Faith’s amnesty a bad precedent, criminals will under declare loot – Chipimo

LUSAKA Lawyer Elias Chipimo says the amnesty from prosecution granted to Faith Musonda has set a bad precedent because plunderers will now only be forfeiting part of the looted assets and keep the rest, in a bid to go scot free. And Chipimo says politics in the previous regime were too toxic for progressive ideas. Last week, the State said it entered into an undertaking not to institute criminal proceedings against former ZNBC broadcaster Faith Musonda after she admitted wrongdoing and surrendered the K65 million, US$57,900 and a house in New Kasama, which properties were acquired through corrupt practices. But commenting on the development in an interview, Chipimo said it was a bad precedent. He argued that corruption cases should...