Ex-minister arrested

Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:29:58 +0000

By SANDRA MACHIMA

 FORMER North-Western Province Minister Dawson Kafwaya has been arrested for abuse of office involving K30, 000.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) public relations manager Timothy Moono said Mr Kafwaya had been charged with one count of obtaining goods by false pretenses and one count of altering of a false document contrary to sections 309 and 352 of Chapter 87 of   the laws of Zambia.

Mr Moono said in the first count,  it was alleged that Mr Kafwaya between January 1, 2015 and July, 31 2015 in Solwezi, being a public officer as Provincial Minister   of   North-Western   Province,   jointly   and   while  acting   together   with   other persons unknown, did by false pretenses obtain 6000 building blocks worth K30,000 from Mei Mei Co. Ltd by purporting that they were to be used as a donation for the construction of a classroom block for Mutanda High School when, in fact, the blocks were diverted, and believed to have been  used to construct his house in Solwezi.

In the second count, it was alleged that Mr Kafwaya between January 1 2015 and July 31, 2015 at Solwezi, being a   public officer as   Provincial   Minister   of   North-Western Province, jointly and while acting together with other persons unknown, did alter a false document with a receipt no 6 and uttered it to the Anti-Corruption Commission purporting that the receipt originated from the institution that was alleged to have issued it when, in fact, not.

Mr Moono said Mr Kafwaya had since been released on police bond and will appear in the Solwezi Subordinate court soon.