Kasempa Cop Convinces Suspects That Police Command in Lusaka Wants to View Their Nakedness As Part of Procedure
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No 62 www.diggers.news Friday November 17, 2017 Kasempa cop convinces suspects that police command in Lusaka wants to view their nakedness as part of procedure... Kabimba mocks Socialist Party Sipilisiwe Ncube When they realised that they Rainbow Party Leader Wynter cannot take over the Rainbow Kabimba says the newly Party unconstitutionally, of formed Socialist party leader POLICE TAKES course they left. And now Dr Cosmas Musumali should they have formed their own explain to Zambians what political party, we wish them his party will do which the good luck,” Kabimba said. Rainbow is not doing. To page 4 Kabimba told News Diggers! in an interview that it was good that Musumali who was his Ex-ministers 2016 running mate decided to form his own party after failed attempts to hijack the Rainbow must pay - NUDE PHOTOSBy Sipilisiwe Ncube Party unconstitutionally. Asked if the formation of a Police in North Western second socialist party in Zambia ConCourt province have arrested a would help drive forward the Mukosha Funga fellow officer of Kasempa socialist ideology, Kabimba The Constitutional Court has Police Station for taking said the approaches of the two maintained that ministers must nude pictures of a mother groupings would be different. pay back salaries and other and her daughter who were “We wish them good luck, that emoluments which they accrued detained for murder. is their constitutional right, by staying in office after Parlia- According to North because their first intention was ment was dissolved before the Western Province police to destroy the Rainbow Party. 2016 elections. To page 3 OF FEMALE Commissioner Auxensio Daka, Constable Kalebwe made the obscene material Drugs worth K66m after convincing the suspects that the Zambia Police expired in storage Command in Lusaka wanted to use the nude pictures as - Auditor General part of police procedure. Story page 3 DETAINEES To page 5 I can’t incite violence, my tummy can’t allow me to run - Chiteme By Zondiwe Mbewe Nkana PF Member of parliament Alexander Chiteme has vehemently denied leading PF cadres to disrupt an NDC meeting in Mufulira last weekend, saying his tummy cannot even allow him to run 100 metres, if chaos ensued. And Chiteme says Bemba proverbs and jokes will not get Kambwili to State House because he is just imitating President Edgar Lungu and UNWTO Secretary General Dr Taleb Rifai at Government Complex in Lusaka, Pictures By Eddie Mwanaleza/State House. Story P4 Michael Sata. To page 6 2. Local News Friday November 17, 2017 By Sipilisiwe Ncube Former Rainbow party running mate Dr Cosmas Musumali has formed his own political party called the Socialist Party (SP). Kabimba’s running mate In August 2014, late president Michael Sata dropped Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba, who later formed the Rainbow Party and picked Dr Musumali as his running mate in the forms own socialist party 2016 general elections. “The party aims at building same and hence we stand for growth of a socialist Pan- lives worthy of 21st century will be nothing to be proud Musumali who is relatively a just socialist society in proletarian internationalism Africanism and a peaceful, standards. Zambia needs a of, unless the Zambian masses new on the political scene in which equal opportunities and the cause of progressive humane and environmentally transformative change, and save themselves from calamity Zambia, but boasts of over for all and a guarantee of popular movements wherever sustainable global community,” this is not possible under the and total ruin. This is a call to 30 years in NGO work and democratic rights will clear they emerge. International he said. system we inherited in 1991. it action to all patriots, students, international projects, has the way for ending social and solidarity is in the best “We also take the opportunity has miserably failed us.” youth, women, peasants, however formed a breakaway economic discrimination and interest of our own struggle,” to call for action. This is Musumali said there was workers and all those who party from Rainbow with the exploitation. It will be a society Musumali said. essentially our manifesto and need to end the era of greedy love Zambia. Zambia needs same socialist ideology. in which the wealth produced Musumali said the party programmatic summary for political elite. your interventions. The era of Speaking when he officially by the toiling masses will not further aims to build a socialist 2017 to 2021. It is premised “The time to act is now. A the greedy political elite must announced the party in be appropriated by a few. The state in Zambia. on the realisation that a mass movement anchored in be brought to an end. It is the Lusaka today, Musumali said party organises itself and its “The party aims to promote broad anti-capitalist and anti- a broad coalition fighting for time for the Zambian masses the Socialist Party will aim at work on the basis of democratic and defend the class interests imperialist coalition of mass justice, equity and peace in to save their country and in building a just society with centralism and on full inner of the Zambian workers, and popular organisations is Zambia is needed. Zambians turn live within a heritage equal opportunities for all. party democracy. It fights for peasants, students, poor necessary in order to liberate have prided themselves they can be proud of,” said He said his party was peace against neo-colonialism. people, marginalised groups our homeland from the for being peaceful; valuing Musumali. registered on October 16, 2017 The party firmly believes that and progressive intelligentsia; petty bourgeois dictatorship egalitarianism and promoting Meanwhile Musumali said after a protracted one year of real and basic interests of the to build a socialist state in and enable the masses of justice-these values have been his party would be officially impediments. people of the world are the Zambia; contribute to the our people live dignified severely eroded. Soon there launched soon. Zimbabwe crisis a wake-up call for SADC - HH By Mirriam Chabala UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says the current political situation in Zimbabwe is a wake-up call for SADC which has for a long time adopted a laissez- faire attitude in dealing with crises. And HH has wondered what SADC chair President Jacob Zuma meant by saying ‘we are keenly watching the situation in Zimbabwe’ when it had been degenerating for the past 15 years. Meanwhile, HH says his party is ready to engage in a dialogue process that is proactive and preemptive in order to restore rule of law in Zambia. He was speaking to journalists at the Supreme Court grounds today after attending a Constitutional Court hearing in Margaret Mwanakatwe’s appeal against the nullification of her Lusaka Central parliamentary seat which Charlotte Scott had and say nothing about my saying ‘because it’s not me the people of Zimbabwe the broken down criminal his unheard presidential successfully petitioned. “This is a wakeup call to country when I break the who is in Court [I won’t are put in place and then justice system, we also need petition as usual. SADC which has taken rule of law,” HH said. say anything], because Zimbabweans don’t have to deal with our legislature On Tuesday night, the a laissez-faire attitude in And HH condemned tomorrow it will be you,” he to migrate to neighbouring so we can have a Parliament army has took over control pro actively dealing with SADC for waiting until said. countries and you know that allows for free flow of in Zimbabwe, confining concerns of citizens of people’s lives were at risk Hichilema predicted that Zambia has been home debate. And we also have 93-year-old President our region. The Economic before taking the matter there would be an inflow for a lot of Zimbabweans issues of lacunas in the Robert Mugabe to his Community for West seriously. of Zimbabweans to Zambia and this situation may Constitution which need house. African States is doing “And today, SADC through following the power crisis. be exacerbated now by to be addressed. As you The Zimbabwean defence much better in this area, the current Head of SADC “We wish the people of the current situation in know, when we submitted forces seized control of ECOWAS is more proactive Jacob Zuma is saying Zimbabwe the best, we wish Zimbabwe,” he said. our petition, executive the state broadcaster ZBC, and it takes interest in ‘SADC is watching keenly’ them safety and calmness Meanwhile, Hichilema powers should have been with their spokesman Maj cases to do with abuse of but what are they watching within stormy waters to reaffirmed his party’smoved to the Speaker of Gen Sibusiso Moyo issuing human rights, liberties and keenly?’ Because Zimbabwe probably help lead into a willingness to dialogue with the National Assembly a statement declaring that freedoms. It takes interest in has been degenerating for situation that Zimbabweans the Patriotic Front outlined but it did not happen, President Mugabe was safe the breakdown of the rule of the last 10 to 15 years and have been expecting for a number of things he was somebody broke the as they were “targeting law, we have seen ECOWAS now Zimbabweans are at too long and it’s not been expecting to be addressed Constitutional provisions criminals” around him. take steps in Gambia, in the risk of losing life and coming, and that is to during the process. and we Zambians are Meanwhile, BBC reports Côte d’Ivoire, in Burkina property and becoming allow for observance of “We are ready to engage in silent. The dialogue process that South African Faso and indeed in Mali pro refugees in bigger numbers the rule of law.