INFRASTRUCTURE Housing and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi says the fight against corruption in Zambia is yielding results as evidenced in the improvement of the country’s score on the 2023 Corruption Perception Index. But PF faction secretary general Raphael Nakacinda has questioned the CPI report, saying the UPND administration is using the fight against corruption to settle scores. According to the latest CPI report released by TI-Z, Zambia has for the first time in 10 years improved its score, progressing from 33/100 in 2022 to 37/100 in 2023, subsequently improving the country’s rank by 18 places from 116/180 countries in 2022 to 98/100 countries in 2023. Commenting on this in an interview, Wednesday, Milupi expressed optimism that the fight against...

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