ZDA DEMANDS REFUND OF K260,000.00 FROM VIET-ZAMBIA
Lusaka- Thursday, 27th June 2024
The Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) has written to Viet-Zambia Diversified Development Corporation tseeking a refund of monies spent on holding status and consultative conferences for the Viet-Zambia Project.
In a letter dated 13th June 2024, written to Viet-Zambia signed by ZDA Director General, Albert Halwampa, ZDA is seeking refund to the monies spent on the meetings in paying Daily Subsistence Allowances ( DSA) and fuel refunds paid to Chiefs, Ministers, drivers and others that attended the meeting.
Halwampa has submitted a detailed list amounting to K241,588.00 for DSA, fuel refunds and K18,097-50 that was paid to Mulungushi International Conference Center, the venue of the Lusaka meeting.
Viet-Zambia Diversified Development Corporation has submitted a proposal to ZDA seeking six million hectares of land to grow rice and sugar canes.
The investor has claimed that he will invest $72billion in Luapula, Muchinga and Northern Provinces.
The investor also seeks to be exempted from any taxes for a period of twenty years.
The Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development in January 2024, already granted large-scale exploration mining licences for copper, gold, Iron Ore, manganese, nickel and rare metals to Viet-Zambia Diversified Development Corporation.
We need intelligent people at ZDA! The current crop of ZDA leaders has proved beyond all reasonable doubt that they are not sofisticated enough to tell the difference between real investors and Conmen! They should resign with immediate effect!
For them to be chasing for DSA refund after the horses have bolted shows their lack of due diligence and foresight when arranging meetings! These are moneys that should be paid well in advance!
How I wish the Youths who wish to demonstrate at ZESCO HQ can instead start from ZDA to demand the dissolution of the entire ZDA Board and Executive!
Musabaone kuvala ma suit,
they are very dull and foolish!
The comment in relation to incompetence at ZDA particularly on this matter is valid. What why ZDA do if this so-called prospective investor refuses to refund the K260,000.00?
In fact, he has left the country. He would have footed all the bills if he was a serious investor. But he realised that we have fools at ZDA. Ati Albert Halwaampa is seeking for refund. .
True. But why not leave out the last sentence boss?
This does not bode well for the entire UPND. Nepotism and tribalism will not take his country anywhere. Let us have competent people to run these institutions regardless of tribe. This is extremely shameful where you even instruct the Times of Zambia and Daily Mail to try to impress Zambians with stupid and misleading headlines. If it were not for the Zambia Whistleblower, this matter would have escalated to completion. USD72 billion, how? The supreme leader has failed to bring USD26billion he promised while in opposition. Please save us from embarrassment.
Conman Hakainde. What a useless tribalist conman.
Vote wisely in 2026.