Ex-PS, 13 others arrestedBY ADRIAN MWANZA FORMER Southern Province Permanent Secretary Sibanze Simuchoba and 13 other officials at the Provincial Administration have been arrested for wilfulfailure to follow procedure and fraudulent false accounting involving over K623, 000 contrary to the Laws of Zambia.Mr Sibanze, 66, of House No. 19 Ngwerere Road, Roma, Lusaka, together with Enoch Kashweka, 57 a former Principle Accountant, and Linda Siwale, a Chief Planner at the Choma Provincial Administration had been jointly charged with one count of Wilful failure to follow Procedure contrary to Section 34 (2)(b) of the Anti-Corruption Act No. 3 of 2012. But when contacted for a comment Mr Simuchoba said that he could not comment over the matter since it was still in court.Meanwhile ACC said that Mr Simuchoba with the two others wilfully failed to follow applicable procedure in the manner they authorized transfer of funds from a named account without written approval from the Secretary to the Treasury. ACC corporate affairs officer Jonathan Siame said Simuchoba and Kashwekahad also been charged with another count of wilful failure to follow procedure in the manner […]
Ex-PS, 13 others arrested
