ZNBC Editors yesterday testified against MMD leader Dr Nevers Mumba in a case he has been charged with criminal trespass and giving false information to a public officer.
During cross examination by state and defence lawyers, ZNBC Assistant News Manager Cosmas Chileshe told the court that he received a call from officers that Dr Mumba had visited the stations expressing his displeasure over a story which was aired concerning the presidential hearing.
He further said the newsroom staff informed him that Dr Mumba made running offensive remarks.
Mr Chileshe told the court that much as ZNBC is a public place, entry is restricted to safeguard security of the premises and the nation at large.
And ZNBC Sub-Editor Barbara Malilwe said she felt intimidated and shaken when Dr Mumba walked in the newsroom to inquire about an item which was carried out on the news and later asked her to speak out as she was the citizen of the country.
Mrs. Malilwe said the statement was intimidating as it was coming from an opposition leader and a Former Vice president.
And another Sub-Editor Arnold tutu also told the court how he felt belittled by Dr Mumba’s statement calling on him and others editor to speak out.
Mr Tutu said when walking out Dr Mumba threatened that he will make sure there was no inauguration on Tuesday and that he and other Editors were misleading the nation.
On 8th September 2016 in Lusaka, whilst and jointly acting together with other person unknown, Dr Mumba is said to have unlawfully enter into ZNBC newsroom with intent to intimidate and annoy the staff.
Meanwhile, UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema and his Vice President for Administration GBM were present in court to give solidarity to Dr Mumba.
The matter has since been adjourned to tomorrow for continued hearing.
And UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema who led his Vice President Geoffrey Mwamba to offer solidarity to Dr Mumba said they shall continue embracing the media as they have done in the past.
“We understand the numerous challenges that our Journalists go through in our country in terms of media freedoms and rights,” Mr Hichilema said.
Donkeys hiho hiho hiho. Once respectable humans now turned three common criminals. And Matambo and Mwaliteta turned hardcore criminals, armed robbers.
But all donkeys hiho hiho hiho hiho.
But this government is really human, chief donkey is supposed to appear before woodlands police over his seditious remarks at his press conference, another lockable case. Two three four times in police cells and tgey will become habitual common criminals……and not “freedom” fighters…donkeys hiho hiho hiho.
ldiotic comment!!
Thats why we say school is important. Such comments just expose PF00Ls’ ignorance. If such a caliber of people are allowed to rule this country, don’t be surprised when Zambians start to flee to DRC as economic refugees.
Who knew that one day a Zimbabwean teacher/lawyer/nurse/journalist would come & work as a prostitute in Lusaka? In the 80’s when traveling to Zim, harrassment started at the border. You would be there the whole day just trying to cross into Zim whilst the immigration officers mocked, laughed at, threatened Zambians.
Ati “you come into our country with slippers (pata-patas) but go back with new shoes” & other worse insults.
Please get this clearly. Iti izi olight for Kambwili to go on a rampage of government and private media, but not for someone representing the opposition. That is the current PF position.
@maloza
You got a long memory, huh? I met a Zimbo who actually confessed that they were really mean towards Zambians.
@Terrible you are a good Patriot and no one can win against the basis of your argument because you do it for the Majority. Wear your budge of insults from these wrongful people, proudly, because you are intelligent to see their error. UPND as people are flawed they think everything is attainable by force and they try to intimidate the people of Zambia into their slavery.
From the witness testimonies this case is not going nowhere. One is a case of hear say and the others says he felt belittled to be asked to speak out the truth. What is criminal about that honestly?
@Mop: you are right. This is the classic keep-them-busy in court so that they do not decampaign our crumbling rule. Nobody is going to jail over these feckless court cases and police harassment. What is sad is the amount of energy PF are spending on this instead of planning how to tackle IMF who will be seeking their pound of flesh. Why isn’t PF concentrating on salvaging the little that is remaining of the economy, instead of harassing HH? It is not HH who is running the economy from police cells or courts.
Nonsense?? ZNBC is a public place and anyone has the right to go there? what kind of laws are in Zambia? full of witch hunt with the aim to punish opposition leaders.
And he went to court wearing pyjamas!!
If Mumba can give directives to media personnel, and interfere in their work wile he is in opposition,
How much intimidation and interference can he exert if he were in power?
Character shows at all levels. If you are a tiger when young, you will surely be a tiger when old.
If you are a lion in a cage you will remain a lion when in the bush.
As if they were going to Testify any other way ……
Where were the security officers when Nevers passed through the security? This means that the state is interested in mistreating opposition. If that is not the case then ZNBS is very irresponsible for not having a proper security. Mr. Kambwili and professor Luo stormed at ZNBS office last year and were not charged for trespass. Time for the state to stop the game of flip flop. If it PF member involved, it is flip, it is okay; if it is opposition or ordinary citizen not belonging to PF is flop, not okay. No wonder Zambia is not making progress, but sinking deep in economy.” All citizens should be treated fairly, not selective. When we pray as a nation, the prayers bounce back because we have not met the conditions. We have been praying for our economy to be healed, but the economy keep…
You can report those two you have sited as well for a criminal trespass if you have facts that they never obtained any permit. No Country can allow what Mumba did under what any circumstances. Two wrongs does not make it right. Be responsible iwe. You cannot walk into the newsroom and start telling editors to speak out. You are declaring anarchy.
@Ken, you’ve got it down pat. Supporters of these three in these court cases just do not understand the Law. There is a limit to how far one can go to register their displeasure, but breaking into a newsroom to incite employees to ‘speak freely,’ because you are going to make sure there is no Presidential inauguration, is plain bonkers when you have no authority in law.
There’s no law being applied here. We know how soon PF will issue nolles like Lungu’s football tickets.
These are HH new found friends
Of course the ZNBC editors are state employees and therefore must be scared for their lousy jobs.Naturally they’re not free to testify in against the state.
THIS CASE IS NOT BEING HANDLED WITH UTMOST GOOD FAITH. THERE IS SERIOUS VICTIMIZATION HERE. MR. MUMBA WENT TO ZNBC TO LODGE A COMPLAINT AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN TO WARN THOSE WHO WERE IN CHARGE OF RELEASING CERTAIN INFORMATION TO STOP MISLEADING THE NATION. CONSIDER HOW TENSE THE ENVIRONMENT IN OUR COUNTRY WAS AT THAT TIME. JUDGES SHOULD JUDGE RIGHTLY. POLITICIANS NEED TO BE GENUINE TO EACH OTHER
TRUTH – You do not force yourself into the Newsroom. This is what Mwamba Luchembe did years ago – and you know what happened.
If I remember correctly, Mwamba Luchembe was not arrested for forceful entry into the news room. It was for trying to overthrow Kaunda. Pick hot coals, not smoke.
You got it wrong my brother – Mwamba Luchembe forced himself into the Newsroom and made the announcement that led to treason charges.
Mwamba Luchembe did not force himself into the newsroom. Maureen Nkandu, who was on duty that night, said they were used to soldiers coming in and out of the studio to check on security, she felt that everything was normal when Luchembe came in. Infact, she says they had some conversations, and she was very comfortable because he spoke to her very gently and nicely. He even asked her to play a song for him after having some discussions. It took a while for her to finally realise that he was serious when he asked to make his announcements. So, it was not like Luchembe just stormed the studios, no.
Uluse,is this how relevant our opposition has become,moving from one court to another for nothing.
They didn’t take it upon themselves to do so but are being put in those situations by people who are afraid of their own shadows.
But the worrying thing us that they lack proper morals. They can’t see that lying to cover their greed for Office and trying to rouse citizens by manipulating them through these lies is untruthful conduct. They are not Men of peace.
It’s this how desperate PF has become, harassing opposition leaders for the pettiest acts? IMF should be taking notes. No bailout money to tyrants.
Beyond human comprehension, you have to be donkey to really understand fellow donkeys. Businessmen turned politicians turned tenderpreneurs turned common criminals turned donkeys.
And meanwhile not a single Zambian seems interested in joining their call for rebellion, but then if you are not a donkey you cannot see the need to join a rebellion, let alone one led by a donkey.
We are just too busy hunkering down for the coming, austerity to be interested in these destroyers.
Very soon these donkeys will turn out to be the most stupi.d men that ever walked the surface of Zambia, yes they will be elevated from donkeys and walk with faces covered in shame….hiho hiho hiho.
So Kazabu was just a hoof in the sheep’s skin when he was serving as deputy minister during late Sata’s reign! Moving from court to court these chaps think that is the right way to go! To hell with their kaloba money!!!!
Gentlemen. Its is these national Public Media that coup plotters target. the Public Media should not by any way be subjected to such entrances otherwise, Something will be broadcasted and the whole world will will be misled. Dr Nevers should just apologies in court and wait for sentencing and lenience
The minimum is 5 years for this offence. With hard labor and severe starvation.
President Sata had a spell in jail, don’t see why supporters feel these four should walk it.
Let them spend all their time in Courts. Please sue them from every district so that they are in a different district everyday.
And make sure they are stopped at every roadblock. So that they are late for court proceedings every time.
Let Court charge them for contempt in every district.
You have laid bare the PF strategy. That’s my understanding as well of how PF, Police Force and the courts are conniving.
This type of talk by the likes of TUTU is shallow and completely satanic, barbaric and inhuman. Its not debate but senselessness of the lowest order. instead of encouraging those in power to spend their time, energy and government money on solving the problems, you are encouraging disunity. You are actually inciting anger in the nation.
PF is the mother of all evil in Zambia. Lungs will not succeed in silencing the views and freedoms of Zambians. why cant they arrest the gorilla Kambwili?
@13 I can sense that hatred will tear your heart soon if you cannot accept reality. What has Kambwili to do with Mumba’s visit to ZNBC?
@mobutu, you could do better if you used your real names. But as it’s you’re a coward who cannot risk going to jail with Nevers.
And of course you are using your real name and address, you makaka!
Yesterday I attended this court session. If recall the National Airport, Bridges, Radio and TV Stations are classified buildings under the Security Act…therefore can you access them anyhow? Second Mumba says he went to lodge a complaint in the evening? What we will do in 2021 is we shall set up a Private Media Complaints Committee which will tend to such cases to water down the criminality associated with storming a studio.Anyway as we left Pretorious and Kelvin denied us access to say hello to our Leader HH. Today we are travelling to visit our colleagues in Solwezi on our continued search for the next direction for our party founded by AKM…
“And another Sub-Editor Arnold tutu also told the court how he felt belittled by Dr Mumba’s statement calling on him and others editor to speak out.” This is possibly the dumbest thing I have read in a week. We know you cannot “speak-out” against the ruling party but do us a favor and use excuses that actually make sense.
It’s not as dumb as your put down. You see, in law you must establish that you experienced some sort of damage, harm for the conduct you were subjected to to be seen as a crime. So if you say, ‘yeah, he shouted at me, but I felt nothing emotionally,’ then no crime has been committed as such. You must express what you felt so the law can redress the harm done you if it falls within intimidation, threat you must establish harm for a crime to be found.
Crap journalists crap politicians. DeadNBC did you see what SABC journalists did? They spoke up and stood up against censorship and tyrannical management and fought back. They were fired but they went to court and got their jobs back.Just this year when you are busy bootlicking your govt
@Marcus Garvey, please go to Jamaica to start your Revolution there. Do they even vote in Jamaica or does the shooting get so bad that going to court is not seen as necessary?
Jamaica is a better country going by what PF are doing to Zambia.
Who said I want a revolution? Journalists need to have balls that’s all I said. And why associate me with Jamaica when Iam universally associated with the downtrodden? Ekusendapo ubwafufu
Kwena we should learn something from our neighboring journalists. The SABC journalists were very few but they challenged their UNIP following govt and defeated their bosses in court. Journalists themselves should stand and fight back
The real masters who employ politicians voted and are now working to earn a living. These chaps have already made money and are trotting from court to court, their bellys are full. So let them continue keeping our courts busy and let those who are working to put bread on he table continue to do so. I thought I knew HH but now I do, GBM and Mumba are opportunists trying to ride on HH. Mumba does not know that his popularity was only in the pulpit. GBM his popularity is his wallet, people or parties need his wallet otherwise he has no grey matter.
You thought you knew HH but did you vote for him? You sound like some of those dimwits who never voted for Mazoka but now lament his passing on.
AMAZING!!!! THESE SAME JOURNALISTS WERE SPEAKING A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE OUTSIDE THE COURT ROOM. THEY WERE COMPLAINING TO MMD OFFICIALS THAT THEY ARE JUST BEING ABUSED BY THE DG TO MAKE A CASE WHERE NONE EXISTS.
MR. DG SPEAK TO THSED PEOPLE AGAINA AND ASK THEM WHAT THEY REALLY FEEL. THEY FELT BEING DRAGGED TO A NON-ISSUE CASE.
THIS GOVERNMENT IS CRUMLING ON ITS OWN. I LOVE THE PICUTRE OF THE THREE LEADERS WALKING OUT. THESE THE THREE PEOPLE GIVING ECL SLEEPLESS NIGHTS AND HALLUCINATING ABOUT BEING HARRASED BY STRANGE BEES.
@ Maloza you “have said why we say school is important”, because some guy has decided to express himself in the most MORONIC way, this expression is according to his emotions , reasoning and understanding of stimuli in the environment. Also his traits have attributed to his moronic response. Why then can’t you make a distinction that not all PEOPLE or all PF are the same. We maybe PF but we have different traits, personalities , reaction times, reasoning and our mental faculties function in different ways, we have different family backgrounds, different ways in which were conceived and Birthed.And many other factors. So next time you think of GENERALISING AND STEREOTYPING ALL PEOPLE OR ALL PF SUPPORTERS please use your INTELLECT SIR.
I feel sorry for these chaps. Always in the news for the wrong reasons. If they are the peoples’ choice, why are they not ruling the country, always in opposition, even your supporters will start wondering when they are going to taste the sweetness of being in the ruling party, just saying….
Mumba looks like a puppy looking for a bone from master GBM.
Criminal trespass, on private or public property. Has any of those supporting the lunatic of a pastor thought about this? This is in fact a public media house. I wouldn’t have thought you would get away with threatening behaviour, regardless.
UYU ENA FAKE PASTER, JELE NAIKATA, ELYO ALAONDELAKO BAAAD KAINDIIII
I thought this Mumbwe thing was jailed within fourteen days of trespass. Why are they delaying to arrest and put in him behind bars for treason. Whats the difference between him and Luchembe. Please arrest him – muchedya bwanji imwe!