FORMER Director of Public Prosecutions Mutembo Nchito State Counsel has urged prosecutors to take more interest in prosecuting corruption cases, observing that some senior officers shun such cases claiming to be busy while attending conferences. And Nchito has wondered why some dockets involving corruption in the road sector have never made it to court. Meanwhile, Nchito says he would have liked to have prosecuted tax fraud by multi-nationals because it is one of the biggest crimes committed against Zambia. Speaking during the inaugural national annual prosecutors’ conference in Livingstone, Tuesday, Nchito said there was need for prosecutors to have more interest in prosecuting corruption cases. “When cases come to a certain level, we need to up the game and make...

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