PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has sworn in new office bearers at the Anti-Corruption Commission. Lusaka lawyer Gilbert Phiri takes the mantle to lead directors and investigators at management level while former Attorney General Musa Mwenye State Counsel will preside as board chairman for the commission. This is the first time in many years that the Anti-Corruption Commission has both a substantive Director General and Board Chairman. It would appear that the previous administration did not see the importance of putting substantive people in these positions. At the moment, public confidence around the fight against corruption is very low. Many Zambians don’t think that the Anti-Corruption Commission has teeth to bite. This is because in the past the Commission has targeted the...

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