WHY CAN’T CORRUPT AND INEPT CABINET MINISTERS BE FIRED?
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema recently took the extraordinary step of firing the entire board of the country’s corruption-busting body, after they themselves were accused of corruption, which they denied.
It came days after the head of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Thom Shamakamba, resigned from his post. Both he and the country’s solicitor-general – Marshal Muchende – were accused of taking kickbacks. Both men strongly denied the allegations.
Since the UPND came to power three-years ago, the authorities have been investigating a number of officials from the ex-Patriotic Front government accused of graft.
WHY CAN’T CORRUPT AND INEPT CABINET MINISTERS BE FIRED?
