Sun, 13 Aug 2017 10:00:14 +0000 By CHIKUMBI KATEBE AND KALOBWE BWALYA ATTEMPTS by renegade Chishimba Kambwili and Musenge Mwenya to politicize the Bemba traditional ceremony, Kusefya pa Ngwena were yesterday rebuffed by the Royal Establishment which banished them from the event. The Royal Establishment decided to deny Kambwili and his entourage an invitation to this year’s ukusefya pangw’ena in order to preserve the integrity of the traditional ceremony. Speaking through the Bemba Royal Establishment spokesperson during an interview from the Pangw’ena palace yesterday, the establishment officially communicated the position not to welcome Kambwili to the ceremony to both the Northern Province Police Commissioner Richard Mweene and the provincial administration. Earlier Kambwili claimed that heavily armed policemen has blocked him from attending the event where he had expected a rousing welcome. “We were not ready to subject our guests especially the traditional leaders from the South to his political gimmicks, frustrations, hate speech or propaganda,” […]
