Comments on: President Hichilema Calls for Probes into Grant Allegations in FIC Report

By: muzungu

muzungu — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 02:57:12 +0000

Only way to stop misuse of public funds is to stiffen the law. talk is cheap, let us change the law and we see who has the guts to steal from public coffers

By: Jigga Kayama Simangulungwa

Jigga Kayama Simangulungwa — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:56:11 +0000

Talk is cheap mate! Start firing some of your colleagues in leadership positions, ministers, permanent secretaries, district Commissioners, etc. The leadership must be responsible and accountable for all the shenanigans the lower ranked officials do. They needed to demand evidence of how public money is being spent.
Also please start arresting those that aid these thefts or those who are complacent, including bank officials. Someone, somewhere ought to know what’s going on when these financial crimes are being committed.

By: Muswaka

Muswaka — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 16:45:13 +0000

In reply to Lameck Banda.

@Gunner but I do remember Lungu urging for the investigation of his cabinet Minister Dr Chilufya and going on to fire him

By: Mate

Mate — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 15:16:55 +0000

1. Sell all the VXs vehicles bought under my watch 2. We shall raze all the illegal houses in forest 27 3. We spoke he carried calendars in the middle of the month 4. I cannot fly the Gulfstream when begging for cash 5. I will not tax the mines until they are profitable 6. You are on own 7. No minister for central affairs

By: Chendabusi

Chendabusi — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:46:09 +0000

We expect too much from Hakainde. His interest is to please his masters and the grouping that he belongs to. Coupled with his incompetence the Zambians can brace themselves for harder times unless his masters intervene by pumping money into the economy. Hakainde knows his line of communication with all those accountable to monitor money laundering etc.He should not make noise on things he is talking to them privately as he always does.

By: tikki

tikki — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 08:34:29 +0000

HH should be in Min Of Finance or ACC
not the president as he is not handling it well

By: Deja Vu

Deja Vu — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 08:31:31 +0000

In reply to Mwata.

Right now they are sifting through the list and only the “vulnerable ones” will face the music. And if there are no vulnerable ones, the case will just die “its natural death”

By: St. Desperacius

St. Desperacius — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 08:10:35 +0000

In reply to Deja Vu.

@Deja Vu, very well written. UPND simply got the template from PF about how to loot funds and are using the same playbook. Players change but the game remains the same.

By: St. Desperacius

St. Desperacius — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 08:08:51 +0000

In reply to Lameck Banda.

@Gunna in Zambia – In short he is simply telling them to do their jobs? Benchmarking HH to Edgar Lungu is a thing of the past. Benchmark HH with best practice. Yes, they are suspicious transactions, but FIC likely reported these to DEC, ACC. A reaction can be a follow through and making changes at these institutions. In the meantime, there is silence about more pressing matters like the increase in crime due to load-shedding.

By: St. Desperacius

St. Desperacius — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 08:04:11 +0000

When you analyze HH’s presidency, you conclude that he has a misconception that tightening compliance is mutually exclusive with economic success and improving the standard of living in Zambia. The ordinary Zambians are hurt by the cost of living and stagnated wages. There has been little movement in increasing output and productivity while more emphasis is placed on compliance. Bank of Zambia has nearly exhausted all its policy tools and is now mulling exchange controls. In the meantime, uninformed citizens celebrate ZRA’s tax collection targets being met without noting that this is mostly from PAYE from struggling citizens. Mines continue to enjoy VAT claims when they do not pay VAT by design. HH is the last of this political class, Zambia needs new ideas and real solutions.