Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:41:10 +0000 The Anti-corruption commission is totally compromised and has no capacity to fight corruption in Zambia, this was the message Member of Parliament delivered yesterday as they debated the vote for the Commission. The MP’s condemned the selective manner in which the Commission prosecuted perceived enemies of those in power instead of pursuing corruption at the general level. They were actually prevented from citing examples of high level corruption in government which has not been investigated by the ACC even where complaints have been made. The ACC has instead concentrated on pursuing the opposition or indeed small people who have little or nothing to offer. In particular the MP’s also made the point that the ACC was totally incapable of investigating public officers including ministers who were seen to be close to President Michael Sata. They cited the letter written by Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba to the ACC on account […]
