Anti Corruption
Zambian coverage mentioning anti corruption, gathered from every newsroom we follow.
29 stories
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Crime & Courts
Zambia’s anti-corruption body investigates bribery allegations at border posts
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an interest in allegations of solicitation and payment of bribes at two Zambian border posts following a video circulating on social media. The video features a frequent cross-border traveller who alleges the payment of facilitation fees at Chirundu and…
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Crime & Courts
Anti-corruption agency nabs Shiwang’andu health official over K50,000 conflict of interest
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in Chinsali has arrested and charged a planner at the Shiwang’andu District Health Office for alleged corrupt practices involving K50,000. Nicodemus Kalasani, 46, of Teleni Village in Shiwang’andu District, faces one count of Conflict of Interest contrary to Section 19 (3)…
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Politics
Transparency International Zambia calls for stronger anti-corruption pus
Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) says the fight against corruption appears to have lost prominence in the UPND’s second-term agenda despite President Hakainde Hichilema’s pledge to intensify the campaign against the vice. In a statement issued on Friday, TI-Z Executive Director, Maurice Nyambe, said the President’s…
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Crime & Courts
ACC arrest Chama district education official over K2.5 million school feeding corruption
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested and charged Chama District Education Board Secretary (DEBS), Titus Mbewe, with corruption-related offences involving more than K2 million in school feeding programme contracts. Mbewe, 56, of Chama District, is facing three counts of corruption-related offences. ACC Head of Corporate…
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Crime & Courts
Anti-graft agency arrests two for allegedly demanding bribe from farmer
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested and jointly charged two Food Reserve Agency (FRA) officers for allegedly soliciting and receiving a K2,500 bribe from a farmer in Chibombo District. The officers are Hapenga Beene, 27, of Keembe, Chibombo District, and Inonge Mwaiba, 26, of Kawama…
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Crime & Courts
Anti-graft agency arrests ex-Education Ministry official, Tukombe, in $401 million scandal
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested and charged a former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and a former Head of Procurement and Supply for alleged corrupt practices. ACC Head of Corporate Communications, Joseph Mwenya, said the case involved wilful failure to comply with…
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Crime & Courts
ACC Proposes Criminal Assets Management Agency
The Anti-Corruption Commission –ACC- has proposed the establishment of a specialised Criminal...
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Crime & Courts
ACC Consults Stakeholders on Criminal Asset Management Bill
The Anti-Corruption Commission –ACC- says there has been a gap in the...
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Crime & Courts
ACC Arrest Ministry of Community Development and ZANIS officials
The Anti-Corruption Commission — ACC has arrested and jointly charged Ministry of...
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Crime & Courts
Former Sct Accountant Arrested over K44.6 Million
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested former Ministry of Community Development and Social Services Project...
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Crime & Courts
ACC Arrests Man over K5,000 Wildlife Bribe
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested and charged a 25 year old taxi driver, Bobby...
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Crime & Courts
ACC Consults Stakeholders on Criminal Asset Management Bill
The Anti-Corruption Commission has commenced a two-day stakeholders’ consultative workshop on the Draft Criminal Asset...
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Crime & Courts
Former Education PS, Procurement Head Charged over Us$401m Deal
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested and charged a former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry...
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Crime & Courts
ACC probes border bribe, facilitation fee scams
Zambia’s Anti-Corruption Commission has launched investigations into alleged bribery and demands for facilitation fees at Chirundu and Livingstone border posts.
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Crime & Courts
Former Sct Accountant Arrested over K44.6 Million
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested former Ministry of Community Development and Social Services Project Accountant Casious Mweetwa for alleged corruption involving K44.6 million meant for the Social Cash Transfer Programme. Mr Mweetwa, 47, has been charged with eight counts of conspiracy to defraud the…
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Crime & Courts
Zambia moves to establish agency to manage recovered criminal assets
Zambia is moving to establish a specialised Criminal Assets Management Agency to professionally manage assets recovered from corruption and economic crimes, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) said. The proposal is contained in the Draft Criminal Asset Management Bill, which is currently undergoing stakeholder consultation led by…
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Politics
Kambwili’s big mouth lands Mundubile in ACC trouble
THE Anti-Corruption Commission has warned and cautioned Mporokoso lawmaker Brian Mundubile over road contracts worth K1.5 billion, nearly 90 days after his presidential opponent Chishimba
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Crime & Courts
ACC arrests teacher for getting bribe to recruit teacher
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has warned against paying bribes for employment after nabbing a secondary school teacher for soliciting K90,000 to hook up a victim’s
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Crime & Courts
Solwezi council officer charged over K103, 600
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested and charged a Solwezi Municipal Council Chief Human Resource Officer with alleged false accounting involving K103, 600. In a statement issued on Sunday, ACC Head of Corporate Communications Joseph, Mwenya, Golden Matimba, 43, had been charged with False Accounting…
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Business
ACC Consults Stakeholders on Criminal Asset Management Bill
The Anti-Corruption Commission has commenced a two-day stakeholders’ consultative workshop on the Draft Criminal Asset Management Bill in Lusaka. The workshop is aimed at gathering views from key stakeholders on the proposed legislation, which seeks to strengthen the management of assets seized, confiscated and forfeited…
