15 ZAMBIANS KILLED IN MUFUMBWE – YOUR GOVERNMENT COMMITS EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLINGS, MUNDUBILE TELLS HICHILEMA
We issue this statement with a heavy heart and deep outrage at the silence of the Government of the Republic of Zambia in the wake of the tragic killing of more than 15 Zambian citizens in Mufumbwe, allegedly at the hands of law enforcement officers.
It is deeply troubling that a Government so quick to hold press briefings to rebut social media commentary, particularly any criticism, real or perceived, against President Hakainde Hichilema, has chosen to remain mute on a matter of grave national concern. Where is the same urgency when lives are lost? Where is the outrage when the citizens of this nation are gunned down?
We are calling on families in Mufumbwe who have lost loved ones in this tragedy to come forward with the names of the deceased. These were not statistics. They were human beings (sons, daughters, mothers, and fathers) with dreams, futures, and families who now mourn them. We must restore their dignity by giving their names a voice.
This is not just a tragedy. It is an abomination in a country that claims to uphold the rule of law. The individuals killed were not armed insurgents, nor were they convicted criminals. Their only “crime” was attempting to lift themselves out of poverty by mining resources that rightfully belong to all Zambians. And yet, in a cruel twist of irony, while foreign investors are allowed to exploit these resources with generous tax exemptions, our own people pay for access with their blood. This is not right at all!
This Government has shown, time and again, that its concern does not lie with the ordinary Zambian. We must ask, has the Constitution been suspended? The right to life, enshrined in our laws, is clear: no one shall be deprived of life except through a lawful court process, and yet, these killings were carried out with neither charge nor trial.
Mr. President, let us remind you that the abolishment of the death penalty was lauded as a progressive step in upholding human rights. Yet today, your Government commits extrajudicial killings, actions far worse than executing those convicted by courts of law.
Let it be known: these victims had names, they had families, and they had a right to life. That right has been stolen.
We are equally appalled by inflammatory statements from government officials threatening civil unrest over the burial of our late President, Edgar Chagwa Lungu. What greater unrest can there be than the mass killing of citizens by the State?
We demand accountability. We demand an immediate investigation. And most importantly, we demand that this Government stop killing innocent people. If anyone is suspected of wrongdoing, let them be arrested, tried, and judged in a court of law, not in the bush or open field by bullets.
This is not about politics. This is about justice, human dignity, and the sanctity of life.
Mr. B. MUNDUBILE, Hon. MP for Mporokoso Central
(TONSE Parliamentary National Chairperson)
Date: 5th July 2025
The amount of blood being spilled under Hakainde’s rule is alarming. So many lives are being extinguished. People are going missing. Recently in parliament when Mwiimbu was asked about Why Me, he was busy smirking with what appeared to be satisfaction of only he knows what.
The recent events of the murders by state operatives at the gold mine should have drawn rebuke by the president. But he has been quiet on the matter. This gives the impression that he does not care, or that he is part of the exterminating machinery. The blood of those youths is on your hands Hakainde. You are the custodian of all citizens. You can not silence everyone by jailing or killing them. You have proved to be the worst president we have ever had, and your time in office is coming to a painful end.
REJECT TRIBALISM, CORRUPTION AND OPPRESSION.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN 2026.
As a Lawyer, Hon. Mundubile should know better what extrajudicial killings are. Extrajudicial killings are never carried out at a riotous crowd. The Mufumbwe killings involve both the Police and Civilians and each side was claiming to have done what it did in self defence. If Miners for example riot and in the process some people or police officers are killed, is that what you can call extrajudicial killings? Please let’s stop misinterpreting words and misleading people just for the sake of gaining political mileage.
The young girl Mapenzi ( MHSRIP) was killed whilst running from the police at an event deemed an illegal Assembly…That UNZA student was killed when there was a riot at the institution…And indeed the fracas in which ‘Gaddafi’ was killed.
All these killings despite the riotous circumstances have been piled on the late Edgar Lungu, deemed the most brutal leader in Zambia’s history by the UPND.
Here we are 15 people killed by police in Mufumbwe… And Some one is pushing a self defense narrative. Self defense against what?
Meanwhile the President is quiet!
What was said about deaths which the men and women in Uniform carried out when Edgar Lungu was Commander in Chief, should equally apply to Hakainde Hichilema who is the current Commander in Chief for the deaths in Mufumbwe…and the alleged disappearance of ‘ Why Me ‘ under state hands. Those White gloves can’t run away…and are becoming darker each passing day as the Dictatorship gets entrenched in Zambia.
Idiots keep on crying and lamenting trying to undermine our able government. It will never happen you thieves,let it go
I wish if the police’s spokes person can come out and address the Nation and explain what really happened they should not leave this to the opposition to be issuing statements let the government come forward and explain and what measures they are taking to help the families affected very important.
WHAT IZ HAPPENING IN MUFUMBWE IS A CHAOTIC INVASION ON THE LOCAL COMMUNITY BY MOSTLY FORMER PF CADRES. THEY HAVE GONE THEIR WITH GUNS, WHICH MOST LIKELY WERE ISSUED TO THEM BY THE FALLEN GOVERNMENT OF THIEVES.
THEY HAVE DISTABILIZED VILLAGERS AND DISPLACED THEM FROM THEIR OWN FARMS, YET YOU WANT TO CALL THIS A NORMALCY?
WHY DO PF SEE RIGHT IN WRONG THINGS?
WHY DO PF LEADERS WANT TO PROMOTE THUGERRY?
THE SITUATION IN MUFUMBWE IS A RISK TO PEACE, ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE ARMED THUGS WITH MILITARY FATIGUE AND ILLEGAL ARMS.
CAN KAMPYONGO AND MWILA SHADE SOME LIGHT ON FHESE ARMS?
VIDEO FOOTAGES SHOW THAT THE LOCAL PEOPLE MAY NOT EVEN BE BENEFITING FRO. THE GOLD RUSH.
THE GANGS JUST WALK INTO THESE CHIEFDOMS WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE LOCAL CHIEFS, AND YOU WANT TO CALL THAT A NORMALCY THAT MUST BE TOLERATED?
THE LORD SAYS, SPARE THE ROD, AND THE CHILD SHALL BE SPOJLED.
GHERE MUST BE SOME ORDER OF SOME SORT.
DON’T ALLOW FOREIGNERS TO BRING THIS STRANGE BEHAVIOUR INTO ZAMBIA, ESPECIALLY THOSE COMING FROM WAR TORN COUNTIRIES. COMING IN AS REFUGEES AND BEING INTERGRATED INTO ZAMBIAN SOCIETY.
THERE IS A SAYING THAT IF YOU GO TO ROME, LIVE AS THE ROMANS LIVE.
PF’ S CONFUSION SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO SPILL INTO THIS ERA.
IT IS ALWAYS KNOWN THAT ONCE YOU CHALLENGE LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU ARE WRITING YOUR OWN FATE.