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The Anti-Corruption Commission in Chirundu has arrested the deputy council secretary for corrupt practices.
Acc public relations manager Timothy Moono says Derick Chongo, aged 53 of Mulolo compound, Chirundu was arrested and charged with one count of conflict of interest contrary to section 28(2) of the anti- corruption act no. 3 of 2012 0f the laws of Zambia.
Particulars of the offence are that in June, 2016 at Chirundu district, southern province of the republic of Zambia, Mr. Chongo being a member of a panel constituted by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to recruit poll staff for the 2016 referendum and general elections, did fail to declare interest in writing to the said panel and participated in the recruitment process in which his son Cedrick Mwenya was an applicant.
Mr. Chongo has since been released on bond and the matter is scheduled to appear before court soon.