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Kalulushi Modern Stars have displaced stuttering Mufulira Wanderers from the top of the FAZ Division One North table after beating Forest Rangers 1-0 in Ndola on Sunday.
Green Witika scored the lone goal as Kalulushi silenced Forest at Dola Hill to move to 33 points after 19 matches played.
Forest now drop into fourth place on the table and remain stuck on 31 points.
Kalulushi reclaimed the leadership thanks Mighty’s 1-0 loss to Mufulira Blackpool in the Mufulira derby played at Shinde Stadium.
Blackpool scored a 34th minute goal through Happy Ng’ambi to condemn Wanderers to their second straight defeat after last week’s similar loss at Kitwe United.
Mighty are now in joint second with improving Chambishi who beat Mining Rangers 1-0 away at Garden Park Stadium in Kitwe on Sunday.
In other matches, Linos Makwaza’s Lime Hotspurs beat Zesco Luapula 2-1 while Lumwana Radiants thrashed Ndola United 3-0 in Lumwana.
FILE: President Michael Sata and Labour Minister Fackson Shamenda watch a workers’ march-past during Labour Day celebrations in Lusaka
President Michael Sata, may you please help us?
By a Miserable Retired Civil Servant
Nobody knows my name.
I am a retired civil servant who served my country for many years before retiring several years ago, after 36 years of national service. Unfortunately, up to now, I have not been paid my retirement benefits.
After years of neglect, unfulfilled promises and disappointment from the MMD governments, I was one of those who woke up early on 20 September 2011 to cast a vote for change, secure in the expectation that I would finally receive my earned benefits. President Michael Sata and the PF had pledged to look into our welfare once in power. They had promised to even improve our monthly pension to sustainable levels. Unfortunately, this promise has not materialised to date, at least for me and a host of my colleagues I know.
I appeal to our President to please consider our plight, especially that nobody appears to be interested in speaking for us. We do not have an effective union to represent us. Neither do we have a ministry that has been assigned to deal particularly with our issues and concerns.
[pullquote]I was one of those who woke up early on 20 September 2011 to cast a vote for change, secure in the expectation that I would finally receive my earned benefits. [/pullquote]
I recognise the fact that I am fortunate that I have lived this long to tell the story, of how my own country has forgotten about the plight of its ex-servants. It is an act of God that l am still alive. And I am grateful to Him. Do not be surprised if you wake up tomorrow or the day after and learn that I have ceased to breathe. Obviously my death, like those of my colleagues long gone, won’t make the news headlines because nobody knows my name.
Many of my colleagues have died without receiving their benefits, leaving children in distress and poverty, shattering dreams of tomorrow. Nobody knew their names. Nobody listened to their cries. A majority of them died on the way to the Public Service Pension House, chasing their benefits, which they had worked for more than half of their lives. Even the families they have left behind continue to struggle to get this money. Today, as a country, we keep a noisy silence about these parents of the children that live, as if all is well and unmindful that we may be culpable for sending them to their graves prematurely. How many more will have to die before we pay attention to and hear the cries of those who have been unsuccessfully courted by death and survived this ordeal?
Is it that surprising that many civil servants today are reported to be stealing from their country? Every year, the Auditor General tells us of what has now become a ritual: so and so much public funds have been misapplied or misappropriated this year. We see a number of civil servants earning very little salaries erecting mansions in Chalala, New Kasama and Sunningdale. We see them buying expensive vehicles way beyond their income. (This is not to say there are no civil servants that are genuinely and legally investing in construction of housing estates, but an acknowledgement that there are some who are robbing their country, just like the Auditor General’s reports tell us. Wrong as all this is, I do not blame the civil servants who are misappropriating public funds. They are seeing how those who were in their positions yesterday are being treated today, how they are struggling, struggling even just to get that which is due to them.
The link between corruption and the ill-treatment of retirees is not hard to discern here. A mind-set that ‘I should steal or harvest as much as I can before I retire’ has been cultivated and entrenched. Why? Because they are increasingly recognising the fact that it is the surest way of avoiding our fate, of being turned into beggars tomorrow, as we are. I come from the KK generation where misappropriation of public funds was abhorred and where the dignity of both the current and previous public service worker was assured or guaranteed. Today, I am paying the price for serving my country diligently and with honour, honesty and distinction for close to four decades. Does the government realise the message they are sending to present workers by not paying retirees?
[pullquote]The link between corruption and the ill-treatment of retirees is not hard to discern here. A mind-set that ‘I should steal or harvest as much as I can before I retire’ has been cultivated and entrenched. [/pullquote]
Our plight is worse now that MPs are only speaking for themselves. And before Catherine Namugala attacks me, I wish to tell her that I have a wife, children, grandchildren and I understand the difficulties of sending children to school. I am a father and guardian of many and my children have had to be withdrawn from school because of lack of funds. When I talk of school, I do not mean those abroad to which politicians send their children. I mean public schools, those in Zambia where the rest of us send our children, where fees are low but too high for a retired civil servant like me, who has not received a penny for my services rendered to my country.
While Namugala, Effron Lungu, Jack Mwiimbu and their co-MPs are concerned about what will happen to them tomorrow, I can hardly make my ends meet today. While our MPs are afraid that they will wallow in poverty tomorrow, some of us are already living the nightmares of their worst fears, and getting to the next day is a struggle. While our MPs will get their gratuities even before their term of office expires, and will further be paid their mid-term gratuity prior to that, they should know that some of the people who elected them are going without retirement benefits for many years. They are already starving, they are suffering and lead terrible lives that should shame our collective consciences, especially those of our leaders.
It is not just MPs. Even the Minister of Finance Alexander Chikwanda is a culprit. He has given absolutely no attention to our plight. His annual budgets have promised many things to many people but nothing to retirees. Completely nothing. When the government awarded a pay rise to public service workers, no reference was made to us, the retirees. Does this suggest that even the Patriotic Front Government in which we deposited so much hope has no regard for people that contributed so much to the development of this country? Alright, I understand when the government says it does not have money because it can only give what it has and nothing more. But austerity needs to be equally shared among us all. It should not only be retirees sacrificing; all-from the President down to MPs, should.
[pullquote]While Namugala, Effron Lungu, Jack Mwiimbu and their co-MPs are concerned about what will happen to them tomorrow, I can hardly make my ends meet today.[/pullquote]
I had planned to invest my retirement package wisely. I drew up a plan of how to do exactly this. That vision is gathering dust today. My country has forsaken me. My leaders have now turned into spokespersons of their own interests. What happened to being the representatives and spokespersons of the people? Who will hear and advance our cries and concerns as retired civil servants? Who will speak for us? Is this the best way to treat us after many years of service to our country?
Not paying a retired person is tantamount to killing me, especially after using me for the most productive part of my life. This is not the way to treat fellow human beings, to treat fellow citizens. A more fair, just and humane approach is needed. I appeal to President Sata to help us get our benefits. I speak on behalf of many retirees, who are supportive of you and your government and who remain confident that you can help us to celebrate our Jubilee meaningfully. Mr President, are you hearing me?
The Catholic bishops have strongly condemned same sex marriages and other unions that go against human nature and natural law.
The Bishops in the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) have since affirmed the institution of marriage as an indissoluble union of love between a man and a woman
AMECEA Chairman Rev. Berhaneyesus Souraphiel says marriage between man and woman is the only institution which is open to procreation and denounced any attempt to redefine marriage.
Rev. Souraphiel explained that Family life must be respected, promoted and protected so that it can provide men and women an opportunity to weave a social fabric of peace and harmony.
ZANIS reports that this is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of 18th AMECEA Plenary Assembly held in Lilongwe from the 16 to 26th July, 2014.
AMECEA consists of eight countries namely Malawi, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Eritrea, Zambia, Uganda and Ethiopia.
And the Catholic Bishops have expressed sadness at the on-going conflicts in Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia.
Rev. Souraphiel said the bishops have deplored the suffering of the people in the named countries and other parts of the world.
He has since appealed to governments in the region to work hard and address the root causes of these problems to ensure protection of the lives of people and their properties.
The Reverend has further appealed for concerted regional and global efforts towards solving these problems being faced in the named countries.
The Powers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to enter into a nolle prosequi have continued to come under criticism by members of the public.
The issue which was first raised at the Legal and Justice Sector Reforms Commission public sittings which opened in Lusaka last week, was also a point of petition yesterday.
A petitioner has observed that the State through the DPP has been using nolle prosequi to silence political opponents.
During its sitting in Mtendere township at the Catholic Church today, a resident Emmanuel Tembo petitioned that the courts be should be given the authority to either grant or deny the DPP to enter into a nolle in court cases.
Mr. Tembo noted that in most cases the State takes the case to court without proper evidence and ends up entering into a nolle when it is discovered that it would lose.
Mr Tembo stated that political opponents and other innocent citizens are denied justice whenever the State enters into a nolle as they would be waiting for investigations into a case which he said doesn’t happen hence his suggestion that there should be a time frame for the State to enter into a nolle.
In response to the petition on the powers of the DPP to enter into a nolle, Director of Public Prosecutions Mutembo Nchito explained that the State takes such legal action in order to ensure that an accused person receives justice in court.
Mr Nchito explained that 99 percent of cases the State enters into a nolle do not involve politicians but mere citizens in order to allow further investigations so that no party is unjustly treated .
He added that statements to insinuate that a nolle is meant for political opponents were baseless.
Similar observations on the powers of the Director of Public Prosecutions to enter into a nolle were made by petitioners at the Lusaka Civic Centre and Chawama public sittings last week.
The Justice Fredrick Choma led Commission will today be sitting in at Dzithandizeni Trades School in Lusaka’s Garden compound.
And Mr. Tembo has appealed to the commission to quickly enquire into the operations of the Zambia Institute of Advance Legal Education (ZIALE) which he has accused of deliberately limiting the number of practicing lawyers in Zambia for selfish reasons.
He said due to the limited the number of lawyers in Zambia, practicing lawyers have taken advantage of their clients to charge exorbitant fees while many who cannot afford to pay have ended up in prison due to lack of legal representation.
President Sata decends from the presidental chopper
The ruling Patriotic Front-PF in Kapiri Mposhi district has condemned the request by opposition political parties and civil society organizations to meet President Michael Sata at State House.
Kapiri Mposhi District PF Chairman Smart Mwila said the request was in bad faith and offensive to the dignity of the office of the President and the ruling party and should therefore not be entertained.
Mr. Mwila accused opposition political parties of wishing the President bad luck and wanting to gain political mileage from the matter.
“They are preaching bad omen against the President but at the same time they want to see him … we want to ask through our party leadership at National level not to allow this to happen because their thinking is negative”, Mr. Mwila said.
Mr. Mwila said this on Saturday during the district fundraising dinner for Kapiri Mposhi District PF Executive Committee which was officiated by PF Deputy Secretary General Bridget Atanga.
There have been calls from the opposition political parties and some civil society organizations for government to allow them meet the head of state at State House to ascertain his health.
But Mr. Mwila said the demands were ill-timed and maintained that President Sata was well and working as he should.
“The calls for the opposition to meet the President are in bad faith and should not be condoned because the President is working as he should in line with the mandate that the Zambian people gave to him and the PF”, Mr. Mwila said.
Mr. Mwila asked God to bless President Sata more and allow him to complete his development agenda mandated to him by the people of Zambia.
The Green Party says it has identified medicinal marijuana as one most viable high value crop which zambia should consider growing at commercial level.
Party leader Peter Sinkamba says his party considers this as a priority high value crop, as there is a ready market for it.
He says when the green party forms government, it plans to review the narcotics laws so that marijuana is legalized the production and export of medicinal marijuana.
He says harnessing this potential can go a long way in terms of contribution to Gross Domestic Product GDP and reduction of souring external debt as well as salvage the value of kwacha.
Mr Sinkamba who was speaking at a press briefing at the Green Party secretariate in kitwe this morning adds that the Green Party believes that marijuana needs to be repositioned in its rightful place as a medicine, as well as effective contributor to the social and economic development.
Meanwhile Mr Sinkamba says when in government all the construction activities will be given to the army.
He says the army in zambia have the capacity to do the construction services in the country.
Mr Sinkamba argues that this is the only way that the money will remain in the country and benefit the local people.
He notes that all the money which government is borrowing towards the infrastructure development is not benefiting the people because the funds go to the foreign companies engaged to do the works.
THE Holy Fire Ministries Bishop, was arrested last week for allegedly sexually abusing young girls, has been charged with indecent assault.
Copperbelt police commissioner Joyce Kasosa confirmed the charging of Bishop Dominic Nyondo 47, of House number 853 Kapoto township in Kitwe an interview today.
Ms Kasosa could however not give details of the charges but only that the clergyman has officially been charged following his arrest last week.
Bishop Nyondo is accused of sleeping with the girls aged between 14 and 20 years between 2010 and 2013 in the former Kitwe council farm across the Kafue River on the mountain top on the pretext that he was exorcising their demons.
Meanwhile the church has since been deregistered following allegations of indecent assault and sexual abuse scandals at the church.
Registrar of Societies Kakoma Kanganja shut down the church based in Bulangililo, Kitwe, to stop any further abuse and disturbances to the public.
FORMER Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) chief executive officer Clive Chirwa has been found with a case to answer in the case of abuse of authority and failure to disclose interest.
Lusaka principal resident magistrate Obister Musukwa placed Chirwa and his co-accused, former ZRL director of finance Regina Mwale, on their defence to answer charges of abuse of authority leveled against them.
Mr Musukwa said in his ruling yesterday that the State had established a prima facie case against Chirwa and Mwale to warrant the court to place them on their defence.
Mr Musukwa said that after analysing the evidence from the prosecution witnesses and the submission filed in court, he was satisfied that the prosecution had proved its case against Chirwa and Mwale beyond any reasonable doubt.
This is in a matter in which Chirwa, 58, of plot 206/101, Ibex Hill, an academician, is in the first count charged with failure to disclose interest contrary to the laws of Zambia.
He is in the second and third counts jointly charged with Mwale, 50, an accountant of High Ridge in Kabwe with abuse of authority of office, after the duo allegedly authorised payment of K72,282,210 to Fallsway Apartments for Chirwa’s accommodation, an amount which was beyond his entitlement.
After the ruling, Chirwa and Mwale through their defence lawyer Mulilo Kabesha informed the court that they would give sworn evidence.
Mr Kabesha said while Chirwa would not call any witness and depended on his sole evidence, Mwale would call two other witnesses in addition to her evidence.
Mr Musukwa set August 6, 2014 as the date Chirwa and Mwale would open their defence.
State witnesses, including former ZRL board chairperson person Mark Chona, testified how Chirwa allegedly failed to declare interest to the board that Clavel Incorporation was his company.
The witnesses also disclosed to the court how Chirwa and Mwale authorised the payments of his accommodation to Falls Ways above his entitlement as CEO for ZRL.
Two Zambian students at Rhodes University in South Africa have died in a Canoe accident at Settlers Dam in Eastern Cape.
The two identified as Mr Mohammed Musa and Mr Rizwan Bhayat were in their third academic year of study in Commerce and Pharmacy.
They together with one of their friends rented a boat early Saturday morning at Settlers Dam, which is situated in the Thomas Baines Nature Reserve.
They encountered difficulties in the high wind and the canoe capsized.
Their friend managed to swim ashore and made his way to a neighbouring farm, where he raised the alarm.
He was then taken to Settlers Hospital where he received medical attention and was discharged.
The Acting Vice-Chancellor Dr Mabizela and other senior university officials arrived at the Settlers Dam soon after the alarm was raised on Saturday.
The South African Police Service, the police dog unit and police divers were on the scene until night fall on Saturday, when the search was called off for the day.
The Thomas Baines rangers searched the reserve and neighbouring farms for the students.
Police divers resumed their search on Sunday morning and the bodies of the two students were recovered around 14h10 and 15h55.
Parents and other family members of the two students arrived in Grahamstown on Sunday and were at the Settlers Dam throughout the day as the divers searched for the bodies of their sons.
The senior leadership of the University was there as well to support the two families.
Acting Vice-Chancellor Dr Sizwe Mabizela said. “I wish to record our sincere appreciation to the South African Police Services, their dog unit and their diving team for the professional manner in which they carried out the search for the two students.”
“I also wish to acknowledge with thanks and appreciation the support provided to the surviving student by Mr and Mrs Macleod, whose farm lies adjacent to the Thomas Baines Nature Reserve. On behalf of Rhodes University, I extend our deepest condolences to the families and friends of the deceased.”
Elias Chipimo speaking at the press briefing at the NAREP Secretariat
National Restoration Party (NAREP) President Elias Chipimo Junior says the Patriotic Front government should realize that Chiefs will be there in perpetuity.
Mr. Chipimo has told Qfm News in an interview that it is disheartening to note the lack of respect by the PF government for Traditional Leaders.
Mr. Chipimo says Chiefs in Zambia have always been there since the colonial era, and that the
PF Government will go while they will remain.
The NAREP Leader says traditional leaders deserve respect from all Zambians regardless of one’s position in society.
Mr. Chipimo states that interference in Chiefs affairs at any level is unacceptable, adding that his party will stand firmly behind all Traditional Authorities and the procedures and processes of ascendancy to the throne.
Patriotic Front(PF) campaign manager for the Mangango parliamentary by-election Obvious Mwaliteta says he will remain steadfast and won’t be intimidated by acts of violence by the opposition United Party for National Development (UNPD) members.
Mr Mwaliteta was reacting to the seizure of his vehicle’s immobiliser and the alleged theft of money by suspected UPND cadres who pounced on him in Kaoma on suspicion that he was changing the registration plate of a Mitsubishi Pajero from a government number to a private one.
The Kafue constituency lawmaker who is also Central province Minister claimed that the UPND does not want him in Mangango because it feels that he is the one who caused them to lose the Livingstone parliamentary by-election.
Mr Mwaliteta noted that it was typical of the opposition party to engage in violence when they are anticipating an electoral downfall.
He said the UPND has no message for the people of Mangango and it was becoming very difficult for them to market their candidate based on unattainable promises.
He said he was not a dull person to start changing his own vehicle’s registration plate from private to any other, adding that the vehicle in question is not government property.
Mr Mwaliteta said the PF, unlike the UPND, has not imported any youths to cause violence in Mangango as it realises that no one is a winner when there is violence especially that the political contest is among Zambians.
But UPND deputy campaign manager Carlos Antonio said the vehicle Mr Mwaliteta is claiming to be private is actually a government property whose registration number is GRZ 269 CT which has been changed to ABD 5657.
Mr Antonio, who is also Kaoma Central Member of Parliament, claimed that the UPND cadres found PF members changing the vehicle registration plates from GRZ to private at Pumulo Park in Kaoma, adding that the immobiliser, which is in their custody, bears a government registration number.
He said another vehicle registration number GRZ 281 has been changed to ABD 2160, a registration number he claimed is appropriated to a vehicle belonging to Diblo Kapito Kasweka, a driver for the Nkeyema district commissioner Yuvwenu Kashandola.
He said the UPND has filed a complaint with the police and the party is writing letters to the Electoral Commission Zambia so that the PF desists from using government property during the campaigns.
Mr Antonio said only the President and his vice are supposed to use government vehicles during campaigns, adding that the UPND will continue to remain vigilant to protect government property as the PF will not be in power forever.
A UPND cadre, Kingford Nasilele, who is also former Kaoma district commissioner in the MMD government, has been arrested over the incidence.
Former United States of America (USA) Ambassador to Zambia Frank Wisner has praised the Patriotic Front (PF) government for its continued support to improving the education standards in the country.
Ambassador Wisner said the world today was a hungry place which could only be satisfied once fed with information that can be accessed through people’s ability to read widely.
Speaking today when he visited Katete District to check on libraries built and supported by the Room to Read NGO, Amb Wisner who represented his country from 1979 to 1982 said he was happy to see the various advancements in the education sector that Zambia has achieved.
He observed that during the years when he served as United Sates of America Ambassador to Zambia was still faced with many challenges that hampered development.
He noted that today Zambia can boast of enjoying good economic opportunities because of the peace that the country has continued to enjoy.
Amb Wisner said it was said then that the Zambian government at the start of its democratic rule sought to monopolize services a situation which he described as unfortunate and detrimental to development.
He however noted that with the change of governments Zambia today is enjoying a free economy which has seen the country develop further.
Meanwhile , Ambassador Wisner has challenged the government to invest more in education.
He said in order for the economy to grow there was need for government to open its economy to investors and also enter into partnerships that could benefit the public.
Amb Weisner also said that it was time that government ventured more into diversification and move away from copper as the major driver of the economy.
He said the world was now looking for more business opportunities in agriculture as the major economic sector that could feed masses.
He also advised farmers to work on value addition to their products in order to meet the market standards.
Amb Wisner observed that Zambia is endowed with many economic opportunities which if well utilized could develop the country from where it was today to greater heights.
Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia executive director Pukuta Mwanza follows proceedings during the meeting to demand for the release of the draft Zambia constitution
The Independent Churches of Zambia (ICOZ) has called on the Registrar of Societies to harmonize the Act of registering Faith-based organizations in the country.
ICOZ says this is one way of getting rid of illegal churches mushrooming in the country.
ICOZ Board Chairperson Bishop David Masupa observed that illegal activities occurring in some churches are a disgrace to a Christian nation like Zambia.
Bishop Masupa urged government through the Ministry of Home Affairs to come up with measures to ensure that all churches are registered with the Registrar of Societies.
Bishop Masupa in an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka today said the Society should thoroughly screen people intending to establish churches in compounds and townships before registering them to operate in the country.
The Clergyman regretted the Chibolya and Kabwata incidents in which two churches were yesterday shut down by government for operating illegally saying they painted a bad image to churches that have been operating in Zambia for many years.
Meanwhile, Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) Executive Director Pukuta Mwanza has called on government to be conscious in handling matters surrounding the banning of faith based organisations.
Rev. Mwanza says issues that concern the clergymen and women should be separated from that of the name of a church.
He said closing the entire church is not a solution as other innocent members would still want to congregate and continue worshipping in the church building.
Over the weekend, a joint team of Police, Immigration and Registrar of Societies officers apprehended more than 200 illegal immigrants and refugees in Chibolya and Kabwata township without permits, among them church leaders on suspicion of conducting illegal activities such as abductions and sexual abuses.
The operation resulted in the ban of the Free Pentecost Assemblies operating from Kabwata Community Hall with more than 600 members.
The team led by Chief Registrar of Societies Kakoma Kanganja and Ministry of Home Affairs Public Relations Officer Moses Suwali raided some churches from where suspects were taken to Immigration Offices for further screening .
Mr. Suwali said Government is also concerned that some churches were harbouring illegal immigrants which was against the laws of Zambia.
He said the operation was a wake-up call for other churches, institutions and individuals who were using churches as a frontlines for conducting illegal activities.
Prison Service Care and Counselling Association (PRISCCA) has called on the immigration department to consider expediting the process of screening of apprehended immigrants.
Godfrey Malembeka, PRISCCA; Executive Director says news of immigrants being arrested is always received with caution as the organisation realises that some innocent people are victims of such operations hence the need to quickly screen them.
“While PRISCCA is not against any special operation by any security wing, we would like immigration to speed up the process of screening of the apprehended immigrants.
“We receive news of such arrests with caution as we realise some people are only victims in such operations.
“Many innocent people have suffered during such operations. We therefore call on immigration to speed up the screening process so that those who are free to stay in Zambia can continue enjoying their rights.”
Mr. Malambeka was commenting on the over 100 immigrants were recently apprehended in a joint operation led by the Immigration Department.
Inspector General of Police Stella Libongani speaks with Tourism Permanent secretary George Zulu shortly before President Michael Sata arrived at Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula International Airport for the opening of the UNWTO 20th General Assembly -Picture and caption by THOMAS NSAMA
Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) Senanga Member of Parliament Likando Mufalali has accused a Police officer in Inspector General of Police Stella Libongani’s motorcade of assaulting him.
Mr. Mufali has told Qfm News in a telephone interview that the incident happened this afternoon around 15:00 hours on his way back from the Copperbelt near Mulungushi University in Kabwe.
He narrates that while he was driving a the Police Inspector General’s motorcade signaled from behind and that he pulled off the road to give way for the motorcade to pass, and later started following the motorcade behind when one of the Police officers stopped him and asked why he was following the Inspector General’s motorcade.
Mr. Mufali explains that it was at this point that the Police officer twisted his arm and before breaking his car keys.
The Parliamentarian has complained of pain in the arm which was twisted by the Police officer who left him stranded after his keys were broken.
But when contacted for comment Police Spokesperson Charity Munganga Chanda says the Inspector General’s official vehicle ZP 1 is a VIP vehicle and that Police have the duty to protect the Inspector General of Police at all times.
Mrs. Chanda says no one has the right to follow the vehicle behind without permission as doing so raises suspicious as to what the motive of a person following behind might be.
She has however stated that police will investigate the matter.
