The ongoing Zambia Airfoce (ZAF) staff recruitment selection exercise has been marred with corruption and nepotism, Tumfweko has understood.
Tumfweko sources within Force Headquaters in Lusaka have disclosed this.
The recruitment exercise which began in July/August with ‘would be recrutees’ submitting there application letters from each of the nine provinces of Zambia has seen others ‘sieved’ on first selection.
Aptitude tests have since been written and the ‘would be recritees’ waiting for there names to come out and subsequently go for medicals thereafter training.
But it has emerged, there are sons and daughters of high ranked ZAF officers who have replaced those who are genuinely already on the list, pending medicals.
“The way it is at this stage, is that the children and ‘relatives’ of the bosses don’t even submit application letters but instead find there way through the final list and hence sidelining those who are genuinely considered. It’s a sorry state but that is what is happening,” disclosed the source to Tumfweko.
“They don’t even write the aptitude tests but find there way through the final list which goes for medicals and thereafter for training. Its not fair because someone who truely derseves a place in ZAF is denied the opportunity by these senior officers tactics,” said the insiders.
“The codes the ‘would be’ recruitees where given when the names come out at first and subsequently used as ‘names’ when writting the aptitude tests are just mere formalities to show that there is no ‘jigsaw’ involved and yet it’s there big time,” disclosed the sources.
“There academic results are terrible ‘its F’s’ and yet one is sidelined. Why ? Its ‘kickbacks’ all the time and very unfair to those who can not afford. The system is rotten big-time. There is ‘more than the eye sees’,”said the source.
i was once a victim of this kind of nepotism and tribalism just because am kaonde and no one could stand on my side. This country sacks, i wish i was born in europe.
Iwe chi colour you just failed ! Which ‘Kaonde’ ?
Star New York Baffalo
Ninshi insele luchelo chelo imwe ba Pungwa ? Mwachisunda kutulo ?
Iwe swine, show us your results, just because one was favored does not mean that even failures like you should cry foul! You just failed period. I wish you were born in Angola and not Zambia!
go get born in USA and die a cheap death iraq
Its a serious issue in most if not all organisations these days.if you know a senior official then tough luck.its very sad really,suitably qualified people end up settling for demeaning jobs.
those are de last kicks of a dying horse!! zaf commander must go + his minions!!
ATLEAST people can now expose what used to be hidden under MMD. We now need a Whistle blower site so that any worker can expose what has been hidden even old secrets should now be exposed
We need to know where MMD got the money for all material they used. They told the nation MMD had no money and could not even hold a convention. Was that just to protect RB and Kunda?
MMD need to pay back Govt money they in brown envelops, RB’s wife donations, Govt, Petrol etc.
Ben Mwila and Kavindele must also pay for their Sins of protecting MMD just for their own benefits.
As for Chief Kazembe, No MUTOMBOKO next year as no Govt resource will be wasted at his ceremony. All Ministers will be busy nwith no time for KAZEMBE. All People he threatened should avoid it too.
The govrt must find a rootcause of corruption and come up with the correct control measures that will not initiate corruption once and for all.
These senior officers realy v no heart 4the sufering pipo of zambia.God il deal wit evry one tht il deny me a chance of being recruitd into the air force.i spent time nd money to go nd write those tests.only 2find out nw tht sum child of an officer nevr wrote a single test bt il be calle.its a very sad state of affairs.
The president shud do sumthng wit the way these recruitments are conductd.
Whoever wants to deny me a chance in the airforce ill nt succed.its eithr they il die or get sick.i declare in jesus name.
that is wat is happening here in luanshya copper mines pipo hv to pay(bribe) 2 get employed.MR Max Kunda,Mr Lubasi,Mr Mapulanga these are some of the names of senior men doin th bribing thng.
Its a sad state of affairs when sch nonsense finds roots in the country and control seems to disappear, honestly with this act, can this country develop? With this act,can we really have fully baked students, the so called future leaders of the country?
Coz all they knw is my dad and mum since have got money, will help me in this affairs.
this is same as leakages, please school pupils and students,if your frend can get excellent results through studying, can u fail to study?
the problem is some pupils and students like playing,and forgate abt the books,
we beg you sons and daughters of rich parents,use your parents wealthy to get good education to get good jobs not through leakages or faces, present your papers you earned through studying not leakages……
Com on GBM. Suspend the recruitment 4 further investigations. Atase. Napakubo musoja kano bawiso balefwala kombat. Rubish.
that is so true all the people i know that were selected to go to zaf in the july intech are relatives to some bwana!and i hear the july recruitment was just a political scam?
Naumfwa bwino bafikala balichilamo!I want to join Zaf wen Do my degree balatinya ati unless u hav a relative you can’t join…BEKATENI BAFIKALA SHIKULU 90 day plan eNORMAL
Honestly you cant just answer without insulting? you are the people whom should be gotten out of the system, fyatile fyatile efinshi ifi?
Corruption z jst like Sex it starts wit u.i wud rily appriciate if H.E MCS gvs order 2 th mines 2 recruit massivly lik wht th late did LEVY Mhsrip.am also th source ba tumfweko!
THAT IS TRUE FOR ZAF THESE DAYS IT IS TO MUCH CHAPS WITH BAD RESUILTS EVEN FIND THEMSELVES COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. THOSE WITH THE RIGHT RESUILTS WHO DESERVE TO BE OFFICERS ARE LEFT OUT.CHAPS CANT EVEN DO PROPER JOB.
Guys lets not jus be complaining apa if you were a bwana ku ZAF would you live your children when you are going to benefit as well? If non of you has never sinned then mulibwino but try putting your selvs in there shoes… I know am dying soon!
I owz knew that. In 2009, I passed the aptitude test & did the medicals but wasnt pickd 4 no reason. Govt, clean up ZAF
Check auditor general how they employed cleaner,gardener and drivers they send to provincal offices this is serious. U mean these pipo cnt be found in the provinces. I knw the ag does nt knw. Let pipo knw this.
the security wing is being compromised by such unfair selection. a soilder is by heart not by chance of corruption. the secority selection criteria should probed to time back. a commision of enquirey….. am a victim of army officers selection in january of this year 2011
i was once a victim…thank God ndetobela abroad ukucila naba ZAF…….
Very sad development from Zaf.Can someone deny it or simply explain something before zaf is demonised and probably ask our hard working president to fire Generals,Colonels,Majors,as well as surgents.Defend yourselves now.
the solution is for ZAF to hire a recriutment agency, to do it on there behalf.ZAF can determine the qualities needed the agency will devise a method for slection.
rabish muntus kuyabebele
6 days are not the some
Imwe bonse Matole yeni Mwabuka shani. Someof you have just failed the simple apituteds. I remember sometime back in 1905 we wrote a test to the solviet union the chaps who failed alos kept saying like u are doing. Please dont post insults here bafikala na ba finyo.
Iwe chikala stop insulting waba ubupipi.
zaf recruitment, zamtel and many other are all shameless useless procedures, fire them all, MC, that is the only solution
ndiwe mwana commander no rerse gear your corupt dad is going, the tunnel has no outlet
.
chabipa ndefilechitika, anyway i will clean up the all system
Some one’s balls wil be roasted here.
Those grey haired muf*ckers must hit the free way ,idiots ar stealing even the small allowances like operations allowances. Mwapya baisa!!
Its sad i remember back in 2005 i attended the Aptitudes Tests. My name was not called out as i had failed apparently. The officers said that we could register our numbers so that incase opportunities came they could get in touch. As the officer was careless in exposing my name and marks i saw that i actually scored the second highest, so i asked the officer who was registering my name then he replied whilest hiding the marks saying no we have taken not of your situation and we may have required specific fields at the time. We will be getting back to you soonest…. Till today ati ni Donchi Kubeba pa ZAF.
DONT WORRY GUYS SAKALA AND HIS DEPUTY ARE GONE WE HAVE YOUNG AND ENEGETIC COMMANDERS NOW
One time ! Now lets blast these old ballies out of their offices !
ba zaf and their sick sons and relatives muletuchinga ninshi ? imwe ba $#@%
Dont worry ba ficolour, I will sort out those old men as soon as I report mailo.
i wonder why these guys were doing this,bafikala baleya uno mwaka..
Nothing strange…speaking from experience!
thse zaf guyz ar realy delayng,sm of us hv already med sm budget as officers,hop thy wont do anythng fish
@Spider your not the only one ,that’s very true waiting for 6months is not a jokes they should just remove the kids for the generals who never applied or wrote the test they should apply for the next selection.awe
The next place to be unearthed should be home affairs were people with criminal records are employed leaving applicants who are qualified.Awe Zambia ya bonse not these selfish Generals.PF Government should expose them so that alot can learn from the same.Shame MMD there never used to see all these things or they gave orders you reap what you saw……………….
I think the new gvt should find a way of recruiting the school leavers they are just so many who left school. When a chance comes surely as curruption above has already said the poor man’s child like me without relatives on top will suffer. Young or old we all need good food as from poor or rich family we all need jobs.
ba Jackal naba dre, yu must be beneficialries of this nepotism or yu have never been in a genuine interview. this dirt obtains at Zaf unless yu’v never been there or hiding… its all over! Shame on yu if yu are true Zambians!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND I SUSPECT YU BOUGHT YO CV, i bet yu don’t even have one.
Chachine too much corruption….. ifyabupuba
vintu va chinja lets see genuine pipo geting into the force.your days r gone ba sakalanyongo
It’s sad of this revelation. Surely, its not the Air Force we joined years back. We had only one recruiting centre, that is, City Airport.
HAVE YOU EVER FOUND ANY REASONING OFFICER IN THE DEFENCE FORCE. ITS O ABOUT WHO U KNOW, NO WONDER WE NEVER C ANYTHING THEY DO. NOW SUM1 HAS TO THINK FOR THEM 2 BE BUYING THIER OWN MEALIE MEAL. ITS THE SAME DULL GENES THAT KEEP ON RUNNING THE SAME FORCE. EMPLOY FROM REPUTABLE RECRUITING AGENTS
ITS TRUE
its raf in the airforce if u know nobody.i was there for training in livingston and my friends were comisioned in july.i was discharged 2 weeks b4 being comisioned on flimsy ground as i had no one to talk on my behalf.am just happy that i left the airforce with my fitness but feel sad for the four candidates namely biyela b, mtonga w, hampande k and ntikisha c who were discharged afta sustaining terible bone fractures during training but the airforce refused to compesate them despite the disabilities sufferd by these soldiers.
ZAMBIA IS JUST A PAIN. HOPE THESE THINGS WILL CHANGE AND NOT GET WORSE. THEY ARE CERTAIN THINGS WE CANT AVOID. NOW WHAT THEY WILL DO IS PLAY SMART THEY HAD BECOME CARELESS. THIS COMES FROM WAY BACK. EVEN THE TIME WE JOINED THE AIR FORCE IT WAS THE SAME STORY JUST HANDLED NEATLY.
Kambwili is it true that max kunda,lubasi and mapulanga are involved in bribery scam at luanshya copper mine under your nose ?
please investigate on behalf of the poor zambians
dont worry gentlemen just zeee! ba kateeka balakontolola
if its true that corruption has engulfet ZAF then we need linyungandambo airforce where pipo are allergic to corruption but addicted to transparency,fairness and respect for education.
Guyz its indeed a pity coz i witnessed vachibululu vabo where given already answered answershits.Those aptitude test are there just for formality purposes,but they know already people on the list.Those who exercise corruption the trueth shall prevel especially in livingstone they will all deminish.
Zaf ni zee zona.only 3 from central province under administration have been picked.takwaba.
ni zee
Can the anti corruption investigate the issue, we hear they did interviews for 26 inservice personnel and now they have trimmed the number to halve and brought in civilians relationships of high profile govt officials and airforce generals. it a pity that the so called in-service recruitment has turned into an engine for recruiting family friends