{"id":24811,"date":"2022-06-22T22:22:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T22:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/corrupt-acc-senior-officer-siwakwi-placed-on-forced-leave-faces-dismissal"},"modified":"2022-06-22T22:34:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T22:34:56","slug":"corrupt-acc-senior-officer-siwakwi-placed-on-forced-leave-faces-dismissal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/corrupt-acc-senior-officer-siwakwi-placed-on-forced-leave-faces-dismissal","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCorrupt\u201d ACC senior officer Siwakwi placed on forced leave, faces dismissal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>The Anti-Corruption Commission has placed its senior Investigations Officer Christopher Siwakwi on forced leave for improper conduct. Mr. Siwakwi was served with a letter of suspension last week after internal investigations found him wanting on a number of offences.<\/p>\n

ACC Spokesperson Queen Chibwe confirmed that Mr. Siwakwi was asked to \u201cstep aside.\u201d \u201cYes it is true he was written to, j saw the letter but I cannot just remember it\u2019s contents. All the cases he was handling have been handed Ivey to other officers because we work as a team,\u201d Mrs. Chibwe said.<\/p>\n

A number of individuals and organisations had raised complaints against Mr. Siwakwi alleging that he is one of the most corruption ACC officers. He is the officer who was implicated in a leaked audio soliciting for a bride from then Infrastructure Minister Ronald Chitotela in 2019 in order to drop an investigation against Mr. Chitotela.<\/p>\n

Mr. Siwakwi was also implicated in the disappearance of around US$9,000 from the ACC vault in unexplained circumstances. He is also the same officer who is accused of having pointed a gun and threatened to shoot Amos Chanda\u2019s wife when he went to search a property as part of an investigation.<\/p>\n

Highly placed sources at ACC have confirmed that Mr. Siwakwi was asked to stay away from home and that he is likely to be fired after serving the suspension.#<\/p>\n

\u201cThe findings of the investigations were very damaging to him and it also implicates the Acting D.G (Silumesi Muchula). The man has been doing a lot of corrupt activities and dragging the name of the Commission and the axe had to fall on him,\u201d the source revealed.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. The Anti-Corruption Commission has placed its senior Investigations Officer Christopher Siwakwi on forced leave for improper conduct. Mr. Siwakwi was served with a letter of suspension last week after internal investigations found him wanting on a number of offences. 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