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‘Boozy’ PF Councillor gets 6 Months Suspension for Embarassing Zambia
THE Lusaka City Council has slapped a six-month suspension on PF Silwiza ward councillor Chikutano Nkhoma and ordered him to pay the U$2,000 beer debt he incurred while in Addis Ababa on an exchange programme.
The resolution, which is in accordance with the provisions of section 84 (5) of the local government Act cap 281, was made at a special ad hoc meeting held in the LCC chamber on Friday.
Ethiopian authorities recently detained the Lusaka PF councillor after he failed to settle a US$2,000 (K10 million) alcohol bill he accumulated within four days at Addis Ababa’s Sheraton Hotel.
BUSTED: PF councillor Nkhoma follows proceedings during the full Lusaka City Council meeting at the Civic Centre on Friday – Picture by Salim Dawood
And the Zambian travelling party lodged at Sheraton Hotel.
But when the team was scheduled to check out four days later, Nkhoma was discovered to have accumulated a US$2,000 bill on a cocktail of drinks from the bar and room service fridge.
And fearing to miss the flight back home, his colleagues left him in the hands of hotel security and headed for the Bole International Airport.
Yesterday’s closed-door meeting was held to deliberate and approve of the findings of an ad hoc committee, led by councillor Humphrey Kapapula, tasked to recommend the penalties to be handed down to Nkhoma after he was given a chance to explain his side of the story.
In the report, the committee chairperson reported that Nkhoma, while in Addis Ababa failed to settle a bill of US$2000 for refreshments from the bar and room service fridge he incurred while at Sheraton Hotel and that bill was eventually settled by Addis Ababa City Council.
“He (Nkhoma) actually did confirm that he was accommodated at the Sheraton Hotel in Room 379 by the host city and thanked them for having accorded Lusaka City Council delegation with preferential (VIP) treatment throughout their stay in Addis Ababa,” the report stated.
“He further acknowledged having accrued a bill of US$2,000 but said he did not know the bill for refreshments from the room service fridge and cocktail bar had to be settled by him as they had been drinking throughout their stay on account of the host and wherever they went, the host had been paying for drinks and thought that even the bill would be settled by the host” the report further stated.
“Members were also informed that the mayor of the city of Addis Ababa had also written a letter to Lusaka City Council expressing their displeasure on his conduct.”
The councillors that were split on the penalties recommended by the ad hoc committee finally decided to approve the committee’s findings after over three hours of debate.
And deputy mayor of Lusaka, Theresa Funga, said in an interview shortly after the sitting that the behaviour exhibited by Nkhoma was embarrassing.
Funga advised councillors to ensure they exhibit exemplary behaviour whenever abroad as they represented the country and their families.
“It is really embarrassing and I am disappointed, to say the least. I think councillors must realise that when they are out there, they are on official or private duties. They are not just representing themselves, but the country where they come from and their families,” she said.
Funga also disclosed that the government would soon pay off the US$2000 to their sister council.
“That is taxpayers money, so it must be paid back. I also think this will serve as a lesson to all councillors that we will not tolerate this kind of behaviour in future,” said Funga.
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Democrat
December 10, 2012 at 3:55 am
Gud move. This drunkard is embarassing our party. And he must not be adopted in 2016.
beef jerky
December 10, 2012 at 6:39 am
blundering bemba bafoons
HEY YOU
December 10, 2012 at 12:16 pm
We chipuba iwe. Ukushishita. Everything has to be tribal? Iwe we shilu tapaba aba nwa ubwala ku tribe kumwenu? Besides is Ngoma a bemba? Swine muleikala fye if you have nothing to say. ******
Lungowe
December 11, 2012 at 8:03 am
The only blunder here is your tribalist remark, making you a tribalist, beef jerky eating buffoon. who can’t comment without starting unnecessary tribal divisions.
Barotse diaspora
December 10, 2012 at 7:25 am
If he gets drunk after hard work. Let him drink its money. Is’t your money?why suspend him? Pf reinstate him faster
katwishi
December 10, 2012 at 7:35 am
The ***** thot it is an incentive for councilors to drink free beer. muletusebanya bama pwashi imwe.
T
December 10, 2012 at 7:37 am
Thts wat happens wen wealth yanunkila for the first tym..he cudnt handle it.. Useless man.. Nai onelanji sydrome..
T
December 10, 2012 at 7:43 am
@barotse diaspora.. So wat if it,s his money.. Tht facts tht the man behaved irresponsible nd it come out in the open… Maybe if it was a silent issue no one wud hv cared… So think before u write thts why ur president calls some zambians PRIMITIVE……
Tom Bar Know Call Cheekalah
December 10, 2012 at 7:54 am
But whts the bill limit to accumulate when drinkin? I see nothin wrong in wht he did.
The ID10T
December 10, 2012 at 8:18 am
Compliments of the season fellow bloggers.
OxLade
December 10, 2012 at 8:44 am
@beef jerky,
So you think Nkhoma is a bemba?
Kabudo
December 10, 2012 at 9:48 am
I bet we all have learnt something from him.Lets be careful net time we find ourselves in a simiar situation gentlemen.
P3T3R
December 10, 2012 at 9:49 am
The ****** is not even on Government payroll. Just expel the ***** for life
P3T3R
December 10, 2012 at 9:53 am
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Ba Tumfweko why hidding my insults??
Ok resending the
The Faka is not Even on Government Payroll. Just expel the Ido t.
Tunfweko pwahahahahahahahaha
KA GELO
December 10, 2012 at 10:56 am
I wonder how much a cocktail/beer is in Sheraton for one to consume so much in 4 days in addition to the free beers he was drinking being paid for by the host. Hmmm Khoma, even if “I thought it was to be paid for by the host” can you really drink so much because the host will pay. Atase, ****** man, can you guzzle that much? It is clear that Nkhoma angazitundile with so much consumption. Bloggers, never invite this dude.
beef jerky
December 10, 2012 at 11:37 am
that was a general statement;-)
Kulekwamyo Kapyololo
December 10, 2012 at 11:38 am
A Nkhoma mwana wa kwitu zoona, kumwa moba monga galu ya chiwewe like there is no tomorrow sure! Uku ndiye kulakwa ngoko ndithu!
Edwin Phiri in Luwingu
December 10, 2012 at 11:55 am
There was no need to drop him. he admitted that it was his first time to be exposed to a room with beverages. If there was nshima in all the rooms whoever was on that journey would have eaten. please forgive and forget.
Geographer.
December 10, 2012 at 1:26 pm
Zambia is back on the world map again.Let him pay back the money he new what he was doind.
XXX
December 10, 2012 at 1:31 pm
***** man!!
Skeletone
December 10, 2012 at 1:43 pm
Ati tuleteka?
Useless drunkard, chakolwa. Foolish.
CADRE
December 10, 2012 at 1:55 pm
USE LESS LEADER.CHICOLOUR SHOULD BE FIRED FOR GOOD.GOLD DIGGER
Wantanshi
December 10, 2012 at 2:06 pm
At least Ethiopia has learnt a lesson that Zambians are drunkards/alcoholics and will hopefully take time to explain that not every thing you find in a hotel is free. Nkhoma really has warped thinking. Is saying he had never been to a hotel with a bar fridge until he went to Ethiopia? He had never heard of a bar fridge until then! Easterners! Ubututu tabwakapwe.
king bucho
December 10, 2012 at 2:55 pm
The world cant come to an end just yet.look @ how many pipo are supporting that irresponsible councillor.
ray-ray
December 10, 2012 at 3:03 pm
and when leaving his komboni he is telling the family and friends ati..”nayenda ku nchito..”…
JUST RECITING
December 10, 2012 at 4:38 pm
I would describe such a man as being a Calico. A semi-educated african wench, who wears a clock of modern civilisation and carries a black berry, but remains at heart a pure and confirmed narrow minded, advocate of primitive ways. Such people are what our friends in the accountancy profession would call liabilities, period.
Abakonzi
December 10, 2012 at 4:52 pm
But uyu chikala,he was drunk belegede zoona abroad….anyway let him drink even more afterall he waited for 10 years to enter the corridors of money.Kulabukusa fye but remember you shall be judged in 2016!!!!
LOST
December 10, 2012 at 4:53 pm
WHY HIDE YOUR CHARACTER,THE CONCILLOR WAS OK.HE WAS JUST TRYING TO SHOW THEM HOW FOOLISH HE IS.ETHIOPIA KNOWS PA NSAKA TAPA BULA FIPUBA HE IS ONE OF OUR FOOLS WE HAVE.AND PLIZ PIPO LEAVE PF OUT OF THIS.
Mutototo 2
December 10, 2012 at 5:15 pm
Zambians and ku kondema sydrome awe sure! The man admitted his mistakes, let’s hope it won’t happen again.
Kadaya
December 10, 2012 at 5:45 pm
that is called more money in their pockets! $2000..can buy u a gud 2nd hand car…damn(mchuu!)ie nigerian fyola
dibo
December 10, 2012 at 6:42 pm
I BELIEVE THE MAN DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING BECAUSE HE HAS NEVER BEEN IN A HOTEL OF SUCH NATURE.THERE ARE HOTELS, LIKE FIVE STAR HOTELS WHERE SUCH DRINKS ARE PROVIDED IN THE FRIDGE IN THE ROOM WHERE SOMEBODY IS ACCOMMODATED.ANY PERSON WHO HAS NEVER BEEN IN SUCH A HOTEL WOULD DRINK KNOWING THAT THEY ARE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE.EVEN SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TALKING COULD HAVE MADE THE SAME MISTAKE.
ME I BLAME THE TOWN CLERK/PF BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN ORIENTATION BEFORE THEY LEFT.THIS IS A LESSON TO PF.
Black Bull
December 10, 2012 at 11:18 pm
Kumwa nikwamene,but kamwedwe ndiyetukamba po.Honestly,you can’nt just drink that much because it is not you to foot the bill,no no no no,one must be responsible enough to be a broyher’s keeper.
Barotse diaspora
December 10, 2012 at 7:07 pm
@T am very disappointed with your thinking capacity b4 u write? Lets hope u were not drunk or sleeping commenting silly to me.take it you are mr nkhoma the councillor with that entertainment allowance would u seat idle or be scared of your own shadow royally? Wen u are entitled?you also mentioned.wen wealth yanukila? Why brag and duck.dönt chicken around. Grow up, u are old to use your brains
Wanu Ngwee
December 10, 2012 at 7:37 pm
THIS COUNCELLOR IS THE ONE WHO LOOKS LIKE A BANDIT, NOT EDUCATION MINISTER!
T
December 10, 2012 at 8:29 pm
So barotse diaspora where do u evn work? If at all u hav a job…frm the sound of things the man probably didnt hv tht much entertainment allowance… I shud say u,re still primitive…thres always a limit in lyf to everything..
Honourable
December 10, 2012 at 8:37 pm
Ba Nkhoma,ubututu…. abanenu balepusha!chimoneni chilefwaika isukulu.
beef jerky
December 11, 2012 at 6:51 am
HEY YOU semi literate
Barotse diaspora
December 11, 2012 at 8:55 am
@T YOU ARE Premitive with barbaric behavior.think before u write.loafer,found in bars drinking leftovers.get a job.the councillor’s 6 months suspension is a drop in the ocean.he’s coming to gazzle and drink again this time the bill we be doubled.chikubabe!
T
December 11, 2012 at 9:04 am
U seem to have idssues barotse diaspora… My frend am blessed with a gud job… So i knw wat it is to be entitled to an allowance… It,s seems u and the same councillors hv something in common… Lack of reasoning..
beef jerky
December 11, 2012 at 9:21 am
1zambia 1nation
MOJO
December 11, 2012 at 10:00 am
You shd have just forgiven the baga am sure hez unexposed and dint know that he was responsible for the bills,coupled with a strange currency.this punishment is too much for him,barring him from attending workshops or any assignment outside Lusaka would have been more appropriate.
Barotse diaspora
December 11, 2012 at 11:53 am
@t jst hung. Beta be quiet to avoid fools without a vision and low calibre characters .
T
December 11, 2012 at 12:46 pm
Kwefe… I can easily tell how shallow u are.. If we hav to compare the 2 of us i,ll be far much wiser than u.. Still in my twenties but far much wise.. Rubbish… Let me get back to work the country needs pipo lyk us to contribute wisely
Bwamba butali
December 11, 2012 at 12:55 pm
Why do people thrive on the tribe . What has really gone wrong in our country . where is the unity under One Zambia One Nation gone. We are only people regardless of tribe. I m Bemba but what direct benefit do l get from the Pf Govt as a result of being Bemba. Chiluba stole our money . What benefit did his tribesmate get from that and Mwanawasa restored economically . Is it lenjes who only benefitted from the strengthened Kwacha. I for one believe in the policies and not an individual leader on the basis of tribe and l will continue to vote as such . 2016
CNP-4U
December 11, 2012 at 3:51 pm
just edddie lungu..lol
mulechimpo
December 12, 2012 at 3:20 pm
The period of consumption of alcohol was too short ba Nkhoma mwandini.Next tme please remember to ask.There is always a beginning to everything.kumwa booba sibalesa but KAMWEDWE
kasaka
December 12, 2012 at 3:33 pm
next time taken to a place where everything is paid for he will not take anything thinking he may be given a bill