advised former Health permanent secretary, Simon Miti to wait until he is indicted to defend himself in court should he be linked to the K27 billion scam.
And the Southern Africa Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) said it was wrong for Dr Miti to write the letter to the president asking to be treated with compassion.
UPND spokesperson, Charles Kakoma said in Lusaka yesterday that it was inappropriate for Dr Miti to write to President Rupiah Banda asking to be treated with compassion and fairness when he had not been indicted.
Mr Kakoma said by writing the letter to Mr Banda on a matter that was under criminal investigations, Dr Miti was only creating an impression that he was trying to hide something.
He said Dr Miti should allow the law to take its course instead of pleading with the president.
Mr Kakoma said the mentioning of his family in the letter was out of context and meant to seek sympathy from the appointing authority.
“If he is innocent, he should not go to that level. Why should he be dismissed if he has not done something wrong? Why should he plead for a job if he has not done anything wrong?” he wondered.
SACCORD information officer, Michelo Mwaango said Dr Miti should not have taken that step as it was sending a wrong message to members of the public.
Dr Miti in his letter dated May 24, 2009 to President Banda gave his reflections and observations on the scandal at the Ministry of Health and asked to be treated fairly and with compassion.
Dr Miti, who has been sent on forced leave pending investigations, is permanent secretary at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Vocational Training.
The joint team investigating the scandal at the Ministry of Health recently summoned and questioned Dr Miti.
[Times of Zambia]
The man is in big trouble…
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No sin goes unpunished.
Nine Chale and Dee How are you brethren.
This man knows what he did.i think he’s somehow connected.We’ll see…
this purely boot licking why cant he wait to be tried and then plead with the so called president who has no secrets. Ba Miti bola nipanshi your time will come just hold on.
A Miti Mweo, when you were doing these things you thought you were clever – you plea that the transactions were authorised does not make sense. Just wait for you time to join where Kashiwa Bulaya is.
mwaiba sana money yachalo bamambala.that’s why ubuchusi tabulepwila pantu ngamwaiba money tamwakwata na mano.you go hide it instead of investing it in you country.am not in support of resource plundering for your info.You will see now bamambala pantu ubuteko bwesu nabukalipa nomba.mwaiba sana pafula.
Matworld, I’m fine thanks…how are your studies? You’re right, the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life thru Christ Jesus our Lord.
That man is openly showing signs of guiltiness by writing for mitigation before a court injunction. Has he no advisors???
I never read the post so am lost with the story. LT why dont you start be giving as details of the letter rather than giving peoples views. Get to the facts first. Thats what the post have done to grow bigger because they dig deeper.
Wasup! Nine chale,Dee,Matworld and sirtm.
You reap what you sow, and every soul shall be paid back fully what it has done, and He knows best what they do.
Who partly financed the funeral of LMP and2008 Presidential elections MOH. Dr Miti knows what is talking about. Let RB be reminded in the that letter. Corruption begets Corruption. what goes round is called circle ,a circle of corruption it is..
mwatusebanya ba Doc. take your time its the courts which will determine your innocence, why panicking.
Great stuff mighty UPND. Could you also comment of on the thuggery of PF cadres to show leadership in the Pf-UPND PACT.
As for ““If he is innocent, he should not go to that level. Why should he be dismissed if he has not done something wrong? Why should he plead for a job if he has not done anything wrong?” he wondered. from the UPND spokesman Charles Kakoma, thse are nice questions.
This is absolutely no need to panic when you are innocent. These investigations are simply there to cear your should you have no case to answer.
All the best to you Dr Miti.
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Sokwe kaamuleya katabi (The monkey failed to grasp a tree’s branch – one day)
Ola Matworld..Digital smoke..long time
Number 2 Dee. there is nothing new about that. it was in times of Zambia a long time. anyway it simply shows yo intelectual handicap
No mercy…..U r in pain now,we all go thru losses bt theft is punishable
Nine chale ati shani? Still wit dem dreads Bro? Miti is in soup!
Ba Dr Mithi,If you are guilty just try to apologise to the nation maybe you can be forgiven
Why was he removed from the MOH as pemsec , to Ministry of Science and Technology. RB knew something . Let RB explain to the beloved citizens of capital C. He therefore has the right to write and question RB
Dr. Miti’s letter is very childish.
#2 where have u been??? The so called detailed article on corruption at MoH has been doing the rounds since early last week. Its not news anymore!
Dr. Miti: Refer to your letter to the President: You left out some important information and Iam glad to fill for you as follows: 1.What about the girlfriend a lady Doctor of CIDRZ with a 3 month baby.2.What about your car hire business?3. What about your Tippers doing business at the mines?4. What about your various guests houses in Lusaka and Ndola? 5. What about the house in PHI Stalilo area?6.What about the Farm house in Chilanga?7.What about the building materials you acquired during your tenure as Director of Public Health at Ndola City Council from the Masala Chinese complex housing project? Please Dr. Miti dont lie about your late elder brother Dr. Emmanuek Miti (mhsrp) estate,the honest man died in UK and you Dr Miti gfailed to bring the body to Zambia for burial, plse dont lie.
Prevention iz better than cure.
Why write to the President over your innocence in the middle of investgations. Meaning what? If not involved no need to panic. But if involved definately no one is above the law, even if they know the President’s mother. When you were richly driving around you felt you were on cloud nine. Now it’s high time – if you were involved that is – you joined that chap from Bauleni serving 15 years for being in possession of 15 grams of chamba.
Boot-licking at its best from a Doc, what a shame!!! you have disgraced our fratenity, ulecita kwati ni kubwaice ati ‘ine ba mayo balifwa’ it doesn’t work you are in for it; you reap what your sow…lelolelo!lelolelo!lelolelo!lelolelo!lelolelo!
When you have an old man for a President these are the fruits . If it were not for donor pressure nothing would have been known or brought to light.
miti and his frends have come to the end of their road. that article in the times of Zed told us that those thefts happened during mwanawasa’s reighn when banda was vice president wehich maens he is part of the bunch of thugs that shared that money which is believed to be K60 billion in total. miti knows that his fellow thugs will shield him from being imbarased. let them know however that zed pipo have had enough of corrupt leaders who have torn pockets that will never get full. worse off they want to drink our blood and later follow us to the graves with their herses were they will feed on our cacases.
If I were Dr Miti, I wud just feed myself to crocodiles at kalimba farms!!
hahahahahahahahaha.. miti wants us to believe he is an orphan huh!!!!!!!!!
This is the tragedy of having a system where a President is seen to have the powers to facilitate the wheels of justice and/or injustice as the case may be. By reading the article in the Post yesterday, I got the impression Dr. Miti was scared that he may be treated unfairly. Remember Levy Mwanawasa trusted this guy with his life. I do believe that he has a right to request that he be treated fairly and that justice prevails. GENESIS SAKALA seems to have a lot of data to bring to the table. You may do well to take that info to the Police. It will aid justice. But on this fora, its speculation.
Monalisasyndrome,i second that……Genesis Sakala u r spot…I even recall being at the same college same hostel with his daughter,she used to come with GBP……Bwafya,u in for it Dr Miti…
hey no. 22, genesis, good observation, i personally know the ka girlfriend, dr miti made a hefty lobola payment to the lady doctor’s parents late last year, so why shld he come out today pleading mercy as if he is a sufferer, wait man, time is catchting up on you.
The guilty are aways are afraid! Dr Miti did not send a wrong message to the public at all he was simply trying to tell the people that he knew what was happening and he is part and parcel of the scam at the ministry of health. These chaps are very selfish, he did not think about other Zambian families and only thought about his family, he must be caged if found guilty and his family must suffer the consequences of being led by a thieving father. This chap is panicking hence the rush to have some sort of mercy and sympathy from Bwezani his bululu. Nkani yalula mudala nikulindila chabe until you are charged. The must keep a close eye on him he may even try to run away, he has too much money. Ba kabwa
forgive them father for they dont know what they are ding
I like GENESIS SAKALA because he has facts which could help the investigations if they can be substantiated. However, I see nothing to add to the debate about the K10billion scam in the MOH. I think that whether Miti has a girlfriend or not is not the issue here. The question that we shud be asking ourselves is that, was Dr. Miti involved in the K10billion/K27billion scam at the MoH? According to the Post Newpspaper this morning, the authorities at the DPP have failed to find a case for Dr. Miti because, he was NOT involved in this scam. If he has done something else, let him be investigated for that and let him be charged. But justice demands that anybody be charged for an offence which they have committed. I hope justice will prevail and those culpable be made answerable.
Ladys and gentlemen or should I call you villains and rascals . A criminal can never be saint. As some good think has said ,forward all you know to DEC, ACC and the Police . By that you help the poor.Let RB Explain all the messy.
Doc, no smoke without fire. Wait 4 the good venue for your explanation. Moreover it is not the president you are answerable to but the people of zambia. Above all the president seem to be a tourist so he can take u 2 mfuwe and forgive you, but it is the people of zambia at now.
It looks like when you have a bit of cash in ZED, you have a girlfriend as well. Apparently, Kapoto had a record-breaking seven girlfriends!!!! I dont know if it is a Zambian thing or what?? I reckon those of us who are blogging here if questioned properly have some girlfrineds we have not declared yet!! So again I caution that we do not point point at others for having girlfriends. Remember the Lord Jesus when he was confronted with the problem of MARY Magdalene? He asked “whoever has not done any wrong let them be the first to throw a stone at this woman”. Did Dr. Miti nick some cash out of the K10billion/K27billion?? Sources at the DPP say he was NOT involved!!! What do others think?
The Info on #22 just reveals that Dr Miti is not telling the Zambians the truth,He claims he was a physician to the the late LPM, the guy has never practiced in any hospital apart from the time he did Internship at Ndola Central Hospital.He was close to FTJ also,now he wants to patronise Rupiah Banda. The ACC, DEC POLICE must dig deeper and must be able to give a full detail of his personal account with First Alliance Bank where he withdrew millions of Kwacha before he was called to the Force H/Q, WAS THE CASH MEANT TO BRIBE SOME OFFICIALS
The letter to the President as stated in the Post was done in a haste and was not a good thing to do. I think it was poor judgement to do that. My question Bloggers is this that the sources at the DPP are saying there is no link between Dr. Miti and Kapoko. For Kapoko, they have found some things that he cannot justify. They also have traced the monies that were supposed to be for the Minsirty of Health. On top of that, the plonker did not deliver the goods he was supposed to deliver. But what is critical is whether Dr. Miti is in any way connected to this scam. Data please!!!!!!
People who steal money Is Human resources and planning facilitated by accounts dept at MOH .
Please carrest the PS SIMON MITI, SUSPENSION IS NOT ENOUGH
#41 Does it mean that the Accounts Department must have been complicit in this whole saga?? How is the Accounts Department at MOH connected to the PS’ office?? Maybe we may begin to get the connection between Kapoko and Miti.
#42 refers. On wat basis whould Miti be arrested if the DPP is saying there is no connection of Miti to this Saga?? Give us some data man!!!!
As a student of Law I like things to be done legally and not emotionally. Judge and Genesis Sakala are emotitonal about this saga. We need justice and not retribution.
# 45 As a student of law and blogging from the Rep of capital C , you would have simply drove /walked to Ndeke house and verify my writings .
Docs letter only shows that he knows to some extent RB can shield him like he is trying to do with Dora. awe ine nkaleka fye ukulipa tax
guilty? this man must have chewed part of it aswell.
Mama G wats up! there was a time mwaletulepwila data pali Kapoko tho the same is now circulating pa internet. were u getting the same from that doc
There is no smoke without fire, internal enermy Dr Miti. Young (Dr Miti) don’t let me question your papers. How dare you write for plea to the Head of State when investigations being conducted by professionals are still underway? shame to you. Zambia is governed by laws and not men, ok!! submit whatever u have to the professionals incharge of investigations but look, u were given over damn six hours to provide information at the police station BUT u opted to write the President, why? damn u bloody yo corrupt acts ve made so many babies go to the grave. Don’t u know that K27b could ve immunised all the in Zambia? It could ve built 13 baording schools for the school going children? It could have also supplied all the peasant farmers with the much needed fertilizer? Go to jail !!!!!!!!!!!
How can an intellectual write such a stupid letter? LT, can we have the letter right here for our discussion? Please.
Get the facts clear please, first Mr. Genesis (#39), the law is interested in the 10 billion scam, the law have found no connection with this Dr. Miti. Dr. Miti and his sibblings are an educated bunch who deserves respect. Let me bring this to your attention:(1) It was his brother’s wish a PHd holder in electrical and electronics to remain and burried in UK, he was a british citizen, he left an estate not to be known by the public, (2) He has been a saver since i knew him from national service, he puts his money to good use, (3) All his properties have been obtained through genuine means and he declared his assets to the authorities b4 being a PS, (4) The letter he wrote is genuine from an innocent person fearing unfounded persecution. So please leave Dr.Miti alone, he is innocent!!!!!
Even in a just sociaty people who are free are scared when they are being crosified before going to court. Mind you everyone has the impression that the scam involves big names and Doc Miti fall in that catigorie so he has every right to be scared.
Even a simple innocent trasactions becomes magnified under these situation
I get an impression that CIA you are very ignorant yet educated fellow Dr Miti knows what is talking about. It is at this juncture ,that I wish RB to come out clearly and cleanly
bloggers what about this article which is circulating the internet ” CORRUPTION? WHOSE CORRUPTION – who perpetrated the corruption in the new scams and revelations”
the article seems to want to heap the balme of corruption on mwanawasa (MHSRIP) and other imaginable scapegoats. the article trys to raise the intergrity of RB’s govt. who is the source of the article- shushu… or image builders please comment if u have seen the article in question
Number,Its clear you dont read the post.I can see it is out of hatred for mmembe.The post published alot of negative things about mwanawasa untill in the end.Please read before opening your mouth.Every data is important wether you agree with it or not.
I mean number 2
wages of sin is death..in your case jail awaits!
Dr Miti is innocent until proven guilty. Let those with inforamtion that may help with investigations take it to the Zambian investigative wings.
Have a good day you all.
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Sokwe kaamuleya katabi (The monkey failed to grasp a tree’s branch – one day)
miss daisy with your blog,Your face wont distruct us from independece of thinking.You are lier
and a replica of the snake in the bible.
Mwe bantu where is the President, people are dying in hospitals Government departments have literally ground to a halt. Has someone seen him ,where is RB . These problems will not disappear by burying his head in the sand, please SENIOR CITIZEN wake your boss up from his nap this one is at wrong time people are dying the clinics. We are in for a rough ride with this one RB, he does not when to keep quiet and he needs to come out talk to people. This country is on auto pilot, help us almighty God and wipe tears on the faces of your people, comfort our breathrens who have lost their dear ones whose lives would have been saved if some looked after them. Above all Lord provide for the orphans and the widows. AMEN
#52. wiseman-reborn. In the same vein, I am asking LT to present Dr. Miti’s letter right here for discussion. I have found it so intriguing.
Digital smoke I’m cool bro, what’s going down? Big up #17 Operation: Owl, I can’t chop ’em off…it’s Roots for life.
Due to public demand, LT why don’t you publish a copy of the letter?
There is no smoke without fire, internal enermy Dr Miti. Young (Dr Miti) don’t let me question your papers. How dare you write for plea to the Head of State when investigations being conducted by professionals are still underway? shame to you. Zambia is governed by laws and not men, ok!! submit whatever u have to the professionals incharge of investigations but look, u were given over damn six hours to provide information at the police station BUT u opted to write the President, why? damn u bloody yo corrupt acts ve made so many babies go to the grave. Don’t u know that K27b could ve immunised all the in Zambia? It could ve built 13 baording schools for the school going children? It could have also supplied all the peasant farmers with the much needed fertilizer?
A key principle of our legal system is that one is innocent until proven guilty (at least on paper), so let us resist the urge to pass judgement when we are neither qualified to do so, nor armed with the unbiased facts. Like evryone else i would like criminals who defraud the public purse and abuse public office to be punished, at the same time i would like that o occur under the umbrella of Democracy which many people have died for since colonialism. Lets exercise maturity, in this, and other cases, and put emotions aside. The law is not about truth, but about justice. Let us suppose for one minute Dr Miti was guilty. Unless we can prove it beyond reasonable doubt, he has the right to seek redress in the courts of law against anyone accusing him. I rest my case.
Why in the name of God are people pretending to be educated when their contributions are full of hatred and accrimony?? If it is true as Priory and CIA are saying why does it bother some people that Dr. Miti’s brother (Dr. Emmanuel Miti) who left what appears to be a reasonable estate to be burried in the UK?? Why is it so hard for some people to see things as they are?? Dr. Miti as things stand has not done anything wrong. Sources from the DPP as the Post has indicated have failed to find a case for Dr. Miti because he was not involved!!! Stupid intonations such as “there is no smoke without fire” is what kills innocent people. If Dr. Miti made a mistake by writing the letter in your eyes, thats your opinion. But did he commit a crime?? The answer in Law is HELL NO!!!!!!! Stop the…
He reminds me of a man in Ndola’s Masala who when he saw a policeman passing by started telling him(cop) that it was not him who broke in the whiteman’s house it was ba Shimutale. The cop did even know that ther was such a break in.
The issue of miti Not yet charged is not because of no evidence on the part of investigators but he is a link between the ministry and state house. They want kapoko to suffer alone because its his mistake for blowing this issue. When them turn this guy in alot will be exposed. Lets wait and see. For now we keep on unveiling hidden details so that RB wont escape with the hearse. Mind you the hospitals are coming
As doctors we are considered /perceived trusted not 100% and we trust people yet they betray the trust . Monalisa Syndrome this is what I decipher from above. Dr Miti trusted persons who were rascals and villains in dept of Human resources and planing offices . let RB explain from the farm to plot one what transpired.
#60 Wiseman. You dont trust any one in a working enviroment. You do that at your own peril.People need constant supervision and professional checks
Again some of u r being so petty. How dare u think that Dr Miti couldn’t have known about such huge sums of money? Look, the PS signs and approves everything in terms of payments in ministry for yo own info. No any other person can approve colossal sums of money in the ministry except PS and part of his/her duties is to monitoring & evaluation of all funded projects and programmes. So, what’s yo story? Wait and see what happens to him concerning these cases. Well, u maybe his relative but that should not stop u to think appropriately as an intellectual. He’s still Dr miti not yet though called prisoner and i know sooner or later he may have another tittle (prisoner) like the generals.
Ist Commander #71. Obviously you have never been an Executive. Again, if you’ve never managed an organisation, its better to keep your opinions hidden and not to expose your ignorance for the whole world to see. I find it rather reprehensible that you can say that a manager knows everything that is going on in the organisation. Remeber, a PS is a Chief Executive officer of the Ministry. He cannot function if he has to go through evereything that is brought to him for attention. He functions through his directors who if you’ve been to any half decent Business school will know that Directors have fiduciary duties!!! Ooohhh my God, are you going to ask me what fiduciary duties are?? I really get mortified by the level of ignorance exemplified sometimes!!! Zambians, wake the hell up!!!
I actually conqure with Mr. Justice!!! Well said there!!! What have you got to say for yourself Mr. 1st Commander?? This Mr. Justice is quite sharp heh??
Ba Miti tekanyani, we all have orphans to be looked after. What has meeting the president’s late mum got to do with your case. Prove to them that you are as innocent as a day old child.
No 71, the PS had already said that he was busy with the late President’s illness.
No 63 the letter was published in the post and I read it very well and clear. Dr Miti was pleading to the President.
Priory you seem to be one of the orphans Dr Miti is keeping. tekanyeni
At the core of some of these unfounded accusations is the tendency to feel jealous of wealth. I appreciate that our country is poor, and the majority are poor. However, let us not hate everyone who has more money than ourselves and wish them the worst. I am not saying that Dr Miti is innocent, i just think he should be given the benefit of doubt until proven guilty. I think as a civil servant, a father, husband, and Zambian, we owe him that much. Professional people take time to build their good names and many good names have been destroyed due to careless rumours.
I would like to look at this objectively as i neither know mitti personally to defend him nor know of his various activities as PS. this said, i want to point out that there was a report saying that the monies were stolen around LPM was in hospital (the ones of kapoko) However i also know that the AUDITOR GENERALS APPEAL was launched in 2007, and the AUDITOR and MITTI had differed on various occasions concerning MOH auditing. therefore, if mitti is innocent of grand theft then he is guilty of negligence or not performing his job as JUSTICE#71 U said he is CEO therefore if the Auditor general brings to u some anomalies, should you not check it out and be sure that there is no truth to claims made,call for an internal audit rather than claim the the Auditor has a personal “issue” with you?
LT you want to gon’ga me nakana i’ll write what i said again: In view that mitti is indeed innocent till proven guilty, i would like to note a few things. 1.) I believe the complaint by the auditor general was launched in 2007/2008 before LPM was even sick.2) according to the Auditor, she had problems auditing MOH due to some fair amount of resistance from PM mitti. Therefore, if the auditor had implied to mr mitti that there were anomalies in MOH, why did he not look deeper into the matter as the head of the ministry instead of claiming that the AG had a personal matter with him? Since in his lette he claims to have been busy with the late LPM but he had previously had liason with AG who was not impressed with moh so why did he not look into the matter then when it was raised?
WHY WAS HE NOT THE ONE TO EXPOSE KAPOKO?CONSIDERING HE THE FACT THAT HE KNEW AG NOTED ANOMALIES IN THE MOH AUDIT long before all hell broke loose?
Mr. Gambino, don’t be so callous and insensitive as to say someone is one of the orphans being kept by Dr. Miti. For whatever its worth, of Dr. Miti is looking after orphans, he needs to be commended for that. He should not be a subject of ridicule for that. If you’re some selfish son of a gun interested in eating and pretending to be sharp wherever you’re whilst your relative back home do not have anything to eat, you shud be ashamed. I am looking after orphans myself and I think Simon is a jolly good fellow for that!!!
Simon you sound quite educated but your memory is poor.Mitis arogance started in LPM s era.He did not only refuse to work with AG but also disregarded Parliamentary Committee s directives.There is in my view enough material in the public realm to enable us speculate.
Chama u are missing the point here.Yes looking after orphans is a noble thing to do but how does it come in when there are investigations.Those are issues to tell the Court in mitigation after conviction.Or does he considr himself to be as good as convicted?
Miti is nowgetting the real meaning of the word ‘stealing government money’ . Take it easy Miti. We are all waiting patiently. No one has ever accused you of any wrong doings unless of course you are accussing yourself of abuse of office. Do not even think about bein born again here Mr. We shall whip and drop you. ICHIMONA.
#83 right on! besides those pleas are to be made in the COURT OF LAW, and it is usually after one has been found guilty OR when the judge asks if there is anything the defendent wants the jury or judge to consider while making his verdict. Its allowed in the court of law, him writting to RB just makes it more suspicious is he telling us RB indeed has supreme power over the law? he may just make things bad for bwezani as well.
LCC, The letter you’re talking about was private and personal. Every Zambian has a right to have access to the Republican President. Simon has the same right. I personally do agree that Simon did the right thing writing to the President. But I feel that he may have been thinking he needed protection from witch-hunters. Why are you not also stating that he said he wanted to be treated fairly and with compassion? Fairly in my books means somebody is asking for justice right? So let Miti get justice. If the DPP cannot find a prima facie case against Miti, he shud not be dragged to court to appease the haters!!! Justice should prevail. But justice does not mean taking Miti to Chimbokaila. PERIOD!!!!!
Was it that Miti was asking for lenience or he was asking for justice. In the letter in the Post Newspaper, I observed some important points raised by Miti. The transactions in question were approved through the requisite procedures and that he personally did not attend the meetings in which the decisions to pay were made. I also take note of the fact that Kapoko was quite junior to Miti and never had any contact. I guess thats why the DPP is having problems linking Miti to this whole thing. Is it possible that this may have been the work of the juniors in the Ministry without involvement of Miti? Those who have worked in the civil service, comment please.
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wiseman-reborn My point is simply that with people calling for the culprits name Dr Miti has the right to be scared. I say this because some people keep saying if he is innocent he should not be scared. If he does not seem scared it will be the same people saying he doenst even seem bothered. Let him be scared if he wishes to and his day in court will come and so if they find him not guilty then we shall say now why where you scared. He has never been in this situation before in his position i would expect you to be even a little scrared
correction…culprits head not name
#87 chris one point as i have mentioned above is that for me what raises questions is that The auditor G had already communicated her concerns even before the late LPM took ill. That money of kapoko which we all read was about 1.9 billion kwacha, personally i believe the time frame of the anomalies goes before the illness of the late president for which this excuse of “i was not there holds very little water. 2. after he was not busy since october till now why did he not look into the matter that the AG had raised concerning MOH audit anomalies?
Mwe bantu beleleniko uluse ba Miti niba Orphan.
#90 Mukwa, I may be wrong, but according to the innformation in the public domain, the ACC and Police are investigating the K10 billion scam. This is with regard to the issues aurrounding Kapoko. However, the querries with Dr. Miti is with regard to the K1.9billion you refer to. With this particular payment, there was a contract with one of Kapoko’s companies to suppliy the MOH with some goods, which never arrived at MOH. The authorities are following up on who sanctioned that payment. What Dr. Miti happens to be saying is that he was not there when the decison was made to pay or contract….Contd…..
Zambian justice is expensive. Kaunda had UNIP to pay his legals bills. Chiluba paid Silwamba and Malambo in kind, from ‘alleged plundered resources.’ Whether innocent or not, you must have a lot of money to face your accusers in Zambian courts and expect a fair trial. Going by the way some newspapers twist what some people say, it goes without saying that you need a good lawyer to help you through the conundrum. If Dr Miti did not steal, he will have no money to use to defend himself. That is why, he is appealing to avoid the courts. BUT, who leaked the letter to the Post? dear Dr Miti, appeal to the highest court in the Universe and you shall be vindicated! One man tried it and it worked. Ps 119v78.
The letter in the Post stated that he was away with LPM in Egypt and later France when these transactions took place. With regard to the tiffles Miti had with the AG earlier it was about the issue of expired drugs at MOH. I remember that PAC was satisfied when documents showed that the drugs were actually from the Kaunda era which Medical Stores was trying to discard to create space. The AG ‘s office was satisfied with what it got from MOH and the issue rested. I also do believe that if the issue is some bad blood between the AG and Miti, there is no need to cook up a charge. Is Miti in any way part of the scandle at MOH??? The Director of Public Prosecutions is saying Miti is not part of this. What are we saying bloggers?
LCC 82, I take your point on board. However, the fact that Miti may have refused to work with AG does not prove guilt. Perhaps there was a clash in personalities or there were some underlying disagreements with methods, assumptions and findings. If Dr Miti was wrong to refuse to wok with AG, Dr Mitis superiors should have or should take the prescribed action. I remember Dr Miti Appeared before PPAC chaired by Mr Milupi. This was quite public and i dont think the findings were conclusive.
It is a pity that because of the public outrage against corruption, and rightly so, innocent people may be caught up in these sagas. I hope that there is justice in Zambia and not the Kray brothers kind of justice that is meted through tabloid newspapers until the will of the courts is bent.
Its a good question #93. Who leaked the letter?? I would like to know that person. The reason why I want to know that person is because, if a letter is private and confidential, does the Post have a right to publish that letter to the rest of the world? I see nothing incriminating in the letter. What right does the Post Newspaper have to publish personal communications?? I guess the interesting question is, DO WE AS INDIVIDUALS HAVE A RIGHT TO OUR CORREPONDENCE? Do we have a right to demand that confidential correpondence remain confidential?? Rememeber that you may be the victim next time. Can we demand that our mail remain confidential?????
Ahh.. the Zambian story. ‘Guilty until proven innocent’. The Post—-> biased as always. Everyman has the right to a fair hearing.
Amazing how UPND cadres get excited when it suits them. This story about Miti was in the Post and the same Post they condemn is what they are singing about now. “Tools”
MR JUSTICE,
Please if you are a croocked Dr miti’s sympathiser keep it to yourself and let Genesis sakala tell us more about this evil man.for your own imformation we are even interested in knowing in which varginas this man used to stash our billions.so you are right we all have girl friends and we are at peace because we havent wronged the nation and in poverty we are enjoying love and we are sleeping at night unlike former Dr miti
I think the Post are setting a bad precedent. We all have a right to personal communications. It is a fundamental right recognised in all international multilateral bodies. The Magna Carta, the United Nations documents and so on guarantee that we all have the right to PRIVACY!!! The Post should not be allowed to publish what they please. They need to also be accountable. Private communications shud remain private unless if sanctioned by a court order. If this is what Freedom of Information Bill is all about, then ABASH!!!!!!!!!!!!
AKAPONDOWith due respect, I think that your contribution is not only childish, it is very uncivilised. Iam not a sympathiser of anyone. There are a number of people here who have contributed and have not said some unpleasantries like yourself. I think that you need to show some maturity and stop personalising. What good does it do you if you know which girl Dr. Miti has been sleeping with?? This is the reason why we do not develop. Instead of spending time thinking of how you can improve, you spend your valuable time thinking of which woman Dr. Miti is sleeping with!!! Do grow up and lets have sensible, mature conversations.
Ba chris
If the same doctor miti is innocent as you may perceive.why writing to the president even going to an extent of pleading. Iyo ine bamayo balifwa,ndasunga abana banshiwa, abakashi bandi ifi ne fi after all naba nyinenwe nalibeshibe.if he knew he was innocent he would have relaxed and waited for his last laugh then started enjoying his wealth.now fast fast bena balekamo umusowa and unfortunately to him and fortuna for zambians membe stumble on the letter.so now he’ll stick on his ass like tick infact yalaba nga iya ba kashiwa.
nway if mitti is innocent in this, may he be given fair trial.However, with allegations that moh accounts were in first alliance bank, then there is so much more to this than the kapoko, i believe the kapoko issue was the initial trigger but for the amount of money to keep climbing, means there is more to MOH plundering that goes beyond the kapoko. This should also send messages to pm to work their ministries like companies, make sue their checks and balances r in place most organizations work ovetime sometimes just to acess acounts the ministry should do that before auditing so that even the auditors job is easier and any questions may easily be answered
And i agree with sentiments about the post publishing the letter, if it is adressed to the president why did someone else have acess to it? perhaps its protocol that security must open letters to the president first but i believe it is private property all the same, unless RB himsel made the leak….???
Pa zed THE PROBLEM IS TOOOO MUCH MOB JUSTICE. HOWEVER,Government ministries should be run as effectively as any other organisation. A good CEO will do a financial review, nfact especially if he has been away, when he gets back first thing, is to check what was happening, i aggree with the fact tha the president may not know all that goes on, however, MOH is one the pm even if it takes him a few weeks to review,should review what happened in his abscene so either way , mr mitti did not do his job effectively
Chama, thanks to LCC he has answered you. actualy am in lusaka and also keep orphans.
Miti sympathisers wether the letter was private the post has the right to publish because he is public servant and its tax payers money, not RB’s.
Those saying the post has reported that DPP has no evidence, please help me to find that story.
Theory: State house leaked the letter to the post. The Post are perceived as being on Mitis side so NyamaS thought it wont be published but will embarass Miti. They are equally shocked the Post published it.
Miti is in the habit of having babies all over the place. He neglected one of his children in the 90’s who almost died of malnutrition. So he doesn’t care about anybody and now he wants compassion. You get what you give!
the man is scared oready. he has reduced himself to a beggar for sure. I feel pity but alas, the law must take its course. Why should he be spared. Hahaha naikosa
nway if the letter is true RB leaked it i’m sure coz i dont think anyone in state house can risk job security like that, maybe it were THANDI?
Remember bloggers, the leaking of Personal Mail by the Post is actually a very bad thing. Those of us who have read what was contained in the letter can attest to the fact that it adds no value to the issue of the K10billion scam. The Post shud have concentrated on what Miti’s observations were about the scam. The whole letter has been reduced to one word “compassion”. That by Miti saying he wanted to be treated fairly and with compassion that he was asking for a Presidentil Pardon. This is far from it. Miti did expalin the whole transaction in that letter. Lets debate that. As for the leaking of the letter, I just hope all of us bloggers are not going to ZAMPOST anytime toon to post our love letters!! They may just end up front page news!!! Watch out!!!!
he should pick a leaf from magande calm under pressure and nothing to fear.
Miti, wait for your day in court and stop singing like a canary.
Miti, you were incharge of the ministry and approving all big expenditures just like Bulaya before you,.. people have been incecerated for obeying orders even from presidents, you will have to face the music just like Musonda is doing for carrying out Chilubas orders. there will be NO sacred cows and NO wako ni wako, we want justice to prevail.
These thefts and many more occurred during LPM’s rule. RB lift the immunity so that all involved are prosecuted even those defaming you to distract your attention. The Auditor General’s report covers 2007. RB was not the president. The lodges, Hammers etc were not all bought in the last six months of RB rule. The Law should visit all even the scared ones holding the “legacy” if involved.
Dr Miti is suspended. The means of livelihood are curtailed. The gist of his plea to the President is that he does not have a prima facie (at first sight) case to answer on this suspiscion. What he is asking for is to continue working at his new ministry. As a doctor, his suspension also means that he brings the profession into disrepute and liable to disciplinary action against him by the Medical council. So, he cannot return to practice. Financially he could be ruined just by the allegations. Hence the plea. Perhaps he could have applied to the courts for an injunction against his suspension? What do the learned lawyers say?
Abena miti mwatampa bwangu ukupolomia.
BA MITI JUST WAIT PATIENTLY FOR YOUR TIME TO BE TRIED. IF THERE IS NOTHING THAT YOU DID YOU WILL SURELY BE VINDICATED. DONT WORRY IF YOU ARE NOT BEING PAID WHISLT BEING ON FORCED LEAVE, TULEFWAYA UNKWEKO IFYO BONFWA AMA RETIREES WHO YOU DELAY IN PAYING THEM THERE TERMINAL BENEFITS. NANGU ULEMBE INKALATA KULI BA RB THE INVESTIGATIVE WINGS SHOULD ALSO PLAY THEIR ROLE AND ONCE YOU ARE CLEARED WE THE TAX PAYERS WILL BE MORE THAN WIILING TO PAY YOU. BOLA PANSHI MUNE. YOUR COUNTERPART AT LANDS, SICHONE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO COURT AT ONE TIME AND HE WAS CLEARED SO TAKE YOUR TIME AND MAKE A DATE WITH THE CORUTS OF LAW.
One wonders how such low life like Miti, even riddled with all the degrees the world can over, could have risen to such high positions in government.No wonder, when caught pants down with dirty hands in the till, his reaction is shocking! “Kulila lila sure chi doctor chonse monga ni kamwana, atase!”
Miti is an overambitious character, who would do anything to get to the top. Ask his former classmates at medical school all those he worked with at Ndola Central Hospital! He is so sly and dangerous. Many people have lost their jobs because of him. Look how he patronised FTJ, and later, discarded him because FTJ is no longer in power. He would do the same with RB, i.e use him and discard him once he achieves his goal. He is soft spoken, but very cunning! But one thing for sure, he can be so CHILDISH that you wonder how he manages to brush shoulders with mature people in power! Pathetic, even prison warders will notice this once he goes in!