says that a few individuals in the public service are the ones tarnishing the image of the county in the eyes of the international community.
Mr. Mbula only 2 per cent of the public service workers are corrupt.
He said about 98 percent of Zambia’s civil servants are decent, clean, honest and devoted to their duties.
“It is the remaining 2 per cent who are tarnishing Zambia’s reputation abroad by getting involved in criminal activities such as corruption and embezzlement of public resources,” he said.
Mr. Mbula made the remarks when a 15 member delegation of senior and middle management of Zambian civil servants in accountancy and human resources paid a courtesy call on him at the Zambia Chancery in Pretoria, South Africa yesterday.
The High Commissioner said recent reports on public servants getting involved in corruption and embezzlement cases of public funds did not augur well for the country’s reputation abroad.
He stated that despite Zambia having had five free and democratic elections since 1991,which was a good record by standards, the perception by the outside world that Zambians are corrupt are the ones receiving the wide publicity in international media.
Mr. Mbula has since advised the Zambian civil servants to be vigilant so that frauds are detected on time.
He further urged civil servant to make it their business to report any suspicious activities to the respective authorities like the police and the Anti Corruption Commission.
“We should not wait for external auditors to detect thefts in our ministries ,that is why we have internal auditors in each ministry ,if we hear anything lets us not hesitate to report such activities the police or Anti Corruption Commission, lets not allow the few self and corrupt people to tarnish our country’s image,” appealed Mr. Mbula.
He further appealed to the civil servants to perform their duties with honesty and integrity to preserve the good name of the country in the eyes of the international community.
Meanwhile delegation leader, Frank Musunga, Chief Human Resources Development in the Ministry of Educate, assured Mr. Mbula that his delegation will endevour to apply the knowledge gained from the course for the betterment of the country
The 15 were part of the 29 Zambians civil servants drawn from the various ministries and departments attending at two-week senior and middle management course in Pretoria which ends on July 31,2009.
This is contained in a press statement by second secretary of press,Philip Chirwa .
ZANIS
This is the man Mwanawasa said required to do light duties, hence appointing him as high commissioner to south africa. Surely we do not need people who can do light duties to stay in power. Let him retire pliz!!!!!!!!!!
How did he arrive at 2%? Why not 5 or 10%? Nonsense!
Mbula blinded by his own incompetence. Look up, you may be able to see whats going on!
Which study? Please quote for us,dont just talk about statistics without quote the source.
how much have those who compose that 2% been stealing. they can even make the whole governement collapse
Yes why only 2%?
This is one of the people that benefitted heavily from Levy’s tribalistic campaign ! He is part of the 2% (Whereever he got that figure from !)
Iam surprised that such a man of Mbula caliber and age can just dream such figures as 2%. Where is he geting information from? In statistics, am sorry we do not just dream figures but back them with studies with empirical evidence. He needs night school to learn statistics
Infact, the way he started opening his mouth , he will be targeted for expulsion from MMD in the interest of pissed off Donors !
#2 Dark Night, that is the same question I asked myself even before reading the full article. Such parsimony with truth is dangerous especially for some uncritical people we have government who would just take anything to the press to appear to have facts. I am really disappointed.
Sorry everyone, Mr Mbula’s secretary here. It’s the other way round, 98% are corrupt and only 2% are not I kinda of mixed the speech up while typing
I repeat the same question many bloggers are asking: How the hell does this man arrive at 2%, he must give the breakdown ministry by ministry. He knows a lot because he has been in the civil service for ages and must be part of the 2%. We are sick of these corrupt senior civil servants.
Do your math bamudala
Mbula is ignorant, he dosent know what he is saying…if anything 98% are corrupt and only 2% are not corrupt and he himself is not even part of the 2%…..
and why haven’t you reported your ideated 2% to the anti corruption commission?
Ba Mbula mwalipwa.
what is the basis of your estimates, dumb a.s.s!
One wonders how Mbula came to this figure.. after all, he is one of the 2% statistics.
And I thought old people were wise.kwena.If only 2% are corrupt,I’m sure we wouldn’t be feeling or complaining about the effects of corruption.So that means the other 98% are sacred cows.Go figure!!!
Good evening
This 2% really sounds fictitious. I wonder how much research/effort went into establishing this, if any? It is easy to come up with such figures and present them to the public for “make-believe”, but not everyone is easily decieved…
Mbula tell us what research you did to make you arrive at 2 %….he needs to go mukulima, too old, hence the reason he is making statements he cannot substantiate.
I think the title of this article should read “Only 2 % of the public service workers are NOT corrupt. – Mbula”
I would like to know how he came up with the 2% figure, wheres the survery or inquiry figures. There is no damn way we are all suffering and complaining just because of the alleged 2%
I just want to commend all the Patriotic Zambians on all the Zambian blogs for their unrelentness passion for Zambia ,keep on fighting for a Zambia where dreams, a good future and good living is possible. Please do not give up the good fight even though it seems some are determined to pervert justice no matter what. Keep on speaking the truth and for those that are christians keep on praying and believing God one day it shall come to pass.
Can you imagine that this is the of quality or calibre of Zambian diplomats in foreign missions.
How can he make such a pronouncement without facts to back him up.
Is he really supposed to hold that position? He is very unfit for a diplomat.
This is what nepotism does to our mother Zambia.
ba Mbula, are you aware of the pareto or 80/20 rule? 98/2 in your case, only 2% are enjoying 98% of the national cake you mean to say? i get u, thanx! you old useless mwanawasa family tree ambassador!
what is this man talking about?Is he a lunatic or something?What kind of mathematics did he use to arrive at 2%? Iwe mbula ikalafye!
that 2% surely includes himself
mbula! ambassador or CSO director?
mwanawasa with his corrupt appointments! e.g. Lesley Mbula, the chap doesnt even know how to use a computer but ati ni anbassador, pa last ati mwanawasa legacy my foot!!!!
you people in government think we are so dull,we know who are corrupt and ba mbula dont think for us
I would have agreed if 2% was the corrupt free measure in the civil service. Because at the moment plot 1 is leading followed by the cadres or sorry ministerthen the rest is the order of the day. Get to China and see how regulatiions guarding against corruption are upheld
In your dreams madala,go back to the land guess that will make a hell alot of…………….
Iyee these thieves…..who do you think you can cheat? Whose corruption is the Zambian corruption? Is it not MMD’s corruption ? And you outrightly correct in saying that only the 2% MMD -leaders of the Zambian population are corrupt. MMD is corrupt and the Donors now know it 100%. Shame on you all.
lemmington i agree with you 100%. these guys are insulting our intelligence.we should chuck these old fools out, bring in some fresh young blood to do the work. iwe mbulo chipuba shut your mouth!
I dont mind a fool like that f35cking his own children somewhere in some z village but these guys are messing our lives friends. like the way they held us at ransom with those ati ma new passports. Anything you give them to touch turns to sh# t! I feel like bashing my head sometimes.
The man is just as useless as RB and FTJ. How does he arrive at 2% and which 2%, if he knows them why not remove them? These are the old, tired and expire people John Sangwa has been complaining about. Above 70, Sanmgwa argues that you are physically and intellectually too tired fro public office. Retire this geriatric, please he needs tim eiwht his grand and great grand children. Also retire this nyama soya. How does any sensible person claim Chiluba was a good President. Didn’t he see how KK worked? Total incompetence!!! Anyway, these clowns need to be sorted out sooner than later. Baya sana!!!
Mr Lesle Mbula, how did you arrive at only 2% corrupt civil servants? You were Secretary to the Cabinet and now High Commissioner to South Africa when your colleagues and contemporaries are long gone, how come? No young people ( 45 to 65 ) to take over from you eh? Irreplaceably too qualified. Stop talking about 2% corrupt civil servants and just continue enjoying yourself without insulting the intelligence of the rest of Zambians.
Old age is playing its part.
Its like Mbula is justifying corruption in Zambia because only 2% are said to be corrupt. 2% of corruption in whatever sense is already too high.
NEVER SEE CORRUPTION IN TERMS Of HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE CORRUPT. See corruption in terms of its NEGATIVE consequences like
. Lost opportunities. Poor work culture. Lack of clean water and sanitation. Right to education and health. Ignorance. Short life spun. Un wanted babies. Poverty. Lack adequate development and performance audit. The list is endless.
All these negative results can be caused one person like Kapoko or a few people like the Cabinet or Parliament less than 0.000……….% for arguments’ sake.
Therefore 2% is too high a percentage in terms of corruption.
Mind you Zambiaz score on corruption is 2 out of 10 where 10 stands…
LT, for God’s sake, how many times are we going to tell you to jack UP!!! Don’t just cut and paste things from ZANIS blindly! Does the opening to your story make any sense to you? F*uc k you , and the MMD horse you came on! This is getting ridiculous!!
All I have is one question for this blubering *****. Which Zambia is he talking about? People are corrupt because the take home an average pay cheque of K400,00=00. How is one meant to survive on that? Our public servants will do as any other man would do when the are pushed to limit and that is try to find a way out especially the fact that ministers always seem to getting pay rises every other month.
Anyway bottom line is the government should stop trying to spread this proganda bull and come up with viable solutions to the core problems we are facing.
THIS MAN IS A SERIOUS LIAR
SO, IF thats the case then Ant-Corruption Commission (AC), is just a bunch of loafers who are getting paid for just yawning in their offices due to lack of who to investigate on. This is serious. And these words are comming from a well placed and long-serving civil servant. Therefore, with this information it’s a scandal that we still run an organisation with absolutely nothing to do. AC must be closed down to even save money to pay the hard-working nurses. Citizens, take these people seriously with their utterances.
Forgive this man. His grey hair suggests he’s becoming more stupid than wise. When did he start doing statistics? I’ve never heard of a study on corruption in the recent past especially after the Kamoko incidence.
He’s is just a habitual liar. He lies all the time. ABASH bootlicking. It was even better to lick Mwanawasa’s boots, not this Nyama soya. ……
#37, The People. Which KK are you talking about and who did what? KK squandered Zambia’s money big time. If you are talking about the liberation struggle for the sake of making his name (and not Zambia), you are right. So, far no president in Zambia is worth the salt. NIBA KABOLALA BONSE FYE.
Why does it always have to be through rumors that ordinary Zambians learn about big national issues that have untold implications on their lives? Can the government learn to inform and educate citizens on issues of national importance!! Land, in any country, is a very sensitive issue to be approached casually without serious contemplation. If there is one issue with the potential to blow up any society; LAND IS. Any leader who overlooks this fact is simply setting up Zambia for a DESASTER, and in my opinion, that leader deserves a gelatin. The Chines, or whoever, should be very weary of secret deals with corrupt individuals in govt. MMD is not going to be in power forever to protect your shady deals. Be careful not to build your investments on a PILE OF SAND!!!!
I am sick and tired of beneficiaries always hoodwinking us in thinking that corruption is not thre when the nation is dead and stinking because of corruption. We dont need baseless statistics from you Mbula to convince otherwise.
#7. You foolish leader reconciled with the late but you are still haunted. I think you are not normal.
Sorry—–never mind #47 post—–wrong thread!!!!! I am not sure how that happened, anyway my mistake.
Ba Mbula, everyone had forgotten about you and how you benefitted from LPM. Manje apa mwaisula akanwa mwafuma fye ba lunshi !
All of you calling the Zambian civil service as being highly corrupt must ask yourselves if your hands are clean. It all starts from there. If you live in a glass house do not throw stones. Some of you out there are more corrupt than even Kapoko is alleged to be. Shame.
ONLY 2%? And we should be happy? Where did HE Mbula get his stats from? There have not been any convictions of incumbent civil servants for corruption yet.
If it was 2% Zambia would have developed but there is massive corruption in our nation and we are dissapointed with RBs leadership who doesnt see anythingwrong with corrupt ministers he reappoints
Anyway, to be very honest, Mbula needs to be forgiven. Why?? Because official stats have, and will never be nearer the truth. Simple as that.
bull$h!t…perhaps you were supposed to say 2% of them are not currupt.. even if okay sightly more than 2 percent arent currupt..the service sucks..its a shame..
Attention all greetings. Take careful note of some character who has taken the way of the devil in trying to dent my great blogname and character.
I am hoping LT will teach him/er a lesson since I have made contact about this already.
The character 14 Pabwato Ba’Kamba in other LT threads is a first suspect in the very bad behaviour which can be attributed to a 5 ba Dr Maureen.
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Mr Mbulo, we are not retarded. someone needs to bend you over and penetrate you, prison style then you’ll stop lying. Everyone knows how bad corruption is in Zed. we have all had to bribe a public servant in zed just to do his job, its a way of life. Mr. Mbulo do you live in Zed? if not your mother gave birth to you from her backside.
On a friendly note, can anyone tell me the percentage of duty fees , I would pay if I came to Zed with computers and Laptops, used for a development project