THE OFFICER WAS RIGHT DESPITE BEING COMPROMISED
By Alpha-Omaru Jannie
The person to be charged is the person filming
1). VIOLATION OF VISA CONDITIONS.
What is the purpose of his visit as indicated on his visa ?
1.a) did he come as a tourist ? Or as a videographer ? If he mentioned that he was comming to the country to shoot a documentary he would have either been accepted or denied entry / visa
2). VIOLATION OF CYBER SECURITY ACT.
According to the Cyber security act that was recently passed , it is illegal to record someone wether video or audio without their consent.
2.a) Filming of the officer could land him in court on allegations of espionage (spying)
2.b). Filming of marketeers and other individuals without their consent is a violation of the right to privacy .
3). ROYALTIES
You tube pays content creators for uploading videos onto you tube when they achieve a certain number of views .
All persons that appeared in the video including the cop can sue the tourist for royalties (Making money out of them without their consent and without giving a share to them)
4). BRIBERY.
The only person guilty of Bribery is the tourist
4.a). The officer clearly explained the charge to him
4.b). The officer decided to transact from designated council office and not on the streets
4.c). The officer made it clear that payment was to be made to someone else and not him (probably the cashier )
4.d) The officer kept insisting that he would issue a receipt for the payment of K1,000
4e) The officer make it expressly clearly that the fee is was paying for is a PENALTY & not the license to continue Filming
4f) The officer advised the tourist to visit City Council head office so as to obtain a permit to film
4g). The officer at no point asked for a bribe ! He only accepted the offer of K500 on humanitarian grounds since.
5) In conclusion
5.a) the officer was acting in the best interest of the council and quoted in point 4 above.
We need to allow men and women to enforce the law.
Infact , the tourist was putting himself In harms way by Filming people without their consent, he could have been attacked and linched by an angry mob, and the same cop would have been the one to come to his aid.
5.b) every country has its laws of the land , what might be legal on the other 61 countries could be illegal in Zambia.
That tourist wouldn’t survive with his camera in Russia , South Korea , South Africa , Somalia , United Kingdom , Burkina Faso or Congo DRC to mention but a few.
Going by the argument by the author of the above post, you have to get permission from every person when shooting a video in a public place like a market or a wedding? To me, it sounds unreasonable.
The visa conditions has nothing to do with the council police officer. It is beyond his authority.
That author is a liar. Tourists all over the world move with cameras and they take videos. The only instance in which filming would require a permit is for commercial purposes such as making a documentary on animals in the national park or working as a journalist. You can see the author used AI and he appears to not be Zambian based on his name.
It’s as raw as it gets… Corruption is the norm. Filming it is a crime.
The author is a UPND cadre uttering pure nonsense.
Does Chitambala bokosi Mwewa get permission to film people? In fact, has there ever been a single UPND affiliate or birthright citizen arrested for breaching cyber laws? Name just one.
COPY AND PASTE SOUTHERN PROVINCE.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN 2026.
This idiot doesn’t understand that anything in public view may be filmed without any permissions. Permits etc as it is said to be in public domain. Even LCC has refuted whatever his fellow idiot said about obtaining permits. That’s why Simon mwewa lane films everything in public and puts it on his channel because he knows its within his right and within the law. Has he ever been questioned or arrested. Why do we have idiots like this in zambia?
Who is this utterly ignorant author quoting nonsense to justify his poorly written rubbish? Insoni e buntu bane! That so-called official could not even direct the youtuber to dthe appropriate authority despite claiming there was one. What did we do to end up like this kanshi?