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Judiciary Officer convicted to two months simple imprisonment for corruption

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The Lusaka Magistrates court has convicted a Judiciary Officer to two months simple imprisonment for two counts of corrupt practices involving K64 000.

In a statement to Pan African Radio news, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Acting Public Relations Manager Dorothy Mwanza says the Commission in 2014 arrested Winnie Mponda, 37, of plot number 266/60A Kudu Road, Kabulonga and charged her with one count of uttering a false document contrary to section 352 and 347 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia and one count of Obtaining pecuniary advantage by false pretenses contrary to section 309A of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.

Ms. Mwanza says count one, the particulars of the offense are that Winnie Mponda on dates unknown but between 1st January, 2012 and 30th June, 2012 being a public officer namely a Typist at the Judiciary uttered a false document namely a Grade 12 School Certificate, Shorthand Typewriting Certificate number BC5/985, National Registration Card number 656958/11/1 to the Judicial Service Commission purporting to show that the said documents were genuine when in fact not.

Ms. Mwanza states that count two, the Particulars of the offense are that Winnie Mponda on dates unknown but between 1st January 2012 and 31st January 2012, being a Public Officer namely a Typist at the Judiciary did dishonestly and with false pretenses purport to have a shorthand Typewriting Certificate in order to be employed as a typist at the Judiciary and was so employed and by virtue of which he received a total salary of K60, 133.04 before tax and settling in allowance of K4, 628.57 from Government.

“The Commission in 2014 arrested Winnie Mponda, 37, of plot number 266/60A Kudu Road, Kabulonga and charged her with one count of uttering a false document contrary to section 352 and 347 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia and one count of Obtaining pecuniary advantage by false pretenses contrary to section 309A of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia” Ms. Mwanza said

Magistrate Zulu in passing judgment said Ms. Winnie Mponda’s sentence for both counts would to run concurrently.

5 COMMENTS

  1. Why 2 months? Is the judge related to her for passibg that judgment.lets be serious about law breakers, shes supposed to be incaceratef for 3 years since She deprived others with genuine documents of that job.

  2. Because they did not have supporting evidence; and what has been presented on this media is one sided. It turns out that her boss wanted sexual favors, hence harassed her but she quit work…he vowed to get even and so he did by framing her with purported false documents.

  3. The courts are supposed to be independent and one wonders at some of the comments suggesting what they should have done on this and that.

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