Home Affairs Minister Lameck Mangani says calls for Inspector General of Police Francis Kabonde to step down to pave way for investigations into his alleged involvement in the overpayment of K1 billion to a South African traffic equipment and car dealer, are premature
Transparency International Zambia has asked Inspector General of Police Francis Kabonde to step aside to pave way for ongoing investigations in his alleged involvement in the overpayment of K1 billion to a South African traffic equipment and car dealer.[quote]
Mr Mangani says government will not bow to pressure and fire Mr Kabonde unless the Anti Corruption recommends so.
He says should the ongoing investigations find Mr.Kabonde with a case to answer, he will be asked to step down.
Mr Mangani adds that government did not ask private prosecutor Mutembo Nchito to resign when he was being probed over the Zambian Airways saga and it will not do so with Mr.Kabonde.
A Joint investigations team consisting officers from the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), Zambia Police and the Zambia Security Intelligence Service (ZSIS) has recorded a warn and caution statement from Kabonde in connection with unaccounted for K1 billion overpaid to South Africa’s Instrumentation for Traffic Law Enforcement (Pty) Limited.
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There goes Lameck Mangani! His head is something to only put a hat on! It has never been used.
Ba pompwe kuya bebele!
I now understand why they say education is expensive,Mangani seem to be blinded by stupid and ignorance. why comment anyhow???? :d/
I’ll have to use L T’s currency converter to find out exactly how much this is in U S dollars.
If i remember correctly some ZAF and ZA officers were sent to jail for similar offences.
So what does ‘warn and caution ‘ mean ?….Does that mean there is insufficient evidence?
If the IG of police is formally warned and cautioned , then should that not be enough for him to stand down until investigations are complete? You can’t compare his position with that of a private prosecutor !
Mangan and kabonde your time will come
Mutembo did not resign from the Task force even when a similar institution was investigating him for the Zambian Airways Saga. Thats a good one Mangani
Father I pray that you remove the spirit of dullness that has befallen our leaders both in Government and opposition. … they have eyes but they cannot see and hears but they cannot hear!
Where does Mutembo fit into Kabonde’s case?The comparison is misplaced as Kabonde is IG and the people investigating or questioning him are his juniors!Mangani is another clown who doesn’t seem to understand his job coz his statement doesnt make sense!
this is total crap you chap mangani….the chap kabonde has to pave way to avoid interfering with eviodence..
What an IG … one who is so ignorant about the Law of the land. That is a scandal enough for someone to resign. Ala nangu bukopo bwana IG ububwena bwachila. I would like to know how far you went in school or you are the old cops who only went up to G9. These people seem to be in these offices by accident. Why is it that our so called leaders not just tell the media that …” please call me later for comments on that issue as I do not have details yet or contact our PR Officer”
[-( The culprit here is former IG Ephraim Mateyo and that’s why he was relieved of his duties. Kabonde was his deputy at the time and that’s why he has been questioned by the investigative wings to shed more light on the matter. But The Post as usual want to twist facts and make Kabonde look like he is the culprit when he just followed instruction from his boss Mateo to process documents. Please let the investigators do their work professionally.
What else can you expect from Mangani? These chaps are a law unto themselves. To hell with them!
Lameck Mangani uli cipuba sana. You are a real F,O,O,L and like KK would say, “Stu.pid IDi,ot”.
What is this comparison between the thief kabonde and mutembo nchito? Really, what level of reasoning is this from a Home Affairs Minister and does Rupiah Banda agree with your nonsense?
This Kabonde thief should not be fired but should step aside by going on leave until the investigations are completed.
There is no politics in Kabonde stealing from the public (if he has stolen), and hence the investigative wings should be allowed to investigate unhindered. This is what is normal. PERIOD!
This is very serious indeed to our leaders who can not think before they open their mouths.Can you honestly comparete the two, a prosecutor and that of the whole of an IG.These are simple basic issues my dear leader.Surpport with intergrity boss
#3 – KAY–if you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
Say 😮 to corruption mwadosola dosiso
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These guys are confusing. How is it that they always answer for others. Mangani and Company were answering for DPP. Now he is answering for Kabonde. It is Kabonde who has been asked to resign. Can’t he answer for himself?
how can u give such a statement?There is no common sense in it…..i agree with u #8
He will only resigne after chalwe and his pack of wolves is thru with his wife and daughters if he has any. Such a shame a clearly dangerous psyco is easily let off the hook
Going by what is happening in our country, there’s gerat evidence that the Fight against corruption went down with Mwnawasa. Shame on RB.
WHAT CAUSES POVERTY IN ZAMBIA ARE SOME OF THE MP’s
THAT WE HAVE ELECTED TO REPRESENT US IN PARLIAMENT
HERE IS THE LIST OF MPS AND THEIR LEVEL OF EDUCATION
PROVINCE CONSTITUENCY NAME OF MP HIGHEST EDUCATION LEVEL PROFESSION
LUAPULA Chiengi Katele Kalumba Phd (Public Health) Health Consultant
Pambashe Chisha Bernard Phd (Sciences) Research Scientist
Luapula Machungwa Peter Phd. (Indistrial Psychology) Industrial Psychologist
Bangweulu Kasongo Joseph MBA Administrator
Nchelenge Benjamin Mwila Chartered Institute of Sec. Businessman
Kawambwa Elizabeth Molobeka BA-Dev. Studies Development Analyst
Mambilima Chinyanta John BA- Education Teacher
Chifunabuli Mwansa Ernest LL.B Lawyer
Chembe Mbulakulima Mwansa Dip. Acct/ Human Resources Accountant…
I think Dishonourable Mangani is a Ministerial Misfit! How else do you bring in the Zambian Airways Saga, a private institution with private ownership and compare that to a very highly ranked public officer? I think the Degree issue shuld be extended to MPs, also because however the allegations I think the comparison is totally misplaced. How different is this allegation to the so called theft of K27b at the Health? A lot of officers that were suspended had nothing to with the alleged theft except that they were the office bearers at the time! What crime they may have accused of commiting was someting that was done in the course of their duties. No different from Kabonde! Pity they have no one to speak for them! And where are they now? They were sent on forced to pave way for investigation
there is no relationship btween task force and zambian airways so how did u expect mtembo to resign from the task force………no brain ba minister
Has anyone checked out Mangani Lameck’s qualifications? The chi chap just went to Chipata Teachers Training College, that is why tacitontonkanya sana. PaZambia napena, awe. Tukachonenenafye mu diaspora mwe.
Mangani is a dull cadre period. He is useless to the development of Zambia. Wha a dull chap he is!!!!!8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x
#24.. Its better to live in the diaspra than sharing roads with these animals in govrnment. They are too backward, just imagine having ka Mulongoti and big noise in cabinet. Yaba~X(~X(~X(~X(~X(~X(
Am sure there’s more to this story…
Chipata Mangani Lameck Cert.Primary School Teaching Teacher
This is one way of covering up. Thieves are usually very defensive. Wechipubawe, go hang. You are not fit to be Minister of Home Affairs
These are our Home Affairs Minister’s qualifications:
Chipata Mangani Lameck Cert.Primary School Teaching Teacher
What calibre of a minister!! how does Mutembo come into this?? I wonder whether these guys know what governing is all about. Bushe balisambilile Civics aba??
I cry for my Beloved Country… Lord deliver us from ignorance and poverty.
Yayi, a Mangani mwalakwa. You cannot compare Nchito to Kabonde. Kabonde is the most senior police officer in the land and there is no way an investigation can take place by his juniors while he is still in office. Please, let justice be seen to be done. If he is innocent, well and good. It is for the good of the country that he should either be suspended (even on full pay) or he resigns. I love our President but I beg him to do the right thing here. Probity, probity, probity!
How come Kapoko had to suffer the type of mental torture and spent his investigatory period in Jail? How many types of laws do we have in Zambia? Kwena, kuti wafuluka na Mwamba Luchembe.
Was Mutembo charged in the ZA saga?
#1. I disagree with you. His head is there to keep his ears apart.
Kwena bane twasebana. How can the second in command blindly sign on documents to authorise such colossal amount of money for payment of goods which were not even of beneficial to the country?? I wonder why we even have deputy ministers. I therefore believe that the deputies have no job descriptions. Mangani and Kabonde stop deceiving the people, you are too dull to comprehend the facts of the matter. Time is catching up with you very soon. You are not worth to be public servants. Kuya bebele bane.
To those who doubt that Veteran is Ben Kangwa, have you seen him comment lately on this blog? No. The reason is he is in Los Angeles were your first lady (Ghost Worker) Thandiwe is right now. Probably he has no laptop or he is sharing hotel room with someone in the entourage or from the embassy. I will let you know when Ghost Worker leaves LA.
It is very unfortunate to have minsters think so low. In the first place do we really need to make comparison. Why should nchito’s issue come now. So he is confirming to say their has been some rivarly between Zambian Airways management and the MMD.:-@
Mangani hasn’t changed his behaviour even when he was my teacher in junior high school he could give examples of two unrelated events. Mutembo is now serving a constitution office like the IG so why is he comparing this case to Zambian Airways, a private company. Kabonde is a public official using tax payers money. This is why he needs to step down or go on leave so that the investigation is carried out unhindered.
[-( overpaying by a billion???????? I sense thuganomics in play. honestly someone has to get fired here. Auditor general send your men to home affairs i’m sure they are overpaying suppliers on a lot of contracts.
Me,am convinced kabonde kapuli stole.just go to kapiri and see how the chi man suprised every one with the way he litters his cash.if he admires a house he buys it demolishes it and build something of his own.he has even put up ka lodge kashupa.so kapiri residents were baffled at how much gratuity this man got so now they have come to know ati kanshi ba guy niba punka balibila ubuteko.
This man has clearly been overpromoted, and is incompetent for the position he is in. He should resign NOT for the investigation, but for his response to the comments by the threats by the MMD hooligan elements. The problem we have in Zambia is that we lack a sense of accountability, an ability to understand when the time is up, when it becomes untanable for someone to remain in public office. Contrast this with the actions of Commander Quick in the UK (by someone who made an inadvertent mistake) link below;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7990919.stm
Mugwileni uyo! Kapoko banamugwila, mannje baembekeza chani? Please what are thjey waiting for? That is colosal amounts of money to keep some one out jail and you still pay him a salary.
Good reminder LT. Yafika nthawi nditu:)>-
This could be the reason for the demotion. LT can we get a full report on the AG final findings? Mangani in this report was saying its premature for IGP to step down.