Former Zambia’s High Commissioner to Canada, Nevers Mumba yesterday opted to remain silent when he appeared before a combined team of investigative wings of government at the former taskforce on corruption offices.
Dr. Mumba was able to speak to the media claiming allegations leveled against him are baseless.Dr Mumba is alleged to have solicited and received more than half a billion Kwacha from Barrick Gold, purporting to fund a Zambian cultural week in Canada.
“We have made our position very clear that there was no such thing that happened that they are talking about. So I just came to make that one statement that they are talking about private money and not public money that was given as a sponsorship to Amayenga to come and perform in Canada”
Dr Mumba said that he was disappointed with what was going on. He urged MMD members to be strong and organise the people and said that if investigative wings have questions, he was ready to go to court and answer those questions.
According to joint investigative wings Spokesperson, Charity Chanda, Dr. Mumba exercised his constitutional right not to respond to any questions from the officers.
She said that the investigating team will explore other options including recalling Dr. Mumba as investigations in the matter progress.
And Patriotic Front (PF) secretary general Wynter Kabimba says investigations being carried out on some former leaders in the MMD government are justified because people want to know whether they stole tax-payers’ money or not.
Mr Kabimba said in an interview over the weekend that law enforcement agencies should arrest and prosecute all former leaders who are alleged to have misappropriated public funds.
He said once arrested and prosecuted, such former leaders will serve as a deterrent to would-be offenders.
Mr Kabimba said he is disappointed that some former leaders allegedly abused public resources despite being aware of the suffering most Zambians go through.
“I think it will be unfair to Zambians to allow former leaders who are alleged to have stolen public funds to go without being probed. There arevarious allegations that have been levelled against them which need to be cleared,” Mr Kabimba said.
He said the PF government will only show its commitment to fighting corruption when it ensures that all former leaders suspected of having plundered national resources are arrested and prosecuted.
“When we were campaigning, we promised the people of Zambia that we will fight corruption when ushered into office and we have already started showing our commitments towards this fight.
“We want all the people who have plundered public funds at the expense of development to be arrested and prosecuted in accordance with the law,” Mr Kabimba said.
Mr Kabimba said the crusade against corruption is being done without malice. He called on Zambians to support President Sata’s resolve to rid the country of corruption.
MUVITV/Zambia Daily Mail
Better you cooperate and settle this matter with investigators. How private is this issue if that money was given to you in your capacity as ambassador to bring a Zambian artist? Whether private or not the question is did you receive that money and if so, account for it. I am sure PF is not wasting time on this useless case.
Go to school
ba nevers sikota ba lawyer banu can’t win imilandu mukwete .the guy is a failure .you are both crooks . you abandoned your party and sakwiba did that.
why not talk to the investigative guys and not the media….thieves…awe mwe!!!!!
Have your day in court baba…
I endorse the position taken by Dr Mumba and urge all MMD members being victimized that they have the right to remain silent and our current constitution guarantees that. If the Government have a case to answer let them go to court and we shall meet them there and answer questions and let our judicial system be the judge.
The right to remain silent should also be extended to all the corruptly set up commissions of Inquiry set up with a per-determined out come to fill pockets of PF cadres with public money.
The right to remain silent should be extended to these money shredding CIOs.
If they have a case, there is only one place to settle it and that is NOT in the media, NOT at CIOs, BUT at the Zambia Court of Law. Let the real battle begin.
Well said, Sir. I am observing a very interesting pattern that out of every 10 postings on average, one is lucky to find more than three useful postings. Most bloggers lose intellectual grasp and prattle, or resort to hysterical obscenities. Thanks for the fresh air you provide always, Sir!!!
Bootlicker,
You’re so right! What will be the work of the courts if these allegations are being dealt with by so called investigative wings. Let them investigate and then charge these people instead of calling them thieves. Yaba!
My advice is don’t conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind.
Don’t depend on the court for justice
Don’t depend on your efforts for the fulfillment of the vision
Don’t depend on your own righteousness to be justified
Don’t be afraid to say the truth even, when you are wrong.
KABIMBA just wait ur time will come police will also vist u
Iwe KABIMBA just continue screwing MASEBO there is nothing u are talking about why cant u first arrest CHIKWANDA who renovated state house without tender procedures followed at very high cost, just kushanga kapinga govt payed that lot. KABIMBA up to now u are buying time with yo commission of inquiry just to continue chewing govt money in the name of inquiry u chaps are the wost corrupt group. Hw do u accuse pipo without facts so u wanted Nevers Mumba to tell u that yes i stole when he did not this is foolish way of investigating u started the case find evidence yoselves, problem with u PF Kaponyas u want to continue campaigning at expense of development.
You have evidence that he is doing that?
Well, unfortunately (or fortunately) the law and the constitution are not partisan therefore every citizen is within his rights to invoke anything from there that protects, or appears to protect him. I would urge that we patiently oblige Dr. Mumba’s right at this stage and see what unfolds from there. This expression of impatience, obscenity and outright ignorance of wider issues is exasperating, at best. Chief MMD Bootlicker #5 brings out very pertinent points.
very funny.To me it looks like they want nevers to produce evidence that he stole.any reasonable sensible person knows by now that nevers stole nothing!the offense he has committed is his intentions to contest the mmd presidency.
He never stole!!
Many Crooks indeed. How can Nevers Prosecute himself, for who? There will be many such prosecutions as long as we continue to allow a current crook to in future take public office.
The PF crooks are not the last crooks in office, my foot!!
Utu tuma modern crooks, very arrogant and chicky. In our days we would humble ourselves when you knew you had erred and it’s all because of all this same so called human rights my a#s!!. Infact, currently the only MMD bootlicker currently enjoying from MMD woes is Sakwiba Sikota, clever chap you.
I can not wait to see people like Kabimba being prosecuted after their term of office. The failure at LCC. Mwanawasa would have loved to deal with this chap (Kabimba). He called him dull lawyer
Nice attire, Dr N M.
Doc Mumba, you also need to clear the rumour that Ephraim the gospel musician is your son and should you decide to remain silent on this issue, I will understand as it is your consitutitional right to do so.
Dear Dr Mumba,
You have no right to remain silent. Everything you don’t say, will be ignored and twisted and used against you in court. You are guilty until proved innocent because the greatest man on earth His Excellency the mighty President who is the only brains in Zambia and a man of action says so. This great man has already ‘ordered’ the DPP, the lovely and cuddly Mutembo Nchito to arrest you and all the others. Mutembo ‘knows them very well. He will go after them,’ we were told. So, we are just waiting for the day you will go to jail. Cheer up, Nervas, all Presidents in Africa have been to prison.
Dear Dr Mumba,
You have no right to remain silent. Everything you don’t say, will be ignored and twisted and used against you in court. You are guilty until proved innocent because the greatest man on earth His Excellency the mighty President who is the only brains in Zambia and a man of action says so. This great man has already ‘ordered’ the DPP, the lovely and cuddly Mutembo Nchito to arrest you and all the others. Mutembo ‘knows them very well. He will go after them,’ we were told. Cheer up, Nervas, all Presidents in Africa have been to prison.
“….. So I just came to make that one statement that they are talking about private money and not public money that was given as a sponsorship to Amayenga to come and perform in Canada”
Mumba
You were shouting and stamping about your inocence , now you are silent. What about the abuse of GRZ manees ? Is that another case you have to answer ?.
These are the type of pipo MMD chose as leaders. Pipo with cases of plunder and mismangment sourrounding them. The embassy in canada was one of the most expensive to run with very little returns. Only to find the embassy blackmailing would be investors.
I strongly support Nevers for remaining silent.May I appeal to the other accused is that since most accusations leveled against these former leaders are ridiculous it is better that to short cut the so called investigations,let the Police proceed to charging those accused and taking them to court so that everything is heard in court Currently Peter Daka has been charged for an office of obtaining money by false pretenses just because he was making blocks at his house and the ZESCO Bill over a period accumulated to K45m.We are not told whether Peter Daka refused to pay the bill or not.If Mr Daka was in GRZ House,would it not be better to recover this bill from his terminal benefits that gathering a hod of security personnel just to quiz a guy on ZESCO Bill.
Dont kutina! Be strong Ba Nevers,you have not sinned by joining politics!Just have a big heart because when time comes for you to rule,you will be able to love sata unconditionaly.
A government that is so obsessed with the faults of others is a problem, this government is spending too much time on the past, there is so much poverty in the country and every day all we hear about is what the previous government did. Cannot they focus on more than one issue, Zambia needs development and that is the issue that should be number one. Why does the justice system have to operate at the behest of the government, can the system not operate on its own. If the government can not see anything wrong with this fixation on the past they should start opening their eyes and develop the country, has any of them seen UNZA of let, a national university whose buildings are a disgrace, when was the sewerage system in Lusaka update, Come on BaSata get to work and stop this charade.
This is just cunning on the part of Mumba, as a presidential aspirant he should show some normacy in his behaviour. Anyhow this is just a delaying tactic he will answer in court
Nevers…….We now need our money!!! Can you tell us the truth iweee pastor wa bufiii?? and who honoured u with that doctrate? You shud answer to the Zambian pipo now.U thot you wer clever!!
Agree with Doc Mumba. If they have evidencce, they should take it to court. This witchhinting must stop. PF, please get to work. As the Catholic Bishops said, what is being done about corruption now? What is PF proposing in order to strengthen the country’s governance systems?? More than 100days and counting…nothing to show for it.
Monkeys Vs Rats….the rats chewed our groundnuts…the monkeys are chewing our cobs…Chweeee Shiiiii….!
The only solution is for GRZ to put every expenditure current and proposed on a notice boad for the citizens to scutinize. It seems the checks in place are not enough for these pipo with accsess to GRZ manees. It seems like they go to bed planning and spend all next day at work thinking of how to steal public funds. God help us.
This is time for Sakwiba to chew cash from perpetrators of MMD
Nevers Mu mba is a lia r and a mon ey lau ndering ma chine
Him and the de puty Mr Nz oya are ste aling tax pa yers money. They had fired Mr Tem bo beca use he knew about this sc am and was aga inst it. They also have a office slut , Caro lina Rod- riguez who is also abus ing the money. The Ottawa Zam bian mis sion are th ieves
already thats wrong advice for you to remain quiet, say the trueth and you be set free… now you will always be in the police until the police find you with the case to answer baba, thats how police is…..
“Mr Kabimba said the PF government will only show its commitment to fighting corruption when it ensures that all former leaders suspected of having plundered national resources are arrested and prosecuted”. By former leaders, Mr Kabimba should include all those that served from 1991 to 2001. For example all those who sold themselves and their friends and relatives Lusaka City Council taverns. Then the PF will indeed SHOW its commitment to fighting corruption. As it is now, we only see selective prosecution of MMD leaders and not “the others” including ourselves.
Question by Reuters News Agency: What is corruption?
Answer by Kabimba: That which is committed by the other guys, not that committed by ourselves, you understand don’t you?
What investigation bakwindi, if you have information that someone stole the best place to take them is the courts of law and not those tuntemba you are calling investigative wings. Take him to court since you have the evidence. Dont waste out tax-payers money anymore.
Zambia is slowly turning into a kangaroo circus with our weak constitution that gives the presidency powers to direct the verdict of these illegal commissions.i see dark days ahead God help us
Now you are calling it a weak constitution the same one chi weak Ale Bee was using, you have a proactive president in power and his going to use all his powers vested in him under the constitution of the day.
3 dead bodies at City Mortuary all with
big smiles on their faces.After the
autopsies, pathologist reports to the
police.
1st body: mwaba mutale bemba from mpika, 60
years old.Died of cardiac arrest while making love to his mistress hence the
smile.
2nd body:equatoral guinea banda from Katete,25 years
old, won a million bob in charity
sweepstakes,spe nt it all on expensive
whisky and jilijili ,died of alcohol poisoning hence the smile.
Inspector:..”What about 3rd body.?”
Pathologist:.. “This is unusual, neverseen it b4. Hakainde Hakalema tonga from magoye , 30 years old,struck by lightning.”Inspector:…” So why the smile?” Pathologist:.. .”He thought he was having his picture taken.”
Nedson Nzoya ( the Deputy) is definitely involved with Nervers Mumba. They were both stealing govts funds at the High Comession in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
MR KABIMBA YOUR TIME TO BE INVESTIGATED WILL COME ALSO. GET READY FOR IT!
An attorney, anxious to impress the judge with the detail, asked the following line of questions of a doctor who had recently performed an autopsy.
Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for breathing?
A: No.
Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
A: No.
Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Q: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.
Both Nedson Nzoya and Nevers Mumba were stealing govt funds
How long are these shameless crooks going to be sniggering at us in public??
#34 LELONILELO Now you are calling it a weak constitution the same one chi weak Ale Bee was using, you have a proactive president in power now and he’s going to use all the powers vested in him under the constitution of the day, to give us back what was robbed from us..
The best way to fight corruption is to put in place strong measures of control. Chasing after people who are allegedly to have stolen is akin to bolting the stable after the horses have escaped. Prevention has always been better and cheaper than cure. We dont fight corruption by announcing that Tom, dick or harry faces arrest for this and that. That is playing to the gallery.
Nevers Mumba amipesha ba sakalanyongo dressed in sheep’s skin.
Here is another f. oo.l who overrates himself and thinks he is above the law. Very soon we will find out who is smarter: Sakwiba Sikota or Mumba Malila. Nevers Mumba, Henry Banda, Dora Siliya, William Banda, Musokotwane, Maxwell Mwale, need I go on?
@39 jay jay, ma brother, this what is baffling me as well. why these thieves? why for Gods sake?
I will do what Nevers has done as well – going to court not answering questions from constables
“We have made our position very clear that there was no such thing that happened that they are talking about. So I just came to make that one statement that they are talking about private money and not public money that was given as a sponsorship to Amayenga to come and perform in Canada” Read between the lines. What is Dr. Mumba ‘s interpretation of private money? He could not have handled a dollar if he was not High Commissioner in Canada. Even if that was the case, he should given the balance of the money to mayenge, who in this case are the rightful owners. Dr. Mumba is absolutely bound to be misunderstood. He could have done a better job as High Commissioner.
kamiba, wat corruption is sata fighting wen hes corrupt himself?
U fo ol tell us how corrupt sata is, learn to think before you yap Sata is fighting corruption trying hard to make zed a better place and u want to call him corrupt u really ungrateful rb or Dora one of the two should be ur family.
Continued from # 27
With all expenditure put in the public domain, GRZ should then instruct ministry of education and insitutions of higher education offering economics and accountancy related courses to design modules on studying the expenditure of public funds using the exposed data . This will help Zambians future leaders appriciate the process of GRZ spending on developmental projects and give GRZ advice from the pipo. This will ensure projects are inspected and scrutinised at no extra costs to GRZ. This will surely make life more difficult for thieves of public funds. The only cost to GRZ would be setting up of nthe team to collect this data and put it to the public. Even if donars are approached, they would fund this team. Only theives and MMD would object this proposal.
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Imagin the long term benifits from such education to our students. Students will study GRZ procurment process,
Even engineering students would study the poposed infrastructure and contribute. This would also give the education ministry a chance to insist on short term placements for students. Apart from the watching of thieves and MMD, The long term benifits are astronomical to Zambia. If such a project was in place during RBs time i am sure he would not have given the contract to run the scanners to a foriegn company.
What if Present Sata accents to the removal of immunity from the constitution of Zambia, wil the MMD come on board? Why immunity any way if your administration is above board?