Vice President, Inonge Wina has urged Zambians to promote the interest of the nation instead of taking pleasure in scandalizing the country to the international community.
The Vice President also said that it was sad that even some Members of Parliament are claiming that there is no freedom of the press in the country.
Ms Wina said the establishment of private electronic and print media institutions is testimony that government is committed to promoting media freedom.
The Vice President said people should not use the closure of the one newspaper company, which failed to follow the law, to claim that there is no media freedom in the country.
Ms Wina was speaking in parliament on Friday , in response to a question from Kabompo Member of Parliament, Ambrose Lufuma, during the Vice President’s question time.
On 21 June 2016, the Zambia Revenue Authority closed The Post Newspaper Limited, demanding that the company pay a total of K68 million (US$6.1 million) disputed tax arrears immediately.
According to MISA Zambia, there is evidence to suggest that The Post is not the only media house that has tax problems in Zambia and this clearly shows that the closure of The Post is a political move that is beyond tax issues, as alleged.
Looking for a comment….
As long as others in the same trade, who are guilty of the same offence, have not been prosecuted in demand of payment of equally long outstanding tax obligations, the close of the Post will forever remain attributed to suppression of press freedom.
The things that power does to simple minds…………Mama Inonge, who doesn’t know that this issue is not about taxes, because if it were, Daily Mail and others would be receiving the same treatment. Please stop insulting our intelligence and trying to blackmail us by using the name of Zambia to justify your wrongs.
Take some responsibility and acknowledge the uneven or unbalanced application of the law by PF government. If you did this you would retain some semblance of integrity when the sh!t finally hits the fan. Lies have short legs and the truth will sooner or later catch up with you.
She is right
Two wrongs don’t make a right.
You don’t come up and say because you have done that , then do this.
The Post had done the umpteth year.
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BB2014,16
You mushota
Just go away and take your drugs… do you know how much times of zambia and daily mail owe ??
Spaka
Like I said two wrongs don’t make a right.
Google that and learn what it means before you spew anymore drivel.
Im not Suggesting that the Post be exonerated.
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BB2014,16
Ba Fossil Inonge
what about Times of Zambia, Daily mail and other pro-PF media that have not paid taxes? Could you not have not got into some payment arrangement. Zambia and PF will be scandalized because of your lack of judgment.
you also used Kambwili
Mrs Wina, how many entities must you destroy before Zambians can cry foul? I thought Zambia was a Christian nation whose Bible teaches that even the saving of one single soul would attract jubilation in Heaven? What about the parable of the one lost sheep in a hundred of them – what happened when it was recovered?
Mrs Wina, Save Our Souls? Realy, how many persons must PF destroy before Zambians react?
@ 1.1 You and Me,
You know what, you are better not stealing to avoid trouble.
The idea of saying:
‘why am i being prosecuted as if I am the only thief’,
has not helped many people and I don’t think M’membe will be helped by that philosophy.
You kill a person and then you say,
‘why am I jailed, the only one who kills?’
So, let M’membe not evade tax and the say,
‘I am not the only evader’
Look, in many countries especially the Western countries tax evasion is a criminal offence, and you both pay the dues and still go to jail for the crime.
M’membe should be grateful that the system is only talking about recovery of money and not criminal prosecution.
And the worst naivity is to say am not the only offender, so what? Does the offense of another person…
Contd…
And the worst naivity is to say am not the only offender, so what? Does the offense of another person vindicate you?
The best fairness is to avoid crime. After all what fairness is their in criminality?
In developed countries she will be in an old people;s home, she is too old and she is being used by Lungu. Every normal human being knows that the post closure is political because you can not close a company and expect it to pay tax arrears, The law i know tells me that you allow the company to operate but take control of their fiances, It like expecting to get milk from a dead cow.
Old full.. your government shut down movie tv and some other radio stations. How many times have your party cadres stormed into radio stations to intimidate journalists?
You have said nothing about your ediot cadres storming into LAZ offices!
You want us to speak well of your administration, then you have to act with responsibility and I guess it’s about too late now. So much damage has been done to win over a sane persons respect.
How do shallow minds compare Times and Daily Mail to the Post. The 2 are GRZ papers that may owe money to itself. And the two papers do not have unpaid loans with DBZ, Invest Trust, National Airports and many other such as Napsa and suppliers in all over the world. One cannot collect PATE, NAPSA & VAT and pocket it. Only shallow minded people can support such a crook.
Its not only The Post newspaper has Tax issues, many more. This is a clear political move. pulling each other down syndrome at its best.. PF
Policeman: You are under arrest for theft.
Thief: You cannot arrest me because I am not the only one.
Policeman: Yeh, but I have caught you.
My definition of politics. ‘ The practice of promising the impossible, doing the unthinkable and the ability to deny ever having done any of the two.’
Good one hahahahahaha
Woh! you hit the nail right on the head
Plegialised from Sir Winston
Mr Speaker,is the Veep in order to deny what even a blind person can see? Is Zambia Daily Mail, Times of Zambia etc update with tax issues?
Take time to check facts.Visit ZRA.Daily mail is up to date. Times of Zambia is 3months in arrears.
Both ZDM and ToZ are ” subsidiaries” of GRZ including ZNBC so it’s normal for GRZ to let them off the tax debt or any other debt for that matter. Simple bwana isn’t it?
Witch hunting abd done in bad faith. They should have allowed him to continue his business while paying his tax in instalment ..
Didn’t the same PF government break the law when it defied court orders to give RB his passport back and allow him to fly to Kenya ?
Ms Inonge Wina lets not talk of “the law” only when it suits us. That’s hypocrisy,its bias and its also scandalous.
As a thief RB deserved it.
I never read any post newspaper article that scandalized Zambia, but they were pf’s mouthpiece until 8th March 2015,women’s day when they had a BIG SCREAMING HEADLINE “CHAGWA AGWA” that was the beginning of the end for a relationship forged hell between the post newspaper and pf.
Scandalized Zambia to the international community..
Poor at facts. Chagwa promised that he will make sure that the post will pay all the money it owed in taxes during the 2015 campaigns. That is why I voted for him. The Post had become like a parastatal company getting unnecessary tax relief but still failing to submit even what it collected on behalf of government. There was no secret that the Post was going to be followed after Mwanawasa and sata.
It pains me so much to see old people who suppose yo be source of wisdom always lieing with a straight face. Bo Inonge must live for the truth now, politics must be behind at her age. There are so many companies owing ZRA in taxes. The simplest way the Post tax case must be handled is by drawing a payment plan. As it is now the recovery of these taxes in this style is more expensive than the benefits that shall be drawn.
Ask western countries regarding tax evasion.
M’membe should be grateful he is in Zambia. Tax evasion is a crime.
In the West, you pay what you owe and you are prosecuted for the criminal act.
@peace for Zambia, what are you talking about? Multinational companies like Google, Microsoft, Starbucks and Apple are paying ‘token’ taxes in UK and are not closed down. No one is jailed but are encouraged to pay taxes. Meembe wanted to negotiate how to pay tax but Lungus intention was to close him down.
@ Peace for Zambia
In a “western country” various RB’s; Mutati’s; Zulu’s and Lungu’s will be serving JAIL sentences for theft and corruption.
Or did you want to say “…Zambia follow legal principles as our new Colonial power from the EAST, which jail or kidnap any opposing voice…”
Please appropriation “Law of totalitarianism” to the rightful recipients without justifying criminality with not existing “legal precedent”.
If you want to make comparison with “western democracies”, why not considering how many UK MP have been prosecuted and convicted for fake “Expense Claims” Vs. Zambian (PF) Ministers bluntly refusing to pay back STOLEN money as directed by Constitutional Court?
Please, do some research before crapping in public.
Bo Inonge you can’t be a trick star all days of you life. Money at your age will not take you anywhere. Take these last days of your life to build young people not securing your job.
Mmembe is Mrs Wina’s nephew and he even defended her in 2010 in an editorial when Sikota Wina claimed that she was bringing the Wina name into disrepute. One would have hoped that Mrs Wina would have intervened in the spat between Mmembe and Lungu.
Well if there are those others, they cooperate with the law to come up with an amicable solution with the relevant authorities. Not the arrogance of the Post, sorry I mean former Post, which has been in debt forever, not willing to pay, and trying to buy presidents in a bid to evade tax. That is the big difference. Mention an organisation which has behaved (sorry, I mean misbehaved) like the former Post and has survived the law.
When ex PF Ministers are going to return STOLEN People money as directed by the Constitutional Court?
Mukwae Inonge Mutende Mwabange Lubasi wapuma!
Just look at that donkey Mmembe, over a long time he has left a trail of bad debt to DBZ, Zambian Airways, NAPSA, National Airports, Investrust, employees, ZRA itself and numerous organisations and individuals that are either too shy or embarrased to come out in the open, or they are downright politically stupid like our very own “wealthy” UPNDonkey.
If the Mwinelubemba was to write an article about hh, the highlights would probably state as a fact that the reason why his UPND lost the elections so painfully was purely because of his gullible and misguided association with a Post and a Mmembe that had lost so much trust and had become so discredited among the voters. Otherwise by Zambian standards the economy was in such a bad state that even a frog could have beaten PF. BUT instead,…
The results of the referendum which was done in parallel with the presidential vote is the true reflection of the presidential vote.
That referendum was pushed by lungu while HH opposed.
Maybe you can give the results of that referendum?
@Spaka like lilo- Now you are getting it wrong. The election results of Edgar Lungu and the Constitution were very close- nearly the same at 1,830,000, the “no” vote was less than this. The Constitution failed because it failed to pass the 50 + 1 threshold of registered voters. Be objective when making comment.
@10.1 Spaka like lilo,
If they use referendum results Lungu will be far ahead of HH.
Is that what you want, maybe you know better about HH’s results in some parts if Zambia.
More than 60 percent voted for the bill and only less than 40 percent voted against. The only issue was on turn out not meeting the 50 percent + 1 of the eligible voters, which in the case of presidential elections does not apply.
I see you post everywhere and always, yet it is hard for anyone to remember anything you say. Now I know why.
I advise you to talk with facts, talk about what you know not just because someone us willing to listen.
And please never go to war with a blank gun. You will be embarrassed to death.
Stop lying. The results of the refrendum were a no show. Very few people bothered.
The sooner The Post pays ZRA, the better for them.
HOW EXACTLY DO YO SGGEST THE POST PAY BACK WHEN THEIR SORCE OF INCOME HAS BEEN DESTROYED. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER TO KEEP IT RUNNING AND COLLECT THE DEBT FROM IT IN MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LOGICAL.
Do not speak for things that you do not fully understand. Every large company is subject to a ZRA review. Usually, companies in the bracket of the Post do not get tax audits but a ‘witchhunt’ was constituted and they assessed penalties. These penalties were challenged by the Post with help of professionals, but ZRA (strong-armed) was adamant and did not listed to the Post which is rare because there are companies that owe K700m or more as a result of these audits but pay just a fraction maybe K8m after challenging. The Post was not given a fair due process and that is where PF victimized Mmembe. ZRA’s job is not to close companies but to collect revenues, that is PACRA’s job. Maybe your eyes are open now?
Otherwise by Zambian standards the economy was in such a bad state that even a frog could have beaten PF. BUT instead, everything that Mmembe wrote in his Post and everything that HH did or said during the campaigns was a direct contradiction of what we knew and expected of them. You could see that HH was losing ground so fast everyday in important areas like the Copperbelt that if the elections were held just two weeks later he would probably have come out with 30% or less. Ask Elisha Matambo the CB Chairperson of the UPNDonkeys why he was so frustrated that he landed himself in Kamfinsa. He probably would reveal privately that ba HH messed himself up with campaign lies and association with the morally stinking Mmembe, and NOT rigging. Rigging was a story that had already been created by…
And now “… by Zambian standards the economy…” has improved???
Terrible MULE dreamer!
Ask Elisha Matambo the CB Chairperson of the UPNDonkeys why he was so frustrated that he landed himself in Kamfinsa. He probably would reveal privately that ba HH messed himself up with campaign lies and association with the morally stinking Mmembe, and NOT rigging. Rigging was a story that had already been created by hh to cover his face in the event of a loss. The “evidence” that hh hoped to gather for his “petition” did not materialise either as Matambo and Mwaliteta impounded and searched ECZ truck after truck only to find lamps. And after delaying the delivery of certain materials himself, hh truns round and calks it evidence! Come on UPNDonkeys, give us a break!
In my comments on the article by the Mwinelubemba a few days ago I said that HH lawyers failed to present evidence. One of the lawyers has corrected me that it was not the job of the lawyers to find evidence, HH was supposed to find and provide evidence which the kawyers could turn into a string legal presentation to Concourt. We all know know now that HH simply instructed his lawyers to launch a petition while his liuetenants searched for non existenf “evidence”. Meantime hh is so stupi.d that he expected the the Concourt to suspend the operations of the whole country until his “petition” was “heard”. The ultimate UPNDonkey indeed!
No amount of trickery will stop the more the 50% of the electorate the voted HH to expect the petition heard.
Until then lungu remains a fraud.
The results of the referendum which was done in parallel with the presidential vote is the true reflection of the presidential vote.
That referendum was pushed by lungu while HH opposed.
Maybe you can give the results of that referendum?
14 days will not change the evidence, so why the fear ??
@ 14.1 Spaka like lilo,
You can present referendum results (as you suggested earlier) as evidence in court, to show that results were consistent as you stated.
Then in your view HH can shift from his home to State House.
This woman is slowly turning into a female version of that dull rat lungu. Pf scandalised itself by not following procedure and persecuting the wife of the person they were after. Mutiny is the proprietor of the mast which is legally different from the post. Also you scandalised yourself when even after the national newspapers that owe tax you decides to go after the post only because they tell the truth which hurts you. Can you give us the break down of daily mail and times of Zambia tax bills. This woman will die of old age she is not thinking straight
Did daily or times sue zra? These two papers you are busy referring to didn’t challenge zra in supreme court otherwise they were going to lose like the post. Because of arrogance Fred thought he was going to win the case because of connection he had with the curtail. That’s what you get when you are a thief. Stop putting daily and times in the same bed with post coz they are both up to date with zra currently.
Fellow Zambians
Despite of the political differences we have in Zambia. We lack the culture of learning and gaining from negative feedback.
Negative feedback should not be the message of creating fights. At times let’s put the negative feedback on the open table and break the shell, thereafter let’s do qualitative and quantitative analysis of that given negative feedback. Some negative feedback might make us grow and improve tremendously.
For example, a negative feedback/criticism might reach you through your enemy of politics. Sleep on it and analyze ot with a critical mind. Think of the message contents not the writer or publisher.
Limo kutilafye awe kwena nangu chiwa chilandile pali nebo.. Awe cha chine I need or we need a turning point…
You are right, but next time don’t use ‘Despite of…’ It does not exist. If you want to use ‘of’ then say ‘ Inspite of…’
This old lady has lost her morals! She should have just kept quiet than telling her blue lies as though she is talking to children! Which media house has PF not threatened with closure? The Tax excuse they have on the post is just a pretext to silence the truth about their corrupt dealings! It is actually her government that has tarnished Zambia’s image internationally.
Can she explain to us why our taxes are so high. I was shocked to learn how much taxes we are made to pay just to fly locally: the citizen fare now costs K1,500 from K1,300 from Lusaka to Solwezi. Four taxes are charged just to fly out of Lusaka. You have what they call JI tax = K95, H2 tax = K50, QJ tax = K30 and RM tax = K50. Total fare now from Lusaka to Solwezi one way = K1,725! Outrageous! This is fare for one way…
That is what failing GRZ’s do…..they overcharge their citizens to compensate for their failures and corruption.
This is fare for one way to SA. The scandalization of the country starts with PF! Imagine what our visitors say about the cost of everything? One visitor described Zambia as a living hell of a country for its natives! Bring down the blo0dy cost of doing business!!!
Senile dirty old lier.
We remember the lies you told about UPND attack on your house in monga.
We remember the lies you told about the bweengwa kidnapping by so called UPND commandos.
We remember your silence when a female UPND supporters was stripped naked in front of you on labour day.
Even after elections you continue to show your incometence with your unashamed lies and falsehoods. In London you told us the batoka gorge hydro family will be on line this year.
There is a group of Zambians that thinks that freedom of the press is a license to breaching the law with impunity and getting away with it. If the press was muzzled in Zambia would we have so many private electronic & other media? The test can’t be that public media is let off on tax without proof. The test is whether private media is allowed to operate. Some papers selling on the streets now are full of hate speech but haven’t been shut down. There is no need to scandalise our country for nothing. God Bless Zambia
“……Some papers selling on the streets now are full of hate speech but haven’t been shut down. …”
Name one ???
@ Spaka like lilo
Times of Zambia, Daily Mail, Nation………………………
ECL
Are you drunk ? Those papers are PF mouth pieces.
@ Spaka like lilo
And? Are you saying that they are NOT full of hate speech?
Inonge, you can deceive those Zambian that do not understand the mechanisms of ZRA income tax law. Indeed these assessments are done by ZRA and companies are allowed to engage professionals to respond and challenge the claims. Most of these assessments also ignore various tax incentives that companies are owed by the same ZRA. There are companies in Zambia that owe 10 times more that the Post did but they are allowed to challenge and then a settlement is reached with a payment plan. ZRA did not afford the Post a fair process and indeed, the case of the Post was unique and that is where Mmembe was victimized. But let me tell you how this will end. Indeed governments will change and the government will be sued by Mmembe, Mmembe will win and the tax payer will make him a rich man. Mark my…
What receipt when all you need is to be alive to know that M’membe has been defrauding institutions from DBZ, ZISC, NAC, and ZRA among many others.
Even a child knows that fact. You have to lower yourself so low, below the level of a one-day old child even to manage to pretend that you don’t know.
Even if one loves to pride themselves in ignorance, this one will be too much.
The man needs to pay the tax and all other debts, and then claim he is being victimized – I will support him if government continues to follow him assuming there are no other understandable criminalities.
The manner in which the Post closure has been handled is NOT correct. I agree with you. IN the the next few years, with the change of government, Mmembe will sue the government of the Republic of Zambia and claim 100 billion kwacha for destroying his businesses. He will win the case. The taxpayer, unfortunately, will foot the bill.
@ Peace of Zambia
Can you check “Consent Judgement” in case Varun Beverages (Z) Ltd. Vs. AG [2012/HP/0196] and then try to justify different treatment between Post and Pepsi?
HERE ARE SOME SIMPLE SIMPLE QUESTIONS MADAM VP MUST ANSWER WITH HONESTY.
1. WHEN DID YOU REALIZE THAT THE POST WAS ‘SCANDALIZING’ ZAMBIA?
2. WHEN YOU WERE IN OPPOSITION, WAS THE POST NOT YOUR MOUTH PIECE?
3. CAN YOU JUSTIFY THE CLOSURE /INTENDED CLOSURE OF MUVI TV, RADIO MANO, KOMBONI RADIO AND ALL THOSE MEDIA OUTLETS THAT EVER LIFTED THE LID ON WHAT THE PF WAS DOING WRONG?
4. WHAT WAS THE ROLE OF GOVT. IN THE DEMISE OF THE AIRTEL IT SPECIALIST AT CHRIS CORNER? THE ISSUE SEEMS TO HAVE DIED A NATURAL DEATH.
5. CAN YOU DENY THAT PF IS ON THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION OF ALL DEMOCRATIC TENETS SO FAR BUILT SINCE MULTI PARTY POLITICS EMERGED IN 1991?
6. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE THREATS OFTEN ISSUED BY ‘KAMPYONGA’ TO HH AND GBM SEEING THAT THE TWO ARE CONSTANTLY HARASSED?
No wonder Lungu doesn’t give her any trip!
When does she stopp making stupid comments.
But, who is creating scandals for and in Zambia?
Who is Zambia, anyway: Lungu, Wina?
Zambia is for all Zambians, Mmembe and the Post included!
The problem we have is that our leaders think they are Zambia and they own Zambia. They think they own Zambians!
@ 1.1 You and Me,
You know what, you are better off not stealing to avoid trouble.
The idea of saying:
‘why am i being prosecuted as if I am the only thief’,
has not helped many people, and I don’t think M’membe will be helped by that philosophy.
You kill a person and then you say,
‘why am I jailed, am I the only killer?’
So, let M’membe not evade tax and then say,
‘I am not the only evader’
Look, in many countries especially the Western countries tax evasion is a criminal offence, and you both pay the dues and still go to jail for the crime.
M’membe should be grateful that the system is only talking about recovery of money and not criminal prosecution.
And the worst naivity is to say am not the only offender, so what? Does the offense of another…
Contd…
And the worst naivity is to say am not the only offender, so what? Does the offense of another person vindicate you?
The best fairness is to avoid crime. After all what fairness is their in criminality?
Another naivity is to owe someone money and fail to pay, then when takes you to court you say, ‘you are not fair because it has s not only me who owes you money, even you son and daughter owe you money – where is equality?’
Naive, naive, and too naive!!
Yes blood was spelt, but the colonial government was still by far better than what we are witnessing today. Surely how many companies in Zambia have long outstanding tax obligations and are not targeted. I do not belong to any political party but I am able to identify a load of rubbish
The problem of people who get power in Zambia such as this lady is that they start to think the world is stu pid and they themselves are the clever ones, so the whole world will automatically believe what lies they say. Malabishi
The Post put PF into State House now they are being stabbed in the back by clueless hijacker Lungu and his dubious friends. Those are the facts… Or is it OK for Lungu to embezzle money since “he is not the only embezzler”?
How many votes did post Fred cast to make pf win the elections. ?
@ 29.1… what dull dung laced question. Do you also have a slow punctured brain
POINT OF COLLECTION YOUR HONOR, IT IS NOT ONE MEDIA HOUSE. RADIO MANO IN KASAMA WAS ONCE CLOSED BY YOUR GOVT, KOMBONI RADIO, RADIO ITEZI-TEZI, MUVI TV TO MENTION THOSE I CAN REMEMBER. UP TO NOW ZNBC HAS CONTINUED TO CAMPAIGN FOR PF EVEN WHEN ELECTIONS ARE LONG GONE. CITIZENS, SOME OF WHO CONTRIBUTE THE LARGEST AMOUNTS OF MONEY IN TAXES HAVE NEVER BEEN GIVEN A CHANCE TO BE HEARD THROUGH THE SO CALLED PUBLIC MEDIA. IF YOU SEE OR HEAR THE NAME HH OR GBM ON ZNBC, DAILY MAIL, JUST KNOW THAT IT IS SOMETHING NEGATIVE. IS ZAMBIA AT THE MOMENT ANY BETTER THAN ZIMBABWE? SHAME ON THOSE WHO ARE USING THEIR POSITIONS TO ADVANCE HATRED. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN SO MUCH HATRED IN THE COUNTRY LIKE ONE WE HAVE WITNESSED UNDER PF. I REGRET GIVING U MY THREE VOTES
POINT OF CORRECTION
WHAT CARDERS DID AT LAZ IS TANTAMOUNT TO SILENCING OPPOSING VIEWS. YOU HAVE KILLED ZNBC, DAILY MAIL & TIMES OF ZAMBIA. THESE INSTITUTION CAN’T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE APART FROM PRAISE FOR THE POWERS THAT BE. COSTER MWANSA WAS FORCED OUT OF MUVI TV AND MANY MORE ISSUES. HOW MANY MORE EVIL THINGS SHOULD HAPPEN BEFORE U REALIZE THAT THINGS ARE NOT OK? CRY MY ONCE BELOVED COUNTRY. ZAMBIA MY COUNTRY, ZAMBIA OUR ONCE HUMBLE MOTHER WHO EMBRACED EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF TRIBE, POLITICAL AFFILIATION, PROVINCE ETC…
i dont understand why people like Peace for Zambia and those who think M’membe has stolen from Zambians cant differentiate between TAX EVASION,TAX AVOIDANCE and TAX DISPUTE,the issue between ZRA and The Post is a TAX DISPUTE please dont confuse yourselves and others who dont understand these terminologies and their consequences.what@21 St Desparecious says is what ZRA should have done with The Post but NO,i carry a big whip had to prevail.
Remember this is the woman who says Batoka Gorge is coming online to finish load shedding THIS YEAR when work has not yet started and will take at least 10 year when and if it finally starts. And she thinks people are so stu pid that they should just take her word for it as if she is some kind of miracle salesperson of which kind Edgar seems to be surrounded with… Type “Amen” and reality will step aside!
No Inonge Wina is a treacherous woman who has put Zambians in this situation by supporting Lungu. She can even sell the nephew for silver. Mama you are a disappointment to most female Zambians who are looking up to you. How come it is only PF Government who are suppressing the independent media those who point out your wrong doings especially corruption?
What happened at the post is oppression of the worSt kind. Even a kid can see that there was political pressure on ZRA. The disputed tax could have been handled in a more civilized manner. The fear that is there is that in case PF loses elections, the post will bring out the truth and some people enjoying now will end up in jail. So the way out is to use all means possible to kill this newspaper company. However, this is not a solution to thieves in power. They will actually pay for their sins when the time is right.
Spot on ba veep let foolish people continue talking. Let them pay for the post and see if it will remain closed. We have freedom of speech in Zambia even the rats making noises that is freedom
This old woman is useless. She is just wasting taxpayers money. The worst vice president in the history of this world. Useless old lady. What does she know about law , who doesn’t know that what happened to the post newspaper was witch hunt by drunkard president?
Does this woman really have any quality in her?? I have never heard her articulate anything that I have learnt something from. She seems to have her own version of who the Zambians are and what the ‘Zambians’ want. I have serious doubts about her qualifications/competency for the job she holds.
When Fred Mmembe provided the platform for the PF to campaign,and eventually form govt.little did he realize that he was actually helping a serpent to the throne, that will eventually devour him.
ZRA should never use Liquidation as a method of collecting tax.It must agree to a payment plan and enforce the Payment Agreement instead of closing the business with negative effects on jobs, tax, violation of a Right to information etc. The closure of the Post is politically motivated. Why is the Post targeted? Lungu and his mentor RB wanted the Post closed for political gain. Agogo Wina must know that if u murder somebody u are called a Murderer and if u murder many people u are a mass murderer. The govt has “murdered” the Post. The illegitimate Lungu govt has not only closed the Post to silence the Press it has closed several radio and TV Stations especially after the 2016 Elections were stolen by Lungu. Like all dictators Lungu has shown the traits of a dictator by muzzling the…
This MUSHOTA…whether has scattered brain, always reacting the opposite direction even when the argument is clear… Aaah who ever it is has a problem even how to put his/her life support programs in order.
Look at issues positively not just for the sake of blind support.