The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested a lecturer at Levy Mwanawasa Medical University for receiving over K16, 000 in bribes from students to facilitate their passing in Continuous Assessments Tests.
Kenneth Chisamanga aged 43, a Lecturer in Pharmacology and Pharmacist of Meanwood Kwamwena Valley in Lusaka has been charged with 13 counts of corrupt practices contrary to the laws of Zambia.
Details are that between 1st January 2022 and 25th November 2022 in Lusaka District whilst acting together with persons unknown, Chisamanga being a lecturer at Levy Mwanawasa Medical University did corruptly solicit and received various amounts of cash totalling K7,500 from a named first year student in the Midwifery Diploma class as an inducement or reward for him to facilitate the adjustment in continuous assessment test results and final examination results.
Further, Chisamanga did corruptly solicit and received various amounts of cash totalling K9,100 from another named first year student in the Midwifery Diploma class at the same university as an inducement or reward for to facilitate for the adjustment in continuous assessment test results and final examination results.
ACC Head Corporate Communications Timothy Moono said Chisamanga has since been released on Bond and will appear in court soon.
If the students they hv been admitting are those who satisfy the selection criteria and they have been teaching them properly, mentoring them through academic tutors and in turn the students have been applying themselves through regular study, this sort of thing need not happen.