72 SEIZED VEHICLES DON’T BELONG TO PF – FORMER PF SG MWILA.
FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila says the 72 vehicles that were recently seized by the police do not belong to the former ruling.
Last week, the Zambia Police investigation team seized 72 motor vehicles and one boat which were said to have been found concealed in a private yard in Lusaka West.
Deputy Police Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale disclosed in a statement, Friday, that the motor vehicles, Landcruisers and Prados, were all suspected to be proceeds of crime.
In an interview, Monday, Mwila said it is unfortunate that the UPND is linking any bad thing that happens to PF.
“You have seen that anything that is happening, any failure, anything that is bad, they (UPND) are linking it to PF, which is not good. PF is no longer in power, they wanted power but they are behaving as if they are still in opposition. Those vehicles don’t belong to PF, they are not owned by PF. If surely they are owned by PF, let them come out and tell the Zambian people. Not only that, you remember the vehicles that they confiscated, those are the ones that belong to PF and there was no reason for them to get those vehicles because each political party can source funds to buy vehicles,” he said.
“Them (UPND), have been buying vehicles and no one harassed them when we were in power because we knew where they were getting money, we knew where they were buying these vehicles but no one harassed them. So, what we are saying is that we are in a democracy and UPND must accept that other political parties have to exist. So, on those [72] vehicles, I am saying that they don’t belong to PF. If they really belong to PF, let them come out and expose or inform the Zambian people, that will make sense”.
Mwila wondered why the Anti-Corruption Commission has not summoned him over the vehicles as former secretary general of the party if they indeed belong to PF.
“This issue of just talking, the other week Gary Nkombo was saying ‘no, PF officials got contracts, and they were paid and they never worked’ but he can’t mention the people. Is that the way we are going to lead the country? People must come out and tell the truth, and tell the Zambian people but I can tell you that they are just politicking; [if] they can’t mention, it means they are just politicking. Even on the vehicles, they are just saying it, those are just politics. If they are really serious, they are supposed to name the people that are involved,” said Mwila.
“It is now 1 year 7 months; they have just been talking about the same things, and I have told the people that our colleagues came to fix people and not to fix the economy. Look at the high cost of living, it has gone up and they can’t talk about it, they are talking about issues that are irrelevant to the Zambian people. It is high time that UPND took this country and the Zambian people seriously. Why hasn’t ACC called me on vehicles, I was the Secretary General of the party; they have not called me, which means it is a lie. They are not telling the truth. I have not gone anywhere and moreover, I don’t even have a passport to go out, I am within the country. So, let them call me, and I will explain because those vehicles do not belong to us. You remember, they lied to the Zambian people that we bought vehicles from the Workers’ Compensation, and at last, it was discovered that those vehicles didn’t come to PF”.
(Credit: News Diggers)