Zambia Arrests Former Senior Health Official for Alleged Corruption

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Zambia Arrests Former Senior Health Official for Alleged Corruption

The Task Force on Corruption of Zambia Thursday arrested former permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health Kashiwa Bulaya for alleged corruption.

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The Task Force on Corruption of Zambia Thursday arrested former permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health Kashiwa Bulaya for alleged corruption.

A press release from task force spokesperson Betty Mumba said Bulaya was being investigated in connection with a contract worth over 3 billion kwacha (about 600,000 US dollars) awarded to a Bulgarian company for the supply of nutritional supplements to theministry.

Bulaya is on police bond and will appear in court on Sept. 3, the task force said.

He is the latest of the dozens of senior government officials and business leaders that have fallen in the anti-corruption crusade launched by Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa since he assumed office in early 2002.

Other victims include former Zambian president Frederick Chiluba, former intelligence head Xavier Chungu, and former finance minister Katele Kalumba.

However, the arrest of Bulaya, who had retired more than one year ago before Mwanawasa came into office appears to confirm an allegation by Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) that there seems to be a selective application of justice in the country's fight against corruption.

Reacting to the arrest of Bulaya, TIZ executive director Christine Munalula said the concentration of the fight against corruption on people that have fallen out of power seems to suggest that the fight has been directed on political rivals.

This, she said, will damage people's confidence in the seriousness of the fight against corruption.

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