By Patson Chilemba
PF presidential aspirant Chishimba Kambwili says President Hakainde Hichilema’s ACC board chairman appointee, Musa Mwenye, is a genuine man, who has the muscle and capability and will not allow corruption to go unabated in Zambia.
And Laura Miti said she will continue on the same human rights trajectory in the new portfolio she has been appointed to as a commissioner at the Human Rights Commission (HRC).
Speaking with Daily Revelation on the appointment of State Counsel Mwenye as new Anti-Corruption Commission chairman, Kambwili indicated satisfaction with the appointment.
“Musa Mwenye and I have always spoken against corruption. We shared a lot of information concerning the best way in which we can fight corruption. And I must say from the onset that he is the right person to take up the position, as long as he doesn’t change like the others have done. When they are not in those positions they speak very well. But when they go into those positions they start doing something else,” Kambwili said. “I have said and I want to say it again that we welcome the fight against corruption as long as it is done within the confines of the law. And that people must be treated in accordance with the provision of the constitution when they are being investigated. But we cannot allow corruption to go unabated. It has to be sorted out.”
Asked if he felt confident that Mwenye could fight the corruption that will emerge in UPND, while also fighting the graft during the PF administration and society in general, Kambwili said Mwenye was up to the task.
“I think Musa Mwenye He is the right person. So far from my interaction with him, he’s a very genuine man, very genuine man and he’s got the muscle and capability, and I don’t think he can be interfered with. As far as I am concerned Musa Mwenye is a man of integrity,” he said.
And Miti when asked if she will remain the same human rights advocate the nation has known her to be now that she has been appointed ‘to a government position’, said she will continue with the work she has been doing, and clarified that the Human Rights Commission was not synonymous to one being appointed to a government position.
She however, could not say much as her appointment was yet to be ratified by Parliament.
