The Task Force on Corruption has said it has sufficient information indicating that the travel document which former Intelligence Director General Xavier Chungu used on his return to Zambia on 3rd December, 2008 is false.
In a press release signed by the Task Force on Corruption  Executive Chairman Maxwell Nkole and availed to the media, it has been stated that the investigations carried out so far has prompted the Task Force to prefer charges of forgery and uttering and possession of false documents in accordance with the provisions of the Penal Code.
The statement further says Mr. Chungu was today formerly arrested at Woodlands Police Station in Lusaka on two counts of forgery and uttering false information, contrary to Sections 342 and 352 of the Penal Code Cap 87 of the laws of Zambia and will appear in court soon.
The Press release further states that it likely that the Prosecutors will prefer more charges on the indictment.
one hey /:)
You are down grading charges ba pushi.
1 and 2 may be even three that heart trick
Justice is all we want.
Numberla 4
#3
I am noe a record holder of being first, secon and third. Bloger of the year 2009. =d>=d>=d>=d>=d>=d> Toteni.
forgery and not corruption!!!!! Only in Zed.
Sorry Sara J #6 did you want to say sothing to me cutey?
smaller cases are coming up! next time we’ll hear the chap has been sentenced to 6 months in prison. therafter he’ll free as a bird. open your eyes, wait and see.
and it’s a bailable offence…mailo he’s a free man….only in ZAMBIA=d>, no wonder he was advised to come back
Hi every one.its only in zambia were they play around with serious issues.i cant stop thinking that these guys took him in for false documents…thats cheap..they know that his position demanded anonymity from time to time those are documents he must have had for a while,they surely know or is it a way to draw att to smthing else so we can forget about his real issue? 😕 :-w
I expected this charge to come.
Smaller charges are coming up so that they can keep him behind bars while the prosecution teams builds the corruption case.
OK, I’ll represent all the dummies that dare not ask: What crime did this man commit???~X(~:>8-}
#13 and 14 I do not agree with you. This is a ploy to let this guy off lightly. He should be at Mukobeko, he was already charged. He should have been tried while still on the run, and given a life sentence with hard labour. Sometimes you have to look at the demoenor of the suspect and decide. By leaving the country, it could be interpreted as having something to hide. The guilty are afraid. [-([-([-([-([-([-([-(
# 16 Nine Chale. He looted government cofers, it should be a capital offence. Next question.
Thanks Zondidwe, no more questions. And congrats for being #1,2&3 in a row. You’re lucky I’m on go slow this week. 😉
Thank Nine #18 (May call you Nine?) You are welcome thaks, God bless an happy Chrismas.
# 19 That was thanks, God bless and happy X’mas.
What was the point of running away in the first place. Anyway Chungu is creating wealth for our lawyers
He has been charged and arrested for a crime, what more do you want? The task force is obviously waiting on instructions from the DPP on the Zamtrop/Chiluba charges, but this is a good move on their part; if he were to pay the K500m he won’t be able to flee again. They want to ensure they have custody of him. By the way, Chungu’s refugee status application in Mozambique was denied, instead of staying there illegally and facing deportation, he decided to return and make believe he came on his own accord. He was also ready to come back after LPM’s death, I doubt RB is in any deal with him.
Perhaps he should have gone to seek refuge in Somalia or Afganstan
kanshi why do have the freaking task force? bakawalala beka beka. js disband the group. nalema na nonsense ya ku Zambia mwe.
No 14, thats’ the truth, remember what was happening to Chungu, Sakala andMichael Sata. They were being given charges every minute so that they are kept inside. Iam not saying there could be a trick, but that doesnt mean all other charges will be dropped if convicted on this passport issue. The man has just accumulated one more charge and will have to answer to all of them, period.
Don’t arrest Chungu on minor offences. Arrest him in connection with looting our resources. Chiluba is back. Why is he at home? That man is the biggest thieve on earth. Arrest him too.
Our courts are so useless that we expect Chiluba to be acquited
I thought our president MC Sata had the same charges were did they run to? Chungu if i was you i was going to forget about the oath and spill the beans mulandu wobe you will catch TB and die in those Hotels i have been there before lobe.8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x
#27 they were speculations..there was no evidence to implicate him
Is it an illness by fellow Zambians to jump the gun & make all sorts of ridiculous conclusions whenever we have high profile cases like this.You may think the government or rather prosecutors are daft but you’re are mistaken,no charges will be dropped against Chungu infact he will face even more charges as time goes,this time around he will not go anywhere as he knows he can run but cannot hide.Everything changed when Katanga province governor Moise Katumbi owned up,he was probably his sponsor,this is the same reason Chiluba could have become vocal of late,he knows time is up now,just watch as things unfold.
Just jail these thieves and teach them a lesson. They killed a lot of innocent people. Please do all that is humanely possible to ensure Chungu and his thieving boss Chiluba learn to respect Zambians and the laws of Zambia. They abused women and created conditions that killed our children’s hopes of any prosperous life. They must be jailed and if possible castrated so that they cannot multiply and leave behind another generation of thieves.
Viva Chungu <:-p
I DONT EVEN BOTHER TO READ THE TEN FIRST COMMENTS. THOSE F**LS SHOULD CANT MAKE IT AND JUST FIGHT TO BE # 1. f*** U.
Xavier should rot in jail. those homos ther cant wait for his a**. Hehee
**==Bwezani ndiye anamu BWEZA.The onlt thing is has done so far is to bring the rot:o:o:o:o
Xavier won’t have the worry about dropping the soap because he bathes with boom detergent
Was he arrested or charged at the police station? 😕
If you jump bail, there can be no option of a fine but a compulsory custodial sentence. Chungu must be given that mandatory six(6) months in jail and within that six months, all the other cases must be completed and impose the minimum expected life sentences for his other crimes. As for Chiluba, he deserves four or five life sentences to run consecutively and not concurrently. He has been such a drain on our resources that I almost vomit at the sight of his photograph or comment.
Sata used to cut cabbages at rallies desparaging Mwanawasa but what happened? Who was the real cabbage between Sata and Mwanawasa? Empty tins make a lot of noise but they don’t have the capacity to listen to their noise. Sata, Chungu, Chiluba don’t deserve any respect and must be castrated at all costs.
Somebody tell me why the Task Force on Corruption is the one bringing the charges of forgery and uttering forged documents? am I mising something here?
#38, using a forged passport is a corrupt act. How can you ask such a question? If the immigration officers detected it but let him enter the country and reported the matter to ACC then that is the right channel. He will now need to explain how he got the passport and then those issued it will also be taken to book.
39. Tiya ndi Tiyazana, Thanks for your response. The difficulty I seem to have is I really don’t know which of our many law enforcement agencies in Zambia – the ACC, Task Force, the Police, the DEC even – is supposed to be responssible for what and who makes that determination. Right name it appears they each just wake up and decide which ever case seems to be in the news and claim ownership of it. That’s the clarifcation I was seeking; not that thtere was no crime committed. But I thank you just the same.
#39 you are wrong, #38 you are right. The passport issue is beyond the mandate of the Task force. They should have reported him to the immigration department (who of course saw it) or police and ACC.
For your information, if you steal money today from the government the task force is not authorised to arrest you or try you. The Task force act (approved by Parliament) is specifically for crimes committed during the Chiluba term, not before or after.
#41, you seem not ot understand what the task force was meant to achieve. To the best of my knowledge, the task force incorporates the police, the ACC, the DEC and some members of the wider zambian society. The Chairman of the tesk force is a mere coordinator of all the activities of these forces. How can the task force arrest and charge someone without the help of the police. God guide us, this level of ignorance worries me. Do you think the task force was setup just for Chiluba and his tandem of thieves. Please learn to explore the rich picture and don’t reason like Sata.
So now we channel the case from embezzlement to forgery? Come on? who are we trying to blackmail here?
#42 as much as I share your frustration, the Task force was formed for the crimes under Chiluba, you are simply ignorant of the law in Zambia…. read here…
“During his first term of office, President Levy Mwanawasa created a task force to investigate and prosecute corrupt practices committed during former President Frederick Chiluba’s 10-year rule…”
Let’s not get emotional, even Chungu and the others’ accused sentences would not be more than 5 years per charge under the CPC of Zambia. If you don’t know this talk to a Zambian lawyer, look at Kabwe and Kaunda sentences! This talk of life sentence is absurd and LPM knew and being the lawyer he was, he sought
#44 contd. to frustrate the accused through prolonged trials. Theft by public servant or breach of office are not capital offences. That’s why all the accused are on bail. Mwanawasa simply sentenced them to Chikwa court, appearing daily on charge after charge.
So #42, the Task force Chair is not like the Joint Chiefs Chairman in the US. He is not the the collaboration of the existing wings but head of an agency tasked to deal with specific crimes commited under Chiluba. Not present day forgery or fraud.
What is this? The man was wanted on bigger issues why didn’t they charge him on the day of his arrival with a fake passport and add it to the other charges?What about the crimes he commited with chiluba? Please stop wasting taxpayers money on prolong trails. :-w
Ba Task force,What are you doing? this guy is suppose to be charged for plundering Govt resources,not ifyo ifya ma false documents.So you are telling me that you have suspended the charges for plundering the govt resources ka!!!coz you not mentioned anything like that.ati Task force am labish! ~X(~X(~X(~X(~X(~X(~X(~X(~X(~X(
“The statement further says Mr. Chungu was today formerly arrested at Woodlands Police Station in Lusaka ….”
The word “formerly” in the above statement should be replaced with “formally”.
Passport forgery is beyond the jurisdiction of the task force, but falls under ACC. The mandate of TF is investigate FTJ’s orchestrated corruption cases between 1991-2001. Any case outside this time limit must be investigated by other relevant bodies
Do the Task Force know wat their job is???? :-?:-?
we are tired of this task force thing,you keep earning m,oney for yourselves and not for the country as a whole,how many cases has task force handled and how many have been completed,lets just forget about task force how can they investigate someone when they also have interest.chungu is back and no cvharge will be laid against him,nipa zed pano people get away with anything.he plundered govt resources so why should he be charged for forgery.when he ran away he had cases now he is back he is being charged for something else awe naimwe we are not kids that can be cheated,theres something strange and fishy about his coming back. :)>-
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Chungu’s return is very suspicious & if I were Nyama Choma, i’d be very cautious. This chap was allowed to run by LPM but why sneak back all of a sudden? Has his buddy Katebe Katoto lost his patience with taking care of him for free?? If not out of desperation, the only other reason this chap would come back is to plot to destabilise the sitting Govt. Pls put him in a far away prison, he’s a very shady dude & the last thing we need are evil conniving chaps anywhere near Lsk!
MgNaAlg5(Si4O10)3(OH please tell me what that compound is?
#49.Girly How are you my dear? did you have a good rest? Missed you so much. :-h:-h
#54
Good Morning Martworld!! Yes I did!! Missed u too!! :”>
#55 Girly.Good to hear that you missed me.
Matworld-Nice guy!, You see as Bembas have a saying that “kupoka chinsenda ku nkoko kunakilila” you are coming up nicely my brother. Very soon you will be singing that song which says “Vaushimbe vasila” Take care my bro and always remember not to fall for girls who are proud. Bola panshi as Ba Moze says.
CHUNGU IS CURRENTLY INSIDE AND HAS BEEN CHARGED FOR SKIPPING BAIL. HE CAN NOT BE GIVEN BAIL AGAIN….HE WAS TAKEN TO THE POLICE STATION TO BE FORMALLY CHARGED FOR FORGERY & ….FAKE DOCUMENT. HE HAS BEEN CHARGED BY POLICE NOT TASK FORCE…ITS ONLY THE POLICE WHO CAN PREFER SUCH CHARGES ON THIS ANIMAL!!!!THEN TAKEN BACK TO JAIL TO AWAIT THE 2 WEEKS HE IS SUPPOSE TO PAY K500 MILLION OR THE SIX MONTHS IMPRISONMENT WILL COMMENCE…BY WEEKEND. THE TASK FORCE IS STILL WAITING FOR THE DPP TO AMEND HIS CHARGES AS FAR AS PLUNDER ISSUES ARE CONCERNED. ALL THESE SMALL CHARGES ARE BASICALLY AN INSURANCE TO KEEP HIM INSIDE….NEXT CAR THEFT…NEXT BREAKING OATH…ENJOY YOUR XMAS WITH A DRUM OF CHIBUKU 😕
#56
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the judicial system in zambia sucks there more charges on chungu why only arrest him on forgery
This is the government for you just wasting money for nothing. How many times are they going to arrest Chungu? this government is a shame.
#57.Rashid thanks you so much,you have managed to put a smile on my face.I tell you am so lonely,my bro and his family are in Capetown for a holiday.So Iam home alone,oh not home alone am with my desktop as my housemate.i dont like going on holidays,I’ll start doing that when Iam blessed with Mama Africa.
#57 Girly.what’s that ka icon suppose to mean?
Can someone tell me how much have we benefited as zambias since the task force on corraption was instituted.
How do you arrest someone who is in jail? The right statement should be he has more charges leveled against him.
Watch bane how phony this is. K500 million or 6 months in prison.That is K84million a month. Who has ever been charged this amount. Not even the treason guys.They want to show they are serious. Besides 6months is = 4 months with good behavior.
What a Zoo!!
i hope ba task force tabaletu kupika with a black blanket,coz it can be the other way round like it happend to Katumbi..
I bet if Levy was still alive and in power this Chungu guy wouldn’t have shown his face. Why come now? He must have a sense of feeling safe now that LPM is no more. 😕
#63
I was blushing…
Hmm this guy will walk…. we better off throwing shoes at him as punishment.
ARE THEY GOING ANYWHERE WITH THIS CASE ,I DONT THINK SO SOMETHING FISHY IS GOING ON SOMEHOW.FILI UKO TULEYA TWAKULAUMFWAKO FYE LYONSE
If you think Chungu will be sent to prison, hell no. Chungu has made a deal with Lundani’s government. Lets wait and see where all this circus will lead to.
#71 You sound like a prophet of doom. Just wait the chap is going in. tell me has he paid K500 metre… If not then 6 months is automatic. Other things will come later.
Rashid you sound like you enjoy Kachasu!!!! try Mosi Please or shake shake
Ba Rashid this guy will be set free,like the way the barabus was set free even he was guilty of murder.Chungu is arrested for using false Documents not Pludering,and the task force has notb mentioned it in there statement.what a shame!The are even boasting that they have recovered K19Billion from the plundered resources,one may want to know how much these guys have used to recover that small amount of money,you will find that they have used more than what they have recovered.LPM wanted to abolish the task force coz he knew that they are no good but useless creatures,nomba Ba LPM babazembaika baumfwila nabena.LPM MYSRIP
Matworld-Nice guy!, this government is crap my bro. though i wasnt really a funy of LPM (mhsrip), i think he was by far capable than this thing called Lundani Nyama Soya. the chap is very ndwii…. ;)):o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o
U mean this is when they have realised that Chungu used a false travel document? Amazing really!!! And u say we have an ‘intelligence’ system in the country? I think we just r in Gods hands in this country.
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Leave chungu alone. This is becoming a circus u are just enriching the nchito brothers.
LT whats cutting? Don’t block my comments
CHUNGU IS NOT A THIEF. HOW DO U THINK THE INTELLEGENCE OPERATES? FIRST U CELEBRATE THE XPOSURE OF THE TUNNELS, NOW CHUNGU. PA ZED MA LABISHI YA BANTU!!!
**==**==**== very unprofessional ba task force, we need the “known charges”, not those simple ones…..
No. 79 The One, is stealing and forgery oart of the intelligence system? maybe its part of the job description? can you educate me on this one. :-w
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Mr Maxwell Nkole is very intelligent , He would make a better Minister
Abena Nkole aba fipuba sana
Poor Xavier, sorry for you. Certain jobs are really trouble. Trouble is someone has gotta do them. You have to be your boss’ Yes-man or else get the boot. However, if you are principled like one Aka. You either resign or refuse to take up the job. No, my Lord…it was my…..You really got no excuse for anything mister….
it is very sad that in Zambia, people can play around with a former intelligence chief. Fellow Zambians, we are just embarrassing and making fun of our selves and the special branch. how can we open our intelligence system to ridicule like this. the CIA, KGB or the M15 spend money on security projects and no one questions them. And yet, under the pretext of fighting corruption, we are revealing how our op operates. This is a mistake that Zambia will leave to regret for a long time. The Mombai bombers are coming and we will see where intercontinental and other big hotels will be. good luck. At least, u have been forwarned.
This man will soon ask for treatment in SA because he is entiled to it and GRZ will take him on Tax payers cash leaving babies to die at UTH.
#65 Uli Chipuba: You dont seem to understand the meaning of the word ARREST. Even a person remanded or serving a sentence in prison can be arrested.Simple DEF: Arrest is where a law enforcement officer confines you by touching you on the shoulder and reads the charge for you.Asks you whether you understand the charge, makes you sign for whatever the reply. Later asks you if you accept the charge or not.Thereafter you sign for accepting or denying the charge.
TF do not really know what their mandate is. Defence lawyers are just waiting to see how TF will answer the question of whether they have any mandate and if so what kind of manadate? I believe this is simply beyond their mandate. If they insist, we see a situation where cases of KK reign and LPM reign will be lamped together and it will be an open mandate since the precident will have been set. Going beyond their mandate will be dangerous for LPM group and even for KK and surving group. The truth is some of the things questioned could be similar to decisions made during the KK time and LPM time. E,g not following tender procedures; remember the no tender for maize production under irrigation
# 42 You are very correct, the Task Force on corruption is a composition of law enforcement officers from Zambia Police, DEC,ACC and other law enforcement wings meaning they can arrest following Task Force mandate but they still have powers vested in them by the State to effect arrests in any other crimes that maybe committed within their jurisdiction. The law does not confine the officers to deal with TF cases only. Hope some bloggers will now understand.
#90, you see the Task Force is for cases committed by the Chiluba and others during a specific time frame. You see the Dutch (Nertherlands) pulled out of supporting the Task Force earlier this year because govt refused to extend the “mandate” of this body, in terms of case coverage to include cases committed outside the defined period. Govt only agreed to “extend” this mandate by give more time to the Task force to deal with Chiluba cases only. So including any case not commited during that time is ultravires to the TF mandate. But would give TF legitimacy to dig cases that may have been committed during other regimes as observed by others
#42 & 90 thanks for educating these PF kaponyas especially uyu mwenye Rashid. he better go to pakistan or Lake tanganyika
The Blackman’s Child # 80
U need to look at the bigger pic dude. The intelligence system of Zambia like any intelligence system is broad and wide. It involves very complex transactions and movements such that if viewed from a layman’s stand point can be seen as fraudulent and criminal.
Chuungu is an outstanding intelligence officer with atmost interigty and loyalty to his country. He has asked the govt to lift is oath of silence so that he can tell his side of the story. But he knows as well as the govt that his side of the story will compromise the sececurity of this country. Why do you think the most critical person Sata is quiet? Lets not be trivial. We dont know the real story
May I ask if Auditor General’s report includes the resources used by the Task Force. If not who is auditing the Task force over all these years? AG need to be allowed to audit the task force for the sake of transparency. I have heard that she is not empowered to do this since the TF is a special body. This would be a deadly excuse, especially that they have somehow openned up the books of ZSIS, which in my view should be above the task force in terms of state secrecy than themselves. Can someone educate the likes of me.
The bible says you reap what you sow, It can never be otherwise.
Gal 6:7… you can but you cannot hide. God bless Zambia and it’s
inhabitant. Amen
No comment we have to wait for justice to prevail Task force we want to know whether chungu is guity or not. Get to those serious allegations against him.
The harrasment of Xavier by the MMD will soon show its fruits. People have been calling for a military strike against Zim forgettnng the MMD and LPM hav left us totally naked in terms of intelligece. Even embecile like Tetamashimba know about the tunnels, ZAMTROP acc, our defence shortfalls etc. It might seem quite irrelevant but you must be aware that a nation without a proper unaudited, honest (yalishupa iyi) and educated intelligence faculty is vy pron to attack and outright failure. Dont rejoice that he is in jail, wait till he reveals what he knows you will even see me as fmr first lady incacerated !
Why waste time!!! i pass the verdict!!!
Castrate the chap!!! let him also tell us why he came back after LPM’s death!!! another case
Ba number 3. Which school did you go to? It’s not ‘heart trick’ but ‘hat trick’.
Whatever goes up must come down. castraite him.
TASKFORCE FYA BUPUBA. TAPABA NEFYO BACITA. KUFOLA FYE ISHALUTU
TO ALL THIEVES, WELCOME HOME ITS MMD’S GOVERNMENT, EXTREMELY FORGIVING TO ALL ZAMBIAN.
SHOULD’NT THIS MAN’S ISSUE BE DEALT WITH CONFIDENTLY BECAUSE SHOULD HE SPILL THE BEANS EVERY MAN IN OFFICE WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE SPILLAGE.
Zambians lets grow up! This thing has been going on and on and these Nchito things are smelling rich! that K19bn recovered is compared to what? In biznes for you to talk about profit you look at selling price aganist the cost price. It is believed these same Nchitos have even bought an aircraft. These things are happening right in front of our noses and tomorrow, should we start saying banaba? Unga wadula and we are biz paying these chaps called “work” My suggestion therefore is that let us priotise issues or else ambuya azafa nanjala kumunzi.
#103 Your right we are wasting too much money on these cases. Look at The people vs funjika. After years of trials a our expense, the man hardly stepped a foot in jail. Nchitos have had their share honestly and still many rats in UTH
#103 In all I am not saying that these people should be let free, what I am saying is that let these pipo charged with the responsibility of handling the plunder case be given a time frame and there should be someone to strictly supervise them. In goal setting we always talk about a word “SMART” S-specific, M- measurable, A-archieveable, R- realistic and T- time bound. The issue at hand can not be infinite that would also be tantamount to plunder by the Nchitos. I give you upto April next year to finish evrything or else consider yourself fired by the tax payer.
#104 Yes, you have even reminded me of the Funjikas, quite annoying my sister, in developing nations, the rich are never arrested but the poor. Go to Mwembeshi and find out the composition of pipo who are there and what they store or did; ninaba kandolo, radio, bulb and the like.But people like Funjika, bene Musengule even Katele kaleza are out there free. The world is unfair!!
To all bloggers: MERRY XMAS AND HAPPY 2009. Pliz ENJOY.
Chungu’s wife died of depression because of him so the task force might as well charge him for woman slaughter since the task force want to prove to be working.:d/
X gat a deal.Big xcape resurfaces. Pa Zed pa ma mission.Movie just startin .
The real reason you want to see these people in jail and suffering is because deep down you feel, you do not have the caliber nor the charisma to achieve even half what they achieved.
The sad part is you actually do have all it takes, but you would rather look to the negative side of things rather than choose to grow yourselves.
These cases have cost far more than %58 million, lets look at the best case scenario: we get back $58 million, where will it go? more cars for ministers or other non-value added activities. even if it is distributed to every Zambian that only gives us all $4.80….
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