By CHUSA SICHONE –
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested former Information and Broadcasting Services minister Chishimba Kambwili’s son, Mwamba, on two counts of possessing property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime involving K630,000.
Mwamba, who arrived at Woodlands Police Station in the company of his father and lawyer Christopher Mundia Junior at around 09:30 hours, went into the interrogation room some 20 minutes later and was grilled for approximately two hours.
Mwamba was, however, released on police bond at about 14:50 hours on his own recognisance and two working sureties and is expected to appear in court on May 24, this year.
Mr Mundia, in an interview with journalists, attributed the prolonged period to secure bond to the arresting officer and the one granting bond giving different conditions.
Mr Kambwili described the arrest of his son as another ploy to politically persecute him allegedly being spearheaded by President Edgar Lungu and he pleaded with the Head of State to leave his family out of that fight.
“But I know that this is political persecution and trying to intimidate me, but I cannot be intimidated. The only thing I can appeal to (President) Lungu: leave my family out of this, let you (President) Lungu and me fight, but leave my children out of it because you’ve also got children. I am ready for you, but please leave my family out of this,” Mr Kambwili said.
ACC Public Relations manager Timothy Moono said in a statement that in count one, Mwamba on July 22, 2016 in Luanshya did have under his possession money amounting to K450,000 and later deposited in Mr Kambwili’s personal bank accounts No. 6251663445 domiciled at First National Bank (FNB) Zambia, property reasonably suspected of being proceeds of crime.
In the second count, Mwamba on August 24, 2016 in Luanshya did have under his possession money amounting to K180,000 and deposited in the same FNB account belonging to his father, the property reasonably suspected of being proceeds of crime.