The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested Minister of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya.
Dr Chilufya, 47, of House number 4, Robert Kennedy Close, Off Brentwood Avenue, in Lusaka, was arrested today on corruption allegations.
Chilufya is being charged with four counts of possession of property reasonably suspected of being proceeds of crime contrary to section 71 sub section 1 of the Forfeiture of Proceeds of Crime Act No. 19 of 2010.
The arrest follows investigations the Commission has been conducting against the Minister in relation to the above allegations.
Dr Chilufya has since been released on bond in his own recognizance and is expected to appear before the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court on 9th July 2020.
ACC Corporate Affairs Officer Jonathan Siame confirmed the development at a media briefing.
In a real democracy, his party and the president would have asked him to step aside until his case is disposed of through court processes, especially that he has been charge and a trial date set. Now he’s back at work to interfere with some witnesses and destroy paper trial of illegal and inflated contract prices that funded his acquisition of those properties. It really sucks!