmers contributed $645 million to the country’s foreign exchange earnings through exports,” Mr Lubinda said.
He said the Government was committed to ensuring that it addressed all the challenges the farmers were faced with in the country. Mr Lubinda said the Government had embarked on a vigorous programme to ensure that one million hectares of land was availed to the farmers under the farm blocs.
He said under this programme, each farmer would be given not less than five hectares of land, adding that this was in an effort to reduce the challenge of farmers lacking land for cultivation.
“We are concerned with the challenges that farmers are going through, but let me assure you that we are working on ways to address them.
“For example, we have increased the number of beneficiaries on the farmer input support programme to 1.6 million in the 2016/17 farming season,” he said.
Political Parties urging Zambians to ignore the referendum are unpatriotic-Sangwa
POLITICAL parties that are urging Zambians to ignore the referendum on August 11, this year are unpatriotic, constitutional lawyer John Sangwa has said.
Mr Sangwa said the referendum was seeking to enhance human rights in Zambia and so the political parties that were urging people not to participate were unpatriotic.
He said this when he featured on a special programme on Radio Phoenix recently. “It’s amazing that a political party can tell people not to participate in the referendum when the referendum was seeking to enhance the rights of Zambians. What sort of political party does that because basically any party aiming to form government should strive to enhance people’s rights,” Mr Sangwa said.
He said concerns from some political parties claiming that there was little time to sensitise citizens on the matter, was mainly an excuse not to provide for Zambians.
Mr Sangwa said it should not also be a problem that the referendum was being held alongside the election because people could be educated on how to vote.
He said he was one of the people that advocated to have the referendum alongside the election due to limited funds that the country had.
Mr Sangwa said civil society as well as political parties should not find excuses to fail the referendum exercise.
He said Zambians should be patriotic enough to assume responsibility to improve their lives through processes such as the referendum.
Mr Sangwa said the reading culture in Zambia was not good and even if the referendum was held many years from now, without stakeholders support, some Zambians would still not read on the issues on the referendum.
“This is the right time to undertake the process and every Zambian should ensure that the exercise succeeds by ensuring that other people read or know about the referendum,” he said.
Mr Sangwa said the matter should not also be seen to be political because matters of the Constitution were not politically biased.
Voting yes in the referendum would ensure that monies owed to individuals by Government through court processes were paid within a year and the President would be mandated to address Zambians on what the Government was doing to improve their livelihoods, among other advantages.
K60 million Protea Hotel in Ndola opens
THE K60 million Protea Hotel in Ndola, with a capacity to accommodate more than 100 people, has opened to the public. The hotel, the second largest in the city, opened last week after undergoing construction for about one year.
So far, more than 100 locals have been employed at the hotel. The hotel is the eighth under the Protea Hotels Zambia portfolio and has made Protea Hotels the single largest hospitality brand in the country.
A check at the facility, located on the Ndola-Kitwe dual carriageway close to Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, found some customers flocking into the hotel to inquire about accommodation and other services. The one-storey hotel has 80 rooms, three conference rooms, a restaurant and bar as well as a swimming pool. Front office manager Mwansa Puta said in an interview in Ndola that the hotel opened to the public on Monday last week.
“We opened to the public on Monday, and we have received overwhelming response from members of the public. This hotel is the first of its kind in Ndola. We have a restaurant, a bar and a swimming pool,” she said. Ms Puta said the conference room, which has a capacity to accommodate about 150 people, was still under construction and that it would soon be ready.
She said the hotel was currently running a promotion and that the rooms were currently costing between $100 and $120 at the rate of K10.5O per United States dollar.
Velos Enterprise, a local contractor, was engaged to construct the hotel. Protea Hotels is a member of the Marriott International, a leading global hotel group.
Nevers Mumba is a confused, fake and failed Pastor-Mumbi Phiri
NEVERS Mumba is a confused man who does not know which direction to take his political career, and wants to advance by demeaning people in leadership, Patriotic Front (PF) deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri has charged.
In an interview with Daily Nation, Ms Phiri said that Dr Mumba was a fake pastor who had abandoned the work of God to join politics.
She disclosed that Dr Mumba was a confused man who had continued to demean President Lungu through the media to advance his political career.
Ms Mumbi said that Dr Mumba does not know which direction to take his political career because he accepted to be sent as an envoy to Canada after serving as republican vice president.
“Nevers Mumba is a confused man, he was republican vice president but he accepted to be sent as high commissioner to Canada. He doesn’t know which direction to take his political career; he just wants to advance his career that is why he has insisted on saying bad things about the president through the media” she said.
She said that Dr Mumba was the one using the church to catapult his political career and that he should not attribute that to the president as well.
Ms Phiri revealed that Dr Mumba did not listen to the voice of God because those who listened to the almighty always knew their direction.
She advised him to identify his true talent and stay with it because politics was no ground for him.
Meanwhile, National Revolution Party (NRP) president Cosmo Mumba condemned the Post Newspaper for publishing pictures of military personnel holding political materials.
Mr Mumba said that the pictures published by the Post could have been graphically designed to mislead the Zambian people.
He has challenged the Post newspaper to reveal to the nation who those officers were and that the Inspector general of police should arrest and launch investigations in the matter.
Mr Mumba advised that the publication by The Post was tantamount to inciting people and military personnel to create a situation that could lead to a coup d’état.
“Showing such pictures to the public insinuated that the State security was not part of Government and that such a situation could trigger civil war in the country” he said.
Numba is Zambia U17 interim coach
Mumamba Numba has been handed interim charge of the beleaguered Zambia Under-17 national team.
Numba takes charge after from Oswald Mutapa who is suspended following the Zambia Under-17’s age cheating disqualification from the just-ended 2016 Cosafa Under-17 Cup in Mauritius.
This is Zanaco coach’s first national team appointment since he was promoted as head trainer at Sunset Stadium this season.
Numba’s first match will be this weekend when Zambia hosts Sudan in a 2017 CAF Under-17 Cup qualifier.
Police gunned down in shoot out in Lusaka as thieves bolt with over K200,000
A police officer identified as Constable Pytihas Ntulukila was this morning shot dead by some unknown person as they attempted to rob a Cash Transit Vehicle he was in.
The incident happened between 09:00 hours and 10:00 hours along Lunzia Road off Addis Ababa Road in an aggravated robbery.
The Constable Ntulukila was in the company with another police officer in a Cash Transit Vehicle that was collecting cash from various filling stations in the enroute to their Head Office along great east road.
The vehicle in which the officers were in was hit from behind by a Toyota Noah and later stopped.
According to Police Spokesman Rae Hamoonga, when they got out of the cash transit vehicle to check what had happened another motor vehicle, a Toyota corolla approached the scene and the occupants of this motor vehicle came out and started firing indiscriminately thereby shooting Constable Ntulukila in the abdomen who was later rushed to Care for Business Hospital where he later died.
The Toyota Noah was reported stolen vehicle yesterday around 23:00 hours in Makeni east here in Lusaka.
Mr Hamoonga said Police have since launched a man hunt for the criminals who snatched cash amounting to over 200,000 Kwacha.
“We would like to warn these criminals that as Police when you attack one of our police officers whilst on official duty you have attacked the entire police. We shall not leave any stone unturned to bring these criminals to book by employing all legal means at our disposal,” Mr Hamoonga said.
“To this end the Zambia Police Service would like to make earnest appeal to members of the public who may have information to report to the nearest police station so that these criminals can be made face the full wrath of the law.”