THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says the country needs a law which will not only regulate political funding but also set a limit on how much funding a political party can receive. And Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) chapter president Sampa Kalungu says political parties usually grow “slow legs” when it comes to enacting a law that will regulate their financing. In an interview, ACC Director General Tom Shamakamba said political parties must also declare their source of funding in order to protect the country’s security. “On the issue of political funding, we need to put an Act in place which should regulate political funding and there must be a limit of how much funding must be. There must be declaration of...

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