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Pan-Africanist Professor PLO Lumumba has been denied entry into Zambia

Zambia has denied entry and deported Kenyan lawyer and renowned pan-Africanist Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba.

Prof. Lumumba was sent back by Immigration officials shortly after he landed at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka today.

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He was due to deliver a public lecturer on China-Africa relations on Saturday night at Eden University.

The topic for his public lecture was โ€œAfrica in the age of China influence and global geo-dynamics.โ€

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Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya confirmed that Prof. Lumumba was deported because he posed a security threat.

โ€œGovt thru immigration dept has denied entry into Zambia of Prof. Patrick Lumumba, a Kenyan national due to security considerations. Immigration is a security wing working with agencies within and beyond Zambia,โ€ Ms Siliya said.

Zambia has in the recent last deported leading figures such as of SAโ€™s leading opposition leader Mmusi Maimane, dancer Zodwa Wabantu and Zimbabweโ€™s Tendai Biti.

-lusakatimes.com

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