Umongameli waseZambia, uHakainde Hichilema, osoloko echazwa njengomnye woosomashishini abazizityebi eZambia onengeniso ephantse ibe yi-390 yezigidi zeerandi, namhlanje ubhengeze ukuba akakafumani ntlawulo yemivuzo okoko waba yintloko yelizwe ngo-Agasti.
Ngaphambi kokuba abe ngumongameli we Zambiya, uHichilema, owazenzela ubutyebi ngokulima nangokufuya iinkomo, uthethe ngokuchasene nokunyuswa kwemivuzo kamongameli nabaphathiswa bakarhulumente.
“Esi sisithuko kumntu oqhelekileyo waseZambia osokolayo ukuthenga ukutya. Ndikhetha ukunika abantu imali kunokuba ndinyuse umvuzo wam,” Hakainde Hichilema kuTwitter kunyaka ophelileyo.
Ngoxa eqinisekisa ukuba usebenze simahla ukususela oko wangena esikhundleni sakhe, uHichilema wathi “akazange anikele ngqalelo” kumvuzo wakhe kuba wayenikel’ ingqalelo kwindlela “yokuphucula ubomi babantu.”
Amajelo eendaba kuzwelonke ebekhe acaphula uMphathiswa wezeMali welizwe esithi uHichilema akakafumani mvuzo ukusukela oko waba yintloko yelizwe ngo-Agasti emva kokuphumelela unyulo lukamongameli.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- 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.
