Business came to a standstill in Kitwe as the funeral procession passed through the town center to Nkana Stadium in Wusakile area.
Dozens of Jerabos clad in black suits while riding in Hummer vehicles and convertible BMWs led the procession as several minibus drivers and private vehicles put their headlamps on full beam.
And Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili has described the late Youngson Kalobo, the leader of small scale miners commonly known as Jerabos, as a youthful leader who United Zambians to fight for their mineral rights.
Mr. Kambwili, who is also Information and Broadcasting Minister, says many Kitwe residents where earning a living from the Copper slug dump site commonly known as Black Mountain due to the spirited fight Mr. Kalobo put up to allow Zambians access it.
The Minister said this when he addressed mourners at Nkana Stadium in Kitwe on Saturday during a church service for the late businessman.
And the late Mr. Kalobo’s elder brother Pavyuma described his young brother as a community worker who gave a lot to poor people.
Prominent among those who attended the church service were Mines Deputy Minister Richard Musukwa, Lusaka Province Permanent Secretary Stady Mwale and Kitwe District Commissioner Chanda Kabwe.
Hundreds of Kitwe residents, Councillors, leaders from the Patriotic Front and members of various churches also attended the church service.
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Drama pa zed today he becomes a hero even the entire minister praising him despite all the troubles in kitwe.it could be that this guy had blessings from the big fishes in govervnment OR Ba kambwili is also a jarabo.
THEY ARE ALL THE SAME.YOU CANNOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE. THEY ARE EVEN FOUND IN COURTS, PARLIAMENT, POLICE ETC.
THE MINISTER HONOURING A CRIMINAL AND GIVING HIM A STATE SEND OFF. IT SAD!
WHY DID THEY FAIL TO DO THE SAME TO DR. MANDA?
MAY THE GOOD LORD FORGIVE THEM.
PFF!
KOLOPA DOT COM.
KAMBWILI IS ALSO A JERABO.
RIP
THIS GUY CANNOT REST IN PEACE. LET THE DEVIL WIP HIM ETERNALLY FOR THE GRUESOME SINS HE COMMITTED WHILE ALIVE.
HE THOUGHT THE END WILL NEVER COME. IT HAS EVENTUALLY COME AND SURELY IT HAS.
And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?Mark 8:36
Fellow Zambians ,the striving for riches do not bring satisfaction.True satisfaction is only found in knowing Jesus Christ.
There is nothing to rejoice about when a sinner dies.
Do you think that I like to see wicked people die? says the Sovereign LORD. Of course not! I want them to turn from their wicked ways and live.
Ezekiel 18:32
Rest in peace son of the copperbelt.u rily fought hard 4 da youths of the copperbelt.yo generosity wl owez b rememberd.its hard 2 beleiv u no more nd da name YOUNG as u wer populary knon,wl only be mentioned in memorial.
Aliuma akaputi kuchulu chikala naleya!!!
What did I say. This thug has been awarded more or less a state funeral. Meanwhile Dr manda who did alot for us was just buried like a simple irrelevant man. A clear sign that pf are a bunch of thug. Wouldn’t be surprised if lungu was on this thugs payroll. Vote upnd to get rid of these pf thugs
Rest in peace Nigga
Bwafya pa zed so kambwili even got allowances from our tax to attend this funeral.shame!
What u expect pf is a party of thugs and thieves. In 2016 make the right choice and vote upnd
Up and Down Party cannot win 2016 elections! In your dreams!!!
Kiki ukose. Being in denial will not help you. The wind of change on the ground is unstoppable
Very funny looking chaps, i guess they think using their ballz, and who is the mr “macho” the one in the middle? Three ministers good send off by a party that worships thuggery and illegality not surprised.
we never cared about him and new educated Zambia is right Dr Manda was buried like a common man and yet a notorious thud like yungson is praised but the minister kambwili who is also a thug.
The so called jerabos helped to put the PF govt on power en youngson was a typical cadre who devoted his time to th party during Sata’s campaigns on th C/B..in recognition of his hard wrk hence th rewarding of a black mountain to jerabos..am sure if Sata was alive would have sent a message of condolences..true to many comments he was an oppreser..
R.I.P bro,only God will judge him en not this evil upnd cadres like their evil leader,blood sucker.
Kiki you seem so emotional over losing a thug. Was he funding pf and you silly cadres kikiki
R.I.P bro,only God will judge him en not this evil upnd cadres like their evil leader,blood sucker.He came in solwezi to expel a young and hard working mp Kafwaya just for his interest,but we going to show him that north westeners we are not foolish,Kafwaya will remain mp for solwezi central on pf ticket.
Shut up you kaonde wannabe, what job are you doing at one the mines? stop dragging them in tribal politics,they not interested, they rather be productive than engage in stupid trivial tribal issues, mumbwe iwe.
A good send off indeed. But uluse kuli bakachasu man. The Kachasu Man will be buried like a rabid dog when he dies next year.He is a useless man who deserve to be in a coffin.
He is a cursed man.
Ati Hilda malepe, nangu bushye ni Hilda Mishino olo ni Hilda milegeni?
@ Anso:
I urge you to behave and apolgise for your insolence. I will deal with you accordingly if you fail to do so before 18:00.
Czar is now facing the consequences.
GRZ rewarding hooliganism? Unbelievable. I hope Kambwili went and spoke in his personal capacity otherwise this is shameful to say the least
@hilder malepe yo utterance stinks like amafi unya, ukununka muchinyo kwati chibwa chabola idiot, brain cancer, na vaginal cancer filekushupa ulefileta kuli ba President.. Uba tumukolwe Uwakuchitile rape at 8 did a good job..
@ The Spartacus
Youngman, iam following your language and movements closely. keep on insulting and your end result will be fatal. Iam not the one who made you to fail Maths and Bilogy at Grade 12 level.
You will ran mad my dear and i have now included you on the list of Kakoswe and Czar. Iam ready to take on you the swine three. Iam not a person to play with. Just tonight you and Czar are going to have night mares.
I warn you.
I still talk to you? Then, excuse me!
Someone just turned on the heat..too hot to comment. Good morning to you all..Too good a morning to go south on a bus load of emotional volcanic lava. Uuuum !
Are these not da same jerabos hu endorsed HH nd promised 2 protect him wenever he waz on da copperbelt.NEZ U ARE A FOOL WT A SHORT MEMORY.
Zambians hav a short memory.thz same thugs turned out in large numbers 2 support HH wen he appeared at da kitwe high court nd promised 2 protect him wenever hz on da copperbelt.infact they campaigned 4 HH in da bye elections.
Da jerabos never helped Sata win.da jerabos wer MMD,infact youngson’s brother Pavyuma stood on da MMD ticket,against mines deputy minister RICHARD MUSUKWA in wusakile constituency in 2011.in da january bye election dey campaigned 4 HH.
Wen Youngson nd hz thugs turned out in large numbers 2 offer solidarity 2 HH at Kitwe high court,he waz an Angel.but 2de hz a devil koz kambwili honours him?
@ gm get yo facts straight th fact that youngsons brother stood on mmd ticket this does not make his bro to be mmd too. U knw y Pf was called party ya kaponya or thugs..
I’m wondering pa zed now thugs are glorified by ministers. How come we head nothing about Dr. Manda from the government and yet this man man did a lot for mother Zambia. Chansoni sana.
come 2016, the country will be at stand still as the country will be carrying the coffin of UPND but will not be awarded a state funeral
MHSRP..true Zambian hero son of the land chikala chobe sendama mu enjoy dibili dibili ifwe tulenwa
It is embarrassing that a cabinet minister can support lawlessness in his speech. What a Government!
we warned you. PF is a joke of a party.The entire africa is laughing at us. In 2016 vote upnd
Ifikali filapwa amaendele yashala u thought u ar undieble thing
Too bad mupondo imfwa ni mfwa pamunobe no matter how bad or good he was death is death.zambia yalila
@hilder mishino nakukanwa kwati chilemyanga ubukala bweshilu i never went as far as grade twelve but i can spell th word biology correctly unlike u we ule iwe musendama kubukala.. Ube ilonda muchinyo swine iwe..
Wonders will never end! A minister attending a funeral for a gangster?!! Anyway, our politicians are also gangsters
Chief government spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili yesterday said President Edgar Lungu is saddened by the death of Kitwe ruffian and Jerabo kingpin, Youngson Kalobo.
Youngson died last Wednesday following an illness.
During a funeral service attended by hundreds of Kitwe residents at Nkana Stadium on Saturday, Kambwili said the Head of State was saddened by Youngson’s death . kikiki how foolish is the president to associate himself with a thug and yet no comment on dr manda’s death. the pf chaps are threatened by the educated.
Iwe chi NEZ, what is your problem kanshi? You should tame your mouth. UPND has got no future. By the way, do you that you have won less bye elections this year? We mbushi we. Just shut up.
kiki if upnd has no future then why does it seem like you are having sleepless nights. It makes me laugh that an idiot such as yourself can deduce such a fallacy when just in 2015 we say how close the race to plot one was. With the electoral irregularities at ecz it is no doubt that the election for all we know was HH’s. Please all we can say is stock up on pain killers because come 2016 most of you cadres will have no source of income. stay strong and be blessed
@Shimaini, ukacipusheko mailo ici icipuba ati ‘In September, 2016, when the Kaponyas, Jerabos, fools, etc line up to vote, whom shall they vote for? He has insulted them enough!!! Elo akapuba kakwe kakaye mukushanina amavote futi kuWusakile?
Jeraboh
Youngson was given a befitting send off. The jerabos funded the funeral and turned up in numbers to pay their last respects. only god will judge him.
Chi NEZ nichipuba!!tribal1sm is in his blood thats why he cannot believe that soon by 06/08/2015 it’ll be 7-0 in favour of Mighty PF!!NEZ CANNOT BELIEVE THAT MAJORITY VOTERS HATE HIS PARTY AND LEADER!!I WONDER WHY THE WIND OF CHANGE BLOW BCOZ WE SAW THAT WIND OF CHANGE IN 1991 AND 2011.TODAY MAJORITY VOTERS WANT PF TO CONTINUE IN POWER COME 2016!!plus NEZ must know that its not easy to defeat a ruling party in africa just after 1 term in power!!HH LOST IN JANUARY 2015 WHEN HE FAILED TO DEFEAT A DISORGANIZED PF!GUY SCOTT HELPED HH A LOT BUT IN 2016,HH WILL FACE A VERY ORGANIZED PF WITH GOVNT MACHINERY AT HAND!!SO UKOSE NEZ AS YOU’LL CRY BADLY AFTER SEEING YOUR TRIBAL MAN LOSE FOR A 5TH STRAIGHT TIME!!
kiki eddy you sound so upset for a party that is sure to win. Why so agitated mune? If you are so confident you shouldnt even be responding to my comments. It means things are not good. Only a fool like you can vote for PF even after seeing what is happening. Kwacha depreciation, load shedding, closure of UNZA, need i go on? The levels of poverty have got to your head such that you think it is ok to suffer while living in a very rich country. Ulichipuba iwe. and we will meet you in 2016 mune.
youngson was right, most zambians do not benefit from copper, in Nigeria, there was war in the niger delta because the locals were not benefiting from the oil deals. Therefore PF did well to conform to the demands of the Jerabos by giving them the black mountain to avoid the sabotaging of mines and its equipment. Viva Youngson!.
chishimba kambwili is a thug, can’t u see he doesn’t hv a neck..
The spy is watching closely. Jerabos are part of us let us just embrace them just like America has embraced gays.
R.i.p youngson 1 luv
You have lost source of income
Ndeloleshafye
Thug is all I see. Even Govt officials attended the funeral? Thugs burying their boy
Kambwili attending the funeral of his fellow iliterate friend.useless thugs. UBUBI PAMENSO KWATI NI Kambwili
Source of income for PF gone!
Funny how people think. A simple funeral has turned political. Kambwili and all government officials who attended the funeral could have been there in their personal capacity because the could ve been personal friends with the late. Wheather you get a start funeral or not it is only your works that will benefit you in the hereafter. Take a leaf from the simplicity of some of the richest people of the world like the saudi king who had a private funeral attended only by family members and close friends. Ho! By the way its not the devil who torments in hell, he is actually awaiting he own torment and that is why he is eagerly courting most of you to be his companion in hell.
Call him whatever who want to call him, Youngson helped in reducing externalization of our mineral wealth by foreign investors. He may have been a thug but did much more than our educated HH who gave all our mineral wealth to the foreigners. Rest in peace son of Zambia, long live Jerabos.
I AM VERY DISSAPONTED WITH THE GOVERMENT WHY PRAISE A CRIMINAL THAT MAN MADE KITWE A LIVING HELL AND AS FAR AS AM CONCERNED HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN PRISON AND TODAY HE IS BEING BURRIED LIKE A KING…..WHATVER HE DID HE DID IT FOR HIMSELF
The Judge is God.
For sure God is the Jugde.
NEZ u da man