Government has refuted allegations that it recieved 20 million Euros from the European Union to undertake the issuance of National Registration Cards.
Home Affairs Minister, Lameck Mangani, says the mobile registration exercise is fully funded by the government.
Mr. Mangani told journalists in Lusaka that claims by Patriotic leader, Michael Sata, that the EU gave government 20 millions Euros for the exercise were misleading.
He said government has released extra funds amounting to K22 billion for the second phase of the Mobile issuance of NRCs in Southern,Central and Northern Provinces.
And 165,000 National Registration Cards were issued in Eastern Province under the first phase of the on going mobile registration exercise.
Mr. Mangani said 85,000 NRCs were issued in North-western Province while 80,000 were issued in Western Province.
He said Zambians should not panic because even after the mobile exercise people can still get their NRCs from registration centres.
Mr Mangani said government has no intentions of defranchising Zambians by denying them NRCs.
[ZNBC]
One wonders why they even give to you i d i o t s! The money only ends up in the pocket of that i d i o t called Akapondo.
I seriously can`t wait for the time Zambia will be able to donate to the EU. The only down side is I will be 21 when this happens in 2099!
20,000,000.00 EUR
=
140,986,669,163.64 ZMK
Mr Mangani, The problem is that the majority of Zambians now don’t trust what you and your fellow MMD leaders say. There is too much dishonesty and taking the people for granted. It is only Senior citizen, Veteran, MMD chief bootlicker who always sing praises of you because they make a living out of bootlicking and their political appointments.
RIGGING PROCESS ALREADY IN GEAR HOW COME INTHE OTHER 2 PROVINCES LESS THAN HALF 80,000 COMPARED TO 165,000 OFTHOSE WHO GOT THIER REGS IN EASTERN PROVINCE.
For once it is gratifying that GRZ is undertaking this exercise on its own without donor funding. I hope it is not one of those mere rebuttals yet the falangaz are at MOFNP.
Goodevening
I also have my personal doubts as to how and why the EU should release so much money for Zambian NRCs – particularly in times like these when they themselves are busy making considerable sacrifices to safeguard their own economic position.
There is no truth in this world.Barack Obama is defending is Nobel Peace by senting 30000 more troops to Afghanistan.Can you belive this?
Michael Sata, RB, HH, etc… these guys should not be taken too seriously! They all say and do whatever gives them mileage to stay or stay at plot 1. 20million Euros for NRCs? You gotta be kidding me!
“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” –Albert Einstein
CHAPS, JUST GIVE PEOPLE WHAT BELONGS TO THEM. NRCs ARE FOR ZAMBIANS. AND WHY SHOULD THE EU GIVE YOU MONEY (ALTHOUGH THEY) FOR ISSUING NRCs. YOU DON’T TELL US WHENEVER YOU RECEIVE MONEY FROM DONORS IN MOST CASES. WHY SHOULD YOU BE VERY MUCH BOTHERED TO TELL US THAT YOU WERE NOT GIVEN MONEY OR YOU DID NOT RECEIVE MONEY? 2011 ELEMILWALIKA POLOMYA?
If you tell a lie long enough, loud enough and often enough, the people will believe it.——-Adolph Hitler
I THINK SATA IS TELLING THE TRUTH. SATA HAS INFORMERS WHO GIVE HIM FACTS AND CHANCES ARE HE MAY BE RIGHT OR IS VERY CLOSE TO THE TRUTH
PERHAPS THE REASON GOVT HAS NOT RECEIVED THE MONEY IS THAT SOMEONE HAS POCKETED IT, SO THE EU DID RELEASE THE MONEY AND ALONG THE WAY IT WENT MISSING AND THE GOVT HAS NOT RECEIVED IT. SO BOTH THE MINISTER AND SATA ARE TELLING THE TRUTH
GRZ does not need donor funding to arrange NRCS. This is the reason why Govts in africa are controlled and undermined because they want donor funding for everything. I am glad this exercise is fully funded by GRZ; this shows that Rupiah Banda believes in the sovereignity of Zambia, unlike Levy who needed funding for things like Task Force on corruption.
Mangani, I don’t think you are the right person to refute the claim but may the minister of finance where the money might have been channelled. You should worry about non Zambians not getting the NRC. Can you assure the Zambian nation that you have put messures (security messures) to ensure that only Zambians have access to the NRC{s}??
The Zed zooona na ma reg we have to beg. i mean there is nothing sophisticated about our identity document. its just a paper and a plastic. which can all be made in Zambia. Our national budget can cover this we dont need to beg
sorry meant non zambians getting NRC
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Sir Winston Churchill
That was a strategy by PF to know what was happening! It makes MMD to reveal secrets already they have sold themselves by registering more Nyau dancers for NRCs.
# 19 what is your point? please elaborate
13 months has been spent by MMD defending itself, this makes the opposition strong.
i think the opposition is more informed than the MMD, i mean lets face it trully speaking they won the elections anyway. i m just surprised that 45 years of independence and we still want to borrow money to finance our most important document
You mean to say Sata is worth listening to anymore? Come on guys, scratch your heads, that is all it takes to re-invigorate tired brains.
Sata and HH in fact must be informed of govt undertakings as they are a represented opposition in Zambia. Not telling them leads to some informed credible govt personnel leaking what the govt wants to hide. Remember the Thandiwe ghost worker saga? By the way Mr. Mangani, how far has that case gone? When will this come to the open? Do we really need a task force for the stealing that Thandiwe did? So, Mr Mangani, it is either you put up or you shut up. With regard to the registration exercise, why go mobile? What has happened to the permanent locations that existed before? So everything is now going mobile. Mobile phones, mobile hospitals, mobile NRC offices, mobile President. Probably that is why Banda does not reside at Plot 1 any more. He has gone mobile.
#19 – deomcracy is akin to 2 wolves and a sheep discussing what to have for dinner. Right now, America is fascist state as per Benito Mussolini’s definition. The EU has just turned into a dictatorship… and those pesky Iranians – how dare they hold free and fair elections that put US 2000 elections to shame. You can only get true democracy if you go for a minimal/small government with less interference in the lives in private citizens. We are seeing the implementation of Plato’s philosophy of rule by philospher kings – a class set apart to rule over the rest – benevolently of course.It is okay to dream. Forget about how they make you focus on the bell while the monkey is throwing feaces at you. Anywho – it is bed time.
Imwe, has anyone had the liberty to read the PF constitution? Some of the provisions there… awe mwe! Sometimes I get doubts about the party am supporting.
sata knows what he is talking about, just like he said about Roger chongwe about supporting RB that he want to paid his $2.5m and today, thats the truth. There is no smoke without fire.