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Purchasing officer arrested for corruption

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The Anti-Corruption Commission in Chipata has arrested a Purchasing and Supplies Assistant at Petauke District Community Health for Corrupt practices involving K34, 000.

Patrick Ng’andu, aged 40 of Plot Number 47 A/B, Mapepe-Chilanga was arrested yesterday and charged with one (1) count of Corrupt Acquisition of Public Property and Revenue contrary to section 34 (2) (b) as read with section 41 of the Anti-Corruption Act No. 3 of 2012.

Details are that Ng’andu, on unknown dates but between 9th January and 19th April 2013 in Petauke, being a person employed at Petauke District Community Health Office as Purchasing and Supplies Assistant, willfully failed to comply with Zambian Public Procurement Guidelines and the Law relating to procurement when he facilitated payment of K34, 000 from public revenue to Sakalimbwe Construction for his own benefit knowing that the said Sakalimbwe Construction had not been awarded any contract to construct Nyanje A.R.T Clinic.

N’gandu has since been released on bond and will appear in court soon.

11 COMMENTS

    • WHAT IS HE GOING TO EAT IF DOESN’T INDULGE IN THOSE CORRUPT ACTIVITIES WITH THESE SALARIES WHICH ARE BEING PAID LATE…

    • ACC trying chasing tunchenga while the big fish is swimming in their stolen wealth.
      A copperbelt PS who stole ZMW1.6m meant for a motor grader is walking scot free. The ACC is aware of this but they can’t touch him.

  1. START WITH THE BIGGEST THIEF LUNGU. THIS IS GOOD. ALL CORRUPT CIVIL SERVANTS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE VISTED BY THE LAW. SANITY SHOULD COME BACK TO ZAMBIA.

  2. WHY PICKING ON THE SMALL FISH? SO FAR ONLY KAMBWILI HAS BEEN CAUGHT OUT. THERE ARE MANY MORE BIG FISH THAT NNEED TO BE VISITED BY ACC.

  3. Is a sacrificial lamb, ACC is outlived it’s usefulness. ACC wants to show the people that it has teeth to bite.
    Persuing K 34000. Let him pay back. Persue those dubious contracts which PF got from Roads Department. Kambwili has 176 houses built in 5 years.

  4. Chikwanda, ma “50pin, 50 pin, na tu ma 80pin”, all in U$D.
    These are the fleas that have sucked Zambia dry, BUT nothing will happen, as this was all sanctioned by the Chief Kabolala Chagwa, who tells the putrified Anti Corruption Commission who they should pursue, & who is to be left alone to enjoy the sick proceeds of Graft!

  5. 34,000 in Petauke. Very lazy and incompetent this anti corruption. Cases to do with politicians, ati we are still investigating. Zambia runs the most corrupt parliamentary elections all the time, no action from our so called ACC, it’s just the court who try to expose these things. Anti corruption ndwii as usual

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