United party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema has said that the his Party continues to demand the immediate release from custody of their party Deputy Secretary-General Patrick Mucheleka and his colleagues from what he described as clearly unfair and unjust incarceration, undoubtedly based on political biases.
In a statement released to the media, Mr Hichilema said that each time there has been elections anywhere in the country, their senior party officials, supporters and members have been targeted for arrest with a view to intimidate and prevent them from carrying out their democratic right to freely exercise their freedom to sell their message to the electorates.
“The intolerance to dissenting opinions should not drive the PF into destroying our cherished heritage by abusing government machinery such as the police and other institutions. This is unacceptable and it must end, ” the statement concluded.
UPND Deputy Secretary-General Patrick Mucheleka and two others are charged with two counts of malicious damage and aggravated robbery.
According to the facts before the court, the trio is said to have caused the damage by use of force to three type-writers and a printer valued at K13.970 property of the Government of the Republic of Zambia.
The trio has since been transferred to Milima state correctional facility as one of the charges is non-bailable.
We have heard these kind of rants before. Times are changing, if you use your political position to become violent and commit crime your days are numbered. All your “god” can do is to say he demands your release. He himself knows his limits now after a prison term in which he was later pardoned. This Mucheleka is known by many to be a very violent person. You cannot use a political position to violently get what you want. The law will catch up with you.
This is a very depressing case.
Why not punish them to pick up trash around state house?
@Kelvin, you kamushi are not worthy commenting on this website. You sound you can kill for PF.
Patrick Mucheleka is innocent. That’s why they don’t want him to come to court. They know he he will prove his innocence and walk to freedom. The only way to punish him is to keep his case away from the court so that the police hv an excuse to keep him in remand prison.
So what HH is telling us is that, once he becomes the president he will be ordering the police to be releasing lawbreakers. In short, no UPND member shall be arrested. I thought he was going to say let the law prevail.
HH, why you always demand. I demand this, I demand that. All your demands have never come to pass. You can ONLY demand within UPND not with government. Your NOT the Replican President. The other day you accused PF of corruption , but when Nawaki said you benefit from privatization, you cried and rushed to the courts. Be presidental material not a crybaby.
The measure u use for others will b used against u wen the time comes this issue of aggravated robbery will b ur potion one day
Kelvin D Mulanga, non one pardoned HH. To start with a pardon comes only after conviction. So who pronounced HH guilty and Edgar Lungu later pardoned him? The DPP entered a nolle prosecue after realizing that the treason charge could not be proven on the evidence the state had. Even Martha Mushipe is now free after the trumped up subversion charge the DPP allowed to be taken to court failed to stand up to judicial scrutiny.
Follow it up by providing legal assistance, that’s what he needs most and not political statements
Ok so if and I mean a big if hh ever won election in the year 2070, he will force police to release his party members. It shows how out of touch this boy hh is. Those two committed a crime and damage to public property. An example needs to be set that no one is above the law.
Except Jay Jay? What was he charged with for what he did at Lusaka Central Police? Double standards?
Honestly guys, how can causing damage by use of force to “three type-writers and a printer” land one in court without bail accused of malicious damage and aggravated robbery? Lungu must be careful, Chiluba enacted that auto theft law just to fix MacTribouy for having canal knowledge of Vera Chiluba but this law came back to haunt Chiluba and Sata.
If I see a nolle for either mucheleka or Jay jay… I will know that violence will get out of hand this year. These chaps must be used as examples to deter others. Am not saying either is guity all am saying let them be found innocent by the judge not vamma nolle
All forms of unruly behavior ought to be punished. There behavior was wrong, it warrants incarceration. Lock ’em !d!0+$ up.
Mucheleka ought to know better. What is the nigga kleptoh² yapping about?
How i wish someone could give me the address of this HOUSE BOY KZ in the UK. I would be on the next flight to go and teach him a few lessons….. by the way 2021 2026 2031 2036 2041 2046 2051 2056 2061 2066 2071 ..So no elections in 2070….foolish lunatic
The two most abused institutions by politicians (especially of the despotic sort) is religious institutions and law institutions. It gets worse when these institutions also willfully collude with the leadership of the day to perpetuate injustices.
Pinky stop taking those drugs you are on. Ever heard of the word, sarcasm? When I say 2070 or any random year, I am alluding to the fact that hh takatekepo. And why would I leave my country and great career here in Zambia to move to cold England? My vpn uses a fake UK IP address to avoid being hacked by criminals like you. I know some of you want to hurt me. So please go ahead and following the IP address associated with this account and good luck
@Nostradamus. Just wondering the “ you Kamushi” you are not worth commenting on this site. If this is the level at which you are then I rest my case. Only the backward thinkers always think that villagers must think like them. Your thinking must be very shallow to say the least.
It is our law that aggravated robbery is not bailable, The law cannot be applied to suit individuals. If Mucheleka and his cohorts committed the offence alleged against them,. let the law take its course. All HH can do is to appeal to the DPP to expedite the case and not to call for his members’ release. Supposing it was PF members who did what is alleged against his members, would HH be singing the same song? I know he wouldn’t. In fact, he would be crying for the immediate prosecution of these people, Let the law take its course .
So, Jay Jay Banda bandit after beating police officers and stealing money at the police office is still being shielded by state house – PF is a non violent party, it only beats, molest and dehumanise Zambia Police Officers.
Mr Kaizar,
Please do not take the people of Zambia for granted. How many things/ people have you damaged and yet no example has been set for your blatant disregard for the rule of republican laws!
I don’t listen to stu.pid leaders like HH all he knows is to demand even if members of this sata.nic organization are wrong . What a shame…And is idi.ot called HH has no remorse.
MUCHELEKA HAS BEEN SOLD BY HIS UNCLE PARAMOUNT CHIEF CHITIMUKULU. THE CHIEF IS A FULL TIME PF CADRE AND YOU JUST HEAR FROM HIS OWN WORDS WHEN HE IS TALKING.