Pictures of Seized Property allegedly belonging former Zambia Air Force commander Eric Chimense
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Bapompwe. This is just a tip of the iceberg Lungu and his cabinet are worse
There is time for everything, sadly for PF this is the beginning of the end. UPND start preparing for your time, and now is the beginning of your time. Ala ba PF mukose it’s just gonna get worse.
When we tell u PF is a den of thieves, you call us names. Chimese was at the centre of rigging during 2016 elections. Hes the one who introduced PF law that when Lungu is campaigning in a province, opposition should not campaign. Now you know why.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. Chitotela & Chimese were dull to invest in Lusaka property.
Lungu & other “clever” PF ministers have bigger property & dollar accounts in Joburg, Dubai, Swaziland, Uganda etc.
I have a few words for Mr. CHIMESE and all other ministers and senior government officials that are busy enjoying the illicit riches they have stolen from the poor.
Justice will catch up with you. No matter what happens, you will pay for your misdeeds. You may corrupt the corrupt judges in our judicial system, but you can’t bribe God. It won’t be long before you die and must face Him and and answer for you thefts.
Secondly, you won’t carry these riches with you to the grave. They will remain. You may accumulate hundreds of houses, but when you die, you will go as broke as you came when you where born.
Finally, the fact that you are a thief most likely means you have passed on you ill charector and they won’t enjoy your wealth either. The wise man in Ecclesiastes 6:10 says of you…
Continued….You have passed on your ill charactor to your children. So they won’t enjoy your wealth either. They will waste it and strangers will enjoy your wealth.
“I have seen another evil under the sun, wealth horded to the harm of its owner” – King Solomon.
Honestly how can one person steal so much? Wow. These thieves have no shame or a sense of guilt. Corrupt to the core. They belong behind bars. If this guy is convicted, he should go to prison for not less than one hundred years. This is unacceptable. And ,most likely, there are many more doing this. DEC and ACC, please continue flushing these bandits out. The Zambian people are counting on you, and you have our full support. Thanks guys. Now go get them.
#Journeyman! That is plagiarism. You have spoken my thoughts without attribution. Let me say it myself, ‘The corrupt have planted a bad seed for their generations! None of their children will have a descent livelihood unless they disown this curse’
He could have bought this with his normal salary. Stopping pointing gingers. Just work hard like all
Of us
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BB2014,2016
@Mushota, please, please try to be serious. Not even in Scotland can a civil servant amass these levels of wealth in a short space of time not even a mortgage. It can only be through corruption and moneylendering.
You are beginning to sound like a very corrupt person, let’s hope you report all gifts you get from customers to your boss.
This is what happens when you steal money ..you dont even know how to interior decorate a spacious room you just say I want the house to look like that one in that Nollywood Movie. As I stated this guy..the rot is worse than this I can only imagine what big crooks like Chilufya, Amos and Kaizer have…they only way for a thorough investigation is kicking these thieves out.
Lusaka times went for a photo shoot…….stolen money and so Jimmy Fingers is just one of the criminals i thought he was just a business man
Meanwhile take a step outside these wall fences and gated communities and you will see potholesb the size of fish ponds, roads with no drainage, rubbish by the road sides, hungry, angry, idle and jobless youth roaming the streets. Poverty is everywhere in Zambia and yet these selfish thiefs want to amass so much wealth which they never even will enjoy. Let God judge them accordingly because the courts only punish the poor, where is Liato today? Where are all those who allegedly stole or benefiting dubiously be you Chitotela, Kambwili, HH or even “humble” Elias Chipimo? Sorry guys but if the shoe fits…Let God judge them accordingly.
2020 vision i feel you left out Lungu in your list. He is the main architect of all the sh!t you see. I know it’s hard for you to accept this truth. I will give you sometime to reflect.
When you see news like this you wont see JUNIOR, Senior Citizen (Orginally MMD supporter) Yamba Yamba ( I am neutral blogger) etc posting paragraphs …they hide like germs when you pour bleach in the toilet bowl.
But naye Chimese ni watulo. All your corrupt lyrics acquired properties in similar design? Makes it easy for an investigator to find
But naye Chimese ni watulo. All your corruptly acquired properties in similar design? Makes it easy for an investigator to find
The Architect must be from Kawambwa
Even the chairs chabe look like mu first class mu ndeke! What’s the estimated cost of all this before we start talking amiss Meanwhile, where are we headed as a country? This is a time we are supposed to progress and not accumulation of enormous wealth by an individual and the expense of the poor masses.
THe economy is truly picking up….if Botswana govt is banning some Chink companies for corruption and we have that very company on the top list that should tell you how rotten Lazy Lungu and his govt is..these people are stealing and passing the costs to the taxpayer. An military man can not steal like this on his own…in KK era they simply retired with a handsome pension; I bet you Chimense is on pension as he was never fired but retired….Lazy Lungu needs to come out via a Press conference.
KULILA.MWIIBALA! He just did as per instruction.
Iwe na iwe Lombe Chimese’s farm is Zambia Airforce. Noti mumanyumba
He is quilty, no jury needed send him and let him rot in prison. All that dosh could have saved lives in hospitals across the country.
Yes …we know that but let’s look at all ZAF deals especially those Chink flats, shopping mall on Twinpalm road and the ZAF VVIP jets…all those deals need to be investigated as there is no way a General can work on his own
Our prayers are been answered , God you are faithful. sELFISHNESS at it highest you even remove meal allowance from the students some who at there homes cannot even eat three meals and their hope is education. Continue praying because God promised that he will never leave nor forsake us. He never slumbers but watches at the right time things unfold. Psalm 121:2-4 – Deuteronomy 31:6.
In everything with thanks giving—– Philippians 4:6. What does benefit you win the whole world and lose your soul in the end , why not share the little with others.Judge not let God alone handle this situation and he will guide this to the end so that some people may repent and start understanding why Christ came. let me other happy that is Christ like.God bless and protect Zambia. Isaiah 54:17
Keeping on praying …whilst they get richer no wonder the young pastors are getting richer as there are enough fooooooools out there glad to memorize verses from one book instead of awakening from their stupor and docility.
You can have all the billions and without Christ it is all vain my dear. one day uuzamuziba YESU just one day. A million days to him is just like a day. watch the space and be carefull. Accept Christ and you will know the meaning of life in fullness. it is not about money.
Gullible foooools…he doesn’t even know where the bible came from and why there are no dates…dumb docile foooools
POOOOOOMPWEEEEEE!!!
Just a mere soldier, with a humble education background whose career and livelihood depended on meager taxpayers’ money. Instead of being grateful, this man goes and steals from the poor people, from the very persons who have been looking after him. Let him go in for life.
A law should also be passed where a retired service chief convicted of corrupt activities MUST be removed from the payroll. No need for the govt paying retired commanders when they’ve already looted our coffers. Lobby your MPs to bring a motion to Parliament
The court is going to acquit him and you will remain with your poverty and bitterness
I am sure you are either Chimese himself or one of those boys Chimese had been using to facilitate the looting. You seem to condone and hero-worship plunderers. Where I come from we don’t tolerate thieving.
By the way, I would rather “remain with my poverty” than steal from poor Zambians which is what Chimese your boss has done.
How about Bowman who was a mere stonethrowing hardman for hire …today he has a house with a swimming pool and can give away $10,000 just like that
Don’t lose focus. Let’s deal with the thief who’s caught. Canga baseka uwacelwa. Why brining Lungu in? Ubupuba muleke.
This guy was truly a big thief. In Zambia there is money indeed.
You truly think a soldier can steal on his own in the army….why did Amos Chanda lie that he was on leave…this rot goes all the way to State House, this guy was instrumental in flying cadres all over the place in 2016 and I have a feeling he will walk as he has too much dirt on these crooks in State House.
Our prayers are been answered , God you are faithful. SELFISHNESS at it’s highest you even remove meal allowance from the students some who at their homes cannot even eat three meals and their hope is education. Continue praying because God promised that he will never leave nor forsake us. He never slumbers but watches at the right time things unfold. Psalm 121:2-4 – Deuteronomy 31:6.
In everything with thanksgiving—– Philippians 4:6. What does it benefit to win the whole world and lose your soul in the end , why not share the little with others.Judge not let God alone handle this situation and he will guide this to the end so that some people may repent and start understanding why Christ came. Make other happy that is Christ like.God bless and protect Zambia. Isaiah 54:17
Yes, close your eyes, clasp your hands together kneel and pray to your white Jesus.
He is quilty beyond reasonable doubt , no jury needed send him and let him rot in prison. All that dosh could have saved lives in hospitals across the country.
My friend this case is not as easy as that look at BUFFFOON CK with those flats they alleged he acquired corruptly up to now they have fail to arrest him…already Jimmy Fingers whoever he is he is saying they are his property he built from DBZ loan ..remember that Eurobond money Lungu gave to DBZ for small businesses yes the one we will pay back. This is the tip of the iceberg …only a new govt can genuinely investigate this case not Lazy Lungu.
That’s how a CRIB NOT a house
GRAB IT AND GIVE ECL AS PRESIDENTIAL RETIREMENT HOME.
Lock Chimanse to set a GOOD example of PUNISHMENT FOR ABUSE OF PUBLIC RESOURCES
This could have bought 3 Fighter Jets, a ground radar system, anti-aircraft batteries and training for 100 Cadets. THIS GROSS.
Ubomba mwibala . . . . ECL to blame????
And the masses are suffering…
It’s Zambia….
You are same people singing praises for corrupt Edgar Lungu.This is what his minions have done with pilfered tax payers money.Imagine Edgar Lungu himself…….ZMK23million increase in wealth in just 15 months.
Makes Chiluba seem like an angel! Maybe Lungu is on to something with his Bemba and thieving comments after all
Please stop this tribalism, it does not help us. We have thieves across the country!
Web man , it is true stop the tribal hate…
Webman – dont fall into childish retrogressive debates of dull lazy people who have no faculties to debate issues online…we have come a long way as a nation
Too bad for you Lungu though,,,, whether clean or not this still rubs on you!
Kikikikikikokik awe Zambia has rich people, A solder with K400 salary per month. Well done Chinese you know how to save money and build cheaply. Kikikik mtonga zambia breeds
This is complex…..GRZ must be carefull.
They are out to milk GRZ , the oppotunists are out to milk GRZ by way of lawsuits…
We hope GRZ has enough evidence that those properties belong now to chimesa.
We know chita lodge originally owned that land.
For the sake of the zambian tax payer , we can tell by looking at the internal deco that that is not Mr chungus taiste of internal deco……that is chimesa.
We now think chita did infact sell to chimesa…
If OP does not have evidence of that these properties do infact belong to chimesa….OP, ACC and the rest of them must be disbanded.. ….and their heads jailed.
The Zambian tax payer should not lose a single kwacha in this case…..as WD reveals chita is sueing GRZ for wrongfully confiscation.
If they win this case we will know there is no one to protect GRZ money. The whole lungu GRZ is out to loot by way of facilitating lawsuits against the treasury…
The decor is horrible only the toilet is done properly as it comes as package from catalogue.
Oh well, when the state seizes these properties they’ll share among each other. No win for the people here, move along.
Exactly we never hear of a public auction or see listings by a genuine approved Estate Agent…reminds me of those days when Newsted Zimba was Home Affairs Minister who used to give all the seized Drug dealers cars to his children and they would parade with them around all schools in Lusaka.
Yaba this is really depressing. Am struggling to roof my two bed roomed house and we have people with so much wealth to build these mansions. God hear our cry.
Look again Katinka, they aren’t homes, these houses are empty and soulless.
You have dull cadres here …championing for Lungu 2021..its beyond laughable.
This is greediness at its best, its like living in a dream. These estates are very expensive, I even smell money laundering here.
But muleiba ba mambala pa zed.No mwenso iyo.This is madness.God bless Zambia
Gone are the days when ministers and generals retired with 1 or 2 farms and a town house if they were lucky….
Lungu better get a grip…..this has gotten out of hand…..
But ba LT, you only have one caption ka? Why not give some info about locations of the said properties, etc..
My thoughts exactly. Does LT have any editors?
I do not see anything wrong with an army commander having a nice house and good furniture. Lots of people in Lusaka have furniture like that and probably houses like that too. Why where they seized again? I must have missed the story
The problem is they ALL belong to him not just the one house but ALL 13 of those units youve seen there Sir!
You missed more than the story my friend, your brain must also be on honeymoon somewhere
This is deeply depressing. That is why we are a rich country with a relatively small population but need forigne aid to survive.
The looting and greed in PF is beyond reproach.
Lungu should repent.
Zambia is rich, the problem is that we have dealers not reader.
He’s got taste, funded by theft unfortunately.
Problem is that trib.als are not offering a viable alternative to lead this country. Still sticking to trib.al Hacks whose leadership credentials were cursed on that fateful Sejani Day in 2006. So Lungu continue ruling until a viable rival comes on the scene.
Jay “lazy” Gay, where are you? On occasions like this one sometimes I do accept support from trib.als.
The way you think is like me thinking that because I am easterner , I prefer lungu to the other theives from NP ….let lungu continue if the alternative is someone from NP ……
Iyi, eilya AbaBemba balanda at Umwana Ushinaya atashya nyina ukwenda.
Apapeve bananyojola. Congrats, guys
NOT Guilty until proven so. That is what the president has ruled. Leave Chimense and Chitotela alone they are clever people with great tastes that is why their names start with CHI and not with Ka like Kamense or Katotela. If you can not advise your president or commander in chief do like he does.
When this looting started, where were OP, DEC, ACC etc … ? Just watching? Or the main man told them to just shut up?
Exactly…
Wow! Looks like you are in Hollywood. Even Kapoko’s properties were just like this. And they say Zambia is poor country? It is resources that are mismanaged, ending them in a few pockets while the majority wallow in abject poverty
*ending up
Nice investment
Our hospitals are supposed to look like that instead.
Added to this theft is the prize of sending these thieves to SA or India for medical treatment while we rot in dilapidated local ”white elephants” called hospitals.
Twapyunga. Amama neo!!
When ECL says Bemba’s are thieves you blame him. This is nothing compared to what Chitotela has got. Clever people like HH have stopped investing on Earth. He is already in Paradise and now just uses Paradise papers to do transactions between Heaven and Earth.
With this sort of investment, do you think Chimense whants to join us in heaven?. I think he has decided to remain on Earth.
Even me with those nice apartments, I would love to stay back and decline to go to heaven.
True HH up to this day, he has never justified his wealth. Bonse ni bapompwe including ba GBM with ZESCO saga.
Even the company which built those houses must be seized. The company is too skilled.
Too much institutionalised stealing. ACC is poor at its oversight role. Are its integrity Committees in Public Institutions functional? Parastatal Boards and Quasi GRZ institutions are busy selling many assets such as furniture and cars less than 2 years old to Senior Managers at sing-song prices. Yet the Public Finance Statutes and Regulations forbid the sale of Public assets less than two years old under any circumstances and without a Public Tender.
ACC should produce a simple report showing these sales were not sanctioned by its Integrity Committees.
Do the DEC or ACC have enough ice to freeze the accounts of Chimense and Chitotela?
Spaka:have you seen how people are building houses in Zambia and you are there abroad wasting your time?I equally regreted having wasted my 6 precious years in Europe.Thank God am back and built some nice aparments and my own house in Lsk and am still below 36 yrs old!!!
IF INDEED THE TITLE DEED OF THESE APARTMENTS IS IN CHITA LODGE LTD THEN ACC,DEC,OP,ETC ARE FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE.The title deed at ministry of lands confirms who owns a property-period!!!Lt.Gen.Eric Chimese is smart!!!YES CORRUPTION IS BAD,BUT ALMOST ALL SENIOR GOVNT OFFICIALS INCLUDING GBM,HARRY KALABA,KAMBWILI,MIHOVA,ETC HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE!!!Simply deal with real estate agents in Lusaka to confirm mansions and apartments owned by these senior Govnt officials and former ones!!!
SPAKA PLEASE RETURN FAST TO ZAMBIA…
I own 9 properties in Lusaka and 2 farms in quality farming areas around lusaka…waiting for the eurobonds credit crunch to buy more….
Badala …….we know a lot more than some people give us credit for…..
All I can say , without revealing to much, that internal deco looks like chimesa….what we know for certain is that chita owned that land , originally….
Now if ACC, OP and the rest of them do not have evidence that chimesa bought this from chita, we are saying the whole GRZ is facilitating the sueing of the Zambian treasury , GRZ will be sued and taken to the cleaners for around $50 million by chita……we will not be surprised if this verdict and amount has already been allocated for sharing….
You think we have to publish here what we own and proudly through honest genuine hardwork…komboni mentality…no wonder you can’t decorate big house you crave for…really laughable…you can take a komboni person to the yard but you can not the komboni out of him typical example is our dear friend lazy Edgar in State House.
Pro-poor policies at work
Mwe Lesa twafweni, where there fear God is absent, FAITH put in action is needed from all to liberate Zambia from these selfish people. Why amase so much wealthy at the expense of the majority poor. SHAME ON YOU. You have no heart and you keep killing the innocent and the blood speaks from these innocent souls and our God sees and listens to the their cries. Repent and save God you selfish people. it is more satisfying to help the needy than be selfish.
You can have all the billions and without Christ it is all vain my dear. one day uuzamuziba YESU just one day. A million days to him is just like a day. watch the space and be carefull. Accept Christ and you will know the meaning of life in fullness. it is not about money, Christ is still rich but ensured that God’s purpose for human beings is fulfilled. satisfaction and joy of the lord is what matters. Go on stealing.
You are same people singing praises for corrupt Edgar Lungu.This is what his minions have done with pilfered tax payers money.Imagine Edgar Lungu himself…….ZMK23million increase in wealth in just 15 months.
I’m so upset. I have been struggling paying tuition fees for my son at UNZA and am a tax payer. This is what I can see as a tax payer. These guys who are stealing dont know the wrath of a crying mother.
@Independent:this is as the result of the democracy you cried for in 1991.Under UNIP all senior Govnt officials were not allowed to even build one house or get involved in any business.After 1991,almost all senior Govnt officials have become businessmen and they give themselves huge businesses with Govnt using their connections hence getting rich like this.Hence,even if HH’s UPND or CK’s NDC comes into power,expect senior officials to continue getting rich.YOU MUST BE REAL IN LIFE GUYS!!!Why do you think HH,GBM,Kalaba,Kambwili,etc are fighting day and night to remove PF from power?IT IS BECAUSE THEY ALSO WANT TO BE IN CONTROL OF GOVNT MONEY AND GET RICH-SIMPLE!!!Unless we change laws and start using those laws which Dr.KK’s Govnt was using.Though if that happens,many people would even…
That is the PF narrow way of thinking….Just because PF has been caught pants down with corrupt does not mean other leaders are.
When RB went against Levy Mwanawasas corruption fight by embracing FTJ , it was clear the rot had restarted.Edgar Lungu then used RB to get votes and now the corruption has continued.All of RB’s corruption cases vanished.
Most PF cadres cant see beyond their noses.
You are very right, dont see anyone bringing change
Tell us njimbu how come we never saw this kind of corruption under PLM , even to an extent under RB ???
Definitely not commanders and ministers be comming openly stinking rich way beyond their means…
The PF rats on LT what to convict us that this is the way of life and nothing can be done about it…. !!!
Those chanda boys even have the nerve to call this social mobility….
We need to show them that a change in GRZ is the first step in doing something…
Waste of time. The dude will use the legal system to avoid jail. We have seen this in the past. The solution is to sell the property to Zambians and recover the money that was used, as simple as that
Why all these property just for one person, nungu kwiba
It exemplifies what kk referred to as the ‘animal in man’
Innocent until proven otherwise,trial by media is a sure way of losing the case.
The problem that there is in Zambia is this, if a Zambian invests uses his and invests his money well, then he is labelled as corrupt, all the massive investments by foreigners its okay. This kind of thinking is warped or its only premised on jealous and mischief. My advise to the disgruntled UPND chaps starting with HH is that first put your house in order and then you can start pointing fingers at others. Look at the HH’s mansion, to UPND thats okay but we all know the scandals of mismanagement of privatization of the mines, and misappropriation of retirees Pension funds who he has condemned to death. Do to others as you would like them do unto you. Secondly, my advise to UPND zealots is this, its very possible for anyone to own such property and even more, what matters is how one opts…
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Secondly, my advise to UPND zealots is this, its very possible for anyone to own such property and even more, what matters is how one opts to use his money. We know most UPND chaps are polygamists, that in itself tells a lot. All their income goes to many wives, beer drinking womanizing and trying to lead a lifestyle that isnt sustainable. A person who earns K15,000 per month and uses his money wisely i.e. invest and plan can over 10 years own such property. Ask HH your economic consultant as you call him.
I have a theory- Lungu has stolen so much and has now reached a level where he is satisfied, now he is catching anyone else who does not want to stop. What else can it be?
Too much talk about this but they are not telling us where he stole the money from, in the same story they told us that Jimmy fingers got a big loan above his pay grade could this same money have been used to build these properties?
The reporting is always poor. You just have to go to many social media for gossip from which you can make out what happened.
Ant-corruption Fever! Mob Rule!
LET THE LAW DO ITS JOB AND INFORM YOU OF THEIR FINDINGS.
Is the state gonna auction these mansions or give them to their ministers and senior civil servants?
He has very good taste. I think some got really jealous here.
Akainde stole from Privatization and built a mansion and he received accolades. Wait for the court cases to finish before you vilify the man. You cannot base change of Government based on an individual’s alleged wealth. UPND has more thieves starting from its head, Akainde. When is the inquiry starting?????
People can build,corruption will never end,weather upnd or mmd comes in power it will b more worse,so do not blame pf,pf is not the one telling people to stolen no,it natural of a person, someone has stolen money when the were privatization, u ar quite
As much as corruption should be abhored by every well meaning Zambian, the topic at hand will be diverted if we start bringing in 2016 elections. We all know that every serious political party has agents at each and every polling station to witness the counting of votes immediately voting ends and they send the figures to their totalling centre commonly knowns PVT. These are the results we have waited for UPND to show Zambians that at polling station abcd these are the results we counted and signed for but ECZ announced these wrong results which were upheld. Such was the information the concourt was asking for but amazingly the learned team of UPND could not produce one such example. So please don’t divide us with 2016 elections. We need unity now.
Let us speak with one voice on corruption issues. People are dying in hospitals and some are sleeping without eating yet we have devils agents stealing with impunity at the expense of citizens. So please 2016 is gone. The most important issue now is condemning corruption in strongest terms. Let us unite so that per adventure if we reach a resolution of changing government we will not replace crooks with another group of crooks. One more important thing is pushing for legal reforms so that the executive’s influence on parastatals and the like is reduced. To keep insulting and not doing anything progressive about your laws and expect to see different results is lack of seriousness.
COULD THIS JUST BE WITCH HUNT? HOW COME THEY WERE NOT ARRESTED WHEN THEY STARTED BUILDING OR WHILE THEY WERE BUILDING?