Police in Mongu have begun interrogating leaders of the Barotse Freedom Movement over Thursday’s protest in which some of their members tore copies of the Draft Constitution.
Western Province Police Commissioner Fanwell Siandenge says arrests will be effected once interrogations are concluded.
And Mr Siandenge has warned Barotse activists against pushing their luck too far by engaging in activities that have potential to disrupt peace and unity.
He has warned that people found wanting will face the wrath of the law because no citizen is above the law.
Mr Siandenge has also warned people of Western province to resist schemes of some individuals pursuing political motives.
A group of Barotse activists on Thursday tore copies of the draft constitution at the door step of the District Commissioner’s office.
And Mongu central Member of Parliament Nathaniel Mubukwanu has called for the arrest of Barotse activists who destroyed copies of the draft constitution on Thursday.
Mr. Mubukwanu who is Youth and Sport Deputy Minister has said that the mere act of destroying copies of the constitution amounts to a serious offence because the document is government property.
He told ZNBC news in a telephone interview that the action by the Barotse activist is inexcusable.
The Member of Parliament also notes that no one is being forced to participate in the constitution making process.
Mr. Mubukwanu has warned perpetrators of Thursday’s actions not to take government’s patience too far.
And PF youth leaders in Lusaka have demanded the arrest of people who tore copies of the Draft Constitution in Mongu on Thursday.
Lusaka Province Youth Chairman Kennedy Kamba has said that the party is disturbed by the conduct of the Barotse activists.
Mr. Kamba has told ZNBC news in Lusaka that actions of the Barotse activists border on treason.
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Police are either beating up cadres or investigating thin air
Ninshi kanshi mulebalekelela as if there are no policemen or soldiers in the country.LOZI and TONGAS are now going to far.You are testing us BEMBAS even in things we are not doing. Nomba twalayambafye ukumiponona phisically or u want to fil guns & other weapons.
Voltran u are an *****. Who the **** do u think u stupid tribe are? Tongas and Lozis what? Bembas u are good for nothing. This is happening because of your foolishness which is being spear headed by the chief bemba fool Satana
You are not even Bemba. Don’t put people in bad light because of selfish immaturity.
You wil kno how bad its going to be wen we start fighting on copperbelt or lusaka where we are mixed & thats wen you wil kno that mwatendeka ngoshe kubwendo. Twalapononapo chimo ICHI MUTONGA nangu ICHI MULOZI.
#2&3, with modern tech, it’s very easy to locate you and deal with you very decisively.Kindly moderate your tone and language.
Thank you for your timely warning to this dimwit. He is tarnishing the image of my tribe.
I like to rip up printed matter too. Normally bills. Poor guys were just old school. Next time use a shredder :)
LOL!
Good one cousin !!
Well, the Zambian people are tired of these constitution making processes every five years; why can’t we have a stable constitution like other countries. If writing a constitution is such a complex thing, why not just copy the South African Constitution; am sure it won’t be a problem, after all we have always been copying them in ANC, ZANC, national athem, and even the two over passes on kafue and post office roundabouts look more like Central Jozi. As for Barotseland, they already made their submissions last year and there will be nothing more.
so, are you saying that what they did-to tear the document was right? come on people, cant we be serious for a moment. this very wrong and indeed these people should not be pushing their luck too far!
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Yes they are right. They submitted and nothing that they submitted has been included. Why go back to them again? I would help them tear it actually. They have been used like tissue by the PF
Treason muikonda zoona! They are just stupid pieces of paper you maggots. There is nothing sacred about them. Treason , my foot! When the real treason happens all of you maggots will hide in pit latrines, and chicken runs.
What offence are you going to charge them with? Iwe chiSiyafimofimo chi swine, tell your bosses that they are lucky, that sh.itty document wasn’t used as an a.r.s.e wipe. That is a rub.bish document which Kabimba is going to adulterate even further. Lekeni abantu bapeme.
Is it due to the few activists that we can not have dual nationality? If we had dual citizenship the so called activists will go ahead and call for independence of Western province, while at the same time retaining their Zambian citizenship. How many of those activists have children and relatives in other parts of Zambia? What will happen to those relatives should the Western province break away from the rest of Zambia? Can the Western province survive on its own as a country? It is time the govt started treating people who want to disturb the peace Zambia has enjoyed thus far with a firm hand. Western province is a part of Zambia and will remain so until kingdom come. My mother came from the Western province BUT do not support the so called activists who claim to speak on my behalf.
i think we should all think with our heads and not politics. it seems that there are a lot of people, the majority being in the opposition who want this exercise to fail, but this is not about Sata or PF, its about Zambia and the Zambian people. of course PF will get credit if they delivers a good consititution, but this does not mean that it will be for them alone and we should all work together when somethig progressive is being made, the country needs our support. as for those that tore the document, the law should catch up with them. no one is being forced to read or to participate, those who dont want can stay away, but tearing something that was made by the gvn using tax payers money is not a way to deal with differences.
I have in my possession a copy of the same draft constitution. Can you please advise me to what use I should put it because I through with it? When I collected it I was never told that it was gov’t property which only govt could dispose off.
Dr. Mwazawamba, you are spot-on.
Investigate what?
The one time paper thin evidence will do? :)
Dreamers,thats what they do when they become constipated after eating too much rice ,anyway forgive them for they know not what they are doing and what they might lose.Ignorance is really a disease
This is idiocy of the highest order, please arrest these *****s and let them pay for their stupidity.
Countrymen, interesting…dont the Police have better things to do??? Unless there is more that happened but if it’s only tearing even the current constitution itself, shud public investigative resources be expended on such?
A DRAFT is simply a DRAFT – IT IS NOT A LEGAL SACRED DOCUMENT!!! So stop harassing people – we ‘ve had enough harassing of innocents!!!
Ten Things Investigators Might Hear
1. Officer I’m all torn up about this.2. I was looking for the punch line.3. I heard the ideas behind it floated like confetti.4. I wanted to flick through the pages of history…with scissors.5. Officer I still have sheets…6. I was trying to paper over the cracks.7. It was a real page turner. I read better in small pieces.8. Pages of history unexpectedly fell apart in my hands.9. I took a couple of pages out of the unwritten play book.10. Someone said a draft is not the real thing which I thought meant it is a ‘rip off’
LOL …..I’m laughing like the two men in pic 26 in this weeks pictures
BRE activists, your acts will alienate even those who may have been sympathetic to your cause. Seek wisdom and you may make wise decisions.
Zambia,now I know I was right to leave!
Yes , just arrest these creatures coz they have gone too far. Why can’t you return the documents back to the state if you don’t want them. Please dont waste time, the thugs are well known ..just arrest them..kwamana.
Don’t be childish! There is no obligation on anyone to return the draft constitution documents to the gov’t. There is no such requirement. People like you and your silly gov’t are small men whose little egos have been bruised! What is so sacred about a document of suggestions? Just let pass you idi.ots. There’s nothing to get overly exercised with here!
wait until you start mourning the kapokola involved in arresting our people.they are sacrificing their lives.Zambians should take their luck too far because we didnt sort out those who killed our brothers.wait until the barotse supreme council orders eliminations.this is what would happen to you if you keep arresting those people.bitten by very poisoneous snakes,strikes by lightning,going mad,your manhood will not wake up,blindness etc.continue arresting and wait for results as individuals.why cant you limit your constituion to your zambia
wait until you start mourning the kapokola involved in arresting our people.they are sacrificing their lives.Zambians should take their luck too far because we didnt sort out those who killed our brothers.wait until the barotse supreme council orders eliminations.this is what would happen to you if you keep arresting those people.bitten by very poisoneous snakes,strikes by lightning,going mad,your manhood will not wake up,blindness etc.continue arresting and wait for results as individuals.why cant you limit your constituion to your zambia
You zambians you will be dying in road accidents very soon if you keep on arresting our people.Release them noe before your children start dying.
Like someone has already pointed out; what the bloody hell are you going to do with Messrs Libongani, Mubukwanu, Masiliso,Tebuho, Tabo, Likezo and Musiwa who got copies of the draft constitution and proceeded to use it as arsewipe? Is that an act of treason also? Do you expect to get back all the copies you handed out? Can you specify to what end these pieces can be utilized for one not to be charged with treason?
ohhhhh,we will queque to get these copies but guess where they will end up.in the fire or pit laterine.in the markets our women will use the copies to wrap in flitters,vegetables,fish.its nice and intersting to misuse these shit zambia papers called their zambian constitution.
Those chaps are becoming big! They think they are too special! Give them good treatment so that they will regret for their folly behaviour. What is Barotse Agreement which is always a talk! The white man just confused them and he is quiet on the matter! I wish I was president of Zambia so that I should have dictated a very special punishment for those ailing chaps. They have wasted tax payers money and demeaning the government! What more do they need? Very hopeless move!!!!!!!
Do the Barotse Freedom Movement and their supporters think they can win this cause?
They have been campaigning both locally and internationally and no one has ever supported them apart from themselves simply because that agreement was a sham. The Barotse Freedom Movement should ask themselves why the British as co
signatories are silent about it. In any case that ‘area’ is too poor to even sustain itself and no foreign investor would risk their investments if any in such a hostile land where everyone who is not Lozi is called a FOREIGNER.
This has nothing to do with the British you fool. It is the Zambian government that abrogated the Agreement not the British.
Hey learned people what crime have the Lozis committed on this one? Pls assist!
People, govt property is to be respected. By tearing a government document in that fashion is simply a display of defiance, disrespect, contempt of authority and the whole idea and intention of a legal, national process which is so important. The tearing of a draft constition at the door of DC’s office is a strong political statement against the state. Well, what would happen if government withdrew all civil servants and services to this province today?
They will be happy because independence from the joke called Zambia is exactly what they want!
Certain things people demand for and do seem like easy but they are treacherous and potently venomous to the welfare of ordinary people. If the government said we have granted you independence as Lozis (for which a president can be impeached because he swore to defend the constitution-as it is-Zambia “unitary”, “indivisible”), all projects, services, payments cease and responsibility falls on you Lozis to educate your kids. Can you do it? Donors may be?
@29. Galileo Galilei. Ask yourself why you are using the term “Unitary” to describe Zambia? Why do we have the “United” States of America or why is Tanzania called the “United Republic of Tanzania”?. In all these cases you had one or more territories coming together through an Agreement to form one country specifying the powers of each entity in the new unitary state. The USA and Tanzania respected their Agreements. Each of the 50 states in America have their own government with powers that the federal gov’t can’t interfere with. In Tanzania, Zanzibar has its own elect President and regional parliament. Zambia chose to abrogate the Agreement hence the problems we are having now!
Too many insults! Whatever happened to tolerance and ‘one Zambia one nation’.
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