Government should involve all the concerned parties when handling the controversy surrounding the restoration of the Barotseland agreement of 1964, Chisamba Member of Parliament and MMD presidential aspirant Moses Muteteka has urged the Michael Sata led administration.
This follows reports of a named group in Western province that is allegedly calling for the Independence of the province.
In an interview with Qfm, Mr. Muteteka explains that the issue of the Barotseland agreement is a sensitive matter that needs to be handled with caution.
He says it is therefore important for the government not to politicize the issue but that they should ensure that they implement what they promised the people of Western province during campaigns in the run up to the just ended tripartite elections.
But Republican president Michael Sata has urged the people of western province not to resolve to confrontation in dealing with issues surrounding the Barotseland agreement.
Meeting officials from the Linyunga Ndambo and the Movement for the restoration of Barotseland at State House this morning, President Sata called for dialogue stating that government is willing to address challenges facing Western Province.
And President Michael Sata says government will commence exploration works for oil in the western province.
The president has also observed the need for the rice growers in the province to be assisted with a market for their produce saying this will help in addressing that the people of that area are facing.
He adds that there is so much agitation among the people of western province because of the high unemployment levels among the other many challenges they are currently facing.
The president was speaking when met the officials from the Barotseland Freedom Movement (BFM) the Movement for the Restoration of Barotseland (MRB) and the Linyungandambos at state house today.
And the president has observed that there is a lot of misunderstanding on the Barotseland agreement but added that the PF government would give all the ethnic groups of western province to give their views on the matter.
President Sata notes because of the ignorance of the colonial masters about the geographical setting when they came to Zambia, the made the Litunga sign the agreement illegally on behalf of the other chiefdoms on the issue of concessions.
The president however, expressed government’s determination to resolve the matter through dialogue with all the interested parties.
QFM
Lozi’s are a pain . After so long same song !
IT IS NOT A SENSITIVE ISSUE, WE WILL SQUASH IT. THERE WESTERNERS ARE GETTING OUT OF HAND. AND YOU MOSES MUTETEKAKAKA SHUT UP, DON’T TALK ABOUT MY PRESIDENT.
Is this when he is realising? How about M’membe?..he also did not know when he was calling them Barotse Activists or he must stop misleading people in his paper with falsehood.You guys took people for granted and you have to take responsibility.
@#2 Nachula. Got to agree with you. Just send in men in uniforms and yes use the bullets if they are being antagonistic.
Twanaka nabo mwe! No wonder RB used bullets there.
mumbwe aitile impanshi shamubaba. amlibi yakuilombela
why saying the levels of unemployment is high in western province. unemployment is all over lozi s should just blame themselves. even in Muchinga province there is a high level of unemployment.
The issue is a Non Starter,ask KK, he knows what he did.
:(( cry louder but this is the time to get back to the master KK and ask what had happen at the time how he handled the issue besides that i feel the westerners just want power at all cost they have not been organized they is no political party for them…….
THE BAROTSELAND AGREEMENT 1964
This Agreement is made this eighteenth day of May, 1964 between KENNETH DAVID
KAUNDA, Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesia of the one part and SIR MWANAWINA
LEWANIKA THE THIRD ,K.B.E., Litunga of Barotseland, acting on behalf of himself, his
heirs and successors, his council, and the chiefs and people of Barotseland of the other
party is signed by the Right Honourable Duncan Sandys, M.P Her Majesty’s principal
secretary of state for common wealth relations and for the colonies, to signify the approval
of her majesty’s government in the united kingdom of the arrangements entered into
between the parties to this agreement and recorded therein.
KK to handle it..it only says KK and SIR MWANAWINA
LEWANIKA THE THIRD ,K.B.E., Litunga of Barotseland, acting on behalf of himself, his
heirs and successors, his council, and the chiefs and people of Barotseland. IT DOESNT SAY KK AND HIS HEIRS…GET A LIFE YOU LOZI’S.
Whereas it was proposed that the northern Rhodesia shall become an independent
sovereign state to be known as the republic of Zambia.
And where as it is the wish of the government of northern Rhodesia and
of the Litunga of Barotseland, his council and the chiefs and people of
Barotseland that northern Rhodesia should proceed to independence as
one country and that all its peoples should be one nation:
And where , as having regard to the fact that all treaties and other
agreements subsisting between her majesty the queen of the United
Kingdom of great Britain and northern Ireland and The Litunga of
Barotseland will terminate when Northern Rhodesia becomes an
independent sovereign republic and her majesty’s government in the
United Kingdom will there upon cease to have any responsibility for the
government of Rhodesia including Barotseland. It is the wish of the
government of northern Rhodesia and of The Litunga of Barotseland to
enter into arrangements concerning the position of Barotseland as part
of the republic of Zambia to the place of the treaties and other
agreements hitherto subsisting between Her Majesty the Queen and The
Litunga of Barotseland:
And whereas on the sixteenth day of April, 1964 a provisional
agreement was concluded at Lusaka with purpose and it is the desire of
the government of northern Rhodesia and The Litunga, acting after
consultation with his council to conclude a permanent agreement with
this purpose:
NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH and it is hereby agreed between the said
Kenneth David Kaunda, Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesia, on behalf of the
government of Northern Rhodesia and the said Sir Mwanawina Lewanika the Third,
K.B.E., Litunga of Barotseland on behalf of himself, his heirs and successors ,his Council
and the chiefs and the people of Barotseland as follows:-
1. Citation and commencement
This agreement may be cited as the Barotseland Agreement 1964 and shall come into force
on the day on which Northern Rhodesia, including Barotseland, becomes the independent
sovereign Republic of Zambia.
2. The Constitution of Zambia
The constitution of the republic of Zambia shall include the provisions agreed upon for
the inclusion herein at the constitutional conference held in London in May, 1964 relating
to:-
(a) the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms of the individual;
(b) the judiciary; and
(c) the public service and those provisions shall have full force and effect in
Barotseland.
THIS IS SIMPLE ISSUE LOZI S CAN NOT MANAGE ALL THE ZAMBIAN,ITS ONLY TIME WILL MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE FIGHTING A LOOSING BATTLE.JUST WAIT AND SEE MY PRESIDENT IS VERY MUCH ALIVE TO THAT
there is no need of consulting other tribes regarding the restoration of BA64. the rationale behind is that at the time the agreement was signed all this tribs where subject of under the Barotse State. hence going on to consult othere tribes will mean abrogating the BA64.
3. Administration of Justice
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the people of Barotseland shall be
accorded the same rights of access to the high court of the republic of Zambia as are
accorded to other citizens of the Republic under the laws for the time being in force in the
Republic and a judge or judges of the high court selected from among the judges who
normally sit in Lusaka shall regularly proceed on circuit in Barotseland at each intervals
as the due administration of justice may require.
(2) The people of Barotseland shall be accorded the same rights of appeal from the
decisions of the courts of the Republic of Zambia as are accorded to other citizens of the
Republic under the laws for the time being in force in the Republic.
4. The Litunga and His Council
(1) The government of the republic of Zambia will accord recognition as such to the
person who is for the time The Litunga of Barotseland under the customary law of
Barotseland.
(2) The Litunga of Barotseland, acting after consultation with his Council as constituted
for the time being under the customary law of Barotseland shall be the principal local
authority for the government and administration of Barotseland.
Just shoot who ever is breaking the laws of Zambia.
(3) The Litunga of Barotseland, acting after consultation with his Council, shall be
authorised and empowered to make laws for Barotseland in relation to the following
matters, that is to say-
(a) The Litungaship;
(b) The authority at present known as the Barotse Native Government (which
shall hereafter be known as the Barotse Government);
(c) The authorities at present known as Barotse Native Authorities;
(d) The courts at present known as Barotse Native Courts;
(e) The status of the members of the Litunga’s Council;
(f) matters relating to local government;
(g) land;
(h) forests;
(i) traditional and customary matters relating to Barotseland alone;
(j) fishing;
(k) control of hunting;
(l) game preservation;
(m) control of bush fires;
(n) the institution at present known as the Barotse native treasury;
THE BAROTSE AGREEMENT 1964
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(o) the supply of beer;
(p) reservation of trees for canoes;
(q) local taxation and matters relating thereto; and
(r) Barotse local festivals.
5. Land
(1) In relation to land in Barotseland the arrangements set out in the annex hereto shall
have effect.
(2) In particular, the Litunga of Barotseland and his Council shall continue to have the
powers hitherto enjoyed by them in respect of land matters under customary law and
practice.
(3) The courts at present known as the Barotse Native Courts shall have original
jurisdiction(to the exclusion of any other court in the republic of Zambia)in respect of
matters concerning rights over or interests in land in Barotseland to the extent that those
matters are governed by the customary law of Barotseland:
Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as limiting the
jurisdiction and powers of the High Court of the Republic of Zambia in relation to
writs or orders of the kind at present known as prerogative of writs or orders.
(4) Save with the leave of the court at present known as the Saa- Sikalo Kuta, no appeal
shall lie from any decision of the courts at present known as the Barotse Native Courts
given in exercise of the jurisdiction referred to in paragraph (3) of this article to the High
Court of the Republic of Zambia.
6. Civil Servants
All public officers of the Government the Republic of Zambia who may from time to time
be situated in Barotseland shall be officers serving on permanent and pensionable terms.
7. Financial Responsibility
The Government of the Republic of Zambia shall have the same general responsibility for
providing financial support for the administration and economic development of
Barotseland as it has for other parts of the Republic and shall ensure that, in discharge of
this responsibility, Barotseland is treated fairly and equitably in relation to other parts of
the Republic.
8. Implementation
The Government of the Republic of Zambia shall take such steps as may be necessary to
ensure that the laws for the time being in force in the Republic are not inconsistent with
the provisions of this Agreement.
10. Revocation
The herein before recited Agreement of the sixteenth day of April, 1964 is hereby revoked.
In witness whereof the parties hereto
Have hereunto set their hands in the
Presence of: – K.D.KAUNDA Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesia (Signed)
E.D. HONE Governor of Northern Rhodesia (Signed)
(Signed) IMENDA SIBANDI Ngambela of Barotseland
MWANAWINA LEWANIKA III Litunga of Barotseland
Signed by the Right Honourable Duncan Sandys in the presence of :- (Signed)
(Signed) RICHARD HORNBY DUNCAN SANDYS
Parliamentary Under Secretary of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary
State for Commonwealth Relations of State for Common wealth Relations And for the
Colonies And for the Colonies
ANNEX TO THIS AGREEMENT
1. The Litunga and National Council of Barotseland have always worked in close cooperation
with the Central Government over land matters in the past have agreed that the
Central government should use land required for public purposes, and have adopted the
same procedures as apply to leases and rights of occupancy in the Reserves and Trust
Land areas, where applicable. At the same time, the administration of land rights in
Barotseland under customary law and practice has been under the control of the Litunga
and National Council in much the same way as customary land rights are dealt with in
the Reserves and Trust Land areas.
2. In these circumstances it is agreed that the Litunga should continue to have the greatest
measure of responsibility for administer
Sata doesn’t even know the history of Zambia. It is very disappointing and embarrassing that the entire president thinks that the history of Zambia started in 1953!!! THE ENTIRE PRESIDENT!!!!! As for the Baroste Agreement, ofcourse the Lozis are the sleepiest and most stupid major tribe in the country. Atleast the Tongas don’t bend to li8es. While the Tongas were busy fighting off Sata, the Lozis were busy listening like stupid monkeys to Sata’s lies about restoring the Barotse Agreement. Sata used the same tricks that Rupiah Banda used when he promised then to appoint a Vice-President and then told them to basically f.u.c.k off after he won elections. What’s wrong with you Lozis. Start assertting yourselves like the Tonbgas have done. Lozis are cowards…
2. In these circumstances it is agreed that the Litunga should continue to have the greatest
measure of responsibility for administering land matters in Barotseland. It is however,
necessary to examine the position of land matters in Barotseland against the background
of the Northern Rhodesia Government’s overall responsibility for the territory.
3. The Barotse memorandum has indicated that Barotseland should become an integral
part of Northern Rhodesia. In these circumstances the Northern Rhodesia Government
will assume certain responsibilities and to carry these out they will have to have certain
powers. so far as land is concerned, apart from confirmation of wide powers the Litunga
over customary matters ,the position is as follows:
(1) The Northern Rhodesia Government does not wish to derogate from any of the powers
exercised by the Litunga and Council in respect of land matters under customary law and
practice.
(2) The Northern Rhodesia Government would like to ensure that the provision of public
services and the responsibility of economic development in Barotseland are not hampered
by special formalities.
(3) The Northern Rhodesia Government recognises and agrees that full consultation
should take place with the Litunga and Council before any land in Barotseland is used for
public purposes or in the general interests of economic development.
(4) The position regarding land in Barotseland in an independent Northern Rhodesia
should ,therefore, be as follows:-
(a) There should be the same system for land administration for the whole of
Northern Rhodesia including Barotseland, that is, the Government Lands
Department should be responsible for professional advice and services with
regard to land alienation in all parts of Northern Rhodesia and that the same
form of document should be used for grants of land (i) for Government
purposes and (ii) for non-Government and non-customary purposes. The
necessary preparation of the title documents should be done by the
Government Lands Department.
(b) The Litunga and National Council of Barotseland will be charged with the
responsibility for administering Barotse customary land law within
Barotseland.
That is all there is in the agreement. There is nothing like secession it is all about a unitary state, with some autonomy in BL
There is virtually nothing seccessionist in this agreement. If anything it sets decentralisation in Zambia on a very sound footing. It has to take blindness in the PK Chishala degree to confuse this agreement for seccession and I note ignorance in Zambia, of the kind laced with dangerous tribal bigotry, is very prevallent. Imagine a people who would vote for a heart diseased clearly senile president, what kind of embaciles are they? ZAMBIANS! And watch this space, it will not be long before North-Westerners and Tongas start agitating for a split from this failed colonially designed patchwork called Zambia. Kanganja is fired today replaced as yet by another bemba. Thanks to Sata for hastening the death of this painful experience called Zambia.
MAN OF ACTION:
THIS IS INSIGHTFUL INFOR THANKS A MILLION….SO all those advocating for secession are breaking the BLA. But lets involve the Litunga in dev.
Realist supporter:
You are welcome.
Thanks Man of Action
Good information.Nothing is talking about secession. It is simply talking about administration of land and other natural resources that reside on customery land. The agreement allows for a consultative process with the traditional leader. Which is the case with all traditional leaders and customery land. If you want to get a title deed for land in Mungule area, which has become popular for Lusaka area, the chiefness has to assent before it goes to Chibombo and then Ministry of Lands. Same stuff. So, what is the issue?
Rewrite history all you can. The facts will stand till restoration or secession come. No Barotse person has ever insulted other nations’ (read tribes if you want) chiefs, even the cassanova type. Lewanika is oly equated to Moshesh in Southern African history, for the level of diplomacy and understanding the times that he exhibited. Stay ignorant and uneducated at the risk of making senseless statements. It your choice.
Let`s just have a fair and equitable way of distributing resources in the country. This, we all admit, has been lacking where Western Province is concerned. Maybe it is the same inhibiting customary laws administered by the Litunga. They should be relaxed and the govt should take delibarate steps and develop the province. That includes a university. These chaps are very educated but they all come to disturb Solis and lenjes at their university in Lusaka. At one time we were made to believe the eat hopani brain that is why they are shap. And they never settle in W/province after retirement.
‘@man of action, Thank for making this clear you truly are a man of action. But l also saw a part where it mentioned SUPPLY OF BEER,?? We need stonger brews please at the club, mosi is too weak please;;;;;;;;;;;; so my BRE CLUB FELLOW MEMBERS LET US STOP BREAKING THE LAW, JUST DRINK BEFORE WE ARE SHOT DOWN LIKE DOGS ,
@Child of the sky;;;;;;;;;;;;;;you must drinking or smoking some strong stuff my man, you even believe your parents are the sky, send us some of what ever making you so illusional ahape the club needs some
Mr presido let me applaud u for the first time u said coz of the ignorance of the colonialists they made the litunga to sign an agreement on behalf of other chiefs. Point noted. Why are lozis giving us prbms? Send men in comouflage to sort them out .we wil support u.
Zambians need not blame anyone for confunsion arising from any subject. it
Would be wise to pray for the President and the Nation otherwise the devil
Will take away the most cherished peace.NEVER TAKE PEACE for granted.
TRIBE issues can be used by the devil and no one choose to be of any tribeÂ
Or to be born in which part of the world
May God’s spirit guide the President and peace be unto the Nation
Man of Action, whoever you are, thank you for making people read this document para by para, who have never done so. God bless you. However, those who feel very strongly that they need to cease to be part of Zambia, because Mikaeli Chilufya Sata, who is a Bemba, is President, have every democratic and legal right to do so, through the normal legal channels. People, calling for insurrection from the conforts of their foreign domain, should go back to Zambia, and agitate from there. Bembas, can be in the majority of ministerial or other positions, but they dont have power. Power is exercised by individuals and organisations with money, and PF dont have it.
To my Lozi and Tonga brothers and sisters and their so called tribal cousins. Get land in your areas, borrow finance from the banks, and develop your areas agricultural and mining potential. Sata, wont stop you. Your own traditional rulers have the power to give you the land, the so hated bembas wont steal it from you. Look at the richest Zambians, they are all Tonga, why? Because they are all in agriculture. Those with entrepreneurer spirits will ultimately be in control of the country, not those with political power, this is caused by a misunderstanding of economic power in Africa, and this is what leads to corruption in government.
BULL SHIT,MUTETEKA IS RIGHT.A BEMBA WILL NEVER SAY ANTHING GOOD ABOUT THE LOZI.WE HAV MARRIED MOST OFTHEIR GIRLS,UHHHHH PROBLEM STEALING.I TELL U WE HAVE NAMES LIKE WALUBITA MUSONDA.THIS GIRLS ARE MUCH BETTER IMPROVED VERSION OF BEMBA.PURE BEMBA WILL NVER PASS EXAM WITHOUT LIKAGE.
How dull is that my friend?
Pure Bemba from Muchinga province, who has not known what to fail an exam in life feels like. All the way to PhD and still going strong. Stop your tribal nonsense. Done any genetics to substantiate your tribal nonsense. get a life. You actually sound like one of those who think ACCA is rocket science. fail it 3 4 times before getting the ka paper and a hilux. phew!!!!
@ 44 Ruth Hams ”””””””””””’Thank you for your wise contributions to this topic,Ruth l agree with you let us pray and stop wishing death on our democratically elected Leader. ‘@45& 46 Clive Chanda ,,,,,,,,,,you are very right all us making these noises are doing so hidden behind our key boards in far away places from western province and yet threaten Yes Zambia will burn, go to western province and stand shoulder to shoulder with our starving and suffering brothers, we complain about these bembas they are there and ruling from zambia and not from abroad, what are we going to do when the army charges into WP ? send our witch craft through the net?? we are a club let us admit our cause is a worthless one without substance,
#blackbulls …………you are sick in your head, yes l am married to a bemba Don and have 5 sons with him, l am proud of my husband and my family. Alot of lozi sisters are married to many zambian tribes aside Lozi, Why ?? find an answer to that you dopey man. So you think your daughters will marry a Lozi men ?think twice, seeing you are in SA your daughters and sisters would rather a marry a common south african tyre thief than be stuck with a dopey boring drunken lozi man like you
ey,u ar not alozi woman.lozi women dont crolly belly for men,especially manyukunyuku,u no longer belong to us go to muchinga for good.we wont regret it .am not infact a lozi,am a mbowe.u ar a product of an impossible mixture.am married to bemba woman but huuuu,stealing.just go to school be4 he divorses,for more beutiful bemba mbowe girls like my daughters.
# Blackbull – you are a typical primitive man. People like you will never shake the bush off however educated they are. Your wife is not Bemba you stereotypical loser.
Mrs Inoge bwalya and Mrs Chikwanda are…..its not rocket science to tell.
YES WE LOZIS ARE PAIN AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PAIN IN YOUR BACK SIDE
Ba SATA, we are behind you. Ignore Austin Mbozi and Given Mutinta of the Watchdog. Mbozi and Mutinta’s rantings are just tarnishing the good image of the Tonga people. We know Tongas are good people. So do not get distracted by the Watchdog writings of Mbozi and Given Mutinta, who are jealousy and hate-filled people. It is sad that with the little education Mbozi has received can insult elderly people and street vendors. Mr President, you saved us from Rupiah’s wanton destruction of our country, and we still believe that you can turn things around, and help build Zambia for the good of Zambians, so long you listen to people’s cries, advice,especially well meaning people. We know you did not grease your way to State House with lies.Â
RUBBISH getting out of hand. Ba Sata is treating them so tenderly, RB was right to have used bullets.
Hellboy, you are such an asshole. You are talking of things you do not know. That involves a lot of blood shed and pipo can not afford to go to such levels of stupidity because of gents like you and many others that have opted to put their brains in the anus and not in the head. continue thinking using your A.S.S and you will go nowhere. N.Y. O ya maho!!!!!!
inoge, u dont have somrthing reasonable to tok about.wait until he divorses u aftr unleshing 17 kid on u and divose u.dont worrry we will sho u to anoza hasbnd.
congrats to the graduation of the first ever barotse suicide bomb squad at imusho underground military training camp.yo uniform is better than of the colonialist.