Learn from Kabanshi, abuse of power has consequences – TIZ

TRANSPARENCY International-Zambia (TIZ) says the jailing of former Community Development and Social Services Minister Emerine Kabanshi should serve as a realisation that abuse of power has severe consequences. On Friday, the Lusaka Magistrate Court convicted and sentenced Kabanshi to two years simple imprisonment in a matter where she was facing charges of wilful failure to comply with the law relating to procurement. Reacting to the development in an interview, TIZ executive director Maurice Nyambe welcomed the two year sentence and described it as an example of how the judicial system is supposed to work. “The sentencing of Ms Kabanshi to 2 years simple imprisonment for disregarding procedures in relation to the social cash transfer programme is a welcome development. For…...