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Nalubamba calls on Kayukwa to resign

Nalubamba calls on Kayukwa to resign
By Moses Kuwema
Tue 23 Aug. 2011, 17:40 CAT

ACC director general Lt Col Godfrey Kayukwa is irresponsible and a danger to the country, says senior chief Bright Nalubamba. Commenting on the continued corruption revelations surrounding Universal Print Group (UPG), a South African company engaged to print ballot papers for this year's elections, chief Nalubamba of the Ila people of Namwala district said Lt Col Kayukwa had proved that he was not impartial in his work and should therefore leave the system.

"The director general at ACC is totally irresponsible and a danger to the country. If he is not going to be impartial in his work, then what he can do is get out of the system. If he is a man of dignity, let him resign instead of being forced out," chief Nalubamba said.

"How can he be changing statements from one to another. He is confusing us and is totally irresponsible and a danger to the country, he must go."

Chief Nalubamba said there was need for the ACC to carry out thorough investigations on UPG in order to restore the people's confidence in the electoral system.

"What is impossible for the ACC? It's now extremely urgent for them to do something before it is too late otherwise the loss of confidence by the people can amount to chaos eventually or ultimately.

Why should they delay in investigating? What are they hiding? If Given Lubinda has raised those important details, then it means people's expectations are now high, we expect the ACC to do the investigations to prove Lubinda wrong or right," chief Nalubamba said.

He said the ACC had no choice but to convince Zambians that there was nothing in Lubinda's allegations and if there was something then they should inform the Electoral Commission of Zambia to drop the printing contract with UPG.

"The ACC right now has no confidence of the Zambians. I think if they are working for Zambians they have no choice but just to do that otherwise we won't be convinced that that contract was done properly," he said. "There is even talk of money being paid through an account at Stanbic Bank Zambia.

Do they mean there is no truth at all in the whole system? As Zambians we are not convinced that things are running well. We fear elections might be rigged and time is running out. What is the problem? Why is the ACC refusing to listen to the voice of the people?"

Labels: ACC, CHIEF NALUBAMBA, CORRUPTION, GODFREY KAYUKWA

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