Banker reveals Kambwili deposits

A BANKER yesterday told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that nine deposit transactions were made on Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili’s account.

This is in a case where Kambwili, his son Mwamba, Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) senior inspector Brano Musonda Lukwesa, revenue officer Mulenga Makasa Kapilima, and Mwamona Engineering Technical Services have been charged for allegedly making a false document, uttering a false document, obtaining pecuniary advantage, and 34 counts of being in possession of over K5, 000,000 suspected to be proceeds of crime. Before Principal Resident Magistrate Mwaka Mikalile was Mukuka Chibula, 32 a First National Bank (FNB), Premier Acacia branch administrator who told the Court that in 2016 he received information from the bank’s Risk and Compliance Department to the effect that Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) officers had visited the branch with a search warrant. Mr. Chibula said the ACC officers introduced themselves and stated that their purpose of visiting the bank was to investigate an account for verification and details. He said the account under investigation was ending with the figures 450 and belonged to Roan member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili. He said he checked the account in compliance with the search warrant and printed out a schedule which showed nine deposits into it from 2015. Mr. Chibula said he wanted to submit the said schedule as part of his evidence. But defence lawyer Keith Mweemba objected that a photocopy would not suffice to be submitted as part of evidence but an original copy was required. Magistrate Mikalile said the State knew what was supposed to be done which was to avail an original copy before court.