GRANT THORNTON AND THEIR ACCESS TO OUR SECURITY WINGS
By Fred M’membe, President of the Socialist Party
We condemn this growing trend, where entities associated with the UPND top leadership seem to always get the favours. In the process, even critical national security concerns are blatantly being ignored. This is very dangerous and totally unacceptable.
We must be reminded that Mr Hakainde Hichilema was one of the directors of Grant Thornton, the firm that was instrumental in the privatisation of Zambian state-owned companies. And today, we see Grant Thornton being granted access to audit our country’s security wings.
Our defence forces, like all other aspects of Zambian society, have not been spared from rampant corruption. Audits are indeed one way of accessing information that is urgently needed to take remedial measures. However, there are laid-down procedures for going about this task.
Whatever the shortcomings of the current audit system are, the decision taken by Mr Hichilema and his government does not help strengthen the public audit system. It is essentially an act of mistrust in the capacity and integrity of that system. The Socialist Party Zambia position is that this award must be cancelled. It is neither in the best interest of good governance nor the security of our country
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This one just yaps out of hatred, vindictiveness, jealousy and spiteful. Once he hates, he hates to the grave. God forbid, he should never come to corridors of State House.
Wait until YOU form government, IF GOD FORBID, you ever will. M’membe by the way he ran The Post newspaper will be the worst and cruellest President Zambia would ever have. Citizens will be insulted every day.
Zambia is bigger than you bwana Mumembe.
Instead of just yapping, please state these laid down procedures, quoting the articles like LAZ has done. LAZ just advised that there is nothing irregular with hiring private Audit firms.
Who in their right mind would trust institutions that allegedly did nothing to highlight the alleged mass looting ?
Why do some pipo think that only them have the monopoly of knowledge? Why are you so afraid of the truth ? Forever twisting facts
We want a better & more equitable Zambia.
This man was used to having his own version of Truth muli chi POST at least to show some integrity talk about millions looted from defence before u show concern about who is going to audit
What security breaches are we risking by conducting these audits? Can those against the audits be alittle bit more specific about their concerns instead of talking in general terms.
If I remember correctly, Dr. M’membe and madam Nawakwi were instrumental in uncovering the abuse of the Zamtrop account by FTJ Chiluba’s administration. Even that time, the issue of security was used to try and avoid probing the operation of the account. The similarities are not a coincidence.