No 7 www.diggers.news Wednesday June 14, 2017 FDD denounces calls to withdraw donor aid By Mukosha Funga appealed to the World Bank and In this audio, FDD spokesperson International Monetary Fund Antonio Mwanza says calls to (IMF) not to fund “illegalities withdraw donor aid because of UPND leader Hakainde and people who will use their Hichilema are misplaced. resources recklessly”. Last week, HH’s alliance partners Continues on page 2 Shonga testifies against Don’t fund dictatorship, Mwaliteta and Siandenge opposition tells IMF, WB P5 P2 SPEAKER SUSPENDBy Sipilisiwe Ncube S Speaker of the National assembly Dr Patrick Matibini has with immediate effect suspended 48 UPND members of parliament from service for a period of 30 days for their unauthorized absence from the state of the national address by the president on Friday 17th March 2017. And the Speaker has further challenged the UPND members of Parliament to resign on moral ground. Meanwhile, Speaker Matibini has referred the issue where UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema is alleged to have demeaned and insulted the Speaker to the DPP for determination and possible prosecutions. 48 UPND MPS To page 3 2. Local News Wednesday June 14, 2017 By Mukosha Funga In this video, Mazabuka UPND member of parliament Garry Nkombo says Hakainde Hichilema is in high spirits Hakainde Hichilema is in high despite being kept under “pathetic conditions”. Nkombo was briefing journalists and fellow MPs after visiting HH at Mukobeko Maximum Prison in Kabwe spirits, Nkombo assures UPND today. The UPND MPs arrived at the prison around 12:00 hours hoping to visit their leader but police barred them from entering saying Sunday was not part of the designated visitation days. However, HH’s wife Mutinta was allowed to visit her husband along with the wives of his co-accused. After negotiating for over 30 minutes, police allowed Nkombo to go in and visit HH. “The president is very grateful for the effort that everyone has made to come and see him. As you are aware yesterday our vice-president could not access the president because they said it was not a visiting day… The president is in very high spirits but suffice to say that the conditions of his welfare are pathetic, they are not good,” said Nkombo. “So we will disperse and come back on Tuesday, the way it will be is it will be 12 days as it has been in Lusaka. The president says continue praying for him but we are certain that there will be a bright morning.” Mazabuka UPND member of parliament Garry Nkombo briefs fellow MPs and journalists after visiting Hakainde Hichilema - picture by Video on diggers.news Mukosha Funga in Kabwe were fighting for this country.” Meanwhile, Mulongoti said Don’t fund dictatorship: opposition tells IMF, World Bank moving HH and his co-accused was just a scheme to keep him By Mirriam Chabala of governance so that they can today in this country we are the people of Zambia enjoy “We also want to caution this away from his family and his Opposition political parties feel the pain and anguish of the not supposed to have any kind their freedoms and concentrate government to stop abusing legal team. have appealed to the World Zambian people. Don’t fund of meeting as political parties on what matters because by the Military personnel of this “It is wrong for the state to start Bank and International illegalities and people that are without the brutality of the their continued visits, the country because we are aware using this period to punish Monetary Fund (IMF) not to going to use that money on police coming into play and Presidents are endorsing what that they used a ZAF aircraft and brutalise Hichilema’s fund “illegalities and people their personal trips outside this we are called a democracy,” should never be endorsed to transfer the accused people family, it is already bad that he who will use their resources country and we have never a Mumba said. even when they don’t mean to Mukobeko in Kabwe, which incarcerated but taking him to recklessly”. President who travels as much “Just two days ago, Mr Amos to endorse and a lot of them is an illegality. There is no need Mukobeko is just a scheme to Nevers Mumba, Mike as this President,” Mumba said. Chanda from State House made are coming in good faith by for government to start using keep him away from his family Mulongoti and Charles Milupi Mumba also asked other Heads a statement where he was saying way but not knowing that it’s the country’s resources to fight and his lawyers which should of MMD, People’s Party and of State to shun President the coming of the Madacascar trap and president Lungu is against its own citizens. And I not be allowed. Moreover, Alliance for Democracy and Edgar Lungu’s invitations to Preesident, the impending inviting those who have been want Zambians to understand there are so many issues that Development respectively, visit Zambia during this period visits of the Ghanaian president legitimately elected.” very clearly that the issues that the government should focus were speaking at a joint press saying they would be endorsing and the Rwandan president And Milupi said government have let HH and his co-accused on right now that to just shift briefing in Lusaka yesterday dictatorship. is a confirmation that the must stop abusing the military go to prison and be charged their whole attention to one after their alliance partner “We are asking the international community is to fight their battles. with treason is because they individual,” said Mulongoti. Hakainde Hichilema of the international community to happy with the manner in “This morning we were hit United Party for National stand with Zambian people which this government is with the news that the State in Development was transferred during this very very dark oppressing the people of this the usual manner has decided Police shoot rapist clad in police uniform from Lusaka Central Prison to moment. Zambia is in a crisis country. So we are asking the to move the President of By Joseph Mwenda Mukobeko Maximum Security politically and has slide into Presidents in the region to UPND who is incarcerated Police on Friday shot a man of Lusaka’s Silverest area who was Prison in Kabwe. a dictatorship under the support the Zambian people together with his five other reported to have raped a woman while wearing police uniform. “We also appeal to the IMF and leadership of President Lungu by suspending their trips, so colleagues to Mukobeko and the World Bank in their effort and this is not just a statement that they give us time to fight we are disgusted with this Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo could not state to help us as they come to this we are making because we are as a people for our freedoms. news because it’s a further whether the suspect was a police officer or a masquerader, but country in July or whenever, we opposition political parties We ask them to use their demonstration of how this said he attempted to escape. asking them not only to listen but it is a fact which is going resources that they could have government considers itself to “On Friday, police officers shot a person identified as Steve to the government. Come and to affect everything that we used to fly here to push and be above the law in the manner Nsomekela aged 29 of Silverest. Officers were investigating a talk to us as opposition leaders aspire for if we don’t stop the apply pressure on President they take certain actions,” said case of rape where a woman had reported that she was raped at and listen to us on the issues dictatorship. As you are aware Lungu and his people to let Milupi. gun point by a person who was in police uniform. The act was reported to have happened in the vehicle of the suspect,” Katongo stated. “Without the suspect noticing, the victim grabbed some documents from the vehicle which she presented to police. FDD denounces calls to withdraw donor aid Investigations pointed to the said suspect who was apprehended From front page Zambian people. Don’t fund my earnest appeal is that let the poor and not Edgar Lungu by police.” Nevers Mumba, Mike illegalities and people that are us allow the due process of the shall suffer the consequences. She said the suspect attempted to escape during the search at his Mulongoti and Charles Milupi going to use that money on law to take its course. It will not Mr Mumba, Mr Mulongoti house and was shot. of MMD, People’s Party and their personal trips outside help our people to be agitating and Mr Milupi are well off and “Officers further went with the suspect home for recoveries Alliance for Democracy and this country and we have for the withdrawal of foreign they won’t feel anything even if where they got a pistol and some police uniforms. Whilst there, Development respectively, never a President who travels aid to Zambia, in fact it is donors withdraw their support the suspect attempted to jump over the wall fence, this is how he were speaking at a joint press as much as this President,” said irresponsible, outrageous and to Zambia,” said Mwanza. was shot in the hip and he unfortunately died on the way to UTH briefing HH was transferred Mumba. immoral for any leader to be Listen to audio on diggers.