THE arrest of Socialist Party president Dr Fred M’membe and the preceding press conference by Inspector General of Police Graphel Musamba over the same matter cannot pass without a comment. According to the police chief, Dr M’membe recently made a public statement that was aimed at inciting Zambians into civil disobedience, all for political mileage for the opposition leader. IG Musamba: “We have noted with serious concerns the utterances recently made by the Socialist Party Leader Dr Fred M’membe. The statements published in some tabloids and various social media platforms are inclined at nothing but inciting the peace loving people of Zambia to lapse into a civil disobedience in order for them to gain the scarce political mileage. Him referring...

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