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HH Pleads Not Guilty, Granted K30 Million Cash Bail
HAKAINDE Hichilema the leader of United Party for National Development (UPND) who was arrested by Zambia Police Service this morning has pleaded not guilty to the one count of publishing false information to the public.
Facts before the court are that Mr Hichilema on June 11, 2012 at Lusaka did orally publish statements in which he said inter alia that “PF had signed an agreement for the militia in Sudan to train PF youths, prepare for trouble”
“Do you know what is going on in Dafur ?. Do you know what is going on in Abyei? Do you know what is going on there? Killings” Statements which are likely to cause fear or alarm the public.
Mr Hichilema, 50, a Businessman and Politician took plea before Chief Resident Magistrate, Joshua Banda, in the Lusaka magistrates’ court today.
Magistrate Banda granted Mr Hichilema a K 30 million cash bail, with two working sureties based in Lusaka and further ordered that his passport be surrendered to the Senior Clerk of Court.
Mazabuka Central Member of Parliament Garry Nkombo and his Zambezi West counter part Charles Kakoma signed the bail on behalf of the UPND leader.
Mr Hichilema is charged with one count of publication of false news with intent to cause fear and alarm to the public contrary to section 67 (1) (1) of the penal code cap 87 of the laws of Zambia.
Mr Hichilema will appear on September 13 for mention and trial commences on October 1 to 5 this year.
The Zambia Police Service earlier in the morning today formally arrested and charged Mr Hichilema for allegedly publishing false information to the public.
Mr Hichilema arrived at the Zambia Police Service Headquarters at 10:30 hours in the company of his lawyers Sakwiba Sikota, Jack Mwiimbu and Alliance for Democracy and Development President Charles Milupi.
His supporters were however stopped by the police to enter the Service Headquarters.
Mr Hichilema was arrested around 11 hours and was later driven to Woodlands Police station where all the formalities were done.
Mr Hichilema has been arrested in connection with a statement he made on June 11, this year that the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sudanese government to train youths in that country as militia.
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hh
August 13, 2012 at 7:12 pm
Kolwestan politics. Hh shud be given a Gold medal
STORM
August 13, 2012 at 7:22 pm
They have failed to kill him like they did MAZOKA. We’re watching and You’ll feel our sting this time if anything happens to him you fools.
@storm ! Mazoka died of aids ! thats public knowledge!
August 13, 2012 at 7:31 pm
hiv the virus that causes aids
killed Mazoka!
waumfwa STORM ?
nckbnd
August 13, 2012 at 7:32 pm
wait imunyokole njala hule hule kapena kuti hakainde ni chilema.
One term party
August 13, 2012 at 7:36 pm
PF should prepare for hard times after 2016 elections? It’ll be lack if Ukwa dies b4 tht time cos God is angry wt him, he has abused the people of Zambia. Instead of him ruling he has sold the presidence to Membe and Nchito at k14bn to tarnish his name. I feel for Sata time ahead is rough for him.
swoodoo
August 13, 2012 at 7:41 pm
eish, people can waste money
concerned
August 13, 2012 at 7:41 pm
tonga’s you ar very irrational,this is a fact!
Gud
August 13, 2012 at 7:51 pm
Tumfweko u are just a PF sponsored site.Shame Kaponyas.
CNP CNP CNP CNP CNP.Galu
Shimpundu
August 13, 2012 at 8:05 pm
Do you see how many shallow minded people HH is taking with him? Like Storm above! They are so blinded to reason and the truth that they even think Mazoka was killed by his political oponents when it’s public knowledge that it was AIDS that killed him. They lack objectivity and are basing their allegience to HH simply because he is Tonga. The PF government must be commended for taking such bold steps because they have not violated any local or international laws at all. If HH is innocent, then the courts will vindicate him, end of story! Sata must be given a chance to govern even though he has made some blunders. There is no country that will let you go scot free once you make such inflamatory statements that threaten natiaonal peace or development, or deprive the nation of international investment. Do you people understand the threat and implication of HHs statements? Sudan is conssidered a terrorist nation in the Western world. To now tell the world that Zambia has such shoddy dealings with them as HH claims means our international corporation partners will mmediately withhold their support in whatever form thereby restricting the flow of the much needed FDI( Foreign Direct Investment) When the Zammbian people suffer as a result, you blame Sata! HH is even fortunate he got bail. He should have been charged for treason and locked up until his trial commences in October.
Shimpundu
August 13, 2012 at 8:12 pm
Do you see how many shallow minded people HH is taking with him? Like Storm above! They are so blinded to reason and the truth that they even think Mazoka was killed by his political oponents when it’s public knowledge that it was AIDS that killed him. They lack objectivity and are basing their allegience to HH simply because he is Tonga. The PF government must be commended for taking such bold steps because they have not violated any local or international laws at all. If HH is innocent, then the courts will vindicate him, end of story! Sata must be given a chance to govern even though he has made some blunders. There is no country that will let you go scot free once you make such inflamatory statements that threaten natiaonal peace or development, or deprive the nation of international investment. Do you people understand the threat and implication of HHs statements? Sudan is conssidered a terrorist nation in the Western world. To now tell the world that Zambia has such shaddy dealings with them as HH claims means our international corporation partners will mmediately withhold their support in whatever form thereby restricting the flow of the much needed FDI( Foreign Direct Investment) When the Zammbian people suffer as a result, you blame Sata! HH is even fortunate he got bail. He should have been charged with treason and locked up until his trial commences in October. Stop tribal politics and deal with the issues as they emerge. PF is the lesser of the evils that are frustrating their governing.
taliban
August 13, 2012 at 8:23 pm
the cancer striken PF chap will die soon..they want to clear our man ..b4!
GunnerME
August 13, 2012 at 8:24 pm
Its very clear that the PF & Sata are behind this ‘fake’ case against HH! They should know that we the neutrals are watching! I regret voting for Sata & his pf & wont allow that to happen ever again! I pray that these chimbwis get out faster than they came!!!
Tahiri square
August 13, 2012 at 8:32 pm
But @shimpundu lifolo elyo futi cipuba ica mu last. Pa fipuba (PF)
Shimpundu
August 13, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Taliban, whatever nonsense you post on this platform will be visited upon you a hundred fold! I reject and renounce your evil wishes in Jesus’ name! Deal with the truth and stop masquerading behind foolishly blind support for your immature and tribal leader HH. He deserves what’s coming to him!He has clearly made his bed, so let him lie on it.
Man
August 13, 2012 at 8:37 pm
Shimpundu, you are an *****. Your thinking leaves much to be desired. JUST SHUT YOUR SINKING MOUTH.
King Musula Wenu
August 13, 2012 at 8:38 pm
One down one to go!!!! Good action PF. No sacred Tonga Bulls.
GunnerME
August 13, 2012 at 8:39 pm
I cant wait to laugh my lungs out when cnp & his bunch of ignorant & hungry cadres lose this case!!! Zambians thought they voted for a saviour. . .well cnp is a dictator!!!
King Musula Wenu
August 13, 2012 at 8:42 pm
Now you have started attacking Shimpundu for telling you the truth? I will put HH behind bars til 2046.
Shimpundu
August 13, 2012 at 8:43 pm
Tahir Sqare and all of you UPND sympathisers go spill you bile somewhere else if you cannot face the truth about your semblance of a leader, HH! Unlike you, some Tonga’s are really decent people. You are spoiling their good reputation!
Man
August 13, 2012 at 8:47 pm
I still repeat Shimpundu that you are a dull *****. Talala fye mune we chikopo.
Shimpundu
August 13, 2012 at 8:59 pm
Have you heard me speak iwe chi Man? Who really is dull here if you cannot even tell the difference between speaking and posting a comment online? You can repeat your comments a million times for what it’s worth, but you will still be exactly what you have just exposed yourself to be on this platform!
GunnerME
August 13, 2012 at 9:07 pm
Sata, just like his cadres, he’s dull! What happened the last time he was behind bars at the hands of mmd? What happened to chansa kabwela when RB came up with the ‘porn’ charges?
King Musula Wenu
August 13, 2012 at 9:18 pm
HH headless cadres now turned there anger, frustrations and bitterness to Shimpundu ruling party. Bauze shimpundu.
Mwanyela
August 13, 2012 at 9:27 pm
I agree with Man, shimpundu ulichikopo boyi! Baku ululani and the only way PF kud think of silencing HH was to arrest him. There’s no smoke without fire. I think shimpundu is one of the PF youths going to sudan for the training. Pliz leave mazoka out of this, did u personally test him for HIV? By mwanyela
LEEJEE
August 13, 2012 at 9:43 pm
1.’DA TRUTH SHUD B TAKEN AS AUTHORITY RADA AUTHORITY TAKEN AS DA TRUTH’
2.’IF DA POWER OF LOV OVAKOM DA LOV OF POWER,DA WORLD WIL KNOW PEACE’
MAY DA WISE LISTEN!
LEEJEE
August 13, 2012 at 9:54 pm
4 ANY NEWS DIZ PLATFORM BRINGS OUT,IF AT ALL IT’S REAL, WE SHUD DEBATE,CONTRIBUTE OR OFA IDEAS AS MATURE PIPO.
TRIBALISM HAS DA SOUND ‘TRABO’ IN IT,AND DAT WAT IT BRINGS.IT’S SAD 2 ATAK ICHADA…
Gee jay
August 13, 2012 at 10:52 pm
Iwe Shimpundu uli PAMA FI -PF .kikikikiki
kano nganibo
August 13, 2012 at 11:07 pm
What is happening in zambia scares me.ulupato ne nsele is all you read when you log in into a zambian website.kande pyangila fye abasungu at least am assured my children will get a good education than taking them back to my home country where ubuchenjeshi is the norm.
Mwanarob
August 13, 2012 at 11:11 pm
I think the PF has erred here. First of all it was what HH was doing at E Hone college then now his arrest. All this in less than 5 days. They are now using the police to hustle their ‘enemies’. It looks like the Post Newspaper cannot puch enough or what? What cowards! Sad day for our so called PF democracy.
chilufya
August 13, 2012 at 11:31 pm
Leejee show maturity in the way you post your comments, this is a public media not your girlfriend. we re talking about serious issues here. HH does not deserve bail let him die in jail.
chimps
August 13, 2012 at 11:39 pm
Thank you ba Police ! HH thot Charity was being emotional and childish, so he has gotten what he deserves, infact what we have seen is just a piece of an ice burg. . . ” AKANWA KATALI KALETELELE IMFUNGO ” Being loud mouthed can lead you into hot soup. HH has been mascarading as if we have two Presidents, wake up youngman, you lost the battle just the time you dishoned the PACT ! In fact we need more arrests in the names of Edward Mumbwe, Chanda Chimbwi, Dollar Silit and Pastor Nerves ! Ba Solomon Chifungo,continue being professional,after all you are not PF but just serving the nation with integrity.Mama Stwella Libos, teach your dear cousin gud manners and how to behave in a democratic country. We do not need useless headlines by one disgrantled tribal maniac. . PLZ !
umuzombiki wanga
August 13, 2012 at 11:53 pm
U NEGROZ ARE JUST ATARKING EACH OTHER…! BA FIKALA…!
Iwe SHIMPUNDU…be BRIEF in your coments…your coments are jus too long… We aint got time to read esays…!
goe gregoe
August 13, 2012 at 11:53 pm
Politics is good if you can draw and read between the lines of democracy, freedom of expression , Human Rights.
HH remember you will be the president tommorow may if you work extra harder than going to jail.
Obama never cheated anyone. Be smart than other parties. mind you, you are a degree order. Why, why should you misbehave.
Police ,please ,please ba Jere matain law and order.
HH we are waiting you to proof some malitia in Sudan. is it sout or Sudan get one or implore UN to help.
You will be jail with the Mtembo’s has DPPs. Check you weight please. Sikota & Jack are paper weights
GunnerME
August 14, 2012 at 12:41 am
With all this crap, pf will be flushed out faster than they came! I regret denying Mwanawasa my vote, but my biggest regret is voting for UKWA CNP!!! that will never ever happen again!
kakolwe
August 14, 2012 at 3:51 am
This CNP govt is the most ridiculous power I’ve seen. They are afraid of someone. They call him & show him the mess he is creating, tell him the gravity of his actions & ask him to correct his utternces. The guy chooses the bitter option & they follow through & Re called names! Something does not add up!
kakolwe
August 14, 2012 at 3:58 am
@GunnerMe, Do we have two people using this blog name? I ask this coz most time he/she posts objective comments & at times its wishiful thinking. I pray for atime when the majority of bloggers will be objective & look at matters at their worth.
mathews katebe
August 14, 2012 at 4:36 am
When someone is afraid of his opponents, he employs every tactic so as to weaken them. True supporters of democracy, this case is going nowhere. It is just one of the many attempts to shift peopple’s attention from real issues. CNP and his cohorts have so far failed the people of Zambia. Even a 10 year old child can read between the lines.
kakolwe
August 14, 2012 at 4:41 am
Sakwiba, do you charge by the hour or court appearance? Good businessman lawyer, by the time all these cases are expunged,(2017) you will be richer than your clients
Garry Nkombo, sharp analyst that you are, have you had time to coumsel HH advisors or are you letting your friend go wild to create your own hunting ground? Sata tried this with FTJ 3rd term but was dribbled. That, is the curse of the short-sightedness of Zed politicians!! ALL OF THEM!!!!
kakolwe
August 14, 2012 at 5:05 am
Why are leaders such as Gen. Miyanda so mute at the time they are needed. Nyerere flew in to talk to him friend KK at an important time. Cant someone talk to your Zambian puerile politicians? ALL OF THEM!!!
What these clowns are doing is drawing Zed polics btwn 2 tribal lines. An atomic time bomb.
john banda
August 14, 2012 at 5:15 am
yes he should be arrested how can he say such sensetive words as if he is not the national leader. quite alarming. Quoted ‘on June 11, 2012 at Lusaka did orally publish statements in which he said inter alia that “PF had signed an agreement for the militia in Sudan to train PF youths, prepare for trouble”.How can a national leader say that eyeeee ba HH.He can only say that if PF was ruling.Accusing the ruling government on an international issue. you have sold us.
kapuli wa ng'ongo
August 14, 2012 at 6:28 am
In court he will be asked to disclose the source of his info and he will refer to a blog article he may have been told about which may no longer be on the net. His lawyers will say he was commenting on a matter of public interest but the prosecution will insist that the matter was not a comment on a public matter but on a matter bordering on national security and bilateral political relations between Sudan and Zambia. he wil refer to peace keeping missions Zambian troops are sent to and the training they receive. The prosecution will aver that the Zambian troops on peace keeping are sent by UN and for peace keeping only. HH will be warned of the serious implication of peddling and toying with inaccurate security and military matters. Anyway before all this his lawyers may advise him to change his plea from Not guilty to Guilty and the trial Judge may, in the interest of harmony, enter a nolle prosequi……..HH will have learnt a few lessons from this episode nonetheless.
LEEJEE
August 14, 2012 at 6:43 am
@ CHILUFYA,U GOT ME WRONG.
HH IS ONLY USIN AUTHORITY INSTEAD OF BOF.
I SIDE BY DA TRUTH B KOZ AUTHORITY IS OWNED THRU DA TRUTH.
oxmos
August 14, 2012 at 6:49 am
i cant believe that we have bloggers who still believe in a small coward boy called HH and a liar, at his level and his stance in zambia he is not worth to be called the president,he suppose to issue statement befiting a candidate of presidence with diplomacy in mind…let him dance first!!!
LABO
August 14, 2012 at 6:52 am
GUYS THIS IS JUST POLITICS, VERY FEW PEOPLE IN ZAMBIA HAVE GONE TO STATE HOUSE WITHOUT GOING THROUGH POLICE ARRESTS. HH CANT BE JAILED HE HAS MONEY LIKE BEANS. JAILES ARE FOR POOR PEOPLE LIKE US. YESTERDAY HE CAUGHED A 30MILLION JUST THERE AND THEN BUT SOME OF US TO GET THAT 30M WE EITHER NEED TO LINE UP AT THE BANK TO GET A LOAN OR SELL ALL WE HAVE ACRUED FOR TEN YEAERS JUST TO GET FREEDOM. LEAVE THE MAN ALONE. HAJANZA
Okonko
August 14, 2012 at 7:25 am
Ok guyz y insulting each otha?are u illuminants?.y do u owez want otha pipo 2agree wit yo coments?if they disagree wit u then u insult them y?IF DATS HOW U BEHAV IN YO HOMES U BETA CHANGE.Am out
kakolwe
August 14, 2012 at 7:25 am
Iwe LABO, kala hansi b4 you injure your brains. HH paid Zero kwacha & left his passport. Talk about issues you understand. K30M bail means Nkombo pays if HH runs away. Stop contributing from without kid!
INTREPID CH
August 14, 2012 at 8:04 am
TONGAZ SHOULD ACCEPT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE IRRATIONAL.NO WONDER HH WIL NEVER RULE THIS COUNTRY.IT TAKES A WISE MAN TO READ IN BETWEEN.CHANGE YOUR MIND SET YOU TONGAZ,YOU STILL BELIEVE IN THE 1964 TYPE OF POLITICS.
Wemfula Isa Isa
August 14, 2012 at 8:09 am
DEDATE SCORE UPDATES: The following scores are based on facts, intelect and wisdom of bloggers in the HH Case.
PRO HH = 2%
ANTI HH = 95%
NEUTRAL = 3%
Debate continues.
Chakaka
August 14, 2012 at 8:31 am
HH if not wise; if he was he would conduct himself maturely. His gross age is 50. But to get his net age you have to divide by 10 and you get 5 years.
freedom of speech
August 14, 2012 at 8:57 am
well at the end of the day. it’s all about freedom of speech and expression.
very soon even those who are supporting this arrest will join us in our fight for democracy.
i am particularly not comfortable with our new best friend(ZIM).
who said RB had brought soldiers from ZIM prior to last year’s elections? could he prove this?
But lets wait and see.