By Staff Reporter

The ongoing recalls of diplomats is more widespread than announced, including PF cadres Brian Hapunda, Bangwe Naviley and others.

Well placed sources in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have told Daily Revelation, that some ambassadors made last minute defections to the UPND in the hope that the recalls would not touch them.

Sources said some ambassadors and diplomats are trying to sit on their recalls, to delay their coming to Zambia even when the letters sent to most of them are to return to the country with immediate effect.

“Don’t read too much into what some of those are projecting outward, these recalls have actually hit them hard, with some even attempting to sit on their recalls. For instance what happens is that when a diplomat is recalled, the Embassy must immediately set the recall in motion by collecting quotations from three or four bidding transport companies, and then have those sent to Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Lusaka,” the sources said. “But what has happened is that some ambassadors being bosses of those missions have not set this into motion since their recall letters were sent to them. Immediate effect must be immediate effect, but some of these ambassadors may try to use some maneuvers to stay on a bit, especially using the fact that the UPND is new in power and may not be too familiar with how certain processes are handled.”

Information reaching Daily Revelation indicates that, alongside the others ambassadors whose recalls have been announced, several other recalls have not been announced, including those of renowned PF cadres Hapunda (First Secretary political and administration) and Naviley (Press Secretary, India). Wa Simwaka (Press Secretary, New York) is also said to be coming back home.

“For instance in several missions like Brussels, Belgium for instance, apart from the Ambassador, four other diplomats are coming with him. In places like Ethiopia, Ambassador Emmanuel Mwamba is not the only one coming,” sources said. “And it should also not be lost on you that among these diplomats coming back, one of them came with experts who were due to rig the elections.”

Efforts to speak with Foreign Affairs permanent secretary (administration) Ronald Simwanza failed as his mobile phone went unanswered.

… continue reading here http://dailyrevelationzambia.com/diplomat-recalls-more-widespread-hapunda-naviley-simwaka-among-those-recalled/

By Edwin Mbulo in Livingstone

CORNELIUS Mweetwa warns that the ruling UPND can be removed from power by the people and the first instance comes in 2026, “if we do not do what the people want”.

And Mweetwa says the media which was suppressed by the PF regime played a major role to ensure the UPND won the August 12
elections.

The Choma Central UPND member of parliament who also doubles as party spokesperson and Southern Province minister, said Zambians decided to keep quiet under the brutal PF government and waited for August 12 when they spoke loudly leaving the former ruling party in disarray.

Addressing UPND councillors and party officials at Woodlands Lodge, Mweetwa called on the ruling party members to defend President Hakainde Hichilema from baseless political attacks.

“We as UPND are capable of being removed from power by the people and the first instance comes in 2026 if we do not do what the people want,” he warned. “To do what the people want it is not for the party, it is the government of UPND under the ‘New Dawn’ administration under the leadership of President Hakainde Hichilema. Hence the need for us as a party to be ready to defend His Excellency so that he and his administration are left to work for the people of Zambia, instead of defending themselves from unnecessary attacks coming from the opposition Patriotic Front and its surrogates. Some of them like Sean Tembo [PeP leader], we all know that when he was impersonating himself as an opposition political party leader he spent more time attacking his fellow opposition leader at that time Hakainde Hichilema.”

Mweetwa said Tembo was the one superintending over PF corruption by not attacking the then ruling party but instead concentrated on attacking Hichilema.

“Now that we have formed government he has continued to attack His Excellency the President of Zambia Hakainde Hichilema…so it is not about attacking government, it is because he is bitter, attacking an individual,” he said. “So you the party members don’t leave such people
unattended to. And get me clearly, I am not talking about violence. I am talking about responses. This government is too new to be indented with with a lot of criticism from these people who are saying they are confused. The beauty is that the people of Zambia have seen that whatever they are trying to say is all about bitterness.”

And Mweetwa noted that without the media the UPND would have not made it, because the then opposition political party and its leader
Hichilema was being disallowed from campaigning.

He said Hichilema was denied permits to fly to any place in Zambia on several occasions.

“So to emerge victorious under such a very hostile environment was not an easy task. So the President knows who this victory belongs to. It belongs to the people of Zambia generally but for you gathered in this room it belongs to you personally because you went into the fields to
go and campaign…” he said. “We as a party are happy that the challenges of the campaign did not reflect the outcome of the results. The results were so resounding and in unison at all stages and the UPND and its alliance won.”

Mweetwa warned UPND members countrywide not to resort to factionalism.

“There should be no faction here in Livingstone, like there should be no factionalism in Choma or indeed in Chipata or Kaputa. The party now is no longer an opposition and requires every member to be at their best in terms of loyalty, in terms of hard work. Because when we were in the opposition that was easy politics. Attacking the ruling party is easy politics because you can say anything you wish against them including things that are baseless and substantiated. You can say them through the enjoyment of the freedom of speech,” he noted. “So what I am saying is that to attack as an opposition is easier than to defend government policy and decisions. To defend government decisions you require a united and strong party so that when the opposition PF come up with attacks at our government, things that are political in nature – that are not government policy, we as a party should be at our best to engage the PF at party to party level. They should leave government alone.”

Mweetwa added that leaving the government spokesperson to respond to political attacks on the ruling party from the opposition would be putting pressure onto the government.
“The government spokesperson is there to protect the government policy, measures and decisions and to defend those decisions. The government spokesperson is not there to defend President Hichilema from uncensored attacks from Sean Tembo, Raphael Nakacinda and Given Lubinda,” he said. “These people are still suffering from a hangover of a heavy defeat. They are confused to borrow the words of Hon Given Lubinda.”

Mweetwa lectured Lubinda on why the PF lost the August 12 elections.

“He (Lubinda) should not continue to be in a state of confusion together with his friends. Let them come to terms that a government is a creature of the will of the people and not the leaders who are in government. And when people decide to change a government they accordingly change it…Why they lost, I am here now to provide answers why the PF lost and I will sum it in this way,” he said. “The now opposition PF lost the just ended general elections because they suppressed the media and also suppressed alternative opposing voices that were going to be reminding them of the things they needed to avoid so that they are in sync with what the people of Zambia wanted. The unleashed cadres on the media, shutting down Prime TV, The Post Newspaper, attacked radio stations that were broadcasting even recorded programmes from the opposition. Anybody who wanted to speak against corruption was an immediate enemy of the PF. Judges, senior lawyers like my former lecturer John Sangwa SC, when they wanted to speak they were called cadres of the UPND and invited that they meet the PF in the field. So people of Zambia decided to keep quiet and waited when they could speak once and they spoke once and loudly and the PF are still in disarray.”

Mweetwa asked the UPND to quickly regroup and allow an open door policy for its old members who had joined the PF because the PF is gone and cannot be rebranded.

“Instead of rebranding with paint, repent for your corruption and violence – that is what they need to do. There is no question of PF. So let’s go to those structures of the PF…I am on hunt to join the district chairman and the province to receive these people when they come,” said Mweetwa.

Munir Zulu destroys Julius Malema in his speech

Guest of Honor, Honorable Mulambo Haimbe Minister of Justice.

Guest Speaker, Professor Patrick Lumumba.
All respected guests present, let me say all protocols observed.

I am here to discuss about challenges of youth leadership in Africa.

One of the most dangerous things to do – it seems in present day – at least in my country Zambia, is to aspire as a young person to play an active critical role in governance system.

Our society is organized in such a way that luxuries, opportunities, resources and responsibility are exclusively monopolized by elderly folks.

Elders willfully create and sustain environments where for most young people especially those born from underprivileged homes, it is almost impossible to aspire and be anything significant in society.

Young people are often wrapped under a blanket of condemnation as useless beings whose time to play any roles in society lies in the future. Hence, a tired slogan that “youths are future leaders”

Such slogans find expression in a notion that young people cannot think for themselves and must be led under captainship of elders. We see this kind of arrangement manifesting in our daily lives in many societies where even institutions that are established to attend to youthful matters are led by people who are not youths. Such arrangements are always unworkable. We all know that elders have a discriminatory view against youth participation in matter of significance. Therefore, to trust elders with youthful matters is like to expect goats to arrive at their intended destination when the driver is a hyena.

Youthful matters can only be handled by youths themselves because they are the ones who understand their own problems. This is not a request but our right.

Over time, we have lived under this veil that systematically put youths on the touchline as spectators in matters they should have a role. Currently, there is a paradigm shift. The August elections have given birth to many youthful leaders in Councils, Parliament and even in Cabinet, in Zambia.

Notably, most of the young leaders like me, confronted all the mechanism that were put before them by elderly folks to prevent them from playing any role in governance. Some of my colleagues like myself were not adopted by their respective parties only on account that they are young and nothing else. Our different abilities seem to be nothing worth looking at by these people.

I have no doubt that young people are beginning to realize that slogans such as “youths are future leaders” are meaningless. While there is still hesitation to allow young people to play roles in their own affairs, we are changing these dynamics. We shall not fold arms and watch such arrangements unchallenged.

Comrades, allow me to point out that not all those who claim they are youthful leaders should be taken serious because even among us, are sellouts and imposters. We must not be like Julius Malema of the Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa who seem to be a champion of youthful affairs yet all he does it yapping around without any actions worth talking about.

As I depart from this issue, let me put it out that it is clear elderly folks suffer from Cenosillicaphobia which is the fear of an empty glass. They fear young people as if we have promised to drive them to sea when all we want is to have stake in our affairs.

Let me turn to one issue that is close to my heart, Pan-Africanism.

I am student of Pan-Africanism. My views are influenced and shaped by Pan Africanists like Kwame Nkhuruma, Nelson Mandela, Thomas Sankara, Julius Nyerere, Kenneth Kaunda, Patrice Lumumba, Steve Biko and many others.

I have read enough literature about different ideologies and I have fallen in love with the idea of Africans espousing their own norms. As Africans, our existence revolves around three influences; traditional norms, modernity and religion.

While Black Theology challenges religion in its present form, I wish to focus on modernity and tradition. It is clear that our African tradition is under heavy pressure from Modernity. Many societies in Africa have thrown on the window their respective norms in preference to modernity as conveyed by the West. That is why many African leaders are globetrotting in search for solutions of their countries in the west, forgetting that African challenges can only be sorted by Africans themselves.

As late Frederick Chiluba once said: “The West look at African countries to identify their puppets to divide nations and they identify genuine nationalists and pan-Africanists whom they must attack”

Chiluba has put it further that, once you see an African leader being extoled by Western elements, know that there is some sinister cooking against the people of that nation were such leaders come from. They will come with some of the most sweetened claims of offering financial and material aids but beyond what the surface suggests, they are nothing but wolves out to cut right on the throat of Africans with their sharp teeth.

We have among African leaders elements that are Western puppets. They gain power with the help of the West. The relationship between such is of father –son kind of arrangement. Whenever their African countries face challenges, they go to their Fatherly Westerner to beg for financial crumbs. Yet, the bullying father figure makes his wealth from the very African countries through stealing its resources. These western elements thrive where there is confusion. The wars and instability we see in many African countries is a direct consequence of Western forces. We fight among ourselves and they are busy stealing from us.

Comrades here and abroad, we must never believe in leaders who are puppets to the West. They are sellouts. We must remove such Western puppets because they are embarrassing us to our ancestors who think we are cowards.

We are prepared to walk into the footsteps of past African heroes who fought against imperials. We are prepared to fight against modern imperialism that hides in financial bail-outs and aid to African countries.

And as we commit to wage war against ideals that destroy Pan-Africanism, we are aware of the fact that our comfort is not compatible with our cause. These are things we will sacrifice for to ensure that we do not betray those that fought hard for our own sovereignty.

I am hereby waging a crusade against the unwritten West is Best school of thought and replace it with an Afro-Centric or even Zam-Centric maxim. I am against an attempt by the Western to alter Africanism by forcing unto us cultures which conflict human nature, such as Gay Marriages.

I want to put it out that, I have great respect for former President Edgar Lungu for standing firm against these western vultures when he refused to allow such unholy practices as Gay Marriages in Zambia. President Lungu’s stance may have cost him so much but it has earned him dignity and admiration in the eyes of true Pan-African champions. I want to also pay growing respect to the former president for conceding defeat and peacefully handing over power after the loss of the election.

In the same breadth, I congratulate Mr. Hakainde Hichilema for his victory in the previous elections.

I want to also thank Eden University for this wonderful program where ideas are shared.
Allow me to thank Kelvin Kaunda the CEO of Eden University. He is a youth but his achievements so far have demonstrated so much to learn from that young people should not be defined by their age but by their abilities.

I thank you.

By Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba

Since September 2020, I had agonized to make a final decision.

Everyday I was troubled, slept over it, consulted and mostly prayed about it.

I made this known to my family and close friends.

I was going to resign from my job to pursue other interests.

So when it was time, I made a step.

I resigned as Zambia’s Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to both the African Union and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa….

Others were alarmed!

“How could you leave a job you are good at? How could you leave a job that people can only wish for? What if your intended pursuits fail?”

Other partners like my colleagues in the United States felt I could be betraying a cause for Africa, a cause they felt Zambia and myself were doing very well. “For times such as these, you are like an Esther!”

But I was convinced this was my new path.

After several drafts, I had my final letter. I travelled to Lusaka to tender in my resignation!

Phew. I was finally at peace!

“The Beginning of my new journey had started”, I confidently told myself.

It was not to be!

Only to be called later that; “Your resignation has been refused!”

“Your national duties to the country are more valuable than your personal pursuits!”

I was puzzled and caught by surprise by the turn of this development.

“Where did you hear that a resignation had been refused?” I asked myself!

So with forlorn mood but thanking God for this new development, I returned to Addis Ababa, to do what I know best…Do my work!

So when colleagues, friends and family recently learnt of my recall,they expressed worry and deep concern…

But I remind them; “But this is a job I resigned from. This is an opportunity I had settled to forego…”

Besides, diplomatic jobs are like a revolving door. Someone is always coming in and another is always leaving.

For me I look back to the great work we have done in foreign service since 2015 and I thank God for the rare opportunity given to me, recognizing that this chapter is now closed, and a new one shall be opened.

It is well.

The vision will be achieved. It may tarry but will surely be fulfilled.

“For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry” Habakkuk 2;3

By Julia Malunga,

FAITH Musonda’s lawyer Jonas Zimba says he is waiting for the police to invite them for further interrogations over the K65 million and US$57,000 that was found in a house believed to be hers.

And Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo says the police have for now opted to remain quiet on the matter and will only get back to the public once investigations are concluded.

Musonda made her second appearance at police on Thursday at about 14:05 hours and was interrogated for about eight hours.

She was accompanied by her lawyers Zimba and Makebi Zulu.

Addressing journalists after the interrogations, Zulu said they had made substantial progress.

“We have made substantial progress. We will continue another day,” said Zulu.

When asked why the interrogations took so long, Zulu said “that’s called progress”.

Meanwhile, when asked for an update on the matter in a police official WhatsApp group, Friday, Katongo said investigations had continued and that the police would get back to the public once they concluded.

“For now, we opt to remain quiet, however, state that investigations have continued in the matter, we will get back to the public through the media once investigations are concluded,” she said.

Asked what the police were investigating, Katongo said “we will inform you later.”

Further asked when the next questioning would take place, Katongo referred the journalists to the lawyers.

“I am not aware. You can find out from the lawyers,” said Katongo.

However, in a brief interview, Zimba said they were waiting for the police to invite them.

He added that the interrogations were lengthy because they desired to make progress.

“It is the police that can tell you. It is not us; it is them. It is the police that invites, how do you say ‘it is these guys to say?’ We are waiting for them, we always go when they call us. What took us so long is the desire to make progress. We were making progress,” said Zimba.

On Monday, Musonda appeared at police and her lawyers said she went there to show that she was not on the run, and also to ask for more time. Zulu said his client had asked for privacy as police probed the source of her K65 million.

News that police had recovered over K65 million from the former ZNBC TV personality Musonda’s house last week Saturday stunned the nation.

FIC MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE OVER THE MISSING US$ 2.5 MILLION – PASTOR CHANDA
[Smart Eagles]

New Congress Party president Pastor Peter Chanda says the financial intelligence center FIC must be made to account for the missing US$2.5 million dollars.

Addressing the media in Lusaka, Pastor Chanda said the FIC dubiously paid a named foreign company US$ 2.5 million dollars to install the security surveillance system, the work which was not done.

He said the company contracted by the FIC has since vanished with the US$ 2.5 million dollars tax payers money.

Pastor Chanda said Several calls have been made but the FIC director Mary Chirwa has remained mute over the allegations.

” We fail to understand why the FIC which is not an investigative wing had to embark on such a journey of installing surveillance security systems and at the same time losing US$ 2.5 million dollars, hard earned taxpayers money. Development is retarded when corruption is at the centre ” Pastor Chanda said.

Pastor said the FIC director Mary Chirwa and her team must be suspended so that thorough investigations are conducted at the institution.

” It is this vain we call on President Hakainde Hichilema to set up a tribunal that will suspend the director of financial intelligence center Mary chirwa and her team so that thorough investigation can be done in the US$ 2.5 million dollars which was paid to foreign company, a company that was supposed to setup security surveillance systems,” Pastor Chanda said.

According to the Daily Nation Newspaper, the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has failed to deny reports that it paid US$10 million for a surveillance system worth US$ 2 million and has been paying US$2.5 million a year for maintenance, resulting in a cumulative payment of US$18 million to date.

According to information provided to the Daily Nation, the agency paid the US$10 million in 2017 for a system that has not been fully installed because spy towers, probes, and the network system have never been installed.

The FIC apparently abandoned a powerful system which was bought in 2012/2013 called the “IBM i2 Intelligence System” which is the same system that the Pentagon and the CIA used to track down terrorist financing, in preference for the new Israeli system whose suppliers have now vanished.

The true price of the intelligence management system is US$ 2 million and not US$10 million. The difference of US$ 8 million reportedly went into kickbacks. The new information follows a story that the Daily Nation published last week that a vendor paid US$2.5 million for a surveillance system had disappeared.

By Charles Tembo

STATE House will no longer be used for illegal deals, says Bishop John Mambo.

Bishop Mambo who is a director on the Zambezi Portland Cement board, said the rule of law should be respected in any dealings going forward.

Addressing journalists in Ndola on the ownership of Zambezi Portland Cement, Bishop Mambo said the interest of the local people should come first.

He explained that the company was run by majority shareholders at 58 per cent and minority shareholders at 42 per cent.

“Contrary to this assertion, the recent ruling of the Court of Appeals merely cleared the Ventriglias to pursue their applications in the Court of Appeal in relation to the quantum of the money in accordance with the judgment, and the 42 per cent share which were accorded to their family company Ital Terazzo instead of themselves in their personal capacities,” he told journalists yesterday. “The issue of the quantum is merely a debt and does not question the shareholding. As far as ownership of Zambezi Portland Cement is concerned, Finsbury Investment Limited is the 58 per cent majority shareholder. The judgment of the Court of Appeal of 31 January 2019 and the Supreme Court decision of 28 October 2020 stand as final decisions, and are not subject to any appeal in any courts.”

He said there was a lot of impunity to abuse the law in the name of connections with State House.

Bishop Mambo said the use of politicians was now in the past, as the law would be followed.

He said the interest of the majority shareholders was the 700 workers and not brutality as was the case previously.

“Therefore, any attempts by the Ventriglias to continue blocking the majority shareholders from having access to the cement plant using thugs and the police on a private property as they have been doing since 2015 is illegal and in violation of the rule of law,” said Bishop Mambo. “There is nothing of saying ‘we have the door to State House’ now. It is to follow the law as it is.

Using thugs like in the past will not work. The violation of the rule of law will not be allowed. The rule of law should be respected. We can’t claim to be a democracy and a Christian nation if the law is not respected. We are not saying that the minority should vacate, no! We are mindful of the workers.”

And Zambezi Portland Cement chief executive officer Phesto Musonda said the court had clearly ruled that there was no single owner of the company.

Musonda said both majority and minority shareholders should work jointly and secure the interest of the workers.

POLITICAL VIOLENCE: WHY HAS IT RESURFACED DESPITE VOTING IT OUT ON AUGUST 12

We used to see a lot of such pictures of victims of violence during the PF regime. We were helpless. We could do nothing because the PF leadership never cared.

We continued hoping for change through the ballot. An opportunity finally came. We voted for the restoration of the rule of law. Some voted against the PF cadre violence, even when their own civil service jobs were at risk as a consequence of changing government. *They loved not themselves, they loved the country. They voted for the love of the country.*

What did we expect after the change of government?

I personally expected that perpetrators of violence would be arrested and prosecuted, specifically those who were being shielded by the fallen PF regime than allowing victims of that violence to revenge through violence.

While the new dawn leadership sees PF violence as statistics of PF cadres stripping girls and women found wearing UPND, to us what we remember is a person, whom we know and still see in the bus station or market, undressing a woman, beating an innocent person etc.

So what we have is John a known PF cadre undressing Jane who wore a UPND chitenge. Since John could not be touched during the PF regime, we expected John to be arrested and prosecuted immediately after our vote was given value, when victory was declared in our favour against all odds.

What did we see?
We saw the police failing to make any arrests despite having complaints at their various posts. Most, if not all, complaints of PF violence were reported to the police, even against groups supervised by the powerful PF leaders. If someone goes to Shiwang’andu police station he/she might find reports against a team of violent PF cadres who were known as “ba 100%”. This was a team which used to wear PF regalia with the inscription “PF 100%” during elections. It was lodging at a lodge owned by Shiwang’andu District Commissioner. This team terrorized people!

Even the current Vice President of Zambia and the current Minister of Science and Technology have been victims of Shiwang’andu violence and could have complaints right before Shiwang’andu police station. The police have done nothing!

What we have at play is that victims of PF violence have been denied the justice they voted for. Now they are now looking at their own ways of getting justice. So we are back to lawlessness.

The way forward is that the police, under the new command, should revisit all the complaints against the previously untouchable PF officials and cadres. These complaints and dockets in some cases are there in police stations. If they are not there new ones can be opened.

Let Mr Kampyongo present ba 100% PF to Shiwang’andu police. Let these cadres be prosecuted and then pardon them after they are convicted, if the new leadership is so eager to forgive perpetrators of political violence.

There will be no healing in the country if a team of people will forgive perpetrators of violence on behalf of all the victims. People will take the law into their own hands as we have witnessed. Otherwise why would people beat up a PF cadre today, if not for past wrongs which the police have neglected to act on?

The problem is you are remembering PF cadres maiming, undressing and killing Zambians whereas Zambians in their various walks of life are remembering Jones as PF cadre undressing Jane; Charles teaming up with other PF cadres to beat up Mark, Daniel and Ruth; a known former minister importing cadres from Lusaka to go and terrorize people in a rural constituency into submitting to supporting PF at all costs etc.

What appear to be statistics to the leaders are real people on the ground. These people want to see justice. Give them justice.

Hon. Jack Mwiimbu, the Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister, should sort out this problem before it escalates. The honourable Minister knows that there is no statute of limitation of time on criminal offences. Allow people to report the PF commanders that brutalized them. Let the police command act on the reports of PF violence, which were not acted upon due to political influence. Get the Commission of Inquiry report on political violence and act on it.

We can’t afford to continue seeing blood being spilled like what we just saw. We have moved forward.

Please honour our vote Hon Mwiimbu. Criminals cannot be pardoned before prosecution and conviction. That is the lawlessness I voted against.

I submit

McDonald Chipenzi

24/09/2021

Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) $18M Scandal Deepens

(Daily Nation) THE Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has failed to deny reports that it paid US$10 million for a surveillance system worth US$ 2 million and has been paying US$2.5 million a year for maintenance, resulting in a cumulative payment of US$18 million to date.

According to information provided to the Daily Nation, the agency paid the US$10 million in 2017 for a system that has not been fully installed because spy towers, probes, and the network system have never been installed.

The FIC apparently abandoned a powerful system which was bought in 2012/2013 called the “IBM i2 Intelligence System” which is the same system that the Pentagon and the CIA used to track down terrorist financing, in preference for the new Israeli system whose suppliers have now vanished.

The true price of the intelligence management system is US$ 2 million and not US$10 million. The difference of US$ 8 million reportedly went into kickbacks. The new information follows a story that the Daily Nation published last week that a vendor paid US$2.5 million for a surveillance system had disappeared.

An informed source explained that the US$2.5 million was the annual maintenance fee of the defective system whose full capacity was to tap into people’s phone calls, read WhatsApp SMS massages and Skype calls among others.

However, the system was reportedly not “Fit for Purpose” and that there was no justification supported by a thorough business case to install such a system as per the ICT Governance principals at the Centre. The ICT Department was allegedly never consulted as experts on the matter.

The named company based in Israel is alleged to have been paying kickbacks to some public officials at FIC and Ministry of Finance into offshore accounts.

The source explained that, “it is clear that FIC has been acting outside their legal mandate by tapping into peoples phone calls, reading SMSs and WhatsApp massages, listening to Skype calls and further carrying out investigations. Remember FIC is not a Law Enforcement Agency. Its mandate is limited to analyzing and disseminating STRs to LEA. The System they installed for USD10mllion taps into peoples phone calls, read massages among other things instead of carrying out analysis and monitoring of suspicious transaction reports as per their legal mandate”.

It is clear that the FIC has been acting outside their legal mandate. The FIC is not a Law Enforcement Agency. Its mandate is limited to analysing and disseminating suspicious transactions to law enforcement agencie

Chase KCM liquidator, Sinkamba pleads with HH

By Darious Kapembwa

GREEN Party president Peter Sinkamba has urged President Hakainde Hichilema to chase KCM liquidator Milingo Lungu from the mining company immediately.

In May 2019, the PF government under Edgar Lungu announced the liquidation of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) thereby kicking out major

shareholders Vedanta Resources Limited owned by Indian mogul Anil Agarwal.

It is a move which has resulted into a legal battle between Vedanta and the Zambia government, with the Lusaka High Court ruling that the matter goes to arbitration.

However, the former government continued running a ‘liquidated’ company at full capacity through Lungu.

But Sinkamba who, despite sympathising and associating with the former ruling party prior to the August 12 general elections, remained consistent with his argument that the liquidation of KCM was not properly done.

Sinkamba argued that President Hichilema was perpetuating the illegality by still keeping Lungu at KCM after winning the elections.

He said since Lungu was made liquidator by a stroke of pen, it was incumbent upon Hichilema to chase him by the same means.

“The liquidation process at KCM was effected in May 2019 by PF government overnight, just by stroke of the pen. Up to 24th August 2021, the so-called liquidator at KCM was there at the mercy of PF government,” he said in a statement on Tuesday. “It is now almost one month since UPND inherited government from PF. This means the liquidator is at KCM since 24th August, at the mercy of you President Bally. So, all the mess ongoing at KCM since 24th August is squarely on the shoulders, and is responsibility of you President Bally. This is so because, by stroke of the pen, you President Bally would have chased away the liquidator as far back as 24th August.”

Sinkamba urged President Hichilema to show concern about KCM issues.

He asked the Head of State to write the chief executive officer of ZCCM-IH to withdraw liquidation proceedings because, according to him, sentiments on the ground regarding the KCM liquidation were not pleasant.

“Sadly, instead of prioritising matters that are supposed to bring in billions of dollars into the country such as sorting out the KCM mess…to be clear, my brother leader, President Bally, sentiments on the ground concerning KCM liquidation are not pleasant,” Sinkamba added. “So, wherever you are in the world, can you please deal with the liquidation at KCM. Demonstrate not only to the Zambian people, but also the international investors you intend to meet in the US, that you are very serious with the economic welfare of this country, and investment. By the stroke of the pen can you please direct the ZCCM-IH CEO to withdraw the liquidation proceedings today. Sir, your predecessor did so, and this is the fastest way to go around the liquidation process. And you have the power to do so.”

In his plea to President Hichilema, Sinkamba added: “I can assure you that as soon as you do so, there will be a glimmer of hope to end the mess at KCM. In the interim, immediately appoint a team to help clean up the mess. As experts in the green agenda, we can help you in this regard. Sir, disregard this advice, and you will remember me pretty soon.”

By Mwenya Mofya and Chamuka Shalubala,

Former Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu speaks during the launch of Our Civic Duty Association (OCIDA) at Kapingila House in Lusaka June 24 2020 – Picture by Tenson
ARCHBISHOP Telesphore Mpundu says PF should prove that there is unprofessionalism in the police service because they did not cry foul when they were in power.

And Archbishop Mpundu says it is not shocking to find colossal sums of money in people’s homes given the manner in which public resources were abused in the previous regime.

In an interview, Tuesday, Archbishop Mpundu said it was strange that PF was crying foul about police conduct.

“If they are talking about unprofessional conduct and violence, it has to be proved. You just can’t start making allegations, you need to have proof for that. Secondly, what happened within the PF government not so long ago, I’m not saying two wrongs make one right, if it is a wrong that is being done right now it has to be condemned, but we have to remember that this was a game started by the PF and which has been used by the PF. They are crying foul? Why didn’t they cry foul when they were looting, when all kinds of money were disappearing,” he asked.

“Now that it is on them, they are crying foul that there is unprofessionalism there, let them prove this unprofessionalism and the officers that are found guilty can be disciplined accordingly. So crying about professionalism is a waste of time. What has been taken away from the people must go back to the people and the people have suffered because of that. So no crying of other professional conduct. If they want to run away by stating that they are being targeted, everyone is under suspicion in the previous administration, under suspicion because the looting was massive. In this case, it has been said time and again, the professional job by investigative officers must be done so that the whole truth comes out. When that truth comes out, there has got to be some punishment. Either money is taken away or [they are] given a jail sentence.”

And Archbishop Mpundu said it was possible for colossal sums of money to be found in homes given the manner in which public resources were abused in the previous regime.

“The way to go about it is professionally, if there are suspects who worked in certain departments and could easily access that amount of money, they must be investigated. And if evidence is found then they can be prosecuted. It is possible given the amount of impunity with which public financial resources were being taken away and being used by individuals and groups. It is quite possible. So investigative organs must go flat out to make sure that those who are guilty are brought to justice. It is quite possible because of the impunity that we experienced to such an extent that even money was being thrown at people to jump at. This must be done and it will give the general public confidence in the new administration that they are not going to tolerate impunity, corruption and theft of public financial resources,” he said.

Archbishop Mpundu further said there was no need for PF officials to be jittery if they did not commit any offences while in government.

“Why are they afraid? If they are being targeted and they are innocent, it will be proved [that they are] innocent. Anyone is targeted and I do not think there is a particular person. If you suspect, you do not arrest someone because of suspicion. There is got to be an investigation and enough evidence. So I think that kind of excuse carries no water at all. Who is being targeted? Everybody who worked in the previous administration is under suspicion but it is only suspicion and they must be substantiated and that is that. People that are innocent need not to fear anything. Why are they jittery? Do they have something to hide?” asked Archbishop Mpundu.

“This new administration has been told on a number of occasions by individuals and institutions that it has to be professional. In the previous administration, only certain people out there, [those who were] not in government were being investigated. The investigative organs were not given full responsibility to do a professional job. So now that we have been given that assurance that the investigative organs are going to be given the freedom to investigate, they have to do a professional job. So those that are jittery have something to hide. If I have nothing to hide, I [would] want as soon as possible to be cleared. And I am willing to get that opportunity to get investigated so that I can be proved innocent. Now if I am not innocent in one way or another, I start accusing the government and the investigative organs that they are targeting. You are not being targeted and no one is left out of this.

PRESIDENT HICHILEMA CONFERS WITH AUSTRIA, RWANDA, SOROS.

Yesterday, ahead of his maiden speech at the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, President Hakainde Hichilema met with the Federal President of the Republic of Austria, H.E. Mr. Alexander Van der Bellen.

During the meeting, President Hichilema emphasized that Zambia is open for business in all areas of investment, while his Austrian counterpart singled out tourism, energy, and agriculture as his country’s key sectors of investment potential in Zambia.

Meanwhile, President Hichilema also met with the Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Vincent Biruta, who paid a courtesy call on the President.

The Minister called on President Hichilema at the behest of President Paul Kagame, who has since expressed the intention of visiting Zambia on a state visit soon.

President Hichilema has called for Zambia and Rwanda to advance their collaborative relationship and share best practices on building better, more resilient local, regional, continental and global economic partnerships.

In another round of talks, the President met with the George Soros’ Open Foundation Society in New York, United States of America.

The Soros delegation was led by Mr. Alex Soros, Deputy Board Chair, Open Society Foundations, Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, President, Open Society Foundations, and Mr. Yasin Yaqubie, Special Advisor to the Deputy Chair, Open Society Foundations.

President Hichilema stated the New Dawn administration’s commitment to institute constructive business environment reforms in areas of taxation, support for SMEs, protection of investment assets for businesses, as well as the push towards creating a green, knowledge-based economy.

Other key meetings held by President Hichilema include discussions with Ambassador Linda Thomas – Greenfield who is the US Permanent Representative to the United Nations, as well as holding talks with the US – Zambia Private Public Collaborative Health and Education Initiative whose delegation was led by Professor Lishomwa Ndhlovu.

President Hichilema is later expected to fly to Washington, D.C. for meetings with the IMF, World Bank, and other bilateral and multilateral engagements.

Issued from New York, USA: Anthony Bwalya
Special Assistant to the President and Presidential Spokesperson

#ForeignAffairsZambia #Zambia 🇿🇲

AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT ALEXANDER VAN DER BELLEN WRITES:
1st meeting w/ newly elected Pres. of #Zambia @HHichilema. In addition to bilateral relations & the climate crisis, we also had the opportunity to talk a little about football, as Zambian striker Patson Daka was voted player of the season & top striker in the 🇦🇹 Bundesliga. (vdb)

1st meeting w/ newly elected Pres. of #Zambia @HHichilema. In addition to bilateral relations & the climate crisis, we also had the opportunity to talk a little about football, as Zambian striker Patson Daka was voted player of the season & top striker in the 🇦🇹 Bundesliga. (vdb) pic.twitter.com/kuUTbMXQGD

— A. Van der Bellen (@vanderbellen) September 22, 2021

MINISTER OF MINES KABUSWE TOURS MOPANI MINE, ADVISES MANAGEMENT TO WORK PROFESSIONALLY

Tuesday, 21 September 2021

“I’m a happy man now, I can see some lifespan in Mopani.”

Minister of Mine Honourable Paul Kabuswe has toured Mopani Copper Mine plc on a fact finding mission.

Speaking to the Management of MOPANI during the tour of both Nkana and Mufurila Plants, Honourable Kabuswe expressed happinesses with the Modern Infrustracture and the Investment in the mine.

He said the situation at Mopani has rejuvenated his hopes in the mining industry for the future of MOPANI Mine. Honourable Kabuswe asked Mopani Management under ZCCM-IH not to sideline Zambians suppliers in preference to foreigners when awarding Contracts.

“Please, I don’t want to see a situation where foreigners are awarded contract disadvantaging Zambians, Zambia and Zambians are next to my heart and our interest as UPND and New Dawn government will be that of the people of Zambia. If possible, foreigners should Partner with Zambians to supply these Mines. I want you Management to be professional, we will not influence your operations as politicians or cadres, like we used to see in the past regime. I know you were working under very difficult environment but the New Dawn government is here to see Zambians benefit from their mineral resources.” he said.

Honourable Kabuswe further said the New Dawn Government will support every good effort to the ZCCM-IH to see the mine grow but he was not in a position to tell the next step government will take till his Excellence gives policy direction.

Meanwhile, CEO MOPANI, Mr Charles Sakanya has assured the Minister that Zambians are capable of running the Mines provided government provide good and constant policies. He said the Company has managed to reduce the number of expatriates to create room for the skills locally. He further said MOPANI has made profit of $57 million and projected another increase next year.

The Mines Minister also toured MCTC College and was impressed with the type of skill transfer at the institution. Mopani was put on care and mantaince last year after Glencore pulled out of MOPANI sighting production challenges.

Source : CIC Press

INVESTIGATE US, WE DIDNT CARRY OUR OFFICES, PF TELLS GOVERNMENT

By Mwenya Mofya,

PF deputy national chairperson Davies Chama says no one can stop the UPND government if they want to use the fight against corruption as a scapegoat to avoid delivering on their campaign promises.

And Chama says there are no internal wrangles in PF, arguing that people are just imagining something which is not there.

In an interview, Chama said law enforcement agencies were free to carry out investigations as PF officials did not move with their offices or documents.

“I do not have the instruments of power. Those who have the instruments of power, if that is top on their agenda in terms of delivery on what they have promised the Zambian people, then that is what they want to focus on. I can only say that when I served as Minister and vacated the position as Minister, I did not move with my office, the building and documents, so the office is still at the Ministry of Defence. The building is still at the Ministry of Defence and the officers are still at the Ministry of Defence,” Chama said.

“So those who want to focus on investigations as opposed to delivering to what they promised the Zambian people, if that is their priority or their scapegoat not to deliver what they promised, that is up to them. No one can stop them if that is their focus and that is their number one priority. If that is what will bring the food on the table or reduce the price of commodities, if that will also provide free education that they promised, if that will also bring down the price of fertilizer and if they think that is a priority for them to deliver what they promised the Zambian people, the buildings and offices are there, let them investigate. We did not move with the offices and documents.”

And Chama said the PF made sure that it delivered on what it promised to the Zambian people.

“I cannot speak for them so you can call and question them. For us when we went into power to make sure that we transform and we transformed, we made sure that we delivered what we promised to the Zambian people. For them, if their priority is to witch-hunt and start fishing in the ducks looking for shadows let them continue,” he said.

Meanwhile, Chama said there were no internal wrangles in PF.

“There is no internal friction. I think if you have followed the statements that have been issued after whatever happened, there is no truth to the internal friction. People are just imagining something that is not there. I think it is not a secret, the SG, the president and Ng’onga Mukupa made statements to that effect that they will be exiting their positions. So there is no internal friction that is taking place. I think people are imagining things that are not there. There are no internal frictions. Zambia is full of speculations and I do not operate on speculation myself. I am not part of people who speculate and people who do that, do not have anything to do,” said Chama.

“They want to speculate and come up with their own things that they can imagine in their brains. There is too much speculation on social media and everywhere but I can confirm that there is no internal friction. People can make their own decisions and they made their positions very clear some time back. A number of statements have been issued. The former secretary general Mr Davies Mwila has indicated that they will be vacating these positions and it is in public domain. So why should people continue to speculate? I do not know why some of the people do not want to believe when you say something and they still want to speculate anyway. So those who want to speculate let them speculate.”

UPND WILL NOT RULE BEYOND 5 YEARS…in the event I’m elected PF president, says Kambwili

By Patson Chilemba

UPND will only be in power for five years in the event I am elected PF president, says Chishimba Kambwili.

And Kambwili has pleaded with his fellow party member, Lupososhi member of parliament Emmanuel Mpankata, to forgive him if there is anything wrong he has done against him, as he doesn’t understand where Mpankata’s hatred comes from.

Speaking with Daily Revelation, Kambwili responded to Mumbi Phiri’s statement that his name was coming out prominently to replace Edgar Lungu, saying he had no problem in taking over as he would not let the party down.

He said in 2014 when president Michael Sata died, the people called for president Lungu to take over despite his own ambitions and those of people like Given Lubinda, Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba and Christine Kaseba among others.

“At the end of the day the people’s voice prevailed. If members want me to take over the mantle, why not? I can only assure members that I will not let them down and I will accept the privilege to be president of a giant organisation,” Kambwili said.

But put across to him that Mpankata had recently said that people who could not hold their ambitions left the party but were now back to take over the presidency, and were using money to influence youths because they felt the party was now broke, Kambwili said Mpankata has always had a problem with him.

He said the issue of him going out and then coming back again to the party was “neither here nor there”, as president Lungu himself said PF was for everybody, when responding to murmurings on the appointments of new members Charles Kakoma and Kabinga Pande into the central committee.

He said it was shocking that Mpankata could begin to sow seeds of disunity.

“He has always harbored hatred for me from a long time, because Sata used to say ‘if I had five people like Chishimba Kambwili we would have formed government already’ during our time in the opposition. But he said ‘why does Sata always talk about Kambwili when I was the first MP in the party?’” Kambwili said. “I will not be surprised that he must be among the people who were calling for my expulsion from the party. Even if I become president in PF I will treat him as a brother…please if I have wronged you in anyway find it in your heart to forgive me.”

Kambwili said even when people called for him to chair the postmortem committee, Mpankata opposed saying they should not be appointing people who once left the party and caused its defeat.

“If I become president of PF, with all the support from everybody, including Mpankata, UPND will not jump the five year mark. That you can tick. They will only rule for five years, and after five years PF will bounce back,” Kambwili said. “At the moment I am giving them all the latitude to settle. I don’t want the way people were saying about UPND that they were bitter.”

He said the ruling UPND has a huge challenge to fulfill their expectations to the people.

Put across to him that Democratic Party (DP) leader Harry Kalaba said those in PF must first repent for the corruption, anti-democratic tendencies, using pangas in political violence and other vices before talking of rebranding, Kambwili said he was fired from government in 2016 while Kalaba remained part of government until around 2018, and therefore he must be part of the people apologising to Zambians, including Science and Technology minister Felix Mutati.

Taking a dig at President Hakainde Hichilema who has left the country within the first month of being elected, Kambwili said Sata took his first trip outside the country after six months of being elected even when he was invited to address the Commonwealth in Australia earlier.

“He said he wanted to settle his government first…(but) I can’t fault Bally on that because each person has his own way of handling things,” he said.

Asked on what basis people should trust him that he will remain still in PF when the going gets tough, when he has flip flopped in the past, uttering a lot against PF and that he was committed to the NDC and the opposition alliance before u-turning and rejoining the same party, and suddenly launching attacks on the opposition again, Kambwili said politics has seasons as not everything that glitters was gold.

He said even Vice-President Mutale Nalumango used to say a lot against President Hichilema during her time in the MMD.

“My DNA is PF, so you can see now I attach great importance to the PF,” said Kambwili.
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BELOW IS HIS OFFICIAL EXIT STATEMENT

FAIRWELL TO FACEBOOK FANS AS I HAND OVER THE PAGE TO MANAGEMENT TEAM
COMPLETELY TO RUN THE AFFAIRS OF CHELLAH TUKUTA PHOTOGRAPHY

Greetings to you all fellow Zambians, first of all I would love to thank you so much for voting President Hichilema into office in large numbers. Congratulations to every Zambian that participated in the electoral process.

I wish to thank you all my fans for all the support you gave me, I danced and did all the crazy things but now I can’t do that. This page will go back to it’s original of Photography posts. Anything you will see trending about me just know it was dug from the past.

I have also handed over my old phone numbers to the management and that they will run all the businesses on behalf of Chellah Tukuta Photography

Please note that I have began a new journey and chapter and I hope you too will move on. As I begin this new phase and chapter in my life SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT HAPPY WHILE OTHERS ARE. I wish to pray for those that hate me even when they have never had an encounter with me. MOST OF THEM ARE NOT HAPPY AND WILL TRY BY ALL MEANS TO SEARCH FOR NEGATIVES BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT WHATEVER THEY WILL MUSHROOM IS IN THE PAST AND NOT NEW.

I respect the President and the people of Zambia whom I stood with in hard times. I CAN NOT BE LOVED BY EVERYONE AND THAT I ACCEPT.

To my old friends I wish to thank you so much and I hope you will understand that now I can’t be in places where we used to be found and I can’t just do anything. I love you BUT I PRAY YOU LOVE ME SO MUCH THAT YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT MY ROLE IS BIGGER AND COMES WITH RESPONSIBILITIES.

MAJORITY OF THOSE THAT HATE ME WILL BRING BACK MY PAST LIFE AS A SOCIALITE WITH THE VIEW OF DENTING MY IMAGE. BUT I WISH TO ASSURE YOU THAT MY SOCIALITE LIFE IS OVER AND I CANNOT AND WILL NOT DO WHAT I COULD DO BACK IN THE DAYS. THE PAST IS OVER AND I ASK YOU ALL TO MOVE ON WITH ME ON THIS JOURNEY

I now have a bigger role to play and so I want to respect the Zambian people who in large numbers voted for President Hakainde Hichilema under whose office am serving as Presidential Photographer.

I AM NOW IN THE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYED BY THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE WHOM I RESPECT AND WISH TO SERVE DILIGENTLY AND THE PRESIDENT WHO HAS TRUSTED ME WITH THIS RESPONSIBILITY

GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND IT WAS NICE INTERACTING HERE ON FACEBOOK

If there’s one thing that guys love almost as much as they love a vagina, it’s boobs. Throughout the centuries, men have praised women’s breasts — wanting to look at them, play with them, and suck on them.

But as awesome as breasts are for both the person playing with them and the person they’re attached to, sometimes breast owners really wish they had a user manual so they could teach their lovers how to suck boobs the right way.

After all, if done just so, it is entirely possible for women (and men) to have nipple orgasms.

To help out in that department, I’ve written this brief guide for anyone interested in taking their nipple and breast play game up a notch or ten.
Here are 12 tips for men on how to suck boobs and play with nipples to turn a woman on.

1. Make sure the woman in question likes having her boobs sucked or played with.

Some women really aren’t sensitive there at all, so don’t get upset if she doesn’t moan. It’s sad but true that some women just don’t have sensitive nipples, and others truly dislike the feeling of having theirs played with.

You can suck on them all you want if she gives you consent, but you’ll never really blow her mind no matter what you do if nipple play just doesn’t get her aroused.

2. Help her relax first with a gentle neck and shoulder massage.

Particularly if she has large breasts, a back massage and shoulder massage is a great prequel to breast play. Breasts can get very heavy, and that means some women can get back pain just from hauling them around all day.

If you want her to relax, a foreplay to the foreplay back massage can help.

3. Gently knead her breasts with the same kind of motion.

It’s rare to find a woman who isn’t happy to receive a breast massage from the person she’s into.

Believe it or not, it’s possible for women to carry some tension in their chest muscles. This is particularly true if it’s during that time of the month.

4. Keep in mind that the size of her breasts has nothing to do with her pleasure.

The size of a woman’s breasts does not influence how sensitive her breasts or nipples are. There are some flat-chested women who really prefer getting their boobs sucked more than receiving oral sex. There are large-chested women out there who are very “meh” about anything involving their breasts.

Basically, don’t assume things because of her size.

5. Pay attention to the way she touches herself.

A good way to tell if and how she wants you to play with her boobs is by watching to see if and how she puts her (or your) hands on them.

If she’s trying to seduce you and if she does this, chances are she wants you to play with her breasts a bit. She probably wants you to suck on them, too. Don’t go off track and start playing with a different body part she’s not trying to call your attention to.

6. Don’t limit yourself to playing with her nipples.

Depending on the woman, the entire area around her breasts can be pretty sensitive. Focusing in on the nipples may not do much for some women when you’re ignoring the rest of a fairly large erogenous zone.

7. Don’t get aggressive unless she asks you to.

Please don’t assume a woman wants you to create a vacuum seal on her nipples. Getting too aggressive often just makes the entire experience painful.

8. Do not bite her nipples or breasts unless she tells you it’s OK.

As mentioned above, women’s breasts vary in sensitivity. Some women love a little biting, some love a lot of biting, and some don’t like any biting or nibbling at all.

It’s an entire spectrum, and that means that it’s best to be careful until you actually learn a bit about the boobs you’re touching. If you aren’t sure how rough or gentle you should be, ask her.

9. Don’t get too focused on whether or not her nipples are erect.

Nipples have a mind of their own. If you’re sucking on them and they don’t get erect, please don’t think she’s not having fun.

A woman really can’t control what her nipples do. Much like your penis, nipples don’t always do what they’re “supposed” to do when they’re supposed to do it.

10. Don’t be afraid of a little breast milk.

Be aware that if you suck on her boobs frequently and vigorously enough, there’s a chance she might lactate. This is true for both women who have had kids and women who haven’t.

It’s usually not a lot of milk unless you actually put in the effort to make a lot of milk happen. Plain and simple, don’t freak if it happens.

11. If that turns you on, ask her if she’s OK with you trying to make her lactate.

Some women aren’t just OK with breastfeeding their boyfriends, they actually love it. This is one of those things that some women find weird, but others find very intimate.

If you are into that idea, there’s no problem with at least broaching the subject.

12. Don’t stress about whether or not you’re doing a good job.

Most women love it when the man they’re with gets excited about foreplay — breast sucking and touching included. It shows us you care in the most awesome way possible.

Don’t worry about whether or not you’re doing it well enough. If you’ve followed the advice above and she’s still there and seems to be enjoying herself, chances are she’s having an excellent experience.

Chipenzi McDonald
CONTRA TO ASSERTIONS THAT IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE FORMER PRESIDENT EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU’S IMMUNITY: LET ME DEMONSTRATE HOW IT IS EASY TO REMOVE IT

Firstly, PF is at its weakest point in its political existence and history after the excruciating defeat in the August 12, 2021, General Election which has seen high profiled party officials resigning or intending to resign.

So a number of PF MPs may be angry with ECL for leading them to the excruciating electoral defeat and may want to punish him too for his political arrogance.

Therefore, this is how easy it will be or is to remove Lungu’s immunity using the provisions of Article 98 of the Constitution of Zambia:

1) President HH has privileged information regarding his predecessor’s alleged misdeeds and commissions and omissions of his predecessor and in consultations with lawyers and state attorneys, a prima facie case can be established against his predecessor;

2) President HH has power to summon the National Assembly and constitute it into parliament with his presence and detail his findings against his predecessor;

3) The Speaker has powers to constitute a selective committee of Parliament with composition as her preserve which can’t be dictated by anybody;

4) The UPND has simple majority in Parliament to constitute that select committee which can easily find President EDGAR CHAGWA Lungu with a prima facie case;.

5) Precedence was set during the constitution of Bill 10 select committee which saw nominated MP in Raphael NAKACINDA, a faithful of President Lungu chairing the select Committee and the Committee composed of mostly pro Bill 10 MPs.

6) In parliament upnd has 90 MPs and, if the assumption of the 13 Independents, one PNUP, One Veep and one deputy speaker vote with UPND is to go by, the total number in favour of UPND will be 106 short of only 6 MPs.

This shortage can easily be solicited from some PF disgruntled MPs to meet the 112MPs 2/3 requirement for the removal of ex-President Lungu’s immunity.

This is the easiest assignment for UPND and President HH, I believe than the Bill 10 debacle which UPND had no numbers not even 1/3 majority but defeated the Bill, can be executed within hours of Parliament convening

So, those thinking that UPND and President HH will have an uphill battle and hard to remove Lungu’s immunity are just trying to tell President HH to quicken the pace of moving and removing Lungu’s immunity.

I submit.

McDonald Chipenzi