RB will not shield thieves

President Rupiah Banda says he will not shield people from being investigated or prosecuted in the alleged theft of over K27 billion at the Ministry of Health. Banda says there will be no sacred cows in the investigations of corruption at the Ministry of Health and other government departments because he wants the truth to be known.

A press statement issued June 2 by special assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations, Dickson Jere says the president wants those implicated in the scam, regardless whether they are MMD members or the opposition, to be visited by the law. However, the president has appealed to Zambians to refrain from making comments that are prejudicial to the on-going investigations. He advised people with information regarding beneficiaries or individuals who were involved in the corruption allegations at the Ministry of Health to report to the relevant authorities instead of issuing unsubstantiated press statements. He said the investigations are too serious to be trivialised or politicised in light of the amounts involved.