Vice President, Guy Scott, has defended his wife, Charlotte’s inclusion on the Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) Board, saying she is committed to service delivery contrary to assertions of ‘soliciting’ funds.
Dr Scott says his wife is merely a volunteer and she gets no remuneration sitting as a Chairperson on the ZAWA Board.
Others currently sitting on the ZAWA Board includes prominent farmer Guy Robinson and Tourism Permanent Secretary, Stephen Mwansa.
The Vice President clarified in Parliament that Mrs Scott is not pocketing a single Ngwee directly or indirectly from the Board. This was during the 30-minute Vice President’s oral question time.
The Veep was responding to a question raised by MMD Chembe Member of Parliament (MP), Mwansa Mbulakulima, who wanted to find out the inclusion of his wife, Charlotte sitting on the ZAWA Board.
Dr Scott, who is also Patriotic Front (PF) Lusaka, Central MP, explained that Charlotte was working for UNICEF but her employer asked her to vacant from the UN body job following his appointment as Republican Vice President in 2011.
He is, however, proud that his wife is rendering her services to help the under-17 football team, nicknamed the Junior She- polopolo, to excel in soccer besides being the Matron of the Ministers’ Wives Club whose core agenda is charity work and to assist vulnerable communities.
And Dr Scott has urged PF MPs to work hard or be booted out from the ruling party because the PF culture is founded on service deliver and does not condone laziness.
He also called on civil servants to be abreast with the PF party manifesto.
The Vice President clarified that the statement by the Head of State that most PF MPs are ‘useless’ is a signal for them to pull their socks and deliver to the aspirations of the people who sent them to National Assembly.
He was answering MMD Sinda MP Levy Ngoma who challenged PF MPs to resign on grounds of abusing tax payers’ money since President Michael Sata considered most of them useless.
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Ubomba mwibala ba Chikoti naimwe….we know already. Why defend the obvious.
what?! is she there for charity? scot muzungu opusa, you must be fo.oling your usual blind followers how are scared of reading thick books,,, who doesnt know that theres big quick cash to be made in wildlife… the chinese are already to pay that cash anytime
Scot is a thinker so I agree with him
I hope he comes to mmd asap so we can baptise.hahaha ala ninkolwa
Jo for how long are you going to pretend to be Saulosi? Chik allah you are very childish.Ati ninkolwa.Boo sue she ubo cheek allah.
leave Charlotte alone.
Well she is doing it for free and we still have people complaining, the dullness of Zambians never ceases to amaze me
Well done Mrs Scott, your is a kind we like in a lets be honest, an economically disgraceful country, poor, riddled in debt that the majority successful people, and the more privileged ones don’t even want to send their children t let alone live into.
A thumbs up from Scotland mum
Thanks
People I’m announcing my resignation from PF.I will be supporting UPND now.Twavutika maningi.
Not funny too many people using my name. I know I only date guys. So I am g…
It’s not the point I will support upnd mwandini
Mushota how is Nick ? Is he still **** you ? Take him to the police,oh I forgot you are afraid of losing him and getting deported in the end.
four legs good, two legs good
Haaa Charlotte I miss her. The most and best first lady.
I hope she can compete with Numbian, I mean in goodness.
This is laughable indeed ….Scott how can you ask the poor civil servants to be abreast with your PF manifesto when you and your boss are doing the opposite of what is in there.
Its only a white skin which has saved this guy… if he was black he would be a villager in some remote part of the country.
Education has done nothing to his head
Dotty Scotty, how they be?
“He also called on civil servants to be abreast with the PF party manifesto”
Sata has forgotten all his campaign promises, I doubt he has even ever read his own party manifesto! PF 90 days bullshlt!
Take the log out of your own eye!
Zambians are being Brainwashed,and if we don’t revolt ,in few years from now we shall see most of these twisting on the rule of law as normal.
Revolt in your own house… fight using the ballot box not ubupuba ubu. What revolt in the world has led to peace recently?
There is no problem if she’z qualified with no ill intentions of amassing wealth. It is very sad that we’re being lead by useless MPs who are even in Ministers!
” He also called on civil servants to be abreast with the PF party manifesto. ”
Oh please cut the nonsense, Mr VEEP, you indeed speak as if you are from Chitulika Village. How can you ask Civil Servants to be abreast with the PF Manifesto that is not respected by your mad president.
Maybe you first need to spend more energy on making sure that your President is abreast with the PF manifesto especially the constitution part. We know that he does not read THICK BOOKS , but surely you can break down your manifesto into 200 smses and ask him to read 10 a day. That is not too much to ask.
If that does not work, turn your manifesto into a comic book and am should that should work.
Mulibe nzelu baba.Talking about you honorable MMD Bootjoker.
That`s my Sikote ! This man has a knack of answering questions in manner that leaves the person who asked to look like a joker.He never ceases to amaze me.
Ba pompwe mushibila insala imwe,inga ifwe fwe baiche mukatupelako lwisa inchito?Lyonse fikote fyeka fyeka.Mwamona nomba fimukukulu file filwa no kwasuka imipusho ku parliament ku finance commitee,lyonse ni shikulu uyu ni shani ku Egypt elo ninshi afumine muku poka pension,bushe naipwa apa pene,abaiche bena taba monapo na salary elo mulelandi ati twa fwilishe muku twala icalo pa ntanshi,mulebako no luse,efyo na kwacha ile ponena pantu na mukotesha and teti mu chite handle a dynamic world.Bonse ba shikulu tiyeni kumushi
*****, what language is this that you are using. We can not get a thing from what you have written. Up your English skills mate.
Sounds like a reasonable explanation to me.
PF HAS REACHED AN EXTENT OF FOOLING US TO BELIEVE THAT 1 +1 IS 40. THEY ARE NOW SURE THAT ZAMBIANS ARE FOOLISH
Our leaders have failed us
We Zambians are not that stupid Mr Scott! We dont want volunteers near our valuable Trophies. The combination with Guy Robinson is very dangerous to our animals! Charlotte actually gets paid from the valuable influence she uses over access to our animals!
In fact, we are better off paying the chair of ZAWA than having a volunteer with undue influence! ZAWA is not a Charity and doesnt need volunteers. Let her go and volunteer as a cleaner at any of the many NGOs that cant afford paying salaries!!
Exactly particularly in respect of Zambezi resources that has to consult ZAWA
Saulosi we don’t need too many relatives in these goverment position, They need to
stop before we get tired, KK used to do that.
We lookn 4wrd to yo contribution madam volunteer, we knw the nmbr of ivory n nmbr of rhino hones we hv out there…i gat my eyes(•_•) on you.. (Hetch Hetch da only wise bloggr)
These PF guys claim to be educated yet they don’t know the term “conflict of interest”..I can’t wait til 2016 we need leader’s to take us to the promised land not back to the dark ages.ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU WASTE YOUR VALUABLE VOTE
Being abreast with PF manifesto runs the risk of politicizing the civil service and compromising the independence of servants whose impartiality and professionalism is of utmost importance.Not good bwana Scott.
Did the PF manifesto include appointing an ILLEGAL and UNCONSTITUTIONAL “acting” Chief Justice?
Shuddup IDJUT
Just being on that board attracts many other favors which otherwise couldn’t have been possible had she been not sitting there such as helping friends get hunting blocks who in turn can “reward” her more than she can get through allowances.
This is purely so that she can influence ZAWA position on the Zambezi NP issue. Pure and simple.
That is how corruption regimes operate: rent-seeking. I thought the Guy is more enlightened than his boss.
Oh scot, Guy Scott, who in the world do you think you’re conning. As vp you and your wife are limited to being patron and matron of clubs and associations. When you mrs is part of any national body you compromise the integrity and independence of that body.
Stop pretending that in you’re not aware of this. You’ve lived and worked abroad, stop trying to con us, we can see through you.
Its PF President, Ministers and MPs who violet the so called manifesto
mps like simusa who cant even grade the roads which were once tarred is can be called useless.