SATA Orders “MAKE PUBLIC BA64 Document. MAJORITY Of Zambians Have To Read And Comprehend Its CONTENTS”

REPUBLICAN president Michael Sata has decided to publicize the Barotseland Agreement of 1964 to enable citizens understand and appreciate the contents therein.
President Sata says that during the meeting with the representatives of the Linyunga-ndambo, Barotse Freedom Movement and the Movement for the Restoration of Barotseland, he promised to avail this document to the public.
He says government decided to publish the Barotseland Agreement in order for the Zambian people to read and comprehend the contents of this document.
The head of state further stresses that the publication of this document will also enable the general populace to have wider comments over the same.
During a meeting with Barotse activists at State House last month, President Sata sought greater dialogue on the issue of the Barotseland Agreement of 1964.
The President said there have been misunderstandings on the issue and promised to publish the document to dispel these misinterpretations.
The Head of State said only dialogue will save the country and its people. The President further said Government did not want to spill blood over the Barotseland Agreement, adding that he was not interested in engaging in a confrontation like the previous government did.
The President met 12 representatives of the Linyungandambo, Barotse Freedom Movement and the Movement for the Restoration of Barotseland.
The meeting was attended by defense Minister Geoffrey Mwamba, Home Affairs Minister Kennedy Sakeni, Local Government, Housing, Early Education and Environmental Protection Minister Nkandu Luo and Chiefs and Traditional Affairs Minister Inonge Wina.
Western Province permanent secretary Augustine Seyuba was also in attendance.
This is contained in press statement released by state house press aide George Chellah.

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31 Responses to SATA Orders “MAKE PUBLIC BA64 Document. MAJORITY Of Zambians Have To Read And Comprehend Its CONTENTS”

Mumu

January 15, 2012 at 9:25 pm

Way to go HEMCS. You are brilliant,most people do nt knw th content of ths document hence thy jst talk. Viva PF.,Long live sata,u ar th president zambia have bn waitn 4, mwanawasa tried bt u can do much more. God bless you.
big brain

January 15, 2012 at 9:26 pm

this satana and his demons could not tell de truth bcoz dialogue will neva save de country only violence could.MMD will come back to power in 2016
munzi kubotu

January 15, 2012 at 9:31 pm

let him give dem their land including the cb.that is what he promised dem in de cgmpaign.USELESS PRESIDENT..
messi

January 15, 2012 at 9:55 pm

Only fools like big brain n munzi kubotu thinks in those lines,ba big brain tamwakwata amano so u want blood to be shed????? it is a crime in every country to make a state within a state.May God guide n gve wisdom our president.
kwekwe

January 15, 2012 at 10:29 pm

munzi kubotu you are an *****, how for heavenly sake wud you think like that? Our brothers the lozi only nid development and representation in govmt. How do u bring up such a silly thing. I knw u are upnd or ths party for mad men of distruction (mmd). Go to hell kubotu. Mazoka rest in eternal peace, u are diffrnt frm ths bulls,we pray 4 u.
mcck

January 15, 2012 at 10:52 pm

big brain n munzi kubotu u are the bigest fools zambia eva had,hw cud u prefer war to dialogue.thts y mcs want the ba64 publishd so tht we undastnd it fully.wait for yo family to be afectd thn u c war z not gud.one zambia one nation.
Gaddafi

January 15, 2012 at 10:59 pm

Munzi & Big brain……….
Both of u,,are your mothers female or male ?
rule boy

January 16, 2012 at 12:06 am

@big brain naba munzi kubotu ok…. Tomba ninenu ba fikala tamwakwata amano fikala fyenu pamputi amafi
wizard

January 16, 2012 at 2:15 am

What was Satanas promise of 90 dayz? We are forgetting what Satana promised! For own information BA 64 document has been in the public hands for long, on de internet, newspapers,as zambians we have a bad reading culture. Satana thinks he is buying tym! he will be caught in broad day light. He is playing Russian Roulette.
Intellectualist

January 16, 2012 at 8:21 am

He did not promise to make zambians study the document,when he promised its restoration he read it with ka mmembe,now you want to subject zambians to academic study of the document you foolishly misunderstood? Bullshit!
Madony

January 16, 2012 at 8:46 am

sata is not th ownr of zambia so he canot make such dision alon he needs to consult the majority of u zambian thts y he has decided to publish th barose agrement to see wthr u wil suport th document or not.
Barbed Wire

January 16, 2012 at 9:01 am

Promises..promises. By the way, are the results of the Mongu cimmission out? What are the recomendations? Is the President trying to kill this issue through the press? Mr, President, Rupiah hundled this issue well and you made political statemends and pardoned gungs and thieves. You may have to take them in again.
Khinakho Ya Bulozi

January 16, 2012 at 9:39 am

PUBLICATION OF BAROTSE AGREEMENT

While Michael Sata is the first Zed President to even mention, let alone desire to publicise this document, there are other issues we have to watch for!

Dora siliya banned the live radio discussions about Barotseland agreement! why? isthis ban going to be lifted?

does the Government want to be the only side that want to tell its own version of the story?

we’ll we aloud to mount on campaigns, rallies and media shows also to teach people what is needed to be known, more than just the document itself?

what is GRZ afraid of just to restore the agreement?

Can we see a round table discussion between the Litunga and President sata to completely sort out this issue?

After the people read the document in the media, what next?

(sent in by Kahilu-Lusaka)
tumfweko

January 16, 2012 at 9:53 am

YES A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA AND JUST TALK FROM WITHOUT. PLEASE PUBLISH SO THAT WE MAKE INFORMED DECISION. TUMFWEKO ZOONA!!!!
Joejudges

January 16, 2012 at 10:10 am

De man is a natural born liar.he wants 2 politicize de whole ba64.bt we lozi’s are nt interestd in dis political prostitution.we wnt real issues lyk jobs,gud constitution,better health care,free education & mostly de ba64 reloaded.
kaswili wa ndale

January 16, 2012 at 10:13 am

Though expensive the only way to sort this issue once and for all is to hold a refrendum just like Sudan did. No need of insulting each other here. Let everybody read the document
mbeba

January 16, 2012 at 10:41 am

ba UPND your jealous and ill wish for the republican president will take you nowhere and your tribalism is stinking (who said tongas only are the ones with the brains). imagine someone has gone to an extent of publishing the document so that we could all put in our well informed comments, then you say he is doing nothing/a sign of failure. why didn’t you tell Rupiah and George when innocent lives were lost. please offer constructive critsism
Prof Michael Chilufya Sata

January 16, 2012 at 10:54 am

There is nothing wrong for the President to ask govt to publish this useless piece of shit called BA64.We want the Zambian people to have a look at this document so that people can make informed decision or whatever move the govt will make concerning this document will be done after a wide spectrum has had a chance to peruse through this useless but controversial for nothing document. This is the only govt that is ready to publish or make available to the public findings of commissions of inquiries on many issues that were swept under the carpet by the MMD govt For instance, the Zamtel saga and now the BA64 document. This is what a responsible govt does; it makes issues of public concern available to its citizens so that they can make informed decision. How many reports/findings of public concern where made public by MMD? None! I have in mind the simple Gabon air disaster report which could not be released to the public up until the MMD were kicked out! Yes, the document could be in the public domain like, the Internet and others etc, but how many of the 13 million Zambians have access to the Internet? For argument’s sake even if they had how many can browse up to last for an hour? Your guess is mine, Very few indeed so, what the govt has done is simply to make this document official to the public despite those who already are in possession of the same document.
munzi kubotu

January 16, 2012 at 11:29 am

u can insult me all u want but remember, that issue can only be resolved by giving dem their land dialogue and violence will only suppress the issue for a while!!!!!!
KANGWA

January 16, 2012 at 1:24 pm

THE PRESIDENT IS VERY RIGHT JUST GO AHEAD SIR.PEOPLE LIKE MUNZI KUBOTU IS DEAING ANY DAY CHIKALA CHAKWE.
jet li

January 16, 2012 at 2:01 pm

munzi kubotu…satanyoko and u big brain sulunoko…hw cud resort 2solve problems thru violence mwepefu imwe
pk

January 16, 2012 at 2:04 pm

kwaliba imbwa sha bantu mu chalo,who only think of violence…lets imwe ba stupd baaaaaaaaaaaa
Mario Puzo

January 16, 2012 at 2:05 pm

Iwe chikala bwamba obe ci big brain you shud have respect for our Presido(Mr Sata),he his same as your father.you ****** *****….koswe iwe.
PIKE

January 16, 2012 at 2:22 pm

BIG BRAIN CHIKALA LOOKING AT YOU STATEMENT I CAN TELL YOU HOW YOU BRAIN IS SMALL LIKE THAT OF THE BIRD.YOU CANNOT CALL THE OOP SATAN CAREFUL????
Ayatollah

January 16, 2012 at 3:48 pm

The first time I read the agreement was in 2006. I had to search for it at the Lusaka Museum which is within the new complex or what was supposed to be UNIP headquarters. It is a short document which addresses a few issues like the rights of the people of Barotse land in the new Republic. Even Tumfweko has posted a copy of the BA64. It does not talk about cessation. I understand at the time of drawing up this agreement, Barotseland was already a British protectorate. As such, the British had a duty to safe-guard the interests of the Litunga and the people of Barotseland. However, the document has no accompanying map to define what Barotseland is. If anybody knows the boundaries of Barotseland, I will be grateful for the info. My speculation is that it may be larger than the current Western Province because Zambia had less provinces at independendence. North Western may have been part of Western province. Some ethinal linguistic groups within Western province are opposed to the Lozi interpretation of the agreement. Other than that, who are the Lozis? Is the Totela, Aluyana, Nyengo,etc? There may be even seven ethnic groups carrying the Lozi banner. Once restored, if restored, what will be the role of the Linyangandambo, BFM,etc? How will the Litunga relate with other chiefdoms within Barotseland? Tribal issues need to be addressed with caution so that there’s general agreement. People’s fears need to be allayed. It is fear that has made all successive administration not to recognise Chief Monze as Paramount Chief. No one is courageous enough to address what happened in history were Chief Monze somehow lost this title. They fear that it will cause several chiefs to also begin to agitate for this recognition even when they least deserve it. I therefore support the idea of encouraging debate on such issues. The BA64 is for all Zambians, not the Lozi alone. It’s the document that gave us a unitary state. It should not be used to dominate others by a few. If that be the case, then it is not worth restoration. However, if it is used as vehicle for accelerated development in Barotseland, then let it be so.We all have something to learn
LANCESTER

January 16, 2012 at 5:14 pm

SATA IS VERY WISE. I THANK ZAMBIANS FOR VOTING HIM IN INTO OFFICE. BY THE TIME HE FINISHES HE SECOND TERM , HE WILL BE THE BEST PRESIDENT.
chazya

January 16, 2012 at 5:51 pm

What’s the issue @ hand here,don’t just BARK,go through the document & you will find that some section of eka TRIBE has been caught napping!that hey thought they will really get it.
HE MCS is not at DULL as you thought!long live BATAMBALUKUTA!
Miranda

January 17, 2012 at 9:06 am

KOLWESTAN LEADER HAS THE BEHAVIOUR OF A KOLWE….
jay

January 17, 2012 at 9:47 am

My Concern in this whole issue is the position of the Litunga should be made public. Maybe he is the one telling his subject that the separation of western province is the best for them. But let us look at it with the interest of the country and humanity. It is not for the best interest for the people of western province and zambia economically. I have not seen a country which is made of one tribe. All I can say all humanity need each other to succeed which ever tribe we are…
Chinyopilo

January 17, 2012 at 12:40 pm

Long live Sata the great, dear leader…
mubuks

January 20, 2012 at 9:23 am

People dont just comment on the issue that you have never ready! The problem with Zambian you have a culture of not searching information, you just like passing silly comments.. The doccoment is there in the post news paper read and comment true issues! This habit of insulting when ever you feel like wil take you no where!! United we stand!!