NIGHT MOVEMENT OF LIVESTOCK AND FARM PRODUCE BANNED BY NEW LAW
Dr. Lubinda Habaazoka
With all due respect who passes these laws? Do they even read them? Why should it be a crime to deliver produce or cattle at night? Is it your cattle?
What about a 24 hour economy? Bushe what is happening in parliament?
My neighbour calls me at 20:00 hrs to sell him 2 cows and they want them that same night because they will slaughter the following morning! Why should I be imprisoned for five years for delivering my cows to another farm at night? And why should my neighbour be arrested also for paying using their own money and receiving the cows they have paid for?
So please tell me what’s the purpose of saying we want a 24 hour economy? The implications are that when a truck with cattle is moving, it has to stop at night. Meaning cattle will takes days to move from one place to another! And what’s the definition of night?
This law is in violation of constitutional rights!
Mwikalenga twatukana tulibena Kristu
He is shrinking economic space.
Same way he is shrinking democratic space.
Totally clueless president.
Mr FatBoy Slim, the PF mentality has sunk too much in your head. That’s why you’re communicating in a few Bemba words that you don’t even understand.
The laws are made for the service of Zambians and the other way round.
Based on legal evidence, 80% of the livestock thefts take place at night and 95% of agric produce thefts take place at night. So the new laws aimed at curbing thefts of livestock and agri produce needed to be targeting these aspects.
Mr Fatboy Slim, why would you opt to be selling animals at night if there is nothing you’re hiding? That big head of yours is surely becoming dysfunctional. In fact you must be one of the people buying stolen cattle from cattle rustlers.
For once, please Haabazoka, just keep quiet if you have nothing good to say. People are losing lifetime wealth to cattle rustlers and you are trying to justify the thefts! Are you normal sir? Anyway we shall deal with you physically because you’re blesser of the evil crime.
Habazoka my brother I understand you very well but don’t worry about some of these guys who walk with envelopes during day collecting tythe from foreigners and transport Mukula trees and Sugilite and other resources at night when Zambians are asleep .They have removed check points from the roads so who will enforce these impalatable laws ? These guys ate not v smart; they removed check points from the road for certain selfish people to move illicit cargo at night but forgot that even genuine/ rastler Zambians transport their livestock at night too.Foresight cast to the wind….missed opportunity…From Berlin
Lubinda had a valid point. Re-look at this law. It may have been made to make livestock theft hard but its effect on livestock will be cosmetic whilst the inconvenience to trade will be significant.
The man mighty have a very valid point but the way he is coming out sounds very disrelishing and indeed some sort of hatred