By Thulasiwe Tembo
Zambezi Portland Cement Chief Executive Officer Phesto Musonda has been blocked from entering the plant.
This is the third time Musonda is blocked from entering the plant in Ndola rural.
Mr Musonda was appointed CEO for Zambezi Portland Cement by the company’s Board of Directors.
But when Mr Musonda had done to report for work, security personal blocked him at the gate.
The police and company security were seen negotiating with Mr Musonda while a group of ‘unknown thugs’ were also moving about.
Two weeks a group of ‘thugs’ stoned Mr Musonda and his entourage as they went to report for duties.
In an interview after retreating from the plant, Mr Musonda said it is the highest level of insubordination for the security personal to block him.
However, Mr Musonda thanked the Zambia Police for the professional manner in which they engaged him.
“This is not good. This is the third time that I have been blocked from entering the plant. The police came and talked to me that they are acting on instructions. I showed them all the documents and I identified myself. The police acted in a professional manner. But my team and I retreated after the Chief Security Officer and the police insisted that they were acting under instructions,” he said.
He said the current happenings are very unfortunate because the people who are blocking him have no mandate over the company.
Mr Musonda said it was strange that some people do not want to obey the law.
According to the Judgement of the court of Appeal dated December 3, 2020, the court dismissed the application for an order to stay execution of the ruling dated March 29, 2019.
“In this case however, the applicants have asked me to grant them an order of stay pending the hearing and determination of their application for leave to extend time within which to apply to the full Court to vary, reverse or discharge my ruling and embodiment order of March 29, 2029. The applicants are still two hurdles away from any chance of being granted an order of stay. They ought to have first pursued the application for an extension of time within which to file a motion to the full Court to reverse or discharge my ruling and embodiment order,” read part of the Judgement from the Court of Appeals signed by M.J Siawapa.
“If successful, then they would file the motion and the grounds relied upon. Only then would a single Judge be in a position to assess or preview the prospects of success. As things stand, this application is incompetent as it has no leg to stand on in the absence of a valid motion before the full Court for consideration just as no application for a stay of judgement would be competent without a valid appeal pending. I therefore, find no merit in the application and dismissed it accordingly with costs.”
