THE arrest of Auditor General Dick Sichembe makes sad reading. According to the Anti-Corruption Commission, Dr Sichembe has been arrested and charged for various offenses including corruption, obtaining goods by false pretenses, conspiring to defraud the government and theft by servant. We are told that Dr Sichembe committed these alleged crimes from the time he served the country as Accountant General under the Ministry of Finance up to his current position. Timothy MOONO: “The Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested and charged Auditor General Dr Dick Sichembe for corrupt practices involving over K1 million. Dr Sichembe has been charged with one count of obtaining goods by false pretences, one count of conspiracy to defraud the government of the Republic of Zambia, one...

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