DEC, ACC arrest former ZAMPOST bosses for diverting over K300m social cash transfer

THE Drug Enforcement Commission and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) have arrested former PostMaster General Macpherson Chanda and two directors for corrupt practices involving over K300,000,000. According to a joint statement issued by DEC Public Relations Officer Mathias Kamanga and ACC spokesperson Queen Chibwe, Thursday, the trio, in their capacities as Postmaster General, Director of Finance and Director of Operations, respectively, were said to have unlawfully diverted social cash transfer funds amounting to K335,108,834.00 without lawful authority. But Chanda has denied the same, saying at no point did he divert social cash transfer funds. Kamanga and Chibwe stated that the three have since been released on bond and would appear in court soon. “A joint investigations team involving the Drug Enforcement…...