Thursday, 14 May 2015

POLICE TRAFFIC OFFICER GETS 36 MONTHS FOR CORRUPT PRACTICES

The Lusaka Magistrate Court has sentenced a Traffic Officer at the Lusaka Central Police to 36 months imprisonment with hard labor for corrupt practices involving K 1, 000.
Lusaka Magistrate Lameck Mwale yesterday 13th May 2015 found Titus Chisanga, 36, of House No. 3 Block 10 Kafue Police Camp, a Traffic Officer at the Lusaka Central Police, guilty of one count
of corrupt practices by public officer contrary to section 29 (1) and 41 of the Anti-Corruption
Act No. 41 of 1996 to the laws of Zambia.
Details of the offence are that Chisanga, between 25th August and 3rd December 2009, corruptly solicited for K1, 000 and actually received K500 from Mable Chisanga as an inducement or
reward for him to release her impounded motor vehicle registration number ABT 1022 from police custody.
Chisanga was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission on 22nd December 2012 and charged with one count corrupt practices by public officer contrary to the laws of Zambia.