By Prince Bill M. Kaping’a Political/Social Analyst
There’s a video clip which is trending particularly on PF aligned social media platforms whereby an individual who is identified as Mwense Council Chairman, Stephen Chikota, and another an unidentified person seem to create a captivating scene in police custody.
The video can be said to be quite agonizing.,… disheartening, heart wrenching as the men are confidently and openly making disturbing remarks about a certain ethnic group let alone a provincial minister duly appointed by the president.
“You guys are idiots…….Cowards!” they can be heard screaming. “How come the Tongas and Lozis who are equally suspects in this matter have been released?”
“You are taking advantage of Bembas!” another voice adds. “We are not fools. You are enjoying peace because of Bembas.”
“Where’s Chikundika, the provincial minister?” The other voice continues. “He knows about this deal, how come he hasn’t been arrested? What about Mulele, the Tonga police commissioner who has quickly been transferred, why isn’t she in police custody?”
Whichever way we may choose to look at this, it doesn’t smell well! We may decide to ignore it at our own peril. These are some of the issues that are causing us serious problems in this country. It may be incumbent upon the president to immediately grab the Buffalo by the horns and address the matter, fairly and squarely, pronto!
First and foremost, it would be important for us to remember that whenever we steal, we don’t do so on behalf of our tribes. We do so on our own behalf as the president would love to remind us! It would therefore be totally wrong to drag in the entire tribe in our own wrong doing simply because we belong to that particular tribe.
For instance, one of the voices is heard complaining that the Tongas and Lozis who were equally involved in the scandal have been let off the hook without any explanation while others remain in police custody. Is this correct? Who are those Tongas and Lozis that have been released? How come the others are still in custody?
What about police commissioner Mulele, how come she has been quietly transferred to another province? According to our investigations, whenever the police are moving from one jurisdiction to another, they ought to seek express permission from the provincial command. Was she aware of thie movement of minerals? Did she give authorisation? From whom did she seek permission, the provincial minister?
This now brings us to the provincial minister himself. In the video, the aggrieved individuals are openly complaining that the provincial minister is equally involved. What does the minister have to say about this? Was he involved? Did the police commissioner alert him about such a movement? What about the intelligence?
Truth be told, this issue has now become very embarrassing and yet so polarizing at worst as some individuals have seemingly gone out of the way to claim that characters from certain tribes are now being sacrificed on the alter of other tribes……ukufilila munsenga!
Is it true that police commissioner Mulele is being shielded from prosecution simply because she is Tonga?
The president might have no choice but to immediately intervene in the matter in order to enhance peace and harmony in the nation.
If indeed the provincial minister has been fingered for any impropriety, he must be suspended from official duties to allow for fair investigations. Equally, if Mulele was involved in any wrong doing, she must be hauled wherever she may be and made to answer for any wrong doings!
Stephen Chikota is a very senior member of UPND. That he can easily dismiss other tribes expose himself as cowards and blubber that Bemba speaking people have been used by Tongas to get to power is very disturbing.
When this country successfully managed to break the chains of captivity from our colonial masters, we can not simply say it was one tribe that did all the work. All the tribes played one role or another. While others were carrying out clandestine operations such as planting bombs, others were agitating openly while some were equally mobilizing funds to send a delegation to Lancaster House to negotiate for our Independence.
Similarly, not a single tribe can claim to have single handedly used it’s power or mighty to extract PF from authority in order for us to start enjoying the peace as Chikota might want us to believe.
Mr. President Sir, may you kindly get to the bottom of this matter and help us find answers.
Until next time……
