Daily Nation Newspaper

THREATS’‘SOME MINISTERS HAVE RESORTED TO THREATS’

…They are not happy must be fired because he is with denting mythe image calls of to President Hichilema who means well in President Hakainde terms of serving Zambians. As HichilemaE­PWOZ, we will to reshufflen­ot fear or feel intimidate­d to talk about his

- By ROGERS KALERO

ZAMBIA belongs to all of us and those entrusted with leadership at various levels must not perceive themselves as special, Emerald Production Watch of Zambia (EPWOZ) president, Musa Kafimbwa has said

He said those in leadership positions should serve citizens diligence and should be held accountabl­e.

Mr Kafimbwa said EPWOZ would not be intimidate­d from pointing out suspected corruption by some ministers because they were in those positions on behalf of Zambians who entrusted them with power

In an interview in Kitwe yesterday, Mr Kafimbwa said he had on several occasions emphasized the need for President Hakainde Hichilema to reshuffle his Cabinet and possibly dismiss some ministers because some of them were both incompeten­t and corrupt.

Mr Kafimbwa said some Ministers had not received well his calls for President Hichilema to reshuffle his cabinet. “Zambia is for all

Zambians and so those government ministers should not think they are more special than the majority Zambians who voted for them so that today they become ministers. So why should it be an offence for me or any other Zambian to say this minister is not only arrogant, but corrupt and incompeten­t? “An arrogant, corrupt and incompeten­t minister must be fired because he is denting the image of President Hichilema who means well in terms of serving Zambians. As EPWOZ, we will not fear or feel intimidate­d to talk about corruption in government ministries,’’ Mr Kafimbwa said

He said a named minister had resorting to intimidati­ng his organisati­on for calling for his dismissal.

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