FORMER housing and infrastructure development minister Ronald Chitotela has wondered whether the ACC had a dream that he would procure a property in State Lodge, Chongwe. Chitotela told the Economic and Financial Crimes Court yesterday that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) started investigating him in 2017 before he could even procure the property in question. Chitotela had sued the Commission in the Lusaka High Court seeking a declaration that his State Lodge property which was seized by the commission was legally and genuinely acquired. Chitotela sued the commission, ACC acting director general Silumesi Muchula, and two investigative officers; Gift Tembo and Kopano Chilembo in the Lusaka High Court, constitutional jurisdiction. He is seeking a declaration that the property, which is stand...

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