FORMER Southern Province permanent secretary Gladys Kristafor has been found with a case to answer in a matter she is alleged to have abused authority of office and willfully failed to comply with procurement procedures involving K997,600.
Ms Kristafor, 56, of plot number 4424/199 Highlands in Livingstone, is charged with wilful failure to comply with guidelines relating to procurement and tendering of contracts.
She is also charged with one count of abuse of authority of office contrary to the Laws of Zambia.
In the first count, between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011, Ms Kristafor is alleged to have wilfully failed to comply with procedure in the manner she varied K997,600 without authority from the Treasury.
She allegedly used the money to purchase two second-hand graders from Black Hodge Limited in Kitwe for the Rural Roads Unit in Livingstone.
In the second count, between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011, Ms Kristafor is accused of having arbitrarily directed and signed for the full payment to procure the graders.
This was before the contract was executed and goods delivered, rendering her action prejudicial to the rights and interests of Government.
Delivering the ruling yesterday, Livingstone magistrate Andrew Kasongo said there was enough evidence against the accused person from State witnesses.
“This court is satisfied that a prima facie case has been established by the State against you and I will put you on your defence,” he said.
Magistrate Kasongo has since set June 14, 2017 as the date for commencement of defence.
Ms Kristafor served as Southern Province permanent secretary in the MMD government from 2010 to 2011.
This is ridiculous I’m not so sure there is enough facts for her to be tried here.
She is being disliked because if her surname and who she has married.
Tribalism and racism in our country is clearly still rife.
Those advocating for her standing if trials should channel their energy to UPND cadres who have been setting fire across the nation.
That is what matters
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BB2014,2016
You are ridiculous – One minute you applaud the government for arresting HH unlawfully and the next minute you are castigating the government because of tribalism
I dont support any Government or Party
I am merely seeking the Truth and Justice
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BB2014,16
I agree with Mushota.
And case is too old.
Even fires has expired, focus on road construction by state house. And buying Edgar hats by Kaiser brother. That’s real corruption.
@ Mushota
We know you don’t support any Government or Party, your comments are JUST NONSENSICAL, INCONSISTENT AND RIDICULOUS!
As for merely seeking the Truth and Justice, WHAT CRAP! All you are “seeking” is attention to bolster you miserable ego that is sorely lacking in moral rectitude and self esteem.
Go and get some counseling instead of wasting space and needlessly provoking an already inflamed political situation. You are doing a disservice to the people of Zambia.
The law must be applied equally. If she didn’t follow the procedure let her be answerable and if she is innocent she will be acquitted.
for once in your life you have said something ensemble munone.
They are going for easy targets and yet we have corrupt thugs like kaiser zulu and kambwili who think they are above the law. Very pathetic. Zambia rule of law is finished. What we have is selective application of the law. This is also a primary feature of a dictatorship. As we speak I am preparing the dog I called lungu for his rabies vaccination
Agreed – what about the millions that has gone missing since 2011 ?
is Gladys Kristafor your mother? late the low be applied to her just like it has been applied to your leader hakainde hichilema. and the time will come for the low to be applied to kaiser zulu and kambwili. whats wrong with you UPND people?
and to day is your leaders end of time or pros portion to next moth, wina azanya lelo!!!!!!
Indeed Zambia has no law but rather only lows and we keep getting lower and lower. I am thinking of changing my dogs name from Edgar lungu to something else as my dog is more intelligent than his name sake
Poison tree why are u arguing everybody agrees she ahould stand trial just as kauser, kambwilli, dora, chungu, mumbi phiri. Well spoken poison tree. Nice to see you branch out into logical thinking,leaves nothing to bark about then
I I have also managed to unblock my mobile device which was blocked by pf Lusaka times. Mukose
In Auditor General’s Report, none of the Permanent secretaries who spent even larger amounts without treasury approval have been arrested.
The Auditor General’s Report highlighted questionable payments of K24 million & unaccountable stores of K20 million.
Selective justice by the rotten judiciary.
its because she is tonga and she is a threat to pf.ba kolwe beka beka ba pf
silly website
leave her alone. She just wanted to cut the red tape
She unfortunately cut the Black one????????????KIKIKIKIKIKI
Let her stand trail her counter part Ann ex-ps southern was convicted and sentenced to jail for her role in corruptly awarding contracts whilst at cabinet. the other ps Anna the once upon a time youngest ps in MCS government is also known to have profited from this blatant abuse of power and corruption. We just don’t know how the likes of kapopo is facing the music alone when ps Mitti has his signature written all over the contracts. We wonder what happened to the md at napsa who colluded to ‘buy’ land, the coordinator for hiv programs and znafu, they all walked to enjoy their ill begotten wealth. In the meantime those who earned their keep the honest way have to queue to get their pension which is sometimes not paid for years
The Zambian wheels of justice surely grind very slowly….! It has taken this long to find her with a case to answer and it will take another six years for the trial to be concluded. By she time she will be sentenced, if at all found guilty, no one will be able remember her crime!
This is selective justice, one PS who was in muchinga province was found wanting by the auditor general for including a gymnasium in the house of the minister and he’s but was only transferred to Lusaka province in the same capacity!