48 HOUSES ARRESTS LOOM - ACC
INVESTIGATIONS into the mysterious 48 (51) houses in Chalala have been completed and arrests are to be effected as soon as the Director of Public Prosecution gives consent.
INVESTIGATIONS into the mysterious 48 (51) houses in Chalala have been completed and arrests are to be effected as soon as the Director of Public Prosecution gives consent.
Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) corporate Manager, Timothy Moono has revealed that investigations which established allegations bordering on corrupt acquisition of property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime against known suspects of the 48, now 51 houses, had been completed.
The properties, he said, are reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime against known suspects of the 48, now 51 houses.
“Once Consent is given, the Commission will proceed to arrest the suspects,” he said.
And Mr Moono said that the Commission had not received any letter from the alleged initial owner of the forfeited properties, Charles Loyana, a senior accountant in the Ministry of Finance demanding to be given back the said houses.
He said contrary to speculations, there was no error on the proposed sub-division the Commission publicized.
Mr Moono said since the flats sit on a parent title, sub-divisions were proposed but were yet to be approved by the Ministry of Lands and that to date, the said sub-divisions had not been given plot numbers.
He however said if Mr Loyana wishes to pursue the matter, he could only do so through the Courts of Law as the forfeiture proceedings were completed.
“Kindly note that the said flats sit on a parent title. Sub-divisions were proposed but they were yet to be approved by the Ministry of Lands. To date, the said sub-divisions have not been given plot numbers,” said Mr Moono.
Daily Nation investigations early this year revealed that the owner of the 48 (51) bought the initial plot where the houses sit in 2013 from the developer of the housing project. The Daily Nation also discovered that between 2013 and 2015 the owner of the house paid K1, 060, 000 cash in crisp banknotes from the Bank of Zambia for two sets of properties on which he built the controversial 51 houses.
The receipts were presented to ACC. However, when interrogated Mr Loyana allegedly denied owning the houses.
Mr Loyana was represented in the matter by Mr Hobday Kabwe, now late, who was fighting the forfeiture