MMD youths have denounced violence and have called on their colleagues in other parties to do the same. MMD Lusaka province youth chairperson, Chris Chalwe has also urged young people not to engage in violence during and after the 2011 elections.
Mr Chalwe said that MMD youths will not be protected by the law when found wanting despite belonging to the ruling party. He was speaking in a walk in interview in Lusaka yesterday.
And the Provincial Youths of the Central Committee of the United Party for National Development-UPND in central Province has urged all political parties taking part in this year’s elections to desist from engaging in Violent.
Provincial Youth chairman Milner Mwanakampwe said that elections will come and go, but Zambians will still have to live together.
Mr Mwanakampwe said that the UPND has no room for violence because Party president Hakainde Hichilema has encouraged all party members to preach a message of goodwill and carry out peaceful campaigns.
He has advised youths not to be used as tolls of violence by selfish politicians.
And the National Council of Catholic Women has demanded for the setup of fast-track courts to expeditiously deal with perpetrators of election violence.
Council Chairperson, Mary Mwale said that the current judicial setup is tedious to immediately adjudicate over cases of elections violence.
Mrs Mwale has called on the Zambia Police to adopt a zero tolerance approach towards perpetrators of violence regardless of their political affiliation. She was speaking in Lusaka yesterday during the catholic women’s annual general meeting attended by national leaders from ten dioceses.
Meanwhile, Police on the Copperbelt have detained three people belonging to different political parties for threatening violence.
The police have also confiscated machetes also known as pangas from the detained men in Ndola and Chingola.
Copperbelt Police Commanding Officer Martin Malama has confirmed to ZNBC News in Kitwe that two men were arrested on Saturday night in Ndola at a bar where they allegedly threatened violence using machetes.
Dr. Malama has named the two men arrested in Ndola as fifty-three-year-old Alex Bwalya, a businessman and George Mutale, twenty-seven.
The man arrested in Chingola is Dickson Pende, forty-seven.
Dr. Malama says the three will appear in court soon, and he has warned that the police will arrest any person threatening or perpetrating violence.
MUVi TV /ZNBC
Thank you so much for this, I hate the idea of “youth” being synonymous to violent thugs.
Cage and hand them to Kamfisa boys for panel beating before getting these thugs dumped in detention rooms on the Zambezi islands.
This man should begin by apologising for threatening to gang rape Edith Nawakwi. Talking like this is meaningless. Anyone can say what he has said and yet continue terrorising people. He is behind the violence in Lusaka and should stop blaming PF.
For once, well done ZP. Cage them until after the elections.
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Watch it old man.
It might be you who needs help after Sept 20th.
Donchi kubeba!!! Check out Dandy Krazy on YOUTUBE. MMD the corrupt regime must go, at least Mwanawansa was fighting against it. RBish encourages CORRUPTION he must therefore pay for that belief at the polling stations. Donchi Kubeba have a listen on youtube. DANDY KKKKKRRRRRAAAAZZZZZZZYYYYY. DONCHI KUBEBA, SHHHHHHH, SHHHHHHH
Are these so called “Party youth leaders” Responsible, educated and wise young leaders or they are just noise making kaponyaz? We seriously need “ICHIPYANGO” and not ubwato or some fingers to clean up our country.
Good job by the police and we hope all the parties and i mean all will refrain from violence
Good job Malama atleast i know you as no being non patisan. ZNBC IS NOT MENTIONING THAT IT IS THE FAMOUS MMD SHIMPUNDU PANKOLOKO WHO WAS ARRESTED wiith machetes
SHAME MMD SHAME SHIMPUNDU PANKOLOKO…VIVA PF…LET THEM BE SENT TO KAMFINSA
‘Blessed are the peace makers for they shall be called sons of God’ says the Lord – Matthew 5, v9.
Blessed are the cheese makers
chweeeeelaaaaaaaaaaaa..nomba ba PF y dont they speak against violence?
After causing violence & killing pipo the MMD now wants to look kwati bamano? U see umuntu ngalekutinya kuipononona pakuti aishiba how much u re worth. He will never intimidate u again, the self defence called on by PF was ok, now the mad Dogs (MMD) have realised they wont get away with it.
Viva PF
i wish that statement was coming from william banda even if he is not a youth.his main politica menu is violence.
Thank you LUSAKA TIMES for reading and deleting my blog. I am happy because even GOD has seen that i have stated the truth and the truth has pained you.I HAVE PROVED AND YOU HAVE FOUND YOUR SELVES GUILTY FOR THINKING AND ACTING MMD EXTENSION.
I repeat;a biased report or media be public or private has the blood of people from the violence promoted as a result of inner built hatred.THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU THE EDITOR AND ME IS THAT YOU FEAR MMD WHILE ME I FEAR GOD.
Thank you LUSAKA TIMES for reading and deleting my blog. I simply blogged that” LT you write about upnd and mmd but you show mmd cadres,symbol,chitenge.You are using the words and picture to use upnd and to promote mmd. UPND CONDEMNS MMD/PF VIOLENCE.
I repeat;a biased report or media be public or private has the blood of people from the violence promoted as a result of inner built hatred.THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU THE EDITOR AND ME IS THAT YOU FEAR MMD WHILE ME I FEAR GOD.
MMD “Tonton Macoutes” take us for retards…
now the violent riffraff are victims…. LOL
53 and fanning violence? Awe shuwa this is ridiculous, 44 and 27 years of age..what will the 5 and 10 year old do….
From a blogger called Bau c on Zedleaks ‘PF is a satellite of MMD, unfortunately the original MMD is reincarnating into PF, SATA himself, Sondashi, Mpombo, Bitter Chitala, Mulongoti, GBM, Gay Scott, Kamphinjipanga, Celestino Chibamba,William Harrington, Willie Nsanda (the now rebel MPs most of them were MMD) all these people held top government positions (cabinet Ministers) and opportunists from other parties; Nawakwi, Bob Sichinga, Dr Mutukwa, Inonge Wina, Panji, Charles Banda, the list is endless; SO WHAT CHANGE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. WAKE UP. HH would have been a better change, but he still has a lot to do and learn, though he has also accommodated a few ‘Weeds” discarded from MMD, Ackson Senjani.’
MMD is a peaceful party and full of nice hard-working people. Cwe-cwe-cwe-cwe
This MMD rapist must not speak in general terms without first denouncing his own violent behaviour.
I am glad that MMD is now waking up to reality they do not have the monopoly of everything and that PF members have the right to defend themselves in the face of the impotent MMD police not being able to protect them.
Here is another case of backwardness! Why kill each other when you begged Zim for a president? Only Zimbabweans can develop Zambia. We gave you farmers, a president and guess what, our soldiers are in to ….
They realise now that they will beaten the sh.it out of this time around if they play the same violent game… After all, they are in the minority even if they were to include police cadres to their ranks…
WE HOPE YOU ARE NOT GIVING US LIP SERVICE, WE WANT PEACE AND ITS SHAMEFUL FOR THE RULING PARTY TO BE VIOLENT. LEAD BY EXAMPLE.