 kulegizu hii mia uli saya bina nga mwen fuzi last 20 hiz okupaini averi senior posisyon since 2003 I saved as administrator in the office of the second president is um it's a a constitutional office under the office of um under cabinet office I saved in the office of the second president Dr. Frederick Chilwa as administrator and as spokesperson the equivalent position there was that I was deputy permanent secretary and I have been deputy permanent secretary from 2003 to 2011 when I became permanent secretary and then the last seven years I've been an ambassador in foreign service so for someone to doubt that I can build flux is extremely strange first of all when I was appointed permanent secretary I was retired in my earlier position as deputy permanent secretary I was paid my separation package a very handsome package which I used to buy property in kafiwe and bought a house in Kasama where I come from when I saved as permanent secretary for almost a period of five years and this is a more senior position in government other than my emoluments and allowances when president satari lived me of my duty I was paid again a big handsome package they gave me my motor vehicle the prado land cruiser prado they gave me another huge sum then I've been ambassador for the last seven years zamians may not know that this position especially of ambassador is extremely lucrative probably the highest paid position in government because wherever you are in the world the emoluments are about eight thousand to ten thousand dollars a month in foreign service allowances and I also retain a salary back home so I have two salaries as an ambassador or as a diplomat I have foreign service allowances two my kumapki and then you have a local salary so ten thousand dollars a month is a lot of money that comes from about 200,000 kwacha a month you can't buy a plot and build flats and I've been an ambassador for the last seven years so this act is an act of abuse I think I'm being intimidated I've been extremely vocal extremely critical of prison but my criticism of prison is professional I'm here this this is my property and I'm told that the SEC are here and I want to understand why restriction notice has been given to me so join me as we have this discussion in there I'm a journalist by profession I'm an administrator I'm a diplomat so sometimes it's better to work people alone because I want to scandalize us scandalize us and we're sorry this is expected to be professional you my biggest grievance is that you just can't restrict an asset you can't restrict a property without without even a basic interview to understand I've been an ambassador for seven years I earn ten thousand dollars a month I can't afford the property like this okay so to my audience I've got a restriction notice written confidential from the SEC 20th January I need to read it I need to read it so strangely dated 20th January this is a lot of inefficence but it has arrived today a month and three days later he says the commission is conducting investigation in two offenses alleged to have been committed in part three of the constitution because of our work but you can read it but you can read it later to your audience okay yes it is so you can keep the officers out of it because the professional should criminalize them or endanger their lives just focus on me or on the property okay so uh so I've been served with a restriction notice of my property here the document says they are using part three of the anti-corruption commission at number three of 2022 and that my property here in Makini Baumoro has been restricted because they are following up on investigations so let me reiterate what I stated earlier that this is an abuse of the law this is a clear intimidation I have called out president that I can engage him because he is a one who is a subject of my discussion as head of state I criticize him on his appointments I criticize him on his corruption I criticize him on poor governance I raise issues that are beneficial to this country and I think that this is an act of intimidation I have been working for the last 20 years at senior label as deputy permanent secretary and as permanent secretary the last seven years I've worked as ambassador earning in excess of $10,000 foreign allowance foreign service allowance per man I know many zambians don't know that that's how much your ambassadors and diplomats can get between $6,000 depending on your ranking and position to $10,000 nangutawa kwa jaman or you cannot buy profiwa earning in excess of $200,000 kwa chai man and you know the last 20 years have occupied very senior positions so I regard this as an act of intimidation because the SCC should have called me and I could have brought my documents to justify the assets that I have then they could have established if there was criminal conduct along the way I'm a subject of zambians many zambians have followed my life from the period I saved with Dr. Chiluba in my office I've never had any audit in fact the parliamentary accounts committee chair persons usually would use me as an example because they were usually zero audits from areas where I saved when I moved into South Africa I conducted an audit before I left before I moved in when I left I conducted an audit similarly I did the same in Ethiopia so for anyone to come and criminalize owning of assets or prudence savings of money is is just an abuse but I'll not be intimidated right now as you saw I'm with the media because I was doing my usual weekly brief today I want to discuss the economic and financial crimes court is setting up and the directives it keeps on receiving from President Agaende Chiluba I think that that's unconstitutional that's illegal we've been disturbed by this small matter but we'll soldier on and we'll keep on providing checks and balances whether they intimidate us whether they try to to to you know to go for our assets or our lives we have to speak for zambians and we have a country to save so thank you for following me and God bless you and our lawyers who I will submit this to our lawyers and who quickly challenge this restriction notice because it's not justified they are using law enforcement agencies to attempt to intimidate me or to intimidate all of us because all of us are being harassed those that speak against President Agaende Chiluba if I'd kept quiet the SEC would not be here so you see they are not following crimes they are following individuals to attempt to shut them up, intimidate them and for me I'll not allow that thank you and God bless you