Government has denounced reports that the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) has misappropriated funds amounting to 98 million United States dollars.
Labour Minister Austin Liato has said that NAPSA has followed the right procedure of doing business and that at no time has the authority misused funds meant for pensioners as reported in the private media.
Mr Liato was responding to articles that have been appearing in the private media alleging that National Pension Scheme Authority has misappropriated funds amounting to 98 million United States dollars.
Mr. Liato said that the contracts that NAPSA signed with Meanwood and Zambia National Building Society to purchase land were properly done and approved by the Zambia National Tender Board.
He said that the money being used belongs to NAPSA which in turn will bring meaningful development to the country.
Mr Liato said NAPSA management is competent enough and should continue with their investment programs that will enhance economic growth.
He is advising the private media to report correctly and give accurate information to the masses instead of politicking.
ZNBC
No accountability in public office in Zambia, No democracy. I have always wondered why it should take many years for retirees like me to get their dues. I thought we are just receiving the money they invested during our long years of service. Zambians, we should hold our leaders accountable. It is a sign to allow MMD thieves to continue stealing our monies in the name of democracy. Honestly, I am mad at MMD for stealing my pension and I will not sleep until they are all locked up. Vote for PF and allow justice to reign.
Well, it is simple. Pay out those that have requested for their monies. It is either you have it, or you don’t. Show me the money! It seems like Mpombo will have the last laugh with these guys. Jail is their destination. Next year the all entire MMD/Senior Cabinet Ministers will be living at Morning Side Clinic with Heart problems. Otherwise it will be Chimbokaila. FTJ the heart that is now functional will become dysfunctional once again.
Honestly, when is this guy giving birth? Is he having bampundu or triplets? Kwati untu balowa ulufumo….. In my tribe, it is believed  that those who steal other people’s things are usually bewitched amafumo ukufimba. BaMMD you have stolen too much now amafumo nayamba ukufimba. Sorry guys, lwenu! Â
We are very tired of MMD’s corupt activities and the earlier RB and his pipo realize the better. You have made yourselves rich at the expense of the poor masses. You are cursed and without shame.
If the money is there why do you never ever pay the pensioners???
I dont think you people even have hedge funds what so ever you need to learn to reinvest the moneys into international ventures so you dont only wait for peoples contributions to run the institution.
You can hire a fund manager so you dont just keep money in the account for people especially government to abuse
Mr Liato the problem is that NAPSA is paying exaggerated prices for what ever items they buy or invest in. How come from no where people’s money is being carelessly spent on projects that seem to be dubious? Before NAPSA decide to embark on such reckless activity they should be asking the owners of the money, the workers not politicians.  Something is fishy with recent NAPSA deals and very soon it will be declared bankrupt.Â
why our leader mr sata loses elections is because of deception, slander, lies etc and now homo lesbianism. God does not give favour to such people. tell him to try the truth for a change it may just do the trick.
State the deceptions, the lies and the slander you have heard from Sata. Ask your God to tell you when Sata supported homo whatever. Give facts. If possible, please give us only 3 of each. Lies and slanders. Very simple task.
#7 u f**** talk about the subject ad not sata. Is ths guy normal.thts y all pipo who support MMD ar nt normal or blind coz thy cnt jst see issues at hand.grow up man
Banda’s criminal syndicate will soon be uncovered. The desperation is now on every MMD official and most government officials. The statement from Liato is so hollow we can even fit him in it. His boss Banda is now desperately asking Sata to be appreciative and being vindictive. Appreciative for what? How can caging those that ravaged and pocketed hard earned cash for the nation be vindictive? When did arresting criminals become vindictive? So, now Liato after seeing that things are going west, what does he do? Lie to the nation openly about the money for the pensioners. Well, Pay the people their money.
Sata is not playing or joking about arresting MMD plunderers.I pity Mr.S Phiri of NAPSA who is being used by Rupiah.This fat Liato will not be there when Phiri and Rupiah will be squised over the two dirty NAPSA deals. Dream on Liato,what you say doesn’t make sense. That’s why Rupiah removed abuse of office to enhance corruption. Rupiah,Kunda,Kaingu,Phiri of NAPSA, Siliya Zamtel and others,your day of reckoning is near.
VOTE MICHAEL SATA COME 2011.
Ba pf gvmnt naimwe dont try to sway people’s attention to that nonsense,lets discuss this vital NAPSA issue like wise people.No wonder you are living ku ?????????wherever you are.Back to the issue,its sad that this gvnmt has the gots to defend this deal when evidence of unpaid pensioners is just around the corner at intercity bus terminals.$98m is a lot of money that can go a long way in alleviating poverty through payments of owed monies to those people.
Having lived abroad for a long time and seen how the entire world is corrupt, my heart bleeds for the poor Zambian citizen in Kalingalinga compound who does n’t know how the world works. This is cheap talk by leaders to the nation. The developed world’s corruption is corporate while that of our leaders is cheap and one can see through it. The developed world steals from us while we are sitting with them on the negotiating table while our leader steal from citizens blatantly while they watch, hoping things will get better one day with the change of government (unfortunately we vote in the new lot who do the same). Liato, RB etc., be heartful and serve citizens the African way with the African spirit. You don’t go to the grave with stolen riches.
This Liatosucker has even beaten GBM Lufumowise. Does he also own buses?
it is very painful that people are taking many years others dying without getting their pension and this govt is buzy abusing pension funds. During ncc the same people refused to put pension as a right that mean even if you are not given or they delay your pension you can not sue the govt. Zambia wokeup let leaders fear the people.
Bwana Liato we haven’t forgotten ZEAWU and you
Liato you are not answering nothing, you just showing us you stomach full of fi Chibuku Shake-Shake. It doesn’t matter if RB approves the tender or not. MMD is full walking jellied things, look at their spokes person Siliya, so junky.
He may be gone but he can still make us laugh…
Read his name backwards aloud!!!!
‘OSAMA’!!
@10, please enlighten me before i make another dumb comment, with those retirees at intercity bus terminus are you talking about napsa or the public service pension scheme board?
@ 8 & 9 plus others, whatever the problem is in this country (corruption in chiluba era, barotseland agreement etc etc etc the list is endless) and however you may describe the problem, the fact remains that mr sata’s name will pop up as he is part of the genesis. therefore he cannot be the solution, or the change that you are looking for, or the revelation if you like. put forward a cleaner leader a leader with unblemished character, this one scares voters when they are alone in the polling booth.
@ 12 Div nafuti, Liato owns no buses, but I know he has a 6-8 chalet guest house in Kaoma, along Lsk-Mongu Rd, opposite the turn-off to Luena Barracks called Isha Mbingo, plus 5-10 undeveloped plots they corruptly shared among themselves as MMD councillors. Those who have been to Mongu must have seen it. He is definitely raising money to develop his properties.
These guys must be caged for their carelessness. He’s busy plundering to sustain his K2.5m/prawns meals at Arcades.
I’d like ZCTU’s Roy Mwaba to come out and tell workers about this deal and why ZCTU never consulted workers when this deal was being formulated. He must not wait until he gets his cut to show his ugly face as he did on the US$15m Meanwood syndicate. These guys represent their stomachs and not workers, Damn!!
Please people let us all unite together to denounce the mmd government for stealing from the poor bcoz our parents are suffering for not getting the pensions they tell us that they have no funds but they are spending $98m sure.Rupiah won’t even be alive when i will be suffering in my youth bcoz of his carelessness i am getting chased from university bcoz of insufficient funds my moms pension has taken way too long to come out!!!i denounce the mmd LT pliz write an article to these leaders about how pensioners are sufffering at their hands i think they need to hear our cries en messages coz they think we are joking rupiah should leave state house point!!!
YO DAYS ARE NUMBERED
Bo liato are you sure of what you are saying ? stop taking Zambians for granted that money would have been used to pay the poor Zambians who haven’t been paid for years . RB and your government you have done a lot of damage to this country in a short period of time, its one deal after another but just remember that God is watching you
liato we are not as dull as you think to see that NAPSA is being used as a conduit to syphon money for MMD campaigns.have some decency to shut up and not take us for fools.pay up all the pensioners and forfeit your gratuity….be a man enough to speak for the massess even just for once!!!!
Isn’t this Meanwood about Zambian land given by govt to a foreign farmer for free who now is selling it back to govt at exhorbitant prices and govt says it is O.K. O.K. REALLY!!??
#18 if you are hinting at HH as a clean character, l have my very serious reservations because I am pretty sure HH would be worse than Sata. He sees nothing wrong with what MMD is doing and seems to have entered into a private pact with MMD. UPND parrots whatever nosense MMD barks and it is the biggest stumbling block in Zambians bid to rid this country of the thieving MMD. May be RB is on the rampage ripping the country off to buy off some opposition parties like UPND. What difference is there between HH, Lifwekelo and Chifere??
what you bustards need in zambia is alittle bit of education.you easily buy propaganda.dogsss like kalos2121 should know by now that no amount of propaganda by membe will take this country by storm.NAPSA has never defaulted when it comes to paying pensioners unless you ass holes fathers or mothers never worked in a parastatal.what you idddiots are confusing with NAPSA is that scheme for goverment employees.fyapusana bafikkalaa.NAPSA is in business and real estate is the proper investment vehicle for pension funds.thers is no scam.that`s why we will never develop.mwe mbwaaaa mwe
That is why we do not want to come back to Zed. It is ignorant people like you who we are afraid of. Echo mulowela. People with brilliant ideas and who have a vision for you blind imbeciles, numbskulls who resort to insults because you are failures. In fact insele is not only in you, even wiso got fired for that. Pachipanda everyone does not want to see you because of insele. Now be reminded that all the insults you hauled on others, was meant for your father. If you want to get into it, try. I will tell you something that will affect your health. Don’t think you have the monopoly to insults. You will be embarrassed fun monkey.Â
no wnda we still suffering, yo mind is still in its infancy stage. :d
No. 20 Mr President. Whatever you write mmd gvt can never understand you or anyone. The only solution is to encourage your parents, relatives and friends to vote out mmd by voting pf the most popular party as at now. Casting a vote on upnd, unip, fdd add or whatever, will be a wastage. Because they can’t win. So, let’s get rid of mmd through pf. And for the first time lets see high-level (presidents, ministers, etc) politicians prosecuted, found quilty, and thrown into their own prisons. VIVA PF, VIVA SATA, VIVA PABWATO, dont kubeba.
I hear number 27 nipa bwato dont kubeba :)
Wait Liato when you join us next year, then we shall know the real truth. Deny while you can
Is this the Austin Liato I used to know at the time he was a unionist at Zesco? Well every dog has its own day and time for reckoning for those in power today will come.The managers at Napsa may be compentent in their own ways but are being bull dozed to approve wrong things. What justification is there to spend US$98Million on Society House and Central Acardes refurbishment. The cost has been inflatated more than 5 times. Lets have the quantity surveyors and civil engineers carry out an audit thats when we will know the truth. No wonder Sata has got an ear to the ground.
In what capacity is this fat boom boom bald head speaking on behalf of NAPSA? It shows that they (MMD and government ) are hiding something. Time of reckoning is certainly coming.
He looks like an oil drum!
#25, spot on. HH aka anda 5, can never be a clean character. He prides himself in being mmd vuvuzela and ensures lies peddled by lifwekelo/ chifire not well heard by zambians are well heard from him. If tongas want a tonga 2 be president i challenge them to through their weight at a tested,humble and articulate Magande who ll take over from Sata, not ka anda 5 mmd B
Have just seen dora siliya with a very unhealthy fat face supported by very small legs insulting the Catholic Priests in the post. Your days are surely numbered for you have eaten enough food already at your age. You a very st.upi.d and senseless cow, literary. Abuse of power of this scale will just insure you the earliest place in hell and will be followed by the many men you have slept with one of them being RB, who keeps appointing and reappointing you in govt positions. Your fat buttocks supported by small legs needs to wiped outside the state house with RB watching and crying for help after you have lost the elections this year. You will then need the Catholic Priest to pray for you to fin
Have just seen dora siliya with a very unhealthy fat face supported by very small legs insulting the Catholic Priests in the post. Your days are surely numbered for you have eaten enough food already at your age. You a very st.upi.d and senseless cow, literary. Abuse of power of this scale will just insure you the earliest place in hell and will be followed by the many men you have slept with one of them being RB, who keeps appointing and reappointing you in govt positions. Your fat buttocks supported by small legs needs to wiped outside the state house with RB watching and crying for help after you have lost the elections this year. You will then need the Catholic Priest to pray for you to find a hubby and marry u to continue you feeding habits.
M****** mwe bonse
No pension for pensioners, poor road/rail network,no medicine in hospitals,no teachers in rural schools,etc,etc.You go to hospital- even a simple scan, the staff want to be given money before they can do their work and even when you go back for your results, again staff will demand money from you or your results will go missing-what kind of a nation is this?? You go to a school to look for a child’s sch.place,the headmaster will ask for brown envelope or your child won’t step a foot in class.You are on the road,the police will come up with baseless road blocks to beg for money from u the motorists-just what kind of a nation is this where the money you pay to corrupt people to do their work is actually more than the prices of the services?
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