Sebastian Zulu was bribed K250M to destroy UNIP

July 25, 2011 | Filed under: More News | Posted by:

Sebastian Zulu

FORMER Defence minister Ben Mwila has said former UNIP secretary general Sebastian Zulu received about K250 million from the State to destabilise the former ruling party UNIP and its leader Kenneth Kaunda at the time.

And Lusaka lawyer Sakwiba Sikota confirmed that when he represented petitioners in the 2001 presidential election petition, former Zambia State Security and Intelligence Services director general Xavier Chungu testified that the State paid Mr Zulu K250 million for him to cause instability in UNIP where he was secretary general.

Mr Mwila, who is MMD Nchelenge Constituency parliamentary candidate, said Mr Zulu’s statement that President Rupiah Banda and his Government were corrupt should not come from a person who had no values to protect.

Mr Zulu was on Friday quoted in a daily tabloid as saying there was too much corruption in the Government.

He also called for change of Government, which Mr Mwila yesterday said was a laughable matter.

Mr Mwila said Mr Chungu testified on January 30, 2003 in the presidential election petition that the State gave Mr Zulu huge amounts of money to cause instability in UNIP.

“Sebastian Zulu is the reason why UNIP is dead today. Does he have any credibility to insult President Banda who is doing everything possible to improve the welfare of the Zambian people?

“Does he think that Zambians have forgotten that his career as a civil servant ended because of dealings with Tomwood International?” Mr Mwila asked.

He said Mr Zulu should not forget that detailed accounts of his conduct were available as revealed by Mr Chungu and reminded him that he served as Defence and security minister who interacted with Mr Zulu when he was secretary general of the former ruling party.

Mr Mwila said Mr Zulu was used as a mole while he served as UNIP secretary general and when the Government told him to announce intentions to contest the presidency of UNIP, the Lusaka lawyer obliged and made public attacks against Dr Kaunda in line with the instructions he had received.

Mr Chungu made revelations about Mr Zulu when he testified on January 30, 2003 in the 2001 presidential election petition filed by late Forum for Democracy and Development president Christon Tembo and Heritage Party leader Godfrey Miyanda.

And in an interview in Lusaka yesterday, Lusaka lawyer Sakwiba Sikota, who handled the 2001 election petition, said Mr Chungu told the court that Mr Zulu was paid substantial amounts of money to destroy UNIP and that he obliged.

He said Mr Chungu explained to the court that the money which was paid in batches to Mr Zulu was meant to cause chaos in UNIP and also to attack Dr Kaunda.

Meanwhile, in its November edition of Monday, November 8, 2010, the Times of Zambia reported that the disciplinary committee of the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) found Mr Zulu guilty of professional misconduct following a complaint filed by former Press aide to late second Republican president Frederick Chiluba, Richard Sakala.

Mr Zulu was fined K2,500,000 and was ordered to pay the money to Mr Sakala within 60 days.

He was told that he would not be allowed to renew his practising certificate until the penalty and costs had been settled.

This is according to the ruling by the disciplinary committee signed by all the seven members dated November 4, 2010.

The ruling was signed by the committee chairperson, Mumba Malila and members M Lwatula, A Patel, M Musonda, D Sichinga, N Mubonda and Johnson Mwenda.

The complaint was initially heard by the legal practitioners committee which passed its ruling on July 30, 2008 before it was referred to the disciplinary committee for the final ruling.

Mr Sakala, in the summary of evidence before the committee, stated that he had requested Mr Zulu in 2005 to represent him and paid US$5,000 to prosecute the appeal.

Mr Zulu was also paid K250, 000 as transport money to meet Mr Sakala in prison after which he was given documents to read.

“Subsequently, the practitioner, now acting as private prosecutor, drew up charges and particulars of the offence against the complainant and Nelly Chungu Mwila,” the ruling read.

TIMES OF ZAMBIA

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  1. RB is old so is Sata, them old need to live them politics to the younger fresh minds, Zambian politics just the same since 1964,no wonder we still have government machinery destroying peoples lives, we need a make over tired of them old fox, but Don’t kubeba!! Everything is government of which is full of corrupted workers, which is the odder of the day, them Zulus need to live the political field the have no new ideas for our Country and future development.
    Looking forward to a young government .

    patrick pipi - August 18, 2011
    03:21

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    Maragaret Mcglothern - August 5, 2011
    04:20

  3. The chap is a disgraced fellow no wonder he has found a haven in the PF were all the crooks and theives are running to. The real MMD we are fighting has regrouped in PF Zambians watch out lets fight these crooks and theives

    Mwewa - July 27, 2011
    17:58

  4. When you leave in a glass house don`t throw stones Mr failed and disgraced lawyer and job seeker account for heft Zambian Cash you robbed Zambians through task force. Zambians are no longer in stone age Mukamba Zulu

    BJ - July 27, 2011
    16:13

  5. Ahh Zulu you are the one who abandoned your matrimonial house to live in a compound no? You are the one who was given a brand new cedric marron in colour belonging to the OP for your use to undertake dirty work for you know who? You think the Kamima family have forgotten you? Imwe ba lawyer ba 2ngwee today you have found voice…? You wait…

    Sam - July 27, 2011
    14:46

  6. Zambia`s politics stink shit,no one deserve my vote, we have a bunch of fools for leaders.

    PAC - July 27, 2011
    09:01

  7. U guys u surprise me jst too much! Why comment bfore thinking over, when B.Y. Was minister of defence, what was Sata’s cabinet position? (Minister without portifolio or minister of ministers). So what was Sata’s role in that transaction?

    Chiengi Boy - July 27, 2011
    07:04

  8. This is an interesting revelation. Sebastian Zulu is himeself a master of corruption. Money is EVIL. No wonder we see a guinea-fowl emerge from the wild to start crowing like cockrel in the midst of chickens in the village. A careful observation reveals that there is a plot withing the PF Camp to use their $45Million to hire selected men from Eastern Province tasked to discredit RB. The hiring of Milton Phiri, Lucas Phiri, Lameck Mangani and Sebastian Zulu has been calculated to present a picture that RB is not considered as beinbg credible by the people of the Eastern Province just to make other regions join-in to discredit Rupiah. How come that such disgruntled elements are emerging from Easterners when most of the Bembas, Lozis, Lundas, Luvales, Ushis and Tongas are singing praise of RB? Recently, Sata & Guy Scott even attempted to recruit Mpezeni (a reknown drunkard) to consolidate this plot. The revelations by Ben Mwila confirm these assertions.

    Sebastian Zulu must appreciate the amount of developments that RB has initiated through the country – including Eastern Province which was neglected when Sata was No.3 in Chiluba’s Govt. Sata and HH are applying the concept of WAKO-NI-WAKO. Ninshi Ba Sebastian Zulu muli-”CHINANGWA” for being a puppet to the very people that closed development to the Eastern Province. If Zulu originates from Petauke, he should have seen that bad state of Great East Road stretching from Nyimba to near Kabele old trading centre, which are scars of negligence by a Govt that hated Easterners for being 99% UNIP. Zulu is a traitor of his own people.

    BM Chabala - July 27, 2011
    06:19

  9. HH refused the ministrial position of Minister of finance and Vice Presidential position from late Mwanawasa for the following reasons:
    1. Defend and uphold democracy
    2. He is not for hire to go against the will(desire for real change) of
    Zambians.
    3. He is not for positions but for the service of Zambians.

    4. He is not for tribalism or regionalism but for ZAMBIANS.
    5. He is not a desperate re-cycled experienced crook like the ones who
    have re-appeared to zambians in a different colour/party

    The Truth Pains - July 26, 2011
    15:15

  10. chi By chipuba sana.who advises this fools?they are foolish.get rid of this old thieves.

    imbwa - July 26, 2011
    15:02

  11. Hey what is u n I p? Is it the party for the old generation I knew old guys will be busy telling us what they did b 4 we came in this world if you have passed retirement age it mean u belong to history go where we can give u respect

    Hope - July 26, 2011
    14:52

  12. What is ZP waiting for ? Lets say this involved MCS or GL, the police would have landed by now and dockets openned. The whole system is rotten , Lets have a brutal man to clean up this mess!!!!!!!!

    tika tika - July 26, 2011
    14:11

  13. BY is always in DRC doing very questionable business with his brother Moses Katumbi Chapwe, remember how they stole money from the Zambian Government. Just ask Congolese how BY has crooked most of them who supplied him with copper/cobalt concentrates he never pay??? And such man is asking to be looked at as a honest??? Chief corrupter, known by all customs officers at Kasumbalesa border, by all mining smugglers in Zambia and DRC. Watch carefully this man, investigations is done by some international firms to prove is wrong doing against DRC concentrate dealers and dubious mining businesses with Moses Katumbi ( Nephew to Chief Kazembe). Finally who is Zambian and who is congolese in Luapula??? Very convenient location for international looters, when investigated in DRC, they claim to be Zambian, when investigatd in Zambia, they run to DRC claiming to be Congolese.

    kaumb - July 26, 2011
    12:49

  14. Watch this space! You will all be arrested, I mean Benjamin Mwila and Sikota Sakwiba for hiding such data from Zambians. You are both accomplices to what Sebastian Zulu did, if it is true.

    Sikufele - July 26, 2011
    07:34

  15. Real change is the answer. Many of these old so called experienced politician have dirty records. We need clean politics.viva real change campaign

    zambian chiwala boys - July 26, 2011
    05:39

  16. Iwe ka Sulu talala. Wala ndetelela.Dont u know that I was serving in MMd govt that time. Donchi Kubeba that I was also involved in the transaction.

    Cycle Mata - July 26, 2011
    05:38

  17. Last time i commented on the rantings of one Zulu in MMD wen he revealed that it was actually Mangani who orchestrated the violence in mumfumbwe, i said the levels of desperation by the MMD will cause them reveal the deepest of their secrets, lets not even say the state paid Mr. Zulu 250m, its the MMD as a party which paid that amount of money, thats how corrupt MMD is! I have owaz known BY as a dull rich man but i never knew Sikota was so dull he cant read btn lines, RB is president of MMD and MMD is corrupt, more will be revealed!

    Old enuf - July 25, 2011
    20:48

  18. Hi PIPO,

    Please can Zambia Police act swiftly on these matters involving millions of Kwacha the Tax payers`s money. The ZP must seriouly interogate S. Zulu folowing his revelation of K250 Million.

    We really want to see how good is our Police service. That is spoon fed info. come on ZP.

    Thanks.

    Chichi - July 25, 2011
    19:33

  19. something coming from BY is not worth reading. The man is deadly involved in dirty contracts with goverment.People of Nchelenge make sure you retire this mole from politics.he has auctioned his one man party to mmd together with Sakwiba Sikota who has lost even the little integrity he had,If he ever had any.

    teti mukwanishye - July 25, 2011
    19:09

  20. Pls y z it dat wen u jst say Rb dis then its news on znbc.pipo lyk siulapwa,BY ,SAKI,etc wil b paraded on znbc to denounce such a one.wat typ of politics z dis?awe mwandi.who r angels then?

    Pipo - July 25, 2011
    18:23

  21. MWAONA LOMBA A ZULU.

    HAMBILWI-ABANA - July 25, 2011
    17:47

  22. Much respect i gave By when he formed his party.much credit i gave sakwiba when he decided to form his party.it is very bad that these men have completely lost direction.BY mwila having formed de party to be president,today standing as mp,today challenging Zulu over buried UNIP.Too backwardness who can vote u? tell sakwiba that you dying together with him this year.

    Too bad - July 25, 2011
    16:59

  23. ZP please arrest BY Mwila for theft of 250million and also arrest Sebastian for receiving stolen property knowingly.

    Lauren Gbagbo - July 25, 2011
    16:39

  24. This is interesting,my question is,who is corrupt between the mmd and Mr Zulu?The mmd while in power BRIBED Zulu,that in itself,is corruption on the part of mmd and Zulu himself.

    dido - July 25, 2011
    16:35

  25. Be Mwila and Chungu have admitted and confessed that state money was plundered. So ACC, DEC and ZP should get into action interrogating these two self confessed looters and bribers. As for Sakwiba Sikota, he is a complete turn coat who has disappointed those of us who cherish the legacy of Anderson Kambela Mazoka. For this one, I commend UPND members who rejected Sikota and opted for Hakainde Hichilema as heir to the Mazoka throne in UPND. HH has tried to keep the flame of this party burning though dimly. If it was Sikota who succeded Mazoka, UPND would have been silent in political limbo.It is only Sikota among the close associates of Mazoka who has chosen to leak his own vomit by joining hands with MMD the party he so vehemently condemned. Both Ben Mwila and Sakwiba Sikota are political amateurs who formed political parties but went to join another party MMD.

    Pragmatist 2011 - July 25, 2011
    16:03

  26. This is just CONFIRMATION THAT THE MMD is a rotten party. How on earth can a party reach such corrupt levels as to pay someone to destabilise another party. BY is actually destroying the MMD and not building it.And why cant the government arrest Zulu if he is corrupt. After all, it is MMD which gave him the money

    The Clergy - July 25, 2011
    16:02

  27. BY Mwila by his own admission that he interacted with Sc Zulu when he was SG of UNIP and how they used him as a mole and purportedly paid him as MMD the sum of K250,000,000, just goes to show that he is corrupt. He therefore cannot be one to comment on how SC Zulu is

    martyn - July 25, 2011
    15:59

  28. This a good revelation.Whose money was used? State money? So the state can pay such dirty money?

    educated loner - July 25, 2011
    15:50

  29. Not surprising at all given that this Sebastian Size Zulu was unceremoniously removed as Solicitor General under Kaunda’s government. we all know how firm KK was. old people out there please advise why this gentleman was fired from GRZ

    Madetsa Woyela - July 25, 2011
    15:44

  30. but then the state was corrupt get and eat dont kubeba

    chuck b - July 25, 2011
    15:37

  31. There was going to be substance in Mr.Sebastian Size Zulu’s rantings if he specifically mentioned individuals who are corrupt.To merely say the Government is corrupt is too broad in the sense that government comprises Legislature,Judiciary,Executive and the fourth estate called the Press.So you can see how unhelpful the allegations are.

    Anyone accusing Government AS CORRUPT MUST FIRST CHECK THEMSELF THAT THEY ARE SQUICKY clean as the government through its variuos wings has information on each and everyone of us.So do not be surprised that immediately you open your mouth to say one thing,more things will be said about you.Over to you Mr Size Zulu.

    Dirazo - July 25, 2011
    15:31

  32. Hence the need for Real Change. HH keeps warning us that crooks are regrouping themselves in PF. Don’t say you were not warned.

    PF Thug - July 25, 2011
    15:27

  33. Zambian lets learn to give respect where it is due. whether Sata becomes president or not, the fact remain that he has formed the strongest party frrom the scratch. BY, Miyanda and other tried and failed. He may have his own weanesses but i dont think if RB or HH were to start from the scratch– Kaya— but anyway give respect were it is due

    Yazanda - July 25, 2011
    15:23

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