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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>ZESCO Ltd has fired more senior personnel at the utility firm. The affected dismissed officers are from the Procurement Department. Head of Procurement Unit, Shezzipe Banda Nzovu recommended for the dismissal of the professionals. Mrs. Nzovu says its difficult to help UPND cadres if the old professionals held their positions and manned the Unit.<\/p>\n

Shezzipe who is a wife to Minister of Green economy and Environment, Mr. Collins Nzovu, recommended the dismissal of the following, who have since been fired;<\/p>\n

1) Matthews Ndlovu \u2013 Senior Procurement Manager.<\/p>\n

2) Jacob Moonga \u2013 Principal Procurement Officer \u2013 Kafue Gorge.<\/p>\n

3) Japhet Phiri \u2013 Senior Procurement Officer.<\/p>\n

4) Simwinga Chambuleni \u2013 Procurement Officer. Nzovu has since recruited Felix Munsaka, a well-known Lusaka UPND cadre as Senior Procurement Manager.<\/p>\n

Since her arrival, Nzovu has made controversial purchases such as the 21 luxury Toyota Landcruisers 4\u00d74 Vehicles for Directors and the recent procurement of 40,000 wooden poles worth over $30m from Zimbabwean and South African companies.<\/p>\n

The Procurement Unit is now like a UPND branch meeting as Munsaka brings his drinking mates to the office advising them how to apply and get tenders from ZESCO.<\/p>\n

ZESCO MD, Victor Mapani, has encouraged his newly recruited directors to purge \u201cPF cadres\u201d and replace them with UPND cadres. Recently, Mapani led the way and fired over 40 Directors and Senior Managers.<\/p>\n

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