PS Lombe, 4 Others Suspended for Embezzling Millions of Govt Funds

No285 K10 www.diggers.news Monday October 15, 2018 By Mukosha Funga THEFT IN GOVTLusaka Province deputy permanent secretary Josephat Lombe and four accounting officers have been suspended after an audit report revealed mismanagement of millions of kwacha. According to records obtained by News Diggers! the five officers paid themselves allowances in amounts totalling K973,475 over days ranging from 612 to 732 days, which is way over the number AT CLIMAX of days in one calendar year. To page 5 PS Lombe, 4 others suspended for embezzling millions of govt funds ZAF has mandate to protect Lungu in the sky, explains govt By Sipilisiwe Ncube in life with the prevailing Ministry of Defence geopolitical stuations. Permanent Secretary Stardy In a statement yesterday, Mwale says the Zambia Air Mwale admitted that the Force has a constitutional defence modernisation mandate to protect President committee had been investing Edgar Lungu in the sky, and in latest military assets to as such, the defence wing will replace the old fleet at ZAF to procure the necessary defence esnure the safety of the Head assets to achieve its objective of State. To page 7 Changala asks the PSMD boss to resign Story page 2 Graduants at the Makeni College of Nursing attend the Zambia Association of Private Nursing Colleges 2nd graduation ceremony at Woodlands Stadium in Lusaka – Picture by Tenson Mkhala Kapata must be mindful of her influence on young Sata left Lungu to act because he was the girls, says NDC’s Saboi only drunkard without ambitions - CK Story page 6 Story page 4 2. Local News www.diggers.news Monday October 15, 2018 Chimbwali must resign, demands Changala By Sipilisiwe Ncube reviewed the picture which is low,” said Changala. Civil Rights Activist Brebner prevailing in the Government “My call as at now is that that Changala says Public Service of the Republic of Zambia now permanent secretary must Management Division that there is total confusion. resign, the PSMD PS. This Permanent Secretary Boniface You cannot have a permanent case must go to the public Chimbwali must resign for secretary who is supposed protector for disciplinary reducing this country to a to be acting professionally recommendations. He is sector of shame. and impartial to be receiving abusing his position and he In an interview, Changala said instructions from even a is operating at the means and there was no way the head simple civil servant like Kaizer instructions of PF cadres. It tells of the PSMD would instruct Zulu and later on from a cadre. you that he is not independent, a Permanent Secretary to That is total mischief and I he is not impartial and exculpate himself to a party know President Lungu will most importantly, he is not cadre like Munir Zulu. not do anything, he will not competent to perform the This is after Chimbwali had protect the people of Zambia national assignment that he called Northern Province because he has reduced this has been sworn to uphold. And Permanent Secretary Elias country to a sector of shame. the public protector must take Kamanga and instructed And one day President Lungu interest in the conduct of the him to exculpate himself to will be held accountable for PSMD Permanent Secretary,” Freedom Sikazwe, Kaizer Reducing this country to this said Changala said. Zulu and Munir Zulu after he suspended his deputy. Changala said this was a sign that President Lungu has failed to manage the country. “This tells you that the I won’t resign, Bahati didn’t vote governance system in this country has collapsed. There is no separation of powers and indeed there is no difference between the PF as a party for me to sing praises, vows HK and the government running By Sipilisiwe Ncube elected me to speak for them, sure that there are proper authority found me worthy resign because he is being the affairs of the state. There Bahati PF member of to speak on wrongs and ills. checks and balances [and] at the time, to be appointed. hypocritical [and that] why is delinquency. Having a parliament Harry Kalaba says So I am only doing that which if they thought that they That was a privilege to be should he hold on to a party PS reporting to a cadre is a he is not going to relinquish I was elected for [and] if that will go to bed and take tax a minister. [And] that is that he keeps attacking and breach of the Constitution. his parliamentary seat is being looked as being payers’ money without being why it is not all members of he doesn’t want to relinquish’, This actually tells you that because his people did not opposition, I don’t care. As for brought to check [then] they parliament who are ministers. it doesn’t work that way. It President Edgar Lungu has elect him to sing PF praises in resigning my parliamentary are mistaken because now is Unless you are telling me that doesn’t mean that because failed to mange this country parliament. seat, why should relinquish the time for Zambians to get all those that have not been you are PF and therefore in a more reasonable and Kalaba told News Diggers in my parliamentary seat when a real deal [and] not a raw appointed as ministers should everything that the PF does sensible manner. The PS for an interview that he was not the people that elected me d e a l .” also relinquish their being you should support, no. When PSMD should not be allowed going to allow Zambia to be have told me to continue as He said those calling him to members of parliament. I resigned from the position to continue in government. ruled as if it was owned by an member of parliament? So if resign as MP should as well Unless you are telling me that of Foreign Affairs Minister, He has no moral right or individual. those are the insults they are call for those minister who those that have been fired as you must have been shocked, constitutional right to stay Meanwhile Kalaba said those referring to, then they should were fired to relinquish their ministers should as well go I shocked everybody because in office for surrendering calling for him to relinquish be prepared for those insults parliamentary seats too. and relinquish their positions they didn’t see it coming so his office to PF cadres. That his parliamentary seat were because we will continue “So I resigned as minister as members of parliament even now, if at all it will come means that he is professionally only wasting their time offering checks and balances,” because when the people of because they have been fired to relinquish my position of incompetent,” Changala said. because the people who Kalaba said. Bahati elected me, they didn’t as ministers because if they member of parliament, I will He called for Chimbwali to elected him have not said so. “We will not allow this elect me so that I become fire you as minister, then do it on my own accord and resign and further asked the “The people of Bahaticountry to continue being minister. I became minister why should you remain in nobody is going to push me.” office of the public protector to constituency did not elect governed as if somebody simply by coincidence, simply parliament? So there all these Meanwhile Kalaba said he take interest in the matter. me to sing praises, no. They owns all of us. We will make because the appointing in parliament but you are not was man who has always kept “Beyond that, that PS has talking about them,” Kalaba his principles and his word observed. because he refused to accept He said just like he resigned the K300, 000 which every as Foreign Affairs Minister, minister is given for buying he would choose to resign furniture. as MP if he saw the need, “Me as Harry Kalaba, even but without being pushed by in Bahati constituency, yes I anyone. am human and I am bound “When you are a member of by human [limitations]… parliament, the truth of the but I can tell you that even in matter is I was elected by my own constituency, that is the PF people, fine and I am why I kept having more votes very grateful but it is also true every time I stood because I that some of the people that kept my word. When I told the elected me that time were people of Bahati constituency not even belonging to the that my allowance from PF. It is also true that some parliament will be going to people who voted for me as the constituency from 2011, member of parliament could I kept my word. When I was have been UPND, it is also appointed deputy minister in true that some people who 2012 by President [Michael] voted for me could have been Sata, they asked me to get even FDD and so on and so K300, 000 which they give forth. So to resign simply ministers when they are because you have resigned as appointed to buy furniture minister therefore you should and a TV, I refused to get also resign as member of that money. I said can you parliament for me does not take this money to UTH equate the equation.,” Kalaba to help the women that are said. suffering in the cervical “I cannot resign because I was cancer department. So this is elected and I was elected for just about leadership [and] it five years.

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