Akpan Ekpene, who spoke between sobs, says he holds Mr. Banda in high esteem because Mr. Banda believed in him.
Mr. Ekpene wished that Mr. Banda had won the 2011 general elections to avert what the duo is now encountering.
Meanwhile, Attempts to block Daily Nation Newspaper from covering court proceedings proved fruitless.
Chief resident magistrate Joshua Banda cautioned Daily Nation Newspaper to be professional in their reporting following an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mutembo Nchito
DIP STICK
August 13, 2013 at 4:47 pm
END OF NEWS KA
maybin mpundu
August 13, 2013 at 4:49 pm
evn if he wips t won’t sove anythng.the thng is let hm face charges f he’s?then he’ll b given libat.
Kennedy
August 13, 2013 at 4:52 pm
WTF
Kennedy
August 13, 2013 at 4:55 pm
“With Tears of Fear”. Crockdile tears. Have ever cried while eating a cake and seeping champaign?
Henry Banda
August 13, 2013 at 5:01 pm
Even if he cries i wont let my daad give him a potion of what we plandard
Nevers the Hypocrite
August 13, 2013 at 8:39 pm
Lol, people you are funny!
Mistaken Identity
August 14, 2013 at 4:59 pm
You are Chikala iwe Pwahahahhahahaaa
fyototo
August 13, 2013 at 5:04 pm
Please am asking the authourity to detain ekpan because he is also a crook who is changing statements.
humphrey
August 13, 2013 at 5:57 pm
Pay back the money you stole RB.Zambians does not nned your tears
eegwetwo
August 13, 2013 at 6:09 pm
@Humphrey. How much tax do you pay per year? I am a Zambian senior employee in the private who pays K315 000 (Rebased) in PAYE. And RB did not steal from me. PS. I have not added another K985 000 extra income on which I pay income tax. And of course I pay VAT.
Real Bastard (RB)
August 13, 2013 at 8:37 pm
What kind of pathetic reasoning!! My friend I forgive you. Either you ate with ci R Bwezani or you are his relative! All at the expense of poor people. Shame really!
eegwetwo
August 14, 2013 at 7:00 am
@Real Bustard. I am not even close to what you allege. I am as far as the East is from the South-West in Ethicity to former president RB Banda. And I will forever be different from your bitter and toxic life. Or may I say as far as the North is from the South-West. I am rich because I work hard. Do the same and you will not be full of malice.
Ndaje Kahks
August 14, 2013 at 3:13 pm
@eegwetwo. 35% of X = 315million old Kwacha. So it means you are paid in Billions? Lucky you. Wish you the best.
Taylor
August 13, 2013 at 6:17 pm
Am so disapointed in the SATA lead Government by trying to persecute such a great Man of africa.we africans especially from west africa we are so disapointed with the President.Leave RB alone
Zambian people deserve better than this useless court case tht does not have any merit.shame on your government.we in west africa are watching closely.
long live Zambia,you deserve better than this china man of a president.we need serious people to run for presidency not this kind.
Mugg 44
August 13, 2013 at 8:31 pm
iWE CIKALA, WHERE DO YOU LIVE?! I FORGIVE YOU FOR YOUR PATHETIC AND STRANGE WAY OF REASONING SINCE YOU SEEM NOT TO BE ZAMBIAN! LOL, YOU ARE A COMEDIAN!
HOW CAN YOU REFER TO THIS WICKED AND CROOKED OLD MAN AS GREAT MAN OF AFRICA? WHERE WERE YOU JUST TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THIS “CHAP” WAS RUNNING OUR COUNTRY AS IF IT WAS HIS COMPANY??????! TODAY HE IS A BILLIONAIRE OUT OF STEALING POOR PEOPLE’S MONEY!
Wanyafye FC vs Cold Power
August 14, 2013 at 2:16 pm
I think he meant to say the man was great in his toilet.
isaac
August 14, 2013 at 11:46 am
You thieves together with your RB as much as i know you’re a foreigner at the same time you have no right to dwell on whatever is happening here in Zambia. You pipo you’re failing to cub the violence fanned by Boko Haram where pipo are being butchered every day like pigs and you are choosing to comment on matters that do not concern you. Stop the rot!!!
swine
August 16, 2013 at 5:01 pm
Taylor, id!ots like you deserve an anchor around your neck and thrown overboard!…you could be alive now for the simple reason that even mad people and imbeciles like you are protected by the law…it’s illegal to kill you!..sw.ine!
one me
August 13, 2013 at 6:41 pm
Let dem face de prisons which dey built
James Brown
August 13, 2013 at 6:44 pm
Ekepani wamene uyu ayenelongena mu njema!
Uwakwamununga
August 13, 2013 at 7:24 pm
UMUNTU MUNTUFYE BALIMUKAKA LAST MONTH FOR STEALING ISAKA LYA MBALALA……..MU ZAMBIA, TATULOLESHA PABABUSU IYO.WHO AM I TO BLAME ANY ONE? TOMORROW IT MIGHT BE ME.
NTOMBANDEYA
August 13, 2013 at 7:46 pm
cry you thief. kumanyoko.
Kofya
August 13, 2013 at 8:17 pm
UWAKAELE TATININE UKUPOSWA. SETTING A STANDARD FOR AFRICA. A NICE LESON TO FUTURE LEADERS IN ZAMBIA. MAY THE SAUL OF MWANAWASA REST IN PEACE WHO STARTED IT.
big elephant
August 13, 2013 at 8:26 pm
am looking for one boy called kakolwe. once i catch him,he will cry like ekpene for insulting me…unspecified amount of money
is offered to those who can tell me his whereabouts.
Cetewayo
August 13, 2013 at 9:03 pm
Cetewayo “Zulu King” (d. 1884)
Cetewayo, King of the Zulu’s, was a hero in a war with the British, causing the most crushing defeat the English ever experienced from any Africans in modern history. His victory at Isandlhwana was one of the most terrifying slaughters in history. In 1879, the British invaded Zululand. Cetewayo defeated the British, and killed Prince Napoleon, heir to the French throne.
A missionary, trying to frighten Cetewayo into accepting Christianity, told him of hell fire. “Hell fire?” Cetewayo laughed. Do you think I’m afraid of hell fire? My soldiers would put it out. He commanded his officers to have his warriors to eat a grass fire burning on a nearby hillside. His men immediately began to eat up the fire, not regarding their personal injuries. Cetewayo replied “I eat hell fire.” He was a strict military disciplinarian. The army knew they must conquer or die. Certain death always awaited a defeated army.
Cetewayo banished the missionaries from the Zulu territory for plotting against him and meddling in his national affairs. It was then suggested to the governor of the Cape that the Zulu nation should be annihilated in order to secure South Africa.
Having conquered many more British, Cetewayo was soon captured and imprisoned. Three years later, Cetewayo was granted a request to present his case to Queen Victoria. The British found him to be a courteous, friendly, gentleman, not the man-eating savage depicted. He was honored as a hero and promised restoration of his power.
The whites of South Africa never kept the promise of the Queen. When Cetewayo returned home, he again went to war with the enemy. Cetewayo died in February, 1844. Never having surrendered his principles for freedom for his people, the Zulus.
eegwetwo
August 14, 2013 at 7:10 am
Now I understand the source of prowess of the Zulu nation. Next time I am in Durban, I will look out for Isandlhwana. Thank you for sharing.
lost but found ukwa
August 13, 2013 at 9:26 pm
PF cadres, you are exited today because your bread winner suddenly re-surfaced and peeped in the camera as usual. He he he he! Pwahahahahaha!
bigbuttman
August 13, 2013 at 9:30 pm
Its well known for thieves to cry when caught. This man must be properly questioned.
Slowthinkers
August 13, 2013 at 9:36 pm
“The chameleon changes color to match the earth, the earth doesn’t change color to match the chameleon”
—————– Senegalese Proverb —————–
mtn4va
August 13, 2013 at 10:00 pm
zambians ar blind 4 suporting sata nd hs gvt 4 prosecuting rupiah cos we wil nt get even kr0.1 bt wastng tax payers money again. wake up zambians
slap d
August 13, 2013 at 10:03 pm
foolish gvmt nd advicers
nshilimubemba
August 13, 2013 at 10:05 pm
I wonder what makes man honourable is it the suits he wears or is it age or is it been president of oh no not all those but faithfullness for what he manages for others without stealing from the suffering poor people whom he is put to look after
pitas
August 13, 2013 at 10:35 pm
P F confused government
Tito 4040
August 13, 2013 at 10:55 pm
Thats Nigerians for you!!! I guess RB has bribed him big time to say sweet nothings about him. Game over its RB 1 – Sata 0.
mwana rb
August 14, 2013 at 12:47 am
leave ma dad alon mwefipu mwe,u also ar stealing and u ar evn worse dan him,mwaba amanyami ukununka
KABIMBA
August 14, 2013 at 4:56 am
BIRDS OF THE SAME FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER
THE NIGERIAN BREED IS CRYING BECAUSE HE REALIZES
RB SHALL NEVER EARN ENOUGH TO REFUND HIM FROM HIS
LECTURING JOBS…
Cheadle
August 14, 2013 at 5:55 am
Man of honour indeed.
munba
August 14, 2013 at 10:21 am
Yes indeed, Man of honour, but wait a minute, RB abused his powers, Dora abused her authority, these people where thinking that Zambia was a Katemba
sad face
August 14, 2013 at 10:08 am
Ati news……. Vama bwetebwete….. Wake up ba tumfweko…. That’s a headline????????????
zambian
August 14, 2013 at 10:29 am
RB THIEF!
kamcha
August 14, 2013 at 11:27 am
ba PF (PARTY OF FOOLS) rather PARTRIOTIC FOOLS
Time wasters busy chasing the wind and no results…stop wasting money and time and let the big man rest..is it bcoz you know that this comedian president will die while in state house why you are playing..do something constructive and try to remember keeping the promises you fools made..HE WHO HAS NOT SINED LET HIM BE THE FIRST TO CAST A STONE…You bunch of robers and wornout characters
isaac
August 14, 2013 at 11:58 am
Chasing the wind? Sometimes its better to check the wind so that you should not be spotted. But in this case, your RB remains a prime suspect. Here is a man who never thought that he will lose elections with the Nigerian funding of sweet branded RB, cargo pants branded RB, t-shirts,caps,arm bands,wristwatches all these branded RB. Shame!!!
She - Knows
August 14, 2013 at 12:44 pm
Bloody thieves! Cage them all! PF continue with your honest hard work. Kamcha, results for PF work is everywhere for all to see. In kaunda square stage II we are seeing a tarred road for the first time in over 30 years.
wazanga
August 14, 2013 at 12:55 pm
Rb is kazolo and his children
Wanyafye FC vs Cold Power
August 14, 2013 at 2:22 pm
Why was that Nigerian crying? That is court, not a creche or kabwata drop in center. It is permissible to cry when a saint believes in you but not when a thief and his children do.
ANARCHY 99
August 14, 2013 at 3:17 pm
Please, just leave him alone, he really needs to rest. Losing an election is not an easy thing to recover from, allow the man some time away from the spotlight!
Micsa
August 14, 2013 at 3:26 pm
There is time 4 everthng.wht u soul is wht u reap.
MundiaM
August 15, 2013 at 3:44 pm
mwebantu, it is what you sow & not soul! Bad grammar & spelling is contagious. No wonder Tumfwko always publishes badly edited articles.
PRIMA FACIE
August 14, 2013 at 3:57 pm
@ big elephant i know where kakolwe is, but you sound not to be seriously searching for him beacuse you are not being real with how pay you are willing to pay. However i will tell you where kakolwe is,just look up in that tall tree quite ready to scare Hon Mpombo.
kapuli wa ng'ongo
August 14, 2013 at 3:57 pm
@Cetewayo…Someone is crying when testifying in RBs case and all you do is tell a long story about Cetewayo…..anyway it seems Cetewayo wss a hero!
kakolwe
August 15, 2013 at 1:12 pm
Ati shani iwe ka Big Elephant! Kuti wansanga Katondo st Lsk!
me
August 15, 2013 at 10:16 pm
anyway, mwalanda bonse fyaunfwika, nomba ifyamano efinono.
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August 15, 2013 at 11:51 pm
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jailer
August 16, 2013 at 9:35 am
We have ourselves a significant illiterate population in zambia.
How does one call the other a thief without proof?? Since when is a schizophrenic tabloid owner the bearer of facts about thieves?
Prove beyond reasonable doubt about RB’s crime then only will the masses call him a thief.
Papa Josh
August 16, 2013 at 10:30 am
Good point jailer. I can see you are an individual with an education
Papa Josh
August 16, 2013 at 10:29 am
RB spent only 3 years in office and everything went wrong because he was surrounded by people who only think about the political carriers and the contracts they have from the government. He was wrongly advised and today he faces the charges he is facing alone because of his advisers. In his tenure though the campaign promise was continuity which insinuated that he was going to build on the promises of the big man late LPM, RIP. He tried to sustain the economy with the labour he had and he made the mistakes he made as a human being not wanting to double check the advise he was being offered. What do we learn from this? Choose your friends and choose them right. Work with professional people like LPM.
Now we have MCS as the president today. He made a campaign promise of delivering within 90 days and he has not yet delivered on that campaign promise. He shuns the media not because he is a discreet person but it is because he has nothing to tell the nation that will make them forget that they are not employed, they are loosing their jobs at a faster rate, the Kwacha is depreciating everyday (which makes trade close to impossible), people are being fired for nothing, he keeps on changing cabinet and also he has surrounded himself with wrong advisors who pose like they are thinking about the people when they are thinking about their tummies. His ministers can not even explain properly to the people how the removal of subsidies will work to their advantage. Why focus on infrastructure development if the voters do not have food to eat. All in all, 2016 will not be a walk in the park someone has to convince the voters why they should get a second term in office.
Let us stop these bitter politics and strive to build a better Zambia for all regardless of our political affiliation. Let us emulate South Africa, USA, Botswana and the like who do not delight in taking their former heads of state to prison. Let us use these people as ambassadors for the common good of mother Zambia. Leave RB alone, we are wasting more money prosecuting these guys just like we waste a lot of money in bye-elections.
id.iot
August 16, 2013 at 5:27 pm
why do I have this feeling that this is a UPND piece and you are that sympathiser?..id.iot let go a thief damn you!
muty
August 17, 2013 at 9:41 am
i.d.i.ot as yourname states you are an ***** and you have nothing good in yopur head. if you are fooloish keepyour foolishness to yourself. Papa Josh has a point
id.iot
August 17, 2013 at 12:09 pm
Muty you are an imbecile it’s true!
*****
August 17, 2013 at 12:07 pm
You are another retard, imbecile!
Umwina Zed's cousin
August 17, 2013 at 3:45 pm
The witness is the one who wept but you are busy showing us Banda weeping. Your photographers were sleeping?