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United Kwacha Alliance (UKA) Chairperson, Sakwiba Sikota, has accused the UPND government of turning the compensation and awards account into a “gold mine.”
Sikota condemned the alleged “looting” through consent judgments entered between UPND leaders, cadres, and the Attorney General’s office.
In a statement issued in Lusaka on Friday, Sikota alleged that the UPND government had embarked on “a fundraising scheme that must be stopped by concerned Zambians.”
He stated that the consent judgments represent “blatant theft, facilitated through the Attorney General’s office.”
“Despite the economic hardships our people are enduring for voting for President Hichilema and the UPND, hope remains on the horizon,” Sikota said.
He warned that “the wrongs of today would not go unpunished and unchallenged under the UKA-led government…”
Sikota cited serious corruption allegations made by former Anti-Corruption Commission board member Dr. O’Brien Kaaba against the former Director-General Tom Shamakamba.
“Dr. Kaaba highlighted shocking details of how state funds are being shared by UPND cadres through consent judgements,” Sikota said.
“Recently Mrs. Martha Mushipe, a UPND party known figure, was awarded over K2 million in another bizarre consent judgement,” he added. Sikota further stated that “the state had again entered into another consent judgement with 17 UPND cadres.”
He said: “The country had not yet recovered from the disclosure by Kaaba and yet the people in charge of state chambers do not want to exercise restraint and prudence towards public funds.”
Sikota criticised the “selective application of the law and favorable court judgements towards UPND Party leaders and cadres,” asserting that “the resources of the country are not exclusively for the UPND to enrich themselves.”
He challenged the Attorney-General to “publish consent judgements that had been awarded by past Governments and the political party the people who were awarded belonged to.”
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