POLICE PLANS TO SUMMON HARRY KALABA OVER HIS REVELATIONS THAT UPND PLANS TO UNBUNDLE ZESCO
By KBN TV Staff Reporter
Police on Monday plans to summon Citizens First President Harry Kalaba over a recent media statement in which he revealed that the Hakainde Hichilema led UPND administration plans to unbundle the power utility Zesco and sell units to a foreign entity.
Police sources have told KBN TV that plans to arrest Kalaba and slap him with seditious practices are advanced within the Police command.
Several stakeholders including the United States of America and the United Nations Human Rights watch have criticized the UPND Government for its heavy handed tactics to silence dissenting voices and arresting opposition political figures.
Speaking at the end of the year media briefing this week, Kalaba claimed that the current government had taken corruption to unprecedented heights, making the previous government look like “child’s play” in comparison.
The vibrant Kalaba, who has never been arrested before in his political career, said the UPND government was taking steps to unbundle ZESCO and sell it to a UK-based firm, raising concerns about the motives behind the decision and the potential implications for the country’s electricity supply.
Rumours of the planned sale of ZESCO have been simmering from as early as 2021 just after the UPND administration took office. On November 8 2021, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) President Kasonde Mwenda, raised the alarm of a possible plot by President Hakainde Hichilema’s government to embark on a process to sell the power utility ZESCO, and Zambia’s only oil refinery-INDENI.
In his Facebook post, Mwenda said: “The sale of INDENI and ZESCO has advanced. As Economic Freedom Fighters-EFF, we will not allow our few remaining National Assets to be sold again. #neveragain”
“We refuse a second Privatization. If you proceed, the Youths will rise and we are ready to go to prison over our Country Zambia.”
But on January 14, 2022, then Minister of Information and Chief Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda had dismissed any plans to sell ZESCO and that the restructuring of ZESCO did not mean selling, but rather improving operations and increasing efficiency of the power utility.
And when contacted for a comment on the planned arrest, Kalaba dismissed the rumour as a joke saying “President Hichilema in opposition had accused the PF of planning to sell off Zesco and it was not seditious, how does it become seditious now that Harry Kalaba has exposed his intentions to continue with privatization of state assets?” he said.
Waona manje…adokota ubufi, muzakamba kusogolo. Mwamba when we tell you to stop mislesding people you think its games.
Let the Police not summon him. You just make him gain undeserved publicity and gain public sympathy. I miss my late President Sata with his one word famous phrase in his hoarse voice:”Ignore!”
It is very disturbing how some of the Zambezi dwellers celebrate when their ka supreme leader fixes opposition. It will be very difficult for other Zambians to support them after 2026 when we usher in a non tribal president. So many innocent Zambezi dwellers will be affected. I pray it does not come to that because a good number of them do not support the current nonsense of oppression.
Vote with your stomachs.
Vote wisely in 2026.
For me Sir, there is no Zambezi dweller nor North East Dweller in my mind, that is how my DNA is wired, non-tribal. I only see either idiots or smart guys on this patch of earth God planted me called Zambia, regardless of which part of Zambia they hail from or whether they are Sour Milk eaters, Monkey eaters, Rat Eaters or Water Monitor eaters, I celebrate all of them, they are my brothers. I only hate and can’t stand Imbeciles and Morons!
Give yourself a pat on your back.
I take it you hate, and can not stand yourself Sir.
Vote wisely in 2026.
Your view respected Sir. To a Thief everyone is and must be a Thief.
Bo Simpo who then has fixations? Indigo has a psychiatric problem. He wants to deflect who he is on to others who dont share his perspective, with lables and names. I would not be surpised to learn that when unmasked. Indigo is really Emmanuel Mwamba
You start the fight and cry foul later.
When opening your mouth make sure you have proof and facts and not just open your mouth for mere publicity. That is what landed CK in trouble from which he has yet to recover and that is what will land kalaba in trouble also.
Not really.
CK was paid by UPND to insult Tonga people, according to your relative Mweetwa. That is why that case will never get anywhere.
How does that fact sit with you?
Vote wisely in 2026.
For the stupid praise singers, read this:
https://diggers.news/local/2024/02/13/we-worked-with-kambwili-as-he-made-tribal-remarks-to-bring-down-lungu-govt/
Following Zambian Political Utterances, Accusations and Counter Accusations, one will never see sleep and perpetually suffering from hypertension, plus nokuba wabufi.
Oh, it’s from KBN. Most likely, this is fake news. KBN is a well known PF mouth piece. They are kicking up dust just to get some attention. I doubt that the police would be so petty as to plot to arrest Mr. Kalaba over his hallucinations.
However, if the government is thinking of privatising Zesco, it wouldn’t be a bad idea. Look at how well CEC operates. I have a lot of respect for CEC management especially the level headedness they displayed under PF onslaught when CEC assets were forcefully (pamaka) nationalized by the PF government. CEC regularly declares dividends for its shareholders.
Zesco has been abused by successive governments and hence has turned out to be a drain on our meager resources. Right now, Zesco has a hefty external debt and doesnot seem to improve its operations inspite of the constant revision of tariffs upwards.