Wednesday, April 3, 2013
My office does not allocate land-DC
CHINGOLA District Commissioner George Sichula has said the office of the DC does not have powers to allocate land.
Speaking with The Independent Observer in an interview this morning Mr Sichula said his office did not have powers to be allocating land to people.
The DC was reacting to allegations that he was involved in illegal land allocation in the district which has raised eye brows from the Anti-Corruption Commision (ACC) and stakeholders.
He said before becoming the DC he was Twatasha ward councillor, the position he said helped him to fully understand on how land was acquired right from the application stage.
Mr Sichula said he was ready to be investigated to clear his name if need be.
“We have Government wings charged with the responsibility to investigate any suspected corrupt practices. I’m a clean man and if one feels ACC should investigate me then, I’m more than ready to comply with the Government investigating agencies.
“The ACC came to Chingola to investigate corrupt practices of acquiring land. All councillors, chief officers, some employees and members of the public were interviewed but I was not part of those suspected in the illegality,” he said.
Mr Sichula said the people that were implicating him were being frivolous and wanting to frustrate him and the projects he was overseeing for Government.
He said pressure produces enlargement and the implication and pressure from the PF District leadership was making him stronger and popular.
Mr Sichula wondered why the PF executive would sit back and watch him make a mistake instead of sitting him down and offer advice if the wrong was committed.
The DC said he had been in the office for the past nine months and there was no problem in the way the PF executive and his office was relating.
He said but soon after three district officials (he named) were reinstated after serving six months for misappropriation of campaign funds for Buntungwa ward Local Government by-election the problem started.
Mr Sichula said the motive behind the implication was bad and that it was a sign of bitterness and hatred.
He said Lulamba ward councillor Violet Mumba reported the matter to police soon after the Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Stanford Mschili ordered for the arrest of Ms Mumba for allegedly organising a gang to damage the brand new grader which went to demolish the illegal structures she promoted.
And Chingola constituency treasurer Richard Katebe said his DC didn’t have the problem but the problem was emanating from jealous attitude from the people who were promised the same job by the President before election.
Mr Katebe the former deputy mayor said during the two terms he served as deputy mayor there used to be conflicts within the party whenever it was time for mayoral elections.
He said the vocal people were targeting to discredit people with potential to vie for parliamentary election in 2016.
But Mr Katebe was quick to point out that Mr Sichula didn’t have that interest.
He said since the DC took office there was sanity among civil servants in the district and the mentality towards work had changed.
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If DC is not involved in illigal land allocation can he explain his dealings with a Mr Patunas and a Mr Chipalo also can he explain how he acquired the land behind Soweto Basic School where he has built a house.The above mentioned are his agents, when PF officials went investigate in the same area they are the ones who mentioned him(DC) and this can be proven by a Mr Banda from the Anti Robbery squard who called PF officials for questioning on allegations that some people wanted to kill him (Patunas).When DC was Councilor again he was reported to the police by then Mayor Mulongoti for illigal allocation of land the case died a natural death because the police are afraid of him because his famous saying that"I SPEAK WITH THE PRESIDENT EVERYDAY YOU CANT TOUCH ME" as far as i know the President does not support any form of corruption he just does not know that George is corrupt it is just a matter of time. There is also a rumour that he asks for 10% from contractors if there moneys are to be paid by KCM. He is simplly corrupt
Katebe is just being used by DC and he thinks that DC will make him DEBS. In the previuos council Katebe was Deputy Mayor, the question is why didnt he come back as councillor and subsquently the Mayor of Chingola. The answer is very simple the man was involved in illegal land allocation together with the DC. I am challenging the Council to go and do a land audit in Twatasha ward where DC was councillor and see if he(DC) is as clean as claims
As Chingola concerned residents, we are yet to know or see the legal documents DC George Sichula has for his purported house he has built in Chingola East soon after becoming DC. How do you erect a legal structure in an unplanned area? And how does a clean DC associate himself with suspected illegal land sellers without any attempt to report them to the police. It is on record that Sichula when he was serving as Twatasha Ward councillor he was summoned by the police at Chingola Central between October and December 2010 on allegations of illegal land allocation in Lulamba stage three near Kankoko Area where Chingola Municipal Council demolished illegal structures on or about 29th January, 2011.Where is the ACC and DEC?What are they doing? Is this DC immune from prosecution? Or are they just afraid of him because he "speaks" direct to the President as he claims? It is a known fact that President Sata is allergic to corruption as can be seen by ACC probing GBM, Wynter Kabimba and Rupiah Banda among others.AGAIN THE QUESTION IS, WHO IS THIS CHINGOLA DC TO BE INDISPENSABLE AS IT APPEARS?
Politicians, remember that we the Zambian people are now in a position to know what politics are and what is not. These are not politics, for lack of a better term, its witchcraft.
It’s not a secret that one top PF official (Chingola District Executive) has been fighting George from the time it became apparent that he (George) was going to be appointed D.C for Chingola.
It’s known that some top District PF Officials have been asking the D.C to help them get contracts for them to stop making a lot of noise and support his office.
Let the Chingola D.C, George Sichula concentrate on doing the good work he is doing for the people of Chingola.
You are just making the man more popular and stronger.
BA SICHULA we all know about the 10% from contractors so land issue TEBUFI just prepare yourself for investigations coz evidence is there read the DAILY NATION OF 3 APRIL 2013,KABWALALA IWE save face just resign
It’s amazing the Republican President appointed a young and professional young man to be Chingola D.C. This young man has proved to be a visionary and a man of the people.
The District was very quiet until the PF district Chairman’s suspension was lifted. How do you touch a man who is popular and a darling of the people? It’s bad timing! Do not weaken the PF please. Support the young man; he has united the Civil servants, the Church and the general residents of Chingola.
Why are you dragging a civil servant into partisan politics, its very unfair!
Mr. John Mupeta (PF Chingola District Executive Committee Chairman) and your team, have some timing, reconcile with the highest office of the district.
As Christians,we are behind the D.C because we have evidence that there is a group of PF officials who want to implicate the D.C.
We are just from praying for him and God will vindicate him.
Is it true that Mc Donald Mulongoti and Mr Mupeta John are responsible for the framing up of the Chingola D.C?Find out please Mr.Sakala.
Do they have personal scores to settle?
Mr Anonymous,not Mc Donald Mulongoti!Please leave Mulongoti alone,he is no longer PF,he is NAREP.
He has publicly enticed PF Counsellors to join NAREP,alleging that PF has no future.
If i were Mulongoti,i would have made efforts to be close to George Sichula to build me.He's a prudent leader.
I have been forced to comment on these interesting issues-The D.Cs issue.
According to what I know,George Sichula is a professional Accountant and has been financially stable for some good years,way before he became D.C.He has been working on our company's books for some years now.
10% from contractors?Do you have sufficient evidence?I doubt!
Do your politics well.
Richard Katebe cannot be trusted by any level-headed person. He desperately wants to be appointed into government position either as DACO or DC after being promised by his accomplice Katema Joseph a parliamentary failure. Our memory is still fresh, on 8 September, 2010, Katebe with late former councillor Moffat Phiri teamed up with MMD councillors but had a last minute rude shock when the latter disowned them to field councillor Stephen Mubanga as their candidate. This confusion led to Mulongoti Mcdonald winning the said mayoral elections.Mulongoti had 14 votes, Mubanga 07 votes and Sichula 07 votes. With this background, what can Katebe tell us about his soon to-go DC Sichula? His final destination is either Kanfinsa State Prison or the newly opened Mwembeshi Prison. How nice it will be!Boma ni Boma kwisa? Niwe usala?
Hey,he was even questioned by the Police in 2010 when MMD was in power?Why was he not arrested then?I am sure he was innocent.
Mulongoti sounds bitter about Sichula,why?We advised him not to stand on an Independent ticket but you didn't heed,George is enjoying the benefits of listening to good advice.
The best he can do is to concentrate on organizing NAREP structures in Chingola.
Why has George's house which he built before becoming D.C become an issue,or is it the servants quarter he has built on the plot he acquired a long time ago.
In my own view,leadership begins in the house.Where is Mulongoti's wife and children?
The Judge,Mc Donald Mulongoti seems to have passed a judgment already without a trial.Hmmm...what a judge!
Mr.Katebe is a better leader than Mulongoti,he manages his family well and is very professional.
Mulongoti,please leave Mr.Katebe and Dr.Katema alone...bitter,yes bitter you are,why?You will just end up becoming hypertensive.
We have a lot of good people who can counsel you in Chingola,please look for one.but i doubt if you are uncounseleable(if there is such English).
Have some rest or try to play some games on the computer,the fire you have started is burning you now.
Is soliciting for 10% gratification from KCM contractors by the DC and also seeking a bribe of K15m from Mr. Micheal Chama the shylock a service? Wait a bit Zambia Railways will soon move in to demolish the illegal structures built on illegal plots this your holy DC sold along Chawama Road in Chiwempala. And how does he lift his Chingola East illegally built house from there? Is it by crane or devine powers? My dear church members, please do not be used by turncoats. Sichula chuba ndoshi fye. Please deliver him from evil after he confesses. God is able to listen.
Yes, Mr Katebe is a good family man no wonder he was rejected at Mushishima Village because he was very professional as not to talk with anyone. How many children does Katebe have? Mulongoti is clever because he made a decision to leave a woman he thought not befitting. What a good decision he made!Do you trust your wife?
Professional Accountant indeed with a certificate of attendance we are aware. Most of the books that he does are full of cooked figures rather than the obtaining truth.I wonder if he subscribes to ZICA. What is his fellow number? My friend there is a difference between Book keeping and accountancy. Did you know that?The only thing we are aware of is the SHIBUKENI he is doing at CBU which he will fail for sure. MULE ENDA BANE.
Mulongoti NAREP wabepa coz he is china bound on PF sponsorship did u know that?
Is it by witchcraft means he built the so called servant's quarter and have legal documents on an illegal land? Wait DEC,TIZ,ACC and many more will be on him soon after the Rupiah issue. Just help him prepare enough evidence.And about the two houses in Riverside on one plot, he built them both using the cooked figures he does in the so called accounting otherwise known as book keeping.Mulongoti we are told stood as Independent coz of the same Sichula who even stoned his nice shop and house so that Sichula could not be arrested for Kankoko plots he sold. The truth shall soon surface. My friend Mulongoti is very popular and is MP material both by dental factors and calibre. Getting more than five thousand votes as independent is not a joke. Remember, in Twatasha your Sichula survived by a paultry thirty five votes KUKA BUNGA .Do you still have air time left? We can send you some.
who went to sichula amoung the District officials so that he fascilitate for a job TWEBE
let the young man do the work!!!stop puting storys
mr sichula is the man of peace please let the young man work!!!
sichula isthe best for chingola and stop making noise you fools and let him clean chingola!!!!
mr sichula don't worry God is in controy let them talk becos mr sata is hearing want you are doing in chingola.good work and don't stress your self.
You are the biggest fool because you dont know the character of the person you are supporting NIPOMPWE
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