The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has dispelled social media reports alleging that it has sent officers to South Africa in an effort to seize properties there suspected to be linked to former Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo.
The commission however states that possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime case worth $378,000 against Mr. Lusambo and his wife Nancy, for which the duo were recently arrested by the commission, is before the fast track court and is coming up on 17th May 2022 while there are other charges for which the commission is currently seeking to bring Mr. Lusambo for further questioning.
And the commission has disclosed that it received a total of 306 reports of suspected corruption during the 1st quarter of
2022, out of which 132 were authorized for investigations resulting in 11 arrests countrywide and 4 court cases concluded resulting in 2 convictions and 6 cases pending judgment.
During a media briefing in Lusaka this morning, ACC Spokesperson Queen Chibwe said cases before the fast track court include the K37 million worth “48” houses involving a senior accountant at the ministry of finance Mr. Loyana and his wife, an assistant accountant at the ministry of works and supply, possession of property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime amounting to more than US$539,000 against patriotic front acting president given Lubinda, the honeybee case involving Zambia medicines regulatory authority director general Bernice Mwale and principal regulatory officer Brian Kabika and four other high profile cases.
That was just some humor to cheer up our gloomy situation. Even at a funerals people crack jokes.
LT peddler of fake news spiced with lies. As it says ‘lies have short legs’
Bad journalism in Zambia. No one verifies anything. Any drunk or mad person can mummer anything & it gets captured as headlinre news by LT or Zambia Observer.
The editors for both these publications are clowns who both need to be in the circus & not news rooms. No second source on stories, no investigations
LT is inviting sanctions against itself by allowing such blatant lies to be published. I was one of the first to reject the story by saying that I didn’t believe that ACC officers were this stupid.