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HH Organised People To Protest In Lusaka -Lungu
President Edgar Lungu has warned UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema not to dare him by inciting his cadres to protest.
And President Lungu has called for transparency which he says can redeem the nation.
Commissioning a Rural Electrification Authority project at Luangeni village in Paramount chief Mpezeni’s area in Chipata on Friday, President Lungu referred to protests in Lusaka on Friday sparked by the death of a UPND cadre, Grayzer Matapa, who was buried yesterday.
“Let Hakainde Hichilema not dare me; he has incited cadres in Lusaka to demonstrate over the death of a man in Mutendere. I have time and again stated that I will not support violence or protect anyone from criminal activities. But HH organised people to protest in Lusaka and they were fighting today (Friday) in Lusaka,” he said.
President Lungu said without breaking the law or favouring anyone, he would protect every citizen, including UPND members.
He said being aggrieved did not mean that one should break the law with impunity.
President Lungu said Inspector General of Police Stella Libongani informed him that police had already arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of Matapa who was stabbed to death by suspected PF cadres in Mutendere last Sunday.
He said time for politics was over and that it was his wish that the focus of all political parties would be to develop the country.
And President Lungu urged all citizens to preach the “One Zambia, One nation” motto.
He urged the media not to promote violence in its reporting.
President Lungu said because of a certain type of reporting, people had started fighting, causing people to speculate that he was shielding PF members.
“A criminal is a criminal, be it a Chewa, a Tonga, a Christian or Muslim, he is a criminal. A Nsenga or a Chewa are all Zambians, and certain specified type of reporting that a Chewa has been killed by a Ngoni brings violence and divisions,” he said.
President Lungu said citizens should allow police to conclude their investigations.
The head of state, however, made comments on Matapa’s death a few days after his killing while police were still investigating the matter, saying criminals were behind the murder and not PF cadres.
UPND cadres protested against police and President Lungu over what they believed was inaction in bringing those involved in Matapa’s death to book.
And on Friday, police fired teargas to disperse the cadres who protested during a funeral procession for Matapa. In the ensuing confusion, pall-bearers dropped the casket, damaging it.
And speaking when he overruled his press aide Amos Chanda who asked the media not to cover the entire meeting with the business community at Protea Hotel in Chipata on Friday evening, President Lungu said there was no need to abandon the media because they were not plotting against anyone.
“So media, you are free to be here until we get tired and run out of this place because we should be transparent. Transparency is what is going to redeem us. I was saying something in Luangeni where we were and I talked about the media. One media house has got this propensity to misquote Mr Lungu, President of the Republic of Zambia. All the time, the headline ‘Lungu this, Lungu that’. But I am grateful that lately, you read the headline and the story is totally at variance and I say that’s editorial indiscretion or discretion. I will allow the media to remain here until we conclude because we have go nothing to hide,” he said.
President Lungu wondered why Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry chairperson, Thomas Mtonga, asked him about the high prices of mealie-meal.
“I thought you should be telling me as Chamber of Commerce and Industry to say, ‘look Mr President, I think we have evaluated all the valuables and we think the reason why mealie-meal is expensive in this region is because of 1, 2’…not to ask me ‘how do we reduce the price of mealie-meal’ when you are the people who are involved in the production of mealie-meal. I thought that you would be able to tell me that ‘we evaluated everything and we think that we should be allowed to invest in milling plants in this region’,” he said.
President Lungu said the government was not the manager of trade.
“All we need to do, as government, is to make a conducive environment to do business. How do we do that? We do that by you engaging us, telling us that ‘the regime on tax is oppressive; we can’t move’ or ‘the roads are very bad; we cannot find a profit because our vehicles are breaking down every day’,” he said.
President Lungu said the government was planning to partner with the private sector to have milling plants established in some areas of the country to reduce the cost of mealie-meal.
And Mtonga said the chamber wanted to see local processing of produce from the region.
“We also hope that there will be plans to make sure that the infrastructure development is also accompanied with policies, which will enable the businessman to do business successfully. We hope you will be able to see to it that the infrastructure, which you put up, can translate into meaningful development in Eastern Province,” said Mtonga.
Later after President Lungu and justice minister Dr Ngosa Simbyakula made their presentations, the business community did not ask questions until Mtonga said some people were not comfortable with the presence of the media.
At this point, President Lungu asked Mtonga whether it was his demand that the media should be told to leave.
“Is it your demand that the media be thrown out? It’s not my demand but I can’t say it. Me, I am very confortable because I have nothing to hide. But if you are uncomfortable, dear colleagues from the media, you hear that cry. In a very subtle way, they are asking you to go and have your dinner. Goodnight,” said President Lungu.
One of the businessmen who attended the meeting said issues concerning the Food Reserve Agency and citizenship acquisition were raised.
“Some businessmen expressed concern that 10 years is a long period for one to qualify to get Zambian citizenship while in other countries, it’s five years, but home affairs minister Davies Mwila promised to look into the matter,” he said.
Earlier, President Lungu urged PF members to embrace each other and called for unity among party members countrywide.
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New Educated Zambia
March 1, 2015 at 6:34 pm
Lungu is the dumbest president after sata. I mean seriously how does he claim HH incited people to riot. He then goes on to warn and threaten a citizen. Is it lungu’s role as president to get involved in what I can term as criminal cases? If HH in inciting violence is this not supposed to be investigated by a neutral institution like the courts or police (yes we know zambia no longer has neutral and separation of powers). The chap didnt even have an answer about the high price of mealie meal. The idiot does not have an answer for one of the biggest issues affecitng the country. All he is doing is travelling and holding interviews on foreign land
New Educated Zambia
March 1, 2015 at 6:39 pm
Lungu stated that it is HH who is behind the violence. Yet the contradicting fool goes on to state that people should let the police carry out investigations. And this is coming from a so called lawyer haha ba PF you make me laugh. If the president is so sure the HH is inciting violence then why does he not take oath in court and give us his evidence? This chap has been in power for less than three months and has become pompous. Funny to think he was the one crying like a chicken months ago. Now Lungu shut up and stop contradicting yourself and embarrasing your entire party. 2016 forward!
New Educated Zambia
March 1, 2015 at 6:43 pm
Lungu needs coaching in people skills. It was embarrasing watching his negative body language during the SABC interview. How does a confident president swing around on a chair like its a nervous junior clerk being interviewed for a job. Zambians are very dull. Anyone can wake up and rule that country.At this rate I forsee a situation of whereby he will be ruled by even the joke that is muliyokela or whatever that chap is called. Let us change this by voting UPND and clean up this total mess
major chileshe
March 1, 2015 at 9:53 pm
Awe naiwe chi new educated shani shani fyabupuba ifyo,ala iwe,ur comments r always full of hate
New Educated Zambia
March 1, 2015 at 10:47 pm
they say the truth hurts. I am not here to sugar coat things or make people feel good. The livelihood of 14 million people is not a joke.
mj banda
March 1, 2015 at 6:44 pm
Let him play with a lawyer and will face consequences
New Educated Zambia
March 1, 2015 at 6:49 pm
A lawyer who lacks a vision and contradicts himself on simple legal issues? You can just barely pass your degree and still claim to be lawyer but that does not make you a good lawyer at all.
el
March 1, 2015 at 7:43 pm
ba fikala upnd
shocks
March 1, 2015 at 9:28 pm
its el is dull, i watched sabc interview. Julius malema is far much better than this guy(el). I wonder how he used to argue his cases in courts of law if at all he used to defend people.
Adviser
March 1, 2015 at 10:36 pm
But ba Shocks your dullness is shocking – clearly you have no analytical mind. Did you really listen to the interview?? Anyway, for this story here, have you paid attention to how smart the president is?
Denkete
March 1, 2015 at 9:34 pm
@New Educated Zambian, its like you have difficulties in achieving analytical thinking. Think beyond your tribe. Education must change the way a human being thinks, it must revolutionise your mind. Alas, your brain is stuck to your tribe and you cant think beyond your cow dung.
New Educated Zambia
March 1, 2015 at 10:36 pm
You are a fool. Where in my comments have I mentioned tribe? The only one insinuating tribe is you by statements and words such as “cow dung”. Please keep your dirty thoughts to yourself. How does my pronouncements of UPND policy and what they will do lead to tribal talk. You fool you are giving zambia a bad name. We are not kenya or burundi. Can you behave yourself. or go to bed if you are tired. silly cadre
jobreaker
March 1, 2015 at 10:31 pm
Hh is a violent man by nature…u can see it in his eyes that deep inside he holds a deep secret. ….like he can just break Ur neck..cut Ur stomach open And drink Ur blood..give that man power and Zambia falls.. it will be chaos for the first time…and I’ll be forced to axe chi educated
New Educated Zambia
March 1, 2015 at 10:49 pm
This is why we say underage fools should not be allowed to watch hammer house of horror. where are the parents to this silly boy?? ayambo sabayila uyu
Chief of Grief
March 2, 2015 at 12:02 am
wether ka hh did o din’t incite akawele wele LIBOLO pamo nembushi shimukonka panuma.!!
new educated Zambia
March 2, 2015 at 12:40 am
A clear case of having nothing tangibly negative about hh. You can’t fault the man so instead as a cover up for your weakness you decide to insult. Typical of the pf retards. Say something sensible u for a change cho funta iwe. Siya dobo
MCCM
March 2, 2015 at 1:20 am
We are asking even for UPND DIE HARDS to vote for EL and not cow dung.Guys doesnt it pain u to go and line up in the rains and WASTE your vote on cow dung HH when u know that he will never be president?Why waste time and energy even campaigning for HH when anyone who can stand against him can win even without campaigning by virtue of him(hh) being cowdung
kakolwe
March 2, 2015 at 5:10 am
Check out the irony that Edgar spotted: A member of the Chipata Chamber of commerce wanting to find out why the price of meallie meal was such from the president. EL tactifully asked the guy to consider his relevance in governance. Just like this citizen who sees that the local authority in L/stone drags its feet in processing title, he waits for the time he is president for him to perform the functions of a mayor? Am glad a limited number of people hearkento his message of “when I come to power I will….” It just won’t sell.
jobreaker
March 2, 2015 at 5:48 am
a transparent president transparent government…working with the people for the people …he clearly states that he wants the media to freely do their job he wants to work with private sectors so to build milling plants.. it means u ka educated can go to our office in town and register as an interested party.. first priority is the local people.so if u go there now..they government will allocate u not only land but is willing to go as far as lending u a loan.then start collecting Ur maize from southern province..
New Educated Zambia
March 2, 2015 at 3:11 pm
to be given land only to be killed over it by the PF cadres. Is this what you call empowerment? I would rather the UPND came into power and ensured stability and fair application of laws which is lacking in zambia at the moment. Vote UPND 2016! forward chabe
jobreaker
March 2, 2015 at 6:06 am
that is why I insist that Hh can’t run the country.. he thinks just because he is good at selling mines and paying minimal wages to his employees because he has an advantage over the poor he qualifies .the only way he can ever make profit is by selling the rest of the mines..and the mines will be sold..what akainde should do is apply to open up a milling plant at the Pf offices and he will be given land..because Pf is not tribal.and hold a convention kaili..we all know Ur time is up..we are 9months before new year
The Tiger
March 2, 2015 at 6:23 am
ka New Educated Zambia u are a fool your heart is filled with betterness just like your freemason evil pay master HH. yes HH is inciting violance can u deal with this animal from the under world, ka New satan let me tell u somthing u thugs in the UPND will never form Gov come 2016 u guys will cry agian. God will never allow this country to be ruled by a freemanson HH this country is not for sale to the devil
The Tiger
March 2, 2015 at 6:25 am
i meant bitterness
Monk
March 2, 2015 at 7:17 am
@new educated, you talk too much to an extent that you are now responding to your own comments. Kindly leave room for others to comment or else you will become like the infamous Jane Belinda Mulenga who jumps from one site to another, spreading insults and hatred!! As much as your DNA is pure UPND, be objective and not subjective,. By the way its not that everyone who comments on social media is a cadre like you so at times try to analise issues with an open and objective mind and not a politically motivated one.
Thankx!
Chief of Grief
March 2, 2015 at 8:51 am
Ka nez,ala mwandi replyn to u is realy monotonous cuz yo posts r owez recycled,b suprizin 4 once u nutcase,nelo tawulanya we knw ati amafi alanya ya green green,watudabwishako 1 day ukanyeko ifyayelo stanyoko.!
New Educated Zambia
March 2, 2015 at 3:08 pm
Haha if the PF government starts doing things differently I might just answer differently? Till then continue getting schooled by me on the same mistakes you keep making as PF. silly cadre
club zero
March 2, 2015 at 9:44 am
Enjoying wit my life and my investments are booming in this government,ifintu ni lungu any that the way life goes new educate is cryin and I’m best,good,happy,nice and fantasic.
New Educated Zambia
March 2, 2015 at 3:06 pm
haha mate i earn foreign currency and I am better off with kwacha’s depreciation. However, I do not celebrate making gains out of negative development in my country. This just goes to show people that the PF does not care about the common man as long as they are able to afford all basic needs of life and take their kids abroad etc. You can be happy so what who cares? I am here to speak for the million of zambians suffering and starving. foolish cadre
cludzz
March 2, 2015 at 10:06 am
@New Educated Zambia is simply not educated guys……his comments are full of anger,hatred obsession and very delusional.jst check out all his comments no sense in them, jst anger and frustration.
chika Edk Ike PhD
March 2, 2015 at 10:30 am
He is just a fool who escaped chainama recently and they are looking for him and his freemason cowdung friend HH chi new educ f**k*Ng human being
New Educated Zambia
March 2, 2015 at 3:07 pm
Funny how a fool from chainama can hurt your feelings so much. As they say the truth hurts and I must be hitting a nerve somewhere. I am giving you reasons for my thoughts on issues. why cant you do the same or have u got brain disability?
mj banda
March 2, 2015 at 2:52 pm
Baba HH behaves like a terrorist who sends people with bombs to carry out his dirty jobs of suicide bomber but can’t do it himself. Y can’t HH send wife to strip like
Kenny G
March 3, 2015 at 5:56 am
He cn,dats hw desparate and idiot politician re,eager 2 destroy our beloved country.Shame!