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SAD: Tonga Group ‘Tongas Under Oath’ Marks Bembas For Death: Leave Southern Province Or Die Like Dogs
A CLANDESTINE group going by the name ‘Tongas Under Oath’ says it has killed three Bembas and will continue doing so until President Sata reverts Chirundu and Itezhi Tezhi to Southern Province.
In a letter dated Tuesday, August 14, 2012, addressed to President Sata and copied to the Inspector General of Police and the Minister of Home Affairs, the group leader only identifying himself as H. Mweemba said seven other Bembas have already been poisoned and will die soon.
The letter reads in part “We the Tongas under oath are now in serious warfare. Like we promised, this is an update. We wish to inform you that so far we have killed three (3) Bembas – 2 adults and 1 baby in Southern Province.”
This, they say, follows demands that all Bembas should leave the province if government does not give back the two districts.
“Our demand is simple – ‘Take Chirundu and Itezhi Tezhi back to Southern Province’. We gave the 30th of June 2012 as the dealine for all Bembas to leave Southern Province or we be given back our Chirundu and Itezhi Tezhi – you have opted for war-we are going to fight you Bembas effectively and courageously,” reads the letter.
The letter also states that the group uses different post offices for mails “for security reasons”, and their address is ‘C/o Mazabuka Municipal Council, P.Box 670022, Mazabuka.’
The group threatened it will only disclose the names and addresses of its victims once it has increased their numbers.
“Seven (7) have been poisoned and are expected to die sooner or later. The battle between the Bembas and Tongas is continuing and we are assured of victory. After numbers increase, we will give you all the names and addresses of all those we will have killed,” reads the letter.
The letter ends, “Like we demonstrated in our earlier mail, we do not negotiate, we fight-we are not scared of your IG or Minister of Home Affairs- we will give them copy of this letter.”
And commenting on the letter, United Party for National Development UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma said his party does not condone actions of violence, hatred and tribalism.
The UPND, highly critical of government policies, have their stronghold in Southern Province.
But Mr Kakoma said his party believes in dialogue and that killing or poisoning people will not bring about any solution.
He said the renegade group should be dealt with in accordance with the law because they have admitted to committing a crime.
“As a party, we do not support such acts of violence and hatred and we believe in dialogue because it is talking that will bring about a solution for any problem,” Mr Kakoma said.
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am a serious PF DIE HARD.
September 4, 2012 at 9:20 am
if am editor in chief at Daily Mail. I would not publish this nosense. This is simply encouraging ethnic wars……
Drugsquard
September 4, 2012 at 9:34 am
This will never happen in Zambia. Lets just pray that these so called ‘Tongas Under Oath’ realise that what they are about to embark on will haunt them for the rest of their lives…
Brainee
September 4, 2012 at 9:35 am
Ifya bupuba fye, muletubepa kwati baana. Atase!
chiingu
September 4, 2012 at 9:38 am
Utter nonsense.Am Ila myself working in Bemba country.Should the bembas also kill me simply because of my ethnicity?
The poloice should get to the bottom of this an the cowards brought to book.Surely how has the seperation of Chrundu and Ithezi Thezi from Southern province affected their scrotums?let them look around for a better reason to fight not what they are reanting about.Asking for jobs would havebeen more to it.
To hell with them.They are simply hungry nothing else!
Madam IG you have customers.The sooner you do bussiness with them the better.
chiingu
September 4, 2012 at 9:39 am
Utter nonsense.Am Ila myself working in Bemba country.Should the bembas also kill me simply because of my ethnicity?
The poloice should get to the bottom of this an the cowards brought to book.Surely how has the seperation of Chrundu and Ithezi Thezi from Southern province affected their scrotums?let them look around for a better reason to fight not what they are ranting about.Asking for jobs would have been more to it.
To hell with them.They are simply hungry nothing else!
Madam IG you have customers.The sooner you do bussiness with them the better.
mc wabwino
September 4, 2012 at 9:39 am
Ba Fee colour aba are not Normal Human Beings. MAY BE SHUD CHANGE to SAYING ONE ZAMBIA MANY NATIONS.
Chinyenyenye
September 4, 2012 at 9:41 am
These Chaps?.Amano ubunono.
Raphael Mwale
September 4, 2012 at 9:47 am
Ba Tonga ba funa kuleta nkondo. police your job. this is serious.
clifford muzyamba
September 4, 2012 at 9:48 am
Iam a tonga by tribe, this realy makes sad reading,in a peaceful Zambia to have such groups calling them selfs ‘tongas UNDER ORTH,This is a very sad development which should be discouraged by all peace loving citizens. In the first place i beg to disagree tht this movement or what ever it is exists,i believe its been spearheaded by not tongas but jst some group trying to incite civil or ethnic fighting in our Zambia, all of us dispite your tribe. I call upon the ministry of home affairs to get to the bottom of this sad situation and bring the culprites to book.
DRK
September 4, 2012 at 9:48 am
May God help us
clifford muzyamba
September 4, 2012 at 9:53 am
I believe this is not time 4 name calling,lets work hand in hand to root out such vices in our nation and look 4 peaceful alternatives.
Abene Bakasensa
September 4, 2012 at 9:56 am
One zambia one nation, Mwefiba tongo imwe mwemitulatula ikona ukuleta inkondo muchalo chesu.Tulukumintafyeni namu kalo kesu ka copperbelt muye mukunwa meleki kwenu. Ala!
wAzA
September 4, 2012 at 9:57 am
Wat goes up must came down u r died u guys
mark
September 4, 2012 at 9:58 am
this can not be true! Why has the first letter not been published? And if there was a deadline for bembas to leave the province, why was it not made public? And why interview only UPND for a reaction? And why have you Tumfweko put a picture of the woman? Is she part of the story?
shanjina
September 4, 2012 at 9:58 am
Nothing can divide us in this country,
everything will b ok.
There’s no Oppression lg what’s ever
Its l
Only that PF wanted to show pipo that
they where working by bringing all this confusion of realignment……bra bra
I name it.
of its true let these guys b COOLED DOWN,though I doubt this story.
pamp yobe
September 4, 2012 at 10:00 am
Imwe mwe fibatonga you ar fools,idiots for real.where those innocent people you killing involed in the division of chirundu and itezi-tezi.hope you are strong enough to fight our army you mangwams,ifimona ubukulu bafi***k**a
bemba by tribe
September 4, 2012 at 10:05 am
pliz pipo dnt blive everythin these Tumfweko dicks write
pamp yobe
September 4, 2012 at 10:11 am
tongas have already killed 3 people and 99.6% a chance of loosing 7 more do you think this is an easy stuff to swallow? am an easterner and really sad for this remember more jobs are found outside southern province meaning there are more cows(tongas) out here than few bembas you are killing there,ok twalamona.
Greg Kadimba
September 4, 2012 at 10:16 am
Just a few disgruntled chaps killing Innocent people.
You are not even ashamed to say you killed an innocent child.Tongas are good people.Wait for you day,it will come sooner than later.
gagi sweet lips
September 4, 2012 at 10:18 am
am a half cast,my father is tonga and my mother is bemba. one zambia one nation, this is a mordenised era ifya tribalism fyalipwa akale. my parents have been married for 32 years.
Rb
September 4, 2012 at 10:23 am
Daily Mail paper is the one instigating violence.
oga!!
September 4, 2012 at 10:27 am
Ukutumpa bafikala!!!ichindikenifwe
kangwa mwaba
September 4, 2012 at 10:33 am
Mweba Tonga mwabikafye amano kukucema ing’ombe kashi muli fipuba naimwe . Naba Lozi bakwatapo amano. Kuleni mufipopo twapapata amano ububi ukwipaya fyabupuba kabili fyakale mwaufya kuleni mumano. amano kwati ninama shapanga mwe fipuba imwe
Mwanamfumu
September 4, 2012 at 10:38 am
Not true,not in my country Zambia.
JAYD
September 4, 2012 at 10:40 am
TONGA’s re tribalist, fipuba sana. look @HH he bahavez lyk a rapist.
GunnerME
September 4, 2012 at 10:40 am
I like it when the so-called ‘intellingent’ make sweeping statements & make a fool of themselves! Should we all assume that all Bembas are thieves just on the account of one bemba thief? Its pure madness to call the entire Tonga tribe fools all because of a pocket of disgruntled fellows! Try to use your brains for once!!!
MP
September 4, 2012 at 10:43 am
Very cheap psychology from cowards; why not dialogue face to face?
Zambian
September 4, 2012 at 10:45 am
we need an independent body to investigate this rubbish…I SUSPECT govnt is behind this to divert attetion from paublic. Tongas are the most peaceful people pa zed..PLEASE ARREST THOSE MACARADING TONGAS!!! ba editor of this news should be held accountable if anything happens! !!!!God is watching
IF YOU BELIEVE THIS STORY YOU ARE A FOOL
September 4, 2012 at 10:46 am
THIS IS A FALSE STORY…SHAME ON THE DAILYMAIL EDITOR
muko
September 4, 2012 at 10:46 am
Ba tumfweko where do you get such stories full of lies. alakwena muli babufi!!! please such stories are not welcome in this country and ONLY a full can believe such idiocy in this story!!! this is a dirty joke of the day!!
JUSTICE
September 4, 2012 at 10:46 am
The article makes sad reading. However, insulting Tongas as a whole will not help anybody as this is just the work of afew disgrantled citizens. Zambia is a unitary state and has enjoyed peace all along, the more reason it’s important to reflect on this precious gain which can not be substituted for anything.
As I conclude, may I urge our police to get to the bottom of this and bring whoever will be found wanting to book-ONE LOVE, ONE ZAMBIA, ONE NATION!
softy
September 4, 2012 at 10:52 am
These are not human,how could you do such things?you are even happy of what you are doing,please leve for God!
kusanta
September 4, 2012 at 11:02 am
we as zambians are better than this its the 21st century that we are living in, remember our motto one zambia one nation.
Mama G
September 4, 2012 at 11:04 am
PF just deliver the promises stop dividing our country. CNP government…
Bwalya Mwaza
September 4, 2012 at 11:12 am
This is very sad to read, I have been to Rwanda, it all started like this, and see what ame of that country in 1994 or so. Daily mail should have not given these selffish individuals the platform to air their criminal motives.
Kelvin Haakantu
September 4, 2012 at 11:18 am
I am Tonga and married to a very respective and kind bemba woman and we have 5 children together. Are these people telling me I should kill my wify.
KK and his Govt united us as one people, thats the reason we have enjoyed peace since 1964, do not be childish and bring war to my home and my our mother land Zambia. One Zambia One Nation.
Alfred
September 4, 2012 at 11:18 am
The police must get to the bottom of this nonsense and stamp it out once for all
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Chibesa
September 4, 2012 at 11:32 am
These Dirty politics by PF, what PF should realise this today you may start this to pull someone down but tomorrow this may turn out to something beyond. Daily mail should also learn to see things beyond their nose.
mwishikulu benstead
September 4, 2012 at 11:33 am
NOT TRUE!IF IT IS, THEN THOSE ARE NOT TONGAS.I AM FROM NORTHERN AND IM PROUD TO SAY I AM NOW CONNECTED TO ALL THE PROVINCES IN MY FAMILY.CAST OUT THOSE DEMONS PRETENDING TO BE HUMANS IN THE NAME OF TONGAS.THE TONGA PART OF MY FAMILY DOESNT HAVE SUCH TRAITS. WE ARE ALL ONE.AMEN.
Wanyafye FC 1 Demolition Unit 3
September 4, 2012 at 11:48 am
“Out of Many, We are One” – Preach peace and reconciliation – we have a nation to develop and to hand over to our children, whatever their tribe may be.
BIG MARSTER
September 4, 2012 at 11:50 am
We Bemba are peace loving pipo. but if u push as far we are going to reteriat and u will not like it. you should not forget that u are very manageable and we are working with yo brothers and sister. Unless u had forgoten what happened in Rwanda and Burundi, pipo there are still having night mares of what happened.
Zeb Mpingannjira
September 4, 2012 at 12:32 pm
Politicians like HH need to tone down their language, be inclusive in their approach and drop the new hobby of insulting and tribal talk!!!
Willank
September 4, 2012 at 1:02 pm
How genuine are these claims to begin with?. The source…,
Chinsali
September 4, 2012 at 1:17 pm
I urge the editor to check what to write and it is true as some have said that what brought alot of hatred in Rwanad and Burundi is this caresless news,please drop this story urgently it has no room in our libraly
Concerned level head citizen
September 4, 2012 at 1:37 pm
If this story is real,which I doubt, it could be the work of a few individuals. Do not paint an entire tribe black because of a few fools.It is also possible that those who exchange tribal insults on internet are probably very few people-may be less than 50 people.Should we become polarised on tribal lines just because of mob psychology of a few unreasonable people.Majority Tongas and Bembas are very good people. LET’S NOT PLAY IN THE HANDS AND TRAP OF THESE ****** PEOPLE.There is wealth in diversity. Even identical twins are not 100% similar. If we were all similar life would be boring.
ndundundu Paluputa
September 4, 2012 at 1:52 pm
ooohhhhhh i am scared.
Atase kwisa ifwabupuba.
i am Bemba and i stayed in the Lenje land i speake Tonga lenje bemba nyanja and other zambian langueges because its one zambia one nation. tawakwata na shot gun ati we shall kill all bembas in southern province.
muleke ukutumpa. you kill four cats ati i killed people. utter nonsence and childish. lets think of development not petty thinkings. Grow up you H. Mweemba. remember you cant develop southern province alone you dull disgruntled mwana muchende.
Roach
September 4, 2012 at 2:42 pm
There maybe people who are bitter but Tumfweko you’re blowing on trumpet that does not exist. This is not only malicious but unprofessional. Were you there during the time of ZERO option? This sounds more like it.
bilken
September 4, 2012 at 2:46 pm
this is tantamount to treason….lock the burgars
The Elder
September 4, 2012 at 2:55 pm
In which part of southern province did this evil take place?why should Tongas kill people they have always lived with because some cadres are becoming more and more edgy as the weather heats up?If it is true ,let the police arrest those psycopaths and hang them at mukobeko.If it is a lie the sadist writer of the article mst be visit a shrink.He mst be hearing voices in his head.Remember how the Rwanda genocide begun?the PRESS.The press shouldn’t be left in the hands of lunatics preaching hatred.