ACC ready for commemoration

Everything is set for the commemoration of the International Anti-Corruption Day which falls tomorrow with activities lined up for the event.

Anti-Corruption Commission Public relations Manager Wezzy Chomba told ZANIS in Lusaka that preparations for the national commemoration have been concluded.

Mr. Chomba disclosed that the event is expected to be graced by the republican Vice President George Kunda at Mulungushi International Conference Center.

He said the event is also expected to be attended by High commissioners accredited to Zambia and the African Parliamentary Network on Corruption who he said will deliver a speech through its chairperson Given Lubinda.

Mr. Chomba said the commission has done a lot of sensitizations in communities and schools and has managed to constitute a national steering committee which he said is being chaired by the secretary to the cabinet Joshua Kanganja.

He said members of this committee have been trained to help handle matters related to corruption and how it could best be prevented.

He said the commission is also doing its best to prosecute people involved in the scourge although he could not disclose the number of cases still in the courts of law.

Mr. Chomba also disclosed that the commission has discussed with the ministry of education which he said is considering including corruption in the school curriculum so that pupils are taught on the evils of corruption.

Zambia tomorrow will join the international Community in commemorating this day which falls every year on December 9. It was declared by the United Nations Assembly on October 31, 2003.

ZANIS