Former President Frederick Chiluba is saddened by people who want to bring the name of the judiciary in disrepute because the High Court has thrown out an application that sought to register a London High Court judgement which found him and seven others liable for theft of about US$46 million.
In an interview with the Sunday Mail, Dr Chiluba’s spokesperson Emmanuel Mwamba said the former President welcomes the verdict by High Court Judge Evans Hamaundu, but is concerned with the innuendos directed at the judiciary.
Mr Mwamba said that it was strange that justice is only seen to been done if judgement is delivered in favour of certain people.
He lashed out at Patriotic Front (PF) president Michael Sata, Transparency International-Zambia and Professor Muna Handulo who have reportedly condemned Judge Hamaundu’s ruling. He said attacks on Judge Hamaundu are disrespectful to the judiciary.
Mr Mwamba urged people who were insinuating that the state had a hand in the High Court decision to respect the judiciary because they too seek services of the court when they are in need.
“We welcome the decision of the court, but we are only sad that some people would like to bring the name of the judiciary into disrepute. Mr Sata himself has been acquitted by the courts, so why can’t he respect the decision of the court,” he said.
Mr Mwamba said it was unfortunate that some people celebrated Judge Peter Smith’s ruling in which he found Dr Chiluba and seven others guilty of theft of US$46 million, when the trial did not encompass principles of fair trial.
The others are Xavier Chungu, Attan Shansonga, Stella Chibanda, Aaron Chungu, Faustin Kabwe, Ireen Kabwe and Francis Kaunda.
Mr Mwamba said it was wrong for the State to proceed with criminal and civil proceedings against the former President at home and in London at the same time.
Mr Mwamba charged that the London trial was unfair because Dr Chiluba had been slapped with a travel ban and his passport had been confiscated due to criminal proceedings against him in Zambia.
He said even if Dr Chiluba had defended himself in the London case it could have prejudiced his case before the Zambian courts.
“The whole process was unfair because Dr Chiluba could not have attended trial in London because his passport had been confiscated. Remember there was a travel ban that was imposed on him,” Mr Mwamba said.
He said despite that Dr Chiluba had refused to acknowledge Judge Smith’s jurisdiction over him, and therefore refused to participate in the court proceedings.
“Dr Chiluba welcomes this judgement (Judge Hamaundu’s) because it upholds the fundamental principle of sovereignty and independence,” Mr Mwamba said.
He said the former President feels vindicated by Judge Hamaundu’s judgement because he had opposed the decision by the State to prosecute its citizens before a foreign court.
Judge Hamaundu threw out an application by the state to register a London High Court judgement which found Dr Chiluba and seven co-defendants guilty of stealing US$46 million through a Zamtrop account.
He said there was no legal provision that allows the direct registration of judgements obtained in superior courts of the United Kingdom court.
[ Zambia Daily mail ]
MOVE ONTO A CIVIL TRIAL IN ZAMBIA.
$58 is worth starting all over again.
The A.G has been advised by the Judge in this case to take Civil action if he choose’s too.
How can Chiluba amass $8 US million dollars when his pay was nowhere near that much.
Let Chiluba declare who paid him all the money in the Zamtrop account.
(He already admitted some of his friends and donors could be drug runners and money launderer’s)
To CLEAR his own name let him submit details to the “People”.
mwamba mwache naka 8million dollars is waiting in th kitty.there you are assured of 1millionusd.regina 2.5m usd.machungwa and other bootlickers like kayope 200,000usd each.rupiah 1.5m usd the rest don chi chi.
If Chiluba did in fact receive gifts worth $8 million then the names of the givers can show WHY they gave Chiluba money and WHAT Chiluba done for them in return.
Chiluba will never lose the tag of Master Thief.
Even in death the memory will remain.
mwamba mwaiche naka 8million dollars is waiting in th kitty.there you are assured of 1millionusd.regina 2.5m usd.machungwa and other bootlickers like kayope 200,000usd each.rupiah 1.5m usd the rest don chi chi.
OJ Simpson was found innocent in a criminal case(Aquitted) but he was found guilty in a civil case and was sued big time.
Chiluba can be dealt the same cards and Zambia can have back its money.
Please don’t take this for granted. I would want to tell Zambians without fear or favour that who ever I meet in Europe who knows about Zambia, they ask me about Two people, and these are Kaunda and Chiluba. To my surprise, Kaunda is always known and praised for his Independence struggle while Chiluba is always remembered by theft. Note that these people are not Zambians but from all over the world who know our two former presidents one as a freedom fighter, the other as a thief. This tells that Chiluba is known as a thief by the whole world not only in Zambia.
#7 ubufi chikala,you just want to mention europe
# 3 #5 #8 Imwe naimwe kapeneneni uko. Abamilowa balifwa. Abakana ukufwa ngabalimindapa kuluse ati mwachilamo kupena notola mufishala. Neshina lilamoneka ati muli be bange. Nowamifyele alilufyanya. You are an enemy of democracy and freedom of speech.
Water under the bridge. Chapwwaaaaaaaaa. Chalipwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Zambia v Meer Care & Desai [2008] EWCA Civ 1007
Friday 07 May 2010
‘It is one thing to throw caution to the winds; that is likely to lead to negligent conduct. But even to do that to the nth degree does not involve crossing the dividing line and passing over to dishonesty.’
This was the view expressed by the Court of Appeal (at paragraph 146) in upholding the appeal of a solicitor who had allowed millions of pounds of money from government accounts in Zambia to be channelled through his client account.
The money had been spent on items such as university tuition fees and designer suits.
The Attorney General of Zambia brought an action for dishonest assistance against Iqbal Meer and his firm, Meer Care & Desai, for their role in the various schemes undertaken by the…
Mwanya fisushi fyenu kano nganimwe ba chita aquit. Aferall Judge Smith’s Judgement was dismissed by the higher court in london. Ka Stephen Lungu akamukoshi na kamutwe. you are disgracing the Association. As for TIZ we know that they are interested in more donor support but to hell with your ignorance. we nevertheless understand coz ur children’s welfare is at stake. You cant find decent jobs anywhere apart from the TIZ Trash. Can stephen Lungu Explain why Smith’s Judgement was dismissed by the higher court in london. we dont want to hear this i.d.i.o.cy of saying you dont respond to non-lawyers. Law is not an end it is just a means to an end we kasushi
#9 BA REAL NIGAR MWABA UKUFWALA BAMBA YA MULEGENI NELYO MWABA KU BULAYA.BUSHE TETI MUBWELEKO FYE. LIMBI MULOMFWA INSONI? MUKESE TATWAKWATA AMA WANU TUKAMIPOKELELA NA KANTEMBA TUKAMISOVA
theives of luapula>>>>! its gud tat his own province is the one of the least developed. his FTJ school in Musangu-Mwense is dilapidated.the hopeless boy just bought shoes,suits,stole sumone’s wife.not even a mere katemba business he oped atleast to employe his suffering relatives who have deserted their province to find themselves selling sweets in the streets of lsk. kafupi destroyed copperbelt and his relatives have all run to solwezi where the kaondes,luvales have rejected them due to their lack of integrity.
by the ex-president of Zambia and their associates.
In 2007, Justice Smith, at the High Court, in a lengthy judgement, reached the conclusion that Mr Meer had provided dishonest assistance to the Zambian officials and conspired to misappropriate monies from the Zambian government.
The firm, and Mr Desai as a partner, were found to be vicariously liable.
Justice Smith placed significant weight on the fact that Mr Meer was an experienced solicitor with extensive practice in international legal transactions and that his actions were clearly in breach of repeated warning cards and guidance issued by the Law Society.
In upholding the appeal, the Court of Appeal looked in detail at the actual answers provided by Mr Meer under cross-examination.
They particularly noted his…
Mr Mwamba, I do not envy you and the job you are required to do for Titus Mpundu. Surely can’t you find yourself another way of earning a living? Defending the undefendable is a very shameful job and yet, like VJ Mwaanga, you see nothing wrong. What is wrong with your brain?
Titus Mpundu alias FTJ Chiluba is a shameless thief wether you like it or not. He is even a thief of an identity. He has no Chiluba blood in him and you know it.
answers which suggested that he assumed that the warnings about holding large sums of money only related to cash and that he did not understand how his client account could be used for money laundering when all the transactions were accurately recorded and open for inspection.
The Court of Appeal was of the view that some of his interpretations of the warning cards were untenable, and that the instructions given to Mr Meer plainly conflicted with the warnings and should have sounded warning bells to the anyone with half an idea of money laundering.
However as these particular aspects of evidence had not been challenged in cross-examination, the Court of Appeal were forced to conclude that he did in fact hold that interpretation and had not understood that money laundering was…
occurring.
The Court felt that Justice Smith had relied heavily on the test of what an honest and competent solicitor would have done in Mr Meer’s position.
However, the Court of Appeal held that this comparator was not appropriate as it assumed that Mr Meer was competent .
The Court of Appeal said the evidence suggested that there were questions as to Mr Meer’s competence, and that he was not knowledgeable or experienced in relation to the sort of transaction that he faced and did not really understand what was involved in money laundering (see paragraph 294 of the judgement).
While they acknowledged that this finding could form a basis for action for breach of professional conduct rules, they said that this would not be the basis for a finding of dishonesty in a civil…
claim.
Once Mr Meer’s appeal was upheld, the claims against the firm and Mr Desai on the basis of vicarious liability were also set aside.
Boy ! Honestly are you ok for you to be describing yourself with such alias name on the blog. If only your parents or family knew. Take a deep breath, look yourself in the mirror and tell the person you see in the mirror to find wisdom. This is not the way a blog should be used. Man! Do yourself a favour. You are one sick living thing. This is not funny at all.
NKAKUTOMBA MUKANWA 3# 5# 8#
Boy ! Honestly are you ok for you to be describing yourself with such alias name on the blog. If only your parents or family knew. Take a deep breath, look yourself in the mirror and tell the person you see in the mirror to find wisdom. This is not the way a blog should be used. Man! Do yourself a favour. You are one sick living thing. This is not funny at all.
certain people are better off keeping quiet
Point-Of-Order says 20# 21
I agree with you this chap 3, 5 & 8 is just simply a horrified piece of junk. He is bringing down the Bemba Language. Maybe he is telling us something about his family. Not pa Zed. We do not this aghast.
I think he has sucked a few of them in his life and wants to come out in the open
Its just a name 20. 21, 12, relax… pa eazzzzeee
We should not at any particular time embrace thieves. Chiluba is a common thief, who stole from the Zambian people and will go to Jail whether his fellow thieves like it not. This case shall not rest up and until Chiluba is put behind bars. He is no better than any common criminal. Ka LAZO!!!!!
Bakafupi please!!
Let’s start a new life please. Another ten years of Chiluba trials with the Post and mmembe in attendance and minting money, mmembe, Post plus their shareholders (hiding variously as interested parties, i.e. embassy officials, lawyers, NGO’s etc) wooa when are we going to talk development?
Regina is a beautiful woman. I would bone her, seriously.
This is a joke. Chiluba is now all of a sudden a rule of law man? He is the one who first introduced the raping of the judiciary. This judiciary has been f*u*c*k*e*d in the a*s*s without lubrication by RB. Now he has started annoying our cooperating partners. I know that some fools on here talk about the greatness of China blah blah but where was China when Zim was brought down to its knees. Plus, Mugabe is a real strongman unlike the coward RB. RB can never standup to any country let alone the US.
#3 ULI WEBANGE KWATI NI CHILUBA NESHINA NALIMONEKA ULEISEBANYAFYE CHITOLE COBE WABA ICITOLE KWATI NI CHILUBA, TITUS, FREDRICK, MPUNDU, JACOB, CHABALA KAFUPI.
I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT TYPE OF NRC WAKWATA I WE CHILUBA TO ACCOMMODATE THIS NAMES. YOU ARE REALL CONGOLE. CHITOLE CHOBE.
No.27 you are right let us move on from Chiluba let him be
There is a larger point here. Letting him be sends a message to the likes of RB that it is OK to rape the country. At the very least, Chiluba needs to be stripped of all his ill gotten wealth. Preferably, he needs to spend some time in the gallows ( with Charles Taylor) and think about how his actions have caused so much misery. We need to make his life a living hell until we get our money back. Even after he dies, the state needs to go after his estate … and collect the people’s money.
#28 YOU ARE RIGHT NAINE NDAMUKUMBWA REGINA MWANZA MUSUMA SANA .NGANA MUSHUKILA KABILI KUTI NAMUTOMBA BUSHIKU BONSE. REGINA I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND I NEED TO BE WITH YOU KANO FYE INKAKUTOMBE NALIKUTEMWA. YOU MADE A MISTAKE TO LOVE CHILUBA MR MWANZA WAS A GOODMAN OR MR MPOMBO
NUMBER #32 YOU ARE 100% RIGHT WE NEED TO RECOVER OUR MONEY FROM CHILUBA EVEN FROM HIS GRAVE.ULEFWAYA NANGU TAULEFWAYA MU PRISON MWENA ONE DAY UKENGILA CHITOLE CHOBE KAFUPI.
@7..I think you have lost the direction,,,,both of us we are out of the country but i have never heard about people calling Chiluba bad names ..you are the only one because you just look about bad things which Chiluba did…..because your coment has lost its logic…improve:-w
When you trade insults it shows your thinking and what personality you are (low calibre). Chiluba stole from the citizens of the whole zambian nation and thats not something to be bragging about. Lazo nay hi bi, till he dey si death.
Shame upon Chiluba. To be known as a Chief thief all over the world! Sad mwe
WHICH CONTRY ARE SENDING FROM MR NKAKUTOMBAMUKANWA AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR YOUR LEAVING? PLEASE REPLY IAM WAITING.
# 30 ATI KA HH MAKANDI, NOKO AMASOJA MU NYOZI.NAPELA NSHALANDE FINGI
#23 HIV INFECTED BEMBA IS A TRIBE AND NOT A LANGUAGE YOU POLLUTED THING.GET SOME BIT OF KNOWLEDGE BEFORE YOU DIE.WHAT’S WRONG WITH MY NAME? I WASN.T THERE WHERE YOUR COCK WAS DIPPING ANYHOW.SO DONT VENT YOUR FRUSTRATIONS ON ME NUMB SKULL.
#20,21 POINT OF ORDER UMFWA CHIKALA,IF YOU ARE A PASTOR DON’T VISIT THIS BLOG YOU WILL DIE OF SHOCK ,IF YOU WANT TO BECOME A REGULATOR THEN YOU HAVE VENTURED IN A WRONG FORUM,INVENT YOUR OWN.AM NOT YOUR STUDENT WABA ULUFYONO.
38, thats a stupid question to ask Nkakutomba Mukanwa what he is doing for a leaving, it is non of your business. What is important is that people are living and surviving, as to what they do to survive have nothing to do with you. You should first tell us what you yourself is doing for a living then you can ask others what they are doing who are also free to inform you or not. Enjoy your self in Italy- mi dispiace perche sembla come tu sei un’luomo stupido.
@40 you are not thinking ….think like a person who is formed
Guys and dols. please lets quieten the language a lit bit and discuss the real issues here! Though i ve never laughed so much! Bemba is a gud media of communication and my SA friends are loving it!! And i lets stick to the point here. Chiluba annoying all of us!!
@43 nshilaka nabanakashi.munjeleleko. ebeniko aba michitako ebo balande naine
ftj wont u just stay quite and enjoy your loot
Kwena pali amashina pachipanda apa LOL… # 45 Limbi ngawabikile ati Blow Job abantu nganabatemwa.
Chiluba is a thief, Period. The wife is a Jail Bird because recieved stolen item from Chiluba and amassed a lot of wealth within a short time without corresponding income. The item stolen from State house, It had no gate pass to come out of state house, how did it leave the premises? It was stolen. So Chiluba is still a Thief. No amount of “re-hab” will change that TAG of Chiluba being a small big thief.
Someone remind me, PLEASE: Who is FJT again?
#6, This is not OJ mwemashilu imwe! # 42 uli kabolala period! Waliiba in your mother’s house! And you have overwhelming evidence, right?
Verdict by High Court Judge Evans Hamaundu. What are you talking about you Shrimp? You are not any different from that Zambian Woman found guilty in another country of dealing in drugs. If Zambia negotiated for to be brought to Zambia and then her corrupt friends decided not register her conviction it doesn’t not mean she has being vindicated. You are just a criminal in waiting. Unlike the drug dealer woman, you were actually stealing from the Zambians.
In the Bible, there is some called an Abomination that causes Desolation. Some unholy thing being done on a holy place, a sacrilege. I have the same thought when Chiluba becomes the one defending the courts. Something is seriously wrong. An abomination that causes desolation in the hearts of all Zambians.
Chiluba is one of the disgraced species Zambia will ever have. All those who support him are embiciles who will be cast in the lake of fire. Do not think God will not punish you like the way these fake courts of ours have done. Time to give account for robbing Zambia will come. You will be in a lake of fire together with Hittler,Bokasa and Iddi Amin. Do not think you are clever. You might be clever this time but time will come when the pain of death will catch up with you. Our relatives died in hospitals due to the fact that you stole money for drugs. Children have failed to complete school because of your stealing.Its high time you quenched peoples hard feelings by repenting. Do not think you are extremely clever.All those souls who have died will torment you on your death bed. Repent!!!!
Ba kafupi niba lazo. what ever the outcome of his cases the fact will remain the same. He is a prisoner of his own. the fact that he is being bothered with what ever is happening to him is in itself a sentence he is saving. so he is a jail bird already.
LT BLOG;A DICTIONARY OF INSULTS.THE ONLY STATEMENT WHICH IS NOT AN INSULT ON THIS BLOG IS ‘CHILUBA IS A THIEF’