A scam has been unearthed where a local contractor has allegedly withdrawn K30 million public funds from a named local bank.
Revealing this during a civil meeting in Kalomo, inside sources at the Kalomo District Education Office called for an immediate investigation into the scam.
The sources told ZANIS that the alleged contractor engaged to construct four learning institutions in the district, has withdrawn the money without commencing works on the concerned schools.
They said the named contractor, who is supposed to work on the construction of infrastructure at the new Zimba , Kamukeza, Simwami and Sialumba basic schools has never visited the sites. It is alleged that the contractor had the help of the district’s education office to withdraw the said amount.
They accused the contractor of flouting the stipulated school infrastructure development tender procedures allocated to the department.
However, the District Education Board Secretary, Stephen Hamilema when contacted for a comment, expressed ignorance over the matter.
And in another development, teachers at Nazilongo basic school in Kalomo have called for the human rights and women’s groups to investigate the marrying off of two grade six girl pupils aged 12 and 13 respectively.
The source told ZANIS in Kalomo that the two named girls did not report for the second term school opening as they were married in the nearby villages.
“It is sad that the country is battling for the advancement of girl children but some parents could allow such a situation to occur, as a teacher who endeavours to sees to it that children achieve an educational standard and later make decisive options in life, am greatly shocked by the attitude by such parents who condone such practices,” one of the teachers lamented.
The local Nazilongo community in separate interviews confirmed the incidents to ZANIS urging authorities to properly investigate the matter.
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There is so much money in Zambia that no one knows why it is there.. Zambia doesnt need any donor funding but needs good managers to manage what is already in Zambia by the way to whom do that money belong to? If you cannot account for what you have who can give you more
There we go again same same, “money money money everybody wants money”
I bet this was meant to be an initial payment to the contractor or merely to buy materials for the same project,surely K30m is not enough for all the mentioned projects namely zimba,kamikaze,simwami and siyalumba,dont tell me all these projects were worth 30quid
Some parents just need to be sent to jail. How can you marry off a 12 year old girl? Is it for money or what??? God help us.
bushe nishi abena Zambia batemwene ukudoda utwiche??