Government of Barotseland
Southern Austral Africa
Tukongote Litunga Ni Lyetu
Rt. Hon. Afumba Mombotwa
Royal Barotseland
Administrator General
Taking Oath of Office 14
August 2013
RT. HON. AFUMBA MOMBOTWA TAKES OATH AND SWORN IN OFFICE AS ADMINISTRATOR
GENERAL OF THE ROYAL BAROTSELAND KINGDOM, MONGU, KINGDOM OF BAROTSELAND
On 14th August, 2013, His Excellency Rt. Hon. Afumba Mombotwa took oath
before the Chief Justice of the Royal Barotseland Kingdom. The event was
held in Mungu, the current Capital City of Barotseland at 15hrs Central
African Time.
The swearing in ceremony of His Excellency Rt. Hon. Afumba Mombotwa was
attended by a number of Royal Barotseland Kingdom citizens and officials of
the Royal Government in Waiting, and that means officially Rt. Hon. Afumba
Mombotwa is now the Head of Government of the Royal Barotseland Kingdom.
This news brought jubilation throughout the Kingdom, as it marks the new
beginning and puts to an end to the long fought struggle that has taken for
more than 49 years under the illegal Zambian Occupation which was weakly
joined by a baseless slogan of “One Zambia One Nation”.
Now that Rt. Hon. Afumba Mombotwa is legally in office, we expect that he
will announce his Government in the next 7 days. Among other things, His
Government will start by addressing the following piercing issues:
1. Take full control and defend the territorial integrity of the Kingdom
2.Put to an end the struggle for independence 3.Start the economic wheel and
the implementation of the 10 Years Development Plan as well as the Civil
Program.
4. Registration of citizens (issuing of national identification cards –
zibahazo and international passports)
5. Attain and establish diplomatic relations with other nations
Oath of Office:
“I Afumba Mombotwa, do hereby swear that I will Endeavour, to the best of my
ability to protect, defend and Uphold the constitution of the kingdom of
Barotseland as an inviolable Law of the Land, and I promise to protect the
Independence, Sovereignty, and territorial integrity of the kingdom of
Barotseland, and that I shall serve the people of Barotseland without
discrimination, and give the respect to the Sovereign de jure, Ngocana King.
So help me God”
HIS INAUGURAL SPEECH IN FULL:
Fellow citizens of Barotseland, elderly statesmen, the world at large,
brothers & sisters and our youth! We owe thanks unto God, who has preserved
and protected us from the onslaughts of the evil one.
Depending on His mercy we are still living for a purpose.
Fellow compatriots, for the past 50 years Barotseland was a stateless
nation. This was so because somehow somewhere something went wrong. Really
if Barotseland was a stateless nation, it means it was a nation without
state. And what may be true is that some of us kept on wondering why
Barotseland was stateless when there was the Litunga, we have had the kutas
and the Indunas (counselors).
This gave an impression that even if we had those for hundred years or so,
we would continue being stateless, therefore, for all these years what has
been missing in Barotseland was statehood, and the moment that which is
missing is put in place then Barotseland ceases to be a stateless nation.
I believe some may be confronted with the question; what is state? Is state
money, military hardware or handcuffs? Of course not. Whereas a nation is
organic, state is artificial. It is something that is formed. Nation
develops naturally. Although the Barotzis entered into the Barotseland
Agreement of 1964 in good faith, the Zambians merely intended to circumvent
the Barotzis in order to rob them of their sovereignty.
However, Barotzis should now rejoice because the time for domination and
subjugation is no more. To those who are conversant with international
standards by declaratory theory state exists the moment conditions of
statehood are fulfilled. This theory is adopted by Institute of
international Law.
International usage favours this theory. Even the OAU did or still does even
if they have changed name. States in a simple term are a people who are
politically organized and prepared to run their own affairs. Now Barotseland
is a state that deserves recognition by fellow African countries and
international community at large.
Hence Zambia must be compelled to acknowledge that they have no right over
Barotseland, and the people of Barotseland must realize that under the
doctrine of extra territoriality together with the doctrine of post-linium
the effect of our un challenged declaration is as follows:
1. There shall be no extra territorial operation by Zambia in Barotseland
2. Zambia have no extra territorial rights over Barotseland
3. By the act of declaration, Zambia has no general power to pass
legislation taking effect outside their own territory or e.g. to punish
crimes committed outside their realm vis a vis abroad.
4. There shall be no extra territorial registration for Barotseland by
Zambia to encroach into the internal affairs of Barotseland
5. As a consequence of the independence of every sovereign authority, a
colonizing state will decline to exercise any of the territorial
jurisdiction of its courts over the person of any sovereign or ambassador or
over the public property of any state dedicated to the public use or over
the property of any ambassador even though the sovereign ambassador or
property will be within its territory
Having said that I wish to remind you that there is an English saying that
“one word is enough for the wise person”, and to those who may think that
there is rebellion we wish to reiterate that we have fought for our national
right by diplomatic means and not through violence. Let Zambia be engaged in
terrorism if they think they can go unpunished. Precedence
In practice, the various independent acts provided categorically that from
the date of independence all responsibility of the United Kingdom’s
government for the government of newly independent country should cease, and
that no further United Kingdom Act should extend to it as part of its laws.
A similar situation should apply to us. Nobody should encroach on our
liberty.
Tukongote wa mwana nongolo
Rt Hon Afumba Mombotwa
Royal Barotseland Administrator General
Campaign promise made on the afternoon of
Saturday 21st May 2011
at Mungu's Blue Gum grounds, Barotseland.
The elected President of the Republic of
Zambia Michael Chilufya Sata during his 2011
campaigns, promised that he was to honour the
Barotseland Agreement of 1964 (BA64)
within 90 days or assuming office.
OFFICIAL RESOLUTION
BAROTSELAND ACT OF FREEDOM 2012
Approved on The Barotseland National
Council by the People of Barotseland
27 March 2012
On Tuesday 27th March 2012, The
Barotseland National Council resolved to nullify the Barotse Land Agreement
of 1964, while it has since been resolved that Barotseland is to immediately
to initiate all formal and necessary procedures and acts for the
re-establishment of Barotseland Sovereignty and Independence. A de
facto break away from its current underlying status within the Republic of
Zambia.
RESOLUTIONS
Barotse National Council
26th and 27th March 2012
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