By KALUNGA MWAPE and GIDEON NYENDWA A TONGUE in cheek wisecrack that Bembas might become extinct in seven months looking at the rate at which prosecutions were being conducted, has landed Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) President, Sean Tembo, in trouble after being summoned for propagating hate speech.Mr Tembo in a Facebook post on November 2, 2021 stated that at the rate at which the government was making arrests, Bembas would become extinct in approximately seven months. Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said yesterday, a warn and caution recorded is for the offence of hate speech contrary to Section 65 of the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Act Number 2 of 2021 of the Laws of Zambia.Mr. Hamoonga said such utterances involved hostility or segregation directed towards a particular social grouping on grounds of tribe or origin.Mr Tembo, who was released shortly after recording a warn and caution, said the move by police was meant to intimidate the opposition from offering credible […]
BEMBA ‘JIBE’ LANDS SEAN IN TROUBLE
