Wed, 01 Mar 2017 09:47:53 +0000 BY CHIKUMBI KATEBE THE United Church of Zambia has dragged their accountant to court for alleged embezzlement of nearly K245,000. This followed an audit that revealed that Charles Kalunga, who was employed in the UCZ Central presbytery, covering the Central Province of Zambia and was the church’s book keeper for 13 years until his resignation in December 2015 did embezzle church funds amounting to K244,929.00. “Prior to Mr Kalunga’s resignation, the church carried out an internal accounts audit covering the period of 2013 – 2015 for purposes of verifying that cash received was properly recorded in the church records. “The church will aver at trial that the said audit conducted revealed that Mr Kalunga had embezzled funds amounting to K244,929.00,” they charged. The UCZ general secretary explained that part of the reason for the audit was to mitigate loss of cash and assets in the church by recommending […]
