Vice President George Kunda has disclosed that Zambia is liable to compensate Lusaka Lawyer Dr. Rodger Chongwe.
And Mr. Kunda has said that there are no provisions to register Dr. Chongwe’s case in the Zambian courts contrary to claims by the Law Association of Zambia.
Mr. Kunda says Dr. Chongwe’s case is being ably handled by the office of the Attorney-General in accordance with the constitutional provisions and the United Nations Convention on Human Rights under which Dr. Chongwe ‘s claim was lodged.
He says Solicitor-General and Acting Attorney-General Abyudi Shonga made the necessary negotiations as a Constitutional Office Holder representing government to arrive at the compensation.
The Vice President was speaking during a press briefing at his office in Lusaka today.
Mr. Kunda stated that Zambia being a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) was found Zambia liable to pay Dr. Chongwe the sum of US$6.7 million as compensation.
He stressed that as Vice President and Minister of Justice and on the instruction of President Banda, he met Dr. Chongwe and referred him to the Attorney-General where the matter was dealt with in full.
“I can confirm that in 1997 Dr Chongwe was short by police and medical evidence is there. Zambia was found liable to the party of UNHRC which Zambia is a member of. As government we are merely executing the legal issue or court ruling.
There are many serious cases before the Office of the Attorney General to pay and not just that of Dr. Chongwe which is even less. This matter was dealt with in accordance with the law and there was no impropriety in the way it was dealt with. The whole process was left to the AG to negotiate a reasonable sum of compensation,” Mr. Kunda said.
And has Mr. Kunda described as malicious and politically motivated, allegations by the Law Association of Zambia that the Director of Public Prosecutions, Chalwe Muchenga was being controlled by the Executive.
He said the allegation was merely aimed at casting aspersions on the integrity of the person holding the office of the DPP.
The Vice President said there was no way the executive could meddle into the constitutional mandate of the DPP.
Mr. Kunda said he is proud to be a member of LAZ but was not happy with manner some of its members inclined to the opposition are influencing LAZ President to do wrong things.
“I’m proud to belong to LAZ. I love my president Mr. Lungu except I am not happy in the manner LAZ is operating because there are people using it as a legal Body influencing Mr. Lungu to do wrong things and abusing the Body,” he lamented.
He said LAZ should be a professional, independent and reputable legal body but regretted that its President Steven Lungu is surrounded by a few Patriotic Front (PF) individuals who are tarnishing the name of the association.
Mr. Kunda further accused Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata of working with LAZ to undermine government.
The Vice President challenged LAZ to come to his Office and help find best ways of amending some of the archaic laws than concentrating on politically motivated legal matters.
He dismissed calls by both LAZ and some sectors of the society for the resignation of Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Chalwe Mchenga.
The Vice President maintained that the DPP has not done anything wrong adding that many legal practitioners were not consulted on the issue of having Mr. Mchenga dismissed.
He said Mr. Mchenga is a well qualified lawyer who enjoys security of tenure.
The Vice President said government shall only accept constructive criticisms and that any departure from that amounts to under-mining government of the day.
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Are you impling no one should say a word?
This guy will never stop mesmerizing the people. its so amazing how he has lost his path.
Am now confused really. Wasn’t Shika something saying during the week that RB stopped payment and he even said Govt did not force Dr Chongwe out of the country and now it emerges that. Govt infact had made a deal with Dr CHongwe. So the POST newspaper was right after all. This is interesting indeed and can’t wait to hear what Shikapwashya will say now or what lies he will spin
Please zambians, see the type of leader you want to have in the name of sata see how he behaved on that international program, so thugerly for a leader,The PF leader, who stormed out of the programme twice and openly attacked co –guest Sharon Freeman, president and founder of All American Small Business Exporters Association for supporting Chinese investment, charged that China was engaged in modern slavery as it was out to **** Africa of its resources.
Please yes change is good, but change should make alot more sense, I would rather we stick to mmd at least they listern when pushed to the corner, I am PF but i was left with no good words for my leader in the manner he behaved on that international forum
sat all he knows is bush law
Now Mr Kunda
Tell us about how the US $ 100 Million ABSA claim is going. We want an updated from you sir.
Here our Govt is liable to compensate Chongwe for what it did under the little Man Kafupi.Now the amount is too colossal and I think the AG should sit down with Chongwe and settle for a less figure.
Sir Mr Kunda
Now give us an update on the US $ 100 Million ABSA claim. Has The Zambian Government already paid ABSA
Sir Mr Kunda
I understand that The Attoney General’s office was requested by the Treasury to give a legal opinion regarding legal basis of The Zambian Government taking take over the US $ 300 Million fictious losses that Total Fina Elf International and Late President Mwanawasa and Mpombo left at Indeni Refinery. Sir we need an update on this matter as well. If you can pay ABSA over US $ 100 Million, and take over Total International fictious losses at Indeni Refinery of US $ 300 million, I can understand why Dr Chongwe also needs to be paid this US $ 6.7 Million.
Who is Chongwe anyway and what has he done for the country???? And how much are you going to give Kaunda since he is more important and has done more than Chongwe for Zambia??? And the university student who got shot during the roit since he is the future(youth) and his wounds were more fatal than the bruise Chongwe sustained? Or maybe you are supporting all this so that behind the curtain you are going to share the money. This is real day light robbery. You want to share the money probably you´ll only give him a milli and the rest Banda will take. Why the rush???
Ba vice president first pay the more serious cases before you come to CHONGWE those who have been killed by our police
AND CHILABA IS NOT LIABLE TO GIVE BACK WHAT HE STORE FROM ZAMBIANS? LA.W YA PA ZAMBIA YA F.IPUBA SANA.
PatrickMwanawasa stated that “it was perplexing to note how a foreign judgment of US $45 million involving Chiluba and others could not be registered in Zambia but against all odds that of Dr Chongwe has seemingly been granted. The process of registering a foreign judgment is a stringent one, need I remind the power brokers that to date we have still not registered judge Smith’s findings on Dr Chiluba as decided in the London High Court,” Patrick stated. “I have noted with incredulity how Dr Chongwe has attributed his misfortunes (stemming from the Kabwe incident) to Dr Mwanawasa (MHSRIP) in the disguise of a surrogate agent, tasked to pervert the course of justice”.
aaahhhhhhhh, it is George “Pelican” Kunda again? He sickens me, this man.
…I MEANT CHILUBA…ON #11
Iwe Chikunda What about the CBU students your Police short? How can we have one country with laws favouring a few individuals when other who are victims of the same state machinery are not being compensated? How many times you have short CBU students when demonstrating on noble cause you have not paid them anything while this thug was holding illegal meeting you want to Santaclause him? It is because the CBU students dint have the human rights voice from Zambia. COBUSU it’s your time to sue this thugs. Let them not run away because they have proved to have money to Santaclause people.
IT AMAZES ME HOW OUR CROOKED SO CALLED LEADERS IN ZAMBIA KEEP ON CROOKING THE ENTIRE POPULATION WITHOUT ANY FORM OF PROTEST. ARE WE COMPLETELY DOMICILE?
#4 you write out of touch. What you are writitng about does not relate to the motion. If Chongwe is being compansated then probably kaunda should rake in more than $10 million given his stature in the Zambian Govt standing. How shallow and naive can the VP be that he believes that in this day and age we can buy into this criminal act. If this is also coming from the Attorney General, couldn’t he consider the standard of living of Zambians before reaching that sum. I would not go further than $10000 but we have a ganster GOVT
Fellow Zambian, don’t give up fighting the incompetency of this government. We should start a petition to prevent the payment. How can the government just roll over without a fight? Something does not smell right. Even in the West the government would have challenged paying out such a colossal amount to an individual. How can a poor nation like Zambia just give in like that? This money should be diverted to building schools. Chi Chongwe has no interest of our nation at heart. I do hope Sata wins for a simple reason that some of these ***** will certainly go to jail for R.A.P.I.N.G our nation. Sick and tired of sacrificing for these incompetent I.D.I.O.T.S.
Power is sweet because when you are obsessed with, you cant see the mistakes you are making.Talk sense Mr Kunda your village and surrounding area has no electricity, no access roads.The country is still on poor countries yet one of the leading copper producer in the world shame on me.
NOW, LISTEN YOU ALL. I AGREE WITH YOU FOLKS WHO’VE SPOKEN ABOUT KAFUPI’S THEFT. WHAT ABOUT THE MONEY HE STOLE FROM US ALL? THAT MATTER CAME BEFORE A COURT IN A COMMONWEALTH AND UN COUNTRY CALLED ENGLAND. GET OUR MONEY URGENTLY FROM CHILUBA THEN PAY CHONGWE. YOU MUST ALSO COMPENSATE OUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS FOR THE SUFFERING THEY’RE GOING THROUGH DUE TO THE THEFT OF ONE MAN. WHAT DOUBLE STANDARDS!!! COME ON, VP KUNDA, YOU STUDIED LAW AT UNZA AT A TIME WHEN THINGS THERE WERE AS GOOD AS AT ANY UNIVERSITY…COME ON!!! SHAME ON YOU, MMD. SHAME ON YOU!!! GUYS, KICK THESE GUYS OUT. I’LL COME OVER AND VOTE, TOO.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. ALL THESE CHILUBAISTS MUST BE VOTED OUT OF POWER. KUNDA YOU’RE A DISGRACE. A REAL DISGRACE TO THE PROFESSION OF THE LEARNED ONES. SHEMU, SHEMUNA, WENA! MASHORI KAUFELA!!!
WHAT DOES THIS VICE PRESIDENT THINK WE ARE SO IF JUDGEMENT IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY ON CHONGWE IS ACCEPTED WHY SHOULD THE LONDON ONE REGARDING THE FORMER KAFUPI PRESIDENT NOT BE AKNOWLEDGED SINCE IT WAS IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY TOO……STOP THE THE DOUBLE STANDARDS WE ARE NOT FOOLS…..ANYWAY 2011 IS JUST ROUND THE CORNER FOR YOUR INFORMATION…..HOPE WE SHALL NOT LOCK MOST OF YOU GUYS.
police shoot me, i wanna be a millionaire! sha boboka nomba!
this is a serious precedent our Government is setting, alot of money will be lost compensating pipo
In tonga kunda means f.u.c.k. This vp is really a f.u.c.k.e.d man. He i living in a world of his own.
Wow …and MMd say there is no money to increase the wages of doctors, nurses and teachers. Why can’t they use Chiluba’s “money” to pay him.
#26 Could not agree more. Why are they able to find money so fast to pay this low life but can’t compensate professionals who save lives adequately. I am so livid at the moment and not proud to call myself a Zambian. No wonder people are driven to do the unthinkable…
The VEEP has just confirmed what The Post and the opposition have been saying that the judiciary has been hijacked by the Executive.
He highlights that he, as “Vice President and Minister of Justice and on the instruction of President Banda, he met Dr. Chongwe….”.
And if the VEEP was instructed by the President, then at what stage did the same President stop the payment of $6.9m to Dr Chongwe?
Can the VEEP then confirm that the President is not a “well-balanced person” as he himself said at the ZANAMA gathering in Kitwe.
FCUK the leaders we have at the moment,everything they do stinks,no wonder many in the diaspora find it discouraging to return,we get used to a different kind of living & see how others play their politics and how the govt respects its people,sometimes i feel if i ever returned,i could end up in jail on crap made up charges by the state because i would be saying all sorts of things on a daily basis,now i understand why people like George Mpombo cannot shut up,the current MMD stinks!
I also feel in as much as Chongwe is entitled to compensation,the amount is excessive for a poor country like Zambia,i think the state should look at means of fighting this case so that the amount is reduced,should that huge amount be paid,the govt will be owing many individuals because everyone will sue!
COMPERSATE CHONGWE,GIVE HIM WHAT BELONGS TO HIM.AND YOU CLOWNS WHO THRIVE ON HATRED OUGHT TO KNOW THAT NOT ONLY YOUR OPINIONS ARE RIGHT.M****** MWE. WHO SIGNED THOSE CHARTERS WITH THE UNHCR.HE DIDN’T REALISE THE BINDING CONSQUENCIES.AND NO FOOL STOOD UP TO CONDEMN KAFUPI WHEN HE ORDERED MERCENARIES TO SHOOT AT ROGER CHONGWE AND SUPER KEN.SO YOU SUCKERS MUST KEEP QUITE.
Lies lies and counter lies,more like these people dont consult each other before making press statements,anyone can wake up and issue a statement,it first it was Mangani,then Shikapwasha and now red lipped python pelican kunda, and some people will still wonder why we are so critical of this leadership,what a circus
I wonder if Kunda and his government will pay compensation to the CBU student who was shop by police, if the case was ever taken to the UN,
#4 Kuku this story is not about Sata. It is about the greed leadership of RB and his corrupt acts. Kunda knows that he is supporting something not genuine. Chiluba ‘s London judment is very similar to Chongwe and this is what make this two cases stick because of unfair dealings. The CBU student shot by the police must look for a proper lawyer or Human rights court within commonwealth or UN and get more than Chongwe because the law must be equal. Senior Citizen and Kuku, I feel sorry for you guys how do support these guys with lies after lies. Every minister is a spokesperson with conflicting messages. MMD was the peoples’ party but lack of viable and straight forward thinking leadership is when dealing with issues affecting the masses have destroyed MMD.Senior Citizen you have got…
It is surprising to hear lies after lies
Hey you red-lipped viper called Georgie! didnt Rubbish Banda stop that payment? Does this GRZ have a chain of command at all coz we seem to get a sorts of information on the issue from all corners. Anybody with a position in GRZ is allowed to give us his piece of nonsense, when are we ever gunner get real info? Seems to me RB has no clue whats going on here.
I think the contradictory statements coming out of this government are not hitting the lunatic level. Please check what Shikapwasha said only two days ago and compare it to what this red-lipped snake is saying. For a lawyer, George Kunda’s idea of compensation is very cavalier. Just note how he completely avoided to mention the real amount, the other thing too is how in one breath he claims the office of the DPP cannot be influenced by the executive but in the next one, he claims without a thread ov evidence that the LAZ chairman is being influenced by PF. Well, I think his HIV is now burning his brain cells depriving him of the ability to reason straight.
the govt that is sick. so what of the cbu student? what of the 1990 shooting in lusaka where one woman was seriously wounded by a stray bullet. what of those who have been shot and KILLED? will this stupid govt compensate them? i wait to hear from learned collegues and *****s like veteran
This does not make any sense at all. We all know that Kafupi tried to whack Chongwe, so he is the one who should pay Chongwe.
How did the Australian and Zambian justice system come to this amount??? Did this man experience an ailment from the shooting that is life threatening to him today?? Where are the Zambian lawyers to challenge this one. People have cases where they are completely disabled or lose their lives…I am not a lawyer but this man can still walk and talk the money being given seems excessive. Maybe the press should give full details of injuries sustained by Dr Chongwe in detail and what earning capacity he lost during this challenge. It is Zambian tax payers the press needs to elaborate why this case is so unique.
the thieves and plunderers are really back. surely of all the people george sure wapena kubufi. the writing is now clear on the dirty zambian wall, chilubas london case will not be heard and its closed, he is a free man indeed. just waiting for his immunity though he cant survive the physical viruses which require a life time ART intake
I think our ZED police should have aimed for teh heart, so that we do not have any fake claimants for our hard earned money. Who the hell is Rodger Choongwe to be compensated for missing him in a shooting, what about the Innocent souls we have lost in such shootings?
Chi vice president ni chi monko sana you can even tell by the way he speaks nichi lumpen, chi bungwe
The Zambian leader should not be judged with the eyes of the European or American standards. We must learn now from South Africa. See what Zuma had to go through to become the state president. Sata is very fit to become the Zambian president. He holds his own opinion, though reflecting the reality of the Zambian people. Personally, I am proud of him. Sorry no. 4 for your dislike of Sata. I don’t intend to offend you…but I am just hitting on the nail.
Then pay the CBU student, what makes Roger more human than all the Zambians, aka ka Kafupi he is the one who should payback, why was he even aquited????????? and now all Zambians must pay for his stupidet?????????????? Kunda you are even proud to say we must pay not all Zambians agreed that we must short kk and Roger. Kaya BaMudala ba Vetran nga nabala nangu nabakwata umulamba he seems to quiet on this one, or the shushu have not yet fade him with the infor to past on this web.
Good morning
It was only yesterday when I expressed that I see the government paying Dr. Chongwe sooner or later. Now we have it confirmed here by the Veep. When it comes to legal matters, there is usually no way you can satisfy everyone’s wishes. There will always be a looser and a winner.
Well, someone ought to be declared insane, officially.
I think captain solo can do well taking over the country !!! I am tierd of these pretending MMD people. Solo where are you???
So RB was lying to people on the copperbelt when he said he is no mad to pay such kind of money
so lomba ba Kunda bazaenda kuli Roger ati nichekeleko. Ba Banda nao bazaenda ku Australia ati nijubileko
Bushe ulya chi colour who posts under Akapondo alikwi mwebantu?
Life will never be fair. This is so true for the poor and suffering Zambians. I fear for our children. Consideration is being given to pay Chongwe the accrued interest while retired civil servants are never paid interest on their long overdue pension payments. Some retirees die of poverty long before their pensions are even paid (without interest). Government owes businesses and individuals colossal sums of money and interest is never paid. But for Chongwe, payment of interest is possible and necessary and the very people who are supposed to ensure equality for all in Zambia are in the forefront of such biased decisions. Things will never change in Zambia; it will always be who you know! As a nation, we need to wake up.
Kuku #4,
What you are saying bears absolutely no relevance to the topic everyone on this blog is discussing. There is no relationship between how Sata behaved during the Voice of America program and the discussion at hand here on the advisability of compensation for Roger Chongwe.
I also doubt your PF credentials. Your claim that you are PF reminds me of the classic white racist type who claims that most of his best friends are black!
Zambian again I must say its really sad to talk about compensation of $6.7m for one man when hundreds are suffering.How many people in Zambia have been wrongfully shot or killed by our untrained police force that this case is soo special.What do you tell the families of the common man who has been wronged and never got any compensation PLZ.Lets not hide behind human rights lets be practical.Vice-President Kunda Iam suddened if you are the cream of the crop of lawyers in Zambia”how dull”.
Someone help me to understand, what is so special about Rodger Chingwe abd his compesation? So many pipo have been injured and shot at by Zambia’s state police but I have not heard their compesation being talked about so much like Rodger’s case. I have not heard a Vice President or any senour govt. official backing victims of govt. compesation like this. We are tired of this nonsense! Georg Kunda shut up please! Tell us other reasonable things that the govt. is doing; not Chongwe’s irritating compesation. Not even Dr. Kaunda’s compesation was debated so much. Give us rest to this nonsense. Only a fool can give $6.9m to one person when Zambia is struggling with social and economic problems. RB WAKE UP FROM SLEEP! When are elections coming! TWANAKA KUTI TWALUFYANYA. UMUNTU EWALANGILE…