By AARON CHIYANZOTHE Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has petitioned the Director of Public Prosecutions, Lillian Shawa-Siyuni over the suspension of an employee who was testifying on behalf of the State in the case involving Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya by the Anti-Corruption Commission.An ACC investigation officer, Mr Chipampe Manda, was suspended from duty based on the testimony he gave to the court under oath on behalf of the State, which it alleged was not its position.In a letter dated August 21, 2020, addressed to Ms Siyuni, YALI president Andrew Ntewewe said the move by ACC acting director general, Roswin Konde-Khuzwayo to suspend an employee for testifying on behalf of the State was contemptuous.“The suspension of a State witness directly flies in the face of Section 69(8) of the Anti- Corruption Commission Act No. 3 of 2012 and amounts to contempt of court as defined in Section 116 of the Penal Code, Chapter 87 of the […]
YALI petitions DPP over suspended ACC `witness’
