By LUCY PHIRI A STATE witness has told the Lusaka Magistrate Court that he also failed to follow procedure as a custodian of the law in a case former Defence Permanent Secretary, Stardy Mwale is charged with wilful failure to comply with the law, applicable procedure or guidelines. The matter is in relation to the failure to comply with the law, relating to the procurement of the Gulfstream G650 Presidential jet. Mr. Charles Lungu, a former director of procurement at the Ministry of Defence, told Chief Resident Magistrate, Davies Chibwili that he was among the six accused persons in the matter. Mr Lungu was testifying in a matter in which Mwale and five others pleaded not guilty to four counts of wilful failure to comply with the law, applicable procedure or guidelines, relating to the procurement of the Gulfstream G650 Presidential jet. Mwale is jointly charged with Isabel Wilima Chinji, Brigadier General Michael Obister Mbewe, […]
Witness confesses failing to follow procedure in Stardy Mwale case
