The Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested the University of Zambia Student Union (UNZASU) President and two other students for forgery, uttering of false documents and attempted theft involving K50 million.
Ali Tunkara, 25, of 22/11 Emmasdale Lusaka, has been arrested and jointly charged with Augustine Mukuka, 24, of Chilanga and Philip Siame, 24, of 7876/2 Woodlands Extension, Lusaka, for forgery, uttering of false documents and attempted theft.
Particulars of the offence are that Ali Tunkara, UNZASU President whilst acting jointly together with Augustine Mukuka and Philip Siame both students at UNZA, between 1st December 2012 and 31st January 2013 did forge the signature of the Deputy Dean of Students, purporting that he had authored an introductory letter to a named bank to enable them open a bank account for the union and deposit a cheque of K50, 000,000.
The cheque was donated to the student union by Prof. Nkandu Luo through Constituency Development Fund (CDF).
The suspects are currently in custody and will appear in court soon.
its well.
He has all the major qualifications to be appointed into the PF Executive. Go on man go to State House and demand you seat at the table!
Help me understand; Is it within the law to donate CDF to a students union?
Appears to be a case of wanting to do a good thing in a bad way,a bit like the removal of RB’s twanikane by parlianment.
Sorry I don’t want to sound tribalistic but these Tonga chaps are useless why didn’t they just deposit it in the normal Unzasu account and forge a withdraw or task someone to print fake Tshirts
@Just sayin’ it is not.
The Guidelines on CDF state, 10. Disbursement of Constituency Development Funds The Ministry of Local Government and Housing (MLGH) shall disburse the funds either by Bank Transfer or by Cheques to Constituency Development Fund Accounts maintained by Councils accompanied by a list of beneficiary constituencies and reflecting the allocation to each Constituency in the District.
4. Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries such as Clubs, Associations and Societies must be registered with the Local Council within their Constituency to benefit from the Fund.
Was UNZASU registered with the Council?
@octopus.. among those three no one is tonga, Tunkara is zezula, thats why he lives in emmmasdale very close to mandenvu… the other two am sure you know where they come from..hahahahah
@just saying.. good question.. But with PF, any govt developmental money is always treated as donation to zambians
@Octopus – we know the game you are trying to play by insulting your own tribe!
I suspect they wanted to open an account separate from the authentic UNZASU one, where they were going to be the only signatories and then loot the K50million.
I am reliably informed that they were trained by RB
CDF not CEEC. Ooooooh maybe the UNZA is in the same constituency but now to UNZASU! ????????????????????.
These boys who enter student politics do so to benefit their little egos. Tunkara shud be jailed so that others coming before him learn a lesson.
sebana wikute. Shame. Wanting to get rich fast. Work hard you stupid *****s. Lock them up and let it be a lesson to other students. No Mercy
lock the chaps.
In fact balinjibila muula using such tricks. Put them in for 40 years so that they can finish their degrees when they are in their 60s.
Monk wasebana !
CDF is grz money, do the guidelines allow such donations? Nkandu Luo should be cited for corruption!
Yaba! some comments…. Do you even understand what corruption is?
CDF cant be donated. It’s actually a grant to deserving communities for specified projects. All payments are made by check to registered suppliers of requested goods/services. It was financially, technically, socially, logically, economically & morally inappropriate for pRof. Nkandu MP, to give a check to those boys when they are not suppliers. She knew what she was doing & they could have been assigned to do some dirty jobs for her. What a shame. UNZASU qualifies to be funded for student body benefit, not individual souls. Be aware of Luo.
This will be leaders for tomorrow and their corrupt just at the foundation what could the do for Zambia tomorrow nothing.
Future leaders (Leaders of tomorrow)? We shall never stop lifting immunities.
hahahaha kikikikiki we have to do away with immunity completely and anyone found wanting caged…arsryt caged…
very funny chaps
Ok Ali has gone thru a lot,they shuld jus forgiv him. He has obviously learnt his lesson and expulsion from Unza is the worst. He publicly pleaded for forgivness mwebantu.Let him be freed mweh!
There is no allowance for emotions where you are before the law. No love, no liking, no sympathy…. you just go by the matter at hand. Facts….mum. If they guy stole or tried to steal…the appropriate punitive measures take effect.
so sad..these bemba chaps will never cease to amaze us..lol
Only one sounds Bemba and yet you generalize. Very shallow thinking!
awwww shame…. i guess the law must take its course…
Why donating CDF to a students union? can someone please help me understand this? This money is meant to improve roads, water supply,healthy facilities etc in communities where these students come from. Prof Luo, roads in Obama(part of your constituency) are in a pathetic condition and u are busy dishing out CDF to thieves. Please don’t let us down.
young man learn to work hard for your money and be honesty in life,the possibility that you forged your grade 12 results can be true looking at your acts of behavior.But let the law enforcement officer pardon the young lady has his parents has spent a lot for him on the paying the tuition fees.forgive the thief he has being taught a lot while in custody.
Nkandu Luo should have her seat nallified. She used corrupt means.
Ati future leaders ifyabupuba ba fi ka.. Jail them!!
Young leaders are stealing now, What a shame. Should be Jailed. We can no longer allow leaders who steal or corrupt to go free. President Banda made President Chiluba to go free and made him unpopular. People are asking how RB has acquired wealth in such a short time. 1+1 does not add up to 3 years, but it can added up to 3 years if RB invested wisely. So president Banda is not guity until proven. So the boys will have to answer charges.
Mmm! Interesting this one is. The crime these students are being accused of is “forgery of the Dean of Student signature on the introductory letter to the bank to open a Student of Union account. On face value we don’t have any facts if the intention was to defraud the KR50,000 by accessing the account once opened for their own use as signatories. I would imagine the authority to open the account for UNZASU would be enshrined in the office of the Treasure for UNZASU, who may have delegated his authority to the President to do so. All said let’s wait for the full facts before hanging the accused to dry
Nkandu Luo was going to have a commission in that money,DEC get permission from Satana before he dies and interview this ugly Luo.Where on earth do give developmental money to students?That money was supposed to go to community projects UNZA is well funded through the relevant ministry.This is how GRZ money is stolen by these cheap ministers who want to buy popularity through bribing students.I wonder what the parallel president Fred and his girl friend Nchito will say about this.This is abuse of office.Shonky minister.
This case should not die a natural death. This boy called Tunkara should be given a length sentence once found guilty but if he will acquited, let him still be quarantined to Mukobeko as he is a danger to our confers like Transfigura Summer Kamimbya & Fredrick 14 billion Mumembe.
And dont forget to lock up the supplier of govt money to young thugs, Luo Icasa money.
Too bad for the lads,expulsion wz a harsh punishment in itself,again the possibility of jail time awe!!imagine spendn 4yrs at uni n leavn with nothn!!
Now you know where the campaign money for by elections is coming from.
UNZASU is supposed to have its own account!
In the language of this new government, these boys were just using their initiative!
Sad baane, I see nothing wrong in Hon Luo giving UNZASU CDF unza is party of munali constituency. I was Hall Rep in the 90s at unza. Unza funds assist many students from transport money to hospital bills for vunerable students. I think the MP meant well. May be the fella wanted to keep appearances while coming from humble home. At least Hams & E Tembo never stope that low.
The MP can NOT donate CDF funds. It is contrary to the Guidelines. The guidelines state –
10. Disbursement of Constituency Development Funds
The Ministry of Local Government and Housing (MLGH) shall disburse the funds either by Bank Transfer or by Cheques to Constituency Development Fund Accounts maintained by Councils accompanied by a list of beneficiary constituencies and reflecting the allocation to each Constituency in the District.
Just join us in PF mwana and you will be free. Easy!
Indeed, the president must be a degree holder!
Thieveing degree holders…. What a disgracing title to our increasing cadre of educated people in Zambia.
Some people will do anything to defend ignorance. Is it any wonder that the affairs of the State have been hijacked by an unelected cabal for the simple reason that there’s a half literate in State House who doesnt know what he is doing? can someone remind us about the politician who deposited local govt Ministry budgetary allocation into his personal account in 1994?
There are guidelines regarding disbursement of CDF funds, my interest would be to know what purpose this money was given to the students body.@gorrillaZ, the guidelines do not allow allocations for consumptive activities such as transport money, hospital bills etc.
ZAMBIA !!! LOOPHOLES EVERYWHERE???? How did NKANDU LUO DONATE THE CHEQUE TO STUDENTS INSTEAD OF UNZA MANAGEMENT?? It’s like theft has become party of Daily life in Zambia, This is what poverty can lead people to. We laugh at NIGERIANS?? Our people are also following the tricks.
All this is as a result of the ‘get rich quick’ culture that is currently prevailing in Zambia. A lot of people, young people included are under pressure to make money as quickly as possible because their neighbour or family member or friend is suddenly doing so well financially. What happened to working hard for your money? Men are leaving their wives for rich women. Women are leaving their husbands for rich men. Young men are dating women the age of their mothers for material gain. Young girls are dating men the age of their fathers for material gain. God help us.
Thot an MP haz a prevelegde to donate, without any malice, resourcez to an organ of her/hiz choice within the constituency….?
I hope power and greed did not get to the headz of the UNZASU prezident and hiz treazurer, else I smell a dead rat, a very dead rat.
Ndeloleshafye……lift his immunity after office as well
Let him ask Sata how he chanelled GRZ funds to a private account and got away with it when he was minister under Chiluba. The Cobra knows how to argue out such cases!
So an MP can single handedly disburse CDF money? This is a very big loophole for those with long fingers to snatch the funds.
My advice to the three boys is that they should quickly join PF and their case will be nullified. They should follow the examples of people like Masumba, Namulambe and others.
UNZASU seem to
It seems UNZASU is cursed in our time that is 2006, only four people graduated, two failed, one was not a legally registered student, one went awol after getting a 10 million kwacha and the other just diffused from school. One there is only one office that is porous and the vents need to be sealed, it needs a proper investigation team to conclude the problems there. Very sad indeed.
What was UNSASU being paid for? Were other members of the Union Executive in the know about this payment?
Were they being bribed or what exactly is the explanation? Can Honourable shed some light?
These boys have started this early, when they complete school and join government how will it be?
Those days when we were supper monks in the ruins of that great University, these chaps by now would be gasping for breath in UTH! Its a pity our university today is full of chongololos who have continued to bring shame on that once respected university!
What does “uttering of false documents” mean?
This is the leadership you get when you allow pipo like alabi to be in state house. PF please clean up the mess. When the stealing is institutionalised by removal of a clause the stops people from stealing and you call it innovations to get rich. The fruits of alabi are now made manifest. Yaba.
These boys just liked basic stealing skills,they would have excuted this task with perfection.we conduct free lessons/consultations for all those who need these skils .we thank the drug enforcement for the job well done,and this should act as a lesson 2 would be leaders.
Its so shameful and scandalizing to our very own students from a university of good reputation,it really portrays a negative picture to the world.Let those chaps face the law accordingly