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HEAVY Armed Police Officers CHASE ZAMTEL CEO Off The PREMISES As Gov’t FORMALLY Takes ZAMTEL Back
SOURCES within ZAMTEL headquarters in Lusaka have disclosed to Tumfweko that Lap GreenN Chief Executive Officer was this morning Tuesday 1/24 harassed by heavy armed Zambia Police officers.
The CEO was harassed as he was being chased out of his office by armed Police Officers.
The Police escorted Zamtel CEO and CFO off the premises.
Meanwhile, government having accepted without reservation the report on the findings of the Committee Investigating the sale of Zamtel, Zambian President, Michael Sata has deemed it desirable and expedient to compulsorily acquire the 75 per cent shareholding of Lap Green Network in Zamtel.
The appropriate notice under the law has been given.
Consequently, the President has ordered the dissolution of the Board of Directors of Zamtel. The Head of State has appointed Dr Mupanga Mwanakatwe, Chairman and acting Chief Executive Officer as a first step to regularize the affairs of the company.
A new board will soon be put in place to give the policy guidance and direction to management and staff. President Sata has further directed management to address the plight of Zamtel workers with due immediacy.
“There should be no loss in jobs except through retirement and attrition while maintaining the highest levels of discipline and respect of law,” President Sata said.
“Zamtel workers have served with distinction in an area of sophisticated information technology. This has been so from the inception of the company.”
President Sata once again reiterated his relentless commitment to his duty as custodian of the interests of the Zambian people and assured the Zamtel workers their traumas and anxieties would be ended.
Government will restructure ownership of Zamtel to ensure Zambians owned the bulk of the shares in a revitalized Zamtel.
This is according to a statement issued by GEORGE CHELLAH-SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
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Wezzy
January 24, 2012 at 5:09 pm
Aha just what we needed…!
ZED lols
January 24, 2012 at 5:10 pm
eh normal iyo, though they didn’t realy ‘harras’ him. My sources said, “boi, bachimu kwekwesha”
Ndate
January 24, 2012 at 5:11 pm
At whatever rate it shouldn’t have come to so much excesive force in my view.He is a CEO though a foreign national but some respect to him should have been accorded.Human rights are fundamental and our police need to to learn to behave normally
KASAMA BUSY
January 24, 2012 at 5:18 pm
Lets show them that we can do it
KIBWELA KASONGO
January 24, 2012 at 5:37 pm
How I wish Ex- Zambia Airways impasse could be resolved with the same expediency. Is the Government attending to that?
Martin Daka
January 24, 2012 at 5:38 pm
The current Zamtel strategy is a brillient business model, I hope the new CEO will see that and work with it. The old ZAMTEL was a burden and it was well to restricture it, although the process was so RB-nised.
Sad that the guy was dragged out he was just an employee.
GK
January 24, 2012 at 5:39 pm
Nomba Dora, I hope she is looking at what she and her other idiots put us through. They must serve and forfeit all their property. A young girl like that wastes her education in idiocy, what a shame.
SHINKAMANYELA
January 24, 2012 at 5:42 pm
The guy got exactly what he deserves. When he was in ZAMTEL he had no respect for any Zambian. He used to call us all sorts of names, like : You dog, bustard, ***** and things like that. Next is Amon Jere and Eve Banda
KIBWELA KASONGO
January 24, 2012 at 5:44 pm
It also reminds me…………Ex-Zambiana Employees still owed four months salaries plus exit packages… Mwebuteko Chilishani? Bushe kwena nangu walitekanya, lelo kuti wasunga abantunse ukwabula ukufola panshita itali watila finshi bakalisha abana nangula ukudwesha inkongole shabene? Ala Lesa uyu alamona!
opness
January 24, 2012 at 5:45 pm
GK Dora is worried with what she will do with the money is hidding wtih this issue of printing new money
tom maatomola
January 24, 2012 at 6:43 pm
yah its getting hotter and hotter the rooms the thieves are hidding in with their sympasers get ready for your turn now.
legend
January 24, 2012 at 7:14 pm
we r the nxt zim ths i tel u
KAIMBI
January 24, 2012 at 7:17 pm
Some senior managers in zamtel were also in the fore front of harassing fellow zambians. We need them sorted out.
indigenous tonga
January 24, 2012 at 7:31 pm
bravo ba sata,a real patriot.you are realy a servant of the people who voted for you and all zambian.
Sunday
January 24, 2012 at 7:44 pm
Brave PF government.
Old Zamtel staffs were marginalized [or discriminated ]as compared to new zamtel staff but the technical operational of the company still depends heavily on the expertise and experience of the lowly paid and unfavoured staff more especially the Technician and Drivers.
Most of the dependable technical staff in all three Telecommunication firms; MTN, AirTel and Zamtel have passed through ZAMTEL College and have worked for Zamtel before to those who have left.
No overtime payment for over 11 months and during that time overtime was paid to commercial and call centre agents as these have connection with Amon Jere, the CCO and Jawau a Ugandan national respectively.
In short most allowances were paid in discrimination and no transport allowance to those who work on Saturdays,Sundays or public holidays.
Many Zambians from old Zamtel left or were fired on trivial matters like not contributing in the meeting.
If Dora Siliya-led government had won the election we would have seen over 70 Ugandans, Rwandese even Somalians in Zamtel today.
I have a lot to mention just a few.
Hakaitombela Hacker Inde Hichinena
January 24, 2012 at 7:58 pm
I need police escort as well.I am handing over the Hai Hai party from the Bantustans to the Kolwestans…twajula pafula…tukalajata fwe hang’ombe nomba..lol!
Bokosi
January 24, 2012 at 8:07 pm
‘The appropriate notice under the law has been given’
Would have been nice to see which law was quoted.
Janet c
January 24, 2012 at 8:18 pm
If the CEO had no respect for zambians when he was at the helm, then he fully deserves the treatment he got. Problem with us zambians we allow ppl to abuse our own ppl just because they are foreigners. If a zambian manager did what he did in a west african country, he would be on the next plane back home
Mpopo yapa zed
January 24, 2012 at 8:23 pm
camaan out!panse,show them who is boss!lol mwanya!
Nono
January 24, 2012 at 8:36 pm
Thats not right,Wats wit th harassment n heavly armed police 2 get 2 pipo off the property?Wat,they were afraid they would kill them with busines mambo jumbo,stab them with pens n pencils n crush them wit stapplers so they nidd backup?Y act lyk a bunch of savages?Wat happend to dplomacy?I agree wit ndate.
RMN
January 24, 2012 at 9:02 pm
Brave PF government.
Old Zamtel staffs were marginalized [or discriminated ]as compared to new zamtel staff but the technical operational of the company still depends heavily on the expertise and experience of the lowly paid and unfavoured staff more especially the Technician and Drivers.
Most of the dependable technical staff in all three Telecommunication firms; MTN, AirTel and Zamtel have passed through ZAMTEL College and have worked for Zamtel before to those who have left.
No overtime payment for over 8 months and during that time overtime was paid to commercial and call centre agents as these have connection with Amon Jere, the CCO and Jawau a Ugandan national respectively.
In short most allowances were paid in discrimination and no transport allowance.
Many Zambians from old Zamtel left or were fired on trivial matters like not contributing in the meeting.
If Dora Siliya-led government had won the election we would have seen over 70 Ugandans, Rwandese even Somalians in Zamtel today.
I have a lot to mention just a few.
alien
January 24, 2012 at 9:11 pm
i love this,very soon zambia shal put its military strength to the test.but we shud not fear libya bcoz their military was weakened due 2 de fight against gadafi which wud hav stil in existence if not the intervention of nato
Hanock kasama
January 24, 2012 at 9:26 pm
Can some one tel me. Was kcm bought or was just given 2 indians to run it on behalf of gov as rumour has it?
First Lady
January 24, 2012 at 9:53 pm
@Ndate & Nöno u must be foreignerz! Shut up b4 we pounce on u as wel, shaa!
So u dnt knw tht bn soft is wat has gotten us zambianz 2 ths mess! They deserve it.
If a zambian HR manager 4 KCM starts behavin lyk the Indians, chuck him owt & send him 2 India wher it suits him.
Masego Michele Paulsen
January 24, 2012 at 10:01 pm
Iyeee imwe
Hitlers cousin
January 24, 2012 at 10:14 pm
U buy a company at 25million dollars,then at the end of the hand-over period(1 month) u discover there is 100 million dollars in the company account u’ve taken over.in lay mans language,thats what happed kuli kcm.neshilu kuti lyalanda ati babapelefye.indians are very corrupt.
First Lady
January 24, 2012 at 10:33 pm
In the name of privatisation, zambia became too desperate pali kcm. Jst imagne hw much vedanta is developin in India at our expense. Fwebene tufolafye ama change!
Busy boastin 2 the outside abt hw highly they pay employees bt ninshi…I jst wsh pipo wld gt into kcm & c wat really goz on!
wow
January 24, 2012 at 11:34 pm
Use of force on former CEO was wrong. The man was not armed. they Police need need policies and procedure. its sad they get over excited when holding a gun.
Ringtone
January 25, 2012 at 5:49 am
now that the sale has been reversed & was “corrupt”, lets now see the sellers taken to courrt den behind bars!
sos
January 25, 2012 at 6:14 am
let us arrest the culprit envolved.we ve to win them today 2-0 to prove to them that we a no longer zambia they used to know.
animal daniez
January 25, 2012 at 6:26 am
congress mr press,bala mwenako
atm
January 25, 2012 at 6:27 am
People let’s ask God’s protection on this one. Mind u we are dealing with suicide bombers. These people can do anything with the view of ukufilila munsenga(pouring sugar in the sand so that we both loose)- I feel the government would have found a better option. GOD help ZAMBIA
AIRTEL strategist
January 25, 2012 at 6:34 am
Thank u mr sata for this hostile takeover. ZAMTEL was more of a threat to us AIRTEL than MTN. This will ensure that AIRTEL soars higher and higher while ZAMTEL goes down the drain like all other government owned business. Thanks once again.
Natumfwako
January 25, 2012 at 8:03 am
Viva the COBRA-now come to the mines-especially Mopani. Come and remove Emmanule Mutati and his worshiper Naren these two have no love at heart-please twapapata presido instruct ‘Our Man Kambwili to ‘chew’ these two satanists
charles
January 25, 2012 at 8:14 am
kwashala ihule dora
Amon C
January 25, 2012 at 8:21 am
Hans Paulse or whatever his name is did not deserve that, I agee with one of the commentators “He was just an employee” his treatment is barbaric.
To Airtel strategist, my analysis of the mobile market is that MTN is more of threat to AIRTEL than ZAMTEL because they have the money and are ahead of you. MTN market share 5 years ago was abt 15% but it has moved to abt 36% with most of the younger generation joining MTN.
Masego Michele Paulsen
January 25, 2012 at 8:32 am
You guys that are feeling pity for that man called Hans Paulsen,you have no idea how evil that man was. He used to mistreat people,threaten pipo, treat people like pieces of trash and insult them. He was always like a wounded lion. People like Eve Banda also thought they were part of Lap Green, they treated Zambians like nothing and they thought they knew it all.
He used to treat grown men and women like babies undress them and reduce them to zero.Those EXCO meetings of tuesdays people used to come out like they have been wipped.
Hans Paulsen deserves it .
Logan Mushala
January 25, 2012 at 8:48 am
Where is HENRY BANDA he is a very wanted man. Be should be put in the cells. He is the masterprick sorry mastermind behind this sale.
Remove RB’s Immunity and let’s get some justice for the theft Banda took. He totally disregarded Levy’s dream and just stole like a kid in a sweet shop absolute disgrace.
Children are dieing of hunger n HIV related dieses and u plunder like that.
Lord help the President to deal with this mess.
Tione
January 25, 2012 at 8:54 am
I cant believe this, this is so primitive and outdated. Instead of sending hungry armed police officers, Govt could have sent personnel to officially inform Zamtel MD about its decision to repossess Zamtel and not this animal farm way. How is the outside world looking at Zambia now and what am I going to benefit as an ordinary citizen now that Zamtel belongs to Zambians, am I going to make free calls, free internet, etc????
Ikechuku
January 25, 2012 at 9:16 am
There’ll be hell to pay for this decision. Lap Green will not take this lying down. Zambians are not very analytical people, they applaud anything without understanding the consequences. I pity Zambians…blind support!!
Sally
January 25, 2012 at 10:01 am
Doing things the constable way!! This certainly sends a message to would be investors, when you’re no longer wanted you’ll be harrased out like a criminal. Can’t we do things in a more civilised manner???
Big Daddy
January 25, 2012 at 10:05 am
Have read all the threads here.Now I can summarise.Some sound like they worked for Zamtel and got really pissed off by the lapgreen management style.Others sound like Zamtel issue does not only affect Zamtel even other privatised companies.While others feel the police went too far in handling the CEO & CFO.others feel it was justified because he was a brute during his time at Zamtel.Others want Dora to go in.I can see that people are more informed than a decade ago.Thanks to ICT.Any way we should not return evil for evil.As for Dora and others involved in graft, it is now clear that they are not that clever at all.
sadi
January 25, 2012 at 10:29 am
We are happy Zamtel has been reposessed. But was it necessary for the police to be heavily armed wen chasing the CEO? Was he resisting or something?
Snr.citizen
January 25, 2012 at 10:34 am
I am sure the Libyan people will understand and bare with us for what has happened to Paulsen. Three quarters of the Zambian people were opposed to the sell of Zamtel by mmd gvt. The MMD gvt which we trusted and put in power after we lost our dear president Levy (MHSRIP) corruptly sold Zamtel to Lap GreenN against people’s wishes. People lost their jobs just for opposing to the idea of selling Zamtel. The PF party before they came into power also warned MMD gvt under president Rupia Banda not to sell Zamtel. Now the new gvt of pf party under the leadership of HEMC Sata. Voted in power to carry the Zambian Flag and protect property of GRZ are just putting things in order on behalf of the Zambian people, that is one of the reasons why MMD party lost the 20th September 2011 elections cos of corruption in their gvt and Zamtel SAGA. Therefore the president of the Republic of Zambia and PF party need to be respected for carrying out this difficult job on our behalf, we thank you.
Chintomfwa
January 25, 2012 at 10:39 am
Guys i strongly feel that this is an act of God. just look at the flow of events; Gaddafi dies – Michael SC wins (rules) – Zamtel repossessed. This is not a coincidence but providence. imagine gGaddafi being alive, would our Michael -SC dared repossesing Zamtel?
Kasman
January 25, 2012 at 11:52 am
He deserved it. I hope the slapped him a bit. He was very rude
Kasman
January 25, 2012 at 11:54 am
He deserved it. I hope they slapped him a bit. He is very rude.
clement muyawala
January 25, 2012 at 12:33 pm
PF thanks very much we give glory to our living GOD lets seek the guidance of God in the future of Zamtel
Patrick Chiwele
January 25, 2012 at 12:42 pm
This is really a good move the government has taken in ensuring that ZAMTEL is repossesed. My only advice to the government is that they should continue running business affairs of ZAMTEL in the same course those LIBYANS were driving it. Otherwise congratulations to the President for taking such a decisive measure.
god is great
January 25, 2012 at 4:26 pm
REPOSESION GUD, BUT IT MUST UNDERSTUD THAT NO PARASTATAL INSTITUTION RUN BY GOVT HAS BEEN WELL RUN.SATA MUNE ZAMTEL WILL NEVA PERFORM BETA THAN IT HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS BECAUSE ZAMBIANS AT THE HELM WILL BE POLITICALLY INFLUECED & CORRUPT AT THE EXPENSE OF DOING BUSINESS. INE PALWANDI NDETILA ZAMTEL STARTED TO INSPIRE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN ITS CUSTOMERS. FOR NOW FORGET ABOUT ZAMTEL BEING VIABLE AGAIN, BECAUSE YOU POLITICIANS WILL BURRY YOUR HEADS IN IT AND INFLUENCE POLICY DECISIONS. MUTAMPE NOKULIPILA AMA PHONE BILLS FOR IT IS NOW IN GOVT HANDS. BANE UKWEBELE IMFWA YAKWANOKO MUTANSHI. UKWALI INSOKE NAKO TAKWAFWILE BANTU. ICAKUTI MUPOSHE ICHILONDA MWAPUTULA UKUULU. ALA BANE UMUTEEKA TIMA WABUSHISHE KONGE AMABULA. NESHIWI LISUMA LYAIKISHE IMBULU KUMUTI. UKUBOKO NAKO BAPOTA UKUMINE. THE GOVT SHOULD HAVE DIALOGUED WITH LAP GREEN TO HEAR THEIR SIDE OF STORY AND IM SURE THEY WOULD HAVE WELCOMED THAT TO SEE WHERE THINGS WENT WRONG AND WHO WAS WRONG.NO MATTER HOW BAD THINGS ARE PERCEIVED TO BE DIALOGUE IS EXTREMELY CARDINAL. YES THERE MAY HAVE BEEN IRREGULATIES BUT THAT IS OUTWEIGHED BY HOW MUCH ZAMTEL BECOME VIABLE. 4GET ABOUT THE COMPANY PAYING TAXES BUT THINK ABOUT IT BEING HEAVILY INDEBTED AS BEFORE AS THE WHOLE MONEY MADE WILL BE CONSUMED THROUGH CORRUPTION AS ZAMBIAN WE ARE KNOWN FOR THAT.THOUGH TOUGH TIME AHEAD OF ZAMTEL UNDER NEW CEO AND WISH U THE BEST.