MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary Professor Lackson Kasonka says his ministry is implementing stringent measures against the “dirty” system it found there. On Wednesday, President Hakainde Hichilema lamented that health is one of the sectors giving his administration some headaches because of corruption. And Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) hoped that the President’s revelations about corruption in the health sector would attract action from law enforcement agencies. In an interview, Prof Kasonka assured that his ministry was already implementing measures against corruption. “We are putting measures against those vices. We are verifying, for example, there are a lot of claims coming for payment and we are verifying before any recommendation for payment can be made if truly commodities were supplied or...