FORMER health minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya’s lawyer Tutwa Ngulube says his client will be vindicated, describing his arrest as a witch-hunt. And Ngulube, who also represents Honeybee, says the institution will drag government back to the High Court for failing to pay for the drugs it supplied. Yesterday, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested Chilufya, former health permanent secretary Mulalelo Kakulubelwa and three Honeybee directors for corruption involving US$17,958,150.00. In a statement, Wednesday, ACC chief corporate affairs officer Timothy Moono said the five were arrested and charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the State, contrary to Section 313 of the Penal Code, Cap 87 of the Laws of Zambia. “The Anti- Corruption Commission has arrested former Minister of...

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