PRESS STATEMENT BY FR. FRANK BWALYA – ABZ PRESIDENT The Police should immediately arrest PF Secretary General Wynter Kabimba for the criminal offence of smuggling foreigners into Zambia as revealed by Mr Kabimba himself. His revelation that he smuggled Kenyan nationals into Zambia through Nakonde border to assist PF with Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) during the 2011 Tripartite elections amounts to a serious criminal offence over which the Justice Minister should be immediately arrested. Mr Kabimba knew that his action was against the immigration laws of our country hence his confession that if the MMD government discovered his wrong doing he could have been jailed. Against this background, we demand for professionalism and impartiality on the part of the police in dealing with this very serious matter. The police and other law enforcement agencies should demonstrate that they don’t practice selective prosecution by dealing with the confession of Mr. Kabimba in the same manner that they deal with those of us who are perceived to be enemies of the government. The police should show that no one is above the law. What surprises us is why Mr Kabimba chose to smuggle citizens of a Southern Africa Development Committee (SADC) country into Zambia when they could have easily entered the country legally. Our conclusion here is that the people Mr Kabimba smuggled into Zambia must have had criminal records or similar impediments to prevent from entering Zambia. Therefore, we are calling for a thorough investigation into this matter so that the public can know the truth. The revelation of Mr Kabimba has come as a big shock for some of us who participated in PVT for PF. We knew that some foreign assistance could have been received in terms of procuring equipment and funds but we are shocked that illegal activities were also part of the noble work of PVT. It would be a waste of time for us to demand that President Michael Chilufya Sata fires Mr Kabimba as Justice Minister and Secretary General of PF because we think that President Sata knew about this criminal activity. If he didn’t know, we challenge him to demonstrate that there no sacred cows in his government and party by dismissing Mr Kabimba as Justice Minister and Secretary General of PF. We also demand that President Sata should ensure that no political interference is allowed in this matter. Since the Chief Executive Officer of the ruling party who is also Justice Minister has confessed to this kind of wrong doing we should all shudder to think of what the PF government is capable of doing now that the advantage of incumbency in on their side. It would not be far-fetched to conclude that PF would do worse things to win elections in 2016. As such, we reiterate our call for Zambians to be united and remove PF after one term and save our country from turning into a banana republic. Fr. Frank Bwalya – ABZ PRESIDENT
Posted on: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 08:26:06 +0000
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