Seizure of Esther’s flats excites Church
Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya says the Church mother body supports the decision of the Economic and Financial Crimes Court over the seizure of 15 flats belonging to fomer first lady Esther Lungu.
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Fr Chikoya said those entrusted with power must be able to explain and be accountable on how they accumulated the wealth that they have, and that no one should actually have a problem doing the same.
But he warned current serving leaders to learn from what was happening against the former leaders as the whole thing could boomerang on them.
We agree entirely with the observations made by Fr Chikoya. Indeed, leaders must be able to explain how they ended up accumulating the property they have accumulated. Esther and her children argue that they were provided with the resources to build or accumulate the properties they have accumulated by the former head of state, and that he was ready to explain how the same happened. Esther said Lungu was ready to explain her wealth accumulation as it came from him. His son Chiyeso has also said that the 69 vehicles plus other properties were given to him by his father. Surely, despite all the privileges a president accumulates, there is actually no harm questioning or even explaining how certain things were accumulated. And we believe it should not be a problem for Esther and her other relations to explain how they accumulated the same. Zambians must certainly demand so.
Zambians also demand to see a situation where current serving leaders will start to be arraigned before the courts on some of the crazy properties they have accumulated in the short period they have been in office.
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well said Father. Everyone needs to account for abnormal wealth accumulation. Current, past and future political leaders. Politicians need to stop this nonsense of taking citizens for a ride by stealing their recourses in broad day light without any consequences. Well done UPND govt. Finally some action against these criminals. This is a good template to peruse similar culprits after your term ends.
well said Father. Everyone needs to account for abnormal wealth accumulation. Current, past and future political leaders. Politicians need to stop this nonsense of taking citizens for a ride by stealing their recourses in broad day light without any consequences. Well done UPND govt. Finally some action against these criminals. This is a good template to peruse similar culprits after your term ends.
We should go a step further and imprison those found guilty. Forfeiture is not good enough and it does not deter would be thieves. If anything, they feel emboldened by this approach since they know they stand a good chance of keeping a big chunk of their ill-gotten wealth.
The cases of Mrs. Charity Katanga and Mrs. Kampyongo where they were jailed and they forfeited their properties sends a more serious warning and is a better deterrent.
What goes around comes around.
I concur with your observations. Forfeiture and jail should go hand in hand.
We should go a step further and imprison those found guilty. Forfeiture is not good enough and it does not deter would be thieves. If anything, they feel emboldened by this approach since they know they stand a good chance of keeping a big chunk of their ill-gotten wealth.
The cases of Mrs. Charity Katanga and Mrs. Kampyongo where they were jailed and they forfeited their properties sends a more serious warning and is a better deterrent.
What goes around comes around.
I concur with your observations. Forfeiture and jail should go hand in hand.
Life is funny only those who steal and invest in properties are followed, what about I steal today and invest in my children’s education who later on become Doctors, engineers, lawyers..etc will the Government seize their brains as well?
The DBZ MD still ended up in imprison. So dont steal period. Just work hard and be prudent with the little God gives you amd he will add more than you ever thought.
What’s the physical evidence that one has stolen?
Life is funny only those who steal and invest in properties are followed, what about I steal today and invest in my children’s education who later on become Doctors, engineers, lawyers..etc will the Government seize their brains as well?
The DBZ MD still ended up in imprison. So dont steal period. Just work hard and be prudent with the little God gives you amd he will add more than you ever thought.
What’s the physical evidence that one has stolen?
The DBZ MD still ended up in imprison. So dont steal period. Just work hard and be prudent with the little God gives you amd he will add more than you ever thought.
The DBZ MD still ended up in imprison. So dont steal period. Just work hard and be prudent with the little God gives you amd he will add more than you ever thought.
Infact all the seized properties from family members are Lungu’s properties registered under their names this the reason why they can’t explain how they acquired them. Collosal sums of cash difficult to find loose way of explaining the source apart from ku babaika.
Imagine if it were seizure, forfeit and jail, they would be serving the sentences on behalf of Lungu…a very unfortunate situation had it been. He would have remained alone in the family house like the Kampyongo scene. So imwe ba current big names moving the developmental agenda of UPND learn from your colleagues or else the coin can flip.
Infact all the seized properties from family members are Lungu’s properties registered under their names this the reason why they can’t explain how they acquired them. Collosal sums of cash difficult to find loose way of explaining the source apart from ku babaika.
Imagine if it were seizure, forfeit and jail, they would be serving the sentences on behalf of Lungu…a very unfortunate situation had it been. He would have remained alone in the family house like the Kampyongo scene. So imwe ba current big names moving the developmental agenda of UPND learn from your colleagues or else the coin can flip.