FORMER Foreign Affairs minister Kabinga Pande, former secretary to the treasury Likolo Ndalamei and former President Rupiah Banda’s special assistant for press and public relations, Dickson Jere, on October 17 appeared before law enforcement officers at the former Task Force on Corruption offices in Woodlands Extension.
The trio were questioned on matters relating to the missing gold at the Drug Enforcement Commission .Mr Pande and Mr Jere, in the company of lawyer Sakwiba Sikota, arrived in a white tinted Land Rover Discovery, registration number ABR 8930, at the offices at 14:35 and were followed by Mr Ndalamei.
Officers handling the cases stopped journalists from entering the premises. A handful of MMD cadres in party attire came to give solidarity to the men.The interrogation lasted for three hours.
Mr Ndalamei, who was the first to leave the premises, refused to speak to the press.“I have no comment over this matter,” he said as he drove away.
Inspector General of Police Martin Malama confirmed that investigations into the matter are on. “Officers are carrying out a thorough and professional job so that justice is delivered,” he said. Dr Malama said details would be given after investigations are concluded.
One female officer, whose identity is not known, stopped journalists from entering the premises. “Nobody from the press should be allowed inside, just allow this car in,” she said, pointing at the Land Rover carrying the people summoned.
Journalists, cameramen and photographers had a tough time trying to get a glimpse of the people who had been summoned. They borrowed a ladder from a nearby house, and mounted it at a wall fence next to the premises. The initiative by the media personnel was short-lived as officers ordered them to remove the ladder.
After a long wait, the Land Rover drove out of the premises as journalists gave chase. Mr Jere, who was followed to Spar Supermarket at Crossroads Shopping Mall by Muvi Television crew, described the episode as interesting. “Ask the police if I have been implicated. I have not appeared anywhere, I only escorted Mr Pande,” he said.
And when contacted for a comment, Mr Sikota said he could not comment. “I am in a meeting right now so call me at 20:00 hours,” he said.
The gold was seized in 2007 by DEC at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport from two Zimbabwean nationals who tried to evade sanctions against Zimbabwe by trying to re-export the gold through Zambia.
President Sata said Mr Jere, and former President Rupiah Banda’s son, James, met with Swiss-Romanian businessman Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu, a person the Drug Enforcement Commission has implicated in the purchase of the gold and is on the Commission’s wanted list.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
hahaha ati kenneth kaunda international airport..n1gga please
you have no culture and morales dude.
Arrest Them king servant Sata
I gave up on Zed but Sata is starting to make me want to come back. I hope he continues to fight Corruption
#1 Wala you are a wannabe. You want to sound like an American but you just exposed you imbecility.
Witch hunt, Witch hunt,Witch hunt ,Witch hunt.
This is the same man who condemned Levy on the Tasforce
But he is now doing the same.Selective Justice.
HH vows to protect Rupiah.Watch this Space!! Lol.
HH will never be president. FACT.
why does hh want to protect RB. If he wants to rule this country he better not associate with rb, because one of the reasons the latter lost support was because he was associating with plunderers. if HH is your president tell him that or will never go to state house,
Jere,Mande,Ndalame just go out of Zambia like kamucheka Chungu did.Sata is a former cop and big cheka.Soon it will be motor issues thieft no bill boses.It all advice from KK,LOOK AT THE APPOINTMENT OF THAT YOUNG MAN GOOD PAILOT new COMMANDER OF ZAF Chimese from Col to that big rank.That is how KK was appoiting his boys during UNIP.Gen Lungu came from Mbala,Simutowe came from Mbala.This allowas other in this areas to work.Not picking chaps full of utu mamimba Abe NA Monto Chileshe,
Chibe paka paka pa matako over Zimbabwean Gold conned from two smugglers ba Sata tata wesu….
Dear King Cobra it is high time Zuma in South Africa also started sweating over that small issue of our undeclared $27 500 that was grabbed from ‘us’! I thought that is more of our property than the smugglers Zim Gold ! Knowing you King Cobra; you must have promised these smugglers that the Gold will be return in 90 days!
WHAT A CIRCUS
Father and embodiment of corruption himself Sata fighting corruption? Its a nothing but a deviant’s circus to vainly preoccupy over promised Zambians with more and better high paying jobs, more money in their pockets, secession of Barotseland, universities and hospitals in every Chiefdom arund the country.
How do you fight corruption when
-Scammed Zambians on merzef flats, medical stores, Avondale housing complex, scammed the national treasury with ZmK 2 billion chopered to the Mulungushi convention
-You have appointed a Justice minister Sebastian Zulu fired for corruption over Leyland trucks’ contract that costed Zambian US $4 million
-Appointed Guy Scott as VP a man fired for scamming Zambians over the swine fever livestocking.
On your marks, get ready…. and the race to chimbokaila has just started. Pa ZED pachabe.
iwe ci #4 enda uko. who are you. a wannabe LT moderator? ata!
Guys change your lawyer Sakwiba sikota is a disgraced lawyer.
I,m getting confused guys. Gold from Zimbabwe? Then let it go, why worry? That is why Dickson Jere says the matter is Interesting. It is not zambian gold after all. 90 days are going.
Very funny – there are more details in this story about what the journalists (or should I say Zambian paparazzi?) did than the actual case at hand.
Btw – in 2007, the airport was known as Lusaka International.
Who was the chairman of the DEC at the time, how did gold worth $7 million move without his knowledge.. add the chap to the list as well.
A LAND ROVER WITH TINT. MUFISANJI MWEO A MAMBALA???????????
Pande is a selfish guy,Let him face it
No Zimbabwaen was arrested with gold at KK International Airport. Check you facts.
@17 There was a zimbabwean national arrested as he attempted t smuggle gold. He was prosecuted but i cant remember the outcome of the case. How is the former secretary to the treasury implicated in this? Did he receive the money from the buyer
Thieves, they are not even ashamed of themselves. Knowing RB, maybe he wanted to sale on Behalf of Mugabe considering the sanctions imposed in Zimbabwe. Don’t forget that RB has Zim links/ routes.
“Butter to be a fool and praise the king who can serve you than to criticize him and die” I was told about this it kept me thinking. Anyone who say that he is principled and can not change his principles is not principled because principles are made to be changed including the very one am stating yo you guys. ZNBC is still covering 15 minutes of PF government except they can now bring critics of the ruling party. Even our very own Sata at one had to change his stance with regards to supporting the Late FTJ Chiluba and reconciled with the late president Levy. All of you guys who just shooting for the seek of it are fools and should learn on how things are being played on the Political Chess Board !!
We need lessons on the people that comment. This is a public medium so the language to used matters. By language i don’t mean Nyanja,Bemba,lozi or English i mean expressions and word should not be those which are too informal and cheap.We will soon introduce strict monitoring of comments to allow high profiled men and women to air their views without expecting offensive feedback. Everyone is free to voice their opinion in which ever way they feel in a better language than that of ‘swearing’
Ba Pande you joined in stealing gold. Twafa mwisho. Clear your name.
jere truly escorted kabinga pande to the task force offices as he said. mr pande was summoned in his capacity as mmd deputy national chairman. the questioning was in connection with source funding of 2011 mmd campaigns.this to me is a repeat of mwanawasa’s witch hunt routine. charge people with this in the media. charge them with something else and trivial in court. nothing will come out of this nonsense. pf will just waist money and precious time.
bring them all to justice to give an example to future leaders