PRESIDENT Michael Sata will not spare anyone, including high ranking officials in his Government, if they engage in corruption. This is according to a press statement made available to the media and signed by Chief Government Spokesperson, Kennedy Sakeni.
In the statement Mr Sakeni further warned that civil servants in particular should take note that they would not be spared if they engaged in corrupt activities or acted as conduits of corruption simply because some of their collaborators could be high ranking officials.
Below is the full Statement
PRESS STATEMENT
GOVERNMENT would like to remind all national leaders and public servants that His Excellency Mr Michael Chilufya Sata’s call for a spirited fight against corruption is not limited to the former regime and the dirt it engaged in.
This administration has undertaken to fight corruption whenever and wherever it is found. Therefore, the President will not spare anyone found acting corruptly or entertaining corrupt instructions. Civil Servants in particular should take note that they will not be spared if they engage in corrupt activities or act as conduits of corruption simply because some of their collaborators may be high ranking officials.
Make no mistake; no civil servant is obliged to carry out instructions that amount to corruption. If a minister or indeed anybody senior in Government requests a junior officer to do something unlawful, they should not do it.
If they decide to participate in the corruption they will only have themselves to blame when they are fired and later on prosecuted.
On the Roads Development Agency (RDA), the President has decided to take the unprecedented decision to assume direct oversight over the RDA because there are unscrupulous people who have been trying to use his name to acquire Government contracts at the expense of delivering quality services to our people.[pullquote] Make no mistake; no civil servant is obliged to carry out instructions that amount to corruption. If a minister or indeed anybody senior in Government requests a junior officer to do something unlawful, they should not do it.[/pullquote]
In taking oversight over RDA, the President wants all the procedures and processes meant to protect public resources and deliver sound infrastructure development to our people to be fully observed. The President wishes to assure the public that in doing so he is within his full legal rights and privileges as Head of State and will work to respect the mandate that our people have given him.
The impression created by opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema on this matter is deliberately misleading and opportunistic. If Mr. Hichilema was a beneficiary of the RDA in the manner it was supervised and operated previously, then hard luck to him. Mr. Hichilema should be the last person to school Government on good corporate governance; knowing fully well the ethical eyebrows raised by the manner in which he handled the privatisation of various parastatals.
Unlike him, President Sata’s record in public service is spotless and at no point has he ever extracted personal benefits at the expense of the general citizenry when mandated to preside over a specific national programme.
Issued By:
Hon. Kennedy Sakeni
Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Chief Government Spokesperson
Quick to speak slow to act
That’s the way to go our Presido. Keep it up!
`Make no mistake; no civil servant is obliged to carry out instructions that amount to corruption. If a minister or indeed anybody senior in Government requests a junior officer to do something unlawful, they should not do it`. This really sound serious Mr Sakeni and this is the spirit we have been waiting for.
Merzaf flata
Who will be the first culprit?
Fire anyone found wanting mr presido.we need that have a heart to save and this should go also to the teachers and police officers e.t.c
Meant to say we need people that have a heart to serve the country.
PF in fighting. when did sekeni become the president’s spokesman? these views do not represent the presidency but that of sekeni the gorilla. It was issued to collaborate membe’s story on GBM. they are all corrupt including sata himself that is why he wants to be awarding RDA contracts at state house. so that he gives the likes of GBM contracts. is the Eurobond safe? lets wait and see
Positive move If the president really means what he is saying. To successfully fight corruption is not just about making statements but putting measures on the ground and there is need to change the way the civil service operates dept like Lands,Councils should have a stipulated time frame on processing of document. organisation like ZRA should have a clear way of calculating tax based on the cost of the item and not an individual officers evaluation, and information concerning awarding of huge public tenders should be made available to the public media and not only to a few individuals.
I was in Zambia two weeks ago, the police get bribes in day light- Just act bambo. Talk is cheap
Indeed
MERZAF, MERZAF, MERZAF, MERZAF, MERZAF,…….MINISTRY OF HEALTH FUNDS, OH LORD HELP US!!!!.
iwe chi sekeni cikala, bushe Ndalama sha shabanoko ?. Its ours and micheal Sata. waba ifi miyenfu. Nindalama sha chalo. and we are in power. am the closest to micheal than you fools. he cant do anything to me. we share the money together
You can’t bit the finger that sponsored you campaigns.
But grabbing a department which oversees multibillion kwacha projects (RDA) and transfering it to one’s house and office (state house) unconstitutionally amounts to corruption and we love this in the opposition. wow! We have now real issues to decampaign PF. If he is really serious with corrpution, why is he not firing GBM his relative and funder who has taken over all big tenders vertually in his ministry? It is just lip service. we love it this way so that these guys can go quickly.
WELL!!!!
PRESIDENT Michael Sata will not spare anyone, including high ranking officials in his Government except for GBM. Its called double standards Mr. Prezido.
Come Mr President let them know who is here to clean up Zed…
I thought GBM should have been dismissed by this morning. or put on forced leave.
so what has happened or not happened?
this statement does not befit a release from state house,the language used is street enshrined,tomba noko sakeni
Talk is cheap. The Great Bag of Maize is still there acting with impunity.
Just because the Past Newspaper talked about GBM. You only talk when it coms from your allies
Criminals should not be issued with warnings. They should be dealt with. Arrest GBM or just shut up!
thats a merit way to go
I normally dont comment on politics but Mr Sakeni’s language and personalising issues leaves whatever he wants to say lost in details. If its refuting, just refute than always compair and redicule others. Dont forget you soon will leave that post too. What is his educational level?
Secondly, does he know his boss paid an admission fee for corrupt practices on mezarf flats? Spotless????? Dont get on the job of governing, you have less time to deliver than you think. The late President took over the MMD account as a sole signatory and did the abuse end? Transfering one function to Statehouse does not mean it will done well. Why then not transfer everything including health which is in great need of overhaul?
GBM SHOULD GO! SATA SHOULD ALSO WALK HIS TALK! ONE DAY ZAMBIANS WILL REBEL AND NO ONE WILL HANDLE THE SITUATION. DAYS ARE NUMBERED. SWINE!!!
Self made millionaire GBM GBM GBM GBM GBM GBM! Let’s wait and see if the president’s talk is worth anything.
There is no need for all this literature, the one thing that is needful is to FIRE GBM or else the masses will think the President is weak and can touch other ministers but not GBM.
Do the Kaunda way, firing was done without even notifying the person being fired, he or she hearing his or her dismissal on a press conference. Not this time where a person to be fired is called, counciled, comforted and then stage manage things.
Great Bag of Maize has not been dismissed as of today?
Looks like the Post is making false stories again or Ukwa does not believe his pals at the Post.
How does a tender be awarded that is twice the price of the next contender?
Only when it is from the governments main campaign financer.
Fred is after GBM’s blood for some reason.
Maybe he knows the end is near for his paper.
Mr. Sata you don’t even waste time Zambians will praise you if you did that fire who ever
Please…please can some one visit lands title deeds department……..i have just had enough of the stupidity there…the registry girls won’t bring your papers unless you pay….unless that’s not corruption.
am eager to see coments from PF die hard sympathizers such as makeveli, maxwell, yamba yamba(but dont insult), notorious BIG. Unza monk, nubian princess, halak. dont just comment when the story touches only on HH and you haul insults on him. Say something on your in house corruption and power struggle then we will know that you mean well and not a bunch of tribalists or hired PF th…..?????.
IWE SAKENI its pay back time, do u know how much money it took to sell Sata Country wide? Oh yes you know, you are just playing with the minds of the people. its animal farm, Some people are more equal than others. everyone knows that GBM is more equal, That is why you have the audacity to threaten Civil Servants receiving instructions instead of dealing with the perpetrator. Instead of removing ICISHIKI ca cuushi, you jst tryin to blow the smoke away. You spineless buffoons.
This is the way to go Mr president.Ba trffic police officers are culprits on this and they need to be checked.
Stupid belief SATA was the first person to benefit and involved in corruption in warding Merzaf contract to his gay friend, purchase of uniform for nurses for the whole country when he was a minister of health. We also involved in a lot of deals when he was Governor at Lusaka city council with Kabimba, and minister of portfoil. So, stop tellling us lies we know more than what thing of yourself and CNP.
Bayama na bepwa.
I am sorry, I might be ignorant here, but I know for sure that a black man and corruption goes well in a sentence, not hitting anyone here under the belt or to offend anyone, there is a reason why most of the British prisons are corwded by black people when in essence they not as highly populated.
As my fiance Nick, likes to put it, numbers do not lie, and I am sorry and I know I am part of this but being black automatically implies any other person of any colour will always be suspicious about us, especially the Men
Thanks
does the so called Nick enjoy you from the back or front? where do you enjoy him from the front or bottom. i think its from the bottom. the asss. that is why he has confused you.
In honesty, I think you should re-visit your grammer class. As much as you may have a point or two sometimes, your ENGLISH is just distructingly appalling. Can you tell your imaginary boy friend/fiance or whatever the hell you call him help you construct a sensible statement?
GAWDAMN!
lets see wat will hapen
Sata as usual is good with the mouth and bad at acting. The character of trying to appease everyone causes this dilemma. Please name GBM in person and suspend him and instigate investigations.
What are you waiting for then? If you are a man of action, as your blind followers claim, then start by firing GMB. You have all the evidence right in your eyes. We are tired of cosmetic pronouncements!
Iwe Ukwa start with GBM and we shall believe you.
Mushota, you meant to say GBM and corruption go well in a sentence. lol:((:d
GBM has been corrupt since the 23rd of September 2011 and no ACC has visited him. the only action from ukwa is fire or transfer anyone with dirt on GMB. ask Panji, the head of procurment at ZAF, ZNS purchase of a 1.5 billion kwacha house from his brother the rot goes further with his childrens supplying govt printers etc
I am at a complete loss. The fact that the president can issue such a statement simply means that he knows the high ranking corrupt officials in his cabinet, he dines and wines with them daily and instead of the rhetoric he must do the right thing, fire them today. Zambians are sick and tired of cheap talk, act now to cleanse your administration.
If they fire GBM, he will spill the bin.
A lot of corrupt practices from september 2011 will be unearthed.
Umumbulu, that’s a good point, spilling the beans will not spare the president.
RAMCOZ,ZCCM, LIMA BANK, INTERCONTINETAL LIVINGSTONE
HH give u sleepless nights ka?
Bwalya,did mk mention HH ?
Another “Donchi Kubeba”. Zambians are still buying promises from Mr Sata and his crones. Zambians know thefts, plunder and corruption are going on in PF govt, when
will the nation be told an official has been dismissed from the inner circle of Sata?
mk, even if you are Miles Sampa or GBM, kindly stick to the issue at hand which is sata’s rhetoric on corruption. That is why he has a problem of unfufilled promises. And now he decides to continue giving promises of sorting out corrupt senior leaders when he could have just fired GBM. Period.
Its sad to see the man of action turned into a man of mere talk, baSata just fire the culprits without warning. GBM must be the first one, no sacred cows, get some of the RDA kick backs cash and Euro bond commisions to repay him for sponsoring your campaigns. He is the same chap issuing assassination stories, he must prove it or brought to book. Remember that “ichikupempula echikulya”.
The mango seed will become a parent plant (head) that will eventually produce its kind.In the same way a seed of corruption will produce corrupt seeds. A corrupt leader will produce corrupt seed subsequently.What I am saying is that corrupt politicians breed corrupt civil servants,PERIOD! Corruption fight is not rhetoric and selective but is objective.Corruption is symptom and sign of a governance system; it epitomizes any ruling party.When you see corruption, you see the President and its so-called ministers including Party Cadres.Politicians seeds of corruption who attained power through both corrupt “camouflaged” & “conspicuous” financiers.Corruption fight in Zambia is RHETORIC.Finally, Political leaders in Zambia are “political appeasers.” However, God is with us.
N.B. Typographical error. The sentence is supposed to read “Politicians are seeds of corruption who attained power through support from both corrupt “camouflaged” & “conspicuous” financiers.
YES LETS WAIT AND SEE SOME MINISTERS HV STARTED MAKING MISTAKES-THEY WILL BE FIRED.
YES WE ARE WAITING FOR YOUR ACTION ON GBM . DONT BORE US WITH YOUR PROMISES
Mr President,what you have started has the blessing of very well meaning Zambian.But,please convince us by first seriously dealing with a corrupt police service.If they can change,let us make change for them by keeping them aside from the service and replacing them with the many in the que for employment.Police is abig let down.What work do they do? well i dont se that
the same people who are afraid to face GBM (ACC etc) will follow him after change of gvmnt!!! tupingemo
HH is not a civil servant or high ranking in govt….why mention the rude boy…..
very dull spokesperson..remove the quack..!
I believe it is important that govt produces or manufactures evidence for HH’s wrong doing with regard to privatisation and jail him. This idea of just accusing him without evidence is just sickening. On the move to have RDA taken to state house while looking like a good idea is not. Just imagine if with president’s oversight, we still see corruption in RDA, how is he going to handle it. We need to put in place systems that check corruption at every level. Otherwise all offices or institutions will be transferred to statehouse. Look at Councils, Ministry of Lands, CEEC, Police, Army recruitment and supply, should all these be transferred to statehouse. We need systems that do not depend on the kindness or goodness of the president which in fact calls for reduction in presidential power.
Dull pipo, arrest and tell us the way forward. How many pipo has satana brought to book so far? non? This man will spend his last days in prison.
One does not need to scream the loudest to be heard, one just has to say the most sensible things.
Thus far, only Elias Chipimo fits that mantra.
Now government is working, with Kabimba in the thick of the forest, the elephants will scatter!!!
YOUR OWN POST NEWSPAPER HAS PROVIDED THE PROOF YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR. YET YOU ARE STILL THREATENING BUT NOT ACTING JUST BECAUSE ITS GBM.
Indeed talk is cheap, we all know about GBM corruption activities, why has the president not acted???? why is he quiet about GBM’s activities???
Thats the spirit, let all corrupt people be fired regardless the status in society. All should be investigated Mr. President.
Ok, we hear you and support you Mr. President. Having said that, I think you actually have a headstart with your presumptious stance on corruption. Without prejudice or malice, I hereby present three (3) letters to Mr President sir; GBM.
Now, can we talk?
GBM is today quoted in The Daily Nation as warning that those who want to discredit him with corruption allegations should stop with immediate effect because they will soon burn their fingers.
“I have more information about these people than they have about me”. So why do you want to close the zambian watchdog if you know that the info they give is correct and you want them to keep quite, only wen u disclose then they disclose?? Mwanyafye
Mr President keep up with your agenda, people will appreciate the results. Uwakwensha ubushiku bumutasha ngabwacha. Those who had made budgets out of this projects will be disappointed. After the good results critics will have nothing to talk about. VIVA PF
Please spare us the lies Sakeni your boss is the most corrupt, it is just that most Zambians and mostly kaponyas believe lies. MCS life is tainted with financial and social mismanagement, in a civilised country he can never be head of state so just shut up and leave HH alone who was employed by the same Michael who saw nothing wrong with the execution of his work at that time only now because he is a threat to his stay in Plot 1.
Well said but what the same people do is far much more in contrary.Corruption fight is always a word produced everywhere e.g.Tendalama shabanoko u know him ….who can touch him?Ha those who funded PF gotten what they spent?Chipimo said we give PF time to loot,siphon the coffers to offset the campaign funds……Aipepeta uuuuyo
GMB appears to be holding the president to ransom. He seems to have him by the organs and contributing to the president’s unpopularity. If he bankrolled the election for the president, that was a private arrangement. The president should settle with him without causing the Zambian people unnecessary grief. The clown is virtually carrying like he has Zambia in his pocket. The president must act, or he will loose the plot completely. The guy has engaged in corrupt practice and the president must wield the axe as swiftly as he has done with other government official, lest this fat slob will sink him.
We cant fire gbm. Why? The guy hire buses for our caders
Good show dont kubeba
Keeping watching
These are fake warnings from Ba Sata. What steps has he taken to resolve the highetst levels of corruption being talked about by GBM and the Anti-GBM intra-PF camps? The President has the restructured ACC to accomplish the job through the rule of Law. Are we witnessing nepotism at State House.
It is baout time indeed.
@ Pilato, your observation is good except you don’t know how much corrupt the all civil service is. Start from just a small government school! You will see. What I dom’t know is whether a government minister can’t do business with the government or not. The fact is he/she should follow layed down procedures. For sure, any one practising corruption must be fired. Stay blessed.
Honorable Sunken of Sinking boat you are a Perfect Fool, you think you can fool us with your warnings! Just because it is Goat’ Boring Meat involved and the people know what he does, then by saying whatever you are saying, you think people will say yes ba musoka indirectly. Act as the president has acted to these others, what is the problem with this Satanic Michele? 2016 amba, no more nonsense.
Fire Goat’s Boring Meat and we will know that the rule of law is at work. Many people have been retired and fired on the grounds of corruption and non performance, why not Generally Big Monkey? This boat was belt using wrong material, soon it roting and sinking under because it has a lot of holes in it, and time is now running out. Every one in the boat is now busy trying to safe guard their katundu before it is completely submerged. Generally Big Monkey has used a life jacket and arm bands but unfortunately it has slow puncture and his weight can not keep floating for a long time. You will see very soon.
ya ya ya! just back after a while,things not looking good,but mr president will surely have handle this properly, zambia will eventually clean up thats for sure.