The Anti Corruption Commission has been formally requested to investigate how Judicial Complaints Commission Chairperson Vincent Malambo, S.C acquired five houses in Silverest Gardens in Chongwe.
In a letter to the Commission delivered today, Chomba Chiti, a resident of Woodlands in Lusaka contends that Mr. Malambo should be placed under investigation for the irregular manner in which the five houses were acquired.
Mr. Chiti says Mr. Malambo was engaged by the Zambian government to provide legal services in a matter in which Henan Guoji, the developers of Silverest Gardens had sued the government and the Zambia Development Agency.
He said this was after a dispute arose between the National Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, the owners of the land and the Chinese developer.
According to Mr. Chiti, Mr. Malambo did not receive any payment for legal services but ended up receiving five houses in Silverest after he entered Consent Judgement.
Mr. Chiti said the actions of Mr. Malambo in this matter raise serious ethical and procedural issues adding that it is highly unethical for a Lawyer to convert legal fees into the property.
Mr. Chiti stressed that as Chairman of the Judicial Complaints Commission, Mr. Malambo is expected to be a man of high integrity and beyond reproach hence the need for the Commission to seriously investigate how he ended up acquiring five houses from his client without receiving any legal fees for legal services rendered.
“It is against this background that I now formally report Mr Malambo to the commision for Corruption and I truest that you will launch an investigation into this matter urgently due to its importance and the fact that Mr. Malambo is a close associate of President Hakainde Hichilema and currently occupies a very strategic position in the Judiciary, ” Mr Chiti said.
President Hakainde Hichilema swore in Mr. Malambo as Chairperson of the Judicial Complaints Commission on December 21st 2021 after Parliamentary ratification.
Suppose he gets the money equal to five such houses how would Mr Chiti interpret that?
Put more pressure on these bandits…..
Can the ACC also probe lusakatimes blogger Independence Observer ….
How did Independence Observer recently manage to purchase 7 houses in Woodlands, Kabulonga and Ibex Hill worth a total of $8m US Dollars
at one go, using a Lusaka based Estate Agent as his brokers ?
Ethical and procedural issues. Read the article. Professions have code of ethics that they subscribe to.
You just need to do a lifestyle audit of every top civil servant…Banks do it for their staff especially if they are debt why not these guys?
T.K.O “2
You also can work smart and have those houses you are jealousy and mad about. The guy is an Senior Investment Banker who probably is on $1m USD salary per annum, plus huge bonuses every year. Have you ever heard of Bitcoin? Cause that’s how he made his dosh. ACC are you gonna go after everyone who is successful, particularly those that don’t align with UPND ? ? ? ?
If you want to win the fight against corruption, appearance of corruption and ethical practices will become crucial benchmarks. ThIs case will be a big test for the new dawn Govt, After all the rhetoric, about the fight against corruption, they have to be seen to be serious by relieving Malambo of his duties as commission Chair. His actions may not be a crime but raise serious ethical questions and therefore confidence in him as the Chairman of the Judicial Complaints Commission who must be seen to be above reproach.
Feathers of the same bird flock together
Jealous will kill you. This is not what a fight against corruption looks like. It’s better you withdraw your letter and apologize to Vincent otherwise you’ll remember me.
The facts have been twisted already by the PHD clan. Henan Gouji never sued Government à t all but the otherway round. NISIR sued Henan Gouji for non remittance of dividents from the project. It was at this point that Henan Gouji offered settle the claim in kind by allocating 20 plus units to NISIR as payment in kin? and the five houses as the legal fees. What Mr Chiti should be reporting to ACC is how the house allocated to NISIR were accounted for.
Malambo and Eric Silwamba each got houses from FTJ after representing him in his parentage case in 1996
Problem with UPND supporters is that anyone who becomes rich and does not support UPND or disagrees with them, then he must gotten his money through illicit deals. Zambia has a lot people who have worked hard and very rich both inside Zambia and diaspora based.
A COUNTRY WITH TOO MANY MAD PEOPLE CHASING ONE ANOTHER!