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Nchito has workload, says Nkole

Nchito has workload, says Nkole
Written by Ernest Chanda
Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:28:11 PM

Task Force on Corruption chairman Max Nkole has said prosecutor Mutembo Nchito has some workload to do at the institution. In an in terview in Lusaka on Thursday, Nkole however said he stood by Vice-President George Kunda’s statement that the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Attorney General were the right people to determine Nchito’s stay at the Task Force on Corruption.

“The Vice-President has already stated that the DPP [Director of Public Prosecutions] and the Attorney General will determine the fate of Mr Nchito. For now I totally agree with the Vice-President. All I can say is that Mr Nchito has some work load at the Task Force on Corruption but I still maintain that the DPP will determine on whether Mr Nchito should continue with us or not,” Nkole said.

Asked if Nchito’s stepping down from the Task Force would affect the work load that he has at the institution, Nkole refused to comment, saying he did not want to be misunderstood.

“I can’t comment on that because anything I say on Mr Nchito might be misunderstood by some corners. So I would rather stick to the Vice-President’s statement,” said Nkole.

And in a statement on Wednesday Nkole welcomed the new anti-corruption policy.

“Due to the numerous press queries seeking comment on the Task Force on Corruption on the recently announced national Anti Corruption Policy by His Honour the Vice-President, Honourable G Kunda SC, the Task Force on Corruption wishes to agree totally with the Vice-President and to congratulate the government on this wise decision. The Task Force on Corruption welcomes government’s decision that the new policy in line with the Anti Corruption Commission be strengthened and remain the lead institution in the fight against corruption,” Nkole stated.

“The Anti Corruption Commission has always been the mother body in the fight against corruption and should therefore continue to lead the fight. The Task Force on Corruption was created as a government project to supplement the work of existing law enforcement agencies including the Anti Corruption Commission in the fight against various forms of grand corruption that occurred between 1991 and 2001. It has a limited mandate whose fate the government has indicated it will decide. The Task Force on Corruption operates within the set parameters and policy directives of government and therefore remains totally supportive of government’s new anti corruption policy and strategies that are to be put in place,” stated Nkole.

Labels: GEORGE KUNDA, MUTEMBO NCHITO, TASK FORCE

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