THE total expenditure of the Task Force on Corruption was higher than the recoveries made during the period of its operations, Home Affairs Minister Lameck Mangani has said.
Mr Mangani said in an interview in Lusaka yesterday that colossal sums of money were spent on the operations of the Taskforce, particularly on the hiring of private lawyers within and outside the country.
“The nation did not get a good deal from the Taskforce. A lot of money was spent on private lawyers. The facts on the expenditure and recoveries speak for themselves,” Mr Mangani, who did not state the total amount of money spent said.
But sources said the Government spent $13 million on foreign lawyers and more than $900,000 on local private prosecutors.
The sources said $1.3 million was still outstanding for the foreign legal fees while $480,000 was still owed to local private lawyers.
The money raised from the sale of properties seized abroad has all gone towards settling the legal fees for the hired lawyers.
In 2004, the Government paid $85,000 to MNB, a firm where local private prosecutor Mutembo Nchito is a partner.
In 2005, $465,000 was paid out to MNB while $200,000 was paid in 2007. A further $120,000 was paid out to the law firm in 2008 with the last payment made this year of $80,000.
•Energy and Water Development Minister Kenneth Konga has challenged members of Parliament (MPs) alleging corruption in the fuel procurement process to prove their claims.
Mr Konga said in Parliament on Wednesday evening after several opposition MPs
repeatedly accused the Government of being corrupt in the importation of fuel that there was no such a thing because contracts were awarded on a competitive basis.
He said in response to Luena MP Charles Milupi (Independent) who alleged that the Government had awarded a contract to a small Kenyan company that there was no element of corruption in the whole process.
[Times of Zambia]
Fulls like Mangani were disputing when the issue of spending more money in persuing these cases than what would be recovered- that was when Levy was alive. To day the same full is saying it was not worth it. Guys who only parrot what the RB says are more dangerous to Zambia than the late Mushala. INFACT YOU HAVE TO SPEND IN ORDER TO GET QUALITY SERVICE. What happened to the DONOR community’s in put? Did they withdraw this after that suspicious acquittal and that you as GRZ have no capacity to sustain the ops of the TF? Is this why you decided to “DISBAND IT?”
The late Mwanawasa wanted to disband this task force he created citing the colossal sums of money govt was spending. Ordinary Zambians, honestly, have benefited nothing from this futile exercise apart from enrinching some lawyers. Every one was advocating for its dissolution but today they have changed because RB has taken a bold step to stop the wastage of national resources. Nicofye icalo caba. Takwaba kuwamya.
shame….. shame….. one reason I have little respect for lawyers……. all they know is how they can syphon monies into there accounts….. they will bill you writing an email and for receiving your email…. eh! this carreer!……. I tell you!
& where the phunk where you N.E.G.R.O.S when such a thing was happening over 8 years you were just ranting about corruption.What a govt
I am left with no option but to allege that Late Mwanawasa, Mutembo Nchito, Chona, Nkole have also plundered the national resources and should be prosecuted. Petty politics and grave hatred was at play. God sees the hearts of mortal man. What have we gained from the Chiluba prosecution. Ten wasted years in the wilderness, no really touching real issues but prosecuting and rewarding each other well. God bless them
#2. Levy had the powers to stop the TF if he wanted to. The whole thing is a shame, our leaders have a way of wasting money. Look at this crop of people called District Commisioners, what do they do apart from being political instruments. With this size of cabinet and ‘senior govt officials’, zambia should have been one of the most properly governed nation.
Deja vu,
Full or full?
I’m not an Accountant or Economist but there must be some kind of Cost benefit analysis related to future fraudalent transactions.Do the indicators show increase in corruption or otherwise and what is the purpose of hiring foreign lawyers when the foreign judgements can be reversed locally?
It does not make any sense to keep funding something that is not viable…..it is our only hope that the true meaning and essence of the fight of corruption as was started by late LPM will continue under ACC. It shocking to think that even though there was such an intense fight of corruption under LPM, Kapoko could still K27 billion…..he meant business this guy!
who is a cabbage now???chiluba is a free man!!
Late Mwanawasas motive behind setting up the Taskforce was noble, but his followers such as Mangani, Mulongoti, Katele, VJ Sikapwasha, R&B were busy undermining him. Nowonder the taskforce has been disbanded only after Mwanawasas death. Mwanawasa was fighting a lone battle, no support from his followers and state machinery. I wish he knew that he was alone in this crusade probably the monies spent to enrich these already rich lawyers would have been used to educate the less priveledge in society. We told Mwanawasa not to set up the Taskforce but reorganise the existing institutions, Shikapwasha and Mulongoti refused cos they didnt want to be fired. They are saying yes to R&B cos they dont to be fired either.
What a futile exercise it was!!!
Come on People.. Come on Zambians .. We, particularly younger generation, are better educated and think better than these incompetent dull guys.. Where in anyone studies have BENEFITS OF PUBLIC PROJECTS AND SERVICES been quantified as such. How do you quantify in monetary terms the benefits of new schools, hopitals or indeed THE VERY ANTI CORRUPTION COMMISSION!!!!!! what has it ever recovered in monetary terms anywhere in the world!! This is myopic, short sighted and completely dull of anyone to listen to this nonsense of valuation of a GRAFT fight!! The benefits are very intrinsc but valuable. Zambia’s reputation was enhanced.. Our international Ease of business and what they call SOVEREIGN RISK INDICATOR was greatly enhanced..
ALL global corporations have formal assessments of SOVEREIGN or COUNTRY RISK AS THEY CALL it and countries are graded accordingly.. EG: Barclays BANKING GROUP have currently ranked Zambia 11th out of 13 on Country Risk. In monetary terms in 2005 the net investment in Zambia was limited to British Pounds 400 million only. Barclays call it BGC score. Therefore would not put more money in to Zambia to lend to business projects regardless of viability.. Countries like Zimbabawe are on 13- which indicates a DIVEST or scale down startegy.. Guys from all our studies we know that SLEPT factors ( Legal & Political considerations) are at the heart of Sovereign Risk assessment. The task force, arbitrary as it was, enhanced our legal reputation and increased confidence in Legal recourse!!!
#113 Diggga I totally agree with you, however….it makes no sense to have s pecialised institution that isnt achieving it specific objectives. Remember that it was to serve a specific objective, which it has failed. Thus to continue to keep funding such an isntitution would not make sense, if it fails to attain its objective, distinctively. The important thing is here, it has been intergrated into an already existing mother body, which can still satisfy its objectives through it, at a lesser cost I believe.
I think Mangani has got it all wrong. In my little opinion, the benefits far outweigh the costs. Public institutions Bo Mangani are not the same as commercial entities whose motive is profit. Public institutions like government depts provide a service and create intangible assets Take for example the respect and knowledge of law the Task Force made on the minds of citizens. As a result of the country’s stand on corruption, how much did Zambia receive in donor funding and FDI?, Can Mangani tell me that they can close a hospital, police etc in rural districts coz they spend more than gov is recovering?….disturbing to hear such crap from a minister.
The Task Force was a good initiative to recover monies plundered under Chiluba. The problem it faced was the time frame it would operate & yes monies spent to recover whatever there was to recover that was stolen. I feel it should have been incorporated into the ACC. Mutembo & his law firm MNB started their work on Task Force as probono but later discovered it was an opportunity to make money and convinced Mwanawasa they would swiftly prosecute. As they discovered the wheels of justice move at a snails pace & today Zed is paying for it. As it is right now disbandling it makes sense. I wished they had just investigated like they do any other case then we wouldn’t be paying millions of dollars to recover assets that have not even benefited us as Zambians in anyway.
The improved Sovereign risk score from OUR ANTI GRAFT FIGHT CHAMPIONED BY ZED1 ICIBUMBA LPM SC MHSRIHP saw board rooms across the world approved increased exposure or new expansion into Zambia. THE REDUCED REAL RISK OF EXPROPRIATION OF ASSETS BY FOREIGN HOSTLE GOVT- like HUGO CHAVEZ HAS DONE.. Thats why our economy started to turn around 2003 and our GDP or production numbers has quadrupled from 2001 levels of USD $billion to $20billion + at its height before down turn… YOU CLOWN MANGANI QUANTIFY THAT!!!!.. the $20m dollars you are crying about a has brought in $5 billion in Local and FDI… eat that !! Mangani I know you and your friends are dull but I’m a firm believer that Zambians are amonst the blessed and most intelligent people in the world. Academically weve exceled everywhere
FINANCE & INVESTMENT valuation of Public Sector performance… there’s no simple monetary value that could assigned.. dul president, dull government, dull politician.. dull dull dull.. no strategic & tactical thinking.. I cannot believ they are Zambians at all…. Zambians are sharp exsay!!
#7 AKAPONDO. You know what I want to say will be censored so some ingenuity is neccessary.
#16 DDT.. I completely share your dismay and disgust… Honestly I believe in the genetic Intellect of Zambians and honestly do not believe we share the same Genes with these blind bats.. I honestly cannot wait for this generation of old chaps to go away and retire somewhere so that our young educated exposed brains take reigns and drive zambia down the right road.. disgusted..
If you enforce the London judgement against Chiluba, you will recover more than what they spent.
Mangani, this is not how you rate a public institution. The Police have little or no sources of income and yet the amount spent on them is colosal. Are we going to disband them because of this? The reasons for disbanding the TF should have been that they are duplicating the work of other institutions or that they did not meet the objectives they were set out for. It was also an illegal institution, as Sata noted. Somehow, we all seem to have conveniently forgotten this. Like we have all forgotten how these same characters were in the Mwanawasa regime. If these two faced a-holes had issues with Levy, why didn’t they resign? RB was Veep for chrissake! For the record, the MMD has been a d!ck and no amount of whitewashing will make them clean. This party needs to go.
#15 BEZANI.. I agree with you.. We need to correctly and formally institutionalise ANTI GRAFT institutions with full Statutory guidance and power to investigate and prosecute.. For me parliamentary oversight rather than report completely to the President like Auditor General is where we should go.. to some extent like the British.. Tahts why we want a new consitution adopted through COnstituent assembly that limits power of the President, and improves accoutnability. but these are the things that MMD are hell bent against doing.. Instead want to further mess up our constition with ill conceived, misplaced & crude piecs of legislation like NGO Act , Media Act when everythign we do should be for good of future generations, when we are all gone.. Thats should be RB’s mindset every…
People u are missing the point. Its not just about money spent on the TF, its more about ensuring justice prevails – promoting morality in the use of public resources. U can not ignore a wrong or injustice just because it would be costly to pursue it. I dont think this should be the basis for enforcing law and order. Otherwise illegality and immorality involving public resources would thrive – which would be even more costly to the nation than if pursued and stopped.. The costs for the TF went up as there was a miscalculation on the period the investigations and prosecution was going to take place. A TF by nature is supposed to be a temporal arrangement to speed up the process which would have been much slower in its absence or by using the already existing systems.
#21 DIGGA. Much as I hare your sentiments on this issue, I tend to disagree that age and education is the cause of this SEMPER IN EXCRETA situation we have found ourselves in. We have a lot of degree holders in MMD who cannot think by themselves unless RB switches them- the same goes to the YOUTH in MMD. My self am of a ripe age but I have shunned aligning my self with these politicians because I want to use the brains which GOD gave me. Even among the old guard you have intelligent individuals like Mr Elias Chipimo who have always been frustrated by these headless chickens called MINISTERS. What we need is to strengthen our consititution such that no body will be above law, young or old. Ensure enough jobs so that all will be busy with no time for CADERISM.
Hey Guys,
Chiluba stole, the Task Force has been scrapped. The so-called London judgement will NEVER be registered in Zambia. End of story. Let’s all eat and drink, while the cats with and around Chiluba fatten. There is little else that can be done now. Amen!
Some of the benefits of the TF (such as deterrence to commit corrupt offences ) were unquantifiable in monetary terms. However, a simple cost-benefit analysis shows that TF was too burdensome on the taxpayers. Those millions of dollars cud be channelled elsewhere!
ACC needs capacity to execute its mandate, but part of this capacity should be through law reform.
It doesnt matter how much we tax payers pay but for the sake of justice thives have to be punished. But in Zambia we want economise when it comes to metting out justice to some “elite”. Justice must be seen to be done. The real loss of money is the acquital of Chiluba considering his case is straight forward.
I believe the country did not lose anything because most of this money was given by the donors to specifically fight corruption. It is money well spent. A lot of people were convicted and there is great awareness among zambians what corruption is. So stop mourning this money did not come from your corrupt MMD government
#26 Deja Vu.. I think you are right.. Maybe I’m being too emotional but the anxiety, followed by despair each morning I read Home news has taken it’s toll on me.. probably ended up thinking to hell with them al. as you rightly point out there are good ones.. Maybe its an issue of mindset, upbringing and not Academic success..
Those MMD chaps need bullet in their “f”
DIGGA
I certainly agree with you by your way of thinking, really out of the box…very much like building an electrical fence around your property, difficult to see the benefits yet they are there..but you know desperate men will need to ‘quantify’ their reasoning so as to stop institutions that are prepared to look over their shoulders…
Now it iz suitable for the government to say the Task Force used up more than the recoveriez, when all along this waz the cry of the people! What haz changed?
I’m very dissappointed with this government. The other day, they are allowing exploration of minerals in a treasured natural habitat sanctuary, today they want to justify a silly act.
DIGGER i concur with all your observations,these ministers know very well that the fight is not about how much was going to be ploughed back in the treasury,its about setting a precednt that any one who holds public office starting from plot 1 will never escape the wrath of the law when it comes to corruption,mind you the Tf was funded by donors particularly the british,nertherlands and norway,these sponsors didnt look at how much was going to be recovered but that the persons responsible are made to account for whatever they could have stollen>to people like mangani,its a way of trying to win sympathy from the masses to turn against the people who initiated TF,already you can see from some comments here that it has worked on them psychologically
Bonse ku Zambia muli nkuuuuumbafye. No wonder Kafupi is claiming his money back.
So you disbanded it because it was costing the country money? You have to spend to have sanity. Bashetani you dont know have to spend? Do you know how much Britain and the USA spend on this?
Now that the Task Force has been scrapt they should tell the nation how much has been recovered from the stolen money since this was the whole purpose of forming the TF. What are the benefits after pumping in so much tax payers money. These lawyers the Ntichtos should be investigated these guys have made so much money from the Task Force.
#26 african politians find it difficult to use their brains or whatever knowledge they could have acquired at uni’s,kunda is educated but when he was with mwanawasa he supported the TF and even denounced chiluba,but today he finds it fit to say TF was a drain,mangani,nothing to write home about form 5,certificate in primary school teaching/diploma public relations,would you expect anything sensible from him,shikapwasha form V, airforce training, unless the constitution says degree holder to be a cabinet minister,im afraid we are stuck with these BLONDES
I knew it and now my fears have been comfirmed
#30.
Kashimani says:
November 6, 2009 at 11:16 amI believe the country did not lose anything because most of this money was given by the donors to specifically fight corruption- THIS IS THE POINT THE BLIND FOLLOWERS ARE MISSING. ME MY GUESS IS THE SCRAPPING OF TF WAS 2 PRONGED. 1) TO ENSURE CHILUBA, KATELE & CO DO NOT GET PROSECUTED. 2)THE DONORS WITHDREW THEIR MONEY BECAUSE OF THE STATE’S BEHAVIOUR VIS A VIS CHILUBA’S DUBIOUS ACQUITTAL. ASK YOURSELF- CHILUBA WAS ACQUITED BECAUSE THE CHARGE WAS THAT OF THEFT BY PUBLIC SERVANT AND HE(CHILUBA) WAS NOT A PUBLIC SERVANT!!!!. WHY NOT AMMEND THE CHARGE AND START AFRESH? OF ALL THE LEGAL TECHCALIITIES THIS IS THE SHALOWEST AND IF I WERE SANGWA/SIMEZA I WOULD RECEIVE ANY FEES FROM CHILUBA .
Vera cabinet minister Form II, Diploma in Public Speaking, wish i could hear her debate in parley,Chituwo Form V, Bsc, Msc (Orthopedics) , HB, MB, CHB, abakali tabalanda sana,Namulambe Gabriel form5/ILGAZ, what the fcuk is that,,,,,surely what these people stand and debate sensibly,these cabinet ministers would make Sarah Pallin look like a damn smart politician……all this info is on the National Assembly website by the way,no malice
#40 Smoothcriminal I doubt if this degree issue can work in Zambia. We have degree holders in parliament but as soon as they join politics they put their degrees aside and start behaving like cadres. Politics is not all about how educated you are its all about understanding the people and what they want and deliver the goods thats all. Have you seen HH of late he has stopped behaving like a professional he has brought himself lower to level of a common man for people to understand him espeically the grassroot people and it has started working for him. When he used to behave life a professional people did not like him especially the villagers they thought he was full of himself.
Next there will be a new task force to investigate the old task force
Chiluba disbanded SITET(the agency that was specifically meant to monitor money laundering and other foreign exchange matters) so that he could easily do what he did. OH LUPANDO MWAPE RECALLED FROM CHINA. REASON ? HE SENT SALAULA TO HIS IMPOVERESHED KIN BUT MMD MISTOOK THE GESTURE AS CAMPAINING FOR MMD PRESIDENCY. This how low this MMD has sunk.
More could have been recovered if people like Mangani and his friends did not protect criminals and plunderers. AllaBee has protected plunderers.
How much of this money spent by the Task Force came from donors and how much came directly from Zambian tax payers’ coffers ?
Maybe it is donors who should have a say here …. !
Did you allow them to receover the millions of dollars that pygmy stole from us? There’s your answer, airheads!!!
Blogging must have a semblance of reasoning and logical argument. Here is an important thread all spammed with disconnected pure street talk, academic idealism with negligible entries from intellectual realists. This manifests the challenge ahead. The blog need cultivation and participation of more intellectual reasoning in discourse than Street talk. The Diaspora has a challenge to present prospective public office leadership materials. Why this apathy by the intelligentsia for the thread to remain predominantly spammed by street kids???? Institutional duplicity is no way of enhancing institutional Business Intelligence and Financial Performance Management.
Let us have a wider picture on this subject. What we have on paper may not be the wholesome truth.
Obviously, some money was gained by govt. Public servants refrained from stealing because of the mere presence of the task force. How much was saved through that .. if it is documented?
More donor funds came to Zambia in healthcare, USAID programs, fight agaist AIDS/HIV, etc. because of donor confidence in our govt that had a TF in place.
Can you sum up that?
Good afternoon
Alright, the task force was too costly to maintain but were they not doing the right thing? Wouldn’t it had been more sensible to cut down the costs in one way or another? For all we know, Mangani’s payroll is probably triple than that of some Task Force (former?)employees.
Selfishness – that is what is wrong with Africa!
Donors stopped funding the TFC long before Levy’s death.GRZ has been falking it out to these good for nothing entry level prosecutorial lawyers.This is why Levy proposed that it must go but Mark Chona and his partners in crime protested in the pretext of concluding the cases in the dock.Here we are 9 years of filling up a racketeers with zero benefit.Thank God economists from Nkwazi House, to BOZ and MoFNP are in full charge.They stood to end this racket of wastage.They have my unwavering solidarity.This was a conduit of historic financial crime ponderous in magnitude.
Always keep in mind that people like Mangani, Mulongoti, Shikapwasha, and the likes are mere RB bootlickers who can never think soberly. They are there to please RB in everything — even in fuel shortage.
More thieves will now resurface because the Lion-guard has been killed and buried.
So, guys, what do we do about these criminals? What’s the way forward? We know they stole. We know they stink. we know they’ll support each other to the hilt. Let’s not give up the fight. TRhis country belongs to us, to our mothers, fathers, families. We may be eating polony in Western countries, but this is “our motherland”, like the national anthem says. We know the thieves. What next?
#53 \ VETERAN CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOUR GOD RB MEANT THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE TOO EXPENSIVE TO SEND CHILUBA TO JAIL? A CRIMINAL IS A CRIMINAL. COMING TO YOUR CALLING THE TF USELESS, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE FACT THAT FTJ WAS FOUND WITH A CASE TO ANSWER BY THE COURT? MWANA, BE TRUTHFUL. EVEN IF YOU ARE IN MMD EMPLOY HAVE ETHICS AND PERSONAL PRIDE NOT TO FOLLOW THE WHIF OF THE MONEY.
Do you compalin how much the police force in Zambia is costing, eventhough crime is rampant ? The TF is not a bussniness, it was not formed to make a profit. Even though so much was spent, the country as a whole gained alot more in donar and investor confidence. Look at the whole picture. Public moral in the fight against corruption was boosted by the TF. Now it is dog eats dog, lets see how much the country will lose thru abuse of public funds because the steam has gone out of the anti-plunder fight. Even me when i go back soon i would not blink at engaging in corrupt moves taht abuse GRZ funds , all because of the selective way GRZ is going. That TF was beyound montery value.
#52, Nine Chale. Good afternoon, too.
I agree with you on your point Wouldn’t it had been more sensible to cut down the costs in one way or another?.. .
I believe the whole methodology by the current govt on dealing with the TF was not well setup.
It has made thieves/plunderers look more intelligent than the innocent people they plundered.
Well guys wake up the post news paper you so love benefited from the Task Force.You praised the taskforce to day you say nothing has been done.If you marry a barren woman dont accuse the woman that she is not productive when your self did nothing to correct the infertility who knows may the man is the one who is non perfomer.This is exactly what happened all MPs inclduding PF and UPND you cherish much participated in the plunder of the ecomy.When the Taskforce was formed RB was not there.If if you hate him that is the truth.God is there to protect him.The big plander is you.JUst see your self *****s.
Do not be hoodwinked by these figures. GRZ wants you to believe the Task force was a poorly conceived idea – it was not. Lets analyse. Why did government under the advisement of the minister for Justice (George Kunda) and the Attorney general decide it was worth it to spend $13m on foreign Lawyers if AS THEY NOW CLAIM, they did not have a good case. A good lawyer does not ask questions he does not know the answers to, only to be surprised in court. That would be leaving things to chance. Down to the numbers, how much does Chiluba have stashed abroad (this is fact, as the tangible assets are frozen by british Government). If the GRZ want to pay Nchito (MNB) US$950K (ZMK4.2bil) for nothing, then well done to him.
#13 DIGGA
Thats the problem when you make former illicit brewer ministers. Task force is a public non-profit making institution just like Police service. I can’t agree more with you , if you ask me task force was like long term investment whose benefits (not profit) were to be enjoyed in future.
Deja vu,
I cant wait,mwatampa ukutinya.naimwe muli baku task force?elo kale naingilepo mu ntambo na ka ngozi.twachilafwayafye twishibe weather you meant full or fool to describe a person.imwe mwafulwa
Look the whole thing was about putting FTJ into jail regardless of how much they spent. The whole project was conceived in the womb of the Mwanawasas trying hard to convict Chiluba. The Project began to miscarry and bleed heavily when the carrier of the preganancy in this case Levy Mwanawasa died of a heart attack. The project was ill fated because it had no blessings of the African continent. It was about Levy and his cohorts(turncoats) trying to make a name on world stage. These lawyers hired by the task force have made more money than the banking executives in Europe and America. The bankers can be excused because they made money on investment decisions and not patronage as in the case of task force operators. People like nkole and chona deserve to be court answering charges. Thugs!!
So then, how do we do things better in future. The fight must go on, especially with Kapokos doing their own thing right under the nose of the Task Force.
Chiluba is a man of God who stands on the rock.All those who fight him will fall ten thousands to his right hand side and perish.No one has see it beyond his hatred against Chiluba.touch not the anointed ones.God’s wrath is against those who hate and smear his very own. Today the who of Mwanawasa’s family is cursed and are dying like chicken.Why? because he his acts lacked God’s blessings.He was more a thief than any Zambian leader but using his insecurity to fix God’s anointed.Did he retire UNZA land, Esa Galleadu’s assets and Nchanga’s US $25 million sale besides oil importation deals and ZANACO?
One of the reasons Kapoko is being proscuted is that public money was irregularly sent to a ka small insignificant training school while big colleges were not being funded, how diferent is this, surely, if these amounts were spent on the ACC, its capacity would have been greatly enhanced, and it would have attracteed credible manpower, capable of handling any case. Now the money was spent on MNB, so what has remained thereafter-just a Richer young man? Shame on us
Well done RB. Disban it , Its removal has been and was long overdue… That thing was just created in order to persue only one person; our former president FTJ. Look at its Budget … Kuti wa papa sana. Dont even talk about it , let it be put to rest forever. No one should talk anything again about Chiluba. You have seen now… Lets turn the page now we need Developmental Programs as for now. FTJ sorry for the wrongs caused to your persnality and DIGNITY. Lets move forward …
#65 I don’t know which God your talking about. If your talking about the God Christians know he does not choose side’s. He loves everyone. If Chiluba has repented and God has forgiven him well and good. But if he was truly a man of God he shouldn’t be associating with MMD, he should leave them be and live his own life. MMD govt ubufi too much, no sense of direction, Greed, Gluttony you name it. So if Chiluba is pure in heart why associate with such characters who only care about themselve’s?
Suppose a private, lawyer earns $200 per hour. If he spends 40 hours a week (full time), that works out as $8000 per week. Take the whole year, minus public holidays and leave, there are 50 working weeks, and that comes to $400,000 a year. Multiply this by 8 years and you have $3,200,000. This is the minimum that Nchito could have earned. Could the state have spent this much on ONE state prosecutor? Mr LPM (a lawyer himself) showed his lack of confidence in state prosecutors when he engaged a private firm!
Beyonce wapa Zed,
Now i see your rantings are out of envy and frustration for own failure in life.You want GRZ to be your father christmas.Work hard and excel in life. Every dollar saved is a dollar invested.Catch Benjamin Francklin’s spirit of capitalism flue and you will be ingenuous. Opportunities are everywhere.There is Indeni opening up to all serious Zambians.Serious Zambians are going to invest in the floated shares.But as usual typical of PF kaponyas, you will be here whinnying waiting on the Sata fantasy of more money in your pocket nonsense for every cadre that insults. You risk dying in trenching poverty unless you the need to work hard and start investing now.
Zambia we are all a bunch of cow dung. Our money used wasted and all we do is just make noise without taking radical steps. Lets begin to join forces and face politicians with facts head on for posterity. Those willing to [email protected]
typical africans rejocing at the disbanding of a safeguard on corruption, because of costs. That is why you have the mentality of cutting down all trees for fire wood because investing in elctricity will be expensive, that is why you build shacks on designated parks becuse it is not worth wasting manee on parks,. That is why you do not build drainage systems because it dosent rain all year round…….oblivious to the external benifits
#70 Veteran incase you didn’t notice WE HAVE THE SAME FLAG ON OUR BLOGS, THE USA FLAG. I don’t expect any handouts from the Zed Govt at all. I am not a failure in fact I am hard worker with a very good job and a 401K account I can brag about. Investing is nothing new to me, I invest in real estate and I am making pretty good paper in this upside down mortgage market. I feel sorry for Veteran, get a life. I bet you work for the Zed embassy, your friend in China is going back home soon I suggest you pack you katundu too.
This should not be surprising.How much does the government spend on the civil service(including so-called District Commissioners) and what value do we get from them? I was listening to Muvi TV news tonight and there was this guy who could hardly express himself.He is Permanent Secretary for Lusaka ! This is a circus.
Okay. Now we know the formula. Steal big time and ensure the crime is so complicated that prosecuting you will be prohibitively expensive, than you get away with it. I’m sure RB and Sons will do just that. Chineke – my country, wol..!!!
we have a very big problem in zambia. i donot know how we are going to recover from this great mess.when you start recalling retired officers to take up jobs meant for the modern minds, this is what you are seeing today and we are yet to see alot. wqhen they say you have reached retirement age, it means that you can no longer perform like the way you used to when you were younger than you are now.hence all these indicisions we are seeing today.look at the foreign service, only finished people are being sent there! what can they do other than maximising their benefits.we need to change….its very sad!!!!
#16 sensible posting, enough said there
BE LAWYERS IF U WANT TO EARN AS MUCH AS THEM.WHO TOLD YOU THAT QUALITY IS CHEAP.THE IDEA WAS NOT TO MAKE A PROFIT BT TO ERADICATE THE VICE AT WATEVER COST.I JUST CANT STAND SUCH PETTYNESS IN OUR GOVERNMENT ANYWAY ALL THIS IS CHEAP PROPAGANDA TO SWAY WEAK SOULS.SHAME ON YOU MANGANI!