Chieftainess Kalaba of Mansa district in Luapula Province has fled her palace for fear of being bewitched by her subjects. And several teachers at Lupende basic school in the same chiefdom have also threatened to flee the school due to what they called incessant nightmares caused by wizards.
This came to light on Sunday when Luapula Province minister Dr Boniface Kawimbe and Mansa District Commissioner Major Chibwe Nsakasha visited the rural school.
Major Nsakasha confirmed to ZANIS that it is true chieftainess Kalaba had fled the palace due to concerns of witchcraft. The DC said the traditional ruler is living in Senama compound and she intends to move to Mano near Chipili in Mwense district.
Villagers interviewed said chieftainess Kalaba had decided not to return to her palace after fleeing because every time she attempted to do so, she fell seriously ill.
Meanwhile, teachers at Lupende Basic were found to have packed their household goods in readiness to leave the school.
Parents Teachers Association Chairperson Royd Kasapo said teachers feared for their lives due to alleged witchcraft in which both unmarried and married female teachers were sexually abused while in their sleep.
Mr Kasapo said male teachers whose wives were allegedly being used by wizards equally claimed to have been bewitched, a condition that has made them incapable of consummating their marriage responsibilities.
[pullquote]The deputy head teacher Afya Mwaba narrated to Dr Kawimbe how on several occasions she experienced nightmares where she was being abused. [/pullquote]
He disclosed that the PTA, headmen and the chieftainess had decided to bring a witch finder on March 1 this year who named five old men, including a retired headmaster at the school to be in possession of charms that enabled them to abuse women in their sleep.
The PTA chairperson said the retired headmaster, a named old man and other wizards were exorcised of their charms and have since bolted from Lupende.
The deputy head teacher Afya Mwaba narrated to Dr Kawimbe how on several occasions she experienced nightmares where she was being abused.
Ms Mwaba said the relatives of the wizards have declared to continue tormenting the teachers publicly telling them that what they were experiencing in the night will continue because the charms they have were a family inheritance.
Luapula Province Minister appealed to the headmen and parents in the community to help resolve the problems teachers are facing.
Dr Kawimbe said Government has very few teachers and if the seven teachers at Lupende abandoned the school, it will be closed and the community will continue to remain backwards.
ZANIS
so this the outcome of the developmental meeting you guys had for luapula province? why not approach them during the day instead of this nonsense. can someone please tell chiluba to go to this area and hold another developmental meeting with these wizards. this is backwardness of highest degree. luapula, you are always in different scandals. chief puta is busy accusing some people of trying to kill katele, while is colleague is running away from his place. twanaka nemwe batubulu munyamumenshi………….. can you change please and be modern like the rest of the provinces.
Chiluba needs to go and tell his relatives to stop shagging teachers wives in their sleep , this place is very back wards teachers just leave the place who are you if the all chief can run away this problem will never be resolved .
LIVERPOOL IS KNOWN FOR ITS GOOD FOOTBALL AND HIGHER EDUCATION NOT IFI TULEUFWA UKU. HOW DO YOU SLEEP WITH SOMEONE WHO IS HALF-DEAD? THATS WHY DEVELOPMENT UKO TAMWAKAIMONE. WHY SHOULD YOU BE FAMOUS FOR WRONG REASONS IMWE TUMBUYA? IF YOU ARE NOT A THIEF THEN YOU ARE INDOSHI. WE WONT BE MARRYING UTUBANA TWENI.
Ba Yama Katele Kalumba is pissed off, now he is terrorising villagers…Katele “Nala tuma Akalumba” is no joke.
Too much drama in this country. Next we’ll soon be hearing stories of people taking to dancing VENYAU in state house in order to hold-on to power
some things happening mu zambia awe sure kupapa fye:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o
Ubuyantanshi!? Its saddening that our country is so backward. You can pick it up from having a conversation with some people in our country. As long as the culture of “ukuliilapo” continues, parts of our country that badly need education will never get it and we will keep hearing these things. Saddening.
No 3 Haambilwi Habana walasa. Wakamba zoona. Batubulu aba its either he or she is a thief or a Wizard. Katele is well known about his laptop witchcraft. Luapula is a witch territory. People backward only Kunyela mumenshi and ubuloshi. They can even make themselves into a crocodile “Ichibokolo” I lived their for 13 months awe sure. You make a mistake to run over their chickens or goats as you drive on the road, they will threaten you with all the evil things.
Now this is typical african science……..:-?
Why is Luapula province making headlines for the wrong reasons? This is sad…we need to hear some positive things from there pliz. Where is ‘Ibange libi’????
What a bunch of bull and hysteria!!
Yaba! This is tough. Mwalowela kumo ne mfumu!!!
UBUTUTU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This buloshi of shagging people in their sleep is nothing new. I have seen it in southern province as well. It is very common in boarding schools.
#12 You crack me up! Naimwe mwe tuba Ngoni, kuyambani cabe ka, ba tubulu munyela munika!
Can you please send prayer worriers to this backward town. Kachiluba being a thief, lies and a dribble should go and talk to those illitrates
A commander running away from it’s army…….what a joke. Stay on chief, I thought chiefs were chief witches. (smile)
Why is Luapula like this? witchcraft is on the minds of many people in this province. Govt must not just put this aside. This is not good and it will push the province backward.
Yazanda manje ka?
Zambians,lets not just end in condemning these issues only,Lets make suggestions to minimize such embarrancement.I think we need to put on a full armour of God and stand in the gap for this area.Its quite unfortunate that such kind of things still exist in this dispersation.We needto get down on our knees and pray that God can intervene and help us bring order and civility to our people.For this battle is not against fresh and blood but against evil spirits.Therefore we only need the holy spirit to visit this part of zambia and save our brothers and sisters in christ.May God hear our prayer,amen
FODEP: Amen to your prayer. This issue is not just about being backward, Katele is very educated but is also a wizard! We need to stand in the gap and speak the blood of the Lord Jesus upon Luapula and cleanse it of witchcraft. With God, nothing is impossible.
Please send these ndoshis to Lusaka so they can enter state house and make shiMpundu and Thandiwe also flee state house
Can someone educate these people about wet dreams.
If these women were shagged in their sleep, they should be given vaginal swabs to trap any DNA from the shaggers’ semen.
Amafontini yalakalifya in this day and age!!
#14 Ine ndine ba Zambia….yes i also heard about it in SP and it was done by some teachers from Luapula :d:d:d:d:d:d
The palace roof is probably built from asbestos sheeting.
So has this place been asbestos tested?
Witches and Witchcraft.
What a joke Zambians still believe this rubbish.
What a backward place!!
Ifina Luapulans fima fontini sana. Those Guys will never develop both in their minds and ….
Indoshi sha ku Luapula. Please help us take RB out. You will be rewarded richly if you do. What about Shagging him(Yakumbuyo) so that he flees state house.
only in Luapula province…kwa Puta,ku mwense…kwaliba banyela uku!
it is interesting reading some of the comments on this article. but you know what? witchcraft is not myth.it really does exist almost everywhere in the world. in some places its satanism and others think they have power to predict the future by use of spirits, they can even harm others using the same spirits.
it exists here in china. it also exists in Arabic countries. those teachers could be in real danger. i think in zambia we should start punishing wizards and witches. this can help to stop those who want to join. these days even if a fwiti falls at your house they are not convicted so they go on witching knowing nothing will happen to them. is it because most of the leaders are witches?..eg kk (katele kalumba):d/
Drama pa zed lol.
MMD there is your opportunity to win elections in 2011
Iwe # 26 Chik ala ulelanda bwino sulu nyoko.Who are amafomtini ? wenk kokowe.:d/
Teachers just leave them to finish each other. If the head of the village can run away what more a mare teacher[-o<
Believe in God,will save you from this
teachers just leave the monkey place-let them finnish each other….
vuvuzeni ba chieftainess, if u cant beat em join em, sign sign umwenso ninfwa! mansa yashila! mukashala ifinama kaili nomba humans are worse than beasts these days! iyi yena ni leadership, she’s an exampler……hehehehehehehehehehe :d
This issue is scaring, Luapula Developmental meeting. No wonder Chiluba was telling RB that I know where to press to win an election. Maybe he meant an ERECTION. Lol.
Katele KaKa kanshi Kuchiyenge kwaba shani bane.
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bloggers are fools. you chaps are all bewitched.lol
This is typical of utumitundu twacheapa. This is were u even elected a former president from? They are very backwards. Luapula DRC is the same. Ubututu. We hear they even bewitch this fish they come to sell us in towns. Ama fontini abaku luapula or they Bembas? All the same, same difference.
Stranger than fiction……. This may well be laughable to some of us , but for the chief and teachers taking such drastic action , it must be a terrible thing to have to experience.
…..# 29 Zedian….true , this dark science is a part of most cultures , though in Africa it seems more prevalent and more ‘advanced’ .
….Quantam mechanics in Luapula anyone ?..Na , piece of cake.They’ve known it for centuries !
Can those village shaggers extend their act to Lusaka the MMD spokesperson needs to be visited, so chiluba must have been doing this while in state house.
#40 weshilu wee.Bembas are not found in luapula.we are a small but very influencial tribe.That is why you are even using our language to insult us kapala.
I have been laughing through the comments-I come from Luapula bane twasembana bane–This is total foolishness of the highiest and deepest level-these fools doing this do not want their children and grandchildren to be educated–Fools these teachers are their for your own good.
Anyway these fools needs a hand of Jesus to awake them from slumber
# 40 waba ibo olo ! Why should you take pride in passing tribal comments ? Makaka.
Luapula is the only place where pipo walk backwards,mafontini sana.Ngati te ndonshi,then ni kabolala.Shame ba Chiluba na Kalumba,they have long hands with tall fingers.
If teachers are sexually abused, can we say its possible to contract HIV? i am just wondering people i am not sick 100% healthy and in Australia. This is a thought i have in mind because i know of a guy who complained he mighty have got HIV when he was sexually abused by our friends from Luapula.
23Nubian Princess,Black magic is not a physical sensation.It is something spiritual!All these things happen in the mind whilst u r asleep, that is why it is called magic. It is a metaphysical phenomenon and cannot be fully comprehended with scientific reasoning the same way we solve maths or physics.The same goes for excorsicm and all, science cannot explain the phenomenon but it is real for sure!