Africa-Press – Zambia. She is definitely the mother of the nation, full of love for anyone, far from politics even though the husband is a politician. She is humble and generous, with a big heart for the poor. Why should this Govt drag her in to their dirty politics.
We are not saying, she can’t be interviewed by DEC or any investigation wings, but there should be a substantive case, in this case there is nothing 1. Upon receiving the info that the flats have been abandoned (which is not true because the caretaker was there), DEC would have investigated who the OWNER was.
2. Madam Mary Chirwa revealed that they checked with Chongwe council and they the details showed that, the property was sitting on property number F/11031 but when they checked this number with Ministry of lands, they discovered that, it was a Farm in Kasama under Bernard Chituta.
2(a) The good questions to ask DEC is, the property number at the Council was attached to which name, since the local authority collects land rates, was it Esther Nyawa Tembo or Bernard Chituta?
2(b) Furthermore, who allocates the property numbers, is it the client or the authorities? So if there is a mistake, whose fault is it?
3. Madam Mary then said they later discovered that the owner of the Flats was Esther Nyawa Tembo through a Zesco pre-paid meter, but they couldn’t tell which Esther this was.
3(a) However, if they were good investigators, they would have pulled out the details from Zesco which would given them more information including especially the NRC, Plot/Title-deed and most certainly the phone numbers.
3(b) Mind you, you can’t install electricity on a property without giving them details of the property from both the Council and Ministry of Lands.
4. If DEC is really thorough and professional, why didn’t they check the name (Esther Nyawa Tembo) which they got from Zesco with Ministry of land to check what details come out against that name.
4(a) So, DEC would have resolved what seems to be a mystery of property number F/11031.
5. With this scanty information, how did DEC conclude that, the property must be a proceed of crime, without establishing who the real owner is.
6. How did DEC take possession of the property without seizing it, because before you take possession you must first seize from the owner, but they didn’t know the owner, yet they took possession, who did they seize the property from?
7. Mary held a press conference and said that DEC is ready to follow the former First Lady to her home, meanwhile they wrote a call-out summoning her to DEC offices without fail.
7(a) The question is what will DEC ask the former First Lady when she has given them the copy of the Title to the property?
8. I checked the details with Ministry of Lands using the name and the records are clean, so what is the issue.
9. The question of saying where did she get the money, is actually foolish because the income of a President is far much more to build that property.
10. Therefore, I find this an injustice and I will stand with the Mother of the nation in this tribulation. If anything I would like to see DEC sued over this matter.
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