The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has pounced on two seniors management officers at the Zambia Red Cross Society (ZRCS) who are currently being investigated by the commission for various offences including money laundering activities and seized six motor vehicles from them.
DEC acting Public Relations Officer Samuel Silomba, who confirmed the development to ZANIS in Lusaka today, said the motor vehicles were seized early this week by the officers from the commission.
Mr Silomba said investigations into the matter involving ZRCS senior management officials have reached an advanced stage.
However, he could not give out the names of the affected officers but said the nation would be kept informed of any latest development at Zambia’s largest humanitarian organisation.
Efforts to get the comment from ZRCS Secretary General Charles Mushitu proved futile as his mobile phone was switched off while Public Relations Manager, James Zulu could not comment referring all
queries to the former.
Meanwhile, sources from within Zambia Red Cross Society have revealed that the remaining few motor vehicles were being parked in different locations within Lusaka, where the commission could not find them.
The sources said the organisation has been grounded to a halt following the sudden closure in December last year of the institution after senior managers received immerse pressure from the commission to stand aside to pave way for investigations.
The workers complained that management communicated to them through telephone calls and text messages, informing them that the organisation had been closed until January 8, 2012.
The employees told ZANIS yesterday that as things stood, they received information that the humanitarian organisation might not resume operations for a very long period of time considering that seniors officers were under investigations.
The workers also complained that they had not yet received their salaries as far back as September last year and appealed to the government to serious intervene.
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humantarian organisation heh? here is another f@^^&g organisation stealing in the guise of helping the vulnerable. track down these witches and hunt the accomplices. let sikota call it witch hunting, only know that you are nailing witches with these hunts.
Am slightly confused. Who funds this organization? Isn’t the HQ in the DC? So they just shut down the operations, without putting in place an acting mgt?
people pa zed tapaba ama ethics. these are people who should be saving our lives, but they have also turned into thugs. ichalo na chipwa. these are clear signs of the end times right here in Zambia where people claim to be christians.Â
A serious sign of moral breakdown.Many innocent lives could have been saved.Look at this selfishness…taking advantage of the people.I did shed tears when I visited one family, just to discover that the father of the family is blind, the mother sells tomatoes to support the family, and two intelligent daughters who had passed to go to grade 8 did not even have money to buy pens and books..later-on uniforms.God will surely punish us for, indirectly, killing the future of many people like this, by the selfishness and corruption we have seen in many public sectors that are supposed to preserve life.
pure talk madam doc….if u want the bussiness community to help fight diseases, tell your husband to implement his campain promises. Let him work at making sure abuse of office clause is restored in the ACC act. you knw very well that stealing donor funds is becoming a norm in zambia, just a few days ago, it was reported kara conselling abused funds.
Good. he should. we hear a lot of good milile when somebody is working for red cross- parties and free worldwide travel, etc. They clearly forgot the reason they are there for
Some Organisations have turned into Crime Syndicates and Sata should use state Intelligence to penetrate them. Easiest and age old proven sources of vital information are drivers, office orderlies and secretaries. They always know it all though they are often afraid to talk. Give them safety and highest level of assurance and it will come out.
Is this witch hunting too?? Unless who?? Is the GM not a learned person?Â
What is happening with the Red Cross, one financial scandal follows another. Too much loose change lying around.
Why withold names? Is it a state secret?
Lwali @ 10 you are spot on. Why withold their names coz now Zambia Redcross is in the Red. Amangeni akabvaleko makabudula ong’ambika ku ndende cifukwa akubvutitsa anthu wamba osalakwa. Zitsiru zama manager. Demeti!!!!!!!.
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