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Kunda denies being probed over K814bn

Kunda denies being probed over K814bn
By Mwala Kalaluka
Tue 24 Jan. 2012, 12:59 CAT

FORMER Republican vice-president George Kunda says he has never been investigated or questioned over the alleged K814 billion excess expenditure by the MMD government in 2010.

Reacting to a story published in yesterday's Post that he had been quizzed over the K814 billion excess expenditure highlighted in the latest Auditor General's report, Kunda said in a letter to The Post that his appearance at the former Task Force offices had nothing to do with the above issue.

"I have seen your article entitled ‘Cops Probe Kunda over K814 bn'," Kunda stated. "The article further alleges that a combined investigative team composed of officers from the

Drug Enforcement Commission, Anti Corruption Commission and Zambia Police summoned me to explain the MMD's K814 billion which went missing."

Kunda stated that the said article further alleges that he was being investigated over the MMD government's K814 billion extravagant expenditure.

"These allegations are not true. I have never been investigated nor questioned over the alleged K814 billion and I am not aware of any such investigation," Kunda stated. "In this regard my appearance at the former Task Force Offices had nothing to do with the alleged missing K814 billion."

Sources within the combined investigative team said on Sunday that Kunda had been quizzed over the K814 billion excess expenditure when he appeared before the probe team on Wednesday and Thursday last week.

When asked to explain the nature of the interrogation and summoning before the government investigators, Kunda said: "No, nothing, we were just discussing matters of national interest."

Labels: CORRUPTION, GEORGE KUNDA

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