Thursday, March 28, 2024

Mike Mulongoti challenges Sata to prove campaign funds allegations

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mike_mulongotiMMD chairman for elections, Mike Mulongoti has challenged opposition Patriotic Front president, Michael Sata, to produce evidence of how President Banda and the MMD allegedly used funds from the Ministry of Health to campaign in the 2008 elections.

Mr Mulongoti said President Banda and his campaign team never used money from the Ministry of Health as alleged by Mr Sata.

He said in an interview in Lusaka yesterday that if Mr Sata has evidence on the matter, he should present it to the relevant law enforcement agencies that are carrying out investigations at the Ministry of Health.

“I was in charge of President Banda’s campaigns during the 2008 elections and I can tell you we never used money from the Ministry of Health as alleged by Mr Sata and if he has proof, let him present it to the relevant investigative wings so that they can prove whether or not the MMD got money from the ministry,” he said.

Mr Mulongoti wondered why Mr Sata did not present the matter as one of his reasons for petitioning the MMD in the Presidential elections.

He said if Mr Sata has evidence that the MMD used money from the ministry for campaigns, he should have revealed that before the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) unearthed the K10 billion scam.

“He challenged the election results in the last Presidential elections and so I wonder why in his petition, he did not include this matter as one of his submissions that my party used money from the Ministry of Health.

“If he knew that the MMD got money from this ministry, why has he been quiet?” he said.
Mr Mulongoti said as an opposition political party leader, Mr Sata should be truthful in his statements.[quote]

He said opposition political parties and the citizenry in general should allow the investigating wings to complete their work at the Ministry of Health without disruptions.

Mr Mulongoti said Zambians should desist from making statements that are likely to alarm the nation and disrupt the investigations.

He challenged Mr Sata to call for a commission of inquiry beginning from 1991 so that all those who have stolen money from Government can be revealed.

“The nation should allow the security wings to do their job without disturbances. If people have evidence, let them present it to the officers as opposed to alarming the nation by making statements anyhow.

“We should allow the law enforcement agencies to prove who the perpetrators of the scam are and not point fingers at one another,” he said.

Mr Sata is quoted in The Post newspaper as saying President Banda used funds from the Ministry of Health for the Presidential election campaigns last year.

[Zambia Daily Mail]

35 COMMENTS

  1. OK Mr. Mulungoti you never used money from MOH. Just tell from which ministry you got the money for you campaigns?

  2. Mulongoti Bola panshi. First Teta accused Sata of the same, no Sata accuses you and you want proof- itwill come for nothing is hidden forever. One thing that has become common with MMD is they deny accusations but when proof comes out they say this happened in Levys time(the dead cannot defend themselves)forgetting that they were also with Levy with RBB as the VP. Panic is hitting the camp of ARTIFICIAL MMD(the original had a vision)

  3. ALA iwe just explain the use of MOH vehicles by image builders in Mbala and who sunctioned it, further can you tell us whose money was used to pay the image builders for their services. What a waste of resources as if there is any image to build on RB. KA MULONGOTI KAPOLA NOKUPOLA.

  4. Ba LT. I also challenge you to go back 8 weeks and see just how many headlines you have carried that has the word challenge, denies, warns, the list is endless and i will bet my cute A…. its 99%. Just like MMD, you need a fresh crop of young talented, innovative and unbiased writers, journalists. And by the way, are there any celebrities in zed? I hear they have so many actors, music artists, dancers, sports men and women but i have never seen any one of them walking the red carpet. Just curious!

  5. Mulongonti dnt fool us we hav had too much from u people we hav entrusted to run our affairs on our behalf as leaders bt you hav taken us for a ride as zambians dnt even say PF leader if he has evidence let him report to th relevent wings investigating ths case coz th police ar no longer Zambian police thr MMD police wht a shame to ths country an iwe ke mulongonti which investigating wing ar u talking abt.SHAMLESS GOVT

  6. Ala mwandi, who approved the transfer of monies from from MOH on the pretext that it was for Levy’s medical bills when in fact the French were providing the medica care for free. We all know that it was RB and his minion tongue talker Chituwo. WHERE DID THIS MONEY GO? Mlongoti was the Chief Govt spokes person can he tell us.

  7. Mulongoti is a thief,these are criminals who want to hold onto power forever.Time will tell,we are watching them

  8. KAPOKO AND MITI AR BEING USED AS SCAPEGOATS COZ A LOT OF OFFICIALS AR INVOLVED IN THS FINANCIAL SCAM AT MOH WHY DID THY DISSOLVE CBOH MITI JUST TELL TH TRUTH YOU SUMTHN BT IF KEEP QUIET YOU BE USED AS SACRIFICIAL LAMBS.

  9. MITI LET ME REMIND YOU THT KASHIWA BULAYA IS IN FOR BEING SELFISH AND HEARTLESS WHN HE WAS IN YOUR CAPACITY AS PS MOH,AM HOPING TH LAW TAKES ITS COURSE COZ YOU CRIMINALS IN WHITE COLLAR JOBS AR DOING AS BAD DESPITE HAVING DOCTORATES IN HEALTH WE DID NOT KNOW YOUR DOCTORATE IN STEALING.HEARTLESS SOULS MAY TH LAW TAKS ITS COURSE EVEN U BWEZANI TH LAW WILL CATCH. KESHTE NE TIME.

  10. The “I was in charge of President Banda’s campaigns during the 2008 elections and I can tell you we never used money from the Ministry of Health as alle ged by Mr Sata and if he has proof, let him present it to the relevant investigative wings so that they can prove whether or not the MMD got money from the ministry,” he said.” is nice and I just like it. But we need evidence and court cases to prove these things as MMD’s Teta. and PF/Under educate Sata are countering each other while it is alleged that the Undereducate will take MMD spokesman and Minister Teta. to court.

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  11. Following Minister Mulongoti’s “He challenged Mr Sata to call for a commission of inquiry beginning from 1991 so that all those who have s t o l e n money from Government can be revealed“, this call must be supported by all Zambians as the MMD GRZ is not new starting from 2008 when President RB Banda took over the Zambian President and this year’s MMD acting president job.
    Let the Undereducate, any patriotic Zambians, call for the said commission of inquiry to probe all characters who served in various capacity in the MMD GRZ since 1991 todate. This move may help us all to know who did what and when. Thank you Mr Mulongoti and President RB Banda’s MMD for good moves in using your education to teach the Undereducate Sata a good lesson, hopefully eliminating him from politics.

  12. 18 continued.

    I now await a day when a full audit of the MMD’s rule and misrule of Zambia from 1991 to 2009 will be presented. “Mr Mulongoti said as an opposition political party leader, Mr Sata should be truthful in his statements” is very good advice. There is no longer time to cheat well and humbly educated Zambians in this era of high speed information age.

    Threats must equally be a thing of the past and thus, let us look to good setllement of disputes in or out of courts with truth being presented for the benefit of all Zambians.

    Wapya munzi (The house is on fire) as we all look to the non-corruption linked well run UPND Team to take up the governance of Zambia in the upcoming 2011 elections.

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  13. When are these politicians going to stop politicking and concentrate on developing the nation. Why are you always answering Sata when you can do better things than that. Sata will be talking and bringing in accusations until his last breathe otherwise he must provide evidence so that whoever authorised the release of funds from the Ministry for campaigns must be in for it.

  14. #18Maestro Hehe- At least the so called Under what ever you mean has started legal proceedings against TETAMALILO unless you havent been following the current affairs you must also know. Unless of course you deliberately over look the action because its who you call the Under. The so called Under is a man of high intellect and for him to say what he has said there must be some Kachepa within the MMD- you see ukufilila munsenga- if you know Icibemba. Just wait the story will change and MMD will drag Levys name in this slime. Its the in thing now to use the dead Presidents name.

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  15. 22 Deja Vu greetings and no need to panic on your ‘#18Maestro Hehe- At least the so called Under what ever you mean has started legal proceedings against TETAMALILO unless you havent been following the current affairs you must also know. Unless of course you deliberately over look the action because its who you call the Under.‘ as my postings will clearly show that I am eagerly awaiting the Undereducate Sata’s sueing case of Minister and MMD Spokesman Teta. to bring in the truth about what transpired. On “…ukufilila munsenga- if you know Icibemba” provide an intepretation for mine may be wrong as I am not Bemba by Tribe while it is sad to deny others understanding who do not know it. Thank in advance.
    Have a nice day.
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  16. Mulongoti should appear on paper as resigned not this nonsense.Resign if u are honesty talk sense 2011 is near.

  17. #24Space—— Ukufilila munsenga means: If you have been stealing and sharing with your boss and when you are caught the boss fails to protect you, you squeal on him with enough evidence so that you go to jail together- Word by word- Ukulila means eating and Munsenga in the Sand.

  18. Here is a simple test I’ve devised to help you know who is on whose side and who is corrupt: Pull out all the photos of the following people from the archives of LT, put them side-by-side and compare their noses: RB, Shikapwasha, Mulongoti, Mpombo, Tetamashimba, Sata, HH, Sakwiba, Funjika, Musengule, Singogo, Sande Kayumba, Dr. Miti, Dr. Chituwo, Maureen, Chiluba, Regina, Sondashi etc,etc. The bigger the nose, the more you’re attracted to corruption. Also, the majority of the big noses almost invariably belong to one party. Guess which party!!!

  19. 26 Deja Vu welldone for I knew the direct translation Ukulila means eating and Munsenga in the Sand only as opposed to the actual proverbial meaning you put up clearly.

    Have a good day.

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  20. Any use of the ministry of health motor vehicles, ministry of health human resource time, audio/visual equipment, ICT infrastructure or even its premises during the presidential campaign/election, is tantamount to misuse of ministry of health fund.

  21. Never in the history of God’s creation, not since the betrayal of Jesus Christ Himself, has a group mortal men shown such betrayal to their leader as the leaders of the MMD have done to Mwanawasa by the well coordinated way, to use a term they are now making very familiar, they are “distancing themselves” from all of Mwanawasa’s decisions and actions that they so rabidly supported and defended while the man was alive!! Shikapwasha, Tetamashimba, Mulongoti, what kind of men are you to so completely deny your very own actions and blame everything that is negative now being revealed on Mwanawasa? Not even Pontius Pilate denied Jesus that blatantly! You ought to be ashamed of yourselves! All this for “a few pieces of silver”!!

  22. abena mulongoti,

    this man shamed us at the copperbelt university and he will die just like his friend katenga malilo mashimba. they used us but failed to pay us back. fooools

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