THE Ndola City Council has suspended six councillors accused of spearheading illegal allocation of plots, Town Clerk Charity Mpande has said.
The Patriotic Front (PF)-dominated council has also sacked more than 10 employees believed to have been conniving with the councillors in the plot scandal.
Last week, Local Government and Housing Minister Brian Chituwo announced the suspension of Lusaka City Council, also dominated by the PF, for 90 days and appointed an administrator to manage the affairs of the council following allegations of impropriety in the allocation of 102 plots at the Lilayi Housing project.
Ms Mpande said in Ndola yesterday that five PF councillors and one from the MMD had in the last six months been banned for issuing plots illegally, while more than 10 senior and junior employees had been dismissed over the same matter.
“The plots issuance has been revoked by the council which has since repossessed all the illegally-issued plots which have been advertised so that some members of the public can access them,” she said.
Ms Mpande said the Ministry of Lands had launched investigations into the issuance of some commercial and industrial plots in various parts of Ndola which were alleged to have been obtained illegally.
She said the council management recently formed an integrity committee which, among other things, would study cases of illegal allocations of residential plots in Chifubu, Ndeke and Kabushi townships and other alleged bad practices among council employees.
Ms Mpande said the local authority was ready to be probed by any relevant security wings over the alleged illegal allocation of plots by councillors and employees in some PF-dominated councils.
“There is a problem of illegal allocation of commercial and industrial plots involving some officers within the council and some outsiders and as council management we are not sitting idle as agents of the Ministry of Lands.
“The Commissioner of Lands was here last week following up this particular issue and we are just waiting for him to issue a report over the matter,” Ms Mpande said
The Lusaka City Council is serving a 90-day suspension over alleged abuse in the allocation of plots in Lusaka.
The council is alleged to have allocated 10 plots to the office of the mayor Daniel Chisenga and five to his deputy, claiming they would be distributed to residents although the criteria to be used was not clear.
[ Times of Zambia ]
We are voting PF-UPND pact regardless of the emphasis PF dominated.
Why are they targeting only PF Councils? Let them visit Kaoma District Council where councillors are giving each other at least 5 plots each/year, including the owner of Isha Mbingo Chalets. Corrupt Movement of Mandrax Dealers.
This country also, aahh chacilamo. I also applied for a plot at ndolas mitengo area sum 5yrs ago but up 2 now no response.
I am an MMD Councilor in Chipata and I got 14 plots last year so wats the problem.Arrest me if you want!
How come this attack is only for PF councils? Does it mean that RB’s Councils are clean? MMD is as usual applying double standards and selective justice, their hallmark!
MMD Councils are the worst, they abuse public resources like no other. I know one District Council which a truck on paper using CDF, and was never delivered. The acting council secretary at the of the scandal, has even been promoted to a Provincial position in Western Province. RBs councils are dirtier than those for PF, MMD is using this as a Plolitical weapon.. But people are not stupid anymore.
Meant to write which bought a truck on paper….
#4 the late pact are you not in USA yet you claim to be in eastern province. you dont vote my dear. yes these PF controlled councillors are thieves who cant be trusted with governance of the nation bcos they will auction the whole nation. God sees thats why he has not allowed ifipuba to rule us. even in USA God decided between a cheney a causesian and obama a minority black he gave them obama
LT why do you always copy & paste whatever is on PF from the state run media? whether you write ill about them, its PA BWATO, donchi kubeba pls……
let be objective in our deal…….a sped is a sped PF are crooks
just bring back ba Nevers Mumba , he will discipline them. both mmd na pf… abash
We want the debate
Pa Zed.
Kaponya Rule.Give them a chance to rule,in 5years Zed wil be sold 2 Taiwan
And these are the pipo who think Zambians can entrust them with the nations coffers ?. They will steal in the morning, steal at lunch time, steal in the afternoons and boost what they have stolen in the evenings, and plan what to steal at night. You see. some dangerous tribal supremercists do not care what kind of GRZ rules as long as it is based on tribal preferences even if it means a party that instead of convincing us with good governance, has shown us nothing but corruption, a party that has no vision for the development of Zambia. They have a non existent manifesto. This is a party whos leadership feels they are unaccoutable for the explantions demanded by preplexed citizens, a party sober sensible comrades that should be taken as a joke, this is PF.
LCC was suspended for 90 days? Interesting especially that PF’s Satanomics has a 90 day prescription economic miracle wonder..lol
The MMD this year will be as sadistic as they have never been! It is a fallacy that only PF controlled councils are involved in illegal and unconstitution land allocations. Investigate MMD officials in most wards and you will discover that there main source of income is selling land with authorisation from their leaders as long as they continue campaigning for Kanitundila. People like William Banda are in the forefront of these land scandals, but they are untouchable! All these manoeuvres will not deter us to change government this year! A lot of ordinary peoples lives will be destroyed in the battle to rule Zambia. So all Zambians who support the opposition, but work in government institutions must brace themselves for harder times.
This is political propaganda of the Russian style!
am a dully registered voter for this year but never ever vote for PF and MMD never,better i cast on UPND and say I tried not to regreat my vote…….if we vote out MMD its just like changing the title and name to PF same characters who failed us likes of Sata,Kapijimpanga same crooks thats why even in their councils no change in corruption an empty tin is the loudest in public….lets be wise as we want to make change!!!!
The Don Chichi style….. FTJ and the MMD intelligence wing (GRZ SB) are busy trying to bring down the PF. They are not targeting UPND cause they know it is a weaker party according to MMD.
They know there main threat is PF hence gone all out to discredit it. Billions of kwacha being pumped into a war to destroy PF. They know if Mr. Sata does not win this year, thats the end of any credible challenge for now to MMD. But even UPND can shock them. Let them dream on.
Well, thats interesting. So it seems there is a ploy to simply o unpofessional and never really solve national problems.