JAILED PF SECRETARY GENERAL RAPHAEL NAKACHINDA VOWS TO CONTINUE SPEAKING FOR ZAMBIANS FROM PRISON
By: Thomas Afroman Mwale
Jailed Patriotic Front (PF) Secretary General Raphael Nakachinda has vowed to continue speaking for the Zambian people, even from prison.
Mr Nakachinda described his incarceration as a privilege, saying he has been jailed for defending the people of Zambia, after being convicted for allegedly defaming President Hakainde Hichilema under a law he said was repealed.
Speaking at the Lusaka High Court, where he surrendered himself following the issuance of a bench warrant by High Court Judge Anne Mary Kachenga Malata Ononuju, who earlier upheld his 18-month conviction.
Mr. Nakachinda challenged PF members to summon courage and continue defending Mother Zambia, insisting that the pursuit of democracy requires sacrifice.
He emphasized that between 2021 and 2026, it is those who are aware of their rights and are truly patriotic who will remain committed to fighting for democracy and freedom.
The Tonse Alliance Secretary General said the journey to achieve freedom and victory is punctuated with many challenges further alleging that institutions of government are under threat from individuals who, according to him, do not respect the rule of law.
Mr. Nakachinda was found guilty of making false claims that President Hakainde Hichilema summoned judges to his residence to influence their decisions and help create a one-party state.
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I don’t understand when a Zambian politician say “I am speaking for Zambians”. Does it mean Zambians told Nakachinda to lie?
Me too, I don’t understand I don’t even know what he is speaking for Zambians for. I am one of the Zambians he claims to continue speaking for, but I am a free man now, no more terror, violence, lawlessness and cadrerism under the new dawn government, so what speaking for Zambians is he talking about? His going to jail is out of his own making and carelessness, not out of defending or speaking for Zambians. Telling a lie that the President met the Judges at night is not speaking for Zambians, is it? Going on air in a foreign country claiming that someone was poisoned is not speaking for Zambians, is it? So I am not part of those Zambians Nakachinda is claiming to be speaking for because he has nothing to speak for me.
How can a lier speak for Zambians? Mr. Nakachinda, you speak for yourself and PF only.
PF is the true representation of hypocrisy, lies and lawlessness.
The law used is not repealed and you were in parliament and you voted for it. You can’t speak for me jail bird