Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Stanley Kakubo has dispelled as fake some malicious postings making rounds on social media suggesting that he was involved in acts of bribery during his visit to Sinoma.
In a Facebook page posting, Mr Kakubo has clarified that he visited Sinoma as a private citizen with a view to ordering some pockets of cement and premix cement.
He has also clarified that management at Sinoma identified him and opted to walk him to the car park and also gave him their branded calendar and a pen as a souvenir.
The minister has justified that corrupt people do not go about getting bribes in car parks in broad daylight and has therefore urged the public not to be moved by such posts as he remains committed to serving the country with the highest sense of discipline and honesty posture.
Mr Kakubo was responding to accusations in which some pictures and stories have been posted on social media suggesting that he was given a briefcase after he visited Sinoma.
And commenting on the visit, former Foreign affairs Minister Harry Kabala said that it’s unprecedented for a Minister of Foreign Affairs to interact with an ambassador outside his office alone saying it is beneath his office.
In a post reacting to the Mr Kakubo’s explanation, Mr Kalaba said that the minister should give a better explanation than the one he has given, wondering how was the Minister buying cement on a holiday and why should a company give a calendar to the Minister in mid-April.
Mr Kalaba also wondered why should the Ambassador meet the Minister when he was doing private errands, before adding that he himself was minister of foreign affairs for 4 years, never did he meet Ambassadors privately outside his office, and that even when he met them at foreign affairs, it was in the presence of officials.
“And by the way, Calendars are never delivered in suitcases, ” concluded Mr Kalaba’s statement
Meanwhile, Zambians have taken to social media to mock the Minister of Foreign affair’s response with images mocking the Minister’s explanation as shown below.
Hon Kakubo you are the only one who knows the truth. Remember what you do when you are an official cannot be private. In any case as minister you have lost your private life so be careful all the time in whatever you do. Happy Easter.
Ba tampa bwangu ba new doom ministers. Anyway balicula sana mu opposition so bafwile ba bwesha tu lupiya.
Unfortunate for this sinister. How does he visit a company on a holiday.
New doom supporters will not comment on this unfortunate story, they have been caught pants down. If new doom supporters are going to comment, they twist this story.
How to corrupt people get bribes? Since it’s not in a car park in broad daylight ?
Caught with the pants down! Batampa bwangu!
INDEED Something is not right here
wanting to order cement and pre mix ? Lies Lies
there are 100’s of outlets and companies dealing in such
And as i said before many times
THESE SUSPICIOUS CARRY ONS WITH REFLECT AGAINST THE GOOD INTENTIONS OF GOVERNMENT
WE NEED MORE MUCH MORE OF THESE DODGEY DEALINGS BEING REPORTED
COME ON PEOPLE ITS UP TO US NOW
No supporter of this government is going to accept this
He will pay the price mark these words
REMEMBER The new Dawn Gov still has People in it thinking its PF days
They will be weeded out
The problem with African politicians is that they pretend not to understand code of conduct…did they not cover this subject during the induction week? HH7 has to take action and set an example this is how Joseph Helicopter Milanja got very rich…its time to reshuffle and remove.
VP, M Nalumango, what Kakubo has done, could be a sin. It will be sinful for you to look away as a VP. I repeat, womanising is not a sin but human weakness. Refusing or failing to give an hungry person food is a sin.
“…..management at Sinoma identified him and opted to walk him to the car park and also gave him their branded calendar and a pen as a souvenir…..”
That is bribery right there……….
If you accepted those gifts……..
What else have you accepted .???….
HHEH , sack him to make an example. ……..
LETS LEAVE Religion and Sin out of this there is no place here for it
its called moral conduct !! and honesty
Cement is available in stores why go to the factory? It’s time to do some firing HH.
This is the change you voted for. Hope you are proud. You f00Is
Thank you vigilant citizens; that’s how it works in democracies. Did
A European Minister would tender his resignation at this stage, I think this one is imitating the current British government, as well as the previous guys who ended up keeping wildlife in yards…
Am glad both PF and UPND supporters agree that something is not adding up….especially if you know how Chinese operate….and Sinoma is having some serious legal issues with its employees….so Kakubo went their for some side job…..we’re not kids….come on now…..Calender and a pen in April……
Batampa bwangu?? Batampa kale Ask Nawakwi.
1MPOSTER dont come here with your nonsense as this was rampant during the pf era
and ignored ………
this man will pay !!
The private citizen visit by Foreign Affairs minister Stanley Kakubo to Sinoma cement factory needs convincing explanation to Zambians.
And they’re busy building mansions and getting bribes at the same time……
#15Â Â SaulosiÂ
April 17, 2022 At 4:46 pm
“Am glad both PF and UPND supporters agree that something is not adding up….especially if you know how Chinese operate……”
UPND supporters don’t support blindly and criminality , unlike the PF supporters……..
We are for good governance , by the rule of law………..
I’m looking for a calendar. The one I have has run out already. Can any one show me where I can get one.
HH fire this minister…he clearly received a bribe. This is not the change we voted for??? Why is HH protecting corrupt upnd ministers
Aikona man!!
Just 7 months, new Range Rover, 20 new suits.
Ordering PREMIX cement and 2000 pockets of cement direct from factory?
And WHAT IS KAKUBO building????????? Show us that building taking so much cement.
7 months on the job.
wow wow aikona man!
Can’t meet in the office for obvious reasons.
I hope the comrades who defended the importation of Zesco poles realize now that you still have the same corrupt elements ruling the country. Even the Black Mountain issue is a fraud
STUDY THE PICTURE PROPERLY
IS IT A PAPER CARRIER BAG OR BRIEF CASE ??
USE DIGITAL ENHANCEMENT PLEASE
HE IS STILL UPTO NO GOOD THAT IS FOR SURE
HH won’t fire Kakubo.. simply becoz even HH know and believe in ‘it’s time to eat’ besides Zambians have short memories; we will forget about this one in a hurry
The problem with most Zambians is that they have never been to China. There you will realise that unlike Chilanga Cement, Chinese cement is more compact. So compact that you can carry enough to build two mansions in a briefcase. The Paparazzi who take pictures of innocent Zambian ministers should note the weight of the briefcase they are photographing by the slant of shoulder of the minister. Really heavy stuff this premix cement. Premix cement from China is usually sold with a manual. The manual is in Mandarin so to make sure you don’t take it home and mistake it for food the Chinese will arrange you visit them at Sinoma for a free demonstration of pre-mixing.
The Chinese love authority so if they see a minister approaching Sinoma from afar they will gravitate towards him and gather…
We warned you f00Is. The same people you voted for wanted to do the things they accused pf of doing. Funny enough, those allegations against pf have not been substantiated. We don’t even hear from the upnd diasporans who were busy pushing their tribal agenda here every day
The Chinese love authority so if they see a minister approaching Sinoma from afar they will gravitate towards him and gather Chinese calendars that can be quickly converted to AD calendars. These calendars are offered to most Zambian ministers as Chinese know that Africans are bad at timekeeping so they need to be reminded what day it is all the time. Ministers who want to visit Beijing also need to be reminded that the Chinese calendar is different so they should know when to visit Beijing. We hope this for now clarifies issues affecting our New Dawn cabinet. Thank You
Watoloka imisu wanyanta pamafi….exactly what’s happening in Zambia….and these UPND Ministers are doing it in broad day light….we had Bandits in green now we have Bandits in red
Mwibala
I dont understand why HH7 doesnt act swiftly on this he wont be any different to Lazy Lungu who pretended not care unless there was proper evidence…remove him and bring Cornelius Mweetwa in that position. And please dont send Anthony Bwalya to respond to this…
Did Kakubo meet the management at Sinoma or did he meet the ambassador as allerged by Kalaba? A bit of conflicting news, Why is Kalabo bringing the ambassador in the mix ?
For Kakubo, it sounds like a duck, quacks like a duck, it is a duck !!!!!, This is hard to explain, so far his justification doesn’t sound so convincing especially that it’s coming from an educated person like Kakubo.
Get ready to be fired !! We are fighting corruption, and HH said anyone found wanting, will be alone. So HANDS off from you.
Minister, youre behaving like a pastor coming out of a single woman’s bedroom trying to convince his parishioners that he didn’t sleep with the woman but was counseling the woman. Sorry minister save your president the embarrassment and resign. Then you can buy cement from anyone freely.
The ball is in your court Mr President. Are your words truth or just rhetoric? Your minister may not have gotten a bribe but optics are everything when you are a leader. Fire the man or people will not believe you when you say you will fight corruption.
And this could be the beginning of the end for HH and his UPND minions…Chakwera is in trouble check Nyasa Times
Ka Kalaba uleke bu Tombolilo Ka Kasai wena, such stupid innuendos stink. Tell us what happened to Data in that New York hotel at the UN General assembly when Zondwe failed to pitch up. We saw you with a deathly sick Sata in the hotel the next day, what the f**k happened?
Democracy is key in everything
PF don’t even have the brains to identify a paper bag…… even when it so clear.
PF cadres, you can make all the noise you want and rest assured – HH will never fire any of his ministers becos you PF cadres made the loudest noise. Dont forget that he is aware that you are against him too,so you can even go ahead and search Kakubo’s brief case and get the evidence of money he was given but, nothing will happen. He is still minister of foreign affairs and for a very long time to come bane.
So does it mean when you are a minister you are given express instruction not carryout any businesses in your personal capacity. Of course this does not look good with the reputation of the Chinese nationals. But i believe there are business opportunities to be carried out, out there. Of course the explanation does not sound so convincing but i can give him the benefit of doubt in the absence of the smoking gun.
Iwe Koswe editor you forgot your favorite word in your spin doctoringg. Fart. kikikikikikiki!