UMengameli waseZambia, uHakainde Hichilema, ovame ukuchazwa njengomunye wosomabhizinisi abacebile baseZambia okubikwa ukuthi unemali elinganiselwa ku-$390 million, namuhla umemezele ukuthi akakaze akhokhelwe iholo kusukela aba yinhloko yombuso wezwe ngo-August.
Ngaphambi kokuba umongameli we Zambia, uHichilema, owazuza ingcebo ngokulima nokufuya izinkomo, ukhulume ngokukhushulelwa amaholo kukamengameli nongqongqoshe bakahulumeni.
“Lokhu kuyinhlamba kumuntu ojwayelekile waseZambia othwala kanzima ethenga ukudla. Ngincamela ukunika abantu imali kunokukhuphula iholo lami,” Hakainde Hichilema kuTwitter ngonyaka odlule.
Nakuba eqinisekisa ukuthi usebenze mahhala selokhu angena esikhundleni, u-Hichilema uthe “akazange anake” iholo lakhe ngoba wayegxile ekutheni “angazithuthukisa kanjani izimpilo zabantu.”
Phambilini abezindaba kuzwelonke bacaphune uMnyango wezeziMali kuleli uthi uHichilema akaholi selokhu aba yinhloko yombuso ngo-Agasti ngemuva kokuwina ukhetho lukamengameli.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- While confirming that he has worked for free ever since assuming the office, Hichilema claimed that he had “not paid attention” to his salary because he was focused on how to “better the lives of the people.
- National media previously quoted the country's Finance Ministry as saying that Hichilema has not been receiving pay since he became the head of state in August after winning the presidential election.
- The President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema, often described as one of Zambia's richest businessmen with reported net worth is nearly $390 million, today announced that he has not received any salary payments since becoming the country's head of state in August.
