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It’s unproven that Lusambo and Malanji were organizing some people to cause violence in Kabushi

Unproven

There is no evidence to substantiate the claim that “PF thugs” also known as NATO Forces were organized to attack people in Kabushi and Kwacha on nomination day, and no by-election violence has been recorded.

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Verified Aug, 27 2022

Claim

On August 24, 2022, Koswe Facebook page published a post
alleging that Mr. Bowman Lusambo and Mr. Joseph Malanji who lost their parliamentary seats after the Concourt upheld the nullification of their election, had organised PF Thugs called NATO Forces to attack people in Kabushi and Kwacha, if the two candidates were stopped from filing in for the nominations.

Rating Justification

iVerify Zambia has determined as unproven the claim by Koswe Facebook page that Bowman Lusambo and Joseph Malanji organized “PF Thugs” called NATO Forces to attack people in Kabushi and Kwacha. Zambia Police Spokesperson, Ray Hamoonga, who was in the Kabushi Constituency during the nomination process, told iVerify Zambia that Police had been monitoring the situation ever since the by-election preparations began and that no incidents of violence related to the by-elections have been reported so far. iVerify Zambia also conducted a Google reverse image search of the images used in the post to verify their source. The search revealed that the images were posted in 2013 on the Lusaka Voice website page. The images were therefore neither recent nor related to the Kabushi and Kwacha Constituency by-elections.

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