OPEN LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT MR EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU
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They are more destructive than constructive in discussing issues.
We pity Mr Hichilema for thinking that going to South Africa and talking to foreigners will give him votes.
But please, also allow him and the UPND to address local meetings, because freedom of assembly (which Mr Hichilema rejected by shooting down the referendum) is cardinal to democracy.
Mr President, you should consider immediately revoking Article 31 so that the Police do not have an excuse of denying the opposition chance to hold their meetings
As Zambians, we need to forgive Mr Hichilema in particular for rejecting his constitutional rights and i‘Fn’ tohnatyfioeulrdrtehpaotrtmcayrdc.oLmept luetse will be a key oewdeurcsatiof to UPND cadres ogulorbalthseaircfhrueintsgiynoe,u weillwriellcognise ialesmignaifiis- not aLet’s oJKrda.nd tdhyrinoguginhduastrrryofgoallnowce- Mr Hichilema cannot go to South Africa and claim that Pfoarltiahmisesnetasroy icnonfatcati,niitnigs hisis MsuPcSh hcomhpaovuendbeennematodes oCyocor tVti.nBg sit-and aitcanisfoohl
MleraHveicsh; to dcoenmdointisotnrate ruesaulasltlaytes-fumigants manship and more commitment to the issue of dialogue, but regrettably, he seems to be taking a route of confrontation and arrogance.
We do not know what was discussed between the Catholic Bishops and Mr Hichilema, just as we do not know what exactly transpired between him and the Commonwealth Secretary-General. dWowhant your altidute” sible in
Your Excellency, let me now turn to the issue of corruption.
All the developments your government has achieved could amount to nothing if the issue of corruption is not fought head on, this is because corruption is enemy number
UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema
7 V 15 -20 we are reminded of but until now, they are not. one to development. a tree and its fruits and it says So please revoke Article 31 I will cite one case of corruption “watch out for false prophets. so that people have no excuses in Kasama which need
They come to you in sheep’s for going to South Africa to your attention and action. clothing, but inwardly they hold meetings and behaving In 2010 when PF was in opposition, are ferocious wolves. By to the contrary. they held Lukashya and Kasama Central parliamentary seats.
In Lukashya, PF had Ms Winfreda Kansembe as MP and in Kasama Central, PF had Mr Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba popularly known as GBM and Mr Evaristo Mwansa as District Commissioner under the MMD .
The two PF MPS agreed to use the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to construct a house for Chief Munkonge and to that effect Ms Winfreda Kansembe released K30,000 from Lukashya CDF and Mr Geoffrey Mwamba released K30,000 from Kasama Central constituency CDF all amounting to K60,000 while the District Commissioner’s office released over 100 pockets of cement and roofing sheets for the same project, but to date (September 2017) the project is at slab level. Money went into people’s pockets.
THE JCTR, one of the civil society organisations had a meeting with former Lukashya MP Ms Kansembe in 2016,who confirmed the release of the money and said that in fact the project was given to a PF cadre to undertake.
Why was the project not advertised, but given to a PF cadre in particular?
You may want to know your Excellency that I personally took it upon myself in 2016 and approached the Kasama office of the Auditor General and asked them why the K60,000 CDF released to construct Chief Munkonge’s house has never been reflected in any of the A/G financial reports?
At the A/G office in Kasama, I talked to Mr Mtonga and Mr Phiri over this matter and the two agreed that it was beyond their understanding that this expenditure has never been captured and reflected in any of the A/G financial reports.
They promised to investigate. I hope they have kept their word to investigate the matter – but it is a great anomaly that expenditure for 2010 could not be detected and has been swept under the carpet for close to seven years.
Who should be held responsible for this scandal? It is the Kasama Municipal Council who are the custodian of CDF and nobody else.
Your Excellency, you may get more detailed information from Ms Kansembe the former Lukashya MP on this scandal. Mr Mwansa the former DC is more than ready to give his side of the story.
I know your administration is against corruption. Here is a case which need fighting so that you demonstrate to the Zambian people to whom you are accountable that corruption will not be tolerated.