FORMER PRESIDENT EDGAR LUNGU’S SON DEFENDS ASSETS IN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COURT
dalitso lungu claims vehicles and properties were gifts from his father and legally acquired
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA, July 25 – In a high-profile case at the Economic and Financial Crimes Court, Dalitso Lungu, son of former President Edgar Lungu, has testified that the majority of the vehicles and properties subject to forfeiture proceedings were purchased for him by his father. Dalitso stated that these assets were legally acquired and are not proceeds of crime.
Dalitso revealed that his father gifted him a filling station, which has been leased to Total Energies for US$8,000 per month since 2018. He emphasized that the filling station, along with other properties, belongs to Saloid Traders Limited, a family business primarily financed by his father.
The Director of Public Prosecutions has sought to have over 80 vehicles and properties belonging to Dalitso and his company forfeited to the State, citing “unexplained wealth” amounting to about K31 million. The State’s submission highlighted that Dalitso owns 16 properties and 21 vehicles registered under his name, with some vehicles found parked at Ndozo Lodge and others abandoned in Siavonga.
In his affidavit opposing the forfeiture notice, Dalitso detailed the acquisition of several vehicles, all registered under Saloid Traders Limited but purchased by his father. These included a Toyota Land Cruiser, Toyota Prado, Nissan NP300s, and Mitsubishi Pajeros. He also mentioned that three Shacman Tipper trucks and one trailer were bought by Saloid Traders Limited on a credit sale agreement.
Dalitso contested the State’s valuation of his assets, arguing that the reported values do not reflect the actual purchase prices. He stressed that the properties and vehicles were acquired legally and are not proceeds of crime.
The court heard that Dalitso’s formal employment was not his only source of income, as he had been financially supported by his parents since childhood. He also stated that the seizure of his vehicles had disrupted the business operations of Saloid Traders Limited, preventing the company from fulfilling its payment obligations.
Dalitso also addressed the Director of Public Prosecutions’ directive for Total Energies to deposit rental payments into the National Prosecution Authority’s forfeiture account, claiming the DPP had no legal authority to redirect these funds.
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Then you hear some saying alebwelelapo.
All this can get confiscated, and be used to benefit Zambians. We just thank the thieves for building these infrastructures for Zambians. But we still jail them.
Now, can we ever confiscate the money that he is stashing in Panama? Will Zambians ever benefit from that dirty money?
Try to think out of the box sometimes.
Vote wisely in 2026.
Corruption is not an easy thing to fight.The corrupt are big time criminals.People think corruption is only about give money for small thing like road tax or motor vehicle fitness.Talk about people even buying aeroplanes and other big things.Some irresponsible people have been talking negatively against President Hichilema on corruption and even giving false stories about Ministers.We have to be careful with these criminals.Fighting corruption is not a small thing because these criminals are busy fighting back in different ways.We just have to be alert.You must read a book written by Okonjo Iweala a former Minister of Finance in Nigeria about corruption.These people who talk about corruption in a negative way and are not offering better solutions are part of the criminals we should be worried about.They are busy blaming UPND government but they are number one corrupt criminals abusing civil servants.Dont sleep watch them closely and report them to authority before it’s too late.They wanted to destroy the country and they pretend to be good for the nation please reject them.
You are a Zambezi dweller Sir. Just enjoy your time.
Where did Edgar Chagwa Lungu get all the large sums of money and property the son is talking about,next will be the wife singing the song and then the daughter the chawana member of Parliament. This issue might put the former president in trouble because this man’s income is beyond what is being put across by his family.Let HH and his team learn a lesson from what is happening with the PF associates who when assuming power were just nobody but became untouchable.
Choongo, even your tribesmate is a big thief himself. They are all thieves, except for KK and Levy. The rest are badly rotten immoral thieves. Do not be fooled just because he is from your tribe. He is the biggest thief of them all.
Prove it ? And if you have evidence ,take it to the Police.
You are just talking out of bitterness ,ignorance and I’d,iocy.
Forefeited money can be given to Copperbelt University to pay lecturer retiring and those waiting for gratuities
Grand theft. Where did his father get all the money from for plots filling stations trucks plus cash. ? We have been robbed we the Zambian people.
With or without ECL owes the Zambian people an explanation in relation where all this wealth came from so suddenly.
Why are the authorities afraid of criminalizing corruption in our country?
How much more will he give when he comes
Back?
How much will be given to maids for safe keeping?
If ACC don’t convict this person then watch what will happen…..
This daliso thing, doesn’t even know who his father is……
Then people, adults are clapping for Edgar. How s-t-u-p-i-d can one be. They can just realize that this ja lazy sick man just wants to protect what he stole. God help us.
I hope ACC and DEC have assembled a good team of technocrats to investigate and prosecute this case. I also hope that this team is having good meetings where good debate is taking place. I hope that in these meetings there’s also at least one, if not more, devil’s advocate(s) to scrutinize if sufficient documentary evidence has been assembled so that the right questions will be asked during investigation and prosecution. It’s not a very difficult case to crack from where I stand so that Lungu’s son is at least put on his defence in court. From their open-mouth approach to fighting corruption neither the ACC nor the DEC give me confidence. They talk too much and do not do enough to execute their mandates.
Monkeys were incharge of the maize farms during PF rule!
Where are the usual pfools and tribalism’s Indigo, Observer, hallucinations?
And you think the current cabinet ministers and their boss are currently stealing only sweets at work? You are a dull person, blame your dull parents.
The tribalist conman is not serious.
Next real president should impose an automatic 5 year sentence with hard labour for anyone proved to have received a kick back of more than 5 ngwee. This should apply to everyone in Zambia.
Vote for a real president in 2026.
No. Five years is too little. I suggest fifteen years. It should also cover corruption for kickbacks received in the past regimes.
Sharp shooter, I can not agree with you more. As long as there is proof, 15 years it should be.
And no one should be exempted.
Let us the voters fight these dirty politicians together.
IndigoTyrol ,this battle is no about UPND not fighting PF but it about the zambian people.
That is how you should think.
I have been telling you people for a long time that we are bring ruled by conmen. Corruption did not stop in 2021, it got worse.
Those that voted for a better Zambia, and not along tribal lines, can see the problem.
We need an alternative to Hakainde and Edgar. They are both rotten seeds.
Vote wisely in 2026.
Give money to CBU to pay retirees. How can an institution lack yet those in corridors of power have more than they need
The extent of stealing that was taking place in the previous government is unbelievable!
M’membe has been quiet on all corruption being un earthed concerning his good fellows on pf criminality. Is it because he fears them so much or he is an accomplice to all these scandals. He is an amazing character. During pf reign, m’membe never pointed out to any of these grand corruption. Was he benefiting or what……
Yes fuledi is complicit in the PF corruption evidenced by the staged liquidation of the post newspaper to avoid paying tax and other statutory obligations such as napsa.
At the same time as the liquidation of the post, the mast newspaper was created in the name of Matako’s wife, how convenient!
I hope the prosecutor will remember to ask this dalitso whether these properties his father gifted were actually owned by his father. Otherwise he should state how much money the father gifted him to acquire these assets just so to put things in perspective!