MMD President Nevers Mumba has demanded that the PF government gives the Zambian people their freedoms back in line with the biblical declaration of Jubilee as the country commemorates 50 years of independence.
Dr Mumba says Jubilee entails returning all possession taken away from individuals and ensures that not a single person is oppressed by another.
He says the country should apply itself to the true meaning of Jubilee, as it opens a new page.
Dr Mumba in a statement issued today states that Jubilee is not a political slogan but a Biblical truth, which literally means a time of renewal.
He says the MMD demands that the abuse of the Public Order Act be stopped, and people given back the freedom to hold meetings without facing the brutality of the Police.
The MMD leader says in this year of Jubilee, freedom must be restored including media freedoms.
Dr Mumba states that the MMD pioneered press freedom in 1991 which the PF government has taken away by dragging journalists and publications to court on flimsy charges and blocking critical media websites.
He says without press freedom, a nation can never be truly free as the media are the watchdogs of society to make the governments accountable to the electorate.
He has further demanded that the wage freeze imposed on the public service be lifted, so that workers can freely bargain for better pay in this Jubilee year.
Dr Mumba adds that as the country looks to the next fifty years, Zambians should insist on leadership of morality and integrity to move Zambia into the future.
Ba game
October 24, 2014 at 8:45 pm
chikala chobe nevers ulebutekafye pa chipuna ngataukwete ifyakubosa wembwa.
Double Take
October 25, 2014 at 1:30 pm
There’re gonna whoop yo ass!!!!
Kicko
October 24, 2014 at 9:54 pm
Nevers,you are right.Jubilee kubwesha.Bwesha ama half wadumine ku Canada
mfumu chidano
October 25, 2014 at 4:41 am
Iwe please, you can’t insult an elderly person like that. It’s not his fault that you’re a blind follower. That’s his opinion in the end.
katyetye
October 25, 2014 at 5:31 am
Guys nevers is just like other good parents, in fact taibile nokwiba those are political tarnishing,I salute you nevers.
major chileshe
October 25, 2014 at 6:14 am
Ba mumba ukusabaila too much naimwe
humphrey
October 25, 2014 at 8:36 am
MR NEVERS TELL MMD TO BRING BACK THE MONEY THE STOLE FROM THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE DURING MMD RULE. THIS COUNTRY IS GOING THROUGH HARD TIMES BECAUSE MMD STOLE THE MONEY AND THE SOLD COMPANIES AT NOTHING.LET THE PF AND SATA GOVERN THIS COUNTRY FREELY AND DEVELOP THIS COUNTRY. MMD HAD THEIR TIME TO RULE THIS NATION IN THE WAY THEY WANTED AND THIS NOT THE TIME FOR YOU TO PROVIDE IDEAS WHICH YOU FAILED TO DO IN 20 YEARS.
xx rated
October 25, 2014 at 11:09 am
Tumfweko has run out of stories ever since your boss fall critically sick, this is what happens if you happen to exalt one person and defy others, now write that your boss is enjoying good health in ICU.