Economic and Equity Party President Chilufya Tayali has vowed never to stop speaking for justice in all its forms amid his arrest for the offence of Inciting to mutiny Contrary to Section 48 subsection (a) of the Penal Code.
Police in Lusaka picked up Mr Tayali earlier this week and detained him at Ibex Police Station in Lusaka.
On Thursday, Police formerly charged and arrested Mr Tayali aged 47 of House Number 38 Ngwezi Road in Roma township in Lusaka for the offences of Inciting to mutiny Contrary to Section 48 subsection (a) of the Penal Code and communication of certain information Contrary to Section 4 (3) of the State Security Act Chapter 111 of the Laws of Zambia.
According to Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga, brief facts of the matter are that it is alleged that Mr Tayali between March, 2022 and 2nd April, 2022 in the Lusaka District of the Lusaka Province of the Republic of Zambia using social media did seduce persons serving in the Defence Force and Zambia Police Service from their duty of Allegiance to the Republican President.
It is further alleged that Mr Tayali on the 2nd day of April, 2022 at 19:59 hours in the Lusaka District of the Lusaka Province of the Republic of Zambia without lawful excuse did receive an official classified Zambia Army message in contravention of the State Security Act and later circulated the document on social media using his Facebook page account.
Mr. Tayali has been released on police bond and will appear in court soon.
Mr. Tayali recently held a media briefing which was live on facebook at which he heavily criticized President Hakainde Hichilema and his New Dawn Government.
Among other allegations, Mr Tayali charged that the new Government has failed to manage the economy and has neglected the private sector.
He described the UPND Government as the ‘New Dark’ instead of their slogan new dawn.
Mr. Tayali also alleged that he has information relating to the conditions of service for defence force officers.
“Do not fear the wicked; God will always be on our side as long as we are standing on the truth and justice. If you ever wonder why I have the courage to face up #ANYONE or #ANYTHING, I want you to know that I believe that, God created me for that purpose, to be a “#Public Lawyer” for everyone including men in uniform, because they too deserve justice,” Mr Tayali wrote in his first Facebook post after being released on Police bond.
“And God confirms my purpose to me, I literally hear God encouraging me when I pray. If you don’t believe that, that is not my problem but I strongly believe it and I will be happy dying for that purpose,” he stated.
“This is my first-morning prayer, in my house, after being released yesterday, and look at the Scripture reading, which I did not choose, but it is of the Daily readings in the Catholic calendar. Jeremiah 20:10-13. I hear the whisperings of many:
“Terror on every side! Denounce! Let us denounce him!”All those who were my friends are on the watch for any misstep of mine.
“Perhaps he will be trapped; then we can prevail, and take our vengeance on him.” But the LORD is with me, like a mighty champion: my persecutors will stumble, they will not triumph. In their failure they will be put to utter shame, to lasting, unforgettable confusion. O LORD of hosts, you who test the just, who probe mind and heart, let me witness the vengeance you take on them, for to you I have entrusted my cause. Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD, for he has rescued the life of the poor from the power of the wicked,” Mr. Tayali wrote.
Mr. Tayali said he will continue with his outspoken stance on matters of public interest.
“You can say whatever you want, but to me this is my God speaking to me directly and I am encouraged to continue on my trajectory. i will never stop speaking for justice in all its forms,” he concluded.
Yes , truth and justice hates : you shall know the truth and set you free. Look at Jeremiah, Moses, Daniel, Paul and Jesus men of truth but died because of telling the truth. wicked people don’t like truth and justice.
My chimbuya for me. Continue speaking for our country. You are a brave man who has sent shivers down insecure hhs back
To be a Policeman/woman in Zambia you don’t have to have a brain, just wait for instructions from above and that’s it. The charges against Tayali are laughable, to say the least. What should worry those that ordered his arrest are the people that leaked the Army document to him. They chose to speak through him. So even if you silence Tayali you’d have done nothing. The problem still remains. Give the soldiers what’s due to them, end of story.
YOU WILL KEEP TALKING TILL YOU EXHAUSED
AS NO ONE WILL LISTEN TO YOU APART FROM ONE PERSON ON HERE WHO HAS NOTHING TO OFFER AS WELL
Iwe kachilufye teka matako panshi, your wife and daughter needs you.
Ayatollah @3. Stop insulting and inciting the men in uniform. Government has policies and it’s not for you to speak for them, who are you anyway? Tayali will be dealt with accordingly and no amount of false courage will save him when the day of reckoning really comes.
Stop being cantankerous .
CT has eaten the lion’s heart and that makes him courageous. These little men and women cannot terrify you, keep on talking.
Viva Tayali……Viva Tayali!!
Tayali has a lot of information about these people.
The man , little as he is made CK to fake fainting.
The man put HH in trouble . He accused HH of having 2 NRCs. He accused HH of stealing the farm from the Hambotes. HH was dragged to Police HQ.
HH if I remember well sued Tayali. We are yet to know the outcome . Tayali is still talking.
What is it that Tayali knows about our politicians such that they cannot deal with him descisively???? Interesting man …..TAYALI is .
Sometimes, even when what is going on does not involve you, you accept responsibility because that is what is obtainig in the situation to up your fame.
Tawalye is not the author of protests by servicemen. Neither is he party to it.
13/07/2005, Sata was arrested for having seditious and spying materials and inciting miners in Chingola and Chililabombwe to strike owing to bad labour condition. Truth is, he just found miners protesting and he had nothing to do with it. But he pleaded guilty in a Lusaka subordinate court!
He would even parade uniformed officers at some political rallies to state how badly they were looked after by GRZ.
Our republican current president is on record seen scolding the police telling them how he would improve their service conditions and cater for their…
…..uniforms to replace wornout ones.
The trend isn’t new and Tawalye knows the loophole.
These are insecure scared little men. For the police to give him bond it means the charges are a whole bunch of nonsense. Maybe Kawana gave them the order to arrest Tayali.
What a hypocrite……….
Hiding behinde the bible when infact he is the biggest lier………….
Like the lies he told about having evidence of corrupption by HH…….
He is now losing his mind…………
Not even the bible will save him……….
He now realises that he can not continue feeding his family from online Skirmishes with people………..
The easy pickings from Internet threats during the lungu regime are gone, when he could easily blackmail the PF with noise………..
Yes continue with your antics court jester. You will be free very soon to give us more entertainment.
There is a lot of drama in the new dark government.
When a noise maker starts quoting the bible………..
Just know , they have reached the end of the road and realisation has set in that only a miracle can save them…………
This is where tiyali finds him self……….
During the corrupt lungu rule, picking were easy for tiyali, in the form of quite , mouth shut money…………
Where the guilty PF would shower him with money to silence him…………
Not any more…………those days are gone.
Now he has to produce substance………
All those saying to you “keep talking”, “viva Tayali” will not be there when you need their support the most. If convicted (God forbid), you will serve the sentence alone.
My advice: Keep your fight within the confines of the law. The law will always stand by you and will never abandon you.
From being fvcked in prison, and come out a born again, praising God, in process Tayali commits blasphemy.
From treason to blasphemy.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA………………….AND THEY NEVER STOP ARRESTING YOU.
Awe …ayo ama charges yaya sana. I m sure Tayali has learnt a lesson n will minimize running his mouth unnecessarily.
Look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself why both governments PF and now UPND had to lock you up and then come again.
HH agrees with Ka Tayali
If you ask me, Tayali is looking for a job. No one sees him fit because he is gullible.
Do not cry for sumphathy. Read the law correctly.
Its important to be result oriented when communicating. When you speak with malice, your message gets drowned. Those that have praised the young man Pilato have a point- a consistent, strong, responsible, fair, respectful advocate for justice who avoids petiness, malice and hate.
This boy is just a useful foooool like Nakawaki …the PF middlemen who have lost supply contracts they couldnt meet conditions are now pushing him forward to talk on behalf of private sector. You will be arrested and its these same businessmen who will be bringing your young teenage wife to see you in prison in their Range Rovers and Jeeps. A Zambian woman would have told him to shut up or else she is leaving him alone.
Of course you would say that tarino, after all you are a f00Iish t.o.n.ga upnd failed diasporan cadre. Your comments don’t surprise us. Fuseke
By the way, Where is Nawakwi? With all that heat she vented towards the elections, is this how she dissapears>? So all that vernom wasnt genuine? How abt the case of the Hatenbos? what happened can someone awaken the crimes committed by Nawakwi pls so that justice is served as she was always talking with confidence as tho with facts. Now Tayali didnt believe that GRZ has changed. He thot he wud still be infallible, Ofcourse he cud get away with PF cos he had some secrets against them. Well, with HH everything is in public domain and that makes the man difficult to blackmail-which is the way Tayali operates. So i believe this is the end of him as far as that area is he was powerful for is concerned. Its all over and also Given UPND cannot by far directly employ him or indirectly which is…
Which is how he was employeed with PF. But this GRZ is straight forward and does not entertain middlemen or conmen. Hence Tayali definitely will never get a cent from the UPND GRZ unless he has a qualification and applied for a job mu chintu bwingi like Teachers recruitment of Health. Otherwise, nothing, this is the end of an error of middlemen and corner cutting businessmen of Zambia. Now you are either Legit or you are gone my friend. Hence his attribution back to the PF, cos thats where the culture of corner cutting is. And surprinsingly its completely a Bemba grouping, and yet no one is talking of Tribalism. Where the Tongas really the most tribal in Zambia or it was just a smear compaign-Look at this PF grouping? Lusambo, Mwamba, Mundibule, Chama, Kampyongo, Luo, Kapata, Kabanshi,…
Socking, Tayali now claims never said anything about Zambian soldiers. Thought even boasted that “Soldiers kuli ine complaining about soldiers and a written script was on social media. His denial is as that of Judas Iscariot. Strangely, Tayali was reciting the Lord Jesus teachings soon after the taste of jail cells.
Tayali must be very careful, such wanton stupidity of living and insulting HH everyday will sooner than later backfire in his stupid Kasai face! He must realise he is a little nobody and if he is tomorrow found dead in a ditch, nobody will give a damn! He does not represent anyone except his refugee Ethiopian spouse.
Tayali like someone has said has little or no dirty bagage on HH7 and his ministers unlike during PF whereby he had dirt on Lazy Lungu…this is a lazy boy who makes a living from blackmailing …if he attempts to tell on Army officers to save his skin they will never forget him. I feel for his teenage wife who thought Tayali was a leader of the main opposition party in Zambia.
Society does not need to handle with kid gloves a mad person or fool until they cause something despicable to happen ! Petting a mad person emboldens them to up their anti social behavior to risky levels on community members. Tayali thinks talking using the umbrella of politicking makes one guardian to the silent but casts aside operating within the provisions of the law! Tolerance has stretch limits it gets to but with gentle exertion of tension! Tayali needs a “spanking” to grow and learn to care for the people around his life.
The arrest of Chilufya Tayali prompts a view that UPND’s leaders must sober up as their Govt navigates through a stormy weather created by a Russia-Ukraine war which is impacting on ECONOMY and SECURITY Zambia. IG Kajoba’s actions due to his lack of capacity to understand complexities of international issues is not helping HH to sail along a non-aligned route to safeguard Zambia’s security. Luckily, Dr. V.J. Mwaanga is still alive to offer his diplomatic skills. CBU wisely conferred a Doctorate degree on VJ for his vast knowledge on international affairs. Hence HH must consult Dr. Mwaanga on Zambia’s past relations with Russia and the western powers so as to posture our country on the economic development trajectory. Kajoba is not a useful asset in this Government.
We’re tired of you CT, bazakumanga, don’t over do your antics.