Media Statement
FIGHTING CORRUPTION USING DOUBLE LENSES WILL NOT WORK – ZMP
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Thursday 6th July, 2023. #77
The arrest of former Luapula Province Minister, Derricky Chilundika, for allegedly carrying out sugilite mining activities without a licence is nothing but the UPND government’s double lenses fight against corruption.
Zambians know that many other high-profile government and UPND officials have been linked to the sugilite scandal, but they have not been touched and will not be touched because they are close to the powers that be.
When the scandal was first brought to the public attention late last year, the government took an approach of down playing the matter all because politically exposed individuals were involved and had to be shielded.
But we are also aware of the ferlitiser scandal at the Ministry of Agriculture, what about the financial scandal at the Ministry of Health, corruption in the procurement of drugs not to forget some UPND party officials given shares in suspicious circumstances in some mining firm, disappearance of a truck laden with sugilite and many such cases which have been swept under the carpet while citizens are watching.
Zambia Must Prosper Party (ZMP) will not be swayed by smoke screen arrests of one or two individuals by the UPND led government because it’s clear there is no genuine fight against corruption which is devoid of respecting people’s statuses, political affiliation or otherwise.
President Hakainde Hichilema still has an opportunity to wage a true and genuine fight against corruption once he removes the double lenses he is carrying using in waging this fight.
ZMP Party under the servant leadership of President Kelvin Fube Bwalya (KBF) once in government in 2026 will deal with the cancer of corruption with the zeal and tenacity never seen in this country because if allowed to flourish corruption denies the poorest of the poor access to services and amenities which they must receive from thier government.
Issued by:
Trymore Mwenda
ZMP Spokesperson
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