TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TIZ) says the Law Association of Zambia should suspend the practicing license for Lawyer Mutemwa Mutemwa SC, for suspected professional misconduct, pending full investigations into the matter where he is alleged to have stolen US$800,000. And TIZ has called on investigative wings to be extra vigilant as there is a possibility of huge sums of money stored in people’s houses. On Monday, Police in Lusaka disclosed that they were investigating a case in which Mutemwa and a police officer were allegedly on the run after stealing US$800,000 (about K14 million) which was entrusted to the lawyer by a client while police conducted a search. Commenting on the matter, TIZ executive director Maurice Nyambe hoped that the two...

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