PRESS STATEMENT
Hakainde Hichilema on the shootings in Chongwe
The events of Friday 14th June 2013 where two unarmed individuals were killed because of land, made sad reading. In a country where the population density is 17 people per square kilometre or 17 people per 100 hectares, meaning each one of us, from a day old to the oldest person can have access to 5 hectares of land comfortably; people not die or be killed for claiming as little as an acre of their 5 hectare entitlement (69 plots of 40x20m)?
My condolences to the families of the deceased, over the needless death of their loved ones. Death is beyond our collective understanding, but when the cause of death is by another human being, it is extremely painful, because the element of avoidance comes into play. I am not sure what drove the man to shoot and kill, and not shoot and disable at the very minimum, whatever his reasons, he made a grave mistake. He made a grave mistake because this is shortly after two people were shot with live ammunition on the Copperbelt, their crime; buying football tickets.
Colleagues, when incidents like these become commonplace, it tells us that there is a deeper problem somewhere. Why are our service men, who should make us feel secure in their presence become a source of fear? This is a question I have no answer to, but possibly someone has an answer out there.
My condolences once more and God Bless the departed.
And UPND Vice-president Canisius Banda wrote on his facebook page
Chimbwi With a Plan
June 15, 2013 at 6:44 pm
Yes, HH someone has an answer: STOP seeing everything only through your myopic political eyes!! With each passing day, this man’s actions and utterances simply exposes his political immaturity and incompetence. He is unfit for office.
MAFUPA YOKOYOKO
June 15, 2013 at 7:00 pm
Im not an HH supporter but on this one I have to be objective, the shooting was very very wrong and sad and so someone has to be punished for this. Otherwise it will be anarchy very soon because no one likes to see others being shot in cold blood by security officials… very soon the time bomb will blow off. Mark my words.
Michael Scorfield
June 15, 2013 at 8:14 pm
“Dear citizens, what are you waiting for before you protest…?” So UPND planted a shooter in ZNS to triger a protest. You must be ashamed of yourselves you hypocrites.
Chibwe
June 15, 2013 at 8:42 pm
The PROBLEM IS NOT VERY FAR. WE ALL KNOW WHERE IT IS……IN YOUR ASS!
pat
June 16, 2013 at 4:27 am
HH chimbwi no plan.
Domingo Zimba
June 16, 2013 at 6:34 am
HH is not concernd abt lost lives bt oportunity fr political mileage thts al!Chimbwi cant wait fr 2016, baka ku sepa iwe uka dabwa!Yr punic is dangerius shud thngs go aganst yr wishes!U faster thn evn time, u evn wish 2016 to b tomorw.Yr tak time organise,strategise ,implement & review.But u Heka Humwine no wonder u protest alone!Baka ku sepa iwe.
Mwaaa!
June 16, 2013 at 9:39 am
Canisius Banda is behaving like a real opportunist. Destabilise the government @ every opportunity.
The shooting of unarmed people is a crime that should be prosecuted to its logical conclusion. USA has bn experiencing shootings by rogue individuals and we hv not heard the Republicans try to topple Obama.
A soldier was recently brutally killed with knives in Britain and we hv not heard the opposition incite people to protest against the govt.
HH and his gang of goof balls must restrain their appetite for notoriety and allow reason to prevail.
May the souls of the departed rest in peace & quick recovery to the injured.
God for us all
June 16, 2013 at 10:20 am
Only two people Mafupa and Michael have commented sensibly.The rest of the comments are trash.Lets not support wrong especially concerning loss of life.Put yourself in this kind of astuation.
wazanga
June 16, 2013 at 10:25 am
canisius banda you are an opportunist wasala apapene mufumine mu MMD you want to be the champion of politics. wanya come next elections you shall fall even harder than you did in madevu.no one in his or her right mind can support what happened but need to get the truth before oppening your chi big mouth wanza weyi
greyford moonde
June 16, 2013 at 11:39 am
I can assure you Wazanga, Canisius Banda is ahead of you in all ways going by your comments. You can’t match with his visionary intelligence because you have failed to see the difference between light and heat.
Kirkland
June 16, 2013 at 3:35 pm
Intelligence? The guy is inciting anarchy and you call that intelligence? How does a learned Doctor associate what 2 ZNS officers did with the whole Government? Next time his wife sleeps with the neighbour he will blame the PF Government.
Blue house
June 16, 2013 at 12:13 pm
Hh (mr black friday) once in a whall learn to be shut up bugger