THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION HAS ARRESTED A PROGRAMME’S MANAGER AT MTHUNZI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION FOR THEFT AND MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES INVOLVING OVER K137 MILLION.
PATRICK BANDA, 40, WAS ARRESTED TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE SARAH WHO IS A SIGNATORY TO THE ORGANIZATION`S ACCOUNT.
MTHUNZI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION IS A NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION BASED IN CHIPATA DISTRICT OF EASTERN PROVINCE OFFERING SUPPORT TO HIV/AIDS AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN SOCIETY.
MR. BANDA IN HIS CAPACITY AS PROGRAMMES MANAGER TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE AS PROGRAMMES OFFICER STOLE OVER K137 MILLION AND AN ADDITIONAL EURO 200,000 FROM THE ORGANIZATION BY DIVERTING THE MONEY TO PURCHASE PERSONAL PROPERTIES.
DEC PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER JOHN NYAWALI HAS EXPLAINED THAT THE COUPLE FORGED RECEIPTS FROM LOCAL BUSINESS ENTITIES PURPORTING TO HAVE PROCURED THE INTENDED ITEMS WHEN IN FACT NOT.
MR NYAWALI SAYS THE MONEY WAS DONATED TO THE ORGANIZATION BY ZAMBIA NATIONAL AIDS NETWORK AND THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR THE ORGANIZATION’S VARIOUS PROJECTS.
MR NYAWALI SAYS THE COMMISSION HAS SINCE BLOCKED THE ORGANIZATION’S ACCOUNTS TO PREVENT FURTHER LOSS OF DONOR FUNDS AND A HIGH-TECH REFRIGERATED TRUCK TOGETHER WITH A TOYOTA COROLLA BELONGING TO THE COUPLE HAVE BEEN SEIZED.
HE ADDS THAT MR. BANDA TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE WERE RELEASED ON K200 MILLION BOND AND FURTHER ASKED TO PROVIDE TWO WORKING SURETIES.
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