THE Chipata Subordinate Court has convicted and sentenced Mervis Chongwe, a former Eastern Province Provincial Administration Office Orderly, to 12 months’ simple imprisonment for corrupt practices. In a statement, Thursday, Anti-Corruption Commission Head of Corporate Communications Timothy Moono said in December 2017, Chongwe corruptly obtained K900 from Kondwani Chunga, as an inducement to facilitate employment in the civil service. He explained that Chunga, in search of a job, had visited the Permanent Secretary’s office where he met Chongwe, who then proposed that she could help if Chunga could raise K5,000 for all the processes to be done. “The Chipata Subordinate Court has convicted and sentenced Mervis Chongwe, a former Eastern Province Provincial Administration Office Orderly, to 12 months’ simple imprisonment...