NGANDE MWANAJITI SPEAKS OUT AGAINST CORRUPTION

 

Human Rights Champion and democracy Specialist Ngande Mwanajiti says Corruption remains a deep national concern.

Mr. Mwanajiti says while the Anti Corruption Commission and other agencies are mandated to fight it, the more troubling reality is that corruption is increasingly normalised.

Mr. Mwanajiti says many Zambians now understand corruption and other illegalities as lifestyles, a mindset that quietly undermines every enforcement effort.

He says Society evolves, and the law must evolve with it. 

Mr. Mwanajiti says first republican President Dr. Kenneth Kaunda had sound reasons for establishing the ACC, and those reasons still matter. 

However, Mr. Mwanajiti says corruption has grown more sophisticated, often designed to defeat the very laws meant to stop it. 

He says institutions must therefore adapt with equal seriousness.

Mr. Mwanajiti says it is alarming that stronger measures, especially the forfeiture of dubiously acquired assets, are being resisted. 

He says that resistance is revealing and it suggests a society contaminated by corruption, with partisan politics shaping who is defended and who is condemned, regardless of the facts.

He says Corruption persists because it is rarely a solo act.

Mr. Mwanajiti says Citizens collude, some acting as fronts and enablers. 

He says this is there is  need for an honest political and social conversation on what truly constitutes corruption, so that false claims of victimhood do not cloud clear evidence.

He says the fight against corruption must be supported as a national agenda, without hesitation or selective outrage.

Mr Mwanajiti says Political parties that tolerate corruption must be named for what they are, friends of corruption. 

He says Zambia cannot afford friends of corruption in government, saying the country deserve better.

By Evans Sinjela