United Party for National Development leader Hakainde Hichilema has accused the Patriotic Front (PF) government of being greedy in the way they are allocating funds.
Mr. Hichilema has told Qfm news that it is illegal for government to begin building President Michael Sata’s house before he retires.
Mr. Hichilema has charged that it is a white color crime because it unconstitutional to build Mr. Sata a house before he retires.
He explains that it is clear in the emolument act on when any President’s house should receive funds to begin building a house.
The UPND leader has since described the move by government not consider the past Presidents who do not yet have the houses built as greedy and unrespectful.
He stresses that President Sata’s act only becomes valid after he retires and when he is seating President.
Landako Tata!!
Another monkey complaining about his fellow monkies stealing maize from the poor Zambian fields. Sata is a criminal and his government is fraud. This are the dangers of democracy are majority votes rule because it allows minions with questionable behaviour to rule. Brace your selves for more suffering now that these criminals have ganged up to silence critical voices.
Very poorly done article. A clear indication of the calibre of graduates you get from education institutions that experience frequent disruptive closures coz govt has no capacity to manage them… And yes, HH is right.
If I can buy and or build a house from my own savings what of a President. This archiac Law that should be repealed. If as a President he doesn’t acquire a decent house before being or as Head of State tough Luck. NO MORE HOUSES FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS PLEASE.
With Sata he continued living at Omelo Mumba even when he became President, nothing wrong with his going back there.
@Ola, Racist pig! You think you’re from a superior race calling blacks monkeys? ID.IOT.
My dream is to see the formation of a FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA in which each federal state will be ruled by an elected State governor and elected state regional MPs. Each state cabinet to be appointed from amongst the state regional MPs.
While the Federal republican President will be elected from amongst the state governors or former state governors. Federal state MPs will knowns as senators and will be elected from each state. The republican President will nominate the federal cabinet from amongst the senators.
Each state to be responsible for its economy and tax revenue collection. An agreeable % of each state revenue to be given to federal government so it can fund projects in poor states. Each state to recruit its own police force to be headed by an elected commissioner…
Wanzelu, uli chaume. If Muchinga votes PF, then PF should govern them, if Eastern votes MMD, then MMD should form a secondary govt there. Our democracy will strong the.
Ola, waba itole kapuli iwe elyo nganakusanga kuti wa ponoka sana. Debate with integrity.
Sata is immune for prosecution, so I am suing his family.
And that Kabimba, pleased not to be arrested, and he promised to keep quite for rest of the year.
Nothing wrong with thinking ahead!
The problem is when things are done haphazardly without prior planning and budgeting.
What is the moral lesson in this?
DONCHI KUBEBA!
I think Katele Kaluba warned us about the slogan as being pro-corruption!
Donchi kudabwa!
let him build so that when he retires he go settles there. former presidents directed their energy in building their retirement homes in singapore, malawi, south africa and france. have they settled there? no. who is benefiting is it zambians? not even a zambian gardener has been employed in those houses.
do you think HH can build a retirement home for Sata? very far.
Antihill politics!
Where does it say so? And if it does why not go to court. If its in the constitutiom, parliament should impeach.
Nomba ngalyashi, go ahead.
Why build his house now instead of the the retired presidents KK and Banda?
The constitution clearly states that a house shall be built for a RETIRED President not the incumbent. Sata is not a retired president, is he? Maybe he retired the moment got to power and handed over power to the Mmembe minion cartel.
All you guys who support this mad SATA will be his victims soon. The man is not consistent. He flip flops a lot. If he will be well enough to campaign for the next general election, you will see how he will deal with his praise singers who make him unpopular in order to gain popularity. He will fire Kabimba, Nchinto and arrest Mmembe now that he is getting away with arresting journalists.
To you Sata supporter be ware of the snake in the grass it can against its own any…
Yes,its very wrong bcoz you can’t institutionalize good governance,build a tradition of order and instill respect for laws if some animals are more equal than others.All successful countries are built on laws and only the lesser,poorer ones on personalities.
HH you are indeed capable of bringing sanity in our economy & country at large. Am conterplating joining your team. Otherwise, sodier on true son of our Zambian soil, only time will tell our destiny. Pf have failled, they only support agendas that directly benefite them, not a common Zambian, greedy government for sure.
I thought Sata stopped drinking bottled water due to his compansion for the poor. Wouldn’t it be more prodent to sacrifice ‘large’ by giving up building a house for himself before retirement since he can afford to build himself a house?
PF owes does the opposite.wen u xpect them to act on crucial matters they respond negativly owes misplaced and disorganised.better then build houses for all the seating presidents.He hasnt evn clocked 2years and yet hes oredy cryn for a mansion wen he has not done anything to deserve that house.Donchi kubeba my ass
This is a matter that should be tabled in Parliament and debated by the law makers of the house. Despite this, it is quite clear that the word “retirement” simply means what it says and there is no point in wasting time on such a straight forward clear issue. The MPs are sleeping in the house.
@ Shaka, which law makers, the Zambian MP’s? Hahahaha. You joke man!
Have you forgotten that SATA is a dictator who always wants his way of doing things without following the law. Sata started beaking the laws of Zambia a long time ago. Thats why he has clung to politics, because without being in power he is afraid all the atrocities he has commited in the past will catch up with him. For example he stole K2 billion meant to complete merzaf projects in KK era. The moment he realised that the UNIP was no more he quickly joined MMD in order to avoid prosecution. He diverted attention from the issue by persecuting KK to the point of even having him deported. SATA has done many things known by some of his cronies. He has already eliminated those he can not trust.
Never trust this snake mad man SATA! He will soon turn against the very people propping up.
do you think HH can build a retirement house for Sata? i doubt, takwata uluse umwana uyu
Washinton – Sata continued living at Omelo Mumba long after he had become President. My expectation is to give the normal 3 months notice to his tenant in June 2016 of his return to Omelo Mumba. The location and house is decent enough.
The genesis of building a house for a Former head of state is that we do not get shamed when diginatories come to visit these Former Heads of States (Doesn’t say anything about surviving spouses houses).
I therefore do not expect Government to continue paying either for Rentals or building a House for Regina Mwanza or Maureen Mwanawasa.
Regina Mwanza had and has inherited a lot of decent Houses mostly in Ndola. Let her pick one from the many and start Living there.
Maureen Mwanawasa, has inherited a lot of Houses both in Lusaka and Ndola, including 3 Farms. Let her choose one from the many and move there please.
RB can move into one of the Mpundu Flats or any of the Houses he has around Lusaka, better still go back to the Farm in Chipata.
Sata should just go back to…
Sata should go back to his 7 guns and seek shelter there.
Its not bad…former heads of state shud have done the same but they concetrated on pilfering our resources…its not Sata to plan for them now..let him think of himself they were in power and never thought one day things will turn upside down..the fact that it’s announced shows TRANSPARENCE…nothing wrong…gud timing and at the right time….HE DESERVES IT!
Its actually cost serving for the gvt…constitutionally when he retires in 2021 gvt will be tasked to meet rentals for his accomodation…lets try to review how much gvt spends on RB’s accomodation before we criticise!
keep on dreamin 2021?all that long
Or TransparencY even.
Very dull thinking. Think of the money we are now spending to rent houses for RB, Maureen Mwanawasa and Regina Chiluba. Had their houses been built in advance we would have saved a lot of money. No wonder he cannot be elected president. He can’t see beyond his nose. What kind of economics did he do? The money so far paid on RB’s rent could have build more than two former presidents’ houses. He is now a bore to listen to because he lacks objectivity.
its you who is a bore to read your blogs.the man is sayn its unconstitutional maybe you dont just understand the word.everything the president does is writen down he just doesnt wake up and live life like you do o like the common man so wateva he does and says shud be in line with the rule of law and the constitution.Dont just undermine other peoples opinions just cos you are a PF CADER.so wen u say he lacks objectivity i think u ar wrong and very misplaced and as for him not to be elected president i think its not up to you its the zambian people who elect and God approves not you.
Dingiswayo, There is nothing illegal about the houses being built. For now they are just government houses. The sitting president may be allocated one after he retires. What is illegal with that. That is what we call in ‘simple term’ planning ahead. We know one day a sitting president will retire. Until he retires that house will remain a government house and can be used for other purposes. Go to court and not radio and prove your case.
Its better for them to start building now so that he won’t be forced to start renting one just after retiring which will be a waste of money.
Bane don’t forget that His excellence Sata is also in employment and as we all plan to do is to prepare for the future by securing ourselves decent accommodation for us and our children . Don’t be used to poverty and take it as normal way off doing things.
Well said, so if God approved Sata why should you oppose every thing, even what is logical and straight forward. HH complains when the Kwacha loses value and blames it on Sata. He again complains when it gains and blames it on Sata. If that is objectivity to you then keep on voting for him, we the majority will keep voting for people we know mean well and can deliver. Are you not ashamed of the many developmental projects taking place everywhere now compared to the time of MMD. And HH continues to condemn. He thinks every problem can be solved in 2 years. That is what is boring. And your website is all about insults as if they can make one win elections. Sorry go back to your website and insult. By the way I am not PF Carder but a Zambian who appreciates the good others do.
You sir/ma’am sound remarkably like a cadre. If you ain’t, enrol today!
“If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck.” –
If it is unconstitutional let HH tell his lawyers to go to court and challenge the government otherwise let him just keep quiet. By the way where has been lately? We haven’t seen him in public for two weeks. Is he also ailing?
There is nothing illegal about the houses being built. For now they are just government houses. The sitting president may be allocated one after he retires. What is illegal with that. That is what we call in ‘simple term’ planning ahead. We know one day a sitting president will retire. Until he retires that house will remain a government house and can be used for other purposes. Go to court and not radio and prove your case.
National Assembly is building an 18 bedroom house for former Speaker Amuusa Mwanamwambwa! I am sure the former Chief Justice may deserve a house if his conditions allow. There will come a time when 50 percent of the budget will go to building houses of former presidents, chief justices and speakers! can we afford this nonsense? Where are we haeding to as a country?
Excellent blogging,u are the kind of thinkers who should be in parliament.
Well done Madame /sir.
hey john i like the way you are debating your points in a civilised manner.the point here is not about HH condenm sata o the govt he is tryn to make those checks and balances especially after alot of those campaign promises being a lie.i personally think he is in order to querry the project. what makes sata special alone to be built a house when he hasnt even clocked 2 years in power? secondly Mr john what if he fails to finish his term as president what happens in that case do you still continue to built o wat happens?am not sayn anything is going to happen but wat if he steps dwn o just other eventualities.
hahaha there is nothing wrong pf is doing it in an advanced new way and not in an old one and a mansion to sata means nothing bearing in mind the number of big houses that he has just from his works of hard work.
I’m sorry, but I’ve gotta say this:
Are you stupid or what?
let the man declare if he is retiring from politics, then it will be legal
HH its a priviledge acordng constitution fr President to ve his hse constructed.RB thought aftr 2011 elections wud build his also.Unfortunately he lost the most asured campaign ever made in world history.Money ws pumpd into campaigns bt lost!Why?Overratng himself usng crookednes then PVT ws used.Sata deserves his right stop complaining.CBU ws created long before 2013!
Tosh I’m sure. Thank God it’s unreadable!
@Dada
If you don’t understand what the law says better to avoid making a fool out of your self. The law says a house to be built for a retired president not the incumbent. Unless you don’t understand the meaning of the word retired you can support Sata’s move.
If sata gets away with it, then next year it will be all ministers to be built houses by government when the constitution does not provide for such. Then all the permanent secretaries and foreign service officials.where will it end.
The point is there not enough money to afford such projects at the expense of deteriorating living standards, poor health facilities, and substandard educational facilities.
If SATA is surely a man of the people he should have at least waited until the poor in shanties have their areas…
What does the rotten constitution say?How much money is being spent on rentals for Rb,Moreen nd Regina ?Probably after all this infomation is given we shall comment objectively.As at is nothing is wrong.
Those who are castigating HH’s valid observation, read the provisions of the law at
http://www.zambialii.org/zm/legislation/consolidated-act/15
or in case you cant navigate to that it states:
Cap 15 of the laws of Zambia:
4A. (1) In addition to the benefits set out in section four, there shall be-
(a) assigned to a former President within a period of not more than two years from the date of ceasing to hold office, a furnished executive house built or bought in Zambia by the State at a place of the former President’s choice;
5. (1) The pension and other benefits conferred by this Act shall not be paid, assigned or provided to a former President who is-
(a) in receipt of salary from the Government; or
(b) engaged in active politics.
NOW JUDGE WHETHER IT IS LEGAL OR NOT
What does the so called ‘LAW’ state about a dead President? Mwanawasa died in office and did not retire, do you still build a house for ‘him’? Who will be living in the houses built for dead former presidents? Chiluba and Mwanawasa. Is pension transferrable? I am lost!
Yes, me too.
Opposition is good, for those that have been questioning the relevance of opposition and divergent views should take note that the 100% salary increase came because SATA’s own private salary increase of 100% was exposed by those opposed to the wrong move and made it public. In his usual intelligence, our head of state decided to award all civil servants a similar percentage without considering the fiscal stability of the national coffers. The construction of a retirement home by a siting head of state would not have been an issue if there was no opposition. Of course there is nothing wrong in building SATA a retirement home, what is wrong is to build it before he retires as provided for. A considerable number of the so called untrue media reports have come to pass. Mr. Shamende take Note.
Why should we build these utterly greedy individuals homes when the hardly spend their untaxed salaries whilst in office instead of retirement homes I propose we build a library for all to benefit. Don’t forget that we pay them allowances as well when they retire…only in Zambia.
The things that concerns HH worry me…he doesn’t seem to qualify for his position as opposition leader. Lets oppose constructively, wasting energy and brain cells talking about a house when he can draw concern towards more serious matters.
@czb, you are half baked in the head. You yourself, you are an absolute time waster than HH and you don’ t qualify anywhere in the world of politics apart from barking like a labied dog.
We like to complain day in day out. Complaining will never create solutions. We put the man in power let him serve his term and enjoy whatever benefits that still come with being president during the five years. When the man is no more we will sing praises to the man like we have never sang before…this is getting tiring. We all have a responsibility towards our country including HH who also promises to do a good job…but wait, we will also complain before his term is over, throw stones at him, call him names and so on and so forth. The problem is the people who are putting someone in power expecting and believing that this particular human being will bring salvation…HOW?!?!?!?!!!!!!
Zambia under the PF administration shall remain a failed country and economy. Even when you examine the calibre of people who support the PF government, you will undoubtely discover that in one way or another, they are mediocre people who who don’ t support cardinal developmental issues. I further worry about the quality of MPs the Zambian Parliament have. Are they really MPs or what and what kind of debates do they hold in parliament ? From my own observation, it’ s quite true that they are only concerned about personal issues which have got nothing to do with national interest.
James Perry **** wht qualifictions do u hold yrself?Dont be a bufoon ovr wht u dont undstand.U thnk u ve gone to sch betr than others.U re wastng time fr sure we re al educted & UK postgraduate qualifictions.Shutup with yr useless education self egoist!
Sata is just sharp
mushota is right surely debating on house when 3\4 of zedians can afford to build hahaha jst a debate building can move to insult bane everyone is building and not just wait for pension.