Dear Bally aka Hakainde Hichilema.

By: Agness Namumba.

May your health and everything that concerns you continues to reign in goodness.

I remember those days when we immaturely used to jump on the bandwagon, go on and fourth supporting the negative speeches about you, well that’s what society offers us. Grew up thinking that if you were to become president then Zambia would be divided, due to these thoughts ,hatred grew towards your tribe and tribe cousins because then it was an imposed lie that tribalism was going to progress to xenophobia , such fear of distorting our national anthem “one land and one nation” , burying ” dignity and peace ” was the fear every person who heard your name being mud had .

Its so sad , most people neglected a warrior and went for a silent bell , but God has got a way of keeping his own and maturing people under his thumb. Its a fair deal that we have been handled carelessly and this has caused our eyes to open, people treasure a good thing fully when the arrival delays and now its due time .

Its so breaking that people work like dogs and eat like birds , its so shocking ‘ how they avoid issues affecting their people like a plague’ when all that people need is a fair shake , not only that but when responsible citizens take dove actions , they jump off the deep end ready for a cat and dog’s fight . When an awake vulnerable one wants to speak out , they ensure that his hair stand on its end. When they go over like a lead balloon , workers scrap the bottom of the barrel whilst ‘they eat like horses . If only they were to take a dose of their own medicine, maybe their selfish desires would become selfless but pride won’t let them else their ego will be wounded , some know that they are now racing against time , so they are putting stones in every pocket they possibly have .

With all this going on , only a dead blind man can’t see that there’s hope for our territory. Because now I have learnt that the vision you have is highly focused like that of a mighty eagle , its a lie that you’re selfish, you just know how to guard resources. You fit like a glove for this nation, despite being cased behind bars , you still watched like a hawk. Its so comforting that you have what it takes to be a bally for the nation, the mind that you have is like that of a steel trap, you are not a cat in gloves that catches no mice , its high time they accepted that you are a force to be reckoned with respect, your are fearless like a king of the jungle,a

By Macdonald Chipenzi

30 DAY VOTER REGISTRATION PERIOD VS. THE PROVISIONS OF THE CURRENT LAW. IT MAY BE AN ACT OF ILLEGALITY & IMPUNITY.
In Zambia, Law seems to mean nothing as long as ONE is a state institution or a cadre close to/associated with the ruling party.

The Electoral Commission Zambia (ECZ)’s prescription of a 30 day period for the registration of 9 million voters in Zambia ahead of the 2021 General Election is not backed by and not provided for in the current law.
In addition, the Commission has no mandate whatsoever to amend/alter or negotiate the law in its current form. Only Parliament has that mandate.

The provisions of the current law are very clear. The law states, in Section 7 of the Electoral Process Act No 35 of 2016, that “the Commission SHALL conduct a continuous registration of voters”.
This is mandatory not optional to the ECZ and we wonder where the 30 day registration period of voters is coming from and which law triggers it.

The Commission is only mandated to prescribe “cut off dates with respect to the registration of voters and compilation of the Register of Voters,” including the date by which a person may apply to be registered or change registration details (Section 20(1).
We have observed with concern this trend by the Commission not to follow the well laid down legal provisions in the conduct of its functions as a Commission.

One of the blatant breach of the law by the Commission is the reduction in the Campaign Period.
Unilaterally and outside the provision of the law, the Commission has shortened the Campaign Period to, in some instances, less than 30 days just like the voter registration period is being shortened from “continuous” to 30 days.

In the current law, “campaign period” is defined as ” a period of three months before the holding of an election”. This has not been honored by the Commission for some time now.

For Instance, in Kafue, less than 20 days were defined as campaign period. This impunity must come to an end if law is to be relevant in Zambia.
I submit

WAR seems to have emerged over ownership of Matero Stadium in Lusaka after the Lusuka City Council revoked the lease from Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa.

This move saw potential developers applying to lease the stadium and among them is Mwembeshi ward 27 councillor Kelvin Kaunda.

Kaunda says the former Matero lawmaker did not own the stadium but was only a member of the trustees of the Matero Constituency Development Trust by virtue of being the area member of parliament.

“Matero stadium has never belonged to him, he was a member of the Matero Constituency Development Trust by virtue of [being] the area member of parliament and documents are there to show. The constitution is there for that constituency trust and the right person to take up the issues of the stadium is the current member of parliament,” he said.

“The legal documents are there, the Constitution is there and where all the parties signed. Matero Stadium has never been a property of Miles Sampa, the mayor’s claims are unfounded because never at any time did I chair the finance committee which his lawyers are alleging.”

Kaunda added that it was unfortunate that the mayor went on to allege so many things yet he had documentation in his office that he could rely on.

“The Lusaka City Council meetings are public, actually the meeting which terminated the contract between Lusaka City Council and Matero Development Committee was chaired by himself (Miles Sampa) and records are there at LCC for anyone to read, so it is unfortunate that the mayor can go out to allege so many things and yet he has documents in his office that he can look at and validate his claims,” he said.

Sampa through his lawyers on Wednesday threatened to take legal action against the LCC for revoking the lease agreement in a meeting he chaired.

According to the lease agreement, in section D, Sampa agreed to rehabilitate the premises as soon as practicable, as a football stadium with proper playing surface with other requisites of the first class Stadium and during the said term to keep down the herbage by means of mowers and to keep the playing surface in proper order and condition for good play which is not the case the since 2016.

By Patson Chilemba

First Republican president Dr Kenneth Kaunda’s sons have offered differing positions on presidential booing, with Colonel Panji arguing that people have the right to boo President Edgar Lungu, and his brother Kaweche describing the conduct as unacceptable.

Speaking with Daily Revelation, ruling PF member Col Panji said Zambia was a democratic country where booing was a form of demonstration, for people to air their grievances against leaders, in this case President Lungu.

He said any President is supposed to have a thick skin, but President Lungu has overreacted like a baby following his recent booing in Monze.

“Booing is the same as you going to stand in the middle of the road with a placard. It’s not a criminal offence, it’s a way of showing displeasure. My father (Dr Kaunda) was booed because people didn’t like the way things were going,” Col Panji said. “You have to stand the hit of the kitchen if you want to be President. If you want to be president you have to have a thick skin so that whatever comes to you you don’t react like a baby. He (President Lungu) has overreacted. It’s (booing) not something he can say is serious.”

Col Panji wondered which law police were going to use to charge the people who booed the President, saying offenses like inciting violence can only arise if people acted violently.

On the threats against the youths who conducted demonstrations in the bush, Col Panji said the youths went in the bush because they were not allowed to protest by the police.

Reminded that his own brother Kaweche had offered differing views to his on booing, Col Panji said the Kaundas were a democratic family, saying that’s why there were members of UNIP, UPND and PF in the same family.

“We are telling the nation that we have different views but in the evening we sit together on the table. I am not going to cut Kaweche’s head off because he is differing with my views,” said Col Panji, who said he had lived through all the governments in Zambia, including the federal government, but ranked President Lungu’s as simply terrible. “In school when a fellow student misbehaved the teacher would tell us to boo him to show displeasure by the teacher. So booing is a normal way of showing unhappiness.”

But Kaweche said it was not acceptable to boo the head of state.

“Whatever you think of the President it is not acceptable, because one day you will be President, I will be President, Mr. Phiri there will be President and we have got to respect the presidency. Let other issues we have with the President or disagreements we need to talk and bring to his attention and hopefully get it resolved,” he said

Asked if it was a crime for people to boo the President, Kaweche said he was not a lawyer to speak on how the law affected those who were involved with such behaviour.

Kaweche urged leaders to resolve the violence the nation was experiencing, saying each leader should take it upon themselves to talk to their followers.

“What has been resolved by doing those things? Nothing. But you can resolve it if leaders sit down and talk to each other and find a common way of dealing with these things,” said Kaweche. “Let me just say we are going down a dangerous path if our leaders don’t take hold of this, a very dangerous path and it’s not a path anybody would wish for the country.” – Daily Revelation

International Trade Expert Trevor Simumba says the accusations that President Edgar Lungu sponsored the insurgency in Rwanda are serious.

And flight radar details have emerged showing that the Presidential Aircraft Challenger 9J-One landed in Kigali, Rwanda this morning from Lusaka.

Mr Simumba said the Office and the name of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zambia has been brought into disrepute by the accusation from Rwanda.

He said the Government of Zambia must request a categorical response from the Government of Rwanda on these serious allegations.

“More importantly the accuser must retract the statement he has made in court or produce evidence of his alleged meeting with the President. We cannot simply issue a shallow statement and rely on PF cadres on social media to defend the President,” Mr Simumba said.

He added, “We need Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice and Cabinet Office to do their jobs and get to the bottom of this whole matter using established State Protocols. Definition of disrepute: lack or decline of good reputation: a state of being held in low esteem.”

And information obtained from www.flightradar.com and www.flightaware.com shows that the presidential challenger aircraft left Lusaka at 07:32 headed to Kigali, Rwanda.
It is yet unclear who was on board and the nature of the mission to Rwanda.

State House is currently serviced by two aircrafts namely the Challenger 9J-One and the top-of-the-range new Gulfstream G650 jet.

FlightAware is a digital aviation company and operates the world’s largest flight tracking and data platform and provides over 10,000 aircraft operators and service providers as well as over 13,000,000 passengers with global flight tracking solutions, predictive technology, analytics, and decision-making tools.

The firm receives data from air traffic control systems in over 45 countries while Flightradar24 is a global flight tracking service that provides real-time information about thousands of aircraft around the world.

It tracks 180,000+ flights, from over 1,200 airlines, flying to or from 4,000+ airports around the world in real time.

And Statehouse released the following statement

Below are details of Challenger sightings

-LT

WE are unstoppable, declares 24-year-old Socialist Party parliamentary candidate for Mongu Central Constituency, Christine Musole.

Musole was unveiled last Saturday by the party leadership and she is convinced that the new force on the Zambian political scene is, “here to change everything.”

Asked how she interpreted the common cliché that politics is a dirty game, Musole had a different view.

“No, it is not true that politics is a dirty game; it is just a misconception created by a corrupt foundation. We are here for change and we are unstoppable. I’m not a politician, my president Dr Fred M’membe is also not a politician; we are revolutionaries,” she said in an interview. “We are coming to sweep the notion that politics is a dirty game. It’s actually people with corrupt minds that have created that impression. And the Socialist Party is coming in to provide change. We want to make Zambia and the world a better place.”

Another aspect that has worried the youth is the usual rhetoric that they are the leaders of tomorrow.

Asked if she believed in that, Musole objected strongly.

“I have not been trained to be a leader; I was born a leader. We are today’s leaders, so I don’t know which future they talk about. It is because of selfishness that some people keep confining the youth to waiting, even when our time has come. That is why the Socialist Party is here to break the norm and show other political parties that politics can be done with honesty,” she said.

Asked further if all elders should be removed from leadership to pave way for the young ones, Musole refused vehemently.

“They are called elders because they have been there before and they are still here to provide guidance. There is no better teacher than the one with experience; and that is where elders come in. I have the energy to run as a youth, but I may not know the way. So, the elders will show me the way, and that is what the Socialist Party leadership is doing to us the youth; they are showing us the way,” she said. “But what I am saying is that the Socialist Party beats other political parties because our party is showing honesty on this. In other parties, elders have held positions for so long and they do not want to give chance to the youth. Other political parties are using the youth as tools of violence. You will notice that people attacking others in politics are not elders but youths, which is unfortunate.”

Asked if she believes that the Socialist Party will fulfil its dream of having a 50 per cent female representation at local government and parliamentary level, Musole confidently answered in the affirmative.

“You see, honesty is one of the virtues of socialism. Socialists are meant to be honest, that is what distinguishes us from other political ideologies. Our manifesto states that there will be 50 per cent women representation, so it’s not a joke; we are serious about it,” said Musole. “For example, Western Province has got 19 constituencies, and our president Dr M’membe has told us that out of those seats, 10 will be given to women while nine will go to men. In fact, the politburo (political bureau) of our central committee also said that even the remaining nine, if there arises another woman to contest, she can still be considered. Our national statistics show that women are the majority voters, so why should we deny them chance to lead?”

Chishimba Kambwili changes His views, Says State House Must Explain Court Allegations in Rwanda.

He says he has since learnt that the remarks alleging that President Edgar Lungu was involved in funding a rebel leader, were made in a court of law.He says state house must now explain this allegations.

He claims that he made earlier remarks on the assumption that the story was fake and cooked up in Zambia.

YABA! BAKAMBWILI BACHINJA STORY AFTER BEING COVERED ON PUBLIC AND PF MEDIA SURE, I THINK THIS STORY MIGHT GO FAR

BaChishimba Kambwili has changed his position on Rwanda issue, he is now calling on State House to explain the court allegations in Rwanda.

He says he has since learnt that the remarks alleging that President Edgar Lungu was involved in funding a rebel leader, were made in a court of law.

BaKambwili claims that he made earlier remarks on the assumption that the story was fake and cooked up in Zambia.

Yaba! I guess nalalekela (I will stop) talking about this issue and let those who get paid to defend the President handle it otherwise, this story might go far.

But most interestingly someone reminded me of the FIC report of 2018 which had the following:

Case 3: Suspected Terrorist Financing

Two foreign nationals X and Y incorporated company D in Zambia. Company D held bank accounts with bank B. Mr. X requested the bank to amend his name, date of birth and nationality. Upon receipt of this request, the bank performed customer due diligence and adverse information on the new credentials was revealed. The new name was linked to a terrorist group in Country Q within Africa. Mr. X made multiple
forex purchases using his company account to fund his travel from Zambia to the African Country where terrorist activities are rampant. The forex purchases by Mr. X were suspected to be funding terrorist activities in Country Q.

The matter was disseminated to competent authorities for further investigation.

I guess competent people will respond, ine naleka.

TAYALI THE PUBLIC LAWYER OF THE PUBLIC COURT OF OPINIONS!

By McDonald Chipenzi

THE CALL BY POLITICAL PARTIES FOR THE ECZ COMMISSIONERS TO RESIGN 11 MONTHS TO THE GENERAL ELECTION.

YESTERDAY, political parties under the auspices of the Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID), other than the largest opposition party UPND which pulled out of the Centres months ago, resolved to call for the resignation of the entire Commission for not listening to political parties concerns ahead of the 2021 General Election.

One concern cited has been the high nomination fees being imposed on the prospective aspiring candidates for any elective position in the country though ECZ argues that the fees were arrived at after consultations with all stakeholders.

The political parties, which included the ruling PF, resolved also to withdraw from the Political parties Liaison Committee of the ECZ.

This call from political parties on the Commission to resign has serious electoral ramifications and if not addressed quickly hinges on the credibility of the outcome of the 2021 General Election .

Firstly, the elections are just 11 MONTHS from this month and appointing a totally new team may have its own challenges though Malawi is a good example on how a new Commission can discharge its duty within a short period of being reconstituted.

Secondly, the fact that, even the ruling party led by a person who appointed these commissioners has joined the call for their resignation, shows the high levels of loss of stakeholders confidence in the ECZ and its Commissioners.

How, then, is the country going into a major election with such kind of stakeholders’ mistrust and loss of confidence in a commission?

The failure, according to political parties by ECZ not to listen to its concerns has caused this loss of trust and confidence not only from the opposition political parties alone but also the ruling party and appointing authority.

This is a serious point of reflection by the Commission to salvage its tattered public image from the 2016 General Election.

It is and must no longer be business as usual for the Commission. These are serious dents on its image and self-introspection is key by the Commission to trace where it has gone astray.

Even the bringing in of the so called “eminent persons” to advise the Commission will not save the Commission from this stakeholders’ backlash.

I submit

QUESTIONABLE NATIONALITIES OF BILL 10 FIGUREHEADS

Where did those calling for bill 10 come from?

James Kasanda Musendeka Lukuku, RPP President

1. President Edgar Lungu
President Edgar Lungu’s nationality has been challenged by the New Labour Party President Mr Fresher Siwale who has insisted that he comes from Malawi. We can’t elaborate much since this nationality case is actively before court.

2. Patrick Matibini
The Speaker of our national assembly is of Zimbabwean origin whose family merely settled in chisamba katuba chibombo area. There is an area called Matibiri in Zimbabwe where most Matibinis come from. There is no village or chief in Zambia for any one named Matibini.

3.Tutwa Ngulube
I questioned Tutwa Ngulube about his nationality when I came across some information that he came from Rwanda as young refugee. He has since taken me to kabwe high court and I can’t discuss further comment since this case is before court.

3. Hon Given Lubinda
Given Lubinda’s parentage is kokai and that always throws his nationality in question. His origin, chief, village and nationality cannot be determined with certainty. His father, mother and siblings are almost none existence. When I questioned him about this in a video I produced, he took me to court for defamation but according to news diggers, I heard he has withdrawn the case against me.

4. Andrew Mwanza Ntewewe
When you are typing the name Ntewewe on the google keyboard, the word breweries or simply brewery pops up. Ntewewe has a nationality controversy that must be investigated because throughout his childhood life, he has been a Mwanza and thats how Jehovah’s Witnesses where he congregated knew him. How he changed to Mr Mwanza nobody knows. He affixed Mwanza as a middle name and called himself Mr Ntewewe. Now there is no one in eastern province with Mwanza as a middle name. His counterpart Isaac Mwanza has since disappeared away from bill 10 advocacy.

5.Honourable Mundubila
Mundubila can be a Zambian name but 99% of Mundubilas are Mwachiuusas or Mwachibusas from Tanzania. They are known for keeping heavy afros just like the way Hon Mundubila keeps his. We only have to hope this Bill ten parliamentary chief whip belongs to the 1%.

In conclusion
I ask you to share this information widely so that Zambians are educated about this questionable side of those calling for the realisation of Bill Ten into law. Why is it that all indigenous Zambians including the likes of Hon Mumbi Phiri, Hon Inonge Wina are quite on Bill Ten until they are forced to speak about it? Share this important information so that Zambians can conclude for themselves about those erecting billboards just to ensure bill ten goes through.

James Kasanda Musendeka Lukuku

UPND MPS ARE A LET DOWN, WHERE ARE THEY?

By Chileshe Mulenga

There is literally a war situation in the country and PF has tried to dominate the scene with all manner of weaponry and propaganda through the use of its Party militia forces and rogue media. These forces are being supported heavily by the so called allied forces under the command of partisan Inspector General of PoliceKakoma Kanganja.

To our utter surprise, HH and a few of his faithful ‘Generals’ like Mwiimbu, Mweetwa, Nkombo, and Captain Kang’ombe from the Sesheke Reserve Battalion appear to be active and offensive on the ground.

The question is, where are the other ranks and sub commanders to let the battle be fought by only a limited command element.

We expect that these giants must be up and down speaking out in support of their boss and the ordinary people on the ground. They keep quite as if they are not seeing the situation deteriorating.Emulate either your boss or Dr Chishimba Kambwili. Please speak up, nobody will kill you. Join the disgruntled youth and speak for us the down trodden. We chose you not to just enjoy the spoils, but to speak for us the forgotten masses.

You have a major stake in the affairs of this nation. Remember your President got 1 700 000 against 1 800 000 and that alone must be a strong impetus to drive you mad.The gassing went on unabated you were eerily quite, Bill 10 is on the drawing board, but apart from walking out in Parliament, we hear no voices on the streets or the constituencies you represent. PF are criminally collecting voters’ cards and NRC’s to defranchise our people in our own strongholds, you are quite. The economy has died ,but we hear no voices, the police have become a PF tool, all we hear are loud yawns from you our legislative representatives.

Many things have gone berserk in our country and we expect you our MPs to be visible by speaking out. The man says ‘nobody will remove him’ from power, and you keep quiet when such a declaration is treasonous.

Please speak for us and not not just come next year seeking four votes. We have the power to ensure you are not readopted come next year. We know that some of you become relevant about this time because elections are near. You desert your people after elections. You can’t keep holding your arms at akimbo while the country is under fire. Please speak and supplement the voice of your boss President Hakainde Hichilema.

Also where are the members of the NMC who only appear once when they defect from the Party like Gabriel Namulambe? Where are they at this grave yard hour? Please we need a national Conference/Convention to have elected members who will be accountable to the people and who the people can recall for failure to perform.

By Lambwe Kachali
Dubious financial transactions in Zambia have continued to skyrocket, now costing the country K6.1 billion from K4.5 billion in 2017, according to the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) report.

And FIC has cited law firms as major accomplices in facilitating suspected criminals to mask the source of funds and aid reinvestment or movement to foreign jurisdictions.

According to the FIC report which zeroed in on the 2018 financial transactions, and obtained by Daily Revelation, corruption is on the ever-increasing trajectory under the Patriotic Front (PF) government under the leadership of President Edgar Chagwa Lungu and has cost the country hugely.

“In 2018, the Centre analysed 176 suspicious transaction reports, of which 80 were disseminated to Law Enforcement Agencies on suspicions covering: tax evasion, fraud, corruption and money laundering. The total value of the suspected offences in the disseminated cases was estimated at ZMW 6.1 billion (or about USD 520 million) which includes tax assessments by ZRA amounting to ZMW 62 million,” the report stated in part.

FIC reported that in the year under review, the country lost K4.9 billion to corruption, K1 billion was lost due to tax evasion, K110 million to theft, while K54 million was lost due to fraud: cumulatively amounting to K6.1 Billion.

“The trends observed in 2018 were in many ways similar to those of preceding years. For example, in 2017, the Centre disseminated reports involving suspicious financial transactions valued at ZMW 4.5 billion, increasing to ZMW 6.1 billion in 2018. This was mainly attributed to the increase in the value of transactions related to corruption in the disseminations. The most prevalent forms of corruption noted in 2018 were those involving bribery, self- dealing/conflict of interest. During the year, the Centre disseminated reports on corruption with an estimated value of ZMW 4.9 Billion,” the report emphasised. “

FIC further stated that public procurement or tender awarding processes had become extremely vulnerable to corruption.

“Certain specifications are manipulated to disadvantage other bidders. After the specifications have been drawn, the tender process commences. This involves the bidding and the awarding of contracts. The implementation stage is also susceptible to corruption as most contracts are not performed as per contractual obligation. Procurement corruption has led to the crowding out of legitimate businesses. It has also increased the cost of public projects,” the report continued and cited companies involved in dubious corrupt dealings.

“Shell Corporate Vehicles are registered companies that are non –operational and do not have known physical addresses. From cases analysed in 2018, shell companies were used to obtain contracts from Government institutions and launder proceeds of crime. It was also noted that some shell companies were used to conceal the identity of beneficial owners. Other cases analysed indicated that some contracts were awarded prior to formation of the corporate vehicle. The FIC noted the high usage of gatekeepers such as law firms and accounting/audit firms to facilitate corrupt activities. The specific activities included using accounts of law firms to layer transactions, purchase property and to distribute cash to beneficial owners,” the report stated in part. “In some instances, the perpetrators were holders of public office, and part of their responsibility was to regulate members for AML/CFT purposes. These included banks, micro-finance institutions, pension funds and insurance companies. A number of cases that were analysed involved placement of proceeds of crime and transfer to jurisdictions outside Zambia. The FIC noted a continuing trend of the use of associates or nominees or family members to hide beneficial ownership of corporate vehicles and to own property. In some instances, the FIC observed a trend where ‘’Companies’’ not registered with the Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) were awarded public contracts. Most of these companies were connected to Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs). The FIC observed dispossession of property through force and intimidation of legal owners and Law Enforcement officers. Perpetrators included Zambians and foreign nationals.”

And FIC cautioned law firms in the country against becoming accomplices in illegal financial transactions.

“It was observed that identified law firms assisted suspected criminals to mask the source of funds and aided its reinvestment or movement to foreign jurisdictions. Most cases involved illegally obtained funds transferred to law firms who then facilitated the acquisition of property such as land and motor vehicles on behalf of the launderers. In 2018, the Centre analysed cases related to nine (9) law firms amounting to ZMW 365 Million,” the report revealed.

FIC added that some Casinos and Real Estate businesses have joined the thieving band through money laundering among other illicit financial transactions.

“The acquisition of property using laundered funds continued to occur during the year 2018. The Centre observed a discrepancy between the mortgage market and the rising number of housing and office infrastructure. This rise can partly be attributed to an increase in the number of Property Developers. Currently, there is no regulator that oversees the activities of property developers for AML/CFT purposes. Construction provides an easy and undetectable avenue for criminals to launder funds. The placement and layering of the illegal proceeds occur during the construction of property. The Integration of the proceeds of crime occurs when either the property is sold or leased for rental income,” stated FIC report. “Reports analysed by the Centre in 2018 indicated that some casinos do not hold bank accounts in Zambia. It was however noted that persons, especially from foreign jurisdictions working for these casinos, had bank accounts in Zambia that received large cash deposits which were followed by large outward transfers, mostly to their home jurisdictions. Further, some casinos were using employees and shareholders as cash couriers. The Centre also noted that some of these casinos are not compliant with the local law requirements prescribed by the Zambia Revenue Authority or the Licensing Committee under the Ministry of Tourism and Arts.”

By Patson Chilemba

It is up to Zambians to decide if they want to continue under this corrupt system, says ruling PF member Colonel Panji Kaunda.

And Col Panji said politicians in government become complacent and take people for granted once elected because Zambians go to sleep instead of remaining vigilant by providing effective checks and balances on the people elected.

Speaking with Daily Revelation, Col Panji said it pained him to see that the same things he and those in PF campaigned heavily against during the MMD reign, were the same things rearing their ugly head under the PF administration of President Edgar Lungu.

He said PF was now defined by rampant corruption, violence, thuggery, pride and the impunity by party cadres to do as they wished, including where they took matters into their own hands at the courts, in the process making it impossible for Health minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya to take plea over the corruption charges against him.

Col Panji moaned that all the state institutions that were supposed to safeguard the country’s democracy had now collapsed, including the role of the police, who seemed to play complicit in failing to stop PF cadres unruliness.

“I feel sad that as a PF man who fought for this government to get in power, we ourselves are doing the very things we condemned. If you look at our manifesto we have failed to do what we promised,” Col Panji said. “It’s up to them (Zambians) to decide if they want to continue under the corrupt system. People themselves are on the receiving end. If they are happy they will retain the PF.”

Col Panji said the unruliness by PF cadres at the Magistrates Court for Dr Chilufya’s appearance was the very reason why it was not right for a minister, charged with serious offenses to remain in office, saying police were scared to do anything as it involved a minister who also had the support of the President.

“If those people (cadres) who were escorting the minister, if it was Kambwili and HH you could have seen machine guns all over,” Col Panji said, further saying calls for Dr Chilufya to step aside were moral and not legal.

And Col Panji said since Zambians could not determine beforehand what sort of people they elected would turn out to be once in leadership, the best they could do was to remain vigilant once they elected those same people into government. He cited the example of Malawi where the people forcefully spoke out against that country’s newly elected President Dr Lazarus Chakwera after he appointed relatives into government, barely a few days after the gave him a resounding victory over incumbent Dr Peter Mutharika.

Mayor Miles Sampa writes:

My history is such that those who choose to hate or hurt on me more so on political grounds only end up making me wealthier.

In 2010 the Bank Of Zambia (BoZ) without Insoni (shame) left their air-conditioned offices and came to Finance Bank to fire me with armed Policemen escorting me out of my office as if I was some armed robber.Todate I think I hold the record of the only Director of a Banker fired in such a manner by the regulator BOZ.

They were however sent to sort me out by the mighty MMD top brass because I was a nephew to late Michael Sata that was also acting as his personal Banker for his personal accounts. I was also a signatory to the then PF Bank account at ZANACO.

I went to see then BOZ Governor Caleb Fundaga who was close to my then Father in-law but he was non commital. I called then Financé Bank Chairman and reportedly personal friend to then President RB to help me but he called me back a day later “sorry they have refused (and state you must be fired) “

I called Dickson Jere then at Statehouse to help me to speak to the then President RB that I had done nothing wrong. He called back “yavuta nkani”.

I sued Finance Bank and BoZ in the Labour Court for wrongful dismissal. When BoZ lawyers Steven Lungu SC and the then AG Abyud Shoonga were asked why they fired me, they failed to respond as they were shy to state “it was political” .
I won the case and was compensated enough money to buy a House and a Mercedes Benz 😊.

10 years later my lawyers in the case Central Chambers are still pushing in the Supreme Courts for additional payment from BoZ as they feel the calculations of money paid in 2011 short changed me.

So iyi politics against me at LCC is porridge but please don’t risk the people’s Council with possible future litigation and compensations out of insatiable appetite by misguided few,some to hit at me politically.

My personal and accrued rights shall not be stepped on at Matero Stadium.

As MCS would say “Mwaloba ilyauma”

Ndeloleshafye👀

PRESS STATEMENT
15th July 2020

BEATING OF POLICE OFFICERS BY PF THUGS AT CENTRAL POLICE SHOWS WE ARE FINALLY A FAILED STATE

The PF hooliganism and thuggery in the country keeps breaking news records with the recent incident being where their thugs beat up police officers right at one of the biggest police stations in the country.

Not even the once powerful UNIP vigilantes that terrorised citizens during the one party state reached this level of violence and thuggery of beating law enforcement agencies right at their premises.

As UPND, we have been at the receiving end of this PF thuggery resulting in some of our members even killed in cold blood by PF thugs, yet law enforcement agencies have done nothing up to now.

And we have repeatedly warned that violence has no end once it starts and encouraged by those in authority because one day they will equally be victims of the same.

We knew it was just a matter of time before this PF thuggery degenerates to such levels because it has been tolerated for a very long time now.

There are numerous incidents with video and photo evidence of PF thugs invading premises and beating up innocent citizens, such as what happened during the live TV Bill 10 debate at Intercontinental Hotel, yet nothing has been done to date.

We are also reminded of an incident during the Sesheke bye election when PF thugs invaded a police station and attacked police officers. But instead of promoting the police officers who repelled the PF thugs, the officers were themselves hounded out of the police service.

With all the powers that have been given to these PF hooligans where they have placed themselves above law enforcement agencies, what could stop them from raiding a police station and clobbering police officers?

It is now clear Zambia is finally a failed state because if law enforcement agencies cannot deal with perpetrators of such heinous crimes, where will ordinary citizens run to for security since police stations are equally not safe?

Where is the security of this nation and that of ordinary Zambians if police officers can be clobbered at the police station and then the assailants manage to evade arrest?

Can you imagine if these were UPND members who did such a thing.

Patrick Mucheleka
UPND Deputy Secretary

PF OFFICIAL ON THE RUN

…after staging armed robbery at Lusaka Central Police Station

Police in Lusaka are on a manhunt for Patriotic Front Eastern Province Youth Chairperson Emmanuel J Banda, commonly known as Jay Jay, who is facing aggravated robbery charges.

On Saturday last week, Banda mobilised armed PF cadres and stormed Lusaka Central Police where they beat up some unsuspecting officers on duty and got away with an undisclosed amount of money, belonging to one of the officers.

According to News Diggers, sources say the incident happened after the C5 anti-robbery squad shot and killed a suspect earlier, who happens to be a relative to Banda. The suspected robber died after sustaining four bullet wounds.

This infuriated the PF official who demanded to meet the officers involved in the shooting incident. However, the officers did not comply, prompting Banda to mobilise cadres and besiege the provincial police headquarters, with at least one visible firearm.

Noting the arrival of Banda, armed with a gun, some officers scampered into hiding while one of the officers, Ian Mbewe who is charge of anti-motor vehicle theft unit, fell victim to a thorough beating.

Banda and his gang then left the police station and went on the run, before officers could mobilise to take him on.

Lusaka Province Police Commissioner Nelson Phiri, who was present during the raid of his station, was unreachable for a comment, but his Eastern Province counterpart Luckson Sakala confirmed that police in the region were also looking for Banda, who had fled from Lusaka.

“That incident of cadres beating a police officer happened in Lusaka. Here in Chipata we have just been looking for this fugitive suspect. He ran away from Lusaka. I will not disclose the name. We have launched a manhunt for this person and we will not mention the name so that he is left in suspense.”said Commissioner Sakala.

Banda is the same PF official who urinated in the mouth of then Post Newspaper Reporter Peter Sukwa in December 2015, during the presidential by-election campaigns in Vubwi.

He was fined K14, 000 for assault after being found guilty by the Vubwi Magistrates’ Court.

In February last year, Banda was expelled from the party by Provincial Chairman Andrew Lubusha, on grounds that he had breached the PF constitution, but President Edgar Lungu nullified the expulsion, saying Banda who was a Petauke District official then, had not been granted an opportunity to be heard.

And in February this year, Banda was one of the PF cadres who disrupted a Law Association of Zambia-organised public discussion on Constitutional Amendment Bill number 10 of 2019 at Intercontinental Hotel.

A few months later, Banda was elevated to the rank of Provincial Youth Chairman, a post he currently occupies.

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has given me a status, so when am moving to South Africa, Dubai, they give me respect, says Bowman Lusambo.

And Lusambo has mocked MMD president Nevers Mumba saying he is staying in a rented house.

Meanwhile, Lusambo says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema is only good at keeping cows, chickens and goats.

He said this during a live radio programme on Sun FM radio on Saturday night in Ndola.

“So HH can’t come to us and lie. He is good in business, he can keep cows, chickens, goats, he is good in that, not in politics. Hakainde can’t be a President, he is just good at criticising Presidents. We only have a good President in Edgar Lungu,” Lusambo said.

“For me, President Lungu has given me a status, so when am moving to South Africa, Dubai, they give me respect. Now Hakainde is just as good as my kids, who carry my name as Edgar Chilosha Lusambo, children of a minister. You can’t go to State House using violence. Hakainde Hichilema is too dirty to be in politics. He is not true man. He told us he was walking bare footed, he had a house in Kalingalinga, but look at him. We’re not going to allow crooks to convince the people of Zambia.”

He said no one could move him in any way because he stands strong.

Lusambo said he had no regards for Hichilema and would call him anything.

“I can assure you that no one can move me. Your duty is just to go back to the farm and take care of the cows. Where we have reached with Edgar Lungu is at the highest. We can’t give this country to Hakainde Hichilema. We will continue to tell the people what Edgar Lungu has done. I have no regards for Hakainde Hichilema. So I will continue to decampaign him from now on up to 2021 when we will retire him. The captain Edgar Lungu has told us to relax as we have just faced turbulences.”

“Edgar Lungu has faced a lot of challenges this year but he is up to the task. He is the first President to put youths in his government,” he claimed.

And Lusambo said lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube should start looking for clients to defend him.

“KBF has run out of clients, that is why he is talking nonsense. Just go to court and defend the clients, in politics we crush. Just speak English. We can’t judge the intelligence of someone because of your English. So ba KBF, what are you ba mudala? Just give respect to Edgar Lungu,” he said.

Lusambo also mocked Mumba saying he is staying in a rented house.

“When Nevers Mumba is coming out from his rented house in Kalundu, renting a house! And going at East Park Mall, he sees the development that Edgar Lungu has brought. Learn to appreciate,” said Lusambo.

By McDonald Chipenzi

WHAT DID PRESIDENT LUNGU ACHIEVE DURING HIS VISIT IN WESTERN PROVINCE

FROM the reports filtering through, President Lungu seemed to have gone there for a “holiday” in the Barotse plains and not to work.
Other than presenting cheques to some entrepreneurs, President Lungu never committed anything to do with development in Western Province.

The Man flew all the way to MONGU and perhaps only drove to some districts such as Limulunga and its sister Royal village Lealui and Nalolo which 1Km off the Mongu-senanga Road, all with some resemblance of tar roads with few potholes.
President Lungu and government leaders should not be flying to MONGU and when visiting rural provinces as this is pure running away from the poor road network in these Province.

Going to Nalolo and Lealui with tar roads does not resolve the issue of the bad road Network in the province.
Look at the political road of Katunda-Mangango-Lukulu Road since 2014, has remained unattended to despite promising the people during the by-election campaign that brought in the 3rd PF MP in the province, Rodgers Lingweshi.

The Tatayoyo-TBZ-Nkeyema-Kaoma Road, Kazungula-Sesheke Road, Mulobezi Road among many roads in Western Province.
This habit of leaders flying is what has made them blind to challenges facing the citizens hence when they drive they are booed.
When these leaders are booed they get agitated and sponsor their bamushanina ubwali to declare no go areas to people coming from those provinces where these leaders have been booed.

But how do u expect people to smile at these leaders when they are driving on potholed roads while they go and come back to Lusaka flyng over them?

Western Province needs special attention. It needs its road network to be done so that they also enjoy driving to and back to the Capital City from their province on well done roads even if they use ox-charts.

Look at the so called tollgate, the only one in the Province! It is a sorry site and when someone will be booed by the people, someone will accused the opposition. Shame!
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