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SATA Fires All 73 District Commissioners And Orders Them To Vacate Offices And Gov’t Houses Immediately
President Michael Sata has fired all the Seventy three (73) District Commissioners and appointed civil servants to take over the positions.
The President has since directed all the dismissed district commissioners to vacate office and government homes with immediate effect.
President Sata says the District Commissioners should not be affiliated to any political party.
State House has produced a list of recommended civil servants to be appointed as District Commissioners.
And President Sata has dissolved the boards of Zambia Revenue Authority, ZESCO and the National Pensions Scheme Authority -NAPSA.
Mr Sata has also retired ZESCO Managing Director, Ernest Mupwaya and has replaced him with the former chief Executive Officer Cyprian Chitundu.
President Sata says Mr Mupwaya was dubiously appointed as Managing Director of ZESCO.
Mr Sata was speaking at State House on Monday during the swearing ceremony of Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and the new Inspector General of Police.
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on October 3, 2011. Filed under HEADLINES, LATEST NEWS.
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Amatako Yakali
October 3, 2011 at 1:42 pm
I think Chitundu is a right man for the Job.He was an objective professional.
Me
October 3, 2011 at 1:44 pm
This is realy a man of action. Continue wit the clean up sir!
Joe
October 3, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Thats the way 2 go Mr. President can u screen all parastatals we are waiting
Peter
October 3, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Yes your exellence please clean up that mess
We are behind you!
George Mulambia-NAKONDE
October 3, 2011 at 1:47 pm
That’s quite cool for district commisioners
SUNDAY MUSAMBACHIME
October 3, 2011 at 2:01 pm
Man of action at work. kip the fire MC.
Paulo
October 3, 2011 at 2:02 pm
These are the COBWEBS we have been talking about,surely it takes a very big broom to sweep.
MONSIUER
October 3, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Mr President well done people here were struggling to find employment due to this DC’s they were just employing relative especially here in Chililabombwe and Chingola.
Kees
October 3, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Especially tht District Commissiners will be civil servants with no political affiliation. Thanx for another score afta making the already serving police officer as the IG giving hope 2 the police in general to 1 day bcome IGs.
GUEVARA
October 3, 2011 at 2:11 pm
TEARS MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT BUT JOY COMES IN THE MORNING. GUYS GO TO SCOOL GET YOUR PAPER HONESTLY. 2MORO YOU MAY BE THE NEXT DC
bingo
October 3, 2011 at 2:26 pm
Right move for the DCs!!! atleast we now have civil servants
MWASHANGA
October 3, 2011 at 2:31 pm
um iyo ni within 90 days. no lets enjoy..
AUGUSTINE
October 3, 2011 at 2:38 pm
IT TRUE MY PRESIDENT YOU ARE THE MAN OF ACTION,HUUUUU I SEE.TO FIRE ALL 73 DC CONTINUEL WITH YOUR HARD WORK MR PRESIDENT.
Kay Hummer
October 3, 2011 at 2:42 pm
The President is cleaning up the system and leaving no stone upturned.Dr.Malama’s appointment is very good.The man has really worked on the copperbelt in cleaning the streets of copper thieves!!!BRAVO to the PRESIDENT!!!
kamenga D
October 3, 2011 at 2:43 pm
lelo lelo lelo we knew it, we re waiting for service chiefs
kibz
October 3, 2011 at 2:47 pm
Congrats ‘Man of Action!!!’
RB should watch and learn.
Next up the list is the investigating of all those contracts by ‘Lupiya Buyers’ children.
DK
October 3, 2011 at 2:53 pm
Bravo Mr president, Let them go faster than they came!They thought they owned us. May the GOOD LORD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY.
Chikumbuso
October 3, 2011 at 2:54 pm
This is a good move and I’m glad it is civil servants who are now DC’s, but the question I have is, why does the list of prefered people for the DC roles have to come from State House, irrespective of whether these people are qualified or not?
akabiwa
October 3, 2011 at 2:59 pm
iwe-ba..neighbour
MAIKO
October 3, 2011 at 3:00 pm
MAN OF ACTION UNTIL NOW KENNETH KAUNDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS STILL OPERATING WITHOUT A RADAR.IF AN AIRCRAFT UNFORTUNATLEY CRASH IT WILL BE VERY EMBARRASING.PLEASE INSTITUTE SERIOUS INVESTIGATIONS AT NATIONAL AIRPORTS COPRP.THE RADAR WAS NOT FIXED AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WERE PAID TO A BOGUS ITALIAN COMPANY. CAN THE PRESIDENT SEND INDEPENDENT TEAM NOT FROM DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION (DCA), THEY ARE EASLY CORRUPT. ACTION IS NEEDED NOW.
Umwina Nkana
October 3, 2011 at 3:02 pm
The posistion of DC should have just been abolished to save our meagre resources. Appointing the so called ‘civil servats’ is no change at all!
Umwaume
October 3, 2011 at 3:08 pm
This is what we all needed as Zambians, Mr. President. Clean the whole system and all those found wanting, let the law follow them. Show them that you are a man of action and you keep your promise not to disappoint the Zambian people, HE Sir.
Banda y
October 3, 2011 at 3:08 pm
excellent continue cleaning the your HE. may you also clean FRA, and PSs
bitumen
October 3, 2011 at 3:09 pm
qualified !!stop the crap….. we need new Civil servants to work not these old goats who were fond of corruption.
Sobelenge
October 3, 2011 at 3:15 pm
This definitely a different approach.. Drastic but much need measures to clean up the way things r done in Zed especially mu Boma. Hey I like it. If U want different results, change the recipe.
Francis Kamusa
October 3, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Congratulations “Man of Action”.
I’ve been talking about NAPSA , at least my WISH has been partly met . I would be happier could the word NAPSA and its functions disappear from Zambian vocabulary completely!!! and be replaced with a scheme whereby individual employees could decide which financial institution they would like to contribute their pension fund to ; liberalize the pension scheme. A new board will work for time and once they find loopholes , shoddy deals will start again . Banks are really professionals and reliable .
As for those joining PF from various opposition parties , Man of Action should not give them any positions either in PF or in government . If there are too many vacant positions , give me one then , rather than giving them to those political prostitutes , who run from one party to another like we’ve seen with the like of Dr Peter Machungwa and fellow rebels.
james njengela
October 3, 2011 at 3:20 pm
Chapa chalo kateka so that sanity returns to the civil service
Francis Kamusa
October 3, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Correction
A new NAPSA Board will work for a short while and once they find loopholes , shoddy deals will start again .
Islander
October 3, 2011 at 3:23 pm
It’s good to hear that the would-be DCs are civil servants.Plz let it be so in order for them to executive their duties as professionals like other men and women in the civil service and NOT party cadres.
correctedZ
October 3, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Great ba kateka though am thinking you should have completely done away with posts altogether. Do we really need DCs? Keeping the 73 can-do-without DCs translates to well over ZMK 209.8 billion a year (2010 estimates)!!!! Thats 210Km of Mpika-Serenge road done just within next year!
James
October 3, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Thats the right way to go Mr. President. clean up time any1 connected 2 the plunder of national resource should go. longlive yo excellency
Umwina Nkana
October 3, 2011 at 4:20 pm
but even FTJ made the nation believe DC’s were civil servants! I totally agree with CorrectedZ … DC’s posistion should have just been abolished
Bwelele
October 3, 2011 at 4:22 pm
I feel all the Ministries must be swept clean these include the Ministry of Education,Lands,Local Govt.etc.You remember the billions that were stolen at ZHEPIU.RB didn’t reveal to us what exactly happened there.
Humphrey
October 3, 2011 at 4:23 pm
When pipo say man of action this is what we`re talking about,keep it up Sir! en will aways give you the support lyk we did during elections.
saint wazanga
October 3, 2011 at 4:25 pm
dc should not be part of 2012
Efishinka
October 3, 2011 at 4:26 pm
It is true u re man of action. Go! Go! Go! Mr president and the pipo of Zambia will continue supporting u. God bless u and yo hard working.
Bamwine
October 3, 2011 at 4:32 pm
Mr Sata has done a lot of correct things in 11 days. keep it up Mr President a true man of action. we have no dout you will deliver on the 90 days promise.
we are behind you and the PF.
babe-with-attitude
October 3, 2011 at 4:36 pm
boring! yawning!
kelvin kayewa
October 3, 2011 at 4:39 pm
cograts mr president 4 dissolving the NAPSA board. it is amazing 2 see the massive projects under taken by NAPSA. my appeal is 2 change the law wich say’s that a member can only claim 4 re-fund of contribution wen he or she reaches 55years of age becoz they ur some who leave wrk pre -maturely before reaching the statutory requirement of 55 years,there by subjecting them 2 live in poverty while searching 4 another job.
laza
October 3, 2011 at 4:45 pm
MR PRESIDENT I THOUGHT YOU WOULD DO AWAY WITH THE OFFICE OF THE DC IN YOUR EFFORT TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT.
Moscow(OP)
October 3, 2011 at 5:01 pm
Fire them all.I’ll support Mr Sata.poor Zambians can’t suffer coz of few corrupt individuals HH wants to corrupt.HH is supporting corruption coz HH also benefited from corruption.he wouldn’t have been so reach if it were not corruption hence supporting corrupt people.I also feel HH can destroy mother Zambia
said phiri
October 3, 2011 at 5:04 pm
You are ryt.the best was just to scrap the positions.what dfrenc does it make?toz appointed will eventually be lyk the ones fired.
Zamkid
October 3, 2011 at 5:10 pm
wapya baisa …….!the first ever Titanic to break through an Iceberg without sinking …
saasa
October 3, 2011 at 5:27 pm
totally agree. If they can allow us to be getting advances for purposes of school fees, building etc instead of subjecting to loans from these banks, after all it’s our money.
Don Corleone
October 3, 2011 at 5:51 pm
the list comes from cabinet office and not statey!
Dude-with-attitude
October 3, 2011 at 5:56 pm
Yashani, Mwachilachita?
ngosa
October 3, 2011 at 6:53 pm
KANABESA MULOPWE MWABOBENI. EPASHILI PAKULEKA. UMUCINSHI KUCHIPUNA CHABA KATEKA BA M.C.SATA. LESA ALUNDEPO AMAPALO. AMEN
Dimpa Patel
October 3, 2011 at 8:03 pm
I HAD A WRONG GUESS. I THOT H.E. MC SATA WUD APPOINT A WOMAN I.G. DR MALAMA ISNT BAD.LETS SEE THE ARMY,ZAF,ZNS AND ZNS. HOPE IN ZNS HE WONT IMPORT FROM THE ARMY. AND LAET HPOE ZAMBIA NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE WILL BE CREATED AND AND HAVE ONE CHAP AS A COMMANDER SO WE CAN ONLY SEE ONE CHAP WELCOMING THE H.E.WAIT FINANCE BANK TH.E GHOULD HAVE WALTED FOR THE FINDINGS OR THE FINDINGS WERE DONE QUICK EEH!
lameck
October 3, 2011 at 8:07 pm
we realy dont need DCs. they have sucked enough. what is their job description by the way? were they not for Chiluba third bid?
mature
October 3, 2011 at 8:31 pm
ati james njengela?
serious ka?
come on mwana find another name. life without him is unbearable.