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President Lungu fires Kapeso, Simbote and Nelson Phiri as he receives “inconclusive” report on police killings

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President Lungu has made changes to the Zambia Police Service command with Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja been given a six months contract to transform the institution and regain people’ confidence.

The President in a letter to Mr. Kanganja said “This is to enable you to conclude the investigations into the killing of two innocent Zambians and allow you to reorganize the Police Service with a view to restoring the eroding public confidence in the services. This will form the basis for your performance appraisal for further consideration.

And President Lungu has appointed Copperbelt Province Commissioner of Police Charity Katanga as new Deputy Inspector General of Police (Operations) to replace Bonnie Kapeso whose contract has been terminated.

He has also appointed Northern Province Commissioner of Police Richard Mweene as new Deputy Inspector General of Police (Administration) to replace Eugene Sibote whose contract has not been renewed.

President Edgar Lungu made the changes when he received a preliminary report on the killing of two citizens in Lusaka last week .

The President says the report is not conclusive as yet and has asked the Inspector General of Police to expedite the investigations.

“Investigations into the matter have not been concluded. I therefore call upon witnesses apart from those interviewed already to help Police. I don’t want the matter to be prejudiced, so let us allow investigators to do a professional job, regardless of who is involved, “he said.

The President has also transferred Eastern Province Commissioner of Police Lackson Sakala to Lusaka province to replace Nelson Phiri whose contract has not been renewed while North Western province Commissioner of Police Elias Chushi has been taken to the Copperbelt.

Muchinga Province Commissioner of Police Joel Njase has been moved to North Western province and State House Deputy Commissioner of Police Geza Lungu has been promoted to Commissioner of Police and moved to Eastern province.

The Head of State has promoted Airport Police Division Deputy Commissioner of Police Lizzy Machina as Muchinga Province Commissioner of Police, Lilayi Training College Deputy Commissioner of Police Jestus Nsokolo has been promoted as Commissioner of Police to head Northern Province.

President Lungu further promoted Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police, Zambia Police Headquarters Charles Mbita as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Lilayi Training College and also promoted Senior Assistant Police Commissioner Tazara Division Lazarus Mbuzi to the position of Deputy Commissioner of Police for Central Province.

President Lungu has wished all the affected officers God’s blessings.

This according to a statement issued to the media in Lusaka today by President Lungu’s Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Isaac Chipampe.

65 COMMENTS

  1. I don’t which reforms Kakoma Kanganja will initiate now which he didn’t all this time. Don’t appoint friends and relatives to sensitive positions because you’ll fail to act against them at critical moments. Kakoma Kanganja has performed far below average he doesn’t even deserve to prolong his stay in that office for another day.

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  2. Another cover up ……….

    You know you were out to get HH locked up until new year , but presence of his followers made you iniciate your backup plan to execute UPND supporters so as to heap blame on HH ,

    That was a win win situation for you as lives of UPND do not matter and at the same time HH would get the blame

    Only this time karma was watching and Nasama was executed by a bullet meant for UPND

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  3. Thank God for the International Monetary Fund. If we were not in dire economic straits, nothing like this would have happened. HH would have been arrested for breach of the peace. But now daddy cannot smack the child in Shoprite because people are watching.

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  4. Sir Yes Sir!
    For Kapeso, I saw this coming.
    For Nelson, mmmh!
    For Kakoma, he still has what it takes.
    For h² you’re fired from ever taking to plot 1.

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  5. Really laughable …. asking IG Kanganja to reform ZP within 6 months in an election year is like Hilter asking his right hand man Heinrich Himmler to create a beautiful city for the Jews to live in peacefully.

    Anyway when we tell you that Lazy Lungu has no leadership qualities and detests honest hard working individuals you think its a joke…am told that Ba Bonny was not even in town that day.

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  6. Looks like a top police leadership reshuffle.
    You know these jobs where it doesn’t dawn on you enough that when you mishandle little niggaz like kleptoh², you’re gone.

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  7. Really laughable …. asking IG Kanganja to reform ZP within 6 months in an election year is like Hitler asking his right hand man Heinrich Himmler to create a beautiful city for the Jews to live in peacefully.

    Anyway when we tell you that La7y Lungu has no leadership qualities and detests honest hard working individuals you think its a joke…am told that Ba Bonny was not even in town that day.

  8. When we tell you that PF regime under La7y is a kakistocracy you think its a joke…PF need to get a new leader there is no way this man should be given another 5 years. Our country will be ruined and he doesn’t care …not even a word about the report or showing himself in public.

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  9. Bonnie Kapeso was a more moderate policeman and @ The saint above is right , Bonnie Kapeso is fired for man handling pf thugs at chilufyas court appearance….

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  10. In their pseudo-dictatorship world, upnd id.!.0.ts want to see that the order to fire came from Lungu himself. At the end of it all, it clearly shows that GRZ is a system where people are responsible for the jobs they are given. Unlike in their tribalistic, violent party where ka bally is alpha and omega, where they hand pick leaders.

  11. Nothing much will change as long as the PF Cadres inflifrated into ZPS remain put. ZPS has been politicised and as a result it has ceased to be a Professional Service. IG Kanjanja should retire having completed his contract. The ZPS Command including ECL should be held accountable for the murder of Prosecutor Nsama Nsama and Joseph Kaunda. May their Souls Rest in Peace.

  12. Doesn’t change anything, this dull m0ron thinks his pulled one over Zambian people with this stup1d PF police transfers adn what ever….. Chi colour Lungu… One ball president with IQ of a rat…. What a w@nker

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  13. Is the president the one who should be making these kind of appointments? Doesn’t the police have its own administrative wing? Can a police force with such political interference serve the people? No it will serve the president. John Sangwa where are you? We need to fix this decaying nation

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  14. If they can be killing us now while in opposition, what if they accidentally form Government? We can be dying like flies.

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  15. Does anyone remember Charity Katanga conclusion why gassing suspects were not apprehended? They turned in to cats!! Reward for that finding- promotion to Deputy PIG. It’s a great nation this one not so?

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  16. Awe sure let us get rid of these thugs once and for all.

    Many citizens are living in fear.

    Just going to grab a sandwich for lunch across the road can get you murdered by the police.

    And the same police are tasked to investigate your murder.

    How do you ask the murderer to investigate the murder he has committed ?

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  17. Well done my president. Decisive decision making. Clearly the police leadership was lacking. This is the draw back of giving total independence to police. We cannot win because if we then as government have an input in how the police is managed, the usual cry babies of upnd will cry about interference. Now we left the police to be independent and look at the results. Now we think is the time to also commission a case against the upnd party and its leadership as they caused the death of not only their member but also a government key worker. We are coming for you. This is not over

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  18. Nothing is impressive if that is what a report on the death of two innocent Zambians implies.
    Mr President give Zambians a definitive report – changes is your own “ndaba”.

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  19. This Thorn in the a$$ – you are still not brighten up even with age, they say expensive wine gets better with age but Munkoyo or ibwatu should be drunk immediately or allow 7 days fermentation if want an alcoholic drink after that its unpalatable. Don’t you think La7y would have even waited if it was outside forces involved? Bonnie was on borrowed time ever since he touched those PF thugs

  20. Bonnie Kapesa was the unfavorable because he tried to muzzle pf cadres.

    How the blame landed on him is quite shocking.

    IG or Kampyongo should have have been the ones on that list.

    Then, we would have known how in-charge the general is.

    Right now, what sh*tshow and smoke screen!

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  21. The world over ,

    there cant be a president or leader of a country like lungu who gets so many negative comments from the educated or working class people like lungu does….

    Even on his Facebook page, the man gets roasted…….

    Only his constant state of drunkenness shields him from the on line wrath of citizens of zambia….

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  22. Corruption scandals: 48 Houses Social Security Cash Luxury Presidential Jet Ambulances Fire Trucks Mukula Trees Ndola-Lusaka Rd Malawi Maizegate Fuelgate Swaziland landgate Zesco Loans Corruption scandals: 48 Houses Social Security Cash Luxury Presidential Jet Ambulances Fire Trucks Mukula Trees Ndola-Lusaka Rd Malawi Maizegate Fuelgate Swaziland landgate Zesco Loans

    Reshuffling the deck with the same cards won’t solve anything. The head of the snake itself IG Kanganja and minister Kampyongo should have been the ones sacked… not those lower level scraps, although they too deserve a kick out.
    All he has done is to strategically put all his sycophants and minions to help him rig next year’s elections. Opposition better be careful with this one as this guy is putting a wool on your face.

  23. Useless cosmetic changes to hoodwink the gullible. This is nothing to do with merely shifting the pawns around. The commander-in-chief of orchestrating violence and his IG cohort are scrapping for scapegoats as usual. All that has taken place is always with the blessing of the PF leadership or they turn a blind eye, as repression to them means staying in power. I can’t even imagine how some people here would ‘ululate’ this latest ECL maneuver. This regime is beyond redemption. It has blood on it’s hands, has tainted all systems and structures and it’s time to go.

  24. Kalepa greg

    Lungu condons these executions and murders of UPND members , he has no problems with that….

    He is only duping the public with these silly reshafells and some lower level sacrifices

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  25. Edgar you look drunk and scruffy in this image. Can’t you ask them to chose a better photo when you are not under the influence? You can pretend to have sober days can’t you? Please give KZ the mantle he will make you proud.

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  26. Police Inspector General (PIG) Kakoma Kanganja while public expectation was him getting fired, instead the president has tasked him to “transform the institution and regain the people’s confidence.” within a six months period! Consider that the PIG has been at the helm of the police service for a long while within which he has been instrumental in remodeling the institution to the murderous and brutal outfit! Now he is being asked to dismantle what he built and redesign it! The way I see the soft handling of Kanganja by Lungu; Imagine a school principal at a school she/he has been in charge of for years aware, girl pupils constantly getting impregnated by school staff without intervening despite concerns being raised by parents. Then when the parents involve the Schools Inspector, the…

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  27. God knows how He covers His own, Ba kapeso you worked, take a rest for now. God will call you back again when it’s time. You have clean hands.

  28. And the people who fired the shots are walking FREE. Shame on you, Lungu, you are the WORST president this country has ever seen. And you have no shame!

  29. I wonder y Zambians vote for heartless and vision less pipo like lungu and his fellows can pipo plz open their eyes and vote wisely

  30. These structural changes will mean NOTHING if the criminal cops who fired the fatal gunshots are not caught, arrested and prosecuted. I feel bad for Bonnie Kapeso. I thought he was man of integrity and impartiality. He did not tolerate nonsense from cadres who escorted Chitalu Chilufya to court. I guess that’s the price he had to pay

  31. In spite of IG Kanganja’s poor performance ECL has renewed his contract for 6 months. ECL has refused to renew Eugene Sibote and Nelson Phiri’s contracts while firing Kapeso. With Kanganja still at the helm of ZPS nothing will change. Kanganja is a failure and cannot reform ZPS. With Kampyongo still Minister of Home Affairs the PF thugs in Military uniform remain at ZPS and are planning to cause havoc during the 2021 Elections. The writing is on,the wall.

  32. President lungu is more tolerant than any president who has ruled Zambia…count the number of negative comment & yet him & his supotor are quiet..I am impresed PF suportors are more matured other suportors from other political parts can insult you & curse you

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  33. If Zambians fall for this cosmetic cover up then our collective foolishness knows no bounds. The Police , cheered on by the PF have refused to accept culpability for what happened in the murder of these two and the other cases. Waiting for a “conclusive ” report from the Police?!! When have they ever provided one? What was required was a full, independent inquiry. What about the report for the gassings, Vespers, Grazier and Mapenzi? Are they inconclusive too? May those pushing for judicial inquest please double their efforts? People’s lives have been lost in a senseless manner and playing musical chairs with the same senior police officers that have presided this criminality is far from sufficient. We still demand answers for this and previous Police murders.

  34. The IG was given a time limit in which to give a report, and he evidently came up with an inconclusive report which has been accepted by the one who gave the ultimatum, is that not failure by Kanganja? how does he fail to give a conclusive report on an operation he over saw, and My president if the report was inconclusive, the best was to throw it back at Kanganja so that he does what he is paid for.

  35. Time has now come when everything you do will be rejected, because when people reject you they reject everything that comes out of you, when you realize that, the only correct thing you can do which people will accept is to resign, the most unfortunate thing for you is that you are also rejected within your camp, and come February you shall see for yourself that your own flock has forsaken you. Watch this space and remember these words, the trumped has now been blown

  36. THE PRESIDENT SHOULD ALSO VISIT MINISTRY OF MINES AND LANDS, THESE TWO MINISTRIES HAVE ALLOWED ILLEGAL MINING ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY LIKE ONE BEHIND TICK COLLEGE ALONG KASAMA ROAD NEAR GIGLINS NIGHT CLUB. THE MAIN ROAD IS HAVING CRACKS COZ OF THE SAME UNSTOPPED ILLEGAL MINING. THE PRESIDENT IS SUFFERING PRESSURE TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE BUT THE IMPLEMENTERS ARE A LET DOWN. I KNOW THERE ARE RIGHT PEOPLE WHO ARE READING AND CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT, PLEASE ALERT HIM. HE NEED TO FIRE SOME THESE CHAPS TOO.

  37. That is our PRESIDENT in action. NO NOSENSE any more.
    Sure two clean Zambian bread winners lost due to over zealous cops!
    You do not submit st*pid incident reports to our head of state. Never.

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  38. Charity, you should now be careful as well. When things go haywire you will be sacrificed. But, all we know is that Lungu, Kampyongo, Kanganja, Katanga, kaufela Zambians will shapa you in August 2021! You will be lucky if you will not go to njema. We are preparing a dossier for submission to the international criminal court.

  39. How come people who have committed crimes and are appearing before the courts of law have not been fired? But these have not even been charged!

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