{"id":9249,"date":"2023-09-25T14:49:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T14:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?p=9249"},"modified":"2023-09-25T14:49:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T14:49:52","slug":"zambia-ex-president-banned-from-political-jogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/9249\/zambia-ex-president-banned-from-political-jogging\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia ex-president banned from &#8216;political&#8217; jogging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-reactid=\".120o6fvg40i.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-65110c66f34eee40bb9294bf.0.6.0.0:$post_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?s=zambia\">Zambia<\/a>&#8216;s former President, Edgar Lungu, has been warned against his public jogging events, with police describing his workouts as &#8220;political activism&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".120o6fvg40i.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-65110c66f34eee40bb9294bf.0.6.0.0:$post_2\">The police in a <a href=\"https:\/\/zambianobserver.com\/zambia-police-statement-on-the-edgar-lungu-jogging-routine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>\u00a0said Mr Lungu&#8217;s exercise sessions while escorted by members of his Patriotic Front (PF) party and without his security officers amounted to &#8220;unlawful assembly&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".120o6fvg40i.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-65110c66f34eee40bb9294bf.0.6.0.0:$post_3\">The former head of state was ordered to notify police in advance when planning to jog in future &#8220;to ensure public safety and traffic management\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".120o6fvg40i.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-65110c66f34eee40bb9294bf.0.6.0.0:$post_4\">&#8220;Mr Lungu should strictly adhere to security protocols and should refrain from any form of political activism,&#8221; police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".120o6fvg40i.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-65110c66f34eee40bb9294bf.0.6.0.0:$post_5\">This comes a few days after\u00a0Mr Lungu took the government to court after he was allegedly blocked from travelling to South Korea for a conference. He later withdrew the case.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".120o6fvg40i.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-65110c66f34eee40bb9294bf.0.6.0.0:$post_6\">After being in power for six years Mr Lungu lost the 2021 presidential election to Hakainde Hichilema. He is widely believed to be planning a comeback in the 2026 elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zambia&#8216;s former President, Edgar Lungu, has been warned against his public jogging events, with police describing his workouts as &#8220;political activism&#8221;. The police in a statement\u00a0said Mr Lungu&#8217;s exercise sessions while escorted by members of his Patriotic Front (PF) party and without his security officers amounted to &#8220;unlawful assembly&#8221;. 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