LOCAL Government and Rural Development Minister Gift Sialubalo says public officers who have been named in the 2024 Auditor General’s Report on Local Authorities should exculpate themselves. Sialubalo adds that he will write to the Local Government Service Commission to take appropriate action against the cited council officers, stating that it should not be business as usual. The 2024 Audit Report on Local Authorities has revealed that a Kabwe Municipal Council Group Accountant misappropriated over K1.8 million by processing duplicate salary payments and other personal emoluments into his personal bank account. The report also revealed that Sinda Town Council paid K1.3 million for an unfinished bar and restaurant, which it engaged NY Engineers Art Limited to construct. In an interview,...
