THE Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested a former Army Secretary at Ministry of Defence for corrupt practices involving US$ 400 million in relation to the procurement of the Gulfstream G650 Presidential Jet. In a statement, Monday, ACC head of corporate communications Timothy Moono stated that Evaristo Sakala, as a member of the Ministerial Procurement Committee for the Ministry, failed to comply with the applicable law and procedure in the manner he approved the award of the tender relating to the procurement of the jet. “The Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested Evaristo Sakala a former Army Secretary at Ministry of Defence for corrupt practices involving US$ 400 million in relation to the procurement of the Gulfstream G650 Presidential Jet. Sakala 53, of Plot...

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