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Pardoning Of Kanene Is A Mockery To Zambia’s Fight Against Defilement – OYV
Operation Young Vote executive director Guess Nyirenda says the pardoning of musician Clifford Dimba is a mockery to Zambia’s fight against defilement.
And NGOCC executive director Engwase Mwale says the move taken by President Lungu to free Dimba, who is popularly known as General Kanene, is an embarrassment to the continent. Addressing journalists during a joint press briefing with the NGOCC in Lusaka yesterday, Nyirenda said the President had reversed all the efforts that stakeholders and citizens had made to end defilement and the violation of women’s rights. “The release of Kanene is very shocking because it has come at a time when the country is facing a lot of economic problems, talk of the fuel increase and other things and the President has just responded to all these problems with the release of General Kanene,” he said.
“That’s a mockery to our justice system, it is a mockery to the fight against defilement. We were making strides and the President has just reversed everything by releasing General Kanene.” Nyirenda wondered why the Head of State, who was a lawyer, could pardon Kanene, adding that President Lungu had now given powers to defilers and rapists to go on a rampage harming innocent children and women, and still hope to be pardoned. “For us now, this is telling us that our children can be defiled by anyone anyhow and when they [defilers] are in jail, they just praise the President, they just sing a song to praise the President and then they are released,” he added. “General Kanene is a convicted defiler.
He was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment and there is no way he can serve less than a year or a year and be released. There are so many Zambians who are facing injustice and they must be out of those jail cells but there they are; they are suffering and the President doesn’t pay attention.” Nyirenda urged Zambians to be aggressive and demand that the President rescind Kanene’s pardon.
“All of us as Zambians, mothers out there, fathers, you must stand up. This is not a women’s issue, we must all stand up and condemn this and tell the President in his face that this is wrong and it must be reversed and no apologies should be made about this,” said Nyirenda. And Mwale said President Lungu had embarrassed the nation by accepting the gender sensitive award bestowed on him during the AU summit in South Africa last month. “What the President has done is really an embarrassment to the continent, especially that he was recently given the gender-sensitive award.
What he [Lungu] has done is a mockery to the fight against gender-based violence,” said Mwale.
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kayula
July 18, 2015 at 2:48 pm
what do you expect in a country with more NGOs than manufacturing industries. Kanene was jailed did the number of difilement come down? Didnt we experience difilement cases before kanene? kanene can be freed but society will continue proscuting him. if jesus forgave that woman who are we not to forgive kanene
HH
July 19, 2015 at 9:30 am
nice point
kayula
July 18, 2015 at 2:54 pm
Do not use kanene as you teaching object find other ways of reducing defilement. Today eight pupils were caught having sex in a classroom do we have to jail them? Its not always when jail is a solution.
Seguka MJ
July 18, 2015 at 3:06 pm
Let the young be. The best is to allow him to be an ambassador of good morals and help others, I feel his punishment can be well serviced on the outside as he continues educating freaks like him in our community. For you my youngman review the past and refine the future!
AMASHOKO KOPALA
July 18, 2015 at 3:29 pm
NGO STANYOKO TATWASEKELA TOMBA NOKO …AMENSHI MUCHINYO IDIOT……..
sambiana
July 18, 2015 at 3:42 pm
Iwe ka Mwale na ka Nyilenda tekeni imputi panshi, what you’re saying is water under the bridge. mwandi Kayula walandafye bwino! Plenty of NGOs claiming to do this.. alleviate that.. yet, the much talked about things continues unbated… useless Zambian NGOs!.
Onyx power @vampiro
July 18, 2015 at 4:55 pm
Kanene defiled a girl who is also a mother of one.
paul
July 18, 2015 at 5:35 pm
A man shall never mary his age met
New Educated Zambia©
July 18, 2015 at 5:45 pm
Sad state of affairs under the PF. Lungu has endorsed difilement. Very embarrasing. In such sensitive cases, one would have expected the president not to get involved. It leaves a bad omen when the head of state excuses a defiler at a time when defilement is a very common crime. Lungu has misplaced priorities. Instead of dealing with the high cost of livign he is busy releasing his fellow criminals kiki jokers
mj banda
July 18, 2015 at 6:44 pm
Leave Kanene alone, these NGO’s who just make noise when they are hungry.
The Spartacus
July 18, 2015 at 6:50 pm
U ar good for nothing fi NGO always side with women whilest advocates fo stiffer punishment fo men.. Chapter closed..
eyes
July 18, 2015 at 7:29 pm
Zambians you have short memories.Maiko Zulu was released and made ambassador for drug trafficking(anti)so. What is wrong this time for Kanene’s release by the same Zambian presidency?
New Educated Zambia©❤
July 18, 2015 at 7:34 pm
just because it has happened before does not make it right.We know that our constitution places too much power in the hand of the executive i.e the president. That is the biggest issue here. Had it not being for this power, then lungu wouldnt be able to release whoever he wants. It is a very weird prerogative because it means lungu could easily use it to free his relatives and any person of interest to him. That is why we are saying vote the upnd in order to have a peoples constitution and prevent the insanity that is prevailing.
p
July 18, 2015 at 9:18 pm
Genital cutting/mutilation of children is severe child abuse. Every human male and female is born with a foreskin. Google “foreskin functions” to learn the protective, immunological and erogenous functions. This is an issue of human rights. Speak out for genital autonomy for all.
Uncle B.L.G
July 18, 2015 at 10:28 pm
I still can’t understand why tumfweko publishes certain posts like the 4th one? How does someone born out of a woman and probably has sister/s, aunties, nieces grandmother wife/girlfriend post such a gender insensitive insult ? IN BOLD LETTER’S.
Big B
July 18, 2015 at 11:05 pm
NEZ WEMBWA WE.HU DA HELL DO U THINK U ARE 2 JUDGE KANENE.U ARE A CYBER IRRIT.MOST PIPO FROM MISIS COMPOUND HAV SED DA GIRL WAZ NOT A MINOR AND HAZ A CHILD.GUESS NYRIENDER Z A FAILED FORMER PF MEMBER HU HATES DA PARTY 4 NOT BEIN ADOPTED AS MP IN 2006.
New Educated Zambia©❤√
July 19, 2015 at 12:55 pm
kiki stay strong. you seem upset. it is the PF hunger that is causing this type of behaviour. In 2016 do the right thing for once mune
tutu
July 19, 2015 at 5:39 am
I hope naimwebene bafikala bakamichitile defile tunkanshi shenu notubana twenu elo mukafundwa..lungu this is really shit ing on all the hardwok the ngos ave bin doin towards the fight against defilement and gender based violence
tutu
July 19, 2015 at 5:42 am
and all d@ money the state wasted on prosecutin the pervet?!!! nganifyo jst close all the courts or better yet jst burn them…and realese shonse italamikushindwa shakakwa muchifungo coz ififungo ar useless
tutu
July 19, 2015 at 5:52 am
I knew a girl pachipanda sum 2yrs back who killed herself afta bin defiled..t broke the family apart,a month later kankanshi followed suite by takin poison,wishi nomba nichakolwa chika la chakwe tukumanafye mufipaketi ubwaila no bwacha,he oz a good mekanika but nt anymore z nw unemployed..elokagelo kali nebele + nomutima wachikuku,nalepingafye ati ngakaba legal nkengilamo..so bakolwe mwebalesapota imagine u are part of such a family
Michael
July 19, 2015 at 6:26 am
@Tutu why am I a crazy fun of your comments? Interesting,does this mean you are no longer a pFool? It’s a sunday morning,will you be going to church? YOU ROCK!
Mark 2
July 19, 2015 at 8:10 am
Tutu is better than chief of grief the worst idiot on this blog. All he does is insult without direction. He doesn’t comment on constractive issues of National interest unless pafyabupuba. Thanks for bringing our Kanene take chief of Grief. I agree with Mwale we are not judging Kanene but its too early to release him ngamwalileka ama inmates nabo ba enjojako fi free good live music from kanene. Now no entertainment ku mukobeko zoona. Now its let’s get back to homo sexual as the only way to keeping the days going. Lungu kuwayawaya fye. Namufilwa ba mudala
Chief of Grief
July 19, 2015 at 10:28 am
Ka mark 2,its a sundæ chikala!
Mark 2
July 19, 2015 at 12:36 pm
You see what has chikala to do with this post… Ba tunmfweko block this kwindi twapapata. Ati shani chi chief of grief
ha'aputi size 2
July 19, 2015 at 12:39 pm
welcome Gk Next time suntwe mooya ngu’ongola we need more hits br like bamukwapula pampansa
john b. cc
July 19, 2015 at 12:52 pm
Why shud these soul called ngo not happy on the release of kanene, no human heart why not putting themselves in kanene’s boots unlike just condeming, who are they moreover if the presdnt has decided foolish ngoz with no wision let kanene be foolz.
Chief of Grief
July 19, 2015 at 1:07 pm
Mwaiche epo naba!y shud i b blokd!ndifye best sony.
major chileshe
July 19, 2015 at 1:28 pm
Kanene mukamba naiwe its abt tym u moved frm that komboni
major chileshe
July 19, 2015 at 1:29 pm
U hv money,why nat get an appartment in rhodespark,kabwata or chilenje?
Wisdom
July 19, 2015 at 3:36 pm
ust out of curiosity, for any individuals who believes in Christianity, Wholeheartedly
Q: Is this something that YOU chose or was it passed down to you?
Q: Have you ever researched any other religion besides Christianity?
Q: Do you question anything printed in the Bible?
When I came to know that Religion was stoopid I lived a much better life
Lesa ni palobe
July 19, 2015 at 4:39 pm
There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth, unless someone rises up to tell you the truth. We could work together to end religious brainwash and set a new agenda to restore the stolen pride and peace of Africa.
Judge
July 19, 2015 at 4:33 pm
The president should not be blamed even though the move seems political,as it is obvious they want to use the bustard next year…personally I would blame the prison authorities for recommending un reformed convict….and I strongly feel did it for personal gain,as we all saw them been promoted to new ranks…my opinion is that; Kanene has come out worse than he was before….