By LUCY PHIRITHE Lusaka Magistrate Court has told the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to withdraw the case in which former Minister of Home Affairs Steven Kampyongo and his wife are charged with possession of property worth over K29 million suspected to be proceeds of crime if they are not ready.This was after the state made an application to adjourn the matter to prepare the witnesses.In this matter, Kampyongo, 50, of House No. 31 Kudu Road, Kabulonga in Lusaka and his wife Wanziya Chirwa, 42, a civil servant working as a Chief Planner at the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Arts are facing 11 counts of being in possession of properties suspected to be proceeds of crime contrary to section 71 (i) of the Forfeiture of Proceeds of Crime Act No. 19 of 2010.When the matter came up for commencement of trial yesterday before magistrate Silvia Munyinya, the state made an application to amend the indictment especially […]
Withdraw Kampyongo case if not ready, state told
