President Hakainde Hichilema Vows To Fight Back Against a Returning Clique of Corrupt Officials

According to President Hakainde Hichilema, the corrupt clique that took from the Zambian people has begun to fight back. 

 President Hichilema said today at State House, after swearing in Mary Chirwa and Daphne Nawa Chimuka as Director-General of the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) and Chairperson of the Teaching Service Commission, respectively, that the clique is using the media to divert attention from the recovery of what they stole from the Zambian people.

 The president stated that the clique employs individuals all around the country, including government employees, to train them how to steal money from the government.

 President Hichilema stated “The money meant for CDF should not be taken away by a clique. What is wrong is wrong. Taking away resources from Zambians is wrong. They have now started fighting back. They are behaving like what happens in our communities. Somebody steals from a widow selling at the markets, they run away, they are chased, a distance away from a point of stealing increases, and they start pointing at the front and say kawalala, kawalala.”

 He continues, “The clique is now employing the media, I wanna talk to the colleagues in the media, the clique is now employing colleagues in the media to generate stories diverting our attention away from following up the money that belongs to the public

 He warned the public, the media, and other government officials not to succumb to the tactic.

The head of state, on the other hand, has committed to be unyielding in the battle against corruption, even if it means standing alone, emphasising that there would be no sacred cows in the fight against corruption.