THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has heard that former president Edgar Lungu’s economic advisor Hibeene Mwiinga earned over US$1,000,000 from 2006 to 2010 while he was employed at the Africa Development Bank (ADB). This is in a matter in which Mwiinga, his wife Mercy Musanje, and their son, Hakaantu are facing 72 corruption-related charges. The trio is jointly charged with Hichikay Farm Limited. The Anti-Corruption Commission arrested the accused for possession of property valued at over K41 million and cash amounting to over US $238,900. The commission stated that a total of 54 properties had been linked to Mwiinga, his wife, and son, reasonably suspected to have been acquired through proceeds of crime between 2015 and 2021. When the matter came...