GOVERNMENT has constituted a commission of inquiry to probe the alleged payment of K3.5 billion to George Kunda and Company when the former Vice-President was Minister ofJustice, the Daily Mail has learnt.
The K3.5 billion payment involves Sun Pharmaceuticals International and the Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ).
Mail investigations show that Minister of Justice Sebastian Zulu will head the commission of inquiry, which shall also investigate the K190 million paid to Mr Kunda by a wireless company.
“The terms of reference are to investigate the sum of K190 million which was paid to honourable George Kunda, State Counsel, and K3.5 billion paid to George Kunda and Company in the case involving Sun Pharmaceuticals International and DBZ,” Daily Mail sources said.
Other members on the commission of inquiry are Dr Ngosa Simbyakula (deputy chairman), and three members, Deputy Minister of Finance Alfreda Kansembe, Ministry of Justice Permanent Secretary Mbololwa Muyaba and Lusaka lawyer Mwila Kombe.
The commission of inquiry will be assisted by Emmerson Chawanda, Manson Gondwe and Ebby Katukula.
On Wednesday, Daily Mail investigations exposed Mr Kunda’s past dealings, including his law firm – George Kunda and Company- “inappropriately” receiving a total of K3.5 billion from Sun Pharmaceuticals Internationals and DBZ.
The payment traces its history to January 2010 when President Sata was then Patriotic Front (PF) opposition leader. It was first revealed on a programme aired live on QFM Radio.
The Daily Mail investigations revealed that Mr Kunda may face an official Government probe team to explain how the Ministry of Finance paid his law firm K3.5 billion without him declaring interest in the matter as a man who was working for the government and who also co-
owned the law firm.
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I want to be investigated also……….Any commission of fimo-fimo
We are made to pay one of the Highest PAYE in the world, drive on bad roads in chalala, no piped water in chalala, and yet the stupid MMD government says there is no money. Please Ba Sata cage these greedy idiots!! They are not fit to leave amongst us!
Tax evader, i agree cannot agree with you more! We pay road tax and there are thousands of cars in chalala and lots of tax payers and we can’t get the benefit of high taxes. Given Lubinda i know you are reading this, we hv suffered we need water in libala south, your constituency twapapata!!!
Too too much commission of inquiry, PF government that wstn tax payerz money, increase the civil servants salaryz than making inquiryz every second especially council employeez the money the get iz too little nowounder the are corrput and fail to work.
This is pure witch-hunting.George Kunda and company sued Satan for Libel over the same 3.5billion.. the case was discontined because Satan became presdo..Pliz stop wasting our money on these stupid enquiries.
Bullshit. Commission of wat, commission of wat, commission of wat. Why not give this job to qualified accountant better still officers in the Auditor Generals office. If there is no consideration from George Kunda the fix him.
Iwe babygal, nakuno waisa nafuti. Uli kapuba.
Iwe mutale, can u retract yor comments/insults. u’ll b traced, and thrown in jail. am watchin u kapoli.
What good is an orange plant which does not bare fruits for a hungry man to eat.lets reduce the amount of allowances awarded to these commission of inquiry individuals.
Youths nid jobs, but govenmnt is busy chasing shadows. Shame!
Investigate the bug***rs – they really took the Zambian ppl for granted!!
we r nt going to eat corruption we nid fud. MCS use yo brain.
We need a better Zambia i therefore support the commissions of inquiry so that who ever is found wanting should be brought to book and i hope these are being done in good faith.
HE MCS must continue to be relentless on the MMD thugs. How did Kunda for instance buy the huge Dunlop site in Ndola?
At the end of the day, we should count how much money has been paid to the commissioners and how much they will bring in – in kind and financially. Those going to probe GK are mainly civil servants – are they going to be paid allowances, besides their normal salaries? If GK stole or is suspected to have stolen why not ask the police or dec like with others? What is special with GK and he cannot be subjected to the treat of Maxwell Mwale, Musokotwane
sata u jst want 2 enrich your relatives and friends through fake commissions paying the k2.5m per sitting why dont use invistigating wings chikabula ewe that is how u want to steal national resource
i dont understand some of you that deem to cimplain about these inquiries, these are necesary, all the wrongs and abuses that took place in the past hae to be investigated and wrong doers penalised, what kind of a country are we going to have whereby the so called elite or rulling class do break the law then we just let them go scot free? whats wrong with you people? Sata is really trying to bring sanity to the way we do things and he needs everywell meaning zambian’s support. as the saying goes…it takes the good to do nothing to allow eveil prevail…b
Viva pf…
We are in a time and era that for everything – a Commission of Inquiry will be constituted. When a wife disrespects the husband – if the husband is PF; there will be a Com of inquiry! Time wasting! 90 Days promises King Cobra!
kekekkekekekekekeeeeeee!!!!1 iwe hisman taumfwa!!!
LET KUNDA BE PROBED LIKE DORA SLIT AND R B!
Yea,sata ur da man
Chi Bwezani na banthu bakwe. Those silly zambia who were busy supporting RB what can you say to all these monies going and some being buried. For sure Chalala not piped water pipo dig bore holes next to septic tanks drink matuvi water no good roads but at the end of the money we pay PAYE like the company is setting you to go home with nothing.
Witch hunt is what the MMD are using as a shield for money stolen from public coffers. It wont work.
Ye shall use it over and over and ye shall still be investigated over and over.
ask me .it ws part of our govt .deals in evrythng.i fundd him.bt brobe him bt spare me plz plz
THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY CORRUPTION PROBES THAT I DON’T ENTIRELY AGREE WITH:
Unless there’s much more about the facts than this article reveals, I do not agree with the ground upon which George Kunda must be probed for receiving money from DBZ and Sun Pharmaceuticals. If the payments were irregular then there’s cause to investigate, but if it’s for him merely not declaring interest then I have a problem. My South African experience is that every high profile public servant/politician would either at the time of assuming such office or at least annually be expected to declare ALL their business and financial interests as well as all remuneration/ financial benefit received at the end of each financial year (i.e.benefits accrued only by virtue of being shareholder but not performing extra remunerative work in those businesses). THEREFORE THESE CONDITIONS MAKE IT PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BE PERMITTED TO PERFORM EXTRA REMUNERATIVE WORK OUTSIDE ONE’S PUBLIC SERVICE JOB. But if allowed, these public servants would then be required to DECLARE INTEREST IN EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL TRANSUCTIONS BETWEEN GOVT INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR COMPANY ONLY WHERE SUCH TRANSUCTIONS ARE PERSONALLY HANDLED BY THE PUBLIC SERVANT.
NOW, WE SHOULD NOT CREATE LEGAL PRECINDENTS THAT WOULD NOT STAND THE TEST OF TIME. WAS GEORGE KUNDA THE RESPONSIBLE LAWYER IN THE TWO INSTANCES OF HIS COMPANY DEALING WITH SUN PHARMACEUTICALS AND DBZ?
WHAT HAPPENS IF I OWN A FILLING STATION AS AN ORDINARY ZAMBIAN AND THEN AM LATER APPOINTED MINISTER, SHOULD GOVT VEHICLES STOP USING MY FILLING STATION? OR SHOULD I DECLARE INTEREST EACH TIME A GOVT VEHICLE TANKS UP THERE?
MORE INFORMATION: I SAID ABOVE ” THEREFORE THESE CONDITIONS MAKE IT PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BE PERMITTED TO PERFORM EXTRA REMUNERATIVE WORK OUTSIDE ONE’S PUBLIC SERVICE JOB…” SOME OF THE CONDITIONS ARE:
1. That you’ll not perform such extra remunerative work during your working hours as a public servant
2. State resources should not be used (e.g. cars, computers, printers, cell phones, fuel, etc)
WANU NGWEE, thats the most stupedestest reasonining I’ve heard, and you wrote an essay of a comment to bring out your stupid reasoning…anyway we are all entitled to an opinion regardless how dull it sounds
We have enough government law enforcement and investigative units in Zambia – ACC, DEC, Police and the Auditor General’s office, whose job descriptions are exactly what is being passed on to these Commissions of Inquiries being set up. Leave the probes to the professionals who were hired to do just that.
mr mutale; watch yo mouth.!!!!!!!
@THE EYE WHAT EXACTLY IS YOUR POINT? DEBATE IS PUTTING ACROSS YOUR REASONING AND NOT INSULTING. I CAN HELP YOU THINK IF THERE’S SOMETHING YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND!
fast fast b4 he dies
GK don’t waist time on this useless Babygal you can see that there is no objectivity in this persons thinking. On the plunders story she / he defended them and now she / he is defending the questionable K3.5BN can you see that this person’s corrupt thinking is very consistent. These people need time to teach them a life time lesson and they will never plunder any resources again
1. Kunda received K190million from a wireless company.
2. K3.5Billion paid to George Kunda and company in the Case of Sun Pharmaceuticals Vs DBZ.
DOES ANYONE HAVE DETAILS OF THE NATURE OF THE SUSPECTED WRONG DOING IN EACH OF THESE CASES? THE TRUTH IS THAT ALL ZAMBIANS WANT WHOEVER STOLE FROM THE COUNTRY TO GO TO JAIL, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE WANT TO SEE THAT GOVT’S GROUNDS AND STRONG ENOUGH TO SECURE A CONVICTION. ZAMBIAN TAXPAYERS HAVE ACTUALLY LOST MORE MONEY ON INVESTIGATIONS THAT END UP FADING AWAY COZ THE STATE CAN’T DEFINE ITS CASE. I PROPOSE THAT WE START CITING FAILED INVESTIGATIONS AS A FORM OF CORRUPTION TOO & FOR WHICH INVESTIGATORS SHOULD CHARGED WITH FRUITLESS EXPENDITURE!!
so far can someone stand tall to tell the nation which commission of inquiry of those that have existed in the current regme has delivered to people’s expectations.am now doubting mr sata.we know what an inquiry is but lets not form one when we already know it will not take us anywhere but a way of of stealing in the name of allowances.
enquiry,afta another bt no fruits.z kapokos still pending…………
How much money are we puting into all these commisons of inquiries? Are we sure we are not wasting more money than what will be recovered?
Zambians please wake up. Some of you are soo dull that you cant reason properly. Can anyone tell me what we have as a nation benefited so far from any Commission of Inquiry that was set up before this one? We are losing precious monies in the name of CoI allowances. Moreover, like one ngwee styated, the statements above do not suggest anything wrong unless there is more to the stories thyan what meets the eye.
Time for gk 2 dance pelete deal wit dat fool bt pf remember chalala
kwena wanu ngwee,Nakferd,phoho& kasambalulu you are not thinking straight. Are you sure that these pipo didnt steal? Sata is not a fool to form an inquiry against an innocent person like you Wanu Ngwee.civil servants are getting peanuts as salaries and pay more as PAYE while Liato,Kunda, Dora and others were abusing our resources. So if you dont hav intel dont comment leave it to others who hav intel. Where were ACC,DEC, Police & Auditor General when Liato was digging Bilions under ground? so shut up and LET CHANGE PREVAIL.VIVA SATA
@2Jobz: Happy New Year to You!
To be honest, may be there’s alot more you know about the Kunda issue that just what Tumfweko has reported. My comments are purely based on the contents of this article and nothing else. It’d obviously be foolish and unpatriotic for any well meaning Zambian not to support the fight against corruption, but I have a problem with what Tumfweko reports to be the reason for police’s pursuit of Kunda (i.e. ” … his company received K3.5Bn without him declaring interest in the matter…”). And my argument is that these grounds are weak for govt to send him to jail. If you go through Kunda’s ministerial file at Cabinet office or State House (wherever these records are kept) you’ll most likely find that he declared his interest in this company when he was taking up a ministerial post. And maybe in terms of the Ministerial Handbook, this declaration suffices for the full duration of his appointment. During Kunda’s term as either Justice Minister or Deputy President his firm had numerous transuctions with different clients, some of them govt entities. Now, the question is; did he have to declare interest in each of those transuctions?? Mind you we are dealing with a lawyer here, so they must not excite us now and then go into oblivion later when they fail to convict him after wasting more govt resources!