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Rupiah has sensed danger - Imbwae

Rupiah has sensed danger - Imbwae
By Mwala Kalaluka in Mongu
Sat 16 Apr. 2011, 04:01 CAT

INDUNA Imbwae says President Rupiah Banda opted not to attend this year’s Kuomboka ceremony because of his government’s slaughtering of innocent people over the Barotseland Agreement. And Induna Imbwae says those alleging that his group is campaigning against the holding of today’s Kuomboka ceremony were just liars.

In an interview in Mongu yesterday, Induna Imbwae, a former UPND top official in the Western Province who together with other executive members recently defected to the PF, said President Banda knew the folly he committed against the people of Western Province.

Induna Imbwae, who was flanked by Col Best Makumba, David Muzinda and Ted Chimbinde, said President Banda had sensed danger.

“He knows what happened,” Induna Imbwae said. “That can be true because people are mourning here and so he is sensing danger that perhaps they will not welcome him because of this slaughtering of innocent people. He knows what happened. People are aggrieved by that statement.”
Induna Imbwae said people knew the truth.

Meanwhile, Col Makumba said the belief of the people of Western Province was that it was not only two people that were killed by police during the Mongu fracas of January 14, 2011.
Col Makumba said it was therefore immoral for Vice-President George Kunda to justify the Mongu killings as there was no provision in the law that allowed the police to kill when dispersing any unlawful assembly.

And Induna Imbwae said those alleging that his group was campaigning against the holding of the Kuomboka were just trying disturb the PF’s growing campaign in the province.
Induna Imbwae said they had no mandate to stop people from attending the Kuomboka ceremony.

“What we hear from the people is that they fear the crowd that is here of police officers, which of course the Inspector General has confirmed that there are 600 police officers that have been dispatched here in Western Province,” said Induna Imbwae. “It’s not us who are scaring people to come to Kuomboka, no, we don’t have that mandate but it’s the presence of police officers, which seems like we are having a state of emergency in Western Province.”

Labels: BAROTSE FREEDOM MOVEMENT, RUPIAH BANDA, WESTERN PROVINCE

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