ACC infiltrated, says Mumbi

THE Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) has been infiltrated by enemies of the State and is now being used in regional fights while ignoring straight forward graft, former UPND presidential spokesperson Edward Mumbi has said.

Mr Mumbi wondered why ACC was not investigating suspected dubious dealings involving Saturnia Pension Fund but targeting Government officials from Luapula.

He questioned why suspicious undertakings involving southerners were being ignored but only going for people from one region.

Mr Mumbi said the commission had been infiltrated and was being used by the opposition.

“Is ACC saying they don’t have the file on Saturnia on their desk or what, why are they not investigating that but only going for people from Luapula? Do they mean Southerners are not doing anything wrong?” he questioned.

And Mr Mumbi warned that the UPND’s underhand tactics aimed at painting the ruling party black through falsehoods and hazardous propaganda will backfire because some of its leaders are deep rooted in criminality after amassing wealth through dubious means.

Mr Mumbi said colossal sums of public money had been squandered and some externalized by deceitful leaders who today want to use the suffering of citizens as a campaign opportunity.

He said in an interview that it was deceitful for the causer of people’s sufferings to use the same hardships he inflicted as a strategy for gaining mileage against opponents.

Mr Mumbi said any propaganda ploys meant to hoodwink the Zambian people would not work because they were wise enough to see through treachery.

He said the cheap propaganda by the UPND was likely to backfire once proper investigations were done on some public undertakings that left some people and their foreign associates extremely rich while the rest of the country was subjected to abject poverty.

Mr Mumbi observed that there had been too many falsehoods being peddled by the opposition in an effort to tarnish the image of the ruling party.

“There have been too many claims by the UPND against the Government which always end up to be a blue lie. They have never produced evidence of any of the claims that they have showered on the Zambian people but continue to shower us with more lies.

“Up to now there is no evidence of Zesco, NRDC, ZNBC or any of the state institutions they talked about being sold. Today they continue with lies which they fail to substantiate,” he said.

Mr Mumbi advised the UPND to focus on rebuilding their party and going for a convention to ensure tenets of democracy were upheld.