FORMER Finance Minister in the MMD administration Katele Kalumba and three others have lost theirappeal in the Supreme Court against their five-year jail term in the matter they were convicted forcorruption involving US$20 million paid to two US-based companies Systems Innovation and WilbainIncorporation for security installations at some strategic government institutions including CabinetOffice.The others are former Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary Stella Chibanda and former directors ofthe defunct Access Financial Services Limited Faustin Kabwe and Aaron Chungu.Chief Justice Dr. Mumba Malila yesterday dismissed the quartet’s appeal against their conviction whichwas earlier upheld by the High Court in June 2013 after then Lusaka Magistrate Edward Musona hadjailed them in 2010.Dr. Justice Malila quashed the four convicts’ grounds of appeal for lacking merit.He also faulted former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lilian Siyunyi’s submissions to dischargeKalumba and his fellow convicts.He described Ms. Siyunyi’s submissions as strange.Dr. Justice Malila said the Supreme Court, as the highest court in […]
Katele, three others finally jailed
