Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Story of Traffic Officers Collecting Bribes is reflection of Corruption in Zambia Police- President Lungu

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President Edgar Lungu is welcomed by Lusaka Province  Minister Bowman Lusambo  on arrival at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport from attending the SADCC summit in Windhoek Namibia
President Edgar Lungu is welcomed by Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo on arrival at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport from attending the SADCC summit in Windhoek Namibia

President Edgar Lungu has directed Minister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo and the Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja to step up efforts to fight corruption in the Zambia Police service.

President Lungu said that the recent story that exposed four traffic police officers collecting money from motorist is a clear reflection of the corruption activities that exist in the service.

The Head of State also explained that the police are not the only culprits of corruption because corruption remains a worry even in private institutions.

President Lungu has further called on all stakeholders to join the fight for Zambia to be a better country. The Head of State was speaking to journalists shortly after arriving from Namibia where he went to attend the 38th SADC heads of state summit.

And President Lungu said that he will consider being innovative in his new appointment as SADC Chairperson on the troika organ on Politics, peace and security

President Edgar Lungu is welcomed by Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa on arrival at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport from attending the SADCC summit in Windhoek Namibia
President Edgar Lungu is welcomed by Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa on arrival at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport from attending the SADCC summit in Windhoek Namibia
President Edgar Lungu is welcomed by Minister of Finance on arrival at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport from attending the SADCC summit in Windhoek Namibia
President Edgar Lungu is welcomed by Minister of Finance on arrival at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport from attending the SADCC summit in Windhoek Namibia
President Edgar Lungu is welcomed by Minister of Finance on arrival at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport from attending the SADCC summit in Windhoek Namibia
President Edgar Lungu is welcomed by Minister of Finance on arrival at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport from attending the SADCC summit in Windhoek Namibia

119 COMMENTS

  1. Very wrong Mr. Lungu.

    It is a reflection of the leadership in this country. Everyone knows the leadership is corrupt. A toxic culture of intolerance and corruption has boomed under your leadership.

    So before you are too critical of the police, take a look at yourself and those around you. None of you smells of roses.

    The buck stops with you mr Lungu.

    • That’s what we call ukupomba amala ya mbushi around bakapokola necks.
      Did ZP traffic got involved in 42 fire trucks for $42 million. Maybe yes, they registered them.
      Who the fuuuuck said ulya mwibala….?

    • This is where we Zambians get it wrong, unfortunately even our President is getting it from behind. ECL is missing a point, I don’t know whether it’s intentional or just not knowing. This is NOT a reflection of corruption in Zambian Police, BUT a REFLECTION OF CORRUPTION in the ZAMBIAN SOCIETY.
      If the President meant well with fighting corruption, I am sure he would NOT have said ” …Stephen Kampyongo and the Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja to STEP UP efforts…”, he should have said these 2 guys should themselves “STEP DOWN”. If he is saying, these two guys should step up….then what have they been doing until now? So it means ECL fight against corruption is just music for F.oo.ls who listens to such crap and it’s all bogus

    • Corruption in the police force is a reflection of corruption in corrupt Lungu’s government. If the police can have the audacity to go out in the street, mount up a fake roadblock, and begin to collect bribes, it’s because they know that what they are doing is the new norm created by corrupt Lungu’s governance. His administration hasn’t set any good example from the time they took office in 2015. Nor has he showed any real interest in fighting corruption himself. If he denies that, then he should set an example by allowing independent auditors to audit him and his ministers, from the time they took office to this day, so everybody can see that they haven’t amassed any wealth corruptly. But corrupt Lungu won’t allow that. Because he knows he too has his hand in the cookie jar.

    • How I wish ZP would fight back and open a huge investigation into corrupt Lungu’s corrupt activities. Because the money that was collected at this fake roadblock is small potatoes compared to the loot corrupt Lungu and his buddies have amassed since 2015. And yet corrupt Lungu wants to throw ZP under the bus, and pretend like he’s an angel himself. Here is a clear chance for ZP and ACC to launch an investigation into corrupt Lungu’s corrupt activities. Come on ZP and ACC. Go get him and expose his corruption.

    • Come on Mr. President, if this problem has been a secret then it is a VERY POORLY KEPT SECRET!

      Like others have pointed out already, anyone who has driven on Zambian roads can tell you the Bab/corrupt behavior of traffic Police Officers on these phony checkpoints they like to mount nearly everyday. If your Minister, Mr. Kampyongo, really wanted to know, all he had to do is take a drive around Lusaka or any major city and he would have had no trouble unearthing the same cr@p Mr. Lusambo discovered.

      What Kanganja and Kampyongo have been doing on this issue is to pretend it does not exist…. something akin to WILLFUL IGNORANCE. Surely, it is NOT for the lack of evidence or complaints from the general public that NO ACTION so far has been taken taken to stop this. However Mr…

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      President, as Chief Executive Officer of the entire Govt, the next best thing is to fire or reassign these two gentlemen (Kampyongo and Kanganja) for dereliction of duty. Let us have RESPONSIVE Ministers and leaders who are attuned to the cries and complaints of citizens. Not people who always want to wait for your Presidential directives even on issues well within their Powers to correct or implement.

      IT IS YOUR CALL AND THE BUCK STOPS AT YOU!

    • This is pathetic, Mr. President … why did it take the Provincial Minister to lay the traps with his camera crew to uncover this???

      What has the minister been doing all along??? How come he didn’t have the initiative to go undercover himself to uncover this. Just stepping up efforts is not welcome here.

      Heads should roll and he needs to be fired. Maybe you need a Miami Strategy here.

      In the 80s, Miami was the drug trafficking capital of the US. Nearly all the 1,033 law enforcement officers under Chief Clarence Dickenson’s command were compromised including himself.

      Every effort to clean up the corruption, crime and control drug trafficking failed because everyone was in and one time while transporting ceased $150,000 cash and a container of drugs to a safe house, the entire…

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      Every effort to clean up the corruption, crime and control drug trafficking failed because everyone was in and one time while transporting ceased $150,000 cash and a container of drugs to a safe house, the entire contraband vanquished in thin air under police escort.

      That was the straw that broke the camel’s back for President Reagan. He fired the entire police force and brought in the FBI from DC to take over everything from the Mayor’s office to the corporals.

      The Feds ran Miami for 10 years straight before the residents would have a chance to elect local officials. After cleaning up, the Feds handed back to the people. Miami is now the tourist capital of the state.

      I have said it before and I will say it one more time. You’re a great man to lead this country…

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      I have said it before and I will say it one more time. You’re a great man to lead this country however, people associate you with this scourge of corruption.

      This maybe a great start but you need to do more. Clean house the way Ronald Wilson Reagan did because he didn’t want his great achievements under Reaganomics to have a corrupt legacy added to them.

      Perception is everything; even when that perception is wrong, it’s reality in the eyes of the beholder. It’s time you started thinking about your legacy; it’s lonely at the top, remember that!!! Sometimes you got to lose some close friends to self-actualize.

      Zambia Is Greater Than Any Single One Of Us ~ B R Mumba, Sr.

    • BR mumba.

      “…people associate you with this scourge of corruption..”

      The man does not deny that he is a corrupt theif him self , what do you expect ?

    • It is a well know matter that corruption in the police service has been there since second republic just when MMD came into power after UNIP. Thereafter, it is time to weed it out. Unfortunately, RTSA has also been infiltrate by the same corrupt police officers jumping police service into RTSA. But why cant RTSA recruit fresh school and college/university graduates. We have lots of them still looming the streets after completing school. Now, why is Bwana RTSA CEO Mr. Soko getting from the same polluted into institution we are complaining about..? If we want things to get better at RTSA, please bwana CEO stopping deploying those old corrupt felas but instead recruit fresh and young school leavers and graduates and thereafter train them. You will see how things will get better in your…

    • @Spaka … I personally don’t have any proof that the man is actually corrupt himself neither has anyone ever given me actual proof that personally implicate him.

      I have actually heard of some of his close buddies from High School that have been “accused” and that how close to home it gets.

      As for why he has not exonerated himself … maybe there’s nothing there that dignifies a response. So, the short answer is simply that, I am sorry I don’t have the ability to read minds and I can’t give you any other answer.

    • BR Mumba, you start out very good. Spaka sparks you with only 1 volt, a single volt, you go up in flames. Do you really need to personally, you personally to have evidence in your hands to prove that Lungu is corrupt? Basically, since you have for proof for anyone, that there’s no corruption in Zambia. HH did not do what you PF lunatics, sorry fanatics, (same behavior) say he did. To you Jesus did not walk this earth, God is not there, the colonialism did not exist. None of these you have proof for.
      So, the story about him signing the government guarantee for ZESCO for $500 million instead of $350 million is a fallacy in your world. The daughter becoming an instant multimillionaire collecting over $100 million from ZESCO is another lie yet to be proven by you. The story of fire…

    • BR mumba

      “…As for why he has not exonerated himself … maybe there’s nothing there that dignifies a response…”

      My fellow countryman, we are talking about the highest office in our beautiful country , this deserves more respect than that. His potraite hangs in all all schools for crying out aloud ……the saying here

      ” monkey see , monkey do ”

      Should ring alarm bells because of lungus silence to any sane Zambia.

    • TRAFFIC POLICE CORRUPTION SOARED THE MINUTE WE ALLOWED THEM TO START COLLECTING MONEY OR WHAT ARE CALLED SUMMARY FINES.
      THE PRACTICE SHOULD BE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. ANY TRAFFIC INFRINGEMENT FINES SHOULD BE PAID AT RATSA. A NEW COMPUTERISED RATSA FINES SYSTEM WILL WORK JUST FINE.

    • According to Lungu, Swazi mansion gift from Inyatsi Road Constructionis NOT a bribe?
      His receiving bribes from chinese is not corruption?

    • JUNIOR is exposing what he truly is an educated foooool…what an utter disgrace and a sham you are. I am even surprised he even posted a comment as he is trying very hard not to talk about Lazy Lungu’s stance on corruption as evidenced by this article.

    • FACT – its really sad that the educated foooools like JUNIOR benefiting from the system are the ones who are destroying it inside out like termites feasting on a wooden house…the chap even has the cheek to take us on a long run about talking about Miami.
      Shame, Shame like Lazy Lungu!!

    • Iwe B. R Mumba are you the only one who doesn’t know that his lawyer license was suspended due to corruption? You have never read about the wheelbarrows bought at 42m each? Ambulance,,,, etc all bought under his watch,,?

    • Alternative Facts Fake News S**thole Countries Social Mobility Chinese Zambia Police Reservists Corruption scandals: Ambulances Fire Trucks Mukula Trees Ndola-Lusaka Rd Malawi Maizegate Fuelgate Swaziland landgate Zesco Loans Alternative Facts Fake News S**thole Countries Social Mobility Chinese Zambia Police Reservists Corruption scandals: Ambulances Fire Trucks Mukula Trees Ndola-Lusaka Rd Malawi Maizegate Fuelgate Swaziland landgate Zesco Loans

      This B R Mumba dude is truly a disgrace and U agree with @Jay Jay that he is a sham, a fraud. He starts pretty well but then he zeroes out all the good writing by being a disgraced cadre that he is. His earlier statement about “Perception is everything; even when that perception is wrong” is spot on but then later he contradicts himself by mumbling about ‘evidence’. Even when ‘evidence’ about Lungu’s corruption hit him in the face he would still support his god!

      Pathetic… you wondered why the country remains at the bottom of human civilization and development, it’s because of people like this B R Mumba dude!

    • Wow … ladies and gentlemen just got their engines started. It’s Daytona 500 and everyone wants to win. Well, let’s make you win!!!

      I just turned off my phone for a few hours and it’s Armageddon on B R Mumba, Sr at Lusaka Times.

      Fair enough, how about this … since perception is reality in the eyes of the beholder, all your comments according to your own selves are real.

      But let’s be intellectually honest for a minute none of your realities are factual to me. So, I don’t give it a damn what any of your nincompoops are saying.

      For all I care, you can all go hang and I won’t lose any sleep over it. What I wrote and spoke, I did from my heart and meant every bit of it.

      Now, if you any of you has prosecutorial evidence, do what Bowman did and bring culprits to book instead…

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      Now, if you any of you has prosecutorial evidence, do what Bowman did and bring culprits to book instead of ranting here like rabbits. Otherwise, do yourselves and the world a favor … shut up or put up!!!

      We must reject the idea that every time a law is broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It’s time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions ~ President Ronald Wilson Reagan (US 1980 to 1988 – Still my favorite President of all times).

      I didn’t use to win my school debates for nothing and neither did my secondary school debate opponents used to call me Ronald Reagan for nothing. I got the data and facts … some of you never won any real debates and LT is your first rodeo!

      I win and you all lose … that’s…

    • Continued …

      I win and you all lose … that’s why I run this country and you all don’t – thanks a trillion.

      You can hate Lungu or me all you want but the fact remains that he’s running this country better than any of you would.

      And if you are good for it, through your hats in the ring and if your policies are good we will even fund your campaigns and support you.

      Zambia Is Greater Than Any Single One Of Us ~ B R Mumba, Sr

    • Meant to say “throw” your hats in the ring instead of “through”.

      You Keep Circling The Wagon Like Little Kids; You Will Never Get To Ride. Grow Up And Ride, Either Inside The Wagon Or Be Horseman ~ B R Mumba, Sr.

      Original Content, No Copyrights Reserved.

    • BR mumba….

      “….but the fact remains that he’s running this country better than any of you would…”

      My friend , you have the lowest expectations I have ever seen……even bedbugs have better expectations ..

    • My friend Spaka … I have severally personally told you that from most comments I have read from you here, other than your political biases, you seem to have your head screwed up right.

      Go home and present the smart people of the Zambian Enterprise your manifesto and if it makes sense, I will personally support you. Otherwise, among the current crop of opposition leaders, Lungu beats them all pants down.

      And from where I stand, Lungu is running Zambia better than Teresa May (UK) and Donald Trump (US). That’s my perception and I have every right to be stup1t in a free country.

    • If Lungu was doing better than the two Heads of state you refer to, the US and the UK you would be in Zambia right now. Stop talking pants and leave this platform for ‘The Great MUSHOTA’. If it’s stealing the show you are after, it’s not working. You are doing it all wrong mate. This might even be because you got high on something. You might want to consider to stop smoking whatever you are smoking.

    • Lungu is a liability to the Zambians and the DUNUNA reverse fraternity as things are and has been since he staggered into state house drunk, anyway. I can understand why the police woman caught with the corruption money at a road block couldn’t give it a sh!t. The woman is a hero by letting the world know the extent of corruption in Zambia. She is a mere reflection of the bigger picture and that is the point she was making. The woman must be celebrated for letting the world know the state of the Zambian systems at all levels. Lungu and his minions are also pratts and the biggest scum ever to grace the beautiful country. By making the above statement, is Lungu distancing himself from the scourge or what? Lungu should be ashamed for presiding over the most corrupt system ever. Then…

    • Continued… Then again what do you expect from a guy who stole from a client? The guy has just continued where he left off and this time on a grand scale.

    • @Analyser … good to know that I am a Pratt. Impressive assumption, I like it!!!

      Here are some facts for you from this Pratt.

      1. French Ambassador visited with Margaret, Madam Acting President glowing about how her administration is doing a lot of good for the smart people of the Zambian Enterprise and how the French want to be part of that, this is just last week.

      2. The US Embassador invited Margaret to the 4th of July Ball at the US Embassy last month glowing about what a heck of job she and the President were doing for the smart people of the Zambian Enterprise.

      3. The UK Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Harriet visited with Margaret glowing about what she termed UK’s eagerness to be part of economic strides the smart people of the Zambian Enterprise are making…

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      3. The UK Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Harriet visited with Margaret glowing about what she termed UK’s eagerness to be part of economic strides the smart people of the Zambian Enterprise are making. This was just a fortnight ago.

      4. Japan sent 35 business and government leaders to Lusaka last month to hold bilateral meetings with various businesses and governments officials glowing about how they want to be part of the smart people of the Zambian Enterprise’s newly found economic trajectory under ECL.

      5. Russian President specifically wanted to have a private one on one meeting with ECL in RSA last month to let him know Russia is eager to work with the smart people of the Zambian Enterprise to achieve electric power independence via the nuclear plant under…

    • Continued…

      5. Russian President specifically wanted to have a private one on one meeting with ECL in RSA last month to let him know Russia is eager to work with the smart people of the Zambian Enterprise to achieve electric power independence via the nuclear plant under way in Chisamba among other things.

      6. The entire Chinese government and President rolled out a red carpet for ECL last year signing a lot of bilateral agreements citing not only long term prospects for collaboration with the smart people of the Zambian Enterprise.

      7. The Israelis rolled out a red carpet for ECL and his delegation in Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem signing all sorts of bilateral agreements showcasing their support for the smart people of the Zambian Enterprise last year.

      I can go on and on and…

    • Continued…

      I can go on and on and all these things are happening in only 3 years of his presidency (2015 to 2018). Not to mention the recent moves from the Turks, etc. And yes it’s only been 3 years and the only reason it feels like eternity for you guys is because you have been losing for eternity – give him a chance.

      Having said the above on the other hand, I travel a lot and there’s no single world leader even in the EU who is showing the same love to Teresa May. Britext is a mess and she seems out of control as for Donald Trump, please don’t get me started.

      Did you know the UK’s economic growth is only a parity real GDP 1.2%, US at 3.9% while Zambia’s is actually over 10% Real GDP and nominal (adjusted for inflation) is above 7% consistently under Lungu?? Check out those…

    • Continued…

      Did you know the UK’s economic growth is only a parity real GDP 1.2%, US at 3.9% while Zambia’s is actually over 10% Real GDP and nominal (adjusted for inflation) is above 7% consistently under Lungu??

      Check out those facts!!! That’s what all these people are seeing and you are busy here denigrating yourselves. Did you know that in 1876, the US economy was the same as Mexico in terms of GDP?? The US grew theirs consistently by only 1% more then Mexico and all of a sudden the gap widened.

      Today the US is the world’s indisputable economic giant and the rest is history. Lungu is growing the economy at 3% faster than the US and 6% faster than the UK.

      Now back to what I am or not smoking, give me data to show otherwise and I will give you a tooth. By the way, I have…

    • Continued…

      Now back to what I am or not smoking, give me data to show otherwise and I will give you a tooth. By the way, I have never smoked neither have ever drunk beer before.

      As for why I am still abroad … I have lived abroad close to 30 years now, all my children grew up here, went to college here and I now have grand kids here.

      But more so, I am a chess player and in chess you can see my moves but it’s up to you to figure out why; we don’t show or tell you why because the intent is to finally checkmate you.

    • hehehehe

      BR Mumba , mumba , mumba , rolled out red carpets where ?

      I ask you one question , if lungu and GRZ are so sought after , doing such a good job , how come no one will bail Zambia out ? Not even the IMF ? , Only vulture funds remain as last option…

    • hehehehe

      BR Mumba , mumba , mumba , rolled out red carpets where ?

      I ask you one question , if lungu and GRZ are so sought after , doing such a good job , how come no one will bail Zambia out ? Not even the IMF ? , Only vulture funds remain as last option…

    • BR MUMBA, if you have to write a novel on a blog to explain something, you should know that there’s a problem. Either on you and your perception or the issue at hand. You cannot be the only one who knows. Please, learn to accept failure. You learn from it and it develops your perceptions and perspectives. You are not Lungu. Lungu knows he is daft and he does not even fight it so he does not hold press conferences, chooses who asks him questions and jumps on the plane without explaining what he meant. And you with your infinity “wisdom” think you know better. Stop embarrassing yourself. Damn it!

    • Come on Spaka!!! You are way too smart for this. You know my stand on the IMF and so I end there. The rest is hogwash and does not need to be dignified with a response because you know better. I love you all the same.

      @Kalos2020 … I am sure you have noticed that I have not been responding to your foo00lishness but here is my last time. I will never respond to you again. There are a few good knuckleheads here like Spaka, Nostra, Analyser, Jay Jay (Gay Gay) and you are trying very hard to be part of them.

      I don’t roll with group think, notice I said “good knuckleheads” because these guys we usually agree to disagree or disagree to agree even when we call each other names and carry on to the next day … You wrote and I quote “… And you with your infinity “wisdom” think you…

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      You wrote and I quote “… And you with your infinity “wisdom” think you know better”. End of quote.

      My friend, I have no infinity wisdom and by the way it is “infinite wisdom” … Infinity is a car, nothing but a glorified Nissan; but back to subject, I am sorry to disappoint you. I don’t have infinite wisdom. And failure??? What failure??? Lungu has only been in office for 3 years, man!!! He is not a miracle worker!!!

      He is not a saint and he is not a super human but he is the best you have at the moment, you dimwit!!! And for embarrassing myself, you are the ones who keep losing elections not me. Everything I say I can back it up with factual evidence and you guys can’t. Damn it!!!!

    • Lastly, even with his low IQ, low libido, low class and low life … Gay Gay can constructively put up a great argument for rebuttal. He is a great debater and I would be glad to share the podium with him any time any day.

      Nostra is a great one line puncher always makes sense even with a warped engineering mindset … he is great at making his one liners make sense. He is a great debater and I would be glad to share the podium with him any time any day.

      Spaka here is the best of them all and believe it or not, we usually agree on substance and I can easily tell when he agrees with me because he simply moves to the next topic. He is a great debater and I would be glad to share the podium with him any time any day.

      There are few others but you??? You ain’t even close to these guys…

    • Mumba I am not being lectured by you. Do you know a word called diplomacy? That’s what was going on between Margaret and all those people whose footsteps you have been following. There’s definitely no diplomacy between the two of us today. I am outta here, mate.

    • BR MUMBA, so naimwe ati nayasha. No my dear. No one is here to make friends. You are not just making sense. It ends there. All the trouble you are going through on behalf of Lungu won’t deter anyone to tell you the truth. No one is a knucklehead here apart from you and a few other PF lunatics. Your pea brains no matter how much you write about Lungu, you won’t convince anyone apart from yourself. So, give up. I don’t even want you to respond or come close to me. You are not in my class and you will never ever be. So, excited yourself, that’s how far you will ever get close to me. I cannot accept you in my real world circle sir, and that is true. So, keep singing praises for Lungu. That probably can work for you.

    • BR MUMBA, you go cut and paste a theory and try to convince that you have knowledge, yama I can just take one of your postings and throw it in Turnitin and tell you where it came from. So, stop the lunacy. There are people here who do things your clan can never do. They are here arguing with PF lunatics like you because of the love for their country. Iwe ulefwaya inchinto kuli Lungu hence you put the real name on the blog ati they will contact you. Zero. All these people here don’t put their real names because it’s not for publicity sir. Only you. Shipa boyi or go back to school. You won’t be wrong. Insulting those that oppose your demented views won’t give you a job with Lungu. Even if he did, it is short lived. Go back to school, you will be happy like the people you are calling…

    • BR Mumba

      No Mr mumba , you have not answered , you seem to be beating around the bush…i will rephrase without the IMF.

      I ask you one question , if lungu and GRZ are so sought after , doing such a good job , how come no one will bail Zambia out ? Only vulture funds remain as last option…

      And to every , we are going off topic with personal attacks. No need. Everyone of us is unique, even 6.5 njimbu.

    • It must be said LT would not be the same without us bloggers….most of us come to LT to see how others are thinking.
      It is in our great diversity that makes this site so entertaining and informative. We can get PF vuvuzella news anywhere but the diversity of bloggers on LT is unmatched.

      There are some dirty tribalists who don’t want opposing views and any one opposed to GRZ is labbeled a Tonga. Some of us are not Tonga but stand up for the oppressed and maligned in society.
      There is nothing wrong with being from SP……when these attacks on Tongas start flying the word ” theiving tribe ” appears.
      All this should stop. Let’s respect each other and ravel in the breadth of our diversity.

    • I try to stay away from this blog over the weekends and coming back to find such an onslaught against one of the most educated bloggers like BRM is unfortunate.

      I personally know the guy and runs a successful business in the Zurich and USA who actually is an employer himself, @Kalos2020 you need to get your facts straight.

      I personally don’t see anything wrong with blogging using his real name

    • Pep Talk. If you knew how many successful and powerful people wanted jobs in Trump government, you wouldn’t bring up that senile statement at all. Hope you do your research to know every man and woman on this blog.

  2. Interesting.
    The President sounds like he was not aware of this scourge until this embarrassing exposure by his junior officer.
    Anyone with a driving and drives regularly on Zambian roads has been exposed to this. Let the leadership not pretend as if this is new.

    • If you are not responsible and a weak leader …you are merely a passenger in your own bus…Lazy Lungu is like Sampa all tools indebted to the powers that be!!

    • If the fines were low …you would be happy to drive around in deathtraps endangering every road user…police should only issue a ticket which is payable within a specified time!!

  3. No no Bwana Lungu ,its a reflection of the leadership or lack thereof.Proof= eSwatini mansions ,$1m firetrucks and ” Ubomba Mwibala Alya Mwibala”

    • I never thought I would say this but Bowman may not be book smart but he shows more man management leadership traits than lazy Lungu.

  4. “President Lungu said that the recent story that exposed four traffic police officers collecting money from motorist is a clear reflection of the corruption activities that exist in the service.”

    What are you saying you lazy man..if this was cadres fighting you would have been articulate. Why does this moron sound like he is a bystander.
    Surely are you not ashamed being escorted and welcomed every-time you go to the airport??

  5. It’s kind of an embarrassing statement tbh…coz it suggests knowledge of the problem about which no one is doing anything.

    • Bingo.
      Why is ECL not looking straight into Lusambo`s face? Not even with Sampa.

      Now check out when he talks to Maggie. He seems to be very much comfortable talking to Maggie than to the two….body language, is telling us something here.

    • Thats because both Maggie and Lazy are alcholics..they are comfortable witb each other as they can not smell each others breaths.

  6. This govt is a joke! I rarely hear Langu say anything about serious corruption allegations. Now he wants to show that he is fighting corruption. Millions of kwacha has been stolen thru corruption and has said nothing. Now he is not even ashamed to appear in front of a camera for a k2000 bribe. I don’t support bribes but fighting corruption is bigger than that. There are so many sacred cows in govt, while the poor cops have been sacrificed for slaughter. What a same!

  7. Alternative Facts Fake News S**thole Countries Social Mobility Chinese Zambia Police Reservists Corruption scandals: Ambulances Fire Trucks Mukula Trees Ndola-Lusaka Rd Malawi Maizegate Fuelgate Swaziland landgate Zesco Loans Alternative Facts Fake News S**thole Countries Social Mobility Chinese Zambia Police Reservists Corruption scandals: Ambulances Fire Trucks Mukula Trees Ndola-Lusaka Rd Malawi Maizegate Fuelgate Swaziland landgate Zesco Loans

    Vilifying the poor cops who are just trying to eat breadcrumbs from what their bosses and their president do at a grand scale. What a corrupt person this guy is… he thinks we are f00ls but we can read through his hollow statement. We know he has to say something but he came across rather lame and weak.

  8. “…was speaking to journalists shortly after arriving…”

    These are just window dressings to dupe people… the major corrupt players are playing

    That’s the last you will hear the word corruption from this lungu after he gets to statehouse , the corruption nerve centre…

    This is how lungu operates…..if he is not part of any major corrupt deal his ministers are in or they get rich too quick he sacks them but tells them to Shut up , or he will have them prosecuted ……only CK refused to Shut up, that is why he is being harrassed.

  9. ZP since the end of one party state in 1991 needs an overhaul. The general attitude of cops, their work culture etc. is poor. This issue is just one incident that’s been highlighted but it happens and has been happening for a long time. To say it’s because of ECL/PF is naive because ZP even during Mwanawasa was the same-roadblocks, bribes etc. What needs overhauling is the recruitment, training, operations.

    • Badala …..corruption is at its worst now with lungu, stop trying to bring in the past leaders. And ZP are easy targets to cover grand looting and corruption by lungu and his GRZ. These are poor cops who have been relegated to be door bouncers by PF cader thugs.

    • The problem is most Zambians want to live beyond their means. From politicians to the man on the street. This is the root cause of corruption and stealing.

    • @ Amagenge

      As usual trying to “cleanse” anointed, visionary and Endemically Corrupt Leader of Plunderers Federation.
      Corruption in the PS, ZRA, PACRA, ZDA, Ministry of Land, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Immigration, Local Government………. is a TRUE mirror reflection of CORRUPT LEADERSHIP.

      As to “…most Zambians want to live beyond their means…”, you should be ashamed of yourself. As “most Zambians” are “living” (that is if you call “living” daily struggle to survive) on the edge of albeit poverty and destitution and, more often than not, “enjoying” one meal per day.
      Do you know why? Because of semi-educated PARASITE LIKE YOU supporting CORRUPT and LAWLESS REGIME led by YOUR anointed, vise, visionary CONVICTED EMBEZZLER.

    • @Facts: So when a person or persons collude with ZRA officers to smuggle goods in or out of the country, should we point the finger at Kingsley Chanda and Margaret Mwanakatwe?? If your answer is yes, then you are SICK!! That poverty sh!t is upnd political rubbish because people who are working hard are not complaining. Your angle is totally political with a bias towards Dundumwezi and hence IRRELEVANT!!!

    • @ Zambian Parasite

      Who is Appointing AUTHORITY? Who is in charge? Who is hiding behind immunity from prosecution? Who has become richest person in Zambia in less than three years?
      Only PARASITE benefiting from INSTITUTIONALIZED GRAND CORRUPTION can support such authority.

    • Citizen…

      Facts is right , blame lies with top management. If they can’t stop the rot you change them. Even failing football clubs don’t sack players , they sack the manager.

  10. My president why do you keep ministers and people who wait for your instructions from you for them to work. This is what’s bringing you down. Please fire all those who work by instructions, they are a wast of time and money.

  11. This is where we all get wrong as Zambians. Generally Zambians are corrupt by nature and they enjoy so much when it favours the a particular time and hates it when they are disadvantaged. How can you expect one man to fight corruption? Be it ECL or HH cannot manage if the 15 million people are enjoying it. Society needs to change, be a whistle blower, report all corrupt practices to relevant authority. This is what happens in other countries, every citizen is vigilant in fighting corruption. Mwalitemwa ndishamo. In Zambia even when you just ask for direction, someone will be demanding money. Rotten society.

    • Spot on, Advisor.You can see it when we have made it a habit to pass red lights, always wanting to be first to get a service by giving officers money to put your application in front of everyone when it’s their job, etc. So the buck stops with every individual Zambian to change their attitude and mindset!!!

    • @Advisor,
      Let’s get to the core, why is everyone asking “ndishamo”, “ni chekeleko”, etc ? It is a sign of poverty because everyone wants to make ends meet. And yet you have some people here saying Zambians are doing well, that “poverty” is wishful thinking of opposition, honestly?
      It all starts from the Head, what these people do not realize is this and please take a minute and think: WHY is it that things ONLY move forward with DIRECTIVES? ECL is now portrayed as a hard worker when those ministers are supposed to be doing the obvious. The only job they fulfill in their job description is WELCOMING ECL at the Airports

    • What you say is true just as it is also true that the rot at the top which the president is ignoring is festering this vice,we need a leader who wont tolerate corruption it will then be easy for the message to filter down

  12. This guy has lived in Zambia all his life, so he cannot now begin to talk about reflection of corruption on the Police. It is evident that Zambian society has progressively degenerated into a corruption cesspool. Here are some opportunities for corruption: Things take long to process; Laws are vague or archaic; Ministers and heads of departments are laws unto themselves… Here are a few simple examples our friends are using to rout out corruption: Botswana renews a license in 20 minutes. Police clearance for motor vehicles in Namibia takes 15 to 30 minutes. Where is room for corruption? These are the simple solutions we require as an example.

    • Those cops mounting roadblocks send chills down your spine when they start quoting useless laws that are still on the books. For those who are discerning it becomes an “talk for your survival” escapade, now explaining to the cops why it shouldn’t be even when it is part of the law. End result is meaningless charges even where there is a receipt book available. So osati muzipanga ma point apa na wene Lusambo when you know the problem. Do something right for once in your fcuking lives napapata!

  13. Who said: “Ubomba Mwibala, alya Mwibala, as long as tamulelya imbuto.”
    Just reinstate those officers. They are victims of a bad system!
    Citizens of this Christian nation have embraced and institutionalized corruption and that is the culture and SIN of Covetousness that even the church promotes through its “sowing the seed gospel.” Zoipa chitani! Mulungu azaweluza!

  14. If Lungu has balls, even one, let me wake up with the news that he fired the IG. Not sent him in foreign service for an escape. Fired him and he is at home agazinga milisi. Not popcorns. That too is too luxurious for the people they steal from.

    • Lazy Lungu is a tool of corruption he can not fire anyone…its similar to Sampa, he was adopted as Mayor to safeguard the interests of the corrupt elite who have their hands in all those LCC and RATSA contracts that even the govt is benefiting zero in turns of revenue.

  15. People , lungu does not deny all the allegations that he is a corrupt theif.

    That is the problem. Let’s see him sue and demand evidence from those calling him a corrupt theif…

    It is becoming fashionable to be called a corrupt theif now in Zambia because of lungu.

  16. One wonders where Lungu has been during his Presidency. Is it the trips or deliberate ignorance on his part? Do we have a President or we have a president? This man cannot run a Lions Club or any club at Mukuba Secondary School. He would steal their little money despite his position and act ignorant. Mukuba you are forewarned.

  17. Mr. President you are 100% WRONG!!!
    Instead, it is mirror reflection of YOUR LEADERSHIP!!!
    You do have POWER, but instead of using this POWER for the benefit of the PEOPLE, you are using it for YOUR OWN selfish and CRIMINAL endeavor.

  18. The police has ALWAYS been corrupt. Ever since most of you who are bloging here were birn. Actually over the years they are just taking it to the next level. Here we must ask what the leadership has done about it orabout corruption in general except for deny deny & deny

    • That is true , in every country there is some form of corruption but what is also true Is lungu is the only leader in the world who does not deny allegations that he is a corrupt theif…

  19. There is too much corruption when it comes to being given police bond. Please do something about this. Home affairs minister is still sleeping. The IG knows nothing coz if you may bust those guys called C5, scorpion, Cid chaps you will be surprised that central police, woodlands and emmasdale stations operate like commercial banks. ZRA MUST BE COLLECTING TAX FROM THOSE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EXISTING IN POLICE STATIONS. I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU CAN FIND OUT BUT WE NEED UNDER COVER COPS WHO MUST BE DETAINED AND CATCH THESE POLICE OFFICERS.HON LUSAMBO PLEASE BUST CRIMES AT THE VARIOUS POLICE STATIONS AND YOU WILL BE SURPRISED. WHAT YOU FOUND FROM THAT OR THOSE TRAFFIC OFFICERS IS NOTHING IT’S JUST A TIP OF ICEBERG

  20. Even just to be among those that are pardoned by the president from jail one must pay millions or tater thousands to be recommended for pardon. It’s not done on merit its 1000&corruption let’s have a different system to choose those that are fit to be pardoned by the president and not leave it alone to those offices from prisons or prison officers. Most of them are corrupt like no man’s business

  21. Rotate officer in charge officers every week. They will not sign or give you bond if you don’t chekelako them. And you can rot in cells. They pretend to be investigating till you have or give them money. I call them Zambia police Bank plc

  22. I do not support corruption at all. The fines are too high for most ordinary Zambians that is why the traveling public are much more comfortable to negotiate with the police and the police use that to collect these fees/bribes. Does anyone who really works for his money find these fines to be reasonable? A graduated scale for repeat offenders is a much more effective fine process. Repeat speeding tickets should eventually lead to jail time.

  23. That directive was just a statement at the airport to respond to the media, the usual traditional response, it’s nothing serious. As for corruption in the police service or other parts of the government and its party, take it from me, it is and it will continue to be business as usual. If you honestly think that “they” don’t know these things are happening, you must still be suckling from your mother’s breasts.

  24. How come the Tanzanian President Magufuli who demonstrates by practice his loathe for corruption does not seem to be one of our closest friends? Surely we could take a leaf from his anti corruption drive. For us corruption fight is only on our lips for the media at the airport. BR Mumba is right, for this reason corruption is associated generally with this leadership.

    But we shall live with this for a short while longer while we identify a more effective alternative anti corruption leadership to govern us.
    For the avoidance of doubt, evil tr.ibalists remain out of contention, okay Lazy Jay j, don’t even think about him!!

    • How is possible to expect parasitic 1mbecile like you, die hard supporter of Endemically Corrupt Leader of Plunderers Federation, to “identify” (LoL) “more effective alternative anti corruption leadership”?

  25. I do suggest,bring some individuals from foreign countries which can make spotchecks on the police and give them the power to have these corrupt individuals not just fired but put into prison.
    I only do fear there is no place in prisons,as most of the population will be meeting there.

  26. You have corrupt leaders in government and then get surprised when the police are corrupt. Its like beating your wife in front of your kids only to be surprised when your kids decided to beat you and their partner. When hh calls for revolution people think he is asking for war. Please read up on revolution you will learn that they are all not associated with violence. Wake up abena zambia

  27. We always choose to pay the police a small amount to free ourselves from the exorbitant charges by RATSA. I would rather pay K50 than K800 for a small offence and let myself free. Yes charges are just too high and thats why the Police corruption seemsto be a better evil or option for a motorist.
    Again pay them well as monthly salary. The Police salaries are just too meagre to avoid corruption. They are a recipe for good corruption big time for that matter.
    A Policeman/ woman can just mount a fake roadblock get his money for mealie meal and chicken and get home. The family is also waiting at home for food. We all need to survive bane!
    Disaster!!!

  28. #23.1 Spaka, let me make myself clear again for the umpteenth time, since you suffer from the congenital brain disease called southern tri.balism. I ABHOR corruption by anybody, BUT I am firmly clear that tri.bal h.h is NOT the solution for this country.
    I repeat: Just look at h.h’s inconsistency, his hatred of easterners Bandas , Nsengas etc, his failed attempt at politics on the back of the mantra “tonga only for upnd president”, his bitterness etc etc. The crown in his political career is to oromise to fight corruption by choosing a stinkingly self confessed corrupt fatso as Running mate as de facto president if he had won and then died. Where can I be faulted compared to you who can only think in your tribe?

    • HH is better than a convicted embezzer any day …..but to you bembas as long as the corruption and stealing remains in the boat , so be it.

      What are lungus archivments ? He became MP of chawama and left them drinking contaminated water from pit latrine wells , up to to day..
      He has $17 billion at his disposal yet we remain with the highest unemployed youth , and back begging the IMF while he sanctions $1million got a gonga fire truck 42 times.

      Badala…anyone can be better than your alpha and omega of pf.

  29. President Lungu’s comment can’t cut the mustard.

    These comments are for a new president and for someone who doesn’t get news briefing.

    How many times people have been complaining about police roadblocks and corruption, how many times people have been complaining about police corruption if you go onto social media your find lots complaints.

  30. Corruption, whether in the police service or other institutions has not started under Edgar Lungu’s administration. Do not pretend that this rot has started today or demonize Edgar’s administration. It was there even during the late Mwanawasa’s administration.

  31. I first owned a car in 1998. Licenses were corruptly obtained. Police were bribed. What I mean is that Edgar Lungu was not President

  32. What is happening in the Police Service is open and known by all Zambians including Politicians. All Zambians have accepted it and no one is willing to do something about it. Not even the Anti-corruption. Go to any Police roadblock its there. To end this disease, It will take Zambia being Re-colonized. No one with Zambian blood has capacity to end this Corruption.

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