The Zambia Police Service has issued a warning to the Patriotic Front (PF) Party Faction led by Mr. Given Lubinda, citing credible information about potential intentions to destabilize the country’s peace and security. Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga urged the faction to adhere to peaceful and lawful expression of grievances, cautioning against any actions that could undermine public order and safety.
The police statement did not specify individuals involved but emphasized the need for the PF Faction to respect democratic values and the rule of law. Hamoonga stated that the police had been closely monitoring activities associated with the faction and would take appropriate action to preserve peace.
In response, the Patriotic Front, through its Chairperson of Information and Publicity, Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba, accused the police spokesperson of defaming the PF leadership. Mwamba disputed the existence of factions within the PF and criticized the state’s alleged attempts to create a one-party state.
Mwamba expressed concern about illegal rules issued by the Electoral Commission of Zambia regarding upcoming ward by-elections, claiming that such actions threatened the peace and security of the country. He urged state institutions, including the police and the Electoral Commission, to uphold the rule of law and allow due process in the upcoming elections.
The PF accused the police of engaging in lawless activities, jeopardizing the peace Zambia enjoys. Mwamba called for an end to what he described as schemes aimed at preventing the Patriotic Front from participating in the by-elections.
Do we have the rule of law in zambia? are you sure RAE we have rule of law? stop pretending that we have rule of law in our country.Stop this that you are doing the hide and seek game,the James Hardly chase game.This is a well known factor you want to destroy PF but even has you try to do that be mindful of the consequences that might arise out of the moves that you are undertaking.We have a shrinking democratic space in zambia and please be careful period.Another group of people is watching and monitoring all the events so careful yama.
Stoopid I’d!ot. Just wait for 2026. Make sure you will have created an escape route.
Police are supposed to act fairly. Upnd cadres are closing offices and harassing people. You do nothing.
Go warn your family.
Take your blinkers off for god’s sake
How many PF’s do we have ??
Why are you not telling us about the criminals who gassed this country? You are so involved in these petty issues yet you cannot bring to book those who gassed our children with dangerous substances……. ARE YOU REAL?
@Deja Vu: You lost in 2001, and rigged- because you were in power. You then assassinated Mr Mazoka. You cheated 2011, by promising the Lozi that you would restore the Barotse Agreement, and won. You lost in 2015- and rigged. You lost in 2016- and rigged. You lost in 2021, and failed to rig. Why do you think that you will win in 2026, when you will have no chance, whatsoever, to rig? For better or for worse, HH is in it for 10 years. He will be 68 when he retires from the presidency. Get ready and used to it. Meawhile, get ready to visiting be your relatives, such as Kashimba Chimbwi Li, Richard Musukwa, Kaizar “Kanyenga-Nyoko” Zulu, Nakacinda, Lusambo, and many more, at Chimbokaila, where they need to have long term residency…
kkkkk very useless chaps from villages opportunistic
@since ni since: Kabwe and Lusaka are in Tongaland, you id!ot. You are the one who is in our cities, from Lusaka to Livingstone. I do not know where the cities in your land are, but if they are there, you should be speaking from there, not from ours, when you call us villagers. You are the one who ran from your home to ours. Of course you are too stupid to realise this. “Lusaka” is a Tonga/ Soli word, which was also the name of a Tonga/Soli man the English found living in the area, and made a chief.
What Tongaland? Go get your head examined
I thought Miles Sampa’s PF is a faction or are both called factions….please educate me…and why is the Police taking sides….please educate me….i thought the Police’s job is to serve and protect all Citizens even non citizens for as long as they’re in Zambia…..please educate me
The end of Upnd will be tragic. Instead of concentrating on improving our well being they are wasting time on PF 24/7
Even the reporters are to blame for not knowing the language they report in. A faction is a small organised dissenting group from the main one. In this case reporters should tell us with stats or other variables why Lubinda’s adminstration isnt the main one and Sampa the dissenting one or vice versa. From a normal point of view the faction would be Sampa’s.
@John Peter Zenger: I assume that this is your real name, in which case African politics is none of your business. That being said, the police are not taking sides. The police are correctly warning anyone intent on disturbing the peace and security of the country, that they will deal with him. That is their duty, to maintain law and order. Period point blank. PF can quarrel however much they want, but if they start fighting, even among themselves, or start to induce anarchy, or start to foment discord in the country, they will be dealt with, because they do not have the right to do any of those things. They will all end up in Lusaka Central.
This Miles Sampa issue is so transparent you don’t need a binoculars to see.
The change that the UPND has given us is that it’s now the Police that are playing the role that PF cadres played. Previously it’s PF cadres that used to storm private gatherings to attack the patrons and organizers but now it’s Zambia Police under Hichilema, Mwiimbu and Musamba that are doing it. It pains me to see such a promising and brilliant young police officer like Rae Hamoonga being abused in this manner. I’m certain that what happened to the other 26 senior police officers will happen to this crop as well. What kind of people are we? Politicians are destroying this country while we watch
@Ayatollah: when you come from a certain culture, you behave according to that culture, and think everyone else is of that culture. We are different. We are honest, law abiding citizens. The problem is NOT that the police of Zambia are doing THEIR job right now; it is that in your time in power, you had the Kaponya going around abusing the powers of the police. As you such you have a confused view of reality. The Police have not stormed private meetings at any point. The police are warning anarchists that they will deal with them should they unleash anarchy of the country. You think that criminals should be free to commit such crimes as disturbing the peace or robbing mines in Chingola. And that is YOUR problem
@ Ayatollah
You can say that a million times my friend…and the sad part is that the Police are being biased in plain view…..so now the Police have become UPND Cadres and am sure they’re is an incentive and brown envelopes….HH IS SUCH A DISAPPOINTMENT
@Anonymous: The last time I heard this sort of invidious sh!t was when, the thankfully now dead, Michael Satan said “how come so many of my tribes men are the ones in jail?”. The police arrest criminals. Where they come from, or what political party they belong to, are an irrelevances. Furthermore, the police are manifesting neutrality here by telling “ONE FACTION” of the Pilfering Party that they will deal with it should it cause crime and anarchy in Zambia, while leaving the peaceful one alone. If this was an anti-PF campaign, the police would target both factions. Obey the law, and stop committing crime, and no one will come after you. At the same time, you should learn to support law enforcement, and not criminals
Police and Journalists are Zambia’s biggest turncoats. Wherever the wind blows becomes their direction.Our only hope are The Church
There is political frustration in some camps…
However, peace should be exalted and upheld.
@ Anonymous, Deja Vu, etal. Missing the point on the legitimacy of the two PF factions. Both cant be legitimate in the eyes of the law. Faction led by ECL, Kambwili, Lubinda Yellow, Nakachinda etc, does not meet the requirements of the Registrar Act, while that of Miles Sampa fulfilled the law. Even challenge by Nakachinda failed. The police can only police that which the law recognises, out side the law is an offence.
Iwe we’re not children. But nothing hides under the sun. The person you are using to destroy the PF is a well known sell out. It’s not the first time he’s done it and definitely not the last.
Time will tell.
Why would Mwiimbu take keen interest in a party he doesn’t belong to
Why would Sampa be accompaning HH
Which law??
You mean hakaindes police? F00ls
PF not well organised. 2yrs without party president tells it all.
ZAMBIANS ARE NOT STUPID, THEY CAN SEE WHAT IS GOING ON!
By the way why is it that when HH uses vulgar language at public meetings people cheer, clap, laugh… even if he’s insulting a fellow parent?
But when Sean Tembo or Nakachinda do the same the Zambia Police go and break their gates to extract them. ?