ACC Arrest Ministry of Community Development and ZANIS officials

By Gift Inambao The Anti-Corruption Commission — ACC has arrested and jointly charged Ministry of Community Development and Social Services Executive Officer VERONICA KABWE and Zambia News and Information Service — ZANIS Senior News Editor CHIMANGENI BANDA over properties reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime. In a statement issued to ZNBC News, ACC Head Corporate Communications JOSEPH MWENYA says the two are facing two counts of possession and concealment of properties reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime, involving two houses in Lusaka valued at 3.27 million Kwacha. MR. MWENYA says KABWE is also facing nine additional counts involving three motor vehicles valued at about one million Kwacha, as well as Government bonds amounting to 1.346 million Kwacha. He says the alleged offences were committed between January 2020 and December 2025. MR. MWENYA says the two suspects have since been released on bond and are expected to appear in court soon. He adds that the ACC will continue investigating and taking appropriate action against individuals suspected of engaging in corruption and concealing properties reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime.