Thursday, October 3, 2024

Fear has Gripped the Nation and Many People are Scared of Speaking Out

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Catholic Bishops have said that fear has gripped the nation and many people are scared of speaking out on many issues affecting them.

The Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops President Bishop George Lungu has said that there is fear among Zambians to stand up against brutality, intimidation and threats by those in authority.

Bishop Lungu said as if that is not enough, citizens cannot even criticize political party cadres who have become so powerful than some institutions of governance.

He has wondered what is happening in the nation where citizens are now being terrorized like immigrants from other countries.

Bishop Lungu said because of this situation, citizens cannot voice out against what appears to be the suppression and continued campaign against alternative voices.

He said the Government is wrong to force people to look at issues the way they want to and should desist from oppressing alternative voices.

President Edgar Lungu, Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo and Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja have warned of stern action against individuals that are planning to conduct an illegal protest.

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    • Imagine just for positively criticising Lungu this little boy Malembe has to apologise! Is this a Kingdom or a Democracy? What kind of democracy is this where the President is so fragile he cant allow anyone to criticise him ? If you criticise him its criminal defamation. Always hiding behind a fake law of defamation ni cowardice yabwanji iyi? It is worse than Trump hiding in the bunkers.
      A leader of the opposition cant go to a broadcast station because cadres of the ruling party don’t want him to insult their leader! And this is a democracy???

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  1. LAST KICKS OF A DYING MULE!!
    J0n@ & his Dangerous minions, (Ch!mp)yongo, K@!zar, Cheese Boy Lusamb0, M0nday (Red Labia)Chand@, Sp@x & other dangerous State sponsored agitators & violent G00n’z are feeling the heat!!
    People are NO LONGER SCARED & openly criticising J0na & his P.F Cabal of S3wer Rats on Facebook & other print media forums!
    Lastly P.F.MUSTGO!

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  2. Govt Through Ministry Of Health Awarded A Us$17m Contract To A Non-existing Company
    AN investigation has revealed that government, through the Ministry of Health, last year awarded a US$17 million contract for the supply of health centre kits to a company called Honey Bee Pharmacy Limited, which did not exist.
    Research at the Ministry of Health shows that Missionpharma, a Danish company with a subsidiary in Lusaka, had an active contract to supply and deliver drugs to Zambia for several years and was a key government partner for supplying health centre kits. However, owing to an US$11 million drug supply debt, the company stopped supplying in December 2018, demanding that the government first settles its debt, a move that forced the Ministry of Health to find a replacement.
    According…

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  3. Bomam Lufyono and gang should not be taken seriously, Those geezers are just following where the money goes

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  4. Catholic Bishops, educate the people that fear is a sin and equivalents to any other sin.

    So we shouldn’t fear and that when you fear, you invite Satan to enter you. Be like Madilu system he doesn’t fear.

    Meanwhile PF must go!

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  5. Let’s see what crime to put in Fr. George Lungu tomorrow. And see which PF hyena will be first to bark; Lusambo, Kampyongo, Sunday, Tutwa, Mumbi. And I wonder why name of Kanganja is my head, to be listed together with the above idyots.

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  6. This is why Lazy Lungu keen to lift the ban on churches during covid-19 as he knew the attention will be focused on his appalling leadership and poor governance.

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  7. So the bishop has undertaken a country wide survey to reach this conclusion? If so can he please share his methodology and findings with us. We will submit the report to the president. Failure to which the chap is a liar and a dreamer. We only deal with facts.

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  8. When look at PF today they remind me of the story about the TRADER AND HIS CAMEL.

    from just requesting to put only their nose in the tent called zambia, they have squeezed in all their body and pushed the zambians out of the tent, they are now the masters.

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  9. Lungu and his PF are so devoid of any integral substance……..

    What ruling party in the whole world intakes a gassing campain against its own citizens to try to have rivals labels as terrorist ?
    That evil scheme had to parts…..pf and lungu tried to plant $1.6 million arms import to overthrow lungu scam on UPND in parallel with the gassing of our people.

    Only the gassings did not add up as to why only PF strongholds were being gassed under the noses of PF thugs.

    Mass murder ensued by irate mobs….more than 50 people were murdered while lungu and his gang watched for almost a month hoping UPND will be blamed.

    Lungu is complicit in mass murder and grand looting.

    We will never forget those people killed because of your gassing our citizens.

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  10. Is this father talking from abroad? If he can freely talk like this then he is contradicting himself.

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    • He is talking but with fear. Because a Lungu can send PF party cadres after the Bishop and they will beat him up. In Zambia your freedom of expression is not protected. Only the president and his wife are protected

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  11. BA reverend naimwe.. there is no fear.. Zambians have been insulting the president and airing their views.. just keep preaching Maria oyela

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  12. CK is being squeezed by findleys libel court case against him.

    No one can trust he Zambian court system corrupted and controlled by lungu.

    Valden , don’t be used by lungu to silence his opponents…….you will pay a higher price.

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  13. It’s is just frustrating insulting someone who is not responding. This guy pilato.. insulted the president ran away to South Africa saying his life is in danger.. he came back and no one questioned him he went to demonstrate at parliament etc .. mambala no one is even concerned about him. Poor guy , he is now frustrated

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  14. What fear? The man is talking and he is saying fear. We read lots of stuff here. I think there is a bit of exaggeration about the so called no freedom of speech. Let us real.

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  15. Lungu is most insulted President in AFRICA. So imwe ba Katolika , what fear are you talking about? Even your BISHOP Mpundu has been talking freely , you are criticising ubuteko right now. What fear. Be real iwe Bishop.

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  16. How can someone in a high Government Office demean the Bishop by saying that “the chap is lying”? A Bishop is anointed and so we have to mind our language. PF Cadres are behaving like the designers of the Titanic Ship who thought that nothing could sink it and forgot that with God everything is possible.

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  17. Zomba – clearly you were not there during RB and Mwanawasa era. Lazy Lungu has never had personal insults thrown in his direction

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  18. They called Lungu Chakolwa……the guy just ignored them. They called him thief and corrupt , he just ignored them, Then you say there is no freedom of speech?

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  19. Who owns Honey Bee Pharmacy Ltd, a non-exist company used by PF regime to siphon and launder $ 17 million of tax payers money.
    When we say PF killed a student at Unza, killed innocent Zambians by gassing them, killed party cadres from opposition parties and dehumanise Zambians by whipping, beating and harassment, today even merely requesting to have a peaceful demonstration youths are detained by police.
    Today, Chinese are more Zambian than indigenous Zambians – what a shameful PF legacy.

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  20. Kalemba 

    “…….They called Lungu Chakolwa……the guy just ignored them. They called him thief and corrupt , he just ignored them,……”

    Lungu ignored them because he is a theif and corrupt and a drunk…………

    There is no person in world who would not react to being called a theif , unless you are a theif ……..

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  21. They called HH a privertisation theif……

    He told them to provide proff and he will give a 3 bedroomed furnished house to who ever can provide verifiable info…..they scattered and scampered.

    They called lungu a corrupt theif …..

    Defening Silence that speaks louder than words ……..a documentary came out by renowned documentary makers implicating lungu in looting mukula….Silence

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  22. HH gave Lungu 48 Hours to find the owners of 48 Houses . The ultimatum passed without any action and HH ali Ndwiii. Why give altimatums you cannot enforce?

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  23. Beware of these catholics, they have caused genocides and wars because of their divisive involvement in politics. Zambia is a protestant nation, don’t give these catholics too much power.

  24. It’s the usual pattern, Fonkofonko said you’ll walk on the rosary, Nyama Soya was worse and now Jemasoni is threatening everybody but we know how to deal with such chaps

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  25. The dictator president of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, has died at the age of 55, No one in his country Burundi is going to miss him expect his circle of thugs thieves and crooks. Nkurunziza like ‘chakolwa’ ruled his country with impunity for years, arresting opponents, stifling media outlets and cracked down on those who were brave enough to speak out .

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  26. The military must facilitate the revolutionary movement then handover power to democratically elected government. Thats the zero option solution.
    ba zambia chipolopolo ba zambia iyee…………

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  27. @MuaDekhane,
    I own Bee Pharmacy. Why are you peddling lies? Ubukopo na ma jelous will not take you anywhere. Just work hard for yourself and your family iwe chatile.

  28. The dictator president of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, has died at the age of 55, No one in his country Burundi is going to miss him expect his circle of pompwess. Nkurunziza like” Jameson” ruled his country with impunity for years, arresting opponents, stifling media outlets and cracked down on those who were brave enough to speak out .

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  29. Remember how this church started mass killing in Rwanda. I HEARD IT IS BANNED CHURCH ON NATIONAL ISSUES COMMENTS ON RWANDA. IT IS THE MOST CORRUPT CHURCH IN ZAMBIA LOOK AT UMUTULO THEY GET FROM THE GOVERNMENT. THEY HAVE A LIONS SHARE

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  30. Not true. They are all on social Media bursting their opinions out!

  31. Anyone who criticises the government for wrongdoing is sure to have the police unleashed on him or her, meanwhile the police officers unprofessionally and brutally conduct, arbitrary arrests, and horrific torture of suspects.
    Zambia’s judiciary has let the country down by failing to stand up to political manipulation and corruption

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  32. Zambians are reduced to fear so that the order of the day is corruption and misuse of public funds

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  33. Mr. President you are not the only one who has studied law. Law is about justice, and justice is about equity. Equity is about listening to both sides. You are not leading by example. It’s not law when there is no equity, unless you say the new law Only gives freedom of expression to those in support of PF, because that’s what is happening. I have never seen anyone gathering to support PF being arrested, they gather, distribute bribes but never get arrested then someone goes to request for a normal protest gets arrested. The police are not enforcing the law they are enforcing PF wishes

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