Wed, 07 Jun 2017 11:10:50 +0000 ZCCM-IH case not adding up Dear Editor Your paper published a very interesting story that Government had asked ZCCM-IH to negotiate and discuss a settlement with FQM, Zambia’s largest mining company. Then the opposition newspaper published a story quoting maverick politician Mike Mulongoti suggesting an extortion scheme. I am prepared to ignore Mulongoti who seems to have the propensity to shoot from the hip without considering facts and validity of his often misguided statements but I cannot ignore the full import of the matter. How did ZCCM-IH start proceedings without seeking the highest possible authority in Government? I found this very strange. Firstly is was strange that ZCCM-IH could have started parallel proceedings in London and Lusaka without the knowledge of the Government and indeed using lawyers that were used by the former Task Force on Corruption created by Fred M’membe and Mutembo Nchito. This is a very curious […]
