DRUG Enforcement Commission (DEC) Director General Mary Chirwa says offering criminals amnesty is not effective, adding that investigative wings just need to up their game in order to catch the offenders. Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director General Gilbert Phiri, on the other hand, argues that the Commission is not to blame for the lack of convictions. Speaking during the Zambia Anti-Corruption Conference, Thursday, Chirwa said she hasn’t seen any criminal come forward to admit wrongdoing in order to be granted amnesty from prosecution. “Just quickly on Amnesty, I know there was a passing statement from government, that those people [should come forward], but who would want to come and say I am a criminal? I haven’t seen anyone who has come...

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