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The Mumbwa Magistrate Court has convicted and sentenced former Mumbwa Central Member of Parliament Brian Chituwo to one year imprisonment with hard labor suspended for two years.
Dr. Chituwo has been convicted for failure to declare interest in a matter involving the disbursement of K70,000 Constituency Development Fund (CDF).
This is in a matter in which the Anti-Corruption Commission arrested Dr. Chituwo on one count of conflict of interest contrary to Section 28(2) as read with Section 41 of the Anti- Corruption Act No. 3 of 2012.
In this matter it was alleged that on dates unknown but between 1stJanuary, 2012 and 31st December, 2014 in Mumbwa District of Central Province, Dr Chituwo attended a Council meeting, and participated in the proceedings to fund Blue Sky FM Limited, a private company in which he was director and shareholder without declaring interest in writing.
And in passing judgment Mumbwa Resident Magistrate Sithole has convicted and sentenced Dr. Chituwo to one year imprisonment with hard labor suspended for two years.
Magistrate Sithole has also ordered that Dr. Chituwo pay back the K70,000 given to Blue Sky FM Limited or the equipment bought for the radio station be forfeited to the State, failure to which he will serve a jail sentence of one Month.
This is according to a statement made available to Q news by Ant-Corruption Commission (ACC) public relations manager Timothy Moono.