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Western Province ‘Rebels’ Get Treason Charge
POLICE in Mongu have charged 54 people accused of pushing for the secession of Western province from Zambia with treason.
The ‘dissidents’ were initially charged with seditious practices and possession of seditious materials, which has been substituted with treason.
Western province commissioner of police Lombe Kamukoshi, who confirmed this in an interview from Mongu yesterday said the police consulted the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on the matter.
The number of suspects has risen from 47 to 54 following the arrest of seven more suspects in Kalabo and Sesheke on Thursday and Friday last week.
Two weeks ago, the suspects staged a protest after police thwarted their move to hoist a flag. They swore in the “administrator-general” Afumba Mombotwa who is still on the run.
“We have charged all the suspects with treason after we consulted the DPP. We have revised the charge,” she said.
Ms Kamukoshi said police received fresh instructions from the DPP to charge the suspects with treason.
She said all the suspects will appear in court on September 3, 2013.
On the seven suspects who were arrested between Thursday and Friday, Ms Kamukoshi said four were arrested in Sesheke and three in Kalabo.
Among those arrested is publicity secretary of the Linyungandambo association in Sesheke Alick Mahongo, 36.
Others who were arrested in Sesheke are Oliver Songa, 34, Chunga Suba, 21, and Enock Sindoyi, 23.
From Kalabo, Nosiku Liamba, 33, an employee of African Parks, Cliff Mumbula Mutukwa, 41 and Simasiku Walubita, 50 were arrested.
She said Mahongo, who was hiding at the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) church camp meeting in Sesheke, was found with seditious material.
“We picked him [Kaliki Mahongo] from the SDA camp with seditious material and an identity card for the Linyungandambo group,” she said.
Ms Kamukoshi said Liamba had been on the police wanted list for a long time on offences related to the activities of the Linyungandambo.
Recently, Western province permanent Secretary Emmanuel Mwamba warned that government was monitoring the “big fish” connected to Barotseland who are operating websites and generating seditious materials and that the net will soon close in on them.
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mike
August 27, 2013 at 6:41 am
mmm….this is a very complex and sensitive issue with serious repercursions on the peace being enjoyed in the country if not carefully handled. Cagening or executing those 57 is not really a solution…those are nt the only people bearing such feelings,the root cause must be addressed.Sata claimed he had a solution for this problem,why has he suddenly bcome quiet over this issue? What plans did he have cause i thnk they are needed nw.
Mpangula Mputyu aka TeamDoraPetauke2013
August 27, 2013 at 7:34 am
Sata said he will honour the BA64 within 60 days.
So how do u charge people with treason for demanding what SATA publicly said?????
Kimasholi SATA.
NASILELE MUTALE YAAULU
August 27, 2013 at 9:03 am
Mpangula Mputyu aka TeamDoraPetauke2013, H.E. SATA WAS CAMPAIGNING IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY. WHEN HE MADE THOSE PROMISES, HE NEVER CONSULTED ZAMBIANS AND FOR US ORDINARY ZAMBIANS IT IS NULL AND VOID AT LAW.
HE DID NOT MAKE THOSE PROMISES AS PRESIDENT OF ZAMBIA.
WARNING TO OUR WESTERN FRIENDS. ZAMBIA IS A UNITARY STATE. ANY SUCH BAROTSE NOSENSE IS TREASONABLE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY. THE BAROTSE ISSUE IS DEAD. PERIOD.
isaac
August 27, 2013 at 1:22 pm
Very much correct Nasilele. The statement was made as a candidate not as sitting president. Kudos Nasilele for understanding these issues.
Maano
August 27, 2013 at 5:36 pm
Remember that the Preamble of the Zambian Constitution only included the ‘unitary state’ phrase in the 1996 [Amendment] Act? Have you ever wondered why this is the case? The coat of arms for Zambia is worded ‘One zambia One Nation’. Please note that it does not read ‘One Zambia One State! Know the difference between a state and a nation?
Do you know for a fact that Barotseland was a nation-state before entering into Agreement for one nationhood with Nortern Rhodesia?
What have you got to say to all this?
Sulu
August 27, 2013 at 8:19 am
Jail the motherfackers!
kanyeleti
August 27, 2013 at 10:49 am
you are a dog
Batu Pili
August 27, 2013 at 8:21 am
Mulozi ni mulozi kaufela ki Linyungandambo. Go ahead and arrest all Lozis u numb skulls. This SATAnic guvmint is full of uneducated rascals who cannot distinguish sugar from a bowl of salt. The DPP is lost just the same way our guvmint leadership is. Should I be charged with treason for celebrating Zambia’s loss to Zimbabwe? Why slapping treason on me for not wanting to be part of Zambia. Shame on you Patriotic Fools!!
swine
August 27, 2013 at 12:02 pm
Anger resides where there is no wisdom, you are angry!…you have all the rights to celebrate Zambia’s loss for you are not part of it as you would like us to be believe…wake up this is 2013 you retard!
isaac
August 27, 2013 at 1:27 pm
You do not want to be part of Zamabia yet you were born in Zambia, is there any sense there?
Maano
August 27, 2013 at 5:23 pm
THEY were born in Barotseland!
Kings.
August 27, 2013 at 8:56 am
May be Mr.Sata himself should compeld to explain what he realy meant when he said he would sort out the BA64 WITHIN 60 days before the DPP decide on the charge.For now,mr. Sata is the key for he said himself during sevral campain meetings in western pronvince.
NASILELE MUTALE YAAULU
August 27, 2013 at 9:06 am
KINGS, SEE REPLY TO Mpangula Mputyu aka TeamDoraPetauke2013, ABOVE
isaac
August 27, 2013 at 1:29 pm
Sata mostly meant the unprecedented development to be taken there which these pipo have been crying for over 20 yrs.
Ben10
August 27, 2013 at 9:16 am
Was it agreed & is it written if so then what ar the contents & who signed it & on wat capacity & why not honaring it & why trying to breach it or ist b’coz most leaders come from lazzy region? Answer me….
swine
August 27, 2013 at 2:28 pm
Appalling as always…your blogs are laced with hate and tribalism!
POHOO YE NSUU.
August 27, 2013 at 9:41 am
this is rabbish..
Golden K.
August 27, 2013 at 11:16 am
Look at the age group, most of them are only being used because some chaps were not even they when this issue started. Government must Lock them up, and who ever is behind this Act must be followed and be locked up too.Dear LOzis No single province can claim to be a country on its own.
Look at DRC they have tried but nothing is coming forward as a solution only killings of innocent people are taking place.Wt is in western province without other provinces.
Child of the Sky
August 27, 2013 at 12:16 pm
The freedom fighters who liberated this country from the shackles of colonialism were youths. VJ was onl;y 20 when he went into diplomatic mission. Every revolution is led by the youth, students actually.
isaac
August 27, 2013 at 1:35 pm
But this is an exercise in futility. They wont achieve what they want apart from putting their families in perpetual poverty and commotions.
Child of the Sky
August 27, 2013 at 5:18 pm
I won’t be the judge of that.
sindy
August 27, 2013 at 11:46 am
Its interesting to hear /read what is coming from the brains / mouths that talk about unity and peace.Peace and unity cant be achieved by the Barrel of the gun no,not even but prison.there is no peace in the absense of justice.The claim is geniun and valide as it standards Barotseland is a nation.Lozis have beaten Zambian on this one.BA64 Was & is an international treaty and at international law Barotse has an uphand.If people were realy interested in one Zambia one nation fake sloggan they will be putting Kaunda under extreme pressure to get involved as it stands this issue will NEVER DIE By wishfull thinking,it deserves level headedness and leadership.Many are shouting arrest them arrest them,then what after arresting them.Morallity in politics must take acentre stage.
Ben10
August 27, 2013 at 12:01 pm
Answer the question ba pf…
swine
August 27, 2013 at 12:34 pm
Is there where ba PF are found you retard?!
isaac
August 27, 2013 at 1:39 pm
Do you think after causing pandemonium in western province any leader coming after PF will be able to quench the fire? You have to think beyond PF with your decomposed little brain.
sindy
August 27, 2013 at 12:05 pm
Ba TUNFWEKO, point of correction these guys are not rebels but peaceful activists.Seeking to free their Nation peacefully.They have no guns,they have not killed any but celebrating their freedom.
isaac
August 27, 2013 at 1:44 pm
Peaceful activists, creating a state within a state my friend that’s treason anywhere in this planet.
Maano
August 27, 2013 at 5:41 pm
How did they become Zambian nationals rather that Barotseland national?
Ben10
August 27, 2013 at 12:13 pm
Pliz answer me give cisor wat belongs to him why ar u dodging the question ba pf mulitukopo ba ***** ai…
isaac
August 27, 2013 at 1:46 pm
You’re a rotten dracula. This issues not even your grandpa can solve it using emotions.
Child of the Sky
August 27, 2013 at 12:16 pm
International lawyers will have a field day in court. This may be a positive for the Barotseland separation activists, rather than a negative. In court, you have certain privileges. You can say that which is an offense outside court. Lutalimela feela.
MundiaM
August 27, 2013 at 12:30 pm
Sindy, which freedom, freedom born out of confusion is not freedom at all.
The Lozis cannot exist on their own in western province. Even if we allowed them to be independent immediately, how would they earn their income as a country? They will just be a thorn in our back side.
Better to have them as a thorn in our palm, we can easily pull the thorn out, than in our arse.
These people are being used by some enemies of the state and they will pay with their lives. It is foolish to have someone fund you to carry out a crime, unless the financier is ready to be named if things fall apart.
swine
August 27, 2013 at 12:39 pm
Spot on mushemi!…come to think of it, the so called Administrator General never stood by them but instead opted to use the vastness of the land to hide!…the other teacher was found hiding in a sangoma’s house. What kind of freedom fighters are these guys!They are just a bunch of digrantled old and useless men in the sunset of their lives, using boys as pawns to futher their useless agenda!
isaac
August 27, 2013 at 1:49 pm
Spot on Mundia nothing less my brother.
MULENGA
August 27, 2013 at 12:53 pm
SATA first commited treason by promising THE WESTRNERS that he WILL give them BAROTSELAND once VOTED in power,these guys were just found celebrating the swearing in of afumba, and the govt is looking fowered to slap them with treason.
swine
August 27, 2013 at 12:58 pm
Remember what happened to Marcha Chilemena…celebrating what he thought was a Mazoka victory!…ana mbuwa. reduced to a beggar!..boma ni boma!
isaac
August 27, 2013 at 1:54 pm
That is lack of knowing any basic law.
TUUMFWEKO
August 27, 2013 at 1:26 pm
i just hate barotse people, Be it mbunda, luvale,nkoya, lozi, chokwe,etc
MWALE
August 27, 2013 at 2:07 pm
but why should our fellow zambians think of detarching themselves from the country. have they forgotten we were together when we were fighting for independence in 1964.my simple advise to them is, let us work together and see where we are lacking and find a lasting solution which will benefit every zambian.
swine
August 27, 2013 at 2:34 pm
Amwale what has been lacking in Western Province is development!…sometimes it’s the local authorities to blame…when a project is earmarked ati iyo take it to Kasama, who says we needed that..look at Luena Sugar, it was supposed to be in Western Province. Today we are seeing projects being undertaken in Mongu town. And this is what makes the opposition choke with envy. The try and use all manner of under hand methods to disrupt Sata…they won’t achieve. His excellency is working though quietly…am on the ground and am not just talking from without!
isaac
August 28, 2013 at 11:00 am
Thumb up my man. The truth is always sharper than a lie!
sindy
August 27, 2013 at 2:43 pm
its interesting,this battle/case was won many years ago.these are desperate acts of headless chickens,last kicks of a dying horse.very aggressive indeed.This is an academic exercise.
mwana tau
August 27, 2013 at 2:52 pm
ITS AMAZING HOW SOME SHALLOW MINDED PIPO WANTA EXPOSE THEIR IGNORANCE ON THE SUBJECT MATTER. MR SATA HIMSELF EVEN SAID HE IS LINYUNGANDAMBO HIMSELF ATBLUE GUMS GRUND WHEN HE WAS CAMPAIGNING TO GO TO PLOT ONE. IF HE IS SINCERE AND ,MAN ENOUGH LET HIM DENY THIS.
THE ISSUE AT HAND IS NOT FOR “CHILDREN” BUT FOR OLD PIPO. BAROTSELAND SHALL BE FREE ONE DAY. IT WAS A STATE THAT WENT INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER TO FROM ZAMBIA. SINCE THE BA64 IS NO LONGER AN ISSUE, LEAVE US ALONE, IF WE SUFFER IN OUR SANDY SOIL, WHY SHOULD THAT BOTHER YOU?
pushi iwe!
August 27, 2013 at 3:23 pm
Iwe tiye uko…old people wa chani amalabishi yeka yeka…muzadya sandi ba pushi imwe!…you hink Sata can be linyungandambo atase mwamu belesh sana mudala ba kabwaa imwe!
icinshikululwa
August 27, 2013 at 3:10 pm
Kafwileni uko twamipaapata. Remember we are all aganest you. Tukamipofaula nga ba kwindi.
icinshikululwa
August 27, 2013 at 3:14 pm
Mukeshe ngatamwakwata ifyakucita. Mwamubelesha Sata pafula, te mufyala wenu; do yuo understand?!
sindy
August 27, 2013 at 3:21 pm
At least am proud of my Barotseland,the land of sand,in the sand where the bones of my great grand, grands are laying in peace.Barotse my heritage,my identity.Thank God for creating me ablack bull-mulozi,am greatfull.The plains as so refreshing and awonder to watch,what a master piece.so lovely.
isaac
August 28, 2013 at 11:22 am
Your Barotseland will remain yours as a province not as a country. Who can support you to secede? Nkoyas and many others are against the whole idea.
Sitondo
August 27, 2013 at 3:23 pm
How do you arrest someone for dancing? Is it an offence to dance to a rumour? Is it treason?
isaac
August 28, 2013 at 11:29 am
My friend it is not just a rumour as you speculate, the memn were caught distributing DVDs and posting useless materials on internet and you call that mare dancing? Even your fellow lozis who understand these things can support such insubordination.
sindy
August 27, 2013 at 3:24 pm
At least am proud of my Barotseland,the land of sand,in the sand where the bones of my great grand, grands are laying in peace .Barotse my heritage,my identity.Thank God for creating me a black bull-mulozi,am grate full.The plains as so refreshing and a wonder to watch,what a master piece.so lovely.Barotseland is not anew name it has been in existance for centuries now.
icinshikululwa
August 27, 2013 at 3:44 pm
NOBODY prmised abaLozi independence, may someone think propery pliz.
sindy
August 27, 2013 at 4:07 pm
icinchikululwa the claim /Barotseland’s statehood is not dependant on any body’s promise but on the abrogated BA64 Which is the mother document of Zambia as an entity’s legal existance.You might ask to say was there aprovission that warrants reversion? i will say no equally i would ask,was there aprovission that warrants abrogation?the answer is no.why justify an abrogation and unjustify the reversion?The right terminology is not seccession but reversion.we might end up being fake or illegal citizens-’agony.’
kozo
Mukelids
August 27, 2013 at 4:58 pm
If i recall well.The PF never won in Barotseland.Why calling on the pressident to honour the promise?Wwhich promise is that apart from the development that is currently going on their.The mongu kalabo road would consume millions of rebased kwacha.The katunda-Lukulu road.It would be the first time that road is going to be tarred.What of the projects on the ground!What else can someone ask for?Unless that person is myopic or refuses to open their eyes and see.We can’t allow unscrupulous and disgruntled,frustrated shavetails to use our innocent youths to settle their hidden agendas.Let the arrested youth revel the identity mbungas.We can’t accept this embroglionic broughaha.Its too much.
Concerned Lozi-Bull.
swine
August 28, 2013 at 9:43 am
Exactly what I say when this issue comes up!…what more do we want really? Developmental projects going on now are abound! There is a clique of people hell bent on frustrating projects in mbunga!…fortunately the youths are slowly realising that the old guards are just using them as pawns!…Akafumba whatever, what a coward…running away from his flock!
isaac
August 28, 2013 at 11:44 am
Quite right my brother, Mongu Kalabo roads the most expensive road here in southern Africa and a point of correction my brother its not million rebased but billion rebased. Rreally, what else can a sane thing person want. The Lewanika University is underway the ultra modern stadium is underway, electrification in Shangombo and many other places is taking place the cashew nut industry is being revived new civic centre will soon be built in Mongu, Mulobezi is one of new many district been named bringing development closer to the pipo. What else do they want? After 3 remaing years of PF western province will indeed never be the same again.
Munyukunyuku Fela
August 27, 2013 at 5:04 pm
Mike Munyukunyuku fela, caging IS the solution.
Munyukunyuku Fela
August 27, 2013 at 5:04 pm
Mike Munyukunyuku fela, caging IS the solution!
Mukelids
August 27, 2013 at 5:08 pm
If i recall well.The PF never won in Barotseland.Why calling on the president to honour the promise that never yielded results if at all?Which promise is that apart from the development that is currently going on their.The mongu kalabo road would consume millions of rebased kwacha.The katunda-Lukulu road.It would be the first time that road is going to be tarred.What of the projects on the ground!What else can someone ask for?Unless that person is myopic or refuses to open their eyes and see.We can’t allow unscrupulous and disgruntled,frustrated shavetails to use our innocent youths to settle their hidden agendas.Let the arrested youth reveal the identity of these mbungas.We can’t accept this embroglionic broughaha.Its too much.
Concerned Lozi-Bull.
Child of the Sky
August 27, 2013 at 5:21 pm
In the a picture, I see the sad reality of where Zambia is heading. Ask anyone, the weapons being wielded are weapons of revolution and genocide. Ask Rwandese. They know better.
swine
August 28, 2013 at 9:48 am
It’s a lost ”cause”..this follows some stup!d article which was posted on the Barostepost website, calling on all Lozis to use tools of sorts to defend Barotseland!…in the absence of aggression? These guys are just time wasters. Anyway there isn’t much to do, guess the chaps were just bored!
Day walker
August 27, 2013 at 6:54 pm
Its lozi against the Nation and guess who wins?