Liquidation Online Auction
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Subscribe
Liquidation Online Auction
Headlines

Statehouse statement on the allocation of K1.5 billion to the office of the First Lady

By editor
120
6,934 views

Share

First Lady Dr Christine Kaseba
First Lady Dr Christine Kaseba

STATE HOUSE is dismayed by some unfounded and unjustified concerns being raised over the allocation of the sum of one billion, five hundred million kwacha (1,500,000,000.00) to the office of the First Lady and therefore wishes to provide the following clarifications.

If the various stakeholders expressing concern had genuinely wished to understand the actions of the Government, they could have sought clarification from the Government and been accordingly advised that the reference to the office of the First Lady is merely for transparency and as a departure from the old culture of Government incurring illegal expenditure on this office.

The activities and items funded under the estimates of revenue and expenditure, commonly referred to as the yellow book are based on the offices and activities permitted by the constitution using revenues of the republic from the consolidated fund. The application of activity based budgeting in Zambia has existed for several years now.

In the budget estimates for 2013, the Government decided that it was necessary to provide further explanation for the activities falling under the Office of the President as they relate to the activities of the First Lady. Thus, there is nothing illegitimate with this process given that the Government and State House in particular has upheld the tenets and principles of good governance.

Note that through this method, the Patriotic Front Government is being accountable and transparent in accordance with the promises it made to the people through its manifesto. In addition, it is a legal requirement that at the end of the year the expenditure to the office of the First Lady will be subject to an audit by the office of the Auditor General. It is not our desire or intention to spend unbudgeted for funds. And on that basis, State House deserves commendation and not vilification and wanton condemnation as shown by certain stakeholders.

You may wish to note that these funds are used for the payment of security staff, transportation and other logistics that are necessary for the effective operation of the First Lady in undertaking assignments that are of a formal nature on behalf of His Excellency, Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata, President of the Republic of Zambia and the state in general.

Further, there is no specific reference in the estimates of revenue and expenditure to the office of the First Lady as there is no such office constitutionally established except by convention, which has evolved over time. In any case, if there had been anything illegal about this expenditure, parliament certainly reserved every right when considering the budget not to pass this particular vote.

Issued by:
GEORGE CHELLAH
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

editor
editorhttp://www.lusakatimes.com

120 COMMENTS

  1. It is standard in civilized society the world over for the office of the first lady to have a budget and staff. State house does not need to explain itself on this.

    Even when we dont agree with ba Sata 100% we have to agree that Madam Kaseba is intelligent and representing the country well and doing her duties diligently.

    Now if Tandiwe Banda was allocated that kind of money, I would have been pissed.

    Good day folks.

    • Office of the first lady doesnt exist in our country. So the government is allocating money to something that doesnt exist my dear, wake up! they are stealing money from you and all you talk about is civilised world. In the civilized world, governments allocate money to offices and institutions that exist!
      Next Sata will tell you that they are allocating K2 billion to the office of the Prime Minister and you will start clapping again.

    • Well its good the first lady has this money..who came up with the budget was it herself or some experienced economists does she have a program and it it monitored against the activities who has she agreed with over this budget? ANyway…Chanda Chimba warned you I dont know what he saw but he is better than TB Joshua….

    • Nibian Princess, you’re right. Infact, what this means is that under Thandiwe there was no transparency that is why we knew nothing about how the state was funding her. We only knew about charity moneys. Now we can even talk about Dr. Kaseba’s moneys because it is being done in the open. Only die-hard haters will have an issue with this. 

    • Two wrongs never made a right. Make the office constitutional/legally so that who ever is in charge of the kwachas there is held accountable. There are a number of things that happen in the developed countries that should not just be copied for the sake thereof. Please. I am sure their legislators would have collapsed had such a thing been done without any legal backing. Look at the way the americans are up in arms against the Obama care and yet it has legal backing. If you think up to the nose keep quiet-just saying.

  2. I keep on wondering why this has even continued being an issue.Bet this is what you get when you have empty heads in the opposition.Issue based politics please.

    • Iwe Jane kantu kobe.Can`t you read between the lines you low life creature that the introduction of this budget is just a deliberate attempt to increase accountability in the first ladies office ? Stop thinking with your biggest orifice for a second.

    • @Zebige,
      You can not allocate public funds to an office that does not exist by way of the constitution. That is the issue here. Accountability can still take place in the office for which she is attached, I.e office of the president. If you want an office for the first lady, add it to the constitution so it’s recognised. Diverting from the constitution to satisfy Sata’s ego is a recipe for disorder and CNP type of Governance. Rules and Laws are there for a reason and so are processes for changing them.

  5. We told you that’s what you voted for , so now stop complaining and dance to the tune don’t you Sata, imagine Sata just keeps making pronouncements of building this and that but know budget no nothing making noise is not development . These orgasmic knee jerk pronouncements won’t take us any where personally am fed up of PF, the dollar na ipena everything is just going the opposite way 4 years is just too long to wait. TB Joshua please where artthough, tifuna ka prophecy

    • You arte an ***** more so if you think your under 5 will ever be president of zambia. You are very foolish to wish for TB Joshua to prophesy for a death of our President we mbwa weeeeeee. You are a witch and you will die before even when our president finishes his second term. Stupid *****.

    • BABA. WHO DID YOU TELL? AND WHO IS REGRETTIG? ALL OF US WHO VOTED FOR SATA ARE INTACT. WE ARE REJOICING AT THE GREAT THINGS HE IS DOING FOR US.

  6. I can understand, its not like we are talking about a lot of money here really

    Kwacha is devalued and because she is Bemba like me and looking at the precedence of Bembas monopolizing and taking a stronghold on the state of affairs in Zambia she can have that for all I care
    I am on over £40000 a year Nick is in excess of £55000 a year I drive a Micra he drives a Renault Clio in summary we bring in excess of £100 000 a year between us so K1.5 billion is nothing really for people that are used to touching/spending this type of money without feeling it
    She deserves it

    Thanks

  7. mr Chellah, y didn’t u tell your friends in state house to first constitutionally create the “office” of the first lady before rushing to allocate a slush fund to it? In a constitutional democracy, procedure justifies the end – you cant just ‘imagine’ there is an office of the first lady and start funding it. You talk about parliament passing the allocation of funds – this is a sleeping parliament! This is the same parliament that passed appointment of a compromised DPP

  9. George will are tired of your press statement…please tell Sata to call a press conference the buck stops with him. The office of first lady where ever it is in State house does not require such a hideous sums of money; that office should just stick to awareness projects and fundraising ventures with donors and other well wishers.
    Why not direct that money to building a DNA lab in Zambia instead of sending samples to RSA!!
    Wake up!!  

  11. @Octopus Paul BWALYA, you town mouse dont even know where Mitete is. Why cant u keep silent if you have no idea where these places are. Its not a mere pronouncement its a desire to develop the places where people live. Dont be bad seers

  13. Can you tell us how much ba Betty, Vera, Na ulyawine, Maureen and Thandie used to get before we start a civil war? Ba Makaka.

    • OR MAYBE THE PF WAS DULL. THEY SHOULD HAVE LEFT THINGS HUNGING AS BEFORE SO THAT IT ACTS AS A HOLE FOR SYPHONING MONEY FROM GRZ IN THE NAME OF FIRST LADY’S OFFICE EXPENSES.

  14. Its an illegal allocation as stated by Chella himself, the first lady is therefore exposed to litigation  when Sata leave office.

    Hope she will be able to pay when the money is demanded back 

  15. My understanding from this statement is that the 1.5 billions were actually separated (with the resources cited) from the Office of the President? Then it is formality because those resources have already been seconded anyway. What is a bit perplexing, if this is so, is why go through parliament when you could have simply continued with the President’s vote? Or is the rationale that there has been over-expenditure in the past and therefore a curb is implicit? We still need some kind of clearer explanation… Yaba!

    • Finally someone who can read comments on this issue. Kalok what difference would it make if after auditing, the expenditure is accounted for by the office of the president or by “the office of the first lady”? At the end of the day, the money is still being accounted for albeit in a more transparent manner.

    • @kwindi
      Don’t over look the Law of the land. Common sense is not always common! So while the PF explain this to the “blind” and it makes “common sense” the Law of the land does not recognise “an office” run by unelected first lady. So as far as we Zambians should be concerned this is illegal and LAZ or any interested party should petition.

    • @It’s a worry
      I fully understand what you are saying and totally agree with you on the legal issue. I do however feel that it is commendable move that enhances transparency. We should actually lobby for it to be put into legislation instead of petitioning for the sake of making noise. I suppose one could say it is an illegal action with the best of intentions

  17. FOR ME, THE QUESTION IS, IS IT IN THE THE LAW THIS BUDGET FOTHE FIRST LADY. IF IT IS THEN I HAVE NO QUARREL IN ANYWAY, LET HER USE IT.

  19. Is Sata’s throat cancer so bad that he cant address the Nation, all the time its this ka Chellah boy and whats the purpose of having Chellah and this other old man who likes Salalula suits, oh Sakeni as they both speak for one person.

  20. You are damned if you do, and damned if you dont. From 1964 to 2011 no first lady has come out in open about their budget. So we got used to the mistake. PF comes with a budget, it becomes a hot issue. Which is ok; but would we rather return to the times when no budget was metioned and yet the money was being siphoned? Ba Kabwa, what do you want kanshi?

  21. the late Mama Betty Kaunda never had an office of the first lady when she was first lady for 27years.We are not a developed country that has large sums of money to lavish on presidential whims.Couldn’t that money be spent revamping UTH and saving lives instead of on body guards and press secretaries.

  23. @ # 10 saibogu or saimbwende just someone shouting at state house that later there be a district or university  doesn’t mean it will be , sata reminds me of bible stories in Genesis  the guy has no clue of running a country some pipo are just good to remain in opposition so that they can make more noise it makes no sense to any reasoning Zambian to just shout and no tangeable results .Sata is just good at talking , looking at the economy he has messed it , exchange rate is sky rocketing we are going to regret as Zambians for putting this man in state house, one he has sowed a bad seed of tribalism by employing bembas in all key position, my heart really pleads we need a Devine intervention . How I wish I had TB Joshua.’s phone number

    • It will be a long 24 years for you. God help you!! They are here to stay, and most likely to rule the country for 5 terms.

  24. Soon we will have the office of the first son and the office of the first daughter! It seems in Africa politicians always have a way of justifing wasteful expenditure. This budget line is not necessary. The same first lady will also be drawing funds from State house vote. Last time she went to Namibia using Presidential challenger. The running costs for this jet are budgeted for under state house. Her support staff her budgeted for under state house. Chella’s justification for this budget line is unbelievable. If it was RB who had done this, Sata would have rushed to the POST issuing a statement that RB was not following the consitution. As for Mushota(No 5), the lady is out of touch with reality. She is full of herself. Her stay in UK has gotten into her head.

  25. Christin Kaseba Chendabwamba plesase bring our money back, yo are a doctor , what stops you from earning genuine income through your noble career? We have warned you in good time before you cry “Mwintombela kwipaya” as a way of earning easy money. Wamvera mumy?

  27. MAY TRY TO EDUCATE THE NATION ON WHAT THE LAW SAYS ABOUT THE OFFICE OF THE FIRST LADY, IF AT ALL THERE IS SUCH AN OFFICE. GEORGE MWAICHE WANDI, IF THIS IS NOT THERE, PLEASE I WUD URGE YOU TO QUICKLY WORK ON THIS THROUGH CABINET THEN PARLIAMENT AND MAKE IT LAWFUL. WHAT PERSONALLY WOULDNT WANT TO SEE IS TO TRY AND BRING SHAME ON A WOMAN LIKE OUR FIRST LADY AND MUCH MORE I DONT LIKE INFFLICTING PAIN ON THE INNOCENT JUST BECAUSE HER HUSBAND IS HEAD OF STATE. PLEASE DO SOMETHING LAWFULFUL GEORGE TO AVOID SHAME WHEN PF IS OUT. I RESPECT BA MAYO BESU.

    • WHEN PARLIAMENT ACCEPTS AN ALLOCATION THAT IN ITSELF MAKES IT LEGAL AT THAT TIME. THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. SO DO NOT BLAH..BLAH..BLAH. INFACT EVEN IF IT WAS MADE LEGAL YOU WILL STILL COMPLAIN THAT THE LEGAL SYSTEM IS CORRUPT . SO YOU VILIFIERS WILL NEVER BE SATISFIED. THE BEST IS TO IGNORE YOU AND FORGE FORWARD.

    • Chisenga parley does not legalise an office. Make law yes but creating an office-NO! Let Sata create the office. It is a powerful office looking at the allocation.

  28. I reckon it will be put to good use but that’s just my opinion after the fact. One day there will be a first husband in state house who would probably appreciate it being called a different name :)

  30. Budget or no budget the office of first lady always has been using public funds thus tax payers money, so just get over it and this time appreciate parliament and government to at least show some transparent on this matter by allocating a budget to the office of first lady, so that we the citizens of Zambia should be able to know how much money the first lady is using and how its used. Unlike in the past we were never told how much public funds were going to first lady’s office, though we knew it was tax payers money.

  31. #1 and all those in support, I think the opposition is not concerned about amount of money allocated. The issue being missed here is the NON-EXISTENCE of an office called “OFFICE OF THE FIRST LADY.” People can mention it by name but if it is not a formal office it does not exist period. In such a situation what can stop gov’t from allocating money to a another non-existent “Office of our friends and family?” The right thing to do is to first go to parliament and have the office established constitutionally and then allocate resources.

  32. The only problem is that explanations always come too late and way long after allegations have been made, which raises concern that all along you have been looking for an excuse to use. It is not fair both to the people of Zambia who pay that money and to the First Lady herself. The president is surrounded by a collection of incompetent chaps.

  33. IN THIS CASE THE GOVERNMENT HAS TOLD US THAT THEY WANT TO INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN FUNDS ARE AUDITED. BUT THE UPND AND ITS TANDEM OF FOLLOWERS CANNOT SEE THIS. ALL THEY SEE IS A BEMBA MAN IN STATE HOUSE ALLOCATING K1.5BN TO HIS WIFE FOR PERSONAL GAIN. THIS TO ME IS CHEAP POLITICS. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WAS TRASPIRING WITH THE PREVIOUS REGIMES. THE FIRST LADY’S OFFICE WAS FUNDED UNDER STATE HOUSE EXPENDITURE IF AM NOT WRONG. NOW CAN SOMEONE TELL ME. DID THAT EXPENDITURE HAVE A NAME AT THAT TIME OR IT WAS JUST HIDDEN IN SOME OTHER EXPENSES SOMEHOW? AND DID IT HAVE ANY CEALLING OR LIMIT? SUPPOSE WE INCREASED THE ALLOCATION TO STATE HOUSE BY K1.5BN WITHOUT MENTIONING THE OFFICE OF THE FIRST LADY. WAS THERE GOING TO BE ANY SUCH NOISE? AT TIMES A BIT OF REASONING IS BETTER THAN JUST YAPPING.

    • He has gone underground since he lost the first round to Kabimba, he’s refueling and recharging his batteries and will come back spitting fire and brimstone.

  36. SORRY I MEANT CEILING IN (32). SO EVEN IF THERE IS NO OFFICE, THE FIRST LADY’S OFFICE SPENDS MONEY FROM STATE HOUSE. ITS ONLY WISE THAT YOU BUDGET FOR IT. MAYBE WE CAN DEBATE HOW MUCH SHOULD BE ALLOCATED TO HER OFFICE. NOT A WHOLESOME REJECTION OF ANY ALLOCATION TO IT. THAT SOUNDS MORE LIKE PERSONAL, SHORT OF SAYING JEALOUSY.

  38. What I think the PF goverment should do is move a motion in parliament to suspend the constitution then Sata can rule by decree. Its the same thing but atleast they will save money by sending every MP home, they are redundant.

  39. Nubian princess you are an ugly b.itch. What makes you think kaseba deserves the allocation more than Thandiwe then. You must be a delusioned s.lut  with no morals due to frequently opening up your legs. Next time think about what you say before you open your stinky orifices.
    Your comments are always bigotry. I guess in society where you live they consider you as a declining sick harlot. Humble yourself and debate maturely. Life will one day teach you gravy lessons, stinky!!

    • BIGOT – 
      n.One who is strongly partial to one’s own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.
      SEXISM –  
      n.1. Discrimination based on gender, especially discrimination against women.2. Attitudes, conditions, or behaviors that promote stereotyping of social roles based on gender.

    • So where is the inteligiency or maturity in the insults you are vomiting here yourself? Dirty mouth; you need your “mouth” washed with soap, wechinangwa iwe!!!

    • Sad state of affairs; when a man uses profanity to support an argument, it indicates that either the man or the argument is weak – probably both.
      Please go back to Zambia Watchpig!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  41. The smile of the ‘first lady’ is like ‘wow it’s now time to make easy money while the opportunity lasts’. ‘They can talk and talk, seleniko tulilepo te mpiya sha bawiso’.

  42. Chelllah is as dull as his boss. Don’t rationalize the allocation of funds to kaseba to suit an idea which has been incumbenting all this time since sata came into power.Zambia as a poor nation cannot afford such slash funds. Kaseba is not a politician and her activities should be funded by NGOs or her husband and not the tax remitters. This is setting a precedence, next President will allocate K5 billion to the office, next $100 million. Stop the idioc.y !!!

  43. PF with sata just dreaming for new stuff every morning will one day pay for all this.
    There is no system in place especially with all these evelyn hone college former students running the govment.

  44. #38 Mwamba –

    You are confusing me with your mother. Please stick to the topic at hand for the sake of civilized society.

  45. Hi George, dont justify wrong doing by the previous regimes as an excuse to rape the Zambian constitution. The fact is the funding has been wrongly allocated to unconstitution office. You are stealling from us while our relatives are going hungry. All what you are doing is creating loop holes to steal because you know very well that no Auditor will challenge the use of those funds. Please note the days when we were living in darkness are over. We are aware of all tacts used by politian to steal from the government.

  46. Ba Chisenga (#32/35), your point about transparency is appreciated but the bottomline is that there is no entity entitled “Office of the First Lady.” That’s why the predecessors set up “NGOs.” What your people need to do is to go to parliament and seek authority to set up the office. Thereafter, money can be allocated. To ignore this fact is like saying it is okay for a thief to announce that he is stealing (i.e. being transparent) even when it is blatantly clear that the act is wrong. It is better the thief asks the owner of the property if he/she can have it and then take it once authorised.

  47. This is the worst ever statement I have come across from government as it has not addressed a number of serious concerns that people have been talking about.Zambia is not a developed nation and therefore rediculous and unnecessary spending must be confined to the dust bins of history.The pictures we have all seen for instance about UTH sewage system,patients sleeping on the floor is a clear indication that government needs to get their priorities right.We cant afford to be sending samples at this age and time to SA

  48. Mr F J T Chiluba wanted to be transparent so he allocated himself some money through the budget which became known as the ‘slush fund.’
    History once again is repeating itself, but worse still, the money is being allocated to ‘an office’ that does not exist.
    Does the First Lady have an office?
    If she does, who are her employees and what are their salarieds and do they and herself pay tax?
    Who audits this office. Mr Sata used to say that the Task Force on Corruption, set up by a Lawyer was illegal. How much more illegal is theis office of the First Lady?

    • THE SAINT, I like the way you present your arguments, factual, crystal clear and to the point, not the ‘seleniko’ trash from certain quarters.

  49. The office of the first lady does not exist in our laws and she is no way a government official. It is a fact that money can only be allocated to offices that exist and this particular office does not exist. Mr Chellah and his boss should stop insulting our intelligence. What is it that the Presidents wife can do on behalf of the government, which thousands of Government officails cannot not do? Sometimes it is better to shut up!

  50. Where is this office situated and what are the functions? Most importantly which law created the office of the first lady?!

    • She will be pampering Nubian Princess, Big Maxwell, The Equaliser and all those poor fellows that are blinded by what they are dreaming is ‘transparency’=the zambian way. Those that worship wrongs been perpetuated just because MMD did the same wrongs but pf is doing them in a much better way. My opinion!

  52. Chella, in the world of management a ‘budget’ or estimates for financial overheads of national undertakings only provide a macro estimate commitment of financial outlay. The financial details of the expenditure is up to the internal systems mamagement- microdetails. As you correctly state, the office of the first lady falls under the office of the president. Its needless to belabour to the general public to justify the expense on the office of the first lady unless there is an attempt to conceal falsehood in pundering to the public. Dr Kaseba is not the only’1st’ first lady in Zambia. There has never been any palaver before. When people know thieves even in time of their innocence, take them as THIEVES.

  54. @46, Tush:

    We should blame parliament for this! Parliament has been asleep on the switch. This proposal/budget was approved by the the same people (MPs) who should be the guardians or custodians of our laws. Is the entire Legislature really that stup!d not to catch this error!?

    I agree with you, this office needs to be legitimized through our Constitution. But to blame State house on this one is really directing our anger at the wrong people. This was never done behind closed doors or in secrete. The money was approved by Parliament like any other budgetary allocation, so blame lays there. If the Office of The President, in a bid to be accountable and transparent, made errors here, it was Parliament’s duty to remind the State house how things are done—-that’s how I see it!

  55. ALL THIS IS ARISING FROM WHAT THE OPPOSITION SAID. THEY SAID THEY WILL MAKE THE PF BUDGET DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT SO THAT PF FAILS. SO WHATEVER REASONS ARE GIVEN ARE ALL MERE EXCUSES. THE SAME PEOPLE WHO MADE THE K1.5BN PASS IN PARLIAMENT CAN EASILY MAKE THE OFFICE LEGAL BY A SIMPLE VOTE. BUT THE BLAH..BLAH..BLAH WILL STILL CONTINUE. SO LETS ALL SHUT UP AND TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT

  56. When FTJ was justifying allocation for slush fund, it was argued that the money was necessary as it was like a father giving sweats to children. Atleast it was to his office then. Now this is worse than FTJ slush fund allocation. Next it will be allocation to the first son, etc.

  57. I believe people think of K1.5 billion & think that it is a small amount not worth debating. This how it starts. Most of the time govt comes back with a supplementary budget which can see more money allocated to this unconstitutional office. What is even more certain is that 2014 budget will have far more than the amount allocated in next year’s budget. Let the government follow the constitution which the president swore to uphold and protect. Money in the budget is allocated to constitutional office which by law have controlling officers (mostly PS’s, but can be anyone appointed by Secretary to the Treasury). So for the office of the First Lady who is will be accountable for the money. Does the office have formal structures such as accountants, internal auditors, purchasing team, etc

  59. Zambia has a peculiar way of handling legal matters something that our colleagues in West and East Africa would not tolerate I guess even our southern neighbors have some clout when it comes to upholding the law of the land but then on reflection it seems it all has to do with our deficiency in literacy levels. 

  60. In their culture they will say: natutolako ka K 1. 5 billion! That is speak for: We have stolen K 1.5 billion. Masholi!

  61. @ MUSHOTA : The Nissan Micra & Renault Clio you are boasting about are small cars. Nothing to brag about. I only drive german cars Audi, Merc or BMW. Earning such monies as you claim you can do good justice by getting something decent. Don’t tell me you’re living in one of those ugly british apartments (M’dadada). With such an income you can live in a mansion. Anyway £100, 000 is not much especially considering the high cost of living in the UK.

  62. That K1.5b should have been deducted from the OP budget so that we do not allocate an extra K1.5b to a ‘fictitious’ office. The doc is a very capable lady, very intelligent and we are proud of her but please do the right thing and protect her from insults.

  64. This cheap chela thinks we can buy his cheap Squealer antics in this age and era. Given Lubinda asked a question in Parliament on the status of Maureen Mwanawasa in relation to government funding. It was clearly spelt that she had no business in government. Presidents food. Period. What has changed now. Monkeys in a maize field indeed. The first lady is just family of the head of state. Don’t fool us you little stupid squealer, she has all sort of dealers giving her money which she should use for her galavanting. This money belongs to the people of Zambia and she has no business using our money to market her husbands failed leadership

  65. This boy called Chella George is dull and unfit for the position he holds. Who does he think Zambians are to utter such nosense? Since when was the so called office of first lady established as a public funded institution? Zambians are much more intelligent than all the *****s in govt leadership.
    Community activities for first ladies have always been financed through donations from the business and coperate world not public funds.If the office of first lady is legalised then there will be need to make the first lady account for all the donations that she will receive to the state. Further, the first lady should not be allowed to run an NGO as this will be used to siphon public funds including donations to such NGOs.

  66. Aka kene aka poto aka special assistant to the president press and public relations.awe mwandi there was Richard Sakala in Chiluba’s regime,Then Dickson Jere in Lupiya’s Govt now it’s Ba George fili okotuleya chabe…… romour has it for Riverside houses.

  67. Christine Kaseba is not an employee of government. The president has his vice president and the ministers to undertake the functions that he can not at no extra cost to the national fiscus. Which constituency does Christine Kaseba represent and who voted for her to usurp official functions from established offices of government? It would be prudent for Christine to go back to work at UTH or just stay home and take care of the president. She is already causing confusion in the Ministry of Health by performing what are essentially ministry of Health functions. We are sick fed up of hijacking what are government functions!!

Comments are closed.

Read more

Liquidation Online Auction

Local News

Company

Trending

Categories

© Lusaka Times

Discover more from Lusaka Times-Zambia's Leading Online News Site - LusakaTimes.com

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading