NEWLY elected Mangango Constituency member of Parliament, Robert Chiseki (MMD) has been arrested and charged with fraudulently obtaining a Zambian national registration card (NRC) and giving false information to the public.
Minister of Home Affairs Kennedy Sakeni said in a statement on October 12 that investigations into this matter started before the September 20 tripartite elections.
He explained that inspite of the available information at the time, the former ruling party went on to adopt him as its candidate.
“I therefore wish to confirm that this arrest is not politically motivated. I would also like to warn members of the public to desist from obtaining NRCs by giving false information to officers as this is a crime.
Mr Chiseki appeared in the Kaoma Magistrates Court yesterday and has been granted K1 million bail.
On Tuesday President Sata said a refugee had won parliamentary elections after obtaining an NRC. President Sata commended Minister of Home Affirms Kennedy Sakeni for his tremendous efforts to have the Mangango member of Parliament Robert Chiseki arrested.
Meanwhile, Patriotic Front (PF) has petitioned the Lusaka High Court to nullify the election of Felix Mutati and Misheck Mutelo as MMD members of Parliament for Lunte and Lukulu West Constituencies.
PF Lunte Constituency losing candidate Emmanuel Chilubanama and Lukulu West losing candidate Eileen Imbwae have asked the High Court to nullify the two seats stating that the polls were marred by violence and vote buying.
Mr Mutati and Mr Mutelo were declared winners of Lunte and Lukulu West Constituencies, respectively in the September 20 tripartite elections. This is contained in separate election petitions filed in the Lusaka High Court on October 11.
Mr Chilubanama, of farm number 50a Makeni in Lusaka said the campaigns in the elections were characterised by bribery and corruption of voters. He said the bribery and corrupting of would-be voters is contrary to section 79 of the Electoral Act number 12 of 2006, particularly subsections (c) (d) and (f).
“Your petitioner therefore prays for a declaration that the election was null and void and a declaration that Mr Mutati was duly elected as a scrutiny, verification or recount of the votes casts,” Mr Chilubanama said.
He is also praying for costs and incidentals to the petition and any other declaration or order the court will deem fit. Mr Chilubanama said Mr Mutati allegedly distributed iron sheets and donated desks to a community school and urged people to vote for him.
And Ms Imbwae of F197a/y/2 Bob Strasser road, Lusaka West has sued Mr Mutelo (first defendant), Electoral Commission of Zambia (second defendant) and Attorney General (third defendant).
She said the election of Mr Mutelo was void by reason of corrupt and illegal practices and voters in the area were prevented from electing their preferred candidate due to electoral offences, intimidation and threats.
Ms Imbwae said during the campaign period Mr Mutelo allegedly told the electorate she had pulled out of the race and had travelled to China.
She said prior to the election day Mr Mutelo and his agents went door to door campaigning and distributing money ranging from K5, 000 to K100, 000 an act which was illegal and corrupt and amounted to bribery contrary to the Act.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
No wonder foreigners can rule this country. Does it mean that no one knew about this man in the entire mangango constituency? Zambians let us be serious.
How did people vote for a refugee?
Anything was possible with MMD!
If this is true, then yes we Zambians are just too dim. This idea of obtaining documents fraudurently does happen even in developed countries yes but not at this level.
What about GUY SCOT is he zambian? what goes around comes around.
Desparation at its best, just wanting to make 85 MPs in Parliament.
Yes he is. Like most of his kind he was born here, and could claim that right according to constitutional provisions. Refugee status has a lot more processes before that right can be attained, however. The two are not comparable Bro.Sim…
2, Its actually the refuges who voted for him becoz even the refuges could obtain NRCs under MMD government it was BAD
So that is four potential bye elections that might just end up shifting the balance of power in parliament. In addition to the 3 cases above I have in mind Chongwe also…just incase anyone is wondering
#4
Guy Scott is as Zambian as you are. Olichipuba you should rise above racisim ata. He has probably done more for zambia than you ever have in your life ngwele
Like what? Some time you may insult other people due to lack of info. Get civilized mr what ever.
As Zambians we risk giving our country to foreigners ,lets be serious and deport this boy back .keeping him here does not mean he should bring bad seed here. there more MMD boys who did the same things ,investigate these chaps there are full of nothing but greed.
zo ona ndiye masobela aya. How can people vote for a refugee?
WE CANT BE SURPRISED MOST MMD MEMBERS ARE FOREIGNERS THUS WHY HE WAS ALLOWED TO STAND . THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE PARTY BWEZANI IS A FOREINER
Where is this constituency nkanshi? I think ni ba kalubale aba muvotele umu mbunda from Angola
No 4 mind your brains
Iwe chi # 4, I am sure niwe chi MMD. Leave Guy scot alone, He was born in Zambia. Go do your home work mambala. The problem with some of you guys is that you don’t see wrong to be wrong. MMD is done and will never rise and they should pay for all the sins, may sanity return to Zambia.:((
I have a huge problem with by elections. the cost to the nation out weighs the political interest of individuals or parties. PF own squaring on a very innovative scheme of ‘Do Kubeba’ something i commend them for, and I gave them my vote for that. Now that someone lost he is saying there was to much bribing with 50 or 100pin. This was declaired okay and it was more money in the pockets. If these lost then it had nothing to do with this act. Let us move on and plse forget about these by election. For instance CDF may be K250milllin, while by elections a one day’s event costing more than this.
sit & watch.
political percecution
@7 Guy Scott is not as Zambian as I am, we chipuba iwe. The problem with Africa is that we have auctioned our continent for European favours. While Europe is for Europeans, Africa is for everybody. Remember Welensky and Ian Simith were Rhodesians. Imagine a black vice president in an country in Europe. Are we stupid or what? The childish idea of appointing Guy was that he attract European Wealth to Zambia. Call me a racist if you want and I will tell you that I am one. I will accept any white to settle in Zambia and do whatever they can, but vice president I say NO ! NO ! NO! NO!
He is already there ckikala, wake up no no to what? get over it *****, what about Obama?
No no to what? he is already one, just get over it fool, what can you say about Obama, you must be a dull racist.
There is a Zambian who has won a sit in Europe as MP/Senator. He is black only that he changed his citizenship.
Guy Scot is Zambian mwe bantu. Let rise above particizan politics.
Peace and luv
Guy Scot is as zambian as the eagle on our national flag and is probably contributing more to our beloved country than all you hopeless racists who are allowing refugees to go to parliament, what kind of nonsense is this please…such nonsense of a refugee getting an NRC let alone standing as an MP has never happened anywhere in the world but here in zambia all because of the recklessness of the MMD govt, let us not divert from the issue here, this country was on the brink of falling into total anarchy, thank God our prayers were heard, better having the likes of Sata and Scot than RB and William tekere, any sane person would not wish to have continued with RB, lets us be frank with ourselves and not plant unresponsible seeds of discord. Sata bring sanity to this our beloved country!!!
N0 17 are you for real!? What is your opinion of Obama being elected as President of the US which a predominantly white country. 2 years ago in Italy a black migrant from West Africa elected as a legilslator. There are many examples world over. Guy Scott was VP of PF since inception. Was he appointed VP then also just to attract wealth from white foreigners? When he served as one of Zambia’s best Minister’s of Agriculture under FTJ first government was it also to attract white foreign investment. You also have to note that he is an elected member of parliament- not appointed so he does have the mandated of the Zambian people. Closer to home in South Africa their are so many indegenous white citizens who have a much a right to the land and resources and its administations as the blacks!!
17 Mp. How about President obama with kenyan blood.Is he not black and a President for a powerful country America.So Guy Scot can also be a vice President,a whiteman.
Guys, let us not be swayed by these myopic racists who can not see beyond there collective noses, the issue here is about a refugee getting Zambian documentations illegally and heading for our legislature…my foot!!!
Bro. Sim, Guy Scott is pure Zambian, born in Livingstone, unlike the refugee MMD MP. I hope this clears your concerns.
SHI MWANSA No. 19, when carefully moderated refugees can be incorporated into a country and contribute as citizens. We should not demonize refugees outright. Ali Hirsi went on to become an MP in the Netherland even though her initial foray out of Africa was as a refugee. We must embrace the new way of doing things, while acknowledging the wrongs that are happening, such as what RB and his people allowed in this instance.
You are in trouble ba mambala,our President is bad news you can’t cheat the man capable of doing his own investigations.So guys in leadership be carefull the way you operate mudala alikaba kuti alekwipusha kanshi he has all the data imwe mwapona namukuwaminisha.We must be seen working for the nation all the time no more sangwapo,we are at a KABABA speed.
Kalok #24, thanks for a very sober thaught, yes its not a fault of their own making that they are in a foreign country because of turmoil in their country brought about by selfish leaders like RB himself, yes refugees can contribute positively if well intergrated into our society but not under these circumstances we are in where the motive was pure and simple selfishness from the MMD.
Dozens of light trucks, more than 1,000 bikes, millions of kwacha, bales upon bales of chitenge materials and much more. I wonder if there is any MMD MP who won their seat lawfully in last month’s elections. One man is the main master-mind behind the record breaking levels of corruption and abuse of the nation’s financial resources.
Some racists say VP is not Zambian yet we are happy to have an African
In the White house.
Please deport the guy who obtained a NRC by deception & had the
Cheek to be an mp & who voted for him
mama HEMCS is working. Let refugees be flushed out ….90 days are even a lot…the cleanng will finish in 60 days..hahahahaaa.
RB,promised to allow every refugee to have N.R.C. so the fellow is innocent. After all he is not the first one,Chiluba ruled Zambia with a questionable paternity and Banda followed but so far it is all quiet.:”>
Even allowing a refugee to stand as MP?I imagine the cost in terms of time and money that went into campaigning for this refugee.Zambians were denied a privilage to be MP for this constituency.Instead of cultivating the land,Zambians were made to queue up voting for a refugee,a foreigner.MMD,one can never imagine you guys could be this careless.Think of the millions we as Zambian will have to spend on this by election?Other than just arresting this refugee,other culprits should be brought to book over this crime.Sad.
I think the MMD should refund all the money that was spent on elections for this constituency.That is the cost of campaigning for this refugee.MMD should refund all opposition parties for the money spent in vein when someone was well aware that there was a refugee as a candidate.Guys,let love our country.Its the only one we have.I have been to places far and nice,but there is no place like home.I love Zambia.
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This refugee obtained the NRC illegally and went ahead to win the elections backed by MMD which was then the party in power! This is totally crazy and unacceptable and the MMD nincompoops like # 17 PM, comparing this to our vice president Honorable Guy Scot need their heads examined or belong to the zinjathropus generation! The extent of MMD corruption was so bad that some of their members will need serious counselling to start recognising corruption, as they took all dirt machinations to be ok. The issuing officer at the National Registration offices in Kaoma must also be prosecuted for abaiting this kind of nonsense. Nobody will ever behave like RB and goons ever again after HE MCS is finished with MMD corrupt elements! I can’t await. :((
Bane, this refugee should go go backto Angola, he came to zambia when he was 16 yrs………this was duringthe savimbi gorilla wars……..take him back period
Theres pf crap everywhere.They desparately need a majority in parliament.If Sata dies Scot becomes president!Same mistake Mwanawasa did with Banda.We are a troubled nation.GOD BLESS ZAMBIA.
With due respect Dr Guy Scott is a proper Zambian and fit to be VP born in Livingstone. A documentary carried out here on BBC equally confirmed it. It is a bonus to Sata and hope Scott would help Sata come up with innovative way of good governance. Lapses would reduce and meaningfull developments would be seen than purgings and dismissals as a prereqisite of development and fill positions with pf cadres.
That’s how sleep some Zambians can be. The fool even contests our elections! This is nosense . That’s why we vo ted for Mr Sata. However, he cannot achieve alot alone. We must be allegic to vices like this one. We have so many refugees that have obtained our documents in this manner. We indeed need our dignity . Let the fool go to jail. Some *****s are saying it is political.Three weeks i was in that party of our country.l head people complain that in Mangango a refugee was contesting but he went on to stand.Ofcourse he was under the ‘wings’ of Rb.There’re those chaps at muvi tv this morning who said the probing of this fake Mp as unfortunate and unjustice. Nosense !They condemned the government without looking at facts on the ground.
chi # 4 ubokopo scoot was born in livingstone yaba do your research ba immigration should also be cleaned up balifulish ama foreigners!!!
William Banda is always the source of all MMD ill activities! He is now learning it the harder way. All days will never be the same. All well meaning Zambians were praying that one day William Banda could be caged and for sure God listened. Whatever you do to the least of my brothers that you do on to me, says the Lord.
PF u bupuba fye baka ponya. Zambia has not white man. all Zambian are black. from which village does scott come from. mwila sapata fye ifya bupuba. just say he has a heart for Zambia and he wants to save Zambian people and live in Zambia. Other wise tewesu. so mwila sapota fye ne fyo tamwishibe. kutumpa.
ITS TRUE SATA IF HE DIED TOFAY A WHITE MAN WOULD RULE ZAMBIA. AND SATA’S HEALTH WE ALL NO HAS NOT BEEN GOOD . HE WAS SEEN IN AND OUT OF SOUTH AFRICA FOR MEDICATION WELL KNOW THIS. SO MEANING INGA ALIFWILE, BA SCOTT WOULD LEAD ZAMBIAK KWISA NAIMWE TWAPAPA TA, FYA KUI FWAILA FWE. LESAS WANTS US TO SEE. ALL THAT SATA IS DOING NOW IS NOT CONCERNTRATING ON DEVELOPMENT BUT KILLING THE NATION BY STOPPING THING THAT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE. AND MIND YOU THESE ARE THE VOTORS AGAIN THO THIS MIGHT BE HIS LAST TERM NINKALAMBA NAMWE. BAKOTO MWE.