The State has discharged UPND Deputy Secretary General Patrick Mucheleka and three others on a charge of aggravated robbery
And Police this morning blocked UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema and his entourage from attending Court session at Kasama Magistrate Court.
Police in Kasama blocked all roads leading to Kasama Magistrate Court where Mr Mucheleka and three others today appeared.
The four which include Elias Mubanga and Samuel Ngwira are remanded at Milima State correctional facility awaiting for instructions from DPP to commit the matter to the High Court.
The four are accused of aggravated Robbery and Malicious Damage.
UPND President Hakainde Hichilema is in Kasama to show solidarity to his members in prison.
The four who are appearing for mention are being represented by Mulambo Haimbe and a Counsel Phiri both of Malambo and Associates.
And Mr Hichilema has urged Zambia Police to be professional in the conduct of their work.
“We are not fighting you Police officers but fighting for you so, that PF cadres can for once start giving you the respect you deserve as specialised professionals. We therefore encourage you not be tools of divisions or indeed violence in the Country. The impression being created by the PF of Zambia being a Police state is not helpful to the nations,” he said.
“When in government next year, we will take care of you and the rest of the country and ensure meritocracy and dignity is granted back to your profession. What we are witnessing now is barbaric and unZambian. There is no longer freedom of expression, movement and expression in this country because of one corrupt group called PF.”
He added, “As can be seen, police earlier prevented us from going to court and when questioned, they only said they had been instructed by higher offices to do so, but we know who that higher office is, and all we can say is that we are different from them. When in government next year, we shall not harass, intimidate you nor indeed ask you why you are treating citizens in such a way. Our foremost duty will be to tirelessly fix the economy and also ensure that there is law and order in our country.”
“Please, don’t attack us but attack our vision and ideas for the country, and let the Nation decide who is capable of turning around this country’s fortunes into reality. And remember, this time around, we will not allow anyone of you to infringe on the citizens rights, choice of leadership or indeed our vision.”
Zambia Police and the courts always being used to “fix” the opposition .These two institutions should always remain apolitical.
But what is this report saying? The state has discharged these brothers but it goes on to say the four are remanded at Milima State correctional facility awaiting instructions from the DPP to commit the matter to the High Court. Which is which? If someone s been discharged why would they still be remanded?
OK HH can indeed be president of Zambia but does he and his UPND minions have any backup plan to fight and overcome Lungu and PF’s rigging and manipulation of the electoral process? The ECZ’s illegality to aid Lungu and disadvantage potential voters in HH’s strongholds; the police doing Lungu’s donkey work and block HH from campaigning freely; ZNBC being used as Lungu’s propaganda mouthpiece; the rigging of elections; etc. How will he overcome all this? He needs to mobile the citizens starting right now and protest hard against ECZ. Then invest into cameras that can record and stream live at the same time and ensure they are deployed in every polling station around the country.
Trying to complain after the fact will never deliver him the presidency… be proactive and this is the…
…Trying to complain after the fact will never deliver him the presidency… be proactive and this is the right time to start and strategize!
Hh is a f00lish child. Those people have been discharged, he is aware of how politically volatile that situation is. Why go to the court and create unnecessary work for our police and put their safety at risk too. Is it too difficult to wait until those clowns have been discharged to see them at a personal location? It should be their wives and families seeing them not a politically desperate hyena. Grow up.
I can not wait for next year to teach this big headed boy another lesson
@Kaizar Zulu, is there any day when you have something constructive to say?
Ba KZ bena mumutwe mwaisulafye amashinshya yeka yeka .That is why we are where we now .The country is in a mess because of chishane shane and people like Kabwalala Zulu .
@kci the only person you will teach a lesson if you don’t vote wisely is your grandpa in the village, because you will sentence him to life of 12;5kg mealie meal harpers till kingdom com.
why do african defence wings like flexing their muscles on civilians?
Governance is a hydra. PF have just failed. You cannot ha e one-Party dictatorship in a multi-party environment. Ici cheve abale cakangilatu ndipo.
Very foulish indeed. Why block HH. Very immature, childish, partisan and primitive. This man does not have liberties in this country any more. Why? .Truly foulish, ubupuba bweka bweka
People are threatening to hold meetings without police permits not out of love for anarchy but out frustration with police double standards, partiality and anarchy.
When laws and regulations are not administered in a fair and impartial manner a time always comes when the people start to defy them. That is not anarchy, it is a logical reaction to unjust and unfair treatment.
You fail on running the economy and you fail on governance. Why block HH, why take away peoples civil liberties. Just inconviniencing the opposition out of fear. Very cheap. You don’t have such powers, shaaa
This is not helping you anymore. Whether you like it or not, you are going. You have failed, so you have to block the opposition. Very dall. Muyenda….
Kaizer to replace Lungu for President
I hope their ballz were massaged
I hope they were nicely massaged
Ba pf namufilwa Nishi namufilwa. Lekeni Niko nabanenu batekeko diz country is not your father’s country. It’s for everyone ataa!! 2021 you we see
No , KZ is a one way traffic (PFists) n we don’t want that anymore. We want a government for the people not against the people. Let them go.
The Police are just being unprofessional – the nonsense of “instructions from higher authorities”, is just that – nonsense. There are no instructions from higher authorities.
Grow up ba upnd diaspora supporters