Former Works and Supply Minister Mike Mulongoti has called on law enforcement agencies to move in and ensure that erring officers cited in the Commission of inquiry on the Energy regulation board (ERB) are brought to book.
Mr. Mulongoti has told Qfm in an interview that investigative wings must swing into action and carryout a probe and not wait for instructions from politicians.
He said it is unfortunate that government lost about K2 trillion through illegal contracts awarded to suspected companies for the procurement of petroleum products.
The former minister explains that Zambia has adequate legislation capable of ensuring that public resources are recovered.
Recently, the Commission of Inquiry constituted to investigate the operations of the Energy Regulation Board and the procurement of crude oil revealed that from 2007 to 2011 the country lost about K2 trillion through acts of malpractices in the procurement system.
Commission chairperson Wynter Kabimba said the alleged corruption in the oil procurement system involved officials from the Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA) the Ministry of Energy and the ERB.
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Too much talking Mulongoti, how are you getting so many interviews these days? What you are saying is not new.
This chap is still around. I am glad Sata never embraced Ba Mu selela Kwa kaba . Mbita Chitala , Mulongoti are useless politicians.
Trying to sing for your dinner old boy??? mule ikala fye bambi epo tatulamu sebanya. Wait until you are investigated for all your corrupt activities at Ministry of Works and how you used to use your presidents names (LPM & RB) and make up stories to pressure evaluators of various tender processes to pass your personal preferred bidders who were also your paymasters. You should be ashamed of yourself you corrupt muselela kwakaba! MCS is too sharp for you and knows all this thats why he has ignored you bane, sorry bosses
Sata never forgives and anyone who has wronged him should never expect to be appointed. Where is Sylvia Masebo? She won seat for PF and that is the end
What is the fuss all about?Â
Even without reading the Kabimba drivel, it is clear the report is absolute rubbish. Not only does the maths not add up, but also it seems to lump parties that have very different roles in the oil procurement process together suggesting they conspired to steal. this is not true for instance ERB does not procure oil and has very little to do with selection of bidders.Â
Kabimba showed his predetermined disposition from the first day of sitting when the first witness, the ERB Director exposed his total ignorance not only of the procurement process, but also his failure to even understand his own terms of reference which were I must say nonsensical. This report is just PF propaganda aimed at misleading Zambians. The so called thefts are in fact losses incurred by Zambia due to ensuring the price of fuel was kept at certain levels. This whole comedy of COIs is becoming a sickening joke and would be laughable if it was not so tragic!
What has happened to the border scanner scandals? Imwe ba pf arrest this kamulongoti. He is a wolf in sheeps skin. Dont torelate this noise thief
Money was not stolen. The fuel prices were not adjusted UPWARDS and the GRZ footed the bills. I’m personally glad they did it.
Thanks Mulongoti. Good advice. Let’s wait for the law to take its course. You can only arrest based on evidence of wrong being done. If the COI was politically motivated and made false allegations, no one will be arrested.
It is clear the country is bleeding internally. What is still not clear is the actual source of the wounds be it badly botched operations, the swallowing of shards of bad investments or unmonitored projects where veins of revenue were diverted. Either way the surgeons need to get to grips with things as the heart of the nation pumps weakly on but as a body has the will and strength to recover. Darn. Getting lost in my analogy :) No more patching up unstitched wounds. Get in there root out the cause, give us our antibiotic and let’s heal to live another day. We need to press forward.