Acting Chief Justice Lombe Chibesakunda has today sworn in a four members of the tribunal which was constituted set up to probe Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba for alleged abuse of office and breach of secrecy.
Justice Chibesakunda swore in members of the tribunal at the Supreme Court to institute investigations into allegations that Mr. Kabimba abused his office and breached the oath of secrecy.
She told the tribunal that, “you have been entrusted with a noble task of inquiring into matters specified in your appointment”.
Acting Supreme Court Judge Evans Hamaundu will chair the tribunal which comprises High Court Judges Justices Justine Chashi and Gertrude Chawatama and Supreme Court Deputy Director Mark Zulu, who is the secretary for the tribunal.
Meanwhile, Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba declined to comment on whether he would consider stepping down from his position to allow smooth investigations into his alleged case.
Some political parties and sections of civil society organizations have been called for the resignation of Mr. Kabimba to facilitate for transparent investigations and give credibility to the process.
The establishment of the tribunal, which is expected to commence its work soon, was prompted by the petition from former Solwezi Central MMD Member of Parliament, Lucky Mulusa and a human rights activist, Brebnar Changala to the Acting Chief Justice Lombe Chibesakunda.
The duo alleged in their petition that Mr. Kabimba had used government information, which he allegedly obtained from the Solicitor General’s Office to build the Patriotic Front’s petition cases in the parliamentary election petitions.
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Well he should not step down
He has the confidence of the president which is the anointing figure of the party
Leave the man alone, a rare educated man at the pillar of the government spectrum
On behalf of the majority of LT people here we demand he is acquitted,
I was talking to Nick and he was shaking his head
Thanks
red lipps Kabimba, this man is disgusting and i hate him together with his bwinjimfumu cartel
@Mushota
When I read blogs like yours, I feel like inviting Chloroquin to respond to it. Be warned though; he does not have a courteous language!
Mushota, if you had a functional brain, you can be dangerous. As it stands, just another pseudo intellectual in search of something to crap.
Wynter, you do not need to wait for a letter from Sata. The tribunal is about YOU, and not any other person, and as Justice Minister we expect you to know the need for you to relinquish your current government position in view of what you are about to face—a tribunal. Most witnesses will come from your ministry where you are the boss. So in the interest of justice and fair play, you need to step aside so that witnesses can be allowed to give evidence without intimidation, or fear. So THERE IS NO NEED FOR YOU TO WAIT FOR SATA’s LETTER. I hope that with this very simplified explanation, you will understand why you need to step aside. Let me know if you still do not understand
Ba Mushota muli mbushi tamwakwata mano
HE MUST STEP DOWN FOR SMOOTH AND UNBIASED INVESTIGATION. APART FROM THAT THE OUTCOME WONT BE ACCEPTED BY ANYONE APART FROM HIS MOTHER.
mushota, if you have nothing progressive to say,why don’t you just shut your small beak. you need to go to chainama hospital for mental retards who keeps on hallucinating even on things which are serious
Kabimba must step down immediately. This is the same person who spoke the loudest against the then Minister of Transport and Communications, Ms Dora Siliya to step down when a similar tribunal was set up. A precedent was set and we expect Kabimba to be honourable enough and step aside to allow the law to take its course. If he refuses to do so, we the citizens will render the outcome of the tribunal as a nullity. We must not compromise standards, therefore Kabimba must just resign. Arrogance will just drown him if he is not careful. This country is for all of us lest some people in government think that they are more Zambian than others. Nothing is hidden under the sun and if Kabimba refuses to follow the law, this will be temporal because we will still get him when the time is right.
Lesa nimalyotola. Caona muzako capita maba chili paiwe. Wynther screamed murder when it was Dora, now resign baba.
KOILE KUHILEKA MUNACHAMBWA MPOKANJILILA SUNA WINTER NCHECHI CHIHUMA WINTER ULI MUBBOKESI HI CHILEKE TAATA NCHAMUZIMU NA
In a situation like this, the honorable thing to do by an honorable man is to step down and allow for investigations. We call Kabimba, honorable because he is a member of parliament – he should now prove that he is really honorable beyond being MP and simply step down from his ministerial post. I know he will not be found with a case to answer, so ba Shikulu ba Sata will simply re-appoint him back after the tribunal proceedings.
Mudala Kabimba – be brave and create history for yourself – follow the example of a honorable woman – Dora Siliya who stepped aside to allow the tribunal perform its duties. No hurt feelings. Good luck with the process.
Is he the same person who took all cadres to the ACC offices. The law does not allow any person to be investigated while in holding a ministry office.
Dora siliya was droped during the time she was being probed and only came back as education minister after being cleared. What is so difficult with winter?
Winter ni chumbu munshololwa
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am sure you know that you are supposed to resign, do we have to remind you Winter? i you dont know that you are to resign during such a time it will just prove what we heard about you. Resign ba Winter, there some few of us who are still standing in faith with you, resign, that is he only noble thing for you now
The problem here is not necessarily Kabimba. It is Sata who is failing to be decisive! He appointed Kabimba and should be the one to ask him to resign or simply fire him as he has done to those judges who are being investigated.
You right the problem here is Sata, he dropped two deputy to allow for investigation, why not do the same on Kabimba
Kabimba pledges to resign as Justice Minister
By Moses Kuwema, Mukosha Funga and Ernest Chanda
Tue 09 Oct. 2012,
JUSTICE minister Wynter Kabimba says he is ready to resign once the Anti-Corruption Commission avails him details of corruption allegations against him.
Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has asked Kabimba and his defence counterpart Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba to resign and pave way for smooth investigations against them.
Speaking to journalists yesterday, Kabimba said he would resign from the government as soon as he receives from the ACC the corruption allegations that linked him to some oil deals.
“I can assure you that as soon as I receive those allegations from the ACC, not through the press, I will be the first one to call it quits. I have not received anything…
I have not received anything from the ACC up to now. I am glad that the ACC itself says the allegations are based on press statements,” he said.
ACC public relations manager Timothy Moono last week announced that the commission would institute a preliminary inquiry on Kabimba over allegations of corruption in some oil deals and defence minister Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba’s alleged solicitation of contracts at Zesco Limited.
Kabimba urged the ACC to pursue their investigations vigorously and expeditiously and let the Zambian people know the truth about his wrongdoing.
“I owe the people of Zambia to act in an exemplary manner to step down as Minister of Justice.
I think I am in this position to serve the Zambian people and I can only serve them if they have confidence in me…
Once they lose confidence in me, then whom I am I serving? My appeal to the ACC is that they must serve me with those allegations and take them to the people publicly so that they can tell them what wrong I have done,” he said.
And in his letter to the ACC, Kabimba thanked them for their vigilance and alertness which he stated they had exhibited in the matter surrounding his alleged corrupt activities.
“As a strong advocate personally in the fight against corruption and also in the stance taken by our party and subsequently our government, I hereby undertake to cooperate with your officers to the fullest measure as they undertake these investigations,” he stated.
Kabimba hoped that the ACC would show the people of Zambia that there were no sacred cows in the fight against…
Leaders should have a sense of public shame, says Kabimba
By Patson Chilemba
Wed 03 Nov. 2010,
PF secretary general Wynter Kabimba yesterday observed that leaders like President Rupiah Banda and Inspector General of Police Francis Kabonde would not be in office if they had a sense of public shame.
Commenting on the resignation of Kenya’s foreign minister Moses Wetangula amid a growing scandal involving the alleged misuse of his ministry’s funds on several land deals abroad, Kabimba said leaders in public office should be guided by a sense of public shame coupled with a standard of morality required in public office.
He cited a former defence minister in Japan who resigned after his son was found in possession o
He cited a former defence minister in Japan who resigned after his son was found in possession of drugs at a roadblock.
“The only connection was that he was his son. When he was arrested and charged with that offence, the guy former defence minister resigned,” Kabimba said.
He said in Zambia, President Banda saw nothing wrong with having education minister Dora Siliya in office as then communications and transport minister when she was facing a tribunal over the scandalous engagement of RP Capital Partners to evaluate the assets of Zamtel.
“Even just the fact that the President’s son Henry was mentioned very prominently in the Dora Siliya tribunal could have led to the President’s resignation. In the Western world, which Kenya is emulating now in terms of morals in public office, the President would have resigned, or his Cabinet colleagues would have prevailed on him to resign,” Kabimba said. “But in this country, if you were to apply that high standard of public morality, you would have no government tomorrow.”
Kabimba said when leaders in other countries were resigning on allegations of abusing their offices, the Zambian government was more determined to remove the offence of abuse of office from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Act.
“Because that is the clause that governs the kind of conduct that has…
“Because that is the clause that governs the kind of conduct that has led to the Kenyan foreign minister resigning from office,” he said.
Kabimba said Zambian leaders lacked a sense of public shame and that was why they could sit in Cabinet and remove the abuse of office offence clause.
He said Kabonde was still serving in public office when investigations involving him were still ongoing.
“Otherwise, Rupiah Banda and Kabonde would not be in office. They would have voluntarily left, or their colleagues who actually have a sense of public shame amongst them would have prevailed on them to leave,” said Kabimba. “But it looks like there is no exception to the lack of sense of public shame which every politician in my view must actually subscribe to.”
Guys chill, by next week this time dude will be home reading your comments trust me.
Are you scared because you do not have a constituency? Only dictators do not resign. Please live by what you have said in the past it is not late. If deep down your heart you believe you are innocent please resign to allow smooth operation of the tribunal.