………. attempt to forcefully remove three senior officers

By Oswald Sichone in Kafue

A group of about 20 UPND cadres this morning stormed the office of the District Education Board Secretary and attempted to forcefully remove three senior officers, accusing them of being PF sympathizers.

A Kafue Times News Crew that rushed to the DEBS office found the visibly irate cadres instructing District Education Standard Officers, Lucy Chipeta Njobvu to move out of her office as they wanted to lock it.

The UPND youths who were led by District Youth Vice Chairman for Mobilization, Cornwell Chinyama used unpalatable language which angered Njobvu who started crying while praying as the youths continued to mock her.

The Youths demanded the immediate transfer of the District Education Board Secretary, Franklin Musakula, District Education Standard Officer, Njobvu and Human Resources Officer, George Nonde, alleging that they were PF sympathizers who made sure that UPND youths who applied for deployment as teachers were left out.

It took Keagan Mwamfushi, Halinga Misheck and Sitali Sitali who came to calm the situation which made other officers at DEBS office abandon their offices.

The three UPND senior officials led by Mwamfushi, then held a meeting with DESO and informed her that the attempt by the party youths to hound them out of their offices had no blessings from the party leadership in Kafue.

Quick response from Police Officers also helped in calming the situation as some youths scampered in different directions upon seeing the police vehicle.

The situation was completely calmed when Lusaka Province UPND Chairman Obvious Mwaliteta called and gave instructions for the youths to immediately leave DEBS office as they action was illegal.

Kafue Times