DON’T PUNISH DRUG PILFERERS IF YOU FAIL TO PUNISH THIEVING MINISTERS, KAFWAYA TELLS HH

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DON’T PUNISH DRUG PILFERERS IF YOU FAIL TO PUNISH THIEVING MINISTERS, KAFWAYA TELLS HH

…as he expresses shock that AG now reports audit progress to the Executive

November 7th, 2024 (SmartEagles)

LUNTE Member of Parliament Hon Mutotwe Kafwaya has challenged President Hakainde Hichilema to ‘do nothing’ to the people who have allegedly been stealing medicines meant for use in public health institutions.

President Hichilema has been quoted in today’s Zambia Daily Mail newspaper stating that he now knows the selfish individuals who have been profiting from the drugs meant to benefit Zambians.

The President made the statement after receiving the preliminary findings of the forensic audit conducted on the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) by the office of the Auditor General covering the period January 2023 to December 2024.

But Hon Kafwaya states that it will be unfair for president Hichilema and his government to mete punishment on the said individuals found wanting when he has failed to act on the cabinet ministers who are under investigation by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).

He says president Hichilema must let the said people who have been stealing the medicines to continue working just like he has failed to punish, suspend or even name a single cabinet minister currently under investigation by the ACC.

“Let him do nothing about these people. He should let them continue working because this is what he has done to the ministers who are being investigated by the ACC,” Hon Kafwaya said.

Meanwhile, the former cabinet minister has expressed surprise that the office of the Auditor General is now giving the President preliminary reports.

Hon Kafwaya states that the office of the Auditor General is independent from the Executive arm of government hence the Executive cannot direct the Auditor General.

He explains therefore that if the Auditor General is independent from the Executive, there is no way that his office can be reporting progress on the audit work.

Hon Kafwaya further notes that constitutionally, the Auditor General reports to the President on the same day as he does to the National Assembly of Zambia.

“So to see that the President is now receiving preliminary reports from the Auditor General has shocked me,” he added.  “And this is why I complain about the state of the Auditor General.”

The Lunte lawmaker is of the view that governance in Zambia has become one of the worst because the Executive has deliberately destroyed institutions of governance.

Hon Kafwaya has urged the Zambian People to have a say on what is happening because the country risk being ‘finished completely’ if the status quo continues on the same trajectory.

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2 COMMENTS

  1. You failed to deal with Chitotela when the facts were brought out. Now before the facts are made public you want tp speak of Ministers. Have you seen the report or as usual mudsling issues to find a way to deflect facts? Whoever is stealing is a reminant of your party and the theiving tendencies that you live by katakowe or whatever your name is.

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