 Good morning countrymen and women, and good morning those who are watching us from beyond the borders of Zambia. I really don't even know how to start and say this, but let me sum up in this way that I am extremely disappointed. Extremely disappointed, hurt, and I feel let down by the statement of the police spokesperson, Madame Mwata Katongo. Mwata Katongo, Inspector General of Police Kanganja, and the entire leadership at the Minister of Home Affairs. I plead and beg with you to start respecting the people of Zambia. You cannot exist in those offices if there are no people of Zambia, if there are no citizens. And the role of the police, the Minister of Home Affairs is to guard life and property, and not to kill with impunity. I hoped that when the President asked the Minister of Home Affairs, the Inspector General of Police to give a report, what we expected was the Ministry through the police to tell us who pulled the trigger, and what action was going to be taken against such individuals or such an individual. To my surprise, police have issued a very arrogant and intimidating threatening statement without regard to the fact that life was lost. Without regard to the fact that, to the feeling of the people, relatives of those two deceased colleagues. This is extremely very bad. This is extremely... How surely can police continue just fine the killings? Extrajudicial killings are not allowed anywhere in the world. In fact, extrajudicial killings call for people to be charged for murder and to be taken to court. But here we are, the police who are supposed to be protecting life and property want to continue just fine the killing of innocent people. By the way, a statement of that nature coming from the police where death is involved should be checked by the Minister himself and the Permanent Secretary. I am asking my younger brother, Honorable Campion, the P.S. Doctor, is it period? Really, did you read that statement through and authorize it to be published? If indeed you read through that statement and authorize this publishing, then I must say outrightly that we have no leadership at the Minister of Home Affairs. And please, President Edgar Rungu, take action. Under the circumstances with this intimidating arrogant statement that was issued by Muatakatongo, surely there must be changes made at the Minister of Home Affairs leadership. We expect Muatakatongo himself and a boss and those in the public relations department of the police to all resign on moral grounds. Colleagues, you don't dare the people. More especially when life has been lost. It is a time of reflection, being sorry for the action. But for you to continue saying police will not fold hands and see lawlessness. What lawlessness was exhibited there? Tell me what lawlessness was exhibited there. Those UPND cadres went to give solidarity and they were far away from police headquarters. They were actually at the roundabout of the High Court of Zambia. They were not insulting. They had no stones with them. They just sat to wait while their leader was being interrogated. And by the way, PF Campiongo and others in PF, search your souls. Search your souls. Maybe you were not there when we started PF and that's why you want to destroy this PF with impunity by being careless in the way you act. Ask us who were there from the first day of PF. There's never been a time in the history of PF where Mr. Sata was summoned by the police and you went alone. Never. Go into the history books. There's never been and I want to repeat. There was never a time that Mr. Sata was summoned by the police, by DEC or any law enforcement agents including going to court that he went alone. He always went with the cadres to give solidarity and support. Nobody was killed. The MMD government then never even bothered about the cadres. Never issued threats before the actual date to say Mr. Sata has been called alone. He should report alone and anybody who's going to come with him, we shall take maximum force. Never. But why do you want to do it to others? You know, you may think that you are acting intelligently, but you are destroying PF. The statement by Muataka Katongo yesterday even posted on smart egos leaves much to be desired. Colleagues in government stop destroying PF with your actions. Stop destroying Zambia. Stop destroying the opposition. I can rest assured you are destroying yourselves. At the rate at which you are going, the statements that you are issuing, your actions, you are actually destroying that PF. And sooner or later you will regret your actions. When the president said I want to report, we were more excited and said, yes, now, yes, the president is providing leadership. And what we expected yesterday on news was to tell us that police have finished their investigations. The policeman who put the trigger has been identified and he is going to be charged with murder and the rest will be done at court. But to be met with another arrogant and intimidating statement leaves much to be desired. I beg with you, your excellence, the president, Dr. Edgar Chabwa Lung. Take charge, my brother. Take charge and let these people, your ministers, the police do the right thing. Otherwise, the back stops and ends with you, starts and ends with you. This statement by the police must be condemned by all well-meaning Zambians. Offering solidarities to a leader is part of the political dispensation. Why do you as PF, when the president is going out of the country, you send buses in all compounds to go to the airport to see off the president? Isn't that political solidarity? When the president is coming to the copper belt, the entire executive of the copper belt ferry people from all districts on buses to go and receive the president at the airport. That is political solidarity. Why do you want to do it and others not to do it? Not long ago, we saw entirely, in Tewewe, with a few organized students, perceived to be students, which I doubt that they were students, in t-shirts matching on independence avenue going to state house to present a petition. Where was police to stop them? We have seen PF cadres more often than not just go and demonstrate over things, solidarity over things, none of them is short, none of them is stopped. Why do you want to tell us the rhetoric of the Public Order Act? Do you even know the Public Order Act? Do you even understand the Public Order Act? Tell me in the Public Order Act where it says police must give permission. Police must be notified. Police must be notified within seven days. But when a leader is called out, say he's called within three days, how can you meet the seven days? People just come, peacefully, to come and understand how the leader is. I've been through that. I've been through that myself. We've been through that with Mr. Sata. That is why we are wondering whether you people in the PF were really there when we started PF, which you are destroying. Please leave Democrats to thrallish. Leave Democrats to thrallish. You are going to leave a very bad legacy as leaders in PF today that you destroy. Democrats and all democratic institutions. And for you, Kanganja, you are failed. Even to allow this statement, why do you learn that I'm wrong? Now, man, I know I'm not a ife, we know. Go and publish it. Minister of Home Affairs, you go and allow that statement. I'm requesting President Ed Galungu to read that statement. Read and really think about it. Whether that statement is worth being given, going by your instruction that you needed a report, that my brother is not a report. That is an arrogant and intimidating statement to the people. Issued by a person who is unreasonable, who doesn't think, who has no respect for the dead, who has no respect for the rule of law. That's what Muataka Katonga and Kanganja have done. But with the approval of the Minister of Home Affairs, because I know I was in government. There is no such a statement. Sensitive statement can be written and be put into the government. Sensitive statement can be written and be put on what is this? Smart egos without the authority of the Minister. Muataka Katonga, Muataka Katonga, Tua Fumakumon, please think about these issues. Think about the statement. There were Ministers of Home Affairs before, and there have always been Ministers of Home Affairs before. Don't leave a bad legacy. Don't destroy the Kampiungo name. Because if you think too, fear the quarter, there are consequences. Everybody will be a Kampiungo. They will just be saying, ah, we should have Tumpidesan. Ah, we should have Tumpidesan. Don't look at your present enjoyments or what you are enjoying today. But you must know that there is posterity. In conclusion, let me say that, one, we need a retract. We need, the police need to retract that statement and apologize to the people of Zambia. Secondly, whoever was involved in the crafting and issuing of that statement, approving of that statement, must also resign on moral grounds. When life is lost, we must not look at political affiliation or otherwise. We must look at the law. What does the law say? What are the enjoyments of rights of its citizens? You, you want to be given solidarity. You want others not to be given. And my sister won't be pity. Won't be pity, my sister. Please, before you issue certain statements. How can you, my sister be saying, if people want solidarity, what are they going to do? What do you want? You have any idea if you want peace, it would be cheap. I can't believe it. What happened to the teachers? Can you understand? It's for the sake of people seeing that we are Catholics. And as Catholics, we are taught to respect life and to be reasonable in our discourse. I'm not saying this with impunity, my friend, but just to advise you that your statement is wrong. Political parties are not individualized. And when you call a political leader of a big political party, that's an institution. And there is no way a leader can go alone is good followers. That you must understand. The job of the police was just to keep vigil and make sure that the cadres were calm. Let them sing their political songs. Look at South Africa. I gave you an example last week. Zuma, ex-president, up to now when he goes to court, he goes with a lot of cadres for solidarity. When he's caught by the police, he caught, have you ever heard where they have been dispensed by life ammunition or even water cannons or anything? Because in that country, they respect the rule of law. Be a Catholic for who you have been. Be a mother. Stop being careless. And I expect that Godfried Zumaili will condemn this statement by the police if you are a woman of God. If truly you are a Christian, condemn this statement by Kanganjandi Muatakatong. This is not right. This is not right. The Bible says, why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye and leave the plank in your own eye? Jesus himself said, do unto others what you want others to do unto you. It was okay for PF and Mr. Satter to go with people to the police in solidarity. It is okay that when the president is leaving, PF ferries cadres to the airport for solidarity. And if you look at the behavior of cadres when they are going to the airport, it leaves much to be desired. Police are quiet about this action. Police are quiet about this behavior of cadres. But innocent, person like Nsaman Sama, politically not inclined, killed by carelessness of police. There is no justification on earth for extrajudicial killings. There is only one killing that is allowed. One must be taken to court when he is sentenced to death. And by the way, Zambia for the past 20 years has never signed any order to execute, because that is how Zambia has respected life. The other time Dorasilia said, it's better to kill one or two than allow anarchy. People are shot by police during the gassing incidences. Not even one police officer has been indicted. But if you listen to the BBC, you listen to Sky, you listen to CNN, you listen to Sabik, we hear of police officers being indicted for killing somebody and being jailed. Here in Zambia it has become a norm. It has become normal for police to be killing people, extrajudicial killings. And we think that is correct. The blood of those who have died at the hands of police will hunt you people for the rest of your life. God bless Zambia.