United Progressive People (UPP) President Saviour Chishimba has said corruption in Zambia under the Patriotic Front (PF) led Government has become more rampant than in the Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) during the second republican President’s Dr. Fredrick Chiluba.
Speaking during a media briefing in Lusaka , Dr. Chishimba said although some Ministers in the Chiluba’s Government were corrupt and engaged in various fraudulent activities, at least Zambia’s wealth was maintained, affirming that the current leadership in Zambia have employed more sophisticated methods of plundering public resources.
Dr. Chishimba was again swift to disclose that the Zambian Government under President EdgarLungu is currently involved in plundering public resources as they are investing outside the country which is a conduit to bring down Zambia’s economy.
He added that nowadays most of the corrupt people in Government have partnered with the Chinese people who are not only corrupt but also dictators by nature.
“The PF Government is more corrupt than the Government of Dr. Chiluba” he said
And Dr Chishimba has since challenged Government to compensate United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema alongside his family and workers for the torture and emotional stress suffered in what he termed as the gruesome of his arrest by the Zambia Police service.
The opposition leader noted with anxiety that the case of Hakainde Hichilema the united party for national development (UPND) President is clear indication that the justice system in Zambia have broken down.
“The Justice system in Zambia have broken down looking at how the case of Hichilema is being handled so far” Dr. Chishimba said
Lungu will pay…..that is if he does not die on duty or in courts.
Lazy wont pay anything tell me of any politician in Zambia who has paid… anyone you name is either dead or out of prison.
Zambians are just docile!!
Chishimba please tell us something we don’t know because even my dog which I names Edgar lungu knows how corrupt illegal pf is. Why do you think imf don’t want to lend us kaloba when a pf official like kambwili can acquire over 500 flats and walk free.
..and you call this opposition? The guy is seeking attention and media coverage. Look arresting HH was the sweetest thing that has ever happened in the history of zambia.
HH has been promoting hate speech.
HH has been promoting tribal politics.
HH has caused lots of sufferring through privatization yet he has become richer.
HH has been insulting the presidency of this nation (head of state) hence insulting all Zambian
If you can see that then you have no place in Zambian politics – let focus on UPN of Hamududu, maybe this guy can bring sense to opposition
if you cant see that
Keep on dreaming and supporting morons in PF
Can you deny the fact that HH is equal to confusion and poverty in Zambia?
FTJ was called a thief over $10,000 Zamtroop money. Yet today a 28 year old brother to kaizer Zulu can afford to buy a cheap hat for K185,000.
How much tax has Kaizer or the young man ever paid to ZRA?
ZCCM-IH has been sold for $100m without any consultation of the people. This needs to be investigated. lungu is the real buyer of ZCCM-IH, mark my words.
PF00Ls love their president so much that they don’t mind him stealing. They are so brain-washed.
Our Government is corrupt and has been for a very long time. Where we are today has been in the works for over 52 years. It’s like a modern day Sodom and Gomorrah.
It take two to tango. We always blame the govt. but never ourselves. It starts at the lowest level and goes all the way up! When a traffic cop rightly nabs a person and that person is given a charge sheet, who usually says, “ni tandizeni ko, bwana??” it is you and me!! So let’s not always blame the govt. and realise that you, me, everyone else, the government etc NEED A CHANGE IN ATTITUDE FIRST before we point fingers at each other!!
stup!d chishimba, is it wen you have seen that in this nation there is corruption iwe mbuli? it has been there sins FTJ. we have been in this from 1991 up to date you vision-less lieder.
The only thing standing between you and your goals is uncountability! Even in your homes u have to be accountable. Time will come where these our so called leaders will be accountable too! It’s not right to steal when there’s so much poverty around . We see everything !!
Will history repeat itself from the unip era. Chinese loans/ assistance then and now.
Truths hurt. Lungu and his PF will draft a treason charge against Dr. Chishimba. Facts can be subversive things.
Mwenya Musenge is being disciplined for stating the fact that there is seemingly rampant corruption and plunder of resources among pf ministers & snr. officials, that has resulted in them being millionaires overnight!
Why can’t Musenge report these corrupt elements to ACC/DEC/ZP instead of MEDIA since he has evidence?????????
Corrupttion which you can’t prove, 1diot!! This was the plan by the cartel/upnd evil alliance. Like they did to Fred Chiluba, accusation by slander; using the vile newspaper the post, they ran an evil campaign to destroy their enemies whom they tried and found guilty in the open court of Fred M’Membe’s post newspaper! And just ask yourself, so Mwanawasa’s admin. was squeeky clean?? Answer is bul.l.shi.t!! A lot of land scandals happened right under Mwanawasa’s nose (remember the infamous Garden house scandal??)But it is a systematic scheme to hoodwink Zambians into believing only Chiluba was corrupt and their friend Mwanawasa was clean. The cartel then engaged hh and his useless upnd (who Fred M’Membe insulted and hated before in his post!!) to relaunch this campaign against ECL…
…when they realised ECL would come after them and expose them. It is 1diots like Savior who are being used as propagandist vuvuzelas to make noise at every corner to discredit the ECL /PF govt. who rejected advances from the cartel. This group convinced and influenced Mwanawasa to waste over $100m on that task force on corruption which yielded nothing and it was they that forced Mwanawasa to abrogate the constitution and force a legally appointed DPP out of office. THOSE HEYDAYS OF THE CARTEL ARE BUT GONE, SAVIOR, IN ECLs ERA, THE RULE OF LAW PREVAILS-IF YOU CAN PROVE THAT CORRUPTION, SHOW IT TO ZAMBIANS SO THE CULPRITS CAN BE BROUGHT TO BOOK BY LAW; NOT IN THE MEDIA!!!!!
Honestly speaking having president Lungu at the helm of this nation is disastrous. Drunkard president. Machende yako president! This country is in total shambles because of chakolwa president. Matuvi yako president ! Days are numbered for you
Didn’t this same guy have to resign from an organisation due to unaccounted for funds? He is a close friend of Kambwili whose alleged corrupt practices have been salaciously extolled on UPND aligned online papers. So how clean is he to start pointing fingers but for UPND supporters these unpalatable facts will be conveniently ignored only to be brought out in the open once again if Chishimba criticises their dear leader or party in the future.
From a Net worth of K2 million to K23 million in one year, you wonder what his net worth is one year later especially now when he can personally pledge $100,000 towards the Catholic University. Zambia will only see development when it’s citizens stop worshipping their leaders! When leaders start splashing money carelessly, patriotic citizens should provide checks and balances. It is not their money but our tax money whether it is Pay as you earn (PAYE), VAT, Corporate tax, toll fees, Levies, etc! Politicians are supposed to be servants to Citizens, not masters. No Servant issues threats to their master / employer!
If Saviour Chishimba came to power, would he better than Edgar Lungu?I don’t think so.We politicians are just the same
Who will help bring culprits? to book if the opposition leaders? would talk without facts like this. How will People put them in their confidence if they can too just talk about corruption in generalisation the way it is brought out in the above article. Are these the checks and balances we expect? It’s worrying the kind of opposition we have.
All these crooks always talk tough when they are seeking to be in power, when he gets to be president, he will lookout for his pocket and his buddy’s. Any private citizen thinking that Edger Lungu is looking out for you, must be crazy to think that. Edger is looking out for his relatives and those that kiss his butt to keep him in power. Otherwise the rest supporting Edger are plain clueless.