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The Livingstone Magistrate Court has convicted former Livingstone Mayor Milford Maambo, former Livingstone acting Town Clerk Chabala Chanda and former councillor Ziwa Ziwa, for corrupt practices and sentenced them to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour.

Mr. Maambo, Mr. Chanda and Mr Ziwa were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), in 2018 and charged with 26 counts of corrupt practices.

The offences include offering of plots to land surveyors as inducement for demarcating land and corrupt acquisition of public property which they later sold.

In a statement released to the media, ACC Public Relations Manager Timothy Moono said the trio was also charged with abuse of authority of office, in the manner they issued offer letters for illegally obtained land and failure to follow laid down procedure.

Mr. Moono said the offences were committed in 2014 when the trio was still in office.

Livingstone Senior Resident Magistrate Idah Mupemo convicted the trio on Tuesday, and sentenced them to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour, with effect from March 16, this year.

The sentences in all counts will run concurrently.

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9 COMMENTS

tikki March 17, 2021 At 1:21 pm

GREAT NEWS NOW LETS MOVE ALONG THE LINE OF RAIL HEADING NORTH
JUST A SUGGESTION BUILD MORE PRISONS

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Eye of an Eagle March 17, 2021 At 2:24 pm

Tikki, you are spot on! Other courts are not convicting similar or even worse crimes northwards…
Kaizar Zulu March 17, 2021 At 2:29 pm

Welcome this sentence. Twalumba

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PITT March 17, 2021 At 2:29 pm

18 months is not enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In some other countries,corruption is equal to death penalty!

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Bamwine March 17, 2021 At 2:52 pm

Next is Kaizer kkkkkkk

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Geoffrey Madaliso Nkhoma March 17, 2021 At 3:27 pm

Come to the line of rail,you will convict many and remainders.

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DBululu March 17, 2021 At 5:47 pm

Corruption is not considered a serious crime in Zambia. If they way !Gay they would go in for way much longer. At least 5 yaesr for people who corruptly alocated land. 18 months is a slap on the hand esp that they are likely to be out at 9 months or even less.

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Tikki March 17, 2021 At 6:55 pm

INSTEAD OF MOANING A COUPLE OF NATIONAL DEBATES WILL BRING OUT A CLEAR WINNING
SPREAD THE WORD FAR AND WIDE !!
LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE ITS OUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHT
Kaizar Zulu March 17, 2021 At 9:55 pm

Bamwine you will be very disappointed in your life if you live it by wishing bad to other people. I am a blessed man. Some of your wlves even contact me

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