Former President Rupiah Banda is said to be stranded at Kenneth Kaunda International airport because he has been blocked from boarding a Kenyan Airways plane to Nairobi where he was invited to attend the innauguration ceremony of newly elected Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.
This is despite a court order that allows Rupiah Banda to travel abroad in view of his passport being in custody of the state after it was taken following his arrest on graft charges.
Kennedy Limwanya, the assistant administrator to Rupiah Banda said immigration officials at the airport said they received instructions from ‘higher authorities’ not to allow the former president’s travel to Kenya.
There were strong moves by the state through Director of Public Prosecutions Mutembo Nchito to block Mr. Banda from flying to Nairobi by refusing to release his passport.However Mr. Banda’s lawyers made a quick application to the Magistrate that forced the state to release the passport.
Rupiah Banda was invited by the Kenyan government to attend the inauguration ceremony of that country’s fourth President Uhuru Kenyatta.
President Banda,was the leader of the Carter Centre international election observer mission at the Kenyan elections.
Former President Rupiah Banda, received international recognition for his role in the Carter Centre election observer mission.The Carter Centre vice-president for peace programmes Dr John Stremlau said his team was happy to have President Banda as its leader, a pointer to how African problems were capable of being solved by Africans.
Personal Politics at Play…”Good works Myko..”
this is rubbish,stupid mutembo nchinto and mumembe
Sata know that you will never be in power forever.
Come on guys why are we so hell bent on being petty? What are we losing by letting him go there? It is a real and an unbridled disgrace to the country and its people. Pany’oPanu all of you involved in this blockage? You PHD matuvi
“Former Rupiah Banda…”. SO, WHAT IS HE NOW. NIKABOLALA MANJE? IF HE IS FORMER RUPIA BANDA, PELA MWATIUZA WHAT HE IS NOW BA LT.
I think the PF government is running out of its senses. There is nothing ‘wrong for RB to travel. Dont be jealousy of RB. He served Zambia as a Head of State, and he deserves respect. He is innocent until proven quilty. Its totally silly behavior of the PF government to behave in this manner. Time will tell. Chiluba mistreated Kaunda, and he got what he wanted. President Sata may also pay for doing wrong things one day. Dont worry RB…. its a days event.
I’m liking this movie!!!
This is wrong on so many levels! What an embarrassment to the international community.Primitive people in the PF so petty.Atase
HE CAN’T BE MORE PREVILEDGED THAN OTHER RESIDENTS WHO ARE FACING COURT, AFTER ALL HIS SON RAN AWAY THROUGH KENYA.
Former Rupiah Banda is said to be stranded at Kenneth Kaunda International airport
Has Rupiah Changed is name?
Zambian reporting…….lol
RB was the same too. He is just drinking his own medicine. I do not know when we shall have a leader who will respect the rule of law. These old figures ofcourse not.
No one is mistreating anyone.Lots of people are in his shoes but because they are not RB,they have failed even to attend their mothers funerals.We have living examples of people who plundered our resources and opted to run away and never returned.We never that there is conflict between the executive and the judicially.The corrupt judicially will olways protect their corrupt friends.Open your eyes…!!!!!!
He loved flying every where when in power now he is caged he must learn to stay in zambia by the way whom is he representing ba RB must now stay home he was a globe trakker
ati former Rupia Banda..kikikiki…well guys dont just condemn look at it from the state point of view, they tricked Rupiah, they wanted to see if he would still leave for nairobi dispite being late…the catch was if RB insists on going then he is guilty, if he doesnt move an inch he is innocent…RB has failed the test….
We warned Zambians that PF govt will not make any mark of pride in Zambia and at international level. We again warned you that Sata is a dictator without any regard of rule of law. Sata was evacuated to South africa for treatment by RB as opposition leader demonstrating RB was above politics. RB has earned internation recognition and he deserves it. To prove that RB despite weaknesses and allegations leveled against is a better leader and well placed in international circles as a statesman, it is of necessity that Sata MUST BAR HIM TO TRAVEL AND WITNESS FRUITS OF HIS EFFORTS to bring about good governance in another African state. Its a Shame to Zambia.
hahahh… kaya, you guys are starting a fire!
This is evil, pure and simple! Basically, PF knows its a pariah in the region and RB was going to outstage their own entourage and so have blocked him. Looks like the government were never going to let RB go to Kenya from the way the government was forcibly made to release his passport. I bet if someone where to release details on how this has come to be, it will be that the DPP conived with the Justice Ministry to get the immigration block RB’s travel plans. Its a disgrace and continues to taint the governments image just coz of the vindictiveness of a few. Levy allowed FTJ to travel when FTJ’s cases were on going, why being harsh on RB. His sons sins can not visit his father.
Where is the rule of law in zambia? This is just law of the jungle and its so wrong its only proves we’re a rogue nation.Very embarrassing.
Thank you for stopping this thief from leaving and attempting to run away from justice.
He is a flight risk and would not have come back had he left the country.
Make sure he stays home for the entire duration of his plunder cases.
Thank you PF, Thank you for stopping this mukukulu, pumbafu, kabalwe, kabolala from running away!!
LT, please, do not unnecessarily alarm the nation.
If RB’s lawyers secured the passport and if he has flown out to Kenya then RB is not stranded as the title purports!
May he and Scott have a good time and ‘be a presence worth of Zambia’.
more pop corn this is really a nice movie
i hope sata dies soon,very slow but very painful death.evil man!!!
These are the reasons why African leaders never leave power. We are indeed setting a very bad example after setting a good one when RB stepped down. I think we need level mindedness when dealing with issues of such magnitude. As leader of the Carter Centre team, he should have been allowed to go. This is to say the least appalling and lets start respecting all our former Presidents.
this is exactly wat he used to do wen mmd was in power
This looting old man has plans to go into exile and he will use all means available to escape. The pain of his abuse and arrogance is still fresh. I woke up at 4am as first time voter to go cast my ballot so that justice can be served and it should. The pf government will also be held accountable for their flaws and people will be prosecuted,
That’s the way to go, glad the immigration officials didn’t let R.B board the KQ flight otherwise he would have joined his son Henry somewhere in the UAE Dubai where most dangerous criminals hide because UAE does not have an extradition treaty with any countries .Dubai is a safe heaven for notourious dons and drug dealers.
If the government cannot obey court rulings I think its only fair that we get rid of all the courts. We do not need them. Some of us have always said that Sata is not Presidential material. He and his sycophants are too primitive to lead a country in the 21 st century. PF are too backward to understand that modern states are built on the rule of law. And everything everyone does should be within the law. Anyway Zambia needs the misrule of the PF because it is from the PF rubbish that Zambians will see the need to reform our governance institutions. In the meantime we shall see continued Chitemene aka slash and burn from PF. I don’t think this cabal is capable of any good. Its vile and evil.
I wonder were we are heading as a country…politics of personality seems to take centre stage than following the rule of law..who will promote the interest of the common man if the state is defiling and rippng the law left right centre
Lets not blame the state! Banda is facing court cases! Let him remain in the country and answere to the charges! If allowed to go out, he might not come back like his son has done! No one is above the law!
Kuti cha butuka like the son….Let stay in the country till chimbokaila time!
These bunch of fools, they can not even obey THEIR own courts of law, what a bunch of losers!! What happened to the basic principle in law, free until convicted by court of law. Alabee should be allowed to travel wherever he wants. your cartel (Nchito, mumembe, mahtani, etc) have stolen billions and you dont lift a finger. your time will come
Do the courts in Zambia still have the same powers they have always had in the past I wonder? If the courts could jail at least one of these so called higher powers for contempt that would send a strong signal…
There’s no point in saying no one is above the law in Zambia if some plonker can single handedly overrule a decision made by the courts.
Let’s not lose sleep over this vile thieving **** ,the rule of the law should also be observed…
He is feeling the power of government. He and his inviters believe they can always ignore government when they invite him… Now let them reflect and consider involving government next time they want to invite him. His trips have no benefit to Zambia but himself and those same countries/people inviting him. If they respect Zambians as a whole, let them in involve government next time they invite him. RB is not courteous to the current government and is a flight risk.
Mutembo Nchito and Fred Mmembe should remember that time will come when PF will be kicked out of office. When that time comes, nobody will sympathise with their cries…they will have to pay back the money they owe tax-payers. As for Michael Sata for being the worst president ever, well, has he checked how many people in UK and across the world have responded to MARGARET THATCHER’s death – half of the world have literally said her death is ‘good riddance!’. When Sata’s time comes, the only people to cry will be less than 20% of the population…it will be better than ‘good riddance’ for most people. Good luck to him with his so-called power…
chidi kumbidi….fili eko tuleya!!
The court only ordered the release of his passport, my little guess is that it doesn’t have any bearing on whether the immigration can grant his departure or not. Lazo ni lazo bane
HEE KUTI CHABUTUKA. LET HIM CLEAR HIMSELF BEFORE HE CAN BEGIN TO BE ARROGANT AGAIN.
THIS MAN ,HOW DOES HE SEE THE INVESTIGATORS PORBING HIS CASE. HE IS SO POMPUS AS THOUGH HE IS DEALING WITH FINISHED AND USELESS INVESTIGATORS. DOES HE THINKM HE HAS NO CASE TO ANSWER? IF SO WHY ARE THE INVESTIGATION BEEN TAKING PLACE. ARE THEY USELESS INVESTIGATIONS CARRIED OUT FOOLISH DULL INVESTIGATORS? LET US WAIT AND SEE IF REALLY INVESTIGATORS DID A GOOD JOB.
The issue is the State defying court orders.If the state can defy court orders what example are they setting for citizens? Is Nchito now above the law.Is Sata above the law.Zambia is bigger than these people and they are taking us all for a ride.It must stop!
@22 Don
Correction, RB didn’t step down he was defeated in an election. Infact we must change the law on presidential retirement benefits.
Only those presidents that completely serve two terms or die in office, or do not seek reelection at the end of first term will be deemed as retired, and entitled to full benefits.
Defeated ones like RB will get housing, security, office. Giving full benefits to a defeated president is like rewarding a fired employee, giving them separation package including pension.
If not then lets extend the same package to all workers
WHY did you handover power to sata despite losing by a small margin of votes? Only to be humuliated like this? It shows that PF will do all they will to stay in Power so that “chaona mzako mawa chilipaiwe” will not apply
It is good that he has not been allowed to go because he could have linked up with Amsterdam. Bravo KK Internation Immigration officers.
Good, do not the looter go anywhere until he answers for all his iniquities!!! Galu iwe!
some Zambians are foolish and have a selective memory. Chi Banda was just as bad if not worse.He had no respect for the rule of law.He could have declined the invitation on the grounds hes got better things to do
RB should have bought some two beers for Acting Presido sembe zonse is kulibe…!
The issue is on plunderers moving at will in the country.please send them to jail
I don’t support Rb and his corruption but its time the PF showed it respects the law
My word he must be soooo angry! I know exactly how it feels like when you wanna get a fresh breath after being in a squeezed room with no air, let the man go, he will come back he has so much to loose unlike his son Henuli, i dont think he will hide he has so much pride! I wonder who gave the order. kwena Zambians you are bad, i mean bad nabasambilila bonse iyo mwadabwisha.
Kabolala is not allowed to roam around just like that. Good move guys.
RB IS A FLIGHT RISK AND IT IS BETTER HE STAYS IN ZAMBIA UNTIL HIS CORRUPTION CASES ARE DISPOSED OFF IN ZAMBIA.HIS SON IS IN HIDING IN RSA AND THERE IS NO GURANTEE THAT IF RB IS ALLOWED TO TRAVEL HE WILL RETURN TO ZAMBIA.BE REAL GUYS THIS MAN STOLE OUR MONEY AND HAS TO BE PUNISHED FOR HIS WRONG DOING.!!
The most worrying thing here is to see the courts being overruled just like that.
It seems all this is based on personal hatred and petty jealousy and it is setting a dangerous precedent. It will not end with RB.
My other view is that if I were RB with the ongoing court case I would personally put on hold all these other engagements and concentrate on the case.
Good move,
This man is a crook and can simply disappear in thin air if left to go. What has happened to his son , Henry, where is he?
MY question is: What will the select committee that was cheated into recommending Mutembo Nchito for the position of DPP do in the face of serious revelation of contempt??
Do they have power to prosecute Mutembo who is so keen on prosecuting other people?
Indeed this is being petty and the Acting President must be seen to act in favour of the law. For crying out loud Ex President Banda is no danger for running away as the old man is deep rooted in Zambia and would be miserable to live overseas. Besides, he would automatically lose his freedom once extradited back to Zambia since he would have proved not to be reliable if at all he decided not to return. RB is highly regarded for the smooth turn out of the Kenyan elections and that is not only his success but the country as a whole. Let the man go attend the inauguration.
Some postings are completely devoid of any serious thinking or analysis. RB is out on bail and one of his bail conditions is that he is not allowed to leave the jurisdiction of Zambia. Robert Amsterdam has been advising RB using the example of jailed Russian billionaire Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky who ignored Amsterdam’s advice and returned to Russia only to be jailed. The same advice Amsterdam has given to Henry Banda who is now a fugitive in South Africa. State prosecutors know that there is a chance RB could be a potential flight risk.
Bwana Mwape (and others). The court only released his diplomatic passport that had been withheld by the state. It did not rule that he be allowed to travel, that is a separate immigration issue all together. May be the heading on this article is misleading. RB should have thought of the consequences of his actions such as denying knowledge of the whereabouts of his son Henry; discrediting the government on foreign soil; fighting the removal of his immunity; holding a secret meeting with the South African Embassy officials. All these things show that he is desperate and is a flight risk.
Hakainde Sunkutu Kadansa – The Courts have released his passport so that he can travel for this Kenyan Inauguration of President Kenyatta. This is no different from the late President Chiluba when he was allowed to travel for medical attention in South Africa. Don’t compare RB to his son because there is no basis of comparison RB is our former Republican President whereas his son Henry Banda is just another Zambian business man like any other only in his case running away from the law. RB has a lot to lose if he were to run away. Let the man go
Let him just stay home and discharge his cases – then he can always travel and greet Uhuru. Rushing for inauguration is almost like rushing to a funeral – your presence or lack thereof does not change the fundamentals on the ground.
I think RB should just stay at home and relax. These morons will frustrate him. Zambia is now a failed state; courts are useless, ACC works under instructions on who to investigate, police are compromised, judiciary and parliament are loughing stocks, MPs are used like Prost-itutes and the poor are always lining up to buy meal meal? Zambia for you.
He would still not have made it even if he had flown to Nairobi. The immigration authorities know what they are doing. This old man would have gone to compare notes with Henry and Amsterdam. Good he did not go, atase!!!!!!!!!!!
Do not give him the passport, he is too big headed, Mambala
Good guys wear BLACK the rest wear the rest of the colours
I just fear for the DPP. My advice to you, please this is not the end of the world. PF will go and when you become enemies with everybody what happens when PF is no more.
Bapuswa! inauguration has taken place already, hehehehehehehehehehehehe, obviously nachimushikita kekekekekekekeke, i cant imagine the look on his face, dude this movie is a thriller exactly ka, just the action part of Mtembo and his co- actors making a call to King Cobra adds to the thrill of it all, well done guys apapena you deserve ka Oscar award!
A Govt of fools. The end is near. They will be consumed in their own foolishness. the chief mappet Kaunda will remain eating their children while laughing
HOW WISH THIEVES ESPECIALY DESE LIKE RB. PF U HAVE TREATED DESE CROOKS WITH KIDS GROVES. 0 U AGAINST GOVT MOVE ARE JUST WORST HYPOCRITES AND LIARS.DE JUDICIARY IS A DEFENDER OF RICH CROOKS LIKE RB. GOD WILL PUNISH U CROOKS IN DE DISGUISE OUR COURTS.
A Govt of …… The end is near. They will be consumed in their own foolishness. the chief mappet ….will remain eating their children while laughing
@OSMORE change your name to ASS MORE becuase you are full of SH…….T!
Good, do not the looter go anywhere until he answers for all his iniquities!!!
Chamibaba ba Bauze, ndimwe muli na s.h.i.t because you were supposed to travel with RB for a different agenda. The inauguration programme started at 09.00hours, so I wonder what he wanted to go there fore. Is it to eat and drink or what?
Elyo nomba Bola yawama, twalamona nomba uwaishiba umupila ninani? This is the beauty of democracy and if need be, lets even fight but at the end of the day, we should all shake hands after all, we are all Zambians. Sata is in Power ma guys and there’s nothing we can do about it. I now know why ba MMD removed that clause of doing away with DPP rules and regulations, pertaining to possible prosecution of looters.
No matter what do or say RB is more credible than your Sata, Kaunda and all you PF fools put together, (even with Nchito and Meembe as icing!)
A Govt of mappets and f.o.o.l.s!
Fuseke ni Bauze. You cannot compare Super Ken and Mighty Sata to that cocoon of yours. Super Ken ruled for 27 years and Sata will rule for 10 years. Now compare to a default president who was only finishing someone’s term. kikikikikikikiiiii. Go to hell boi, ulicipuba and you will continue mourning about it and nothing will change. Super Ken is already in Nairobi mwana. As for you and RB you are in trouble and I am loving this. The game has just began. I would like to come kumalilo yako but, it is just that I am very far.
NOTHING SPECIAL. THIS MAN IS A SUSPECT. HE MAY RAN AWAY LIKE HIS SON DID. BESIDES, HE IS LATE FOR THAT EXERCISE. WHERE DOES HE WANT TO GO? THIS IS THE MAN WHO HAS BEEN TRYING TO AVOID JUSTICE AT ALL COSTS. EVEN SIMPLE QUESTIONING WHILE HE WAS ENJOYING HIS IMMUNITY HE REFUSED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE ACC. EVEN WITH A PASPORT A SUSPECT CAN BE DETAINED. A PASPORT IS NOT A TICKET TO EVADE JUSTICE. BABA WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU WERE DOING WITH THAT OIL FROM NIGERIA.
The best news of the day. Good Job Bwinjimfumu boys.
Bauze, where dos RB draw his cradability. So you are unable to see beyond your nose? How did he manage just to in the position of presited just for thre years? is not shameful for a person you calling crabeble. Shame.
Fosters, you are 100% right, only a fool can fail to know that banda is desperate and can run away just like his Son. He predends to look as though things are OK with him. Croocks potray such behaviour for them to seek simpathy. If this time the investaging wings fail, then all of them must be improsoned instead.
I am watching Uhuru Kenyatta’s inaugural address. Very uplifting. Wonder why Gay Scott, Kaunda etc are even there. What Uhuru is talking about is anathema to these chaps because Uhuru is talking about the exact opposite of what their PF is imposing on Zambians. “My administration will reflect the true face of the entire nation of Kenya” i.e. “I am not going to create a Gikuyu forest” “My administration is going to provide an enabling environment for both local and international business so as to create jobs”. i.e. ” I am not going to make enemies of job creators with summary deportations, statutory instruments, price controls, nationalizations etc. Go UHURU…take Kenya to the next level!
Most comments here are misleading. The State has honored court order of releasing RB’s passport. Permission for any citizen or visitor to enter or exit Zambia rests with Immigration which is different from DPP and courts. They deserve the right to stop any body at any time including RB, you and me to preserve security of the nation. RB is playing to the gallery, he knows very well that he is out on bail and can’t travel but continues playing on minds of ignorant people. He is forgetting that immigration knows that Henry has got genes of running away which he got from his father and you do not need any DNA tests to prove it. For sure if he did not intend to run away, he should have waited for his cases & sent representative in his place just like Sata sent him to Gabon for 2012 AFCON…
Joshua Band, the Magstrate: Why is RB treated differently from other suspects? has he acted in the rght manner? What galntee is there that this man ca not run away? Mind you he fighting for the re-intatement of his immuninty, but for what reasons if he is a clean man has he claims.
You are afraid he will be more recognized than your ceremonial VP, the not so heroic Kaunda and clueless wannabe economist aka most intelligent PF finance guru.
Total disregard of the law,our president seems to believe he is a demi god ,he has completely abandoned the humility he had when asking for the Zambian people’s vote.
HIS SON (HENRY BANDA) IS A FUGITIVE IN SOUTH AFRICA LIVING IN THE AFFLUENT SURBURB OF SANDTON, DRIVING A PORSCHE SUV. WHAT CAN PREVENT HIS FATHER FROM HITTING A RUNNER. LET THE OLD MAN ANSWER THE CHARGES, THEN HE’LL BE FREE TO CONTINUE HIS KAMWENDO-MUNJILA ESCAPADES.
“He is set to leave the country early morning although he may miss the actual event because he may get there late, he is still attending the inauguration,” the source said.(LusakaTimes) Even I would smell a rat, why insist on travelling when the sole purpose or part of it would have take place
So allowing RB to break the law is humility? RB was given back the passport but that does not guarantee him leaving the boarders of Zambia. Immigration officers at KK airport acted professionally without fear or favour. All criminals are never allowed to go out of the country.
History repeats itself
Most comments here are misleading. The State has honored court order of releasing RB’s passport. Permission for any citizen or visitor to enter or exit Zambia rests with Immigration which is different from DPP and courts. They deserve right to stop any body at any time including RB, you and me to preserve security of the nation. RB is playing to the gallery, he knows very well that he is out on bail and can’t travel but continues playing on minds of ignorant people, forgeting that immigration knows that Henry has got genes of running away which he got from his father and you do not need any DNA tests to prove it. For sure if he did not intend to run away, he should have waited for his cases & sent representative in his place just like Sata sent him to Gabon for 2012 AFCON final.
Conclave…, dont be quick to speak, also watched his speach, very beautiful to the ear and convincing! But dont forget, power is lekker, they alll speak like that, make colosal promises, in the end nothing ever get close to those beautiful words, just when Uhuru started speaking in Kiswahili, the BBC interviewed a Kenyan expert who educated me abit on Kenyan politics, apparently his Father promised voters achievement in a 100 days, it didnt happen, Kibaki did the same…, 100 days it went on to Five years B4 anything tangiable was seen, in short these politicians come from the same Mother, ask Ba Sata, people are still waiting for that 90days promise, they are all the same!
@INDIGENOUS ZAMBIAN, stop playing to the ignorant gallery of PF Kaponyas …., “Permission for any citizen or visitor to enter or exit Zambia rests with Immigration”, “RB … he knows very well that he is out on bail and can’t travel”. You and ur minions living in dictatorial govts can stay under those conditions you have stated above. We can’t!! The magistrate ordered the govt to release RB passport and gave him permission to travel for 1 week. which part of this order don’t u understand? Levy never stopped Chiluba from travelling abroad, even when FTJ was facing well documented cases! I can just imagine the bunch at Bwinjimfumu toasting RB’s failure to travel with a glass of kachasu!!
Court was for the passport to be given to him which was done. Allowing someone WITH A PASSPORT to leave or enter the country is the job of IMMIGRATION not the judge. RB snicked in and out of SA embassy, how can we be sure that he may not seek assylum outside to evade justice? There is no hiding place, not even election monitoring.
HIS TRIP SMELLS A RAT. FIRST OF ALL HE IS ALREADY LATE. SECONDLY HE IS NOT A SACRTED COW. THERE ARE MANY SUSPECTS WHO ARE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO ATTEND THEIR CHILDRENS WEDDINGS. ALSO HE HAS PROVED TO BE A DIFFICULT SUSPECT. AT FIRST HE REFUSED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE ACC WHEN HE WAS ENJOYING HIS IMMUNITY. ALSO HIS SON HAS BEEN AVOIDING JUSTICE BY HIDDING IN SA. THIS MAN IS BEEN SUPPORTED BY AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL IN THE NAME OF ARMSTERDAM. HE WAS GOING TO DISAPPEAR AND ARMSTERDAM WAS GOING TO BE HIS SPOKESPERSON. I THINK THE GOVERNMENT MADE A WISE MOVE. THE SAME PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPORTING HIS TRIP WERE GOING TO CHANGE SAYING HE IS HIDDING BECAUSE HE IS BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY. HE HAS ALREADY SAID HE IS BEING VICTIMISED. SO PLEASE LET THE LAW TAKE ITS COURSE BABA.
What an embarassing leadership the country has.They behave like 2 year old toddlers.Nchito should resign because he is a known thief.Pay back the K14billion and stop harassing our former head of state.What kind of parliament do we have that ratified his appointment? RB did a lot of good things for Zambia.Show me any business transaction in Zambia that doesn’t involve someone asking for a cut.The hypocrits are celebrating seeing the President Banda and sons being persecuted.
Bail conditions have to be fulfilled regardless of his former status. The immigration dept also reserve the right to refuse/stop the exit from Zambia by a citizen or a person who is a holder of a Zambian passport. This is so especially if the individual is facing serious charges in court.
@Mano, chakubaba cabe galu iwe. Chikawalala cako sicinayende ku Nairobi. So you started toasting RB’s departure with glasses of tujilili? Wonderful, just drink you a.s.s.e.s off and go to sleep. The problem is that when you wake up, you will find that he did not go to Nairobi or jumped bail. kikikikikikiki
RULE OF LAW. RB IS ON BAIL BOND, MEANING PRIVILEGED TO BE OUT OF JAIL WHILE CASE IS PENDING. ANYWHERE IN WORLD, WHEN ON BOND – THE AUTHORITIES DECIDE, WHEN AND WHERE YOU GO.
AGAIN RULE OF LAW, RB SHOULD NOT BE TREATED ANY DIFFERENTLY (POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY) THAN EVERYONE ELSE.
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY DOES NOT MEAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WHEN ON BAIL BOND.
RULE OF LAW: IT IS IRRELEVANT PIPO, WHETHER RB WAS A GOOD OR BAD PRESIDENT WHETHER HE IS OLD OR YOUNG, WHETHER HE SENT SATA TO SA FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT OR NOT, WHETHER IT IS A COST TO PROSECUTE HIM OR NOT. IF HE BROKE THE LAW, HE SHUD BE INVESTIGATED, IF GUILTY – GO TO JAIL. IF NOT – GO FREE.
@Goncalves or Concave only god knows what your name means; my dear friend we all know that you are not the sharpest tool in the kitchen drawer but how old are you? Don’t be so credulous; chaps like Obama deliver beautiful sexy mouth-watering speeches everyday and deliver zero.
RB Lawyers should cite the immigration chap for Court Contempt for disobeying a legitimate court order not like the one Mutembo Nchito forged.If I were the court,I would jail this immigration rascal for six months to serve as a warning to others who obey illegal commands.
sata has his day coming also will see how he takes it kaili vo nyamula mutumba
The corrupt and disgraced judiciary, it doesn’t appear to be part of the Zambian society. Always shielding and protecting the filthy that is corruption and the stinking corrupt, even when it stares in their corrugated faces.
@78 MANO it’s not my principle to attack other bloggers contributions because I learn from others what I don’t know and they learn from me what they don’t know. If you hold visa or passport whch RB was crying about, you do not need permission from the court or any body to travel. You just have to declare and clear yourself at entry or exit point. There are so many authorities at point of entry/exit who as well work independently like ZRA, Customs & Immigration whom you have to clear with. As far as current immigration laws stand he is neither the first nor the last. Chiluba’s case was emergency treatment which needed personal travel. Banda’s is ceremonial which can be delegated as President Sata / Lungu did. Fight for the laws to be changed but not sympathy or goodwill expectation.
@78 MANO it’s not my principle to attack other bloggers contributions because I learn from others what I don’t know and they learn from me what they don’t know. If you hold visa or passport whch RB was crying about, you do not need permission from the court or any body to travel. You just have to declare and clear yourself at entry or exit point. There are so many authorities at point of entry/exit who as well work independently like ZRA, Customs & Immigration whom you have to clear with. As far as current immigration laws stand he is neither the first nor the last. Chiluba’s case was emergency treatment which needed personal travel. Banda’s is ceremonial which can be delegated as President Sata / Lungu did. Fight for the laws to be changed but not sympathy expectation. Advise him to…
Time to dance to his music. How much did RB get for Chiluba for not registering his judgement in Zambia. what goes round comes round. RB will be cleared through the courts,negative publicist will not help him.
@INDIGENOUS ZAMBIAN, I dont know how many times you have to make the point very clear on the functions or the courts and immigration. It is a pity some bloggers here dont get it or they just have total ignorance on Civic Education. Various government departments have different duties vis a vis, education ministry to look at education, Home affairs for internal matters, foreign for matters that boarder foreign relations, Judiciary for justice and laws.The work of a a judge who is a member of Judiciary can not supervise the work of who goes and comes in the country this is the work of the immigration. These guys who lacks civic knowledge should not spread their ignorance anyhow – well freedom of speech right, ye, but separate fiction from real.
What is crying about? It appears to me that mr Banda sometimes or perhaps most times forgets that he is FORMER president who will not enjoy what he did when he was an incumbent!!!! You stupid *****s why cry about his not going, does it any value to your lives?
Quit the talk and move forward to discuss development – he is a forgotten hero (if ever he was one.)
Of all the good things the pf is doing such as increasing the electricity capacity, building roads and bridges, why tarnish all that with rb. Let the man leave, if he were a flight risk he could have left long time ago, I am sure he knew charges against him were in the pipeline. Zambia is such a huge country that if he really wanted to sneak out of the country, it would be very easy ask xavier or kofi those guys had no problem at all. For those who say rb should be treated like everybody else, well he is not everybody else but on the other hand i also blame his advisors for not clearing things up before heading to the airport.
Am a pf member but this is unacceptable people
Good luck RB, the luxury you enjoyed in 36 months must provide enought cusion for litigation!
Imwe ba LTee STRANDED? In his own country?