Police in Lusaka says they are investigating a scheme in which some people mostly in high-density areas are said to be receiving as much as K1,600 through mobile money after registering their personal details with unknown people.
The unidentified people in Lusaka are currently getting personal details of citizens such as NRC Numbers, Phone Numbers, and Full Names with a promise of sending them K1,600, claiming that it is an emergency Covid-19 Cash Transfer Programme being implemented by the government.
So far, the suspicious registration exercises have taken place in Linda, Matero, George, Kalingalinga and Kabwata and other compounds.
The registration exercises have been attracting huge crowds and one of the ladies found collecting people’s details confirmed that the exercise is from the government.
“We collect batches of 20. As you can see, so far, all the four sheets I had been done, I am now doing my last sheet. I have registered more than 200 today and we will continue tomorrow,” she said.
Some people have confirmed having received K1,600 two weeks after registering and they cashed in their reward at an MTN Mobile Money booth.
Lusaka Police Commissioner Nelson Phiri confirmed that police are investigating the matter and details will be availed later.
You read such reports as a citizen, and you also see a total breakdown of COVID-19 social distancing measures and wonder why we Zambians are so dumb, gullible and ignorant.
We are like sheep being led to be slaughtered. This K1,600 will not be enough to help treat each potential coronavirus patient and those at home and in the community arising out of this exercise.
Did the schemer carry out any COVID-19 related risk assessment, and ministry of health certified the risk assessment as acceptable?
How come the police command is only investigating when thousands of people have already mixed and compromised national public health?
This is more than the politics of buying votes, it is negligence of public health and an attack on our national existence.
Is someone somewhere…
Lusaka Times have the rest of my comment.
Kkkk Christopher Mvunga, The new Bank of Zambia governor at work, this what was expected from him, distributing covid-relief money in streets …
Pa Zambia calila…
We have seen a video & the collectors had a blessing of PF
It is clear that this is upnd and hh reacting after being stopped from attending or inspecting NRC issuing exercise. Hh is now desperate to pay people for their vote. I will advise our people to collect the money and do donchi kubeba. After all that is your money from privatisation looting of hh
KZ is a imbacile ……….. You were leaving this site to bye bye GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
What is happening mwebantu? Why would anyone hand out K1600 for no reason?
What is happening mwebantu? Why would anyone hand out K1600 for no reason?
What is happening mwebantu? Why would anyone hand out K1600 for no reason?
Info circulating on the streets is that it is GRZ distributing money
Info that circulated on friday indicated that it was govt doing that for the next 6months
What is happening is nothing but a fraud. What is the source of K1600 being cashed out any how. What qualifies one to receive such amount of money.
What is happening is nothing but a fraud. What is the source of K1600 being cashed out any how. What qualifies one to receive such amount of money.
Zambia is officially a failed state. Collecting citizens NRC details in preparation for rigging?? We haven’t even addressed where these unaccounted public funds are being stolen from.
Election Campaign Candidate Entry Signatures. 100 signatures of Zambian Citizens required. This information will be sold to political party candidates. WAKE UP!
There is information from reliable sources that the World Food Programme (WFP) received a EUR 5 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to help provide cash assistance to 655,000 food insecure people in urban areas of Zambia. This support is meant for the vulnerable communities strongly affected by the economic impacts of COVID 19. According to Jennifer Bitonde, the WFP’s representative in Zambia, the WFP has been reaching poor families in parts of Lusaka and Kafue. She says this EU funding will enable WFP extend assistance to two more cities, Livingstone and Kitwe. Is this fraud scheme of collecting details of NRCs and other details from people linked to this WFP support programme? Can the WFP explain how their support is provided to those who depend on informal sector, the…
Funds from Govt? Registration being done on the street and on plain paper with no indication of how secure this data collection is stored? Very suspicious. I doubt police probe will come up with anything. This smells of election rigging
What are you investigating? You failed to arrest that cadre after he f.ucked you up in your own offices. Just continue reporting RTA. KZ nimbwafye
According to Jennifer Bitonde, the WFP’s representative in Zambia, the WFP has been reaching poor families in parts of Lusaka and Kafue. She says this EU funding will enable WFP extend assistance to two more cities, Livingstone and Kitwe. Is this fraud scheme of collecting details of NRCs and other details from people linked to this WFP support programme? Can the WFP explain how their support is provided to those who depend on informal sector, the elderly, people living with disabilities and the chronically ill? What is the difference between the PF empowerment fund and this WFP programme?
The World Food Programme (WFP) received a EUR 5 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to help provide cash assistance to 655,000 food insecure people in urban areas of Zambia to help vulnerable communities strongly affected by the economic impacts of COVID 19. According to Jennifer Bitonde, the WFP’s representative in Zambia, the WFP has been reaching poor families in parts of Lusaka and Kafue. The EU funding will enable WFP extend assistance to two more cities, Livingstone and Kitwe. Is this fraud scheme of collecting details of NRCs and other details from people linked to this WFP support programme? If not can the WFP explain how their support is provided to those who depend on informal sector, the elderly, people living with disabilities and the chronically ill? Does WFP…
Buying off NRC details for election ghost counts next year! This is what this desperate endeavor is about. Normal things require normal procedures and processes by institutions or in institutions. How does anyone account for such on the street?
This thing called KZ must be caged for life! Why does it comment even when it is hallucinating from chamba? May its mother rest in eternal peace.