LETTER TO PRESIDENT HH
Dear Mr. President
REF : YOUR POSITION ON THE REMARKS OF YOUR PARTY OFFICIAL ASKING THE POLICE TO ALLOW HIM TO STEAL
For a few days now Social media has been bombarded with videos of your UPND Deputy National Chairman by the name of Stephen Chikota implicating your Ministers in illegal mining and smuggling of gemstones.
Sir you are on record accusing the “click” of teaching your Ministers how to steal but the revelations of your Party Deputy National Chairman suggests that your “disgruntled Ministers” as he refers to them in the videos are working with foreigners in stealing from this rich yet poor nation.
My main concern regarding this subject in question, Sir, is your position on your Party official’s plea to the Police to allow him and his fellow cadres be allowed to steal because they can not fail to share “peanuts” with the Police if allowed to steal.
You and your Party Sir, promised Zambians that there will be no Police harassments by cadres cadres once you formed Government alas we have seen videos of your Party cadres beating up an humiliating defenseless Governments officials, rubbing names of Police stations with black paint and now (the subject matter) your Party Deputy National Chairman threatening Police officers with dismissals if they don’t allow him an his cadres to steal.
Sir, the intentions to steal by your Deputy National Chairman are documented therefore with all due respect you and your office do not need the ACC or the Police to investigate the gentleman before he can be visited by the law.
What we are witnessing as a nation together with you Sir is a cancer slowly but seriously growing to a serious cancerous cadrism problem hence my honest and earnest desire to know your position because your quietness on this matter literally amounts to your seal of approval.
Personally I don’t want you Mr. President going forward to embarrassingly put the blame on the click of teaching your Party officials and Government Ministers how to steal when there is evidence of them pleading to be allowed to commit crimes.
Mr. President Sir, please deal with the criminal asking the Police to allow him to steal and by doing so – you will be sending a strong signal not only to your Party members and Ministers but the entire nation. Until then your fight against corruption will continue to be called “selective” and “vindictive.”
Looking forward to your reaction Mr. President. I thank you Sir.
Yours faithfully
Bruce Maketo
(Kabwe)