The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) Presidential Deputy Campaign Manager for Lusaka Province Mrs. Mumbi Phiri has slammed United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Mr. Hakainde Hichilema for lying that he has no powers to stop his unruly supporters from perpetrating political violence ahead of this year’s General Election.
Unlike His Excellency President Edgar Chagwa Lungu who has repeatedly told PF supporters to refrain from violence, Mr. Hichilema has on several occasions encouraged his cadres to perpetuate the vice.
Speaking during a meeting with party structures in Luangwa yesterday, Mrs. Phiri narrated that the late President Michael Sata managed to stop his supporters from conducting violent activities in 2008 whilst in opposition.
“What HH is saying that he can’t do anything about political violence because he is in the opposition it’s not true because ba Sata proved that it’s possible. In 2008, the PF thought we won elections. When they said that Rupiah Banda won there was confusion on the Copperbelt and in Lusaka,” she said.
“Ba Sata was in the opposition, he went to ZNBC and gave a directive to the supporters that no life should be lost because he did not want to rule a country that is divided due to political violence when he becomes president. We listened to him whilst he was in the opposition. HH tells his people to defend themselves. If you love people, you should be able to tell them to refrain from violence the way President Edgar Lungu does. He tells his supporters that this is a Christian Nation.”
Mrs. Phiri further said “it could be that Mr. Hichilema doesn’t even want to partake in worship activities” hence his stance on violence.
“When we are holding national prayers in October he refuses to take part, maybe that is why they perpetuate violence. The youth Chairperson they (UPND cadres) beat up and damaged his vehicle, I have told all the youths that if we are being provoked let us just run away,” he said.
And Mrs. Phiri said the UPND are violent because they know that they have already lost elections.
No masking. And the S.G looks bored!
Fikopo fi upnd. Very backward party of highly illiterate thugs. Zp work on arresting them. Zicta get them pa social media
PF gassed Zambians, carry pangas and rocks in their cars, snatch handbags and phones from passerbys. Last week an NGO from Europe arrived in Lusaka and got a shock of his life in broad day light when he was attacked and his laptop stolen by PF in Lusaka city center
Amai imwe nkalani chete!
The person incharge of the Police is the Repablican President not the UPND President full stop
KZ ulalya amafi, that’s why every word that comes out of your dirty mouth stinks
The law justifies Self defense. HH has told his UPND Alliance Cadres to defend themselves when they are attacked by PF Cadres, Militias,Vigilantes, Commanders and Generals. Whats wrong with that stance? Mumbi Phiri knows that PF Cadres and thugs are the Perpetrators of Violence. In Mandevu, Munali,Kanyama, Mpulungu etc. PF Cadres were the Aggressors. They were blocking UPND Alliance Road Shows and when attacked by PF Cadres UPND Cadres had no choice but to defend themselves. In Mpulungu PF imported PF Militias from Kasama and Mpika to attack UPND Alliance Supporters. The UPND Alliance Supporters repelled the PF attackers. Its well known that PF is a Violent Party with a Military Wing led by Commanders and Generals. For this reason PF has refused to sign a Non Violence Pact drawn by…
Pf hypocrite.
Bush master ulenunsha upper lip yobe
WHATS EVERYONES EXCUSE WHEN OPPOSITION TAKE OVER
ALREADY ON THE GROUND PF is only at 42.7 %
ZNBC in those days was even accessible to Sata an opposition leader and you are surprised Ba Mumbi for how your party has destroyed institutions of demonstratic support such as the media. How can an opposition media dream of addressing the nation today. Since Lungu loves the state to himself, he must address all the problems single handedly!
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K Z I D I O T KANUNSHYE IYAKWANONOKO
K Z I D I O T KANUNSHYE IYAKWANOKO !
Can u ever hear something sensible coming from Mumbi Phiri’s mouths? Just pure nosense and balderdash. We all know that the Panga Family has a Military Wing led by Commanders and Generals whose job is to stop UPND Alliance Election Campaigns. In Mandevu,Munali and Kanyama PF Military Commanders and Generals attempted to block UPND Alliance Road Shows and were repelled by UPND Cadres and Supporters. In MPULUNGU PF Cadres imported PF Cadres and thugs from Kasama and Mpika to attack UPND Alliance Supporters in Mpulungu. Mpulungu Residents beat the PF Cadres in Self Defence and they fled from Mpulungu in a hurry. PF are responsible for Election Violence in Zambia and that is why PF Leadership has refused to sign the LAZ Peace Pact for 2021 Elections. We can all see that PF…
It is generally citizens who are tired of being held at ransom by PF cader thugs that are attacking the same PF cader thugs……
If it was UPND , the police would have been arresting them by now…….
Some PF thug preaches violence and tribal hatred on this forum everyday.The hypocrisy stinks.
IT WILL ALL SOON BE OVER FOR PF THANK GOD
EVEN THE SILENCE OF LUNGU IS BEING NOTICED
I WONDER WHY ???
ELECTIONS POSTPONEMENT
WHO KNOWS ??????????????????????????????
ON SUNDAY, SHE WILL BE IN CHURCH SEEKING FORGIVENESS, FOR WHAT – PROMOTING HATRED. COME ON, STOP THIS CHEAPNESS. IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER KEEP QUITE WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH MEDIOCRE. LET’S REFLECT, THE UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF DEATHS REQUIRES GALLANT MEN AND WOMEN TO GUIDE US
Mumbi Phiri is the one lying here because her boss President Edgar Lungu has all the power and authority to stop political violence by simply issuing an open directive to the police to sternly deal with anyone perpetrating violence regardless of political affiliation. What happened to the Sesheke cops who dealt with PF cadres perpetrating violence? The answer is in public domain
KAIZER MASTER TR000LL WHEN HAS AN EXTRADITION ORDER EVER BEEN GRANTED ON POLITICAL GROUNDS
Zicta get them pa social media ??????????
Even PF don’t take this woman seriously after she was found drunk at a party function attended by ECL for which she was asked to apologize and has been in the PF bad books ever since.
Mumbi Phiri is trying to call the Kettle black. We all know that PF is a Violent Party. The Party even has a Military Wing led by Commanders and Generals. Commander Ino Kalimanshi can testify to this. The PF Commanders and Generals are on orders from the Commander in Chief ECL to stop any Campaigning activities in the Townships and on the streets. They are the Aggressors or Perpetrators of Election Violence. To prove their Commitment to Violence and rigging Elections the PF Leadership have refused to sign the LAZ Peace Pact among Political Parties in the 2021 Elections. The UPND Alliance Leadership has already signed the Accord committing themselves to a Peaceful 2021 Elections. So People can see that PF is a War Monger Party. Mumbi Phiri should be ashamed of this.
Davies Mwila and ECL has done a great job to stop violence in PF.
Kabimba was bad, chccala cakwe.
PF obsession with HH and UpND. Please we are mourning KK, take your obsession elsewhere. Help Bowman and Edith pay off their debts
Bush master is upset kikiki. Bush you are still smelling what you smelt during birth.
Our sister Mrs. Mumbi Phiri ‘s comments are totally misplaced. Patriotic Front (PF) officials are not ashamed of shifting the blame relating to any of Zambia’s socioeconomic ills to individuals and institutions that do not wield the instruments of power. The PF has 100% control over the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Justice / Legal Affairs, nationwide news outlets (including the Times of Zambia, Zambia Daily Mail, ZNBC, and ZANIS), and public resources (both material and financial resources) to tackle all forms of violence in the country.
Zambia needs a comprehensive strategy to deal effectively with violence — including political violence — and the responsibility for devising and implementing such a strategy rests squarely upon the ruling political party and its officials, including Mrs. Mumbi. Mr. Hichilema can advise his supporters to desist from perpetrating violence, but what authority does he have over PF rabble-rousers and perpetrators of violence from the country’s numerous other political parties? Mrs. Mumbi’s narrow-minded comments are typical of our current crop of politicians, including Given Lubinda.
Yeah guys its time to beat them back the same way they beat and killed innocent citizens. Its pay back time now.
IWE MUMBI, BUSHE NAULYA KA PUSHI NANGU NAUKOLWA?
WHO HAS MORE POWER (AND MEANS) TO STOP VIOLENCE, HH OR LUNGU?
EVEN HER OWN SG IS WONDERING IF SHE’S TELLING THE TRUTH!!!!!!! MWILA IS SAYING TO HIMESLF “…I KNOW NDICHIKOPO, BUT APAPENA WATUSEBANYA!!!!”