The Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested former Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda for obstruction and using insulting Language, contrary to the Laws of Zambia.
The Commission has arrested Chanda, aged 49, of House No. 67, Elm Road in Woodlands together with his wife, Mable Nakaundi Chanda aged 48 and his Sister-in-law Ruth Nakaundi aged 37.
The Commission’s spokesperson Queen Chibwe has confirmed in a statement to ZANIS adding that Chanda has been charged with one Count of Using Insulting Language contrary to Section 179 of Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia, and one count of obstruction contrary to section 63 (c) of the Anti-Corruption Act No. 3 of 2012.
“ Mrs Chanda and Ms Nakaundi are jointly charged with one count of using Insulting Language and one Count of Obstruction, “ she said.
Details in the first Count are that Chanda on 27 th October 2021, in Lusaka District did use insulting language on three ACC Officers as they were executing their duties, a conduct was likely to give provocation to the named Officers so as to cause them to break the peace or commit an offence.
In the Second Count, Mrs Chanda and Ms Nakaundi, on 27th October 2021, in Lusaka District, whilst acting together did use insulting language repeatedly on named officers of the Commission, a conduct likely to give provocation to the officers so as to cause them to break the peace or commit an offence.
“Details in the third Count are that the trio, on the same date did obstruct and delay officers of the Anti-Corruption Commission in lawful exercise of their duty to search House No. 67, Elm road, Woodlands in Lusaka, when they stated that the keys to the bedrooms were with another person purported to have travelled out of town when in fact not,” says the ACC spokesperson.
The Spokesperson disclosed that the three accused have since been released on bond and will appear in Court soon.
She warned suspects who are in the habit of obstructing law enforcement officers during the execution of their duties that doing so is a criminal offence.
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Mrs Chibwe said the Commission will not hesitate to use the law and bring such individuals to book.
The same charges PF brought to bare on the UPND….revenge of the winner. Africa twasebana. Titfortut is never good governance and development.
Though Amos was an arrogant twit ..he had every right to show his disapproval when he was not let into his on property and ACC officers were deliberately failing to identify themselves according to the clip I watched on social media. Chanda and his relatives are lucky it is not in PF regime they would have been locked up until next week.
Yawn diverting attention now UPND is realizing that the budget is just beans expect more of these arrests…..
Are they the Anti Corruption Commission or the Anti-Immoral Commission? The Anti-Corruption Commission cant be wasting time arresting insulters. Is it a case of because we havent got any evidence of corruption we will arrest for anything we find is against the law? Mwamona ba Amos twalemyeba ati when you arent in power these things you do like insulting Kambwili will visit you.
A lot of things are said in heated moments. Do they justify arrest, I don’t think so. This sounds like harassment by those who feel beyond reproach. I think it’s wrong to deliberately antagonise people and when they refuse to be intimidated, you look for a law to punish them. The law should be applied for real crimes. Get the real criminals going about unpunished. Let this family go home!
#plant a tree now!
The new dictatorship party is at it again. Amos is a good man because had that been me, I would have beaten all of the acc officers and sent them on their way with bruises. I don’t have patience for f00Is
The new dlctatorship party is at it again. Amos is a good man because had that been me, I would have beaten all of the acc officers and sent them on their way with bruises. I don’t have patience for f00Is
Unbelievable! They can’t find evidence of corruption and now they go round arresting people for “insulting” (whatever that means). I thought this regime would be much better than the previous ones. Ain’t nothing changed.
These are the incompetent lot that HH and UPND hope to use to fight corruption… everyone needed to be fired and sent to training and then asked to reapply for their jobs. Merely changing their heads won’t bring any meaningful change.
And why is UPND and HH still hanging on to Public Order Act? This is why… they want to continue making insulting a criminal offence. Shythole country!
Me I would have borrowed Kaizer Zulu’s black belt to beat the hell out of hh’s armpit ACC. Insulting them wasn’t enough.
These are the same chaps who stealing citizen’s money in the name of conducting searches. This is really a security issue. Hh’s ACC is chipa.nte pa.nte.
I would also delay these drunks called ACC under hh and his cousin silumesi. They look like gangsters. What a gang of losers.
How is the case for insulting related to Anti-Corruption? I would understand obstruction, but that is very minor. That is NOT what the Zambia people are expecting. This case will only embarass HH and UPND, and will be easily misused by ba PF, that ACC is after PF.
It’s difficult to accept this behaviour by ACC.
That same vengeful PF harassed and brought false charges against Rupiah Bwezani Banda after he left office.
Getting closer to Edgar China Lungu every time. Next one is that stup!d KZ, and then the real thing. Edgar we’re coming!
Just lock him up
These agencies don’t know what they are employed for. Barely two months in office they already embarrassing the new goverment. Wait for litigations for false imprisonment.
Insulting language futi? Can we move away from defining what an insult is? It is too fuzzy and subject to abuse mwa wantu. Uyo Chagwa nanzake overused the insult parody until it spun out of control. We urgently need to remove those useless laws now. Musiyeni uyo Chanda until court day … kabili you have found your evidence. Let order and civility reign bane.
The ACC lost the fight against corruption when they freed Faith Musonda using Section 80 of the Anti-Corruption Act No. 3 of 2012. Just disband ACC and let’s move on. Other Law enforcement agencies should be trained and empowered to take over from the clowns at ACC.
This is now just persecution to please the current government. ACC should concentrate on investigating him for perceived corruption and let the Zambia police deal with civil matters such as insults. The officers in involved or concerned from ACC, have no jurisdiction when it comes to civil matters like this one of insults.
Amos Chanda thinks he still yields the same authority he had under the ruthless and lawless Edgar Lungu regime. This is a new dawn administration, no nonsense
$15 I hope you will assist the arresting officer when he’s fined for wrong detention. Under our law everyone is entitled to know what he’s being arrested for. Just wait.
Useless ACC.We told you that this govt has no solutions for the country. See now how they now firing people from other provinces(northern and eastern regions) and leaving people from their provinces despite their people being labeled corrupt.99% of directors from southern provinces in govt institutions have been left out but 100% of dissolved Boards, directors are gone who come from northern regions. Kambwili was right.
What i know is that these chaps supported PF and stole money came from the same province but they have changed camps niwako niwako.Zambia will never delevep with such leaders.
Use-le—-ss ACC.We told you that this govt has no solutions for the country. See now how they now firing people from other provinces(northern and eastern regions) and leaving people from their provinces despite their people being labeled corrupt.99% of directors from southern provinces in govt institutions have been left out but 100% of dissolved Boards, directors are gone who come from northern regions. Kambwili was right.
What i know is that these chaps supported PF and stole money came from the same province but they have changed camps niwako niwako.Zambia will never delevep with such leaders.
us—–le—sss ACC.We told you that this govt has no solutions for the country. See now how they now firing people from other provinces(northern and eastern regions) and leaving people from their provinces despite their people being labeled corrupt.99% of directors from southern provinces in govt institutions have been left out but 100% of dissolved Boards, directors are gone who come from northern regions. Kambwili was right.
What i know is that these chaps supported PF and stole money came from the same province but they have changed camps niwako niwako.Zambia will never delevep with such leaders.
ACC-that is a u-s-le-ssss institution
ACC-that is a u-s-le-ssss institution.These chaps no nothing
#18 Moscow(op)
“…100% of dissolved Boards, directors are gone who come from northern regions. Kambwili was right….”
You are not even embarrassed to admitt the blatant tribalism by PF……?
Lock them on Friday and throw the keys till Monday.let them feel
The warmth of the cells.
It’s a good thing they have built a new wing in Lusaka Central Prison – all those PF criminals can be locked up together. With a special dungeon for Edgar China Lungu, and a doghouse for KZ!
Why is chanda so cheeky ?
He showed very disrespectful behaviour towards law enforcement………
Chanda thinks he is still untouchable ……..
Chanda is trying to paint ACC as corrupt to deflect attention away from him self………
It won’t work………
If you are innocent chanda , and have nothing to hide, why all the tantrums ????
Be patient and let law enforcement prove you are innocent… ……….
We are waiting for the real charges. ACC, please stop insulting us and obstructing cases through bungled investigations.
LT continue with your moderation. I
Don’t you remember how this boy insulted that moribund Kambwili, when it comes to derogatory language he has a very rich vocabulary, I respect him in that area, he should have even represented Zambia at the Olympics at some point
Amos is a medalist when it comes to arrogance. He is a good guy only that he is seriously equipped with huge bad words. Ask Kambwili
It’s a load of rubbish! We want Amos Chanda arrested on charges that will point to the outcome of their haphazard inspections. Those ACC officers behaved like idyots, did they expect anybody to call them inde bwana mkubwa when they conducted t5hemselves like brainless lunatics? The ACC and DEC have failed, the earlier we dissolve them the better. Are these the people we expect to fight white collar crime? Jesus wept
Ba ACC, they confused themselves when prosecuting Chilufya after their officer got a bribe. It has never happened anywhere in the world that an investigating officer sides with the arrested accused. I’m sure they went looking for a bribe and instead found Arrogant Amos and he is too broke for that. Like the Scorpions in SA the ACC should be disbanded.
That Chanda, his wife and sister-in-law were arrested and charged for insulting ACC officers is shifting course of investigation. The real reason for the arrest points to Chanda’s accusation, that ACC officers are corrupt. Law enforcement offficers must be trained to expect some level of arrogance when conducting searches or when making arrests. Chanda’s insults could have been overlooked while the officers maintain grip on the investigation because reacting to Chanda’s insults sets a very clear baseline should officers be the ones on the dishing end. Law enforcement officers insult and assault ordinary Zambian’s everyday, the question is how many arrests have been made for such violence perpetrated against some innocent people hmmm?
That Chanda, his wife and sister-inlaw were arrested and charged for insulting ACC officers is shifting course of investigation. The real reason for the arrest points to Chanda’s accusation, that ACC officers are corrupt. Law enforcement offficers must be trained to expect some level of arrogance when conducting searches or when making arrests. Chanda’s insults could have been overlooked while the officers maintain grip on the investigation because reacting to Chanda’s insults sets a very clear baseline should officers be the ones on the dishing end. Law enforcement officers insult and assault ordinary Zambian’s everyday, the question is how many arrests have been made for such violence perpetrated against some innocent people hmmm?
Let’s avoid arguing with the penal code. Obstruction of justice on this case will save as a lesson for the next target, KZ and many more.
Otherwise, this is still a non issue.
We want to see the fire tenders and other economic plunder cases.things that have value to citizens.