Kapoko, others jailed for 18 years

The Lusaka Magistrates Court has sentenced frail Ministry of Health Chief Human Belongings Officer Henry Kapoko, and four others to 18 years imprisonment with arduous labour each for corruption, cash laundering and theft of over K6 million.
The sentence entails 5 years each for theft, 5 years for cash laundering and a extra 9 for theft by public servant.
In a ruling that lasted for two days, Predominant Resident Magistrate  Exnobert Zulu convicted Kapoko frail Forty five, three accountants specifically , Zukas Kaoma, forty seven,  Evaristo Musaba, fifty six, Vincent Luhana,  and an Inside Auditor Jasper Phiri, forty six.
On the opposite hand, Mr. Zulu has acquitted folk that maintain been collectively charged specifically Roy Maswenyeho, Luke Makeche, Chrispine Sichone, Nobert Peleti, and Essau Banda on yarn that no offence had been proved in opposition to them.
Mr Kapoko and 9 other officers from the Ministry of Health maintain been collectively charged by the Anti-Corruption Commission on sixty seven counts following investigations conducted by the Anti-Corruption Commission, Zambia Police, and Drug Enforcement and maintain been stumbled on with a case to answer to on Sixty six counts by the magistrates court.
The Magistrate in his ruling ordered that every one convicts properties and accounts whereby stolen cash used to be deposited be forfeited to the Bid and additionally entered a statutory judgement in favour of the Attorney Classic to recuperate over 6.8 million Kwacha from the convicts.
The acknowledged properties encompass 24 motorcars including BMW, Mercedes Benz,Nissan Truck Three homes, 2 Lodges, 1 Filling space, and 5 Bank Accounts.
Here is per an announcement made on hand to ZNBC Files this evening by Anti-Corruption Commission Public Relatives Supervisor Timothy Moono.