Board of anti-graft body fired

President Hakinde Hichilema has fired the entire board of Zambia's corruption-busting body, after they themselves were accused of graft. It comes days after the head of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Thom Shamakamba, resigned from his post. Both he and Solicitor-General Marshal Muchende were accused of taking kickbacks. Both men strongly deny the allegations. BBC News reports that ACC officials have been allegedly taking payments from politicians targeted by the probe in exchange for amnesty. The whistle-blower is O’Brien Kaaba who was once a board member of the ACC. He said the same ‘immunity deals’ under the former governing party, the Patriotic Front, were now being ‘used under the current government in a manner that shows no commitment to fighting corruption’. Kaaba has been sued by Muchende for defamation.

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