From Zambian Watchdog

Dr. Buzaianu Gold Medal Recipient

From Zambian Watchdog

Sata says Situmbeko Musokotwane was paid K5.5 billion and got two salaries. President Michael Sata says former Finance minister Situmbeko Musokotwane was paid K5.5 billion by the bank of Zambia.

Speaking through his spokespersons, Sata has maintained that Musokotwane was paid two salaries when he was minister of Finance. Sata said Musokotwane got K5.5 bilion from the bank of Zambia between 2003 and 2008. He said the money was mostly allowances like Christmas bonuses.

He said although the K5.5 billion payments to  Musokotwane was  approved by the previous government it was immoral because it was a lot of money. He said no other Bank of Zambia official or president of Zambia was ever paid that kind of money before.

He said when Musokotwane was appointed minister of Finance; he got two salaries for the period November 2008 to February 2009. From the time he became president, Sata has been making allegations against individuals but most of these allegations have turned out to be false.

One example involves Switzerland-based businessman Nicolae Buzaianu over the gold scam story which engulfed the country after Sata alleged that Buzaianu, former president Rupiah Banda and others stole gold.

Sata was forced to issue a public apology to Buzaianu when it was established that the allegations were incorrect. On November 16, 2011, Sata said he found Buzaianu’s demands understandable considering the allegations.

“Dr. Buzaianu’s demand for an apology and compensation originally appeared groundless and now acceptable for Zambia.  Dr. Buzaianu was at liberty to exhaust all legal avenues available to him since that is the democratic way. Infact, we need Dr. Buzaianu to come to Zambia and continue his UNESCO support.’

Zambia News Features

ZAMBIA’S FORMER PRESIDENT READY TO BE INVESTIGATED

By ZAMBIA NEWS FEATURES CORRESPONDENT

 Former President, Rupiah Banda has stated that is ready to be investigated for the alleged missing gold which was allegedly sold to a Swiss businessman Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu, however according to statement issued by the administrative secretary Mikatazo Wakumelo after October 12 it was recorded that Nicolae Buzaianu had no part in the gold purchase. 

“President Banda welcomed the investigations of the sale of gold by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), which was wrongly linked to Dr. Buzaianu. All the relevant people involved in this transaction are available and will provide necessary answers to the investigating team but suffice to say that no gold went missing mysteriously as has been portrayed,” the statement said. Mr Banda’s office also said it was ready to be investigated on the issue of purchasing or alleged missing of vehicles. 

“President Banda also welcomes the investigations into this matter as he was not a procurement officer. All the people involved in this matter are around and are still serving even under this administration. So they will provide answers as they are better placed to explain where the missing vehicles are, if at all they are missing,” the statement also said. A number of people are demanding the removal of Mr Banda’s immunity so that he can be investigated for his conduct as head of state.  

The Full Statement:

 Following the numerous allegations made against former Republican President, Mr. Rupiah Bwezani Banda, I wish to make clarifications on the following issues: 

That Mr. Rupiah Bwezani Banda has a number of friends both in Zambia and outside who have requested to meet him following his gracious exit from the Presidency after the September 20, 2011 elections. Mr. Banda has granted appointments to a number of visitors who have been coming to see him since he left office. To the best of his knowledge, he has not met anyone who is a fugitive.

 That Dr. Buzaianu, a Swiss-based businessman, requested to pay a visit to the former President during his planned trip to Zambia. Dr. Buzaianu applied to the Zambian authorities for permission to land at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport 48 hours before his trip to Zambia and the Zambian Government granted the landing rights to Dr. Buzaianu, who arrived on Wednesday, 12th October, 2011. The purpose of his trip was not to purchase gold but to inform then President Banda that he was stepping down from his post as UNESCO representative. 

That a request was made to the Zambian authorities to extend the usual courtesies to Dr. Buzaianu at the airport which was, in fact, done. He was received by a protocol officer at the airport and taken to the VIP lounge while his immigration formalities were done. He did the finger print biometric procedure at the airport before he proceeded to the customs and exited. He spent about one hour and 30 minutes at the airport while doing his formalities. 

That all relevant security wings were at the airport when Dr. Buzaianu was doing the usual formalities and at no time did he hide his identity. The former President provided vehicles for his visitor to pick him at the airport together with the state security attached to the former President’s office. President Banda also requested his former press aide Mr. Dickson Jere to receive his guest on his behalf at the airport because his security did not know him.

 That after leaving the airport, Dr. Buzaianu proceeded to the Taj Pamodzi Hotel where he was booked for an overnight stay and did not hide at all. He later paid a courtesy call on President Banda that same day. During his stay at the hotel, Dr. Buzaianu interacted freely with hotel guests and staff.  If Dr Buzaianu was a fugitive as alleged, he would not have been openly moving around. A recent release from President Sata’s confirmed that Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu is and never on the DEC watch list.

 That the following day, Dr. Buzaianu proceeded to Mfuwe to visit the Chipembele Educational Centre, which he has been supporting as a philanthropic cause. Dr. Buzaianu proceeded in the normal way at the airport and paid his airport taxes before he left Kenneth Kaunda International Airport for Mfuwe International Airport. At Mfuwe Airport, Dr. Buzaianu was cleared in the standard manner as prescribed by the provisions of the Immigration and Deportation Act before he went to visit the school. He flew out the same day with airport permits for his flights from Mfuwe.

 That President Banda welcomes the investigations of the sale of gold by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), which has been wrongly linked to Dr. Buzaianu, so stated Sata’s adminstration. All the relevant people involved in this transaction are available and will provide necessary answers to the investigating team but suffice to say that no gold went missing mysteriously as has been portrayed. Dr.  Buzaianu visited Zambia out of courtesy for his position and to express his interest in the school. 

That on the issue of purchasing or alleged missing of vehicles, President Banda also welcomes the investigations into this matter as he was not a procurement officer. All the people involved in this matter are around and are still serving even under this administration. So they will provide answers as they are better placed to explain where the missing vehicles are, if at all they are missing. 

That President Banda is available at any given time to answer to any clarification which the current Head of State Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata may have concerning this matter or indeed any issue before they are made public. He remains committed to supporting the current President in order for him to succeed in running the Government. This is the position President Banda took when he made his farewell speech at State House after losing the last elections.

Om de afaceri elveţian Nicola Bogdan Buzaianu eliminate din aur scandal de Gloria Koko

Om de afaceri elveţian Nicola Bogdan Buzaianu a instruit avocaţii săi să înceapă acţiune în instanţă împotriva guvernului Zambia pentru defăimare. Din moment ce avocaţii săi au indicat că acestea vor nu mai fi exigente 100 – milioane dolari în daune. Motivul este guvernul Zambia a eliberarea scuze oficiale care să ateste Nicola Bogdan Buzaianu a jucat nici o parte în scandal aur actuale.

Acţiunea iniţial apare din recente afirmaţii de Zambia Preşedintele Michael Sata că 119 kg de aur au dispărut “misterios” la birourile Drug Enforcement Comisiei (DEC) în Lusaka şi că oamenii care au fost responsabile a avut presupune “strecurat” în Lusaka de jet privat şi întâlnit predecesorului său, Rupiah Banda.

Sa dovedit că a fost Buzaianu, un rezident din Nicosia, Cipru, care, pe 12 octombrie, a zburat în Zambia de jet privat şi sa întâlnit Banda. La alte investigații s-a descoperit că Dr. Buzaianu a venit la Lusaka a face de fostul preşedinte Banda conştienţi că a simţit timpul său ca delegat UNESCO a fost vine la o strânsă. Motivele lui pas cu pas în jos sunt pentru a lucra la restabilirea biserici din în mult reparaţii în întreaga Europa de Est. Trebuie notat că Buzaianu a fost un important susţinător al proiecte educaţionale în Zambia.

SATA iniţial a avut descris Buzaianu ca fiind un fugar””. El, de asemenea, el și fostul președinte direct legată dispariţia “misterios” de aur. Deoarece aceste afirmații au fost recanted. Declaraţiile anterioare Sata, a declarat că “este foarte trist că Comisia Drug Enforcement confiscate de aur, dar a mers lipsă misterios.” Oamenii care au cumparat aur credea că aţi cumpărat de aur a fost în Lusaka câteva zile în urmă. S-a presupus ei au venit în un jet privat şi am văzut meu predecesorul. Numele este Nicola Bogdan Buzaianu,”Sata a spus acum este deselectată şi el acum datorează elveţian bazat filantrop şi scuze.

Buzaianu blocat de convingerile sale şi a negat vreodată cumpararea de aur de la DEC sau guvernului Zambia şi a stabilit că aurul în cauză a fost vândut la două societăţi bazate pe elveţian, în care el nu are nici un interes. Documentația lansat de către avocaţii, de asemenea, arată că cele două societăți urmat toate procedurile atunci când cumpără de aur. Buzaianu se plânge de au fost “bârfit şi grosolan fiind maltratat în modul Sata Preşedintele manipulate problema.” Dar acceptă scuze Zambians guvernelor şi consideră că cele mai bune sale să se mute pe cu nr hard sentimente.

Swiss businessman Nicola Bogdan Buzaianu cleared from gold scandal by Gloria Koko

Swiss businessman Nicola Bogdan Buzaianu had instructed his lawyers to start court action against the government of Zambia for defamation. His lawyers have since indicated that they will no longer be demanding $100-million in damages. The reason is the Zambian government has release an official apology stating Nicola Bogdan Buzaianu has played no part in the current gold scandal.

The action originally arises from recent assertions by Zambian President Michael Sata that 119kg of gold had disappeared “mysteriously” from the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) offices in Lusaka and that the people who were responsible had supposedly “sneaked” into Lusaka by private jet and met his predecessor, Rupiah Banda.

It turned out that it was Buzaianu, a resident of Nicosia, Cyprus, who on October 12 flew into Zambia by private jet and met Banda. Upon further investigations it has been discovered that Dr. Buzaianu came to Lusaka to make former President Banda aware that he felt his time as a UNESCO delegate to was coming to a close. His reasons for stepping down are to work on the restoration of churches in in of much repair throughout Eastern Europe. It should be noted that Buzaianu was a significant supporter of educational projects in Zambia.

Sata originally had described Buzaianu as a “fugitive”. He also linked him and the former president directly to the “mysterious” disappearance of the gold. These allegations have since been recanted. Earlier statements by Sata stated that “It is very sad that the Drug Enforcement Commission seized gold but it went missing mysteriously.” The people who bought the gold was believed to have purchased the gold it was in Lusaka a few days ago. It was assumed they have come in a private jet and saw my predecessor. The name is Nicola Bogdan Buzaianu,” Sata said is now cleared and he now owes the Swiss based philanthropist and apology.

Buzaianu stuck to his convictions and denied ever buying gold from the DEC or the Zambian government and has established that the gold in question was sold to two Swiss-based companies in which he has no interest. Documentation released by the lawyers also show that the two companies followed all the procedures when buying the gold.  Buzaianu complains of having been “maligned and being grossly mistreated in the manner President Sata handled the matter.” But accepts the Zambians governments apology and believes its best to move on with no hard feelings.

Sveitsisk forretningsmann Nicola Bogdan Buzaianu fjernet fra gull skandale ved Gloria Koko

Sveitsisk forretningsmann Nicola Bogdan Buzaianu fjernet fra gull skandale ved Gloria Koko

Sveitsisk forretningsmann Nicola Bogdan Buzaianu hadde instruert hans advokater å starte domstol tiltak mot regjeringen i Zambia for ærekrenkelse. Hans advokater har siden indikerte at de ikke lenger vil bli krevende $100 – millioner i skader. Årsaken er Zambias regjeringen har løslate en offisiell unnskyldning sier Nicola Bogdan Buzaianu har spilte ingen del i gjeldende gull skandalen.

Handlingen oppstår opprinnelig fra siste påstander av Zambian President Michael Sata at 119 kg av gull hadde forsvunnet “mysteriously” fra Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC)-kontorer i Lusaka og at de som var ansvarlige hadde tilsynelatende “sneaked” i Lusaka av private jet og møtte hans forgjenger, Rupiah Banda.

Det viste seg at det var Buzaianu, bosatt i Nicosia, Kypros, som 12 oktober fløy inn i Zambia av private jet og møtte Banda. På videre undersøkelser har det blitt oppdaget at Dr. Buzaianu kom til Lusaka å gjøre tidligere President Banda klar over at han følte at hans tid som UNESCO representant til var kommer til en nær. Hans grunner til stepping ned er å arbeide med restaurering av kirker i i for mye reparasjon i hele Øst-Europa. Det bør bemerkes at Buzaianu var en betydelig tilhenger av pedagogiske prosjekter i Zambia.

SATA hadde opprinnelig beskrevet Buzaianu som en “flyktning”. Han også koblet ham og tidligere president direkte til “mystisk” forsvinningen av gull. Disse påstandene har siden blitt recanted. Tidligere uttalelser fra Sata uttalt at “det er veldig trist at stoffet håndhevelse Kommisjonen beslaglagt gull, men det gikk mangler mysteriously.” Folk som kjøpte gull ble antatt å ha kjøpt gull som det var i Lusaka et par dager siden. Det var antatt de har kommet i en privat jet og så min forgjenger. Navnet er Nicola Bogdan Buzaianu,”Sata sa er nå ryddet og han nå skylder sveitsiske basert filantrop og unnskyldning.

Buzaianu fast til hans overbevisning og nektet noensinne å kjøpe gull fra DEC eller Zambias regjeringen og har etablert at gull i spørsmålet ble solgt til to Swiss-baserte selskaper der han har ingen interesse. Dokumentasjon som er utgitt av jurister viser også de to selskapene fulgt alle prosedyrer på, når du kjøper gull. Buzaianu complains av etter å ha vært “maligned og grovt blir mishandlet måte President Sata håndteres saken.” Men godtar Zambians regjeringer unnskyldning og mener sitt beste for å gå videre med noen harde følelser.