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BLUNDER : SATA Appoints Corruption-Convict XAVIER CHUNGU As PS
REPUBLICAN President has appointed forgery-convict and corruption fugitive Xavier Chungu as his Permanent Secretary for Luapula Province, highly-placed sources at cabinet office revealed yesterday.
And President Sata has appointed Emmanuel Mwamba the late former president Frederick Chiluba’s spokesperson as his permanent Secretary for Northern Province while renowned marketer Augustine Seyuba will be Western Province Permanent Secretary.
According to sources, President Sata has also appointed the former director general of the Zambia Security Intelligence Service Xavier Chungu.
Upon coming to power last month, President Sata coined an anti-corruption slogan ‘I am allergic to corruption’ and has been firing some senior public officials he claims are corrupt.
However, his latest appointee, Chungu, has been facing corruption cases resulting from his dealings when he served as spy chief during the corruption-laced regime of Chiluba between 1991 and 2001.
Chungu, Chiluba and other Chiluba-allied senior government officials were in February 2003 charged with 168 counts of theft of more than $40million public funds.
Chungu has never been acquitted. Most of his cases are still active in the courts of law.
Chiluba, who died in June 2011 at his Kabulonga residence, was controversially acquitted in 2009, a judgement President said was engineered by then President Rupiah Banda.
The London High court in 2007 found Chiluba and several of his allies guilty of thefty of US$46 million public funds and ordered them to refund the US$58 Million but the Banda adminstration, which was reluctant to fight corruption, declined to register the judgement in Zambian courts.
Amidst his prosecution, Chungu in June 2004 fled Zambia and went into hiding.
He was reported to be in Portugal and briefly in neighbouring Mozambique on asylum.
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OBSERVER
November 2, 2011 at 9:47 am
The old man is tired he needs to rest.RECYCLED LEADERS NISO CHABE. Kukonda kusiila NKALAMBA NISO CHABE. ASHEMED
Half Petticoat
November 2, 2011 at 10:00 am
He just has to rescind the decision of appointing bo Chungu. Otherwise, PF will kiss my vote, my family’s votes, my drinking mates’ votes, up to my concubines’ votes GOOD BYE. This is not what I was celebrating for on 22 Sept. Let that allergy against corruption be seen to work.
Utu jiri jiri
November 2, 2011 at 10:35 am
The appointment of these thugs into government has cast dark shadow over our country’s politics.People are now being treated with contempt and there is no way this clueless government is going to change things in 90 days.This is the mother of all blunders and there is no excuse for such a senseless move.
Janet ngoza
November 2, 2011 at 10:45 am
Ma Zambians simumvela you made your bed now you can lie in it we always told you that RB was better but you wanted change this is what you get just wait for 2016 no more Sata and PF
Chinyopilo
November 2, 2011 at 11:53 am
Am also deeply disappointed and vexed not only with these two appointments but others too. Its too early to start regretting to have voted for MCS. Come 2016 PF will be out if this continues.
icili pamunobe
November 2, 2011 at 11:58 am
president sata are your advisors serious? chungu can’t be made ps it can’t be true mwilatukalifya imitima plz!
Chinyopilo
November 2, 2011 at 12:03 pm
For sure my sister and maybe 2016 will be too far away to say good bye to PF and Sata. Where are other PF members please to advise the Presido? Shemuna shame!!!!
lunga
November 2, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Iam very shocked. Zambians will live to regret for what they did voting for pf if such rumours are true.
panji
November 2, 2011 at 12:26 pm
iye tata lesa…
ester
November 2, 2011 at 12:29 pm
If it was a rumour, MCS would not have gotten disappointed, it was all in black and white.
dnice
November 2, 2011 at 12:30 pm
I am a very big fan af president Sata and i will always be. I however have to mention that this appointment of chungu cant go without comment. I think its just too soon for Mr Sata to give any portfolio to Chungu. If the investigations for corruption are still incomplete and iam sure President Sata is aware of this, why has he brought him into his government. I dont think he deserves to be in Government and i am sure Mr President will give another thought to this. I hope he will
Kangwa
November 2, 2011 at 12:49 pm
Awekwena we are yet to see more, unfortunately the post has sided with sata so they cant attack even wen a blunder is made, we need another paper that is going to objectively criticizes the pf governance…
This should not be the way-forward…. regrettable indeed.
pwando phiri
November 2, 2011 at 1:19 pm
WE WARNED YOU AND DID NOT LISTEN. NOW IT IS THE TIME TO PROVE YOU OF WRONG CHOICE. YOU ARE YET TO SEE MORE. BEFORE THE END OF 5 YEARS IT WILL BE A DISASTOR IN THIS COUNTRY. WATCH OUT FOR HIS NEXT MOVE OR APPOINTMENT.
Nsaka yawa
November 2, 2011 at 1:23 pm
Abanenu bala lwa..You guys should block Cairo road.If Mr. MCS has serious interest for his country & people he will deliver what he had promised. The power is in the hands of the people its you that put him in that office & have the power to take him out..complain with action..
tears
November 2, 2011 at 1:48 pm
I really sacrifiiced to travel across the country to CHANGE my country, Am heartbroken thinking of leaving Zambia while i still can am an 80′s baby and would like to know what it feels like to live in an unbroken country, Dissolve parliament, u will be shocked!
BA 90
November 2, 2011 at 3:24 pm
surely ba president who is going to redeem us when u put thieves in yo government my vote will be 4 ELIAS CHIPIMO if u fail 2 deliver.
chanda inspector
November 2, 2011 at 5:16 pm
NOTHING LIKE MY VOTE WILL GO TO CHIPIMO. THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED, LIVE WITH IT YOU FOOLS.YOU THOUGHT WHEN PIPO WERE CDRITISING THAT OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT WAS NOT A RIGHT PERSON TO BE IN STATE HOUSE , YOU WERE QUICK TO REACT. LIVE WITH HIS MISTAKE DONT GIVE US ANOTHER FOOLISH CHOICE.
SoxMe2011
November 2, 2011 at 5:28 pm
SATA must realize that this is 2011 not 60s.
Anyway ZAMBIA always has a problem when it comes to electing a PRESIDENT and the trend is likely to continue for a long time to come.
Put another way, people who offer themselves for PRESIDENT have a problem
dont know which one is which
Guess we have to wait for 2016…..its gonna be a long wait indeed
Indira GHANDI
November 2, 2011 at 5:34 pm
All these appointments are questionable. The new Central Province PS was a customs officer at Mwami Border in Chipata who was fired for misapproriation of funds almost four (4) years ago. He is believed to have assisted MCS by providing transport when he was allegedly depoted from malawi. If this is not patronage, show me another example,,,,,,,,
Origin Zambiano
November 2, 2011 at 6:38 pm
Zambians we are mature enough to know what is not good for the country. Sata PF has let ZAmbians down in so many ways in such a short time. The world has started questioning the intelligence of Zambians to be hoodwinked by one old man. We believe in democracy and so Sata has been given that chance. However, he has not met our expectations. Next elections vote PF OUT. Let us re look at our parties and pick a more nationaly acceptable party. Remember PF are not majority so they can not count on that. Even today if impeachment motion was to be voted on Sata PF govt would be defeated by MMD and UPND MPs votes. This they know and theirs is borrowed time.
quizzer
November 3, 2011 at 12:30 am
Totally agree. By the way who broke the stones on which the 10 commandments were written? Zambians forget easily and we need a reminder.
Theo
November 3, 2011 at 9:20 am
Yaba! What is it that Sata has seen in Chungu? Pali Chimo,…Sata can’t just wake up and appoint Chungu as permanent secretary,…Chungu has something to offer to Sata,..which may be for all these years,…chungu has kept,..let him give Sata am Secrets,.,.People!!! what goes on in this Government of ours is so deep,like a Secret Society..just wait and see.
a hunk
November 3, 2011 at 9:40 am
What a waste of my precious vote. 2016 Elias Chipimo!
big jo
November 3, 2011 at 9:58 am
YOU ZAMBIANS DONT COMPLAIN,,YOU R THE FOOLS THAT VOTED,,NOW SLEEP IN THE BED YOU MADE,,,,,!! YOU WANTED CHANGE…THERS YOUR CHANGE
allan mulawisha
November 3, 2011 at 11:55 am
Remove both of them Emmanuel Mwamba and Savior Chungu…This information leaked because its bad news……We the people do not need the services of these criminals………This is the start of down-fall or shrinking of PF government…they turnished
Neutral
November 3, 2011 at 12:14 pm
TWALE MYEBA MWEMAFONTINI you used to pretend like you really understood very well what you were voting for – and when we tOLD you, YOU USED TO REACTING LIKE DEVILS, NO BRAINs. NOW FACE IT and learn a lesson so that you dont repeat it in future – just look at this “Iam allergic to corruption” and then on the other hand someone is embracing people likened to Chiluba’s corrupt regime! (someone still facing court charges and never acquitted) what kind of allergy to corruption is that? …… isn’t that a CONTRADICTION !!! …….? EE NORMAL ENORMAL ????
happy c
November 3, 2011 at 12:43 pm
i dont want to regret but my vote is forcing me too.mr president sata what is the meaning of this act? do you really want to fight corrupton in this mother zambia.
Jomie
November 3, 2011 at 1:29 pm
These appointments are good as they are showing that Sata = Chiluba = corruption. They are going to make Sata unpopular among tribes which are really allegic to thieves like southerners, westerners, north-westerners, central and part of all other provices. Come 2016 Sata will cry like RB in old age.
zambian
November 3, 2011 at 1:35 pm
Complete & total waste of my vote. Ba Sata why????????? Xavier is a big time crook and we all know it.
JAM
November 3, 2011 at 1:56 pm
YOU GUYS YOU THINK LIKE INSECTS THESE CRITCIZMS YOU MAKE ARE YOU JUST WAFLIN OR WAT YOU ARE STILL TALKING ABT RB SHEET!THE FATHER OF JAMES BANDA ,REMEMBER NI DONCHI KUBEBA ICHINTU CHINTU TUMWENE LEKENI SATA ATEKE!
Kano Nga Ebo
November 3, 2011 at 2:45 pm
I am not regretting voting for my president His Excellency, Some people are just cowards how cud one person like saviour make you regret? just forget about his thieving behaviour, who knows maybe we are all thieves. you dont know what is behind the closed doors,you just busy talking, Remember we are in Satas’s Government period.
messenger
November 3, 2011 at 4:30 pm
Disgusting Haa. How? shortage of vibrant innocent lntelligent loving Zambians? My boss MCS for the first time you have really screwed down my balls. I dont know what to think.
Fatim, Perth
November 3, 2011 at 5:11 pm
Same old politicians, he used the name chinese, i will sort them out, to win elections. Appointint new boards to give jobs to his relatives, he is still going. Power is for the people, look around other countries my fellow zambians how they can fight for change in their nations. This old man needs to retire, he thought it was that easy to run a nation…..
Libingi Victoria Falls
November 3, 2011 at 10:31 pm
He will go fasteer than he come we still have power in our hands to get PF out let them look at making the party popular for how long is he going to sweep state house????????Shamenda were are you with your 30 days plan to give the Zambian poeple a better wage,payee as you earn,private sector you are not even touchng it.You are busy placing the biggest fundersof P.F in positions to return there maony we are not intrested as Zambians.What is ther fo rus inthe budget cost of life in Zambia is very expesnsive no competion in the car market,it is hard to save.were is ZAMBIANAZATION.Investors we are know scared of them…………what he hell is going on is this more money in our pockets.
benjamin sakala
November 3, 2011 at 10:32 pm
I don’t believe this. Is Sata being advised or he is going it all by himself. He should be very careful, he might be slowly and surely be losing all our support.And why appoint recycled politicians when there are capable young men?. Some one should be telling Sata,that he is being watched.He will go the way of RB
KAKOOKA
November 3, 2011 at 10:49 pm
At this rate we shall soon have either Jack the Ripper or the Boston Strangler recalled into active service as our Police Service Chief
jamesbpnd
November 3, 2011 at 10:49 pm
THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE BEING GIVEN JOBS, MOST OF THEM FROM THE ARCHIVES GIVES ME A REASON TO WORRY WHY FOR EXAMPLE BRING ABC AS FINANCE MINISTER THERE ARE SO MANY CAPABLE YOUNG GUYS WHO CAN DO THIS JOB, THEN YOU BRING CORRUPT GUYS,NO TWAKANA THE YOUTH OF TODAY GAVE BA SATA THE MANDATE PLEASE DONT FAIL THEM,MAY GOD GUIDE YOU.
KAKOOKA
November 3, 2011 at 10:57 pm
Now I believe in the saying that ” The devil you know is better than the ANGEL you dont know” Serves us right for our experimenting.
Dude
November 4, 2011 at 1:23 am
Mr. Sata you are very useless…….2016 is not too far
umuntu
November 4, 2011 at 5:12 pm
forget this guy is a swindler who made chiluba to be a small god, but lets give ceasar wat belong to ceasar
Child of the Universe
November 6, 2011 at 11:18 am
The 21st Century is for leaders who value consensus and synergy,leaders who recognise the vertical and horizontal dimensions of decision making,leaders who are democratic in outlook,but also know how to use executive priviledge confidently,leaders who can work as a team and on their own as individuals.Our president would rather dictate and his advisors know so they just watch him!
Dissapointed Zambian
November 9, 2011 at 6:35 pm
Can the big man explain why he appointed the contravetial Chungu at the Heart of changing the image of Zambia? This sounds terrible, plaese big man revisit this decision before everyone resigns from your government.