THE Parliamentary Public Accounts (PAC) Committee yesterday had a tough time admitting submissions from former minister of youth, sport and child development Emmanuel Mulenga after he denied any involvement in the procurement of 50 fuel tankers at a cost of US$7,946,000 from Kinglong Motors Limited. Meanwhile, Mulenga says Ministry of Youth, Sports and Arts former Director of Youths Tiza Nkumbula misled the committee last year when she accused him of not listening to technocrats’ advice before embarking on failed youth empowerment projects. In March, PAC heard that Mulenga was summoned by State House to explain why the donation made by then President, Edgar Lungu, on August 15, 2020 to empower four youth groups with fuel tankers had not materialised. But...

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