FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila says the Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday questioned him on US$150,000 which was transferred to the former ruling party’s account from First Quantum Minerals between 2019 and 2021, a deal which was brokered by late Alexander Chikwanda. But FQM Government Relations Specialist Dr Godwin Beene says the mining firm does not fund any political party, adding that Mwila will be made to prove which accounts that money came from. In an interview, Mwila said the money was mobilised by then PF national treasurer, Chikwanda, who had an agreement with the well wisher and it was sent in three instalments. “They were asking me about the source of funding for the party. Last time I was being...

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