By Mukwima Chilala and Ketra KalungaStakeholders have expressed worry that Zambians are slowly losing confidence in the fight against corruption following the loss of preliminary cases by the Anti-Corruption Commission-ACC in the courts of law.This follows the court decision to discharge former Tourism minister Ronald Chitotela in a case involving two counts of possessing property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime and the court’s decision to vacate the warrant of seizure of former Lusaka province minister Bowman Lusambo’s house in Lusaka’s Chamba valley area which the ACC had recently seized among other cases.United Party for National Development-UPND Kankoyo Member of Parliament Heartson Mabeta said the loss of preliminary cases by the ACC is proving that the fight against corruption is a failed project which needs an overhaul.Mr Mabeta said the inefficiency on the part of the ACC had given an indication that there was need for an overhaul of the institution and that there […]
Zambians losing confidence in ACC
