President Edgar Lungu has appointed former Zambia Revenue Authority Commissioner (Customs) Kingsley Chanda as Commissioner-General of ZRA with immediate effect, replacing Berlin Msiska.
President Lungu made the appointment in exercise of the powers vested in Him pursuant to section 19 of the Zambia Revenue Act, Chapter 321 of the Laws of Zambia.
And the President has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly Hon. Dr. Patrick Matibini, SC on the appointment of Mrs Inonge Wina, MP, Vice-President of the Republic of Zambia, as leader of Government Business in the National Assembly.
President Lungu has appointed the Vice-President as Leader of Government Business pursuant to Article 74 (1) of the Constitution of Zambia.
The President has also informed the Speaker on the appointment of Hon. Richard Musukwa, Member of Parliament for Chililabombwe Constituency as Chief Whip and Hon. Steven Chungu, Member of Parliament for Luanshya Constituency as Deputy Chief Whip.
Meanwhile, President Lungu has sent a message of condolences to His Holiness Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church on the death of Reverend Father Kennedy Katongo, Director of the Justice, Peace and Integrity Creation of Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Fr. Katongo passed away in Rome this morning.
Yatampa ukupwa amachito……
The dude has been dumped after being used by Edgar Chagwa Lungu. Don’t try this at home or at school because these guys (politicians) are politically trained to use and dump people. Ask Chiluba what he did to Sata after using the latter for the third term campaign
All political appointments are like that
First Chikwanda, then Msiska, one more to go Your Excellency.
This should be no
Excitement in illegality.
The actual pressing is sitting at home in HH.
If anything the the man is appointing in the form of rewards instead of ability.
Thanks
BB2014
He can take that name to Germany!
@1.3 There Monitor, Chikwanda announced his retirement citing his age a year or so ago. What do you read kanshi?
chikwanda announced his retirement many moons back, do you read or just dream
Kasaka @1.6 and [email protected]. To start with i’m well aware of uncle Chikwanda’s retirement, the point i was trying to put forward which i know you missed is the fact that Mr. Msiska was not working alone he was working with Hon. Chikwanda and one other person who i wish can be removed. From your reaction, i believe you will miss even this one.
Change paves way for new innovations & fresh thinking.
Tiye nayo, sela tubombeko.
What new when he is a former commissioner?
Watch the drama unfold. ZRA will squeeze companies to pay all types of funny taxes so that Lungu and his minions can maintain their spending habits (first example is $15m spent on his inauguration!). Next, companies will close because they will not afford the taxes or to pass on the costs to customers. Unemployment will jump while bakaponya will be singing “just pay, boma ni boma”. Remember how the Post died? More will follow. Well done, Chakolwa and ZRA!
@Buck Teeth Lungu: Man, you really LOVE TO YAP. Nearly every thread that pops up you are on it spewing rubbish. Do you realize this year (2016) being an election year and inauguration being a Constitutionally mandated State/Govt invent the monies spent on this event were budgeted for earlier in the year?
Whether your little god HH, Nawakwi, Sinkamba, extra, won these elections this expenditure was still going to happen. Even your LOSER, HH, wouldn’t have spent a single Ngwee of his own money either. Do you understand this simple fact!? Bwatu, bwatu, bwatu, like a POSSESSED SCHIZOPHRENIC MUPPET!
Man, you really need to take a break from blogging so you can quietly NURSE your bruised EGO in private. Maybe then will have something sensible out of your orifice. Gosh!
@YambaYamba you hit the nail on the head! One would think @Buck Teeth Lungu is a former senior state house employee meanwhile he is hurt UPND sympathizer that Dunununa Skonkey was BAD! @YambaYamba you say it better and am jus going to quote ” Man, you really need to take a break from blogging so you can quietly NURSE your bruised EGO in private. Maybe then will have something sensible out of your orifice. Gosh!” My personal favorite the possessed schiz muppet! LMFAO he is everywhere he is also there insulting Kanta in the Kitchen article I didn’t know wether to say something or will it bring me down to his level… School is money well spent seems like someone went there to drink imitondo and came out with nothing! That level of thinking is down right embarrassing to the PEOPLE of…
Zambia even HH would be embarrassed bwafya!
In other news, baaffoon Kaponya (HH) has committed suicide after acquiring HIV from Sylvia Masebo.
Zambia: PF Lawyer Banned Over Client Funds
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PATRIOIC Front chairperson for the committee on legal affairs Edgar Lungu has been suspended from practising as a lawyer with immediate effect on allegations of misappropriating money meant for retirees of Lafarge which was formerly known as Chilanga cement plc.
This is according to a letter dated July 30, 2010 and signed by Law Association of Zambia(LAZ) honorary secretary Musa Mwenye and copied to all relevant institutions and individuals that deal with lawyers.
That kind of crap is over please just work now and let us see the fruits HH should not hault you he lives a better life than most of you thieves
H.H. and Masebo have access to medical care. Watch Lungu change from puffy cheeks to skinny face. He doesn’t eat at State House for fear of uncontrollable diarrhoea
Ha Ha Ha Sir. Is it true or you want me to die of happiness.
Sir well done for being on our fence. We have won. Now name change for Haleya Halenya to PUNGWA NO PLAN. What do you think, Sir. This is our bonus. New name erh.
Masebo has developed oily orifice even Sikoti was able to enter while flaccid. Witness, Fake pastor Mumba. GBM said his is too small to even think of Masebo now. He thinks in Nalumango, there could be infinitismo resistance. See u in 2021.
Am sure zra is agog.
Here is the story. Patrick Chiumya picked Berlin from pep stores. He struggled in Direct Taxes and due to insecurity fired many. When LPM became boss, Xavier Chungu got Msiska to be CG and that was when the likes of Chriticles Mwansa, Harrison Banda and Commissioner Finance saw the back of zra. One of the victims was Kingsley Chanda then Deputy Commissioner Customs. LPM fired Msiska and recalled Mwansa to head zra. Then RB made Mwansa PS with view of future VP. RB tumbled in 2011. And then came in ABC who reappointed Berlin as CG taking over from Wisdom…lol. Now it’s done. Kingsley is back and perhaps one more!
So there is thread …. Chiumya of Malawian origin appoints Msiska of Malawian origin from Pep Shop, probably realated … and the story is complete almost complete. One more piece to be fitted!
Back to Dover Lodge which he neglected whilst ZRA Commissioner General.Next it will be Bwalya Ngandu going back to Exclusive House which he has also neglected.
New broom sweeps better but for how long if its cheap broom…..
Is it something to do with post newspaper?
In the course of next week we will hear more Axe falling in many wings of govt.Defense,Police,ZNS and Parastatal such as Zesco & Zamtel Stay tuned.
Kingsley Chanda is a sharp guy.
We wish him the best.
Ba kawalala….
Country men and ladies it high time we dealt with this dununa reverse president of kaponya s he has set the entire nation in reverse gear.
Three parts of the country cannot be called the entire country, don’t bring your bitterness here. There is a better platform for moronic bitter losers like yourself at your pathetic and skewed watcdog! Come one ”gellout!”
@ 9.1 fuuuuuk you…
congrats Musukwa for being appointed as Chief whip
Recycling plant
Useless organization harassing marketeers & Japanese-car buyers at borders but fail to tax the big copper mines. Copper goes out, the money doesn’t come back.
Switzerland is one of the largest exporters of copper. Zambia is losing up to 67% of their export revenue as a result of misinvoicing. GDP should be twice the current if these mines were correctly taxed. Of Zambia’s total copper exports to China, underinvoicing amounted to $5.6 billion, or 61 per cent, representing 10 per cent
of Zambia’s total copper exports over the 1995?2014 period. Copper exports to Switzerland are NOT recorded in Switzerland at all.
The copper marked as exported to Switzerland yet it never arrives in Switzerland.
Excluding Switzerland, Zambia recorded systematic export underinvoicing starting in 2005, with a cumulative $12 billion in export underinvoicing over the 1995?2014 period.
$2 billion of copper is exported to ITALY which is underinvoiced compared to only $16
million of exports reported in Zambia’s data.
$3.9 billion was exported to S/Korea & underinvoiced yet only $358 million of declared as exports.
Most of the copper exports to these countries are not recorded in Zambia’s official statistics.
But a dull ZRA & GOVT officials starting with a corrupt PRESIDENT that have no capacity or will to negotiate a fair deal for the masses wallowing in abject poverty.
# maloza. Thats good analysis pal. Whats the source of your data? Plse share it with ZRA Chief.
share your source and write a detailed article about this to inform the public
Kingsley will fix this. God bless you with His wisdom
Its long over due. We expect KC to recover every ngwee from mmembe even if it means auctioning post assets
Please auction the assets. M’membe needs to be buried like forever and ever.
Maloza you seem to have so much important information about our mining operations. What do you suggest should be done to correct the mess? The problem with most bloggers is that you only end at condemning without suggesting possible solutions to the problems
@ Mpundu E. Chishala
Solution is mentioned in my post
“But a dull ZRA & GOVT officials starting with a corrupt PRESIDENT that have no capacity or will to negotiate a fair deal for the masses wallowing in abject poverty”. ZRA does not have the capacity to give an accurate bill of how much tax is due to them”.
Tax evation is a huge crime everywhere in the world. Even the founder of Glencore, Marc Rich, was wanted man for one of the biggest tax fraud cases in USA. It took Bill Clinton to pardon him after he made substantial donations to the Clinton Foundation.
increases it’s operating costs between that allow it to minimize its stated profits and lower its tax bill. At the same time they sell their copper to their own subsidiaries in Switzerland at a low price…
@Mpundu. Do you think what Maloza is claiming is true. I tell you it is not.
Clinton foundation was only formed way after Clinton left power to Bush in 2000. Only a siiting president could forgive Glecore boss not a departed presdent.
Secondly, where is he getting those export figures. From the figures he has presented, it means that Zambia between 1994 to 2014 lost USD23bi. For Country with a GDP27bi, this means 85% of GDP was stolen. This not true. Maybe it wrong interpreattion of data.
@15 Chile, agreed. They must follow the freak wherever he has hidden the revenues of the Past news. Someone revive the Zambia Airways, National Airports and DBZ loans too. The freak must account for hus nkongoles. I see that the Past news is dying a painful death. At the rate of current production and sales of the Past I wonder whether the freak can even afford fuel for his car. And if the Past died? Well, I for one would not drop a tear, serves the freak right!
And when is HH going to hold the next media briefing at Chainama hotel? No, he cannot afford the bill anymore? No, he has not paid the previous bills too? Oweeeee, I hear his petition lawyers have first call on his finances….please spaka like lolo, please don’t be that cruel, please help raise funds to bail.out your little god. Sell your chickens if they are ready….kikikikikikakakaka.
You are really terrible why not move on time for such crap is over even ECL has respect for HH he gave a good run for his money till he bought his way back to state house he is the only opposition leader in the country to talk about PF let us work now this is the problem with thieves they expect to survive on stealing and not hard work
Cain you wish. With all the evidence HH had, I would have presented that evidence on day 8 of the petition instead of waiting for day 16 which never existed. HH is clever conning even the clever diaspora bloggers that votes were stolen. When, where and how? And were your agents sleeping? I have never understood. HH and his people claimed to be everywhere Inc State house but failed to stop people stealing their votes. Ukulambwaza
Lungu is not going to last in office. Inonge will soon take over. New election soon
Do you even understand your new Constitution? This is the problem with UPND cadres. Whether ECL left office today (by what means), the VP (Inonge M. Wina) automatically takes over the reigns of power. You still have to wait for 2021 for a shot at the Presidency. Ati NEW ELECTIONS SOON, ubufontini!
The years of praying for someone’s death (like you did for M.C. Sata) so you can take another stab at the Presidency before the appointed time are long gone. You cried for a new Constitution and the new Constitution has delivered. READ IT, STUDY IT, and UNDERSTAND its implications, you dunderheads!
Drunken president like Russian former president. Do You see a country survive with a drunk in office? You are the one wishing him dead! ,! I never wished Sata dead either, you did!!
You are the one wishing him dead, you mentioned his death. You study the sordid constitution and understand it. If president failed the Vice takes over. 50+1 they told us.
@ Yambayamba
What Constitution say who will then become VP?
Alexander Chikwandamunamuchosa kuti kansi imwe bantu….koma Kobra enze wa drama
this is the problem with toddlers, you dont know where chikwanda came from? ask elders.
dont talk about ba SATA in that manner, kawiso tapali ifyo kachitilapo Zambia nangu akene
If if Lungu dies today and next week wina dies who should take over?Kikikik that’s why the bible says don’t put your trust in an earthly man for one day he will surely die and leave you mu mwamoneni.You are busy chosing scrap metals ati dununa nga cha fwa ati HH ni Ndoshi.
Political appoinment rather than appoinment on merit. Zambia is not yet done with PF induced economic self destruction.
Can someone knowledgeable please explain to me how the Vice President Bo Inonge will be the head of Government business in the house (Parliament); Has the President nominated her as an MP? Meaning he has nominated 9 rather than 8 MPs? Or she doesn’t need to be an MP to sit in Parliament? Or she is the 157th MP who happens to be unelected and unnominated? Thanks, confused moma
I believe the article said “President Lungu has appointed the Vice-President as Leader of Government Business pursuant to Article 74 (1) of the Constitution of Zambia.” So its by the powers vested in him as President.
Inonge has been given extra work so that the president can rest after his drinking marathon take over so by power s that maybe, she can be appointed
Won’t this appointment give Mr Chanda’s NISHATI CLEARING and FORWARDING FIRM undue advantage? He better declare interest before taking up the appointment. Interesting.
UPND bloggers on this forum are all idi0ts.
GUYS GUYS, BOLA MPASHI. ALLOW ME TO ADVISE BOTH PF & UPND. EVERY OBJECTIVE PERSON WHO OBSERVED THE ELECTIONS WILL TELL YOU THAT NOT ALL WAS WELL WITH THE PAST ELECTIONS. RIGGING STARTED WAY BEFORE THE POLLING DAY. PF MUST BE MAGNANIMOUS ENOUGH TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT THEY DID NOT WIN A CLEAN FIGHT. THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF TRUE RECONCILIATION. ON THE OTHER HAND, UPND HAVE EVERY REASON TO CRY & INSTEAD OF MOCKING THEM, LET US UNDERSTAND & SYMPATHIZE WITH THEM. THEY WERE DENIED JUSTICE (PETER IN THE BIBLE AT ONE TIME SAID TO THE BEGGAR, SILVER NOR GOD, I DO NOT HAVE, BUT IN THE NAME OF JESUS, STAND UP & WALK)- IF WE CAN NOT GIVE JUSTICE COZ WE ‘DO NOT HAVE IT ANYWAY” THEN LET US GIVE THEM WHAT WE HAVE. COMING TO UPND, A BABY WHO HAS BEEN WEANED FROM SUCKING ALWAYS CRY FOR THE…
BREAST BUT NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE BABY MAY CRY, THE BREAST WON’T COME BACK. THE SOONER YOU WIPE YOUR TEARS, THE BETTER FOR U. HARSH AS THIS MAY SOUND, UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS THE REALITY
You are spot on Jay Jay low. Me am neither PF nor UPND but what I have been telling some people is that if there’s anyone who did not notice anything wrong with the way last month’s elections were conducted, then that person must be very dull. Berlin Msiska fired!!Very interesting.
There are many water melon farms in this government who are there to frustrate development.President Lungu should quickly kolopa the water melons at PS and Directorship levels first for things to move or else Upnd influence will jeopardize govt operations.The problem we have is that shu shus are not giving correct information.
Procrastination will sabotage the well intended programs and projects.Most of these guys were funding the opposition and they are bitter that Lungu is back.
Its unfair to throw mud at Kingsley Chanda before he even settles in his new office. There was nothing wrong for Chanda to run a clearing firm and consultancy firm to help businessmen of whatever color and shape to claim their refunds from ZRA because he knew how the system works. Did you expect him to sell salaula or dry fish at Soweto Market or timber at Buseko Market? He was in private life and needed to survive like any other person with an instinct to jump on any business opportunity. Lets not bring in petty jealous and start weighing down the man with PHD’s from day one. Even Berlin did his best according to the best of his abilities and when there is change of leadership, this trickles down from the top most floor to the foundation. The cancer that most us the elite suffer from is…
Muwerewere you are very right! How do you speak bad about someone from the very first day in office. Let us give him a benefit of doubt, at least he has the understanding of the operations of ZRA, he has managed to keep his company- Clearing agent afloat. Why can’t you take that as a positive and be assured that he is the best man for the job, let us remove this hurting mentality