ELECTRICAL FAULT CAUSED FIRE ON MAMBILIMA MP,s HOUSE – FIRE DEPARTMENT
THE Lusaka City Council Fire department has ascertained that the cause of the fire that left properties of Mambilima Member of Parliament, Jean Chisenga in ashes last week was due to an electrical fault that arose from a possible power supply restoration.
Chisenga’s burnt house became a hot issue driving a narrative that the act was allegedly a politically inclined move such as Sean Tembo.
Tembo alleged that the fire could have been a planned move coming from Local Government and Rural development Minister, Garry Nkombo who according to him had issued some threats to the Mbambilima law maker.
Despite the political talks over the matter from Chisenga’s sympathisers, witnesses who were present during the scene, such as the care taker of the affected house narrated how the fire started.
“The fire just started from Jean’s bedroom around 14:46 hours and we were seated outside. after the fire got to the seating room, that is when I got [un]conscious because I have both Asthma and BP so for the other things, I don’t know I just found myself in hospital,” said the care taker.
Meanwhile, Chisenga’s gate man told Diamond TV that he only saw a fire coming out from the house and thought people were just burning things from the house before he realised there was actually fire on the mountain.
“I was there at my duty post at the gate then I just saw the fire and I thought that people were just burning some things but I didn’t know that it was coming from the house.”
“When we discovered with other workers that it was [coming from] the house, we rushed and got the water pipe to try and stop the fire, until our neighbors called the fire brigade,” he said.
However, despite the workers and neighbours consolidated efforts to quench the fire and calling the fire brigade, Chisenga’s household goods and parts of the house were already reduced to ashes.
Exactly a week after the sudden incident occurred, the LCC fire brigade issued a report on the findings of the matter indicating what caused the fire.
The Fire Department explained that it was due to an electrical fault that arose from a possible fire supply restoration.
They said the electrical circuit on the roof caused what is known as localised heating hence, causing the fire.
Despite the Many stories circulating on the matter Jean Chisenga has not yet spoken to the public over the fire on her property.
By Buumba Mwitumwa
Kalemba
This little tart of an MP was obviously too drunk to remember anything to even say anything!!!
There were people at Jean Chisenga’s home when fire broke out. PF supporters never bothered to talk to them before blaming their political rivals. I’m glad that Gary Nkombo has taken legal action against Diamond TV for their unprofessional reporting on the cause of the fire.
It’s only in the village where the cause of misfortune is a person or persons and now an accident of cause and effect!
This is how backwards and primitive Ukalist politics have degenerated into.
Very dangerous politics coming from people who call themselves “Educated!”
They are not patient and wise enough to allow the natural course of investigations to confirm the root cause of misfortune. They would rather feed their propaganda machinery with their canal narratives!
We need objectivity in public discourse!
I’m glad the government has taken a hard line now on all tribalists and politicians who abuse their freedoms to misbehave and infringe on the Law and freedoms of other citizens!
The Constitution only guarantees Freedom of Responsible Expression and not otherwise!
It’s unpardonable to hear extremist tribal hate speech from representatives of the people!
Parliament must from now on begin to invest in intercultural competency training for ALL Parliament staff!
You have a point there but PF people think that what ordinary citizens go through should not apply to them. They consider themselves a special breed whose homes can only go up in flames if their political enemies torch them. Look who’s having the last laugh now. They’re are too conceited to say, “sorry, we got it wrong”.
Sometimes even God punishes those characters who don’t respect Elderly people as the case was with Jean Chisenga. You won’t realize the wrong but it will probably pass in an foreseen circumstances which you won’t understand because you’re not wise spiritually.As for the law maker l urge her and his fellow opposition members of Parliament who are fond of insults to heal because more trouble is following them Day and night.