ACTIONAID Zambia Country Director Faides Tembatemba says the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) should regularly update the public on the investigation and conclusion of high-profile cases. Tembatemba notes that the ACC has issued fewer public statements on high-profile cases under the current UPND government compared to the PF administration, which has led to speculation that the commission is less proactive. In an interview Tuesday, Tembatemba argued that to prevent public speculation, citizens needed to know the progress or outcome of investigations involving high-profile individuals like former foreign affairs minister Stanley Kakubo. “Maybe it’s because the cases are already in the courts, it’s cases like for [Nickson] Chilangwa, cases for Lusambo, but some of the cases, we would want to know about the...
