Yesterday, former president Edgar Lungu made grand entrance in the Lusaka magistrate court and almost disrupted the proceedings as him and his entourage went to offer solidarity to the two Kaumba brothers of Kalulushi who are appearing before magistrate George Njobvu for allegedly insulting President Hichilema. As the nation may recall, Lungu offered to take care of legal bills for the two youngsters. Prominent Lusaka lawyer, Makebi Zulu who we believe is a top-dollar lawyer is now representing them. Curiously, his close companions – Lusaka Archbishop Alick Banda, a well-known PF sympathiser and Brebner Changala who fashions himself as a human rights activist visited the lads at Ridgeway Police post where they were being detained, on two separate occasions to encourage them.
Why are we raising this issue of all things?
The nation might wish to know that we’re key stakeholders in this matter. Two months ago, while in Lusaka, National Archives to be precise, conducting research on a book we are working on – One Zambia One Nation; how various Presidents have navigated around the issue; gasping for fresh air after all the dust from decades old documents, we decided to take a break and make use of our handset to keep ourselves abreast with messages and any latest updates in our nation since it’s hardly short of drama especially with the advent of TikTok.
We were frightened…..nay horrified when we came across a video in which the two said individuals could be seen hurling abuse at President Hichilema and referring to him in derogatory terms. We are restrained from replicating the same here as it a taboo in our culture. We’re even shocked that someone can attempt to justify their unbecoming behaviour by insisting what may be construed as “diatribes” by others may actually be interpreted as “praises” by some and confessed that they themselves actually grew up being referred to as dogs.
We don’t want to be referred to as four-legged creatures as we definitely aren’t! This individual that those chaps were referring to in such inflammatory terms is first and foremost, a loving husband, a father to well brought up children and most importantly, our Republican President. We were quite disappointed that such a thing can be allowed to occur in our country which presides herself as a Christian nation and we choose to remain ndwi (quiet)! Suppose the millions of our people that love and support our President had taken matters into their own hands, consequences would’ve been too ghastly to contemplate. Those boys would have been a mortuary case! As law abiding citizens, we made a decision there and then to report the matter at Zambia Police headquarters since its within the vicinity.
It was however rather shocking and disturbing to learn that the boys hadn’t yet been subjected to our courts of law until political mercenaries saw an opportunity to make political mileage out of their plight. While we condemn the police command for their prolonged detention in the strongest possible terms as even the President himself has spoken against this on several occasions; no one, whatever their status in society, must be allowed to fall foul of the law with impunity as we would be setting a bad precedent which will come to haunt this nation for generations to come.
Why has Lungu taken keen interest in this matter? Is he the one sponsoring people to insult the President on TikTok? As for Archbishop Banda, honestly, should we be tolerating a culture of insults in our nation, particularly by our young people? What does the Bible teach us about respect for elders or indeed those in authority? 1 Peter 5:5 urges all young to respect elders while Romans 13:1 encourages us to submit ourselves before governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God established. It’s therefore hypocrisy of the worst order for the Church to conveniently be seen to condone illicit behaviour amongst our youth!
In the meantime, we shall keep our eyes peeled-off to see how this case pans out as it is obviously of particular interest to us. Anyway, time to work on our book!
Prince Bill M. Kaping’a
Political/Social Analyst
Ofcourse Eddie Lungu is the one sponsoring thuggery. Let those two boys face the full extent of the law as a lesson to others
What a stupeed question! Lungu is in the opposition. He has to score points that he supports the tenets of democracy even if he doesn’t. That’s what HH used to do in opposition. He is now against freedom of speech labeling it hate speech and firmly controlling DeadNBC.
Freedom of speech is only appreciated when you are out of power. Those in power always want to crush these kinds of rights. Just vote Lungu back and you will see how HH morphed into a chameleon right before our eyes.
DeadNBC will now be broadcasting court judgments! The cases to be covered will be determined by Thabo Kawana Mweetwa and Hamasaka!
Welcome to the UPND sorry UPNBC Field Ruwe give us your opinion?
You are very quick to judge Lungu. any one who make a wrong you say its Lungu. Are you saying that any insults lungu receives is people in high offices are the ones send them? the answer is no but we have people with no mana who can not respect the elders. let us respect the elder even when they have made mistakes. no one is above mistakes. we have our own mistakes, let us not be quick to judge others. i Love my President HH, and i Love the former President Lungu too. LET LOVE LEAD.
For those not in the know this Kaping’a has been in forefront reporting to the police Zambian citizens simply for excercing their rights. He’s the one fanning tribal sentiments against non zambezian tribes…. thanks to God the majority have not paid any attention to his Hitlerism.
He’s just jittery that there’s a planned demonstration over the two children he’s caused to be incarcerated.
Even me if I was not a law abiding and we’ll behaved individual I would have gone on the streets to express my anger.
@Deja vu, When you go into the streets to protest that is not illegal. Democracy is exactly about voicing your opinion. Our political leaders are just always too scared of their own shadows to allow this. That’s why they threaten to bring in the army
After losing so much “capital” through state forfeitures, Lungu is a deeply disturbed snake,He will even support a dog seen peeing on anything red.Thats how confused he has become
Doesn’t the Bible profess justice? Don’t quote the bible only when it suits your ego? Those Kaumba siblings at the end of police brutality have overstayed and justice delayed is a miscarriage of justice. Justice mustn’t be revenge fairness. Did they need to be transfered to Lusaka from CB? Is Kalulushi not in Zambia? Why extradite the two brothers to the capital city? Spare the relatives this trauma. Was it not to intimidate Zambians by making a small case look high profile?
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Cabbage, L.P.M, developed thick skin and locked up no one despite being insulted occasionally. How special is Hech Hechi? Zambians are registering dissatisfaction and all he does is gag them. Leave out Lungu in this circus, too. Arrest, hunger, tough living standards, crashing Kwacha, unemployment, etc.
Roy Kalaki of the POST Newspaper of yesteryear was almost deported by LPM…What thick skin when youth are hurling insults at the President while brandishing a panga?
Sorry MuZambian, you can’t even understand yourself. Can you?
Was Clarke deported? Was the Animal Farm reference he made an affront really? Is it not the courts that liberated that white man? It was justice. Which is what the Kaymbas are denied for 60 days.
The record still remains: that LP was the most mocked president Zambia ever had. But he did not pay attention to those trivial matters. He worked the hardest; harder than even Akainde, arguably.
As a follower of democracy I remember an incident when President Chiluba freshly elected into the 3rd republic, said something at the freedom statue about going back to the land.
This very sloshed youngster stood up shouting “Wavoka mudalaaa! Wavokaaa!”
What was worrying was the energy that two very fat high ranking police officers displayed in tackling the poor young man. Chiluba shouted over the loudspeakers for them to leave him alone. Then they sheepishly stood over the still chatty youth. I really wonder what happened to him after that rally. The overzealous henchmen who want to impress the boss are still very much around.
Yet kalaki is a Zambian! Ba lawyer president should have known better.
Leviticus 19:32
“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
Those boys are wrong, let them face the law period, this will act as a deterrent to un cultured children. We do not need criminals here in a Christian Country.
My Zambia.Kalaki was almost deported not just of the Animal Farm reference but because of his incessant insults and negative innuendoes against LPM.Even if Clake was saved by the courts,LPM’s intention was to deport that man.
I am made to understand that the Kaumba brothers failed to meet bond conditions.Next time you, Ka My Zambia posts yourself on social media threatening violence with a panga,make sure you are of fixed aboard and that your sureties shall not disappear
…..make sure you shall not disappear on your sureties
Ka MuZambian
You seem to feel pleasure when other people are at their low ebb. A typical sadist you are. The same rights the Kaumbas are fighting for today, are the same ones Clarke fought for and won. Just keep hallucinating. It costs no dime to dream.
Ka My Zambia
The sadist is the one who is insulting and threatening the head of state and the eople supporting such vagabonds .Just how many times are they going to advise and caution people to use social media responsibly, but you will still have dullards like Deja Foooll who think these ae jokes