OPEN LETTER TO THE DIRECTOR-ANTI CORRUPTION COMMISSION, ZAMBIA POLICE,HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND ZAWA INVESTIGATIONS UNIT.
Dear ACC, HRC, ZPS and ZAWA Investigations Unit.
RE: (1) ABUSE OF OFFICE BY HON SYLVIA MASEBO
(2) ILLEGAL HUNTING BY HON SYLVIA MASEBO
We wish to bring to your attention through this letter some illegal activities by the Minister of Tourism honourable Sylvia Masebo in her office.
We as ZAWA officers have information that the Minister had a list of preferred bidders for the concessions such as Mr Arsherhood owner of BP station in Lusaka. She tried to influence ZAWA officers to award concessions to operators on her list but the officers professionally decided to follow the laid down procedures. It was only when most of her prefered bidders like Asherhood did not make it through the evaluation process that the minister cancelled the results of tender committee.
The Minister of Tourism does not have any powers under the current ZAWA Act to cancel the evaluations done by a legally constituted tender committee therefore she has abused her office in doing so. The PF manisfesto as good as it maybe is not part of the Tender evaluation criteria as she claims.
We government officers follow government policies and procedures and not political party manifestos in implementing our work. The Minister should simply first translate the manifesto into government policies to make them legal for us to follow.
If you can prosecute Dora Siliya over the radar issue then you should do the same for Masebo. Be fair.
Secondly, on more than two occasions Hon Masebo has verbally instructed and forced ZAWA DG to hunt animals in the GMAs for various ceremonies without a proper permit. She did this for traditional ceremonies held last year and for commemoration of the World Tourism Days in Lusaka and Livingstone. Our colleagues in Livingstone informed us that she did this in the presence of DC Sensele, Deputy PS Chingi and Town Clerke Chikoti .Mr Sensele even provided fuel to ZAWA for the illegal hunt.
We as ZAWA officers we were not very happy with this as it was like poaching but we were forced by Masebo and we are ready to testify.You may want as well to look at the issuance of special licenses by the minister Masebo for hunting she give to undeserving individuals without following procedures.
We are afraid that this evidence may be lost if you do not act quickly as some of it is in her office.We therefore urge you the ACC and the ZAWA investigations unit to investigate this minister on these charges. You will find very cooperative ZAWA and ministry of Tourism officers who can testify as long as you assure us of your protection.What we want is just fairness in the application of procedures.
Your
ZAWA Officers
elo lwanya nomba
zAWA OFFICER , WE CHIPUBA WE! LET MASEBO DO THE WORK. WHATS WRONG WITH KILLING ANIMALS FOR TRADITIONAL CEREMONIES IF FOREIGNERS CAN COME AND KILL
Its too late to why did n’t you report her before being sacked? You are gone and no more cry baby.
this open letter is very useless and meaningless.why bring it now after you have been fired.this is when you have realized that investigative wings do exist.in as much as you say the minister should be investigated you should also be jailed for concealing valuable information.Tell matokwani that his time is up and his idea to put up a zawa gate at chrismar hotel to be charging innocent residents has faltered and next please minister can you please fire the area warden for Livingstone ,useless nkoma who is more corrupt.simple and straight this open letter was written by Edwin matokwane himself don’t accuse us innocent ZAWA officers.you failed to arrest rupiah banda who was slaughtering impalas every day at state house.
Last kicks of the dying horse.thats what happens if you are caught red handed.congrats masebo.
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Not enough evidence, too bad that these guys are now witch hunting, shame!
The pf is a terribly corrupt institution from top to bottom.Masebo knows her corrupt activities are far more destructive than the armyworms.
Masebo is corrupt and must be dealt with I have personally seen her take $35 000 from APG owners business man for favours.
ACC arrest the owners of APG they are one of the secret funders of UKWA and his government
How did you know the amount and its purpose.
Sin and corruption thrive when good people decide to look away when crime is being commited, and expect someone else to correct the wrong.
Why didn’t you report Masebo to ACC when you saw her commit all these ‘crimes’? Now that she has fired your behinds, that’s when you want to appear upright as concerned citizens? Why, so you can gain some public sympathy? At this point, anything (true or not) from ZAWA officers against the minister lacks credibility. People will simply view it as sour grapes—-a bit too late, isn’t it?
And if you claim to follow laid down policies and procedures, why then did you agree to assist Masebo commit corruption by illegally slaughtering these animals? Aren’t guys just as guilty for following illegal orders—-in law this is called COMPLICIT.
in Ukwa’s law its called “OBEY INSTRUCTIONS OR YOU ARE FIRED WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT”!!!!!!!!!!
So don’t judge what has been done by those poor ZAWA officers go for MASEBO she is the HIV sick bitch that needs to be put away!!!!!!
Number one desperate mistake there is no longer BP filling stations.If you had all this information why were you withholding it ?What kind of civil idiot are you?We are not impressed you liar.It s time to atone for your incompetance.You are not even ZAWA officers but one indisciplined chola boy who was benefitting from your fired bosses.
Yamba Squared you are so right. If there were such good people who didn’t shut up in Europe in the 15th century slavery and colonisation would nt have happened. And the ACC are some of those people who usually do nothing unless the culprit is in opposition.
from head to tail pf is criminal reloaded
Masebo is a good leader
These pipo fought hard to lead us so let them enjoy as well. MAsebo is an action woman
Sorry Acc is now toothless ,coz they have to go through the president to investigate
govt official.
SHAME INDEED.
sour grapes you zawa officers,u don’t. report when yr fellow officers u were stealing with are in problems,that’s corruption let’s not blame .pf but systems in these institutions.actually y hide yr identities?
You stupid ZAWA, whom do you want to confuse. Just because you have been caught with your pants down, now you want to lie to the world that The Honorable is corrupt. Just be your self and face the music. The Minister is a well respected Lady who does her work honorably. You can write what ever you want no one is listening to you, you are the accused. Keep it up Honorable we are supporting you in every effort you are doing to clean the Ministry and it’s parallel departments. As for Mulongoti mama don’t even think about it, this guy was the chief architecture of corruption, soon we will start investigating him, he is on the long list. Now that he has started to talk rubbish we will move his name on the top so that we can start on him.
Useless ZAWA. the rubish you are engaged in is catching up on you.Why were you silent all-along?Such nonsense should come to an end.
Prostitute Masebo is corrumpt and i saw the dismissing of the DG and others when the prositute went round visiting animals in parks and GMAs. It is true that she wanted her list of cronies awarded but the tender procedure could not allow. It will be fair to investigate both as prostitute Masebo is not holy but human like the fired colleagues. Let us see what our law enforcement will do.
At this rate there will be no wildlife for my future grandchildren to see…its a turkey shoot out there. I feel for the wildlife in our parks!!
If we have your HH there will only be cows
#AirtimeSakala Atleast steak will be guaranteed on the plate
Airtime Sakala
Typical idiotic cadre response…anybody who criticises the PF gov’t to you is either
a) Bitter Or
b) A supporter of HH (Opposition Party)
Don’t you know that there are Zambians out there who are non partisan and have a very sincere love, zeal and passion for country. Africa and Zambia in particular is in need of their scholarship. It will enable us to rise to our fullest potential. It’s a real shame as buffoon cadres like yourself are the cancer that is eating our nation like termites eating a house inside out.
Wake up you can do better than that..
ZAWA Officer, you are very dull.The President is happy with Masebo for the job well done. Investigating her will only depend on the permission from the President and not what you think. Where were you for not reporting this before Matotkwani was fired? You ZAWA Officers are busy arresting poor people for killing wild animal while your fridges are stocked with bush meet and you dont report each other until the minister comes in. Please wake up. Matokwani just stay at home and lead your life.
When are zambians going to live morally upright lives, implying learning to live within our means? When will people learn to call a wrong, a wrong? Does witnessing someone commiting a wrong only becomes a wrong when your wrong is exposed? Why are we failing to report those involved in the corruption vice? Why do we have to wait until our acts have been brought to book before spilling the beans on others equally involved in the same act? I find it totally disingenius for ZAWA Officers to cry foul now when they had the opportunity to report Ms Masebo to ACC before she fired them. When you were busy engaging in illicit business, it was OKAY for Ms Masebo to abuse her authority, but now that you are fired, her abuse of power is wrong, right? CALL A SPADE A SPADE THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE IT.
NONSENSE! THIS IS A NON-STARTER. I THOUGHT SHE ORDERED THE KILLING OF GAME FOR HER OWN CONSUMPTION! YOU SO-CALLED ZAWA OFFICERS HAVE NO CASE AGAINST THE MINISTER. BRAVO, HONOURABLE MASEBO! FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
ZAWA Officers why are you hiding your names if you are telling the truth. Let the cleansing begin.
Firing of zawa generals, then investigation them and investigation taking too long since Sunday to date, paralyzing all operations at the expense of loosing wildlife in national park. OP, ACC other stakeholders were involved and followed procedures to select successful bidders. Patiently waiting for masebo’s address on findings of this investigations. Hope she didn’t act on personal hate as she said she could have done it immediately she got into office. ADVISE TO MASEBO, INVESTIGATE & GET FACTS THEN ACT (Not the other way round). DON’T ACT ON RUMOURS.
So it takes a sacking to get facts and allegations into the open, huh? Fire some more so we can learn more…
LOL
A good number of bloggers always profess to stand for a corrupt free Zambian state that should robustly and consistently bring those that rape the resources of the nation to book. But here they are prepared to turn a blind eye to serious allegations against a minister on the shoddy grounds that it is sour grapes on the part of the fired ZAWA officials. Does it matter? Is that enough reason to be dismissive of their assertions? They may have had to consider their positions against a power wielding and apparently ‘untouchable’ minister while they were still in office. Whats wrong with investigating their claims? We are not saying anyone is guilty yet! The hypocrisy that sometimes permeates this blogging forum is astounding, to say the least.
Useless chaps its too late pliz Masbo just fire everyoneb these MMd thugs… PF is for the poor pipo like us Villagers not you corrupt chaps.. Viva Masebo Viva PF
plenty scandles clean up madam,work so that when that time comes you may be able to point at some success.The sky is the limit mbuya..
It is possible that the allegations are true. Hunting concessions involve a lot of foreign exchange hence the excitement from both ZAWA officers and politicians. Getting one’s friend on to the final list has a lot of personal financial benefit for the facilitator. If there was no financial benefit the witch hunting would disappear. A simple solution would be allocate application numbers to all applicants and then conduct a random draw (not manipulated ala MTN). That way every applicant has an equal chance of getting a licence.
LT You relly have space to waste. I ‘m sure you never check the merit of that letter and later the author nor did you investigate the story. To the author there are also complaint procedures to follow not just for hunting. Follow the laid down complaint procedures if not heard take it as far as you can before you try to be a whistle blower. LT you will face libel case if you continue to be careless, that letter is so damaging if allegations proved to be untrue.
In a court of cats, rats will never win a case.
ACC need to get ‘permission’ before ’embarrasing’ a Minister. lol
What a backward country!
awe kwena,this new platform of lusakatimes isnt as nice as the one before.
Hon. Masebo is held in high esteem, we can track her record from the work she has done as a minster in various portfolio’s therefore whatever these guys say at this point and especially after being fired will mean nothing. It will only show desperation and bitterness, if she was doing anything illegal you should have reported her before being fired. Secondly the things you claim as having done illegally by killing animals for traditional ceremonies will be seen as things that were done for the country. A traditional ceremony is something of national interest. Secondly, which games animals where killed, it is likely those animals that need game cropping and they will be witnesses for that as well. So she acted within her power as minster. Therefore this is very different situation to…
Masebo may be corrupt(debatable), but ba ZAWA we all how corrupt you are. Just shut up
Elo lwanya
Please get a copy of the Zambia Wildlife Act which empowers the minister to issue special licences for traditional ceremonies before commenting or responding to this fake ZAWA posting which might have been posted by one of the asian cartels that have held most of the prime hunting areas for over 20 years. ZAWA on the other hand cannot sustain itself on hunting just to pay salaries since its inception at the expense of rural communities. So shut up ba makaka. Bottom line is that is ab out time ZAWA Is reorganised.
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This so called open letter is just an admission of guilt on the part of the ZAWA Officers. Saying “I was not alone” is not the same as saying “I did not do it.” I therefore find the ZAWA Officers guilty as charged. Court dismissed!
Awe bane, this is not making any sense at all. It looks like Masebo s idea to forcefully remove those ZAWA officers has polarised people s opinions so far. Anyway, mu Zambia ni so chabe… How you expect tourism to flourish and poaching to stop if the core business of ZAWA is mismanaged for personal gains??? By the time sanity is restored at ZAWA, there will be no animals in the game parks…
The Lusaka Times must be commended for publishing this seemingly authentic revelation by the ZAWA Officers, who know a lot of details on the activities of Minister Masebo in Office as well as in the fields (the Game Management Areas). So far the ACC has been furnished with credible data on which they can quickly mount investigations. Any failure on the part of the ACC to act appropriately will attract a comprehensive review of their professional qualifications if they have to retain theit jobs after 2016. They must know that their children will need parental support for their education to Colleges and Universities. We congratulate ZAWA Officers for this important revelation. May God Hear Their Prayers.
When did Masebo resign from MMD ba Senior Headman? I would like to urge fellow bloggers to objectively analyse this letter from ZAWA Officers, I strongly feel there might be some truth in it.
@plot1. moderate ur language. u cannot use Hiv to insult pipo. remember we are all affected.
Corruption is bad wherever found. Ultimately it is the people who suffer from crooked political hacks. A speedy trial if found guilty off to prison.
I don’t think the hunting Licence is just one copy, if this guys have any evidence they should have copies of the licences. They are now pointing to Masebo’s office for evidence, which only shows that these guys were caught with their hands in the cookies jar, provide evidence not hearsay!! Well done Masebo
BA ZAWA OFFICERS THAT’S WHY INCITO SHIPWILA. IF YOU HAD SAID MASEBO WAS POACHING ANIMALS FOR HER OWN FREEGE THAT WOULD HAVE MADE A BIT OF SENSE. BUT, FOR TRADITIONAL DANCES, THAT WOULDN’T RAISE ANY DUST. AGAIN, YOU SAID SHE GAVE HUNTING LICENSES TO A FEW PREFERRED INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATIONS- BA ZAWA, MASEBO IS A MINISTER WHO IS ENTITLED TO COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS OR HUNTING LICENSES IN THAT CASE. BE CAREFUL BA ZAWA. DO A BIT OF HOME WORK BEFORE YOU PUT PAIN TO PAPER. OR YOU MAY LAND INTO REAL BIG TROUBLE. I AM NOT A BOY FRIEND OF MASEBO, ALTHOUGH MAYBE IT WOULDN’T BE A BAD IDEA. BUT A BIT OF CAUTION ON YOUR PART MAY SERVE YOU EMBARRASSMENT OR EVEN JOBS.
StupidZAWA Officers, you have been hiding , now that you have Masebo who is a no nosense, its time to go, Hon. Minister these are silly people, who have been selling Ivory to chinese, fire them all. We are behind you. This letter is useless, why didn’t
you publish your names or sign so that we know you.
This PF is not MMD, where you used to do , what you want without checking, your movement in the so called ZAWA, yafipuba.
GOOD MOVE Ms MASEBO, job well done
most of govt institutions are infiltrated with corrupt mmd cadres. hats off to madam silvia.as a pf man, iam proud of your works .other ministers should in fact take a leaf from your courage.corruption should be fought aggresively VIVA HON MASEBO
Hon. Masebo did all the best to fire the wrong chaps at ZAWA. Your counter claims cant hold water for now. We urge the Minister to quickly review the staffing structure, reduce worksforce at chilanga , strenghthen Area Management Units, do away with Regional Managers. We need 2 Directors only one for National Parks and One for GMAs
Period
There is no substance or efficacy in the letter written against Masebo. Its a weak little missive which must be dismissed with the contempt it deserves. Where were you all this time. Shut you little men with little thoughts
that is very childish, why say that after being fired? if masebo had something to hide she would have kept you around.
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