Copperbelt Cops Vow To Continue Taking Bribes From JERABOS
SOME police officers on the Copperbelt have vowed to continue
receiving bribes and working with illegal copper dealers until the
government starts giving them good salaries. But it is unacceptable for
police officers to engage in corruption because of low salaries." after coming into power, the PF government who promised us heaven on
earth have abandoned us. The PF politicians promised to better our
salaries once in power and we massively voted for them. But they have
refused to better our conditions of services,” said one of the officers. "The fight against corruption is meaningless if the government will
continue giving us bad salaries. We will continue working with jerabos,
because they give us a lot of money. The jerabos are considerate and we
will continue working with them. They put bread and butter on our
tables.” “Everyone in the police service is connected. We have people we do
favours for who give us money. Our salaries are so little that they
cannot even buy groceries for our houses. It is not only junior officers
who are involved, even senior officers receive bribes. The bribes we
get help us in our day-to-day lives,” said one officer proudly. But home affairs minister Lungu said the meager salaries in the police service should not be used as justification for wrongdoing. “As the government, we are aware of the low salaries that police officers are getting and we are working on that. We know they don’t have a union and we are really working on their salaries, but this should not justify why they should engage in corrupt activities. Whoever will be found will be arrested,” he warned. Lungu, however, called on police officers to be patient as the government was working on improving their salaries.  Zambian Gospel Hip Hop artist Chaka popularly known by his stage name Pompi is this December expected to be dropping his second album on the Zambian market which will be titled “mizhu” ,literally translated asroots.Pompi will release the fifteen track album which will be focusing on a story of a boy, representing his dreams of flying and is rooted in the word.The album will feature prominent names from the gospel music circles from around Zambia. Pompi is currently enjoying massive air play on different radio
stations within Lusaka,with his new single called packaging, which he
said is targeted at the lost and the church. When asked about his transition from the secular world to now a believer of the gospel, Pompi said, “the life I lived in the past was an act and it was easy for me to have a transition because fruits do not fall far from its tree.”pompi who made a mark after his transition with songs like Make up, Nipempela and Chipolopolo unlimited has promised his fans a great album. |
It reads like something straight out of a Hollywood script except the
location and characters this time around are Zambian and real. Kay, the Diva controversial Zambian singer, caused a stir on Friday afternoon at the Lusaka Boma Local Court when her “compensation” case came up. The facts before the court are that because she lived with the boy-friend, 34 years her senior and now things have fallen apart, she must be paid for the time she put into the relationship. Bwalya was born in 1986. She wants John Van, a 60-year-old Lusaka businessman, to expedite the handing over of the “house and money” in the typical “house, money car” Nalu song as it appears clear no pre-nuptial agreement was signed by the two. A pre-nuptial agreement is one which states that if a couple breaks up God forbid, each party leaves the relationship only with what they went in with and do not make other demands such as Diva Kay is doing. Shortly after the case was adjourned to this Tuesday, the ‘Uli na mutima wa kanyelele’ super star, whom some admirers have in the past described as attractive, vented her anger on the Sunday Mail crew for interviewing Mr Van within the court grounds. “If I see any story about me in the media I will sue, I did not invite you here and I have a right to my privacy.” Turning to her ex-lover, Mr Van, she said: “And you Mr Van, I will expose you if you give any stories to these journalists.” In response, Mr Van said bluntly: “This is the stupidity that I have been putting up with for the past five years that this girl has been my girlfriend. Her manager insults me and even her sister-in-law.” Mr Van said he met Kay five years ago at Fox Nightclub in Kamwala and it was what he called the proverbial ‘love at first sight’. He also explained how Kay asked him to find her a job, which he says he did although Kay later left the job, saying music was her passion. Mr Van said he was not comfortable with the idea of Kay joining the
music industry because he was skeptical about the lifestyle of musicians
but he reluctantly agreed out of a deep sense of love for the diva he
is now parting company with after three love-filled years that were
never exactly plain-sailing. Their relationship grew and three years ago, Kay moved into Mr Van’s Makeni home and they began living together but ‘happily never after’. Mr. Van said trouble started when he showed serious interest in meeting Kay’s family as his feelings for her overwhelmed him. The smitten Mr Van observed that as Kay’s music career took off, her schedule became busier and her absence from home became frequent consequently drawing a rift between them that led to physical fights instead of love. After a number of fights, Mr Van said he told Kay it was over and for the past 10 months the pair had been sleeping in separate bedrooms. He said he was surprised that Kay, who is allegedly dating a named footballer, has sued him because as far as he was concerned, they had both moved on and he even has a new girlfriend whose age he has not given the Sunday Mail. Mr Van said he is ready to face Kay on Tuesday in court following the adjournment. |
 Zambian self aclaimed Diva Mampi is rumored to be Mampi who is currently single and lonely dumped
 Shawn Kabemba
Mark II’s Music manager has refuted media reports that his artist Mark
II is being sued by the St Cecilia Catholic Choir group over the song
called ‘amaka yakwa lesa’. ”False…we got consent from saint cecelia cotholic church who gave us tha rights to do tha remix of that song ! We have copyrights” He said. According to information that had reached Zibani
Zambia,It is alleged that Mark II did reproduce the song ‘Amaka Yakwa
Lesa ‘ without the consent of the Roman Catholic Church Choir, which
angered a few members from the church knowing that the song was
reproduced by a circular artist. |
