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DORA Siliya HOSPITALISED
FORMER Education minister, Dora Siliya was yesterday reportedly taken ill and admitted to a hospital in Lusaka.
Ms Siliya was scheduled to appear before a team of security officers operating at the former Task Force offices in Lusaka at 14:00 hours.
Her lawyer, Sakwiba Sikota said his client was admitted to one of the local hospitals in the capital.
He could not disclose the hospital because Ms Siliya needed to rest.
The former minister kept the investigators waiting until after 15:00 hours when she sent word that she was unable to appear.
Police Service spokesperson Elizabeth Kanjela said Ms Siliya should appear when she feels better.
Ms Siliya has already been questioned in connection with motor cycles that were intercepted in a truck which was on its way to her residence on Lusaka’s Independence Avenue.
The Petauke Central parliamentarian recently failed to appear before a Commission of Inquiry constituted to probe allegations of impropriety in the failed acquisition of airport radar systems.
The radar systems were supposed to be installed at Kenneth Kaunda and Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula International airports in Lusaka and Livingstone, respectively.
The commission constituted last month to probe the awarding of a tender to RP Capital Partners and the sale of Zamtel concluded its sittings last month and prominent among the issues, was the memorandum of understanding (MoU) that was signed when Ms Siliya was minister of Communications and Transport.
According to the MoU, which Ms Siliya signed in 2008, RP Capital Partners Limited was engaged to evaluate Zamtel’s assets ahead of the privatisation.
The Zambian Government paid RP Capital Partners Limited of Cayman Islands five per cent of the negotiated amount as fees and another US$2 million (about K10.4 billion) as transaction fees at the end of the sale.
RP Capital Partners Limited had been contracted to provide consultancy services to the Government in connection with the Zamtel sale
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Wanyafye Tiger 3 Asante Kotoko 1
January 6, 2012 at 2:55 pm
To you hopeless anaylsts with long blogs!!! – read the Bible – theft is theft and shud be dealt with. Pipo die in Misisi compound by failing to access Fansidar or ORS that costs as little as 2pin. Then u want to feel sorry for an idiot that can afford 1,000 bikes using public funds for personal use?? Are you conscious? When u steal and u r cot, that’s it. Face the music. U cannot say “Iyo, bashi Chama next door stole more blah, blah”. Public funds are public funds. Period. How can one compare our thieves to Mobutu? U mena Mobutu can be a role model to any one on this Earth? Hell.
Wanyafye Tiger 3 Asante Kotoko 1
January 6, 2012 at 2:58 pm
The only difference I can see between Mobutu and our thieving ex-presidents and ex-ministers is that Mobutu ali nimpupu while aba abesu niba kabolala. Nothing more.
macopolo
January 6, 2012 at 3:24 pm
dora idiot just own up, rats in our jails are waiting for your over used pussy where they will be sleeping, i bet you 250rats can fit in there
Munalian
January 6, 2012 at 3:34 pm
@ wants tiger…
1) we all know that theft is theft,it’s common sense!!
2) each govt can go through this charade of prosecuting its predecessor but that wont provide pain killers to the poor people whose plight you claim to represent!
3) given the expense and time spent with Chiluba,how many days did he spend in jail? How millions did Chiluba & co pay back to the national treasury?
4) corruption in MMD didn’t start with Dora and Rupiah,most of you are ignorant or blind to Sata’s 1991-2001 time as Chiluba’s side kick,if he is really serious about corruption,then he should investigate the corruption practices that took place while he wined & dined with Chiluba!
5) that same Bible you quote talks about forgiveness,why not do that and move on?? Don’t you think it would be preferable for PF to set a good precedent and provide pain killers thereby establishing a legacy of public service instead of corruption!!
Denjavu
January 6, 2012 at 3:38 pm
All comments jst got to show how much hate is in Zambians. I pit dora ma buttocks.
Martin Daka
January 6, 2012 at 3:44 pm
Soft bum herself is sick? Please evacuate her to South Africa… We need her
PITY YOU
January 6, 2012 at 4:22 pm
Ba Dora! mwalwala chimutunta, shipeni mayo fisanga abamatako…you boasted to be the richest female MP, kanshi fyaku gwagula. Imagina, bed wetting, ubuhule, buchakolwa elyo no bupupu we mwanakashi wamupamba. I dont know what to call you. Old habits die hard. For those who do not know the history of the Blue House in Avondale, ask Dora by then she was at ZNBC. Hope you stopped smoking mama!
PITY YOU
January 6, 2012 at 4:32 pm
@ Munalian, stop cheating yourself. Which Bible are you trying to quote? Is it not the same bible which says “Thou shall not steal”? How do you forgive a person who is not remorseful? Has God ever forgiven those who have shown stubborness? Let us no hide in the Bible, the Bible is very clear. Are you telling us that who ever steals should be let scort-free in the spirit of forgiveness and moving on? Let if be a lesson to all would be wrong doers, if PF steals they will have to go through the same embarassment, at least even if we do not get anything from them but they will somehow payback through the legal fees of which we shall get a small amount through taxes eventually. I rest my case.
doc2m
January 6, 2012 at 4:44 pm
@Wanyafye Tiger 3 Asante Kotoko 1, whats the diff btwn kabolala & impupu?
mundala
January 6, 2012 at 4:51 pm
Munalian – u are so sypathetic with thieves is there anything we should know?i dont understand you when you talk about Chiluba’s case having yielded nothing.You and I both remember that this serious case was frustrated by Rupiah and his friends. I dont blame,you are possibly a confortable person in society but think about your relatives who cld’nt afford private hospitals, Dstv,normal sober meals,private education_we need to clean up the system.remember some of your relatives that died bcoz of lucky of medical facilities,they would have been here with us if stealing was not the order of the day.i just hope you are not a beneficary to the stealing that took place then you will realise hw wrong it is to do what they did.When you talk about forgiveness, you cannot forgive a person who has not accepted his/her mistakes(thats being a coward who is scared of confronting a wrong doer by simply loosing memory like nothing happened)-
Air Mukwai_
January 6, 2012 at 5:21 pm
@ Munalian:
1.the Bible is a reference book for morals and quotations can suit situation either for favor or against. but these ministers they take oath to work for the republic of zambia and nothing else. if they happen to operate outside the circumference surely they are reliable for punishment in accordance with the zambian law. yes,a quote from the Bible says “do not steal” and the same Bible says “forgive your neighbor 70×7″ meaning infinite. so do you expect a servant for people of zambia to be stealing and forgiven over and over and over?. that’s why the Bible is there to set up std morals.
2.what the current gvt has started of pinning down all culprits shall also be applied to them if they happen to be offside. it’s good to set up moral stds to follow to be a good servants of zambian people.
3. chibula cohorts were the one who suffered much and some spent nights in jail like richard sakala. we don’t want to see that again by dilly dallying cases. if one proven guilty within the shortest possible time, that person has to reap what (s)he sowed.
4. ntambi ni ntambi (a country/person without morals is as good as death) the gvt has to set a good precedent as a yardstick of reference.
Always
January 6, 2012 at 5:21 pm
She is just having her periodz. Jst buy her cotton olo Always.
Air Mukwai_
January 6, 2012 at 5:33 pm
@ munalian:
1.if you base your views on forgiveness, then prisons shall be used for something else and not outlaws.
2. why do you lock you house if your intension is to forgive a thief?
3.no prisons no police(wo)men=unemployment.
Wanyafye Tiger 3 Asante Kotoko 1
January 6, 2012 at 5:46 pm
@Doc2m – I think impupu isa ubushiku libe kabolala eba namukasuba. Impumpu steals discretely while the other does carelessly, boastfully with impunity – anyway katwishi – let’s ask ba Chasaya or Hon. Mwansa Kapeya.
Chibombebombe
January 6, 2012 at 6:25 pm
Yayayayayaya…Dora Slity alwala,i told her that days are numbered.
UMFWA IWE!
January 6, 2012 at 6:34 pm
BA RB WHEN IN GOVT,WHEN SOMEONE SAID HE WAS SICK,ALL LIKES OF SHIKAPWASHA WOULD COME TO DENY IT.AS THE NET COMING CLOSER ON HIM,O THE ‘PASTORS’ ,NGIs,LUFWEKELO,etc SHOULD DENY SO THAT HE FACE JUSTIS.BA BWEZANI NOT UKULWALA
princess
January 6, 2012 at 7:07 pm
From such comments it is so clear that Zambia is far from development..May you recover Dora..
NGOSHE KULUPAKO
January 6, 2012 at 7:10 pm
WE SHALL NOW SEE WHO IS SMART BETWEEN DORA AND THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE COZ EVEN BA RB REFERED TO THIS DISGRACEFUL WOMAN AS “SMART DORA”.
ALA MAYO SHIPENI FYE FISANGA ABANAKASHI ABAMATAKO NGAIMWE!!
Air Mukwai_
January 6, 2012 at 7:15 pm
@ Wanyafye Tiger 3 Asante Kotoko 1
1.point of correction:-it’s not kabolala, it’s KABWALALA. literally meaning “dog sleep, let me steal.” they can steal any at time but mainly at night.
poverty is the main cause of kabwalalaz.
2.impupu mushibila sana=it’s inborn disease and they just steal without any purpose at all. some of the characteristics of impupu is stubbornness, no heart feelings for others. they can even steal your registration card and throw it away.there are notches within impupu.
mabutu could be classified as impupu in first level notch. people in first level notch are national plunderers.
Munalian
January 6, 2012 at 7:27 pm
@ air mukwai,pity you & mundala,
1) I admit I didn’t follow closely the Chiluba & co cases coz I haven’t been to Zed for about a decade but i think I am correct when I say that the main culprit Chiluba didn’t spend a night in jail and little (if no) money was recouped!
2) if Pres Sata is so serious about MMD corruption then he should also investigate the 1991-2001 dodgy privatization and rampant sleaze but he won’t do so because he could be culpable or found to have turned a blind eye when Chiluba was siphoning money to Zamtrop and elsewhere.
3) My main argument is that we can’t go on with a charade where every GRZ prosecutes and jails its predecessor in the name of “fighting corruption”! This exercise is time consuming,expensive and diverts the GRZ from its goal of fostering economic development!
Offering preferential deals to cronies happens everywhere,I am sure you all have heard of how US Pres sometimes appoint friends to high positions they ill qualified for and also enact laws favourable to lobbyists who funded their campaigns! With the exemption of extreme cases,you NEVER hear an incumbent Administration prosecuting its predecessor!!
4)
Ulesi
January 6, 2012 at 7:29 pm
Dora, turn around pa bed, nifuna ni gwileko matako…this is my only chance chifukwa when we are done with you, there will be nothing there..
Munalian
January 6, 2012 at 7:51 pm
This should have been point 5 but once again I clicked the wrong button!! Anyway…
I am not sympathetic to thieves,far from it!! I believe those who steal should be prosecuted and jailed if found guilty! However,I also believe it’s time to draw a line: we ALL know MMD was corrupt and therefore should let that party die in shame without a chance of returning to govt! I think it would preferable for PF to be “whiter than white” thereby setting a good example for future govts!
6) I understand some of you would want to see Dora,Rupiah & co burnt on Cairo road but we shouldn’t forget that the sage Mandela & ANC didn’t seek revenge on the white racists who tortured for 3 generations! They instead sought reconciliation and gave an amnesty to ALL who committed crimes during apartheid! Once again, a line was drawn and RSA is now a relatively cohesive society!!
Sata could also offer an amnesty to ALL MMD corrupt officials who confess and then ensure his Govt is corruption-free,a legacy by which ALL successive Govts shall be judged!!
7) if this charade continues then rest be assured that Zed shall remain impoverished coz successive GRZ will spend a pretty penny and 3/4 of its time in office prosecuting its predecessor in the name of “eradicating corruption”
WESTLIFE
January 6, 2012 at 8:44 pm
DORA DOES NOT — USE PADS WEN ATTENDING HER MOON,SHE — USES TISSUE AND OLD CHITENGE PEACE OF CLOTH ATI EFI KATA BWINO NO LEAKAGE AT ALL.
WESTLIFE
January 6, 2012 at 8:50 pm
GUYS WHERE IS KA CHANDA CHIMBA 3,AND THIS CHAP SIWULAPWA,AND CAN THE PF FUND ME AND I WILL GO FLAT OUT AND BRING THEM BACK INTO ZAMBIA AND FACE THE CHARGES,PLSE HELP ME WHERE THEY ARE.
Air Mukwai_
January 6, 2012 at 10:07 pm
@ Munalian
1.i do agree with you on #5 and not on # 6. all what the country wants is the rule of law of zambia to take its course on culprits found guilty. the crusade of fighting corruption started by levy was disrupted by rupiah. so sata is just carrying over were levy left to higher heights of fighting corruption.
levy didn’t defend his corrupt ministers likes of rev nyerongo who abused her office but rupiah did all he could to defend his corrupt ministers.
2.how i wish you could visit the country and get info from the people on number of issues affecting us zambians. away for 10 yr seems long enough to lose touch with roots. (i guess you’re from eastern province where people shy to speak their mother language-lol)
3. the RSA example given is based on racial societies merging as one after reconciliation but our situation is just one society fighting bad elements that might contaminate others with criminal activities. so to curb that vice, everyone has be involved and NOT sata only. infact, it wasn’t in order for liato to burry cash out from circulation for good number of months.
>Sata could also offer an amnesty to ALL MMD corrupt officials who confess<.
who could come in open and agree of plundering national resources? impupu (hard core thieves) could rather die with NO pakanwa (mouth) than surrendering stolen cash. anyway there is always a start maybe that would work.
4.maybe to speed up of court cases and jail outlaws that would be the thing to talk about.
Stockman
January 6, 2012 at 11:26 pm
Sichina dwale chili chabe kupilyodi
Munalian
January 6, 2012 at 11:51 pm
@ air-mukwai,
I am not from the eastern province but that’s irrelevant for we ought to debate issues rather than personalities!
I can’t claim to understand the plight of people in shanty towns like Kanyama,Misisi etc but I doubt if this over zealous and populist “anti corruption” agenda will give clean water and medicine to those poor people!
The President (institution NOT individual) should NOT concentrate on the misdemeanors of a previous GRZ but work hard to enact laws and policies that will provide healthcare,education,energy and economic prosperity to ALL Zambians!
My main point is if Sata is dead serious about eradicating corruption then he (through parliament) should enact laws that will set up watchdogs!! For example,in the US: the Federal Communication Commission regulates media regulation,the SEC (Security & Exchange Commission) regulates Wall Street! These commissions are not perfect but they investigate INDEPENDENTLY all alleged cases of fraud and irregularities!
The core of my argument is the Pres should set up or strengthen INDEPENDENT regulatory bodies who will investigate everyone irrespective of political affiliation! This way,State House & the cabinet will concentrate on providing for ALL Zambians! If nothing changes then I am certain that the next non-PF GRZ will “investigate PF corruption practices”
Something else,Liato’s case is easy to prosecute coz he was caught red-handed but other cases such as Zamtel are usually complex due to the nature of transactions! These cases are so expensive and time consuming that at times settling out court is the easy way out! Furthermore,giving contracts to lobbyists who supported a political party and/or campaign happens everywhere around the world and seldom called “corruption”! That’s why being over zealous may be good politics but poor economics!
Anyway I am coming to my friend’s wedding,maybe we can catch up if you are in Lusaka
John Kay
January 7, 2012 at 11:06 pm
Mulelwalako………………
John Kay
January 7, 2012 at 11:10 pm
Dont recover……………..
John Kay
January 7, 2012 at 11:17 pm
DURING RB GOVT, SHE — USED TO TALK VERY MUCH, NOW ITS TIME PAY………………
Beatie
April 7, 2012 at 7:45 pm
SHAMELESS WOMAN, YOU ARE A SERIOUS DISGRACE TO WOMAN HOOD. MY DEAR LIMBI IFI WALWALA WALAKULAKO MUMANO AND START RESPECTING PEOPLE AND MOSTLY MEN. TAWAFUNDWA WE CHANAKASHI CHAM– USEBANYA WE.
patrick
August 8, 2012 at 5:05 pm
yangu!!!!!!!!!