FIRE TENDER REPORT ‘Devil in the Detail’
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Special Citizen’s Report FIRE TENDER REPORT ‘Devil in the Detail’ KASONDE MWENDA C FIRE TENDER REPORT 'Devil in the Detail' An analytical inquiry into the contentious intricacies surrounding the 42 Fire Tenders that were procured by the Government of the Republic of Zambia at a cost of $42, 000, 000. I FIRE TENDER REPORT 'Devil in the Detail' An analytical inquiry into the contentious intricacies surrounding the 42 Fire Tenders that were procured by the Government of the Republic of Zambia at a cost of $42, 000, 000. I Foreword “..seek you will find” There comes a time when asking questions becomes more important than finding answers. It is in such times where what matters most is the depth of the questions and not the Copyright: Kasonde Mwenda C 2018 immensity of the answers. It has been said that good questions First published by Our Feet Publishers 2018 are a fountain of introspection and curiosity and it is only when the right questions are asked that we can get the right answers . and inevitably realize how little we know. When we understand how little we know then we will see the ISBN: 978 - 9982 - 70 - 478 - 6 need to learn and when we begin to learn we change and become better people. All rights reserved. Just as a bad brook gives out bad water; a good people will birth a good nation. In that regard we have a duty to become good people if we are to take our nation somewhere good. Being No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by electronic or good people is not easy; it calls for accountability, mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without responsibility and integrity but it is inevitable and is not permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote negotiable if we are to make this country great. It all depends brief passages in a review. on you and me. We can either rise and make a difference or just sit back and watch our days drift away into nothingness. We First Edition: January 2018. were born for much more than mediocrity, poverty and timidity. 'Wherever we want to go; our feet shall take us there.' Thank you, Kasonde Mwenda C ii iii Foreword “..seek you will find” There comes a time when asking questions becomes more important than finding answers. It is in such times where what matters most is the depth of the questions and not the Copyright: Kasonde Mwenda C 2018 immensity of the answers. It has been said that good questions First published by Our Feet Publishers 2018 are a fountain of introspection and curiosity and it is only when the right questions are asked that we can get the right answers . and inevitably realize how little we know. When we understand how little we know then we will see the ISBN: 978 - 9982 - 70 - 478 - 6 need to learn and when we begin to learn we change and become better people. All rights reserved. Just as a bad brook gives out bad water; a good people will birth a good nation. In that regard we have a duty to become good people if we are to take our nation somewhere good. Being No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by electronic or good people is not easy; it calls for accountability, mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without responsibility and integrity but it is inevitable and is not permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote negotiable if we are to make this country great. It all depends brief passages in a review. on you and me. We can either rise and make a difference or just sit back and watch our days drift away into nothingness. We First Edition: January 2018. were born for much more than mediocrity, poverty and timidity. 'Wherever we want to go; our feet shall take us there.' Thank you, Kasonde Mwenda C ii iii Special acknowledgments and appreciation to my wife Mwiza for being my best friend. Tribute Gratitude goes to the supportive Research Team and several supporters. Acknowledgments goes to Mr. Bupalo Sata, and Mr. Levy Sakala for the valuable As long as we are human; it is our ineradicable duty to possess an insights. empathetic conscious if we are to usher as fruit whatever good we More than can be listed are men and women of valor whose contribution and support received as seed from this passing generation. Our failure in this duty remains highly appreciated. leaves us abhorring brutes, barbarians with a debased mind devoid of moral purpose. While we are living in a sporadically evolving generation; Special respect is also extended to the men and women who have dedicated their lives to it will be unwise that the old values of accountability and responsibility the cause of safeguarding the lives and property of the people of the Rep. of Zambia through the honorable job of Fire Fighting. should be left on the hands for whimsical vicissitudes. If we left that happen, the best of today may grow extinct in the valleys of greediness Many thanks to the wonderful people of Zambia . and heartlessness and the generations to come will suffer because of us. Although we may not in this day possess all patriarchal wisdom; we do Above all, my reverence to the Almighty God, Jehovah, for being the true author and not need further debate to prove that the best of today came from the finisher of our lives and for giving us this rare privilege to live in a time such as this and for giving us such a great nation, Zambia. selfless sacrifice of uncelebrated proselytes of a steadfast Hope that 'we can stand and be relevant to our generation and beyond if we stand true to true purpose.' Yes wherever we want to go; our feet shall take us there. Yet acknowledging that if we had no faults of our own, we would not take interest in noticing those of others, I reckon to mention that it is on this account that I was duty burdened invite us on this pilgrim of insights which I believe will add value to the future of this country in ways that makes holders of public offices to be accountable and know that every time they are in those offices at least someone is watching and someday a day of reckoning will come. The moral questions we should be asking today are not about what will happen to us if we choose to sacrifice our comfort for a common good of our people but rather we should ask what will happen if we do not. Need we bootlick our conscious with a false hope that our nation's poverty and injustices will end on their own when we are lazing about and our courts are overflowing with detestable impunities? Do we need an answer? No, not at all! Because today questions are more important than answers; the answers are all over our faces. As long as we continue meandering in the oxbow of egocentricism, complaining and rumbling over our stolen privileges, as long as we continue living as spectators in matters affecting us, as long as we opt for spectatorism over pragmatism; we will soon drown in our own shame or iv v Special acknowledgments and appreciation to my wife Mwiza for being my best friend. Tribute Gratitude goes to the supportive Research Team and several supporters. Acknowledgments goes to Mr. Bupalo Sata, and Mr. Levy Sakala for the valuable As long as we are human; it is our ineradicable duty to possess an insights. empathetic conscious if we are to usher as fruit whatever good we More than can be listed are men and women of valor whose contribution and support received as seed from this passing generation. Our failure in this duty remains highly appreciated. leaves us abhorring brutes, barbarians with a debased mind devoid of moral purpose. While we are living in a sporadically evolving generation; Special respect is also extended to the men and women who have dedicated their lives to it will be unwise that the old values of accountability and responsibility the cause of safeguarding the lives and property of the people of the Rep. of Zambia through the honorable job of Fire Fighting. should be left on the hands for whimsical vicissitudes. If we left that happen, the best of today may grow extinct in the valleys of greediness Many thanks to the wonderful people of Zambia . and heartlessness and the generations to come will suffer because of us. Although we may not in this day possess all patriarchal wisdom; we do Above all, my reverence to the Almighty God, Jehovah, for being the true author and not need further debate to prove that the best of today came from the finisher of our lives and for giving us this rare privilege to live in a time such as this and for giving us such a great nation, Zambia. selfless sacrifice of uncelebrated proselytes of a steadfast Hope that 'we can stand and be relevant to our generation and beyond if we stand true to true purpose.' Yes wherever we want to go; our feet shall take us there. Yet acknowledging that if we had no faults of our own, we would not take interest in noticing those of others, I reckon to mention that it is on this account that I was duty burdened invite us on this pilgrim of insights which I believe will add value to the future of this country in ways that makes holders of public offices to be accountable and know that every time they are in those offices at least someone is watching and someday a day of reckoning will come.