Former information and broadcasting minister in the MMD government Lieutenant General Ronnie Shikapwasha and former permanent secretary in the same ministry Sam Phiri will settle the legal fees incurred by ZNBC from the Chanda Chimba stand up for Zambia documentary.
Government spokesperson Fackson Shamenda has disclosed this at a media briefing that SBN legal firm is demanding about 427 million Kwacha for having defended ZNBC in the law suits filed against it.
Mr. Shamenda says it is for this reason that on October 14, 2011 management at ZNBC wrote to the permanent secretary requesting for funds to foot the bill.This was against the background that the previous minister General Shikapwasha and his permanent secretary Dr. Phiri had promised that government would take full responsibility of the costs.
Mr. Shamenda noted that this prompted the new government to seek a legal opinion on the matter especially that the decision by General Shikapwasha was contrary to section 31 of the public finance Act number 15 of 2004 which also provides for a surcharge of officers who breach the financial regulation.
Mr. Shamenda said Attorney General Mumba Malila has since directed that General Shikapwasha and Dr. Phiri are surcharged for the legal cost which currently stand K 900 million and are most likely to go up.
The minister said that the PF government will not in any way spend tax payers’ money on any irresponsible decisions that could have been made against the will of the Zambian people.
This is in a matter in which the Michael chilufya Sata and Transparency International Zambia sued ZNBC for libel after it aired stand up for Zambia programme in which the producer Chanda Chimba constantly defamed all those that had different opinions about the then MMD government.
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Yaba chisense alimina ingombe…
zedian politics
Back to the streets again for this poor fake reverend begging for money for mealie meal and fuel from unsuspecting motorists at filling stations!! What a life! And this for someone who was supposedly Commander of the Air Force!!!! Makes you wonder.
Balamwenako bakolwe….Balemona kwati balichenjele
K900 Million is a lot of money.
At what moment did Shikapwasha tell the public that government ll settle Chanda Chimba’s bill, Was it when the documentaries were being aired or when ZNBC lost the court case? If it is when ZNBC lost the case, then legally the minister was seeking for solution to cushion ZNBC from the debt that was already incurred as a result of the court case, if the minister instructed ZNBC to air the documentaries with a promise that government ll settle the any legal costs fees incase of being sued, then this is a different issue, however, whatever the case, Malila should not waste people’s time by making them excited that the former PS and Miníster can take liability of a government debt. That is legally not plausable,whether what the Minister did is good or bad. Courts deal with laws.
Good English but no point. Next please!!!
Zambia is in the mess of having been hijacked by a vindictive clique. Chanda Chimba did his best to expose the true nature of the Sata regime which has no clue as to how govts operate especially in matters that relate to princilples of continuity. Soon the next govt will strive to expose the axis of evil that connected PF-LAZ-TIZ-Catholic. Certainly money could have changed hands along this axis in a clandestine manner. Should it become necessary, the MMD can identify a credible Commercial Bank, open an Account and request well-wishers to donate. Many Zambians will respond positively to a very informative programme that millions of Zambians enjoyed to learn roots of the real truth.
Dream on arse hole. If you are sincere, please come out of hiding behind anonymity here on the web, open the account in YOUR REAL NAME for this purpose, make this public and you will see how quickly we will send you into exhile to join your stu=pid Chanda Chimbwi.
Oh, in fact we will triple the amount, since you are so keen to encourage slander and defamation.
@Mphangwe…iam quite disappointed with your view
Just shut up! Which many well wishers are you talking about? MMD has stolen enough. Chanda has to pay for his crimes not the Tax Payers. Grow up!
you are the biggest existing fool dream on!!!!!!!
OH HAPPY DAY !
Vawama ka. Bali kuti ba chanda chimbo%%?
How can Shikapwasha pay this surcharge under your so called Section 31 of the public finance Act number 15 of 2004? He wasnt a civil servant nor the head of that department. He was a politician. Unless you intend to squeeze this poor Phiri chap.
Shikapwasha would have been better answerable for agreeing use of a defective air force plane by FAZ that led to the tragic demise of our footballers in 1993. He was ZAF commander then, maybe his sins are catching up with him after all albeit in a different way. Zambia Airways had offered a properly serviced commercial plane DC8 to ferry the boys to Gabon, but some-where along the lines, the boys were ushered unto a non-commercial plane across borders.
Repent and ask God for forgiveness Rev.
If this case was initiated by Sata and Lifuka then they should withdraw the case as its costing Tax payers either way.
yah ba ilyashi lyakosa bola yakosa, more popcorns please:: shikapwasha ngili ngili; chanda hello bamundala’ shikapwasha ati’ mwaice naumfwa ilyashi? chanda awe ba mundala which story? shikapwasha ati’ am told to pay your bill worth K900 million by PF GOVT for yo unresposible documentaries we did on ZNBC.’ Chanda wat? manje twalacita shani? shikapwasha’ elo mwana am broke already after leaving ubuteko few months ago, na tractor nayo pa farm naifwa. chanda” ba mundala i have an idea, kongoleniko ama afu from Liato am sure K 2PLUS BILLION ashikile panshi, he might have some more left underground.shikapwasha’ ok thats avery good idea let me call Liato nalakutumina mwaice in 10 minutes. shika calls Liato Ngili ngili’ Liato no answer, phone is witched off.
Wow!!! Let me get this straight, while Mr Mumba was busy giving a legal opinion which surprise surprise has to do with the President suing ZNBC over what is arguably political sponsored before he came to power, the President was busy making an embarrassing error in appointing a deputy director of ACC outside of the laws of Zambia. My question, couldnt both Mr Mumba and the President’s time be put to better use better still is any onein Zambia going to be a Telemachus and say ” in the name of Christ forbear”
its a debt worth paying ,coz all what chanda chimba said was nothing but ze truth.
Fellow bloggers, due diligence is becoming an issue all over the world. Look at the Ukraine issue now where that Yulia lady has been clapped in irons for what she did “OFFICIALLY” as Prime Minister (and a bit before) in the name of national service. If Shikashiki did not follow the letter of the law in dealing with his portfolio he must definitely be personally liable. I see nothing wrong with that.
Hello Boyi. Taulele?
its a good move those chaps Chanda Chimba thought ther time will not come to an end where on earth always televise one person all the time through out the media, pf good job let the chaps fill how is when you out side government mmd forget that one they will be move from power lock them up all the chaps
Good evening
It was just the other day when I was wondering to myself what had become of Shikapwasha. I’m sure he must be feeling like a fish out of water now. K 900 million is quite a huge sum for a retired Zambian politician. Well, there are lessons to be learnt for those in power: the winds of change blow very slowly but eventually the tables will have to turn and it will be time to account for the stewardship entrusted to them by the people.
“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress”
Frederick Douglass, African American Reformer (1818-1895)
Stupidity, Ignorance and Lies are expensive.
zambian politics suprise me, now the money will be paid to the same firm when it was pf that took znbc to court ok iliko bad i have understood, since znbc lost its case of chimba chanda fimo fimo now they have to pay sbn
I dont remember ZNBC losing this case unless they simply withdrew. Chanda Chimba was given an injunction against airing it. I lost track after that.
Taxpayer happy to take this bill, CC3 was very factual and informative.
Infact the nation should apologise to that young man for failing to act on the timely message.
Chanda Chimbwi 3 is the captain – no the king of IDI=OTS. Thank you for clarifying that you are one of his subjects. Please feel free to make a contribution towards the 900 million. You can contact Mphangwe above – he is opening an account
This should go as a warning to all those arrogant politicians who took the Zambian people for fools.
Has anyone noticed the absence of this news item on Zambian Watchdog?
If you had the most basic legal knowledge you would know they wont pay a single ngwee. The court can not ask a third party to settle a bill. If ZBC is guilty, ZNBC pays…
ZNBC will be complelled to pay by the court, if they have any quarrels with Shikapwasha and Phiri then they would have to sue the 2 as a separate case. This one is over and ZNBC are liable ,simple, only Sata and his ignorant lot can fail to undrstand that.
SNB legal practioners are very clear who they want to bill, its ZNBC. If ZNBC dont want to pay, bailifs will collect their obsolete equipment.
Why can’t bills be footed by the so called CHANDA CHIBWI?
I have never claimed to be a legal expert and one does not need that level of expertise to understand what is going on here. You, for reasons best known to yourself, are denial and if you read the article above again you will not miss this bit :
Mr. Shamenda said Attorney General Mumba Malila has since directed that General Shikapwasha and Dr. Phiri (not ZNBC as you so wishfully think) are surcharged for the legal cost which currently stand K 900 million and are most likely to go up.
They don’t pay, the bailiffs will not hesitate to pounce on them and include a jail sentence while they are at it. Feel free to contribute to the paying back and joining Shika-arsehole in jail.
So will the ‘surcharge’ involve a legal process or was it already included in the contract that Znbc entered with SBN legal firm. i doubt if phiri or shikbabe appended their ignatures,
otherwise we will all be ‘directing’ whatever we want when the country becomes comletely lawless.
eeeerr Mulenga and jelita i direct that you bend, while i work on your arse….will you oblige?
Now i get it, i am at Xenon night club with the attorney general and he has just ‘directed’ one of the girls to bend.
So, now I cant see why Shikapwasha and Phiri won’t oblidge, like this pretty lady.
Malila is getting it wrong and its like he is in that office to revenge, too bad. He is acting like a PF member. Its not right to asking Shikapwasha and PS Phiri to pay because they were doing it on official duty.There is no such law that when out office then decision we made must follow us in the streets. This pure verdenta.
Let me get it right, SBN send a bill to ZNBC for a conract between them and ZNBC. ZNBC fails to pay and asks Malila to ‘direct’ Shikapwasha and Phiri to pay instead. lol
So the next step is Phiri/Shikapwasha refuse to pay and SNB will send bailifs on ZNBC for failure to pay. SNB clearly have no claim on the third party shikapwasha/Phiri.
Right, the power of ‘directing’ lies in the attorney general, doesn’t it?
Well, i can confirm i am with him at a watering hole and he has just ‘directed’ a pretty lady to bend, i dont see why Shik/Phiri would fail to do as this angel here, good pipe attorney general there!
Let me get it right, SBN send a bill to ZNBC for a conract between them and ZNBC. ZNBC fails to pay and asks Malila to ‘direct’ Shikapwasha and Phiri to pay instead. lol
So the next step is Phiri/Shikapwasha refuse to pay and SNB will send bailifs on ZNBC for failure to pay. SNB clearly have no claim on the third party shikapwasha/Phiri.
Right, the power of ‘directing’ lies in the attorney general, doesn’t it?
Well, i can confirm i am with him at a watering hole and he has just ‘directed’ a pretty lady to bend, i dont see why Shik/Phiri would fail to do as this angel here, good pipe attorney general there!
Maajabu ya upumbavu hapa zambia hayana mwisho.Hii ni nchi ya wezi,walaghai na wapenda rushwa ingawa wanajiita ati “christian nation”.Shikapwasha,wenzake na pia wezi waliomo serikalini sio watu wa kuaminika.
its all coz of RB, thats y me i support muteteka,he has stated categoricaly that RB is the reason MMD has gone down.Let them pay .uko Bwana Reverend wa ngombe
MUSALU WALI PESAMBA, WAYALUKILA PAMULU. INSHIKU TASHICELA MUMO.
most pro PF bloggers have obeen in the diaspora for a long time. the Sata they know is the one the post exaultes to higher places. have you forgot what Sata did in chawama? Chanda Chimba is mor patriotic than you fools, atleast his got the guts to do what he did. we only type our opinions on the web.
stupid ***** panyo pa chanda chimba
kanyankula you are a loser, i bet you would say that what you wrote to my face. i would beat the shit out of you!!! respond to my comment, why attack me?
But the pi[po who voted for him are the ones back in Zambia. How do you recocile yo accusations with the facts on the ground?
So far Chanda Chimba III has been vindicted.Chanda Chimba III is the man,Frank Bwalya is the s.u.c.k.e.r
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We have a vidictive government with no vision. just pay the bill. you are in govt now. Shikapwasha did not act as an individual.
lelo lelo….ine nshaliko!
you see as leaders we shud not act to punish individuals always try to make decissions that will assist in developmental issues, all that all time ronnie wasted wud have being used in kids programs or other educative programs, NOW YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR YO SINS, EVEN THE LITTLE EARN MONIES WILL GO, ANYWAY U HAVE A FLOCK THAT CAN STILL TIGHT TO YOU, SO U LL STILL SERVIVE SINCE KA 10% KAKULU WITH MORE THAN 100 PAX. GOD HAVE MERCY
Utter nonsense tomorrow someone will come up and say this is Contrary to Section A of the Civil Service Act number 9 which states that an person on official duty can not be tried in his individual capacity. When shall PF start developing the country and stop persecuting MMD members. am beginning to miss the boring stories of RB opens this or that Factory or RB meets businessmen in Brazil ,China etc.All Sata and his henchmen are doing are attending swear in ceremonies and looking for the next MMD member to torture
Don’t be fooled by grand-standing politicians. How can this Shamenda enforce what he is talking about. I m even disappointed by this Mumba guy – remember the guy that failed to give legal advice to our constable at plot 1 regarding unlawful appoints? The bunch wakes up one morning to make laughable statements and the whole Kaponya cloud applauds? Shikapwasha was a minister (politician/Govt) – he can not be sued in his personal capacity while implementing govt/cabinet decisions
Chanda Chimba The Hero. Just put his documentaries on DVDs and pay de k900m
am glad with this decision, let the idi0t foot the bill. he became too big headed and began to think he was a god!
THIS MONEY IS SUPPOSED TO BE PAID TO AN MMD LAWYER SBN, THEY MAY AS WELL FORGIVE EACH OTHER……………. SHIKAPWASHA AM LOOKING FOWARD TO HEARING YO RESPONSE TO THIS
Mumba Malila is wrong at law. The ZNBC is a suable entity in and of itself. The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, past, present or future is not liable for the programmes that ZNBC runs. If Shikapwasha did something wrong under the Finance Act, then he must be sued UNDER that Act. The case for libel is ZNBC’s alone. ZNBC bought the programmes from Chanda Chimba III, who is not an employee of ZNBC.
where is Lt.Shikapwasha..?let ZNBC pay ..
The government should ask Interpol to find this Chanda Chimbwi wherever he is and bring him back to Zambia to pay for his stupidity.Iam sure big nose shikapwasha is now regreting all the nonsense he said and did when he was a minister.What goes round comes around!!
@ The Saint…Hoe do you understand the Doctrine of “lifting of the veil”
Shikapwasha – Shikbaby
Hahahahaha
This is good news.He thought he was going to hold on to the job forever and ever.It is let the people talk and not talking on behalf of the people.Shikashika….He was simply a devil
“The minister said that the PF government will not in any way spend tax payers’ money on any irresponsible decisions that could have been made against the will of the Zambian people”. But ba Minister, pf is doing that already in many ways, just continue spending we will sort you out in 2016.
Those saying that the govt is the one eligible to pay these legal fees are dormant minded. Surely this is MMD issue and not govt issue. Sata sued ZNBC who disclosed that MMD was the genesis of Stand Up for Zambia,and Shikapwasha was MMD govt’s spokesman and basically directed ZNBC while acting together with his PS to air that program. If you can’t get anything out of this,then just shut up and keep quiet.