The Southern African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Dispute (SACCORD) has applauded the Ant Corruption Commission (ACC) for its prudent work in exposing corrupt practices in the country.
Reacting to reports that ACC unearthed a scam where some officials at the Ministry of Health have allegedly misappropriated more than K10 billion of public resources meant for various programmes, SACCORD Executive Director, Lee Habasonda said the ACC was doing a commendable job.
Mr. Habasonda said the unearthing of the scandal has exposed the many lapses that exist in the monitoring of public resources in the country.
He said it was sad that some people who have been entrusted with public resources have been involved in what he termed ‘cruel acts’.
He said the ACC should deepen its investigations and extend to other ministries, noting that this was not the first time such scandals were happening in the Ministry of Health.
Mr. Habasonda said such scandals portrayed a bad picture of government and were likely to threaten the donor community’s good will of funding developmental projects, especially in the health sector.
He said there was therefore need for the government to quickly put up an inquiry in the ministry to prevent further loss of public money.
Mr. Habasonda has further urged Permanent Secretaries (PS) in all the ministries to be alert and prevent the rampant theft of public funds by putting in place effective mechanism.
He has since appealed to members of the public to assist the ACC and other security wings to expose and stop cases of theft in public institutions.
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CAN ACC MOVE SWIFTLY INTO FINANCIAL RECORDS IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. ALLOWANCES ARE NEVER PAID TO THE TEACHERS, BUT FIGURES ARE RELEASED ANNUALLY. RURAL TEACHERS ARE HARD HIT BECAUSE CORRUPT ACCOUNTANTS IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
Who moniters the ACC? No public body is immune from corruption and abuse of power , how do we know the ACC has clean hands.
Govt should monitor heads of ministries on the onset. Dont wait till they buy hummers and build lodges.
Lee habasonda and your saccord is it personal to holder or you go for elections.you have been long pakapuna ako we.just like bamayo ba emily sikazwe nabo women for change niyayabo.i think am also coming up with one NGO dog keepers association.to champion the rights of the dogs
Imwe kwaliba Executive Director 20 years same person. What is wrong this this puzzle? Abaiche when will they replace madala khasi? Lee Habasonda niya how so? I think ACC needs to visit your office man
WHATS ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF SACCORD?? I VE BEEN WONDERING IF HABASONDA IS A LIFE DIRECTOR THERE. LIFE MADE SIMPLE PA ZED…
Umukalamba Simon Kamwendo Miti, M.D., needs to visited naena. Aliduma sana money from the time he was PS ku ministry of health.
#5 Lee Habasonda is not an old madala he is young guy how do you know may be there is no suitable replacement
Lee Habasonde what does your NGO do and is it personal to holder or not. There are alot of scums going on in almost all GRZ departments. Same pipo attend workshops, other draw imprest for travels which they don’t undertake. Other get salary advances every week, others have millions of Kwacha in unretired imprests. It really difficult to understand how the hell the business is conducted in GRZ.
We will only be convienced after the case are successifully prosecuted. It could be just window dressing
ACC must investigate all civil servants who have built lodges if they want us to take them seriously.many civil servants have amassed wealth beyond their entitlements on retirement.
Lee Habasonda and Emely Sikazweh started the two organisations. They pull out, donors pull out too for they have confidence in both the integrity of the founders and instituions they create. Two years ago, Emely went for studies and Women for Change experienced a K2billion deficit.start your own my dear.
Iwe # 8 Lee is old naiwe have you seen his wave hair cut? He has had this same haircut since the eighties. And do the month if in the 80’2 his is in his late 20s then nishi iliko bad. Bottom line line is am not afterhow old he is but he has been ED for years abaiche aba pwisha isikulo pa Hone, CBU, UNZA Greenwish College LOL na kubi kuma college fimo-fimo need to start from somewhere-u feel me?
Ethel webo that is sad if donors just trust 2 people really that is retarded!! what if God forbid! they kicked the bucket? Are u telling me there are no other people? Donors have trust issues then but that is really sad maybe that is why Zambia is in the same spot-fear of unknown from donors. Thats really sad ati WFC almost collapsed when Emily went for training? WTF? what a shame! Nishi ma NGO ni personal to holder