Govt admits fighting corruption Is too hard

Home affairs  minister Kazembe Kazembe has said the government’s attempts  to eliminate crime and corruption in a nation estimated to US$1.8 billion annual loss due to illicit financial flows was  unattainable.

Speaking in Parliament last week Kazembe made this admission laced with honesty wrapped in spectacular defeatism.

“We cannot stop someone’s thoughts. We have 15 or 16 million people in this country. As we are seated here, we do not know what people are thinking,” said Kazembe, accidentally stumbling upon a philosophical breakthrough. 

“Maybe someone is committing a crime as we are talking. Someone might be raping, beating up someone and committing different crimes.

Kazembe went on to blame citizens for attracting thieves by boasting about money and keeping large sums at home.

“We have different programmes that we are running where we are educating people.To boast about having money because by doing so, you will be attracting thieves. This is one of the measures that we are taking, added Kazembe." he said.

Meanwhile, Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo, head of the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) recently warned that corruption was bleeding the country. 

While the government publicly laments the theft of public funds, no one seems to know where the money actually goes. 

Opposition leaders and watchdogs have long accused top officials of participating in the very corruption they claim to be fighting often through press statements.