By OLIVER SAMBOKOGOVERNMENT should immediately carry out an investigation into the reported suspected corruption in the disbursement of loans to small-scale fish farmers under the Zambia Aquaculture Enterprise Development Project (ZAEDP), Zambia Republican Party (ZRP) leader Wright Musoma has demanded.Mr Musoma who has given the investigative wings a seven-day ultimatum to enquire into how the funds under the project were being handled, said those found wanting should be brought to justice.“We are warning those involved in swindling farmers to stop or we will be forced to take action against them,” he warned.He said they were saddened that a well-intended Government programme aimed at not only helping citizens to improve their income but also to close the gap of fish deficit in the country was being sabotaged.Mr Musoma said Government should keep an eye on the project and ensure that no one was unduly benefitting from the loans fish farmers were receiving for aquaculture development.He said […]
PROBE ‘FISHY’ SWINDLE, GOVT URGED
