Dear Editor,ON Wednesday, January 12, 2022, we were greeted by a newspaper banner headline alleging that the Anti-Corruption Commission was pursuing former Lusaka Province Minister, Bowman Lusambo and investigating him for the ownership of 49 or more properties in Lusaka and elsewhere.Of course this was a lie designed to excite maximum public outrage against Mr Lusambo and officials of the previous government.Later, ACC spokesperson Queen Chibwe, issued a statement and stated that Mr. Lusambo was being investigated and charged for six and not 49 properties reasonably suspected of being proceeds of crime.The previous day, Mr Lusambo was fighting another manufactured lie that peddled a narrative that the paternity dispute debate he has been engaged in with Ms Mercy Matongo Cowham was settled as the court-ordered DNA results were out and he was allegedly proven to be the father.This false story quickly gained currency and traction as credible online pages and social-media influencers carried the story.Of […]
PROPAGANDA, ILLEGALITIES, THE POISON IN THE CHALICE AGAINST THE FIGHT ON CORRUPTION
