Former First Lady Esther Lungu claims ownership of 15 seized flats

1. Upnd ACC is too excited for nothing. It is clear that they are receiving orders from angry childish hh. Now they will embarrass themselves again when the former first ladies lawyers goes after them for illegal trespass. How can a first lady fail to build a mere 15 flats when some civil servants are building all over country.

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   • So you want all those that stole and acquired wealth dubiously to go scot free? She was a housewife with very little to her name before 2014. Within 7 years, her and her husband are multi-millionaires in Dollars, how come?

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   • **Kaizer Zulu. Please, kindly assist me to understand what you are trying to tell us, readers. How many first ladies were you referring to? Why are you misusing a verb called ‘go’? Why did you use the plural of “lady, lawyer and go” in one sentence? Finally, carefully consider your incorrect and inappropriate use of a concoction/mixture of “illegal trespass”. In line with my impeccable knowledge trespassing is an offence in most jurisdictions. As a consequence, there is absolutely no reason for you to write a phrase of “illegal trespass”. In real life, “illegal trespass” does not exist. Please, kindly desist from regurgitating anything written about HH, or whatever HH says. You do not have any analytical skills and, you consistently lack the understanding of relevant matters…

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   • Educated f00l, I bet my life your English and analytical skills haven’t got you any flats or success. If I am successful without those skills, I will gladly remain as I am.

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   • @Uwakwisano I have asked the same questions as you do in my post but may be LT have a relative in Lungu’s house, they have censored my post

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   • Kaizar zulu, you mf’s were all thieves in the pf. That woman had no money, just like her drunkard husband & the rest of you. You all looted . The law is just coming after you.

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   • #1.1 Uwakwisano, HaHi hasn’t been arrested up to now for acquiring wealth inconsistent with a privatization receiver of government assets.

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2. Madam…your property was seized because of the money you used to purchase or build could have been public funds to which you were not entitled. The argument is not whether you own them or not, but how you became to be the owner of the property.

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3. The corrupt are also very stubborn….Show us your source of income. Your husband declared K2.5 million total assets in 2014 before becoming President, and just within 18 months had amassed over K20 million more….These people need to be investigated, and it’s this same stubbornness that will lead to the removal of your husband’s immunity.

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   • That’s not true. It was $2.1m in 2014 and $2.3m in 2016. In kwacha terms it was K10.8m in 2014 and K23m in 2016 due to depreciation of the Kwacha

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4. Some people are rich, and intelligent. She got a distinction in special education, earth’s most difficult course. But 15 flats in Lusaka? Even longtime businesspeople do not have that much real estate. Not to worry. DEC just needs to have her account for these flats. By all means if she earned them legitimately, then she will get ’em back.

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5. And how does hh own all those farms and properties. Let him be investigated too

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   • There is a difference between accumulating wealth from the private sector as a successful businessman/woman and stealing public resources and building mansions and blocks of flats…..by 2026, I will be very surprised of Tasila and her step-mother are not frequenting courts of law or already in prison.

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   • You father ka Lungu investigated him. Tongas don’t steal like some of you. We work for our money. HH worked hard for his wealth. That’s how Lungu failed to nail him.. he is clean

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   • Verry true, Tongaz are not known for stealing. The Good examples are Hon Japhen Mwakalombe and Hon Edify Hamukale who have clean financial management records as former Ministers whilst others in the same party and cabinet shamelessly stole and looted government funds.. The KNOWN THIEVES WHO ARE NOT ARRESTED FOR REASONS THAT WE DONT UNDERSTAND INCLUDE Bowman Lusambo ,RrONALD Chitotela, Chitalu Chilufya, Davies Mwila, Chishimba Kambwili, Richard Musukwa, . THE ONLY TONGA WHO SHAMELESSLY STOLE UNDER PF is Hibeene Mwiinga. .

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   • You and your PF investigated, and even falsely implicated HH for 15 years, jailing him 16 times in the process, and yet you came up with nothing on him. HH is the cleanest politician in the history of Zambia. The only who compares is the legendary KK. The rest of you are/ were thieves.

6. Zambians do not cease to amaze me. How much is the income of a Head of State and how much does he earn in allowances? Can a Head of State who has served for 7 years fail to have resources that would enable the First Lady build 15 flats? When someone becomes Head of State or First Lady, how many people do they get to know? What do Zambians laws say about gifts received by a Head of State or First Lady? Does the law clearly state how much they should keep and how much they should surrender to the state? Or are our laws silent on this?

7. Do first ladies get paid and what was her salary……where did she get the money to build 15 flats….and why are they renting if they have so much properties

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   • And where doe s she get money to help the poor like you?

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8. This is not good for the nation. Can a first lady fail to own something in this country? God help us.

9. She hired an idyots of a lawyer.
   Makebi is dull peace of dung.

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   • LOL. Show me one case he has lost sir. Simply because most of his clients happen to be PF doesn’t give you the right to dislike him. He was previously the lawyer for most of MMD including Rupiah Banda.

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10. The former first lady can afford those flats. She got a salary and allowances and not to speak of the fact that she could have purchased the property using her husband’s money and they decided to register in her name, nothing illegal here, and our current first lady also has property in her name.
    Some takeaways here, DEC claimed that there were no records at ministry of lands as the title was blank and had been tempered with.
    They also mention that the records were cleared from the council as well Lsk water and sewerage.
    These acts speak of criminality, compounded with the fact construction at the said homes stopped after the election of the UPND.
    I reiterate that DEC should have conducted thorough investigation, build a case, make an arrest and proceed to court.
    What was the purpose…

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11. What was the purpose of making such announcement by DEC? Now they have botched this case.

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    • Nivatulo maningi vima investigators vamu Zambia

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12. Look at the time frame she mentioned, was she a first lady at that time?
    Meaning those properties existed way back before the first ladyship.
    We are not defending any but get the facts right before blowing your nose…

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13. She has stated she aquired them in 2015 1 year after lungu got into office ??????

    Aquired them with gifts from the USA ????

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14. She only said she aquired the properties with money which was a gift from the US………..

    because there is no legitimate money trail in zambia…………

    With the help of the USA , it will be easy to prove the money was a gift in the USA…………

    very easy to prove……..was the money wired to zambia or carried and declared at points of entry and exit ???

    Surely even diplomatic passport holders have to declear how much money over a certain amount they are carrying ???

    • Boss, the letter written by Makebi to DEC says nothing about her having acquired the property using money that was a gift from the US.
      Where did you get that from?
      Also, in 2015, EL was minister of both defence and justice in addition to his MPs salary and allowances. It should have been very possible for him to acquire said land and register in his wife’s name.
      Again, where are your getting your made up facts from?

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    • Badala ………..

      It’s not made up facts ,……….

      As for lungu having so many posts, he declared only k2.3 million around that time, his wife depended on him , that defence won’t won’t stand……

    • But where did you get that information from sir?
      Should be an easy answer if it’s not made up.

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15. No thief can admit to guilty. In West African countries confiscation of property believed to have been stollen or believed to be bought with stollen money can be confiscated without any pardon. And the culprits thrown in prisons. It does not matter whether you are Kaizar Zulu. It does not matter whether you are a wife to the President. A thief is a thief. Corruption is corruption. Such people are a cancer to the society leading to many deaths among the poor due to their activities.
    Confiscate their properties. Sell those properties and give money to help the poor. Even the Ministry of Lands need to be disbanded. It is the most corrupt institution whereby one can steal land belonging to another person and register under his or her name through paying bribes to those criminal civil…

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    • The ministry of Lands, the ministry of mines, the ministry of Health and the ministry in charge of police have some of the most corrupt employees in Zambia’s civil service. Politicians do know that our civil service is corrupt. Most civil servants join the civil service for deals not for salaries. We need a very brave person in State House to turn things around. Otherwise the culture of theft from government will become a silent policy like in Nigeria, DRC and Kenya. Zimbabwe too

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16. Looks like that whole lungu family was a crime syndicate…………..

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17. No it was not a crime syndicate . But it was a cartel of criminals.

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    • Whats the difference? A thief by any other name will be a criminal

18. I don’t know what this family did before Mr Lungu became president of Zambia; but, judging by this pile, they must have been rich already – otherwise, how do they explain the acquisition of so much wealth in the short time they were first family? When you consider poverty levels in Zambia, it is near impossible to generate so much income from the rest of impoverished Zambians. How does one do that? Is this hard earned honest wealth or have the people been shortchanged? It is the reason Zambians must insist – in fact, demand all politicians declare their wealth before taking office. Otherwise, no job offer. How staggering!

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    • Lungu was a poor lawyer living a drunken life in Chibolya of all places. He robbed his own client of k40, 000 and promptly disbarred by the Law Association of Zambia for it. He moved from UPND and joined the party of his uncle, Michael Sata, who promptly made him minister of justice when that part won the 2011 general elections. Sata then used his presidential clout to persuade the law association of Zambia to restore Lungu’s law license. When Sata (thankfully) died, Lungu took over not only the presidency, but Sata’s practise of looting the treasury.

19. This case is nonstarter. DEC have known for a long time that she owns the houses and where the money came from. They are doing this to please donna’ countries that UPND is fighting corruption. Amos Chanda’s case has gone nowhere, and he is suing GRZ….. Does anyone remember the dramatic adventure when DEC went to search Amos Chanda’s house?……..After Sata died, RB supported Lungu to become president. RB secured millions of Dollars from Saudi Arabia through his vast international connection to help Lungu with campaigns. Part of those millions was used for campaign materials and to buy PF Vehicles…. The rest of the funds ended up with Lungu. This is a similar case to the funding that HH has gotten from South Africa & Europe which was used to fund campaigns and HH has kept the leftovers.

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    • With the Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) laws in place internationally………

      It will be easy to trace RBs funding from S Arabia…………

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    • Not true. HH was already a rich man, and had been funding UPND from its inception. HH was the source of the money behind UPND even when Anderson Mazoka was the president of the party. On the other hand, Rupiah Banda was a known criminal, who sided with Lungu in a deal to end his prosecution for corruption, that had been initiated by Michael Sata.

20. Bo Mutafela, diverting campaign money for personal use is theft. You go to jail, maybe except in Zambia! Your theory of Saudi funding is shallow!

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21. KAIZER ZULU TAKE IT EASY, YOUR TURN IS COMING. FIRST OF ALL, HOW COME HER GARDEN BOY HAS PAID MORE TAX TO ZRA THAN HER, WHAT BUSINESS HAS SHE BEEN RUNNING? LET’S HOPE SHE WAS NOT INFECTED WITH THE “GUCCI GRACE MUGABE” EPIDEMIC.

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    • I am tired of waiting. Come for me if you want to embarrass yourselves you angry upnd thugs

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22. Ha! Ha! Ha! This evangelist of arrogance indeed needs to be arrested as soon as possible. He must explain to Zambians as to how he gained so much money. He is using his arrogance to psychologically keep away from being arrested for corruption and his violent behaviour. He and the PF mafias must not tell Zambians that the became millionaires by starting with one cow. Or by start selling a bag of meal meal. Or as his friend and Bouwman Lusambo used to lie that his father used to own mines. Let them live in criminal world or advertise Zambia to the world as Zambia. Like American dream of a newspaper boy becoming a millionaire. Certainly these thieves would be honest to keep their mouths closed. Zambians are suffering because of them. One this shall be put to an end.

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23. No kaizer Sulu . U You are fake, the comment above was meant for the real Kaizer Zulu. Not a fake, posting/commenting on every item on Lusaka Times.

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24. Mama Ester the Chawama hen surely where did she get funds for 15 flats..really laughable …she will hide behind her charity as these were vehicles for laundering money. Its a good thing the current First lady has not created any charit… Ester maybe separated from the hopeless drunkard Lazy Lungu.

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25. Even stealing from your company is THEFT! You go to jail. If you built flats from her charity money, then she is a thief! There is no way a normal salary can be used to build 15 flats. You need a huge mortgage!!! Let her produce mortgage agreement with a lending institution!

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    • This is exactly the same thing that happened with Mpundu Trust of RB and his wife only to be saved by crooked Nigerian bankers who said they issued a loan to them.

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    • @Kimbaguist I have raised the same point in my censored post. A civil servant cant build 15 houses in five years from his salary. It is impossible, There was a time zambia was amused by the first lady’s stubbornness about going to collect a fire engine in America with an entourage. What for? when we could have waited for it to be shipped to Lusaka for free. Does the constitution of Zambia give a job to the spouse of a President? Where? and why? Voters dont need a first lady. Its the president who needs her.Because we never vote for first ladies. Whatever salaries these people are receiving are illegal. We shouldnt copy what wealthy nations do because they can afford it.

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26. ACC and DEC offices are political jobs.Political appointees and independent people will differ in their discharge of duties because of the factor to appease.

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    • They are doing a good job

27. Why have I been censored?

    • By saying @Kimbaguist I have raised the same point in my censored post. A civil servant cant build 15 houses in five years from his salary. It is impossible, There was a time zambia was amused by the first lady’s stubbornness about going to collect a fire engine in America with an entourage. What for? when we could have waited for it to be shipped to Lusaka for free. Does the constitution of Zambia give a job to the spouse of a President? Where? and why? Voters dont need a first lady. Its the president who needs her.Because we never vote for first ladies. Whatever salaries these people are receiving are illegal. We shouldnt copy what wealthy nations do because they can afford it.

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28. The Lungu crime family

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    • Tebufi. One fenced of state protected forests. Na mulandu unafa
      A civil servant cant build 15 houses in five years from his salary. It is impossible, There was a time zambia was amused by the first lady’s stubbornness about going to collect a fire engine in America with an entourage. What for? when we could have waited for it to be shipped to Lusaka for free. Does the constitution of Zambia give a job to the spouse of a President? Where? and why? Voters dont need a first lady. Its the president who needs her.Because we never vote for first ladies. Whatever salaries these people are receiving are illegal. We shouldnt copy what wealthy nations do because they can afford it.

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29. kkkkkkkk so no building in zambia kanshi ka this is too much leave her alone, ACC and DEC excute your duties properly

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30. ZRA must tell the Nation how Taxes were Collected out of the Resources that generated Esther’s Revenues!!!

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31. I’m a former mine employee, I have two semi detached flats and a stand alone house. I don’t know how madam financed her projects.

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32. 22.1 Tarino Orange

    Records are there at Access Bank that up to date – Mrs Banda is still making monthly payments to the loans, using the rentals she gets from her Mpundu Trust Apartments. Please don’t show your frustrations and jealousy . You too can apply for a bank loan in Zambia. You just need to show what you will do with the money. I assume you are in the UK and if you have a good credit rating record you can apply for a house even if you just work in McDonalds Fast Food or work as a security guard. The system is fair to everyone as you have the deposit funds.

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    • He will apply he wont get it. Even the banks give loans only to ruling party endorsed applicants

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33. Tongaz, Lene, ILA, Kaonde and Barotseland are not known for stealing. The Good examples are Hon Japhen Mwakalombe and Hon Edify Hamukale who have clean financial management records as former Ministers whilst others in the same party and cabinet shamelessly stole and looted government funds.. The KNOWN THIEVES WHO ARE NOT ARRESTED FOR REASONS THAT WE DONT UNDERSTAND INCLUDE Bowman Lusambo ,RrONALD Chitotela, Chitalu Chilufya, Davies Mwila, Chishimba Kambwili, Richard Musukwa, . THE ONLY TONGA WHO SHAMELESSLY STOLE UNDER PF is Hibeene Mwiinga.

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    • Get lost you primitive tribalist. Crime dont go according to tribe or race

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34. 15 Flats is not is within her means. Give her a break and get off her properties.

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35. They censored my post again. I notice that whenever I mention the first lady in a 500 word post they automatically censor the post. What a strategy to protect their favoured celebrities ba LT

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36. Kwena Kaunda ali nabakshi nabana 20. We never heard them building houses and owning big businesses

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    • #33 Mailman, Panji Kaunda owened Dulux Paints and other companies.

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    • Dulux is owned by Canadians whom we all know.

37. Thieves like Kaizer zulu and Edgar Lungu who want to live lavishly without having to work hard are very bad role models to kids. If anything touch lazy evil plunderers don’t even live enough to enjoy their loot. The curse of stealing always on them

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