IN yesterday’s editorial, we reminded the country about the long record of service that Dr Ron Mwambwa has rendered to the Office of the Auditor General and, by extension, to the fight for accountability in the management of public resources. Today, our point is simple: the manner of his exit should not be allowed to erase that record, damage his reputation or dent the image of the institution he served. The Constitutional Court has pronounced itself. Dr Mwambwa was above the constitutional retirement age of 60 when he was appointed and, for that reason, he was not eligible to occupy the office of Auditor General, whether substantively or in an acting capacity. That is now the law as declared by...