Court places Munir Zulu on defense for ‘banning’ southerners from entering Eastern province
THE Lusaka Magistrates Court has found Independent Lumezi constituency member of parliament Munir Zulu with a case to answer in a matter where he is charged with seditious practices.
The youthful and boisterous lawmaker is alleged to have declared the Eastern region as a danger zone for Southerners.
Magistrate Faidess Hamaundu has ruled that, there is sufficient evidence produced so far by the State warranting her to place him on his defense.
Zulu indicated that he will give sworn evidence and call 50 witnesses to save him from the deep legal waters.
In this caes, it is alleged that the parliamentarian between May 25 and May 27, 2024 accused President Hakainde Hichilema of instructing the Inspector general of police and the Minister of Home affairs and Internal Security to wipe him out together with others unknown, to raise discontent or disaffection among the people of Zambia.
Zulu is alleged to have declared Eastern province a no go area for Southerners in attempts to promote feelings of ill will or hostility between different communities or different parts of a community.
The matter comes up on January 20, for opening of defense.
Kalemba December 23, 2024.
How is this a crime?
It appears anything that a non zambezi dweller says or does is considered a crime.
These people are too tribal. We need to remove them from office.
Vote wisely in 2026.
When did you last see your doctor? Hurry, IndigoTyrol, before it is too late!
You are really hurting. Wishing you quick recovery.
Ba Indigo, you are asking how this is a crime? You think the magistrate is out of her mind to put Mr. Munir Zulu on his defence if there are no compelling legal grounds?
The fact that you don’t know that there is a law against hate speech and descrimination doesnot make any difference when it comes to law enforcement. Before posting your comments, try to find out what the law says about a particular situation. That way you will be in a position to comment intelligently.
Ba JMC,
This law is only being applied to those that oppose your leader.
Have not seen many video clips of Tonga people insulting those that oppose their supreme messiah? Not even one has been arrested.
We have Mweetwa confessing on record that they paid Kambwili to insult Tonga people. Yet the Zambezi police force have not arrested him.
You are biased ba JMC, and that is a shame. We need true patriots to stand up for our country. You will never be accepted as one of them, and they do remind you here sometimes when they call you PF, which you are clearly not. Do not be a second class UPND supporter.
Have a great weekend my Kasama friend.
But vote wisely in 2026.
Sir. You do not get enraged when any person bans a whole section of the country from entering another province solely on tribe and or ethnicity?
Am gobsmacked indeed.
It is impossible and unrealistic to call 50 witnesses by this Hon. Munir Zulu to testify to what? He will be his own witness with nothing to say but denying the offence. And at the rate he is conducting himself, he is headed to prison with a jail term
Even if he brings 2 million witnesses, he is just delaying his inevitable entry into Chimnokaila. His utterances can not be defended by a normal person. Best he pleads guilty and let’s the law run it’s course.