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PF Cadres Storm Lundazi Radio, Stop Opposition Programme
PF cadres on Wednesday stormed Chikaya Community Radio Station in Lundazi district and forcibly stopped a recorded political programme featuring Ndolola Tembo, who was explaining the policies of his newly formed political party.
And Caritas Chipata programmes unit coordinator John Mthaziko Zulu regretted the attack on the radio station, which occurred barely three days after Rainbow Party leader Wynter Kabimba escaped lynching by PF cadres at Breeze FM radio in Chipata. In an interview on Thursday, Chikaya Community radio station manager Rabson Mumba said the PF cadres stormed the station as Tembo was explaining the policies of the Party For All. “Around 10:00 hours, a mob of PF cadres, in the company of newly elected district PF chairman Emmanuel Mulenga, stormed our station after they heard Ndolola Tembo featuring on the programme,” Mumba said. “The cadres demanded that the programme be stopped because the person (Tembo) was insulting the President. Others proceeded to the On-Air studio where they switched off the radio mixer on their own and ordered the announcer on duty, Samuel Botha, to play music and not the political programme.” He said he was disappointed with the behaviour exhibited by the cadres, especially that they were from the ruling party.
“I am really shocked and disappointed with this kind of behavior that was exhibited by PF. Just a few days ago, we gave them air space, they featured on a live radio programme where their national mobilisation committee members had an opportunity to talk on the radio and no one refused or harassed them,” Mumba said. He said the programme was recorded and wondered how it could be insulting to the President when it had been edited. “The programme the PF are reacting to was a recorded one, which means the programmes manager had edited the package and as a media institution, we uphold media and journalism ethics. We recorded the programme because we wanted to be sure of what was going to run on radio,” said Mumba.
“This radio station was formed in the interest of the community and for PF to behave in this fashion, it won’t help. Chikaya radio will remain non-partisan and they should not drag us into politics. We have a broadcasting policy in place. This is so worrying for media practitioners, especially that we’ll soon be having general elections. There is need for PF to be disciplined.
I am not happy with what happened yesterday.” But Mulenga claimed that the cadres went to Chikaya to offer advice. “PF is a friend of the media, we love the media, why should we harass Chikaya Community Radio station? We went there just to offer advice and not to threaten them. You see, they allowed that person to be insulting the Head of State, can you allow that? I have a duty to protect the Head of State. As district chairman, I can’t allow such to happen,” said Mulenga.
However, Tembo denied having insulted the President. Meanwhile, Zulu said it was sad that what happened at Breeze FM repeated itself at Chikaya. “There are no two ways about this bad behaviour, this is a cancer to our democracy.
When we introduced multiparty democracy, we wanted a number of political parties to give alternatives to the government. These cadres should know that they are making their party very unpopular,” said Zulu.
Posted by Staffreporter
on December 7, 2015. Filed under CRIME.
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MCC
December 7, 2015 at 11:20 am
PF is the only party that makes sense ifyashala ifi ma party mafi yekayeka
Momo
December 7, 2015 at 8:30 pm
Can’t doubt you uli mafi zoona. Get a life you poopu.
jimpunda
December 7, 2015 at 11:21 am
pf cadre at work that is want they know best, in order democracy to grow in zambia vote Upnd
Hidden Objects
December 7, 2015 at 12:41 pm
What does that mean to ECL and PF? Was it an opposition party, ARREST…. but now its PF and the the manager has comfirmed including the attackers themselves. PF what next ? Are you going to do what you do the opposition? Are you going to parade the attackers for identification at the police? Bad manners should be stopped by all means. This will not make PF win the 2016 elections.
Shaka Zulu
December 7, 2015 at 1:55 pm
The same nonsense that was happening under RB has started happening again. These are the things that actually decampaign ruling parties.
Hello Haters
December 7, 2015 at 2:54 pm
Are pf thugs immune to POA? does it mean police heat sensors only work on opposition ? Moba hotel attack, then UPND secretariat in kitwe, mongu offices, recently mpika UPND offices,winter almost lynched in chipata, now another radio station attack,…. Police not in sight.
CoolCat
December 7, 2015 at 3:51 pm
No one is above the law. Those cadres need to be arrested and charged for trespassing and conduct likely to cause the breach of peace.
kanchine
December 7, 2015 at 4:07 pm
Order order guys, it was an advise.
kanchine
December 7, 2015 at 4:08 pm
Order order guys, it was just an advise.
Chilankalipa
December 7, 2015 at 4:18 pm
These Dogs have become a stinking pus, ignorant jobless idiots. If Tembo was really insulting the President, are there no laws to visit him? Is it the duty of the cadres to enforce the law with the highest ignorance that they are displaying? The IG has really let this nation down by failing to order the arrest of these stray rabid dogs masquerading as Untouchables.
Momo
December 7, 2015 at 8:34 pm
Police IG, you are the worst Zambia hs ever had and believe you me, there will never be another female IG in Zambia. Ugly buffoon.
kasongo Wabaluba
December 8, 2015 at 7:02 am
Winter Kabimba has been caught up in his own cobweb. When people are in power they get so drunk with it that they forget the “basic law of gravity”.
When you get up there humble yourselves because the same people that you used to elevate you to those positions are the people that you will need when you tumble down. Sober up all you likes of Chama, Kambwili,Ex-communicated Father Bwalya etc.
I AM JUST SAYING.