By PETER SICHALITHE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) recorded a statement from UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema in relation to the privatisation of State-owned assets in the 1990s.A statement from the ACC has stated that the Commission has been investigating matters relating to the privatization process and has since recorded a Statement from United Party for National Development leader Hakainde Hichilema.The statement did not clarify whether the investigation involved transactions involving properties from Lima Bank that are now owned by Mr. Hichilema over which the Police interrogated him or whether it was about the privatization of the Intercontinental hotel in Livingstone.ACC Assistant Public Relations Officer, Dorothy Mwanza, said the Commission has been investigating matters relating to the privatization process.Mr Hichilema was reported to the ACC by Chilufya Tayali of the Economic Equity Party (EEP) last year.According to Sean Tembo – PeP President, Mr Hichilema as Negotiating Chairman of Intercontinental Hotel in Livingstone abused his position in two ways. […]
ACC QUERIES HAKAINDE HICHILEMA OVER PRIVATIZATION
